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Exhibit 4.1

MIDWEST BANC HOLDINGS, INC.

as Issuer

and

_____________ TRUST COMPANY

as Trustee

__________________

SENIOR INDENTURE

dated as of ________________, 200__

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 1
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	 	 	2	 
	 
	Section 1.01 Certain Definitions.
	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.02 Other Definitions
	 	 	5	 
	Section 1.03 Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	5	 
	Section 1.04 Rules of Construction
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2
	 	 	 	 
	THE SECURITIES
	 	 	6	 
	 
	Section 2.01 Unlimited Amount, Issuable in Series, Form and Dating
	 	 	6	 
	Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.05 Securityholder Lists
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.07 Replacement Securities
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.08 Outstanding Securities
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.09 Temporary Securities
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.10 Cancellation
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.11 Defaulted Interest
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.12 Special Record Dates
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.13 Form of Securities
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 3
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION
	 	 	14	 
	 
	Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee
	 	 	14	 
	Section 3.02 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed
	 	 	14	 
	Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption
	 	 	15	 
	Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption
	 	 	15	 
	Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	15	 
	Section 3.06 Securities Redeemed in Part
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 4
	 	 	 	 
	COVENANTS
	 	 	16	 
	 
	Section 4.01 Payment of Securities
	 	 	16	 
	Section 4.02 Commission Reports
	 	 	16	 
	Section 4.03 Compliance Certificate
	 	 	16	 
	Section 4.04 Calculation of Original Issue Discount
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 5
	 	 	 	 
	SUCCESSORS
	 	 	17	 
	 
	Section 5.01 When Company May Merge, Etc
	 	 	17	 
	Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted
	 	 	17	 

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	ARTICLE 6
	 	 	 	 
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	 	 	18	 
	 
	Section 6.01 Events of Default
	 	 	18	 
	Section 6.02 Acceleration
	 	 	19	 
	Section 6.03 Other Remedies
	 	 	19	 
	Section 6.04 Waiver of Defaults
	 	 	20	 
	Section 6.05 Control By Majority
	 	 	20	 
	Section 6.06 Limitation On Suits
	 	 	20	 
	Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
	 	 	21	 
	Section 6.08 Collection Suit By Trustee
	 	 	21	 
	Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	21	 
	Section 6.10 Priorities
	 	 	22	 
	Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	22	 
	Section 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	22	 
	Section 6.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	22	 
	Section 6.14 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	22	 
	Section 6.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension of Laws
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 7
	 	 	 	 
	TRUSTEE
	 	 	23	 
	 
	Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee
	 	 	23	 
	Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee
	 	 	24	 
	Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee
	 	 	25	 
	Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	25	 
	Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults
	 	 	25	 
	Section 7.06 Reports By Trustee to Holders
	 	 	26	 
	Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	26	 
	Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee
	 	 	26	 
	Section 7.09 Successor Trustee By Merger, Etc
	 	 	28	 
	Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification
	 	 	28	 
	Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8
	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
	 	 	28	 
	 
	Section 8.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	28	 
	Section 8.02 Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification
	 	 	29	 
	Section 8.03 Legal Defeasance of Securities of Any Series
	 	 	30	 
	Section 8.04 Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	31	 
	Section 8.05 Repayment to Company
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 9
	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTS, AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
	 	 	32	 
	 
	Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	32	 
	Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders
	 	 	33	 
	Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents
	 	 	35	 

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	Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Securities
	 	 	35	 
	Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 10
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	35	 
	Section 10.01 Notices
	 	 	35	 
	Section 10.02 Communication By Holders With Other Holders
	 	 	36	 
	Section 10.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	 	 	36	 
	Section 10.04 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	 	 	36	 
	Section 10.05 Rules By Trustee and Agents
	 	 	37	 
	Section 10.06 Legal Holidays
	 	 	37	 
	Section 10.07 No Recourse Against Others
	 	 	37	 
	Section 10.08 Counterparts
	 	 	37	 
	Section 10.09 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury
	 	 	37	 
	Section 10.10 Severability
	 	 	37	 
	Section 10.11 Effect of Headings, Table of Contents, Etc
	 	 	38	 
	Section 10.12 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	38	 
	Section 10.13 No Interpretation of Other Agreements
	 	 	38	 
	Section 10.14 Force Majeure
	 	 	38	 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

	 	 	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture Act Section	 	Indenture Section
	310

	 	(a)(1)
	 	7.10 
	

	 	(a)(2)
	 	7.10 
	

	 	(a)(3)
	 	N.A.
	

	 	(a)(4)
	 	N.A.
	

	 	(a)(5)
	 	7.10 
	

	 	(b)
	 	7.03; 7.08; 7.10 
	

	 	(c)
	 	N.A.
	311

	 	(a)
	 	7.11 
	

	 	(b)
	 	7.11 
	

	 	(c)
	 	N.A.
	312

	 	(a)
	 	2.05 
	

	 	(b)
	 	10.02 
	

	 	(c)
	 	10.02 
	313

	 	(a)
	 	7.06 
	

	 	(b)
	 	7.06 
	

	 	(c)
	 	7.06; 10.01 
	

	 	(d)
	 	7.06 
	314

	 	(a)
	 	4.02; 10.01 
	

	 	(b)
	 	N.A.
	

	 	(c)(1)
	 	10.03 
	

	 	(c)(2)
	 	10.03 
	

	 	(c)(3)
	 	N.A
	

	 	(d)
	 	N.A
	

	 	(e)
	 	10.04 
	

	 	(f)
	 	N.A.
	315

	 	(a)
	 	7.01(b)(i); 7.01(b)(ii); 7.02
	

	 	(b)
	 	7.05; 10.01 
	

	 	(c)
	 	7.01(a); 7.02
	

	 	(d)
	 	7.01(c); 7.02
	

	 	(e)
	 	6.11 
	316

	 	(a)(last sentence)
	 	2.08 
	

	 	(a)(1)(A)
	 	6.05 
	

	 	(a)(1)(B)
	 	6.04 
	

	 	(a)(2)
	 	N.A.
	

	 	(b)
	 	6.07 
	

	 	(c)
	 	2.12; 9.03 
	317

	 	(a)(1)
	 	6.08 
	

	 	(a)(2)
	 	6.09 
	

	 	(b)
	 	2.04 
	318

	 	(a)
	 	1.03 
	

	 	(b)
	 	N.A.
	

	 	(c)
	 	1.03 

	 	 	N.A. means not applicable.
	 
	*	 	This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

 

     INDENTURE dated as of ___, 20___between Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and ___Trust Company, an ___trust company, as
Trustee (the “Trustee”).

     The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be
issued in one or more series (the “Securities”), as herein provided, up to such principal amount as
may from time to time be authorized in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of
Directors or by supplemental indenture.

     Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of each series of the Securities:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     Section 1.01 Certain Definitions.

     “Affiliate” means any Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with the
Company. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any
Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
stock, by agreement or otherwise.

     “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, authenticating agent or co-Registrar.

     “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any authorized committee
thereof.

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

     “Closing Date” means the date on which the Securities of a particular series were originally
issued under this Indenture.

     “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it pursuant to this
Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

     “Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by two officers, one
of whom must be the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer.

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     “Company Request” means a written request signed in the name of the Company by 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” shall mean the corporate trust office of the Trustee, which shall
initially be ___Street, Suite ___, ___, ___, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration.

     “Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both
would be, an Event of Default.

     “Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depositary for
such series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of
such series.

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

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the Closing Date.

     “Global Security” shall mean a Security issued to evidence all or a part of any series of
Securities that is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to a
Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions, all in accordance with this Indenture and
pursuant to Section 2.01, which shall be registered as to principal and interest in the name of
such Depositary or its nominee.

     “Holder” or “Securityholder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
register of Securities kept by the Registrar.

     “Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

     “Interest” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by its terms
bears interest only after maturity, means interest payable after maturity.

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

     “Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the
Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

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     “Officers Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the
principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the
Company.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

     “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides that an amount less than
its principal amount is due and payable upon acceleration after an Event of Default.

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

     “Principal” of a Security means the principal amount due on the Stated Maturity of the
Security plus the premium, if any, on the Security.

     “Securities” means the Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

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

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

     “Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership or limited liability company of which the
Company, or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries, or any one or more Subsidiaries, directly or
indirectly owns or own (i) in the case of a corporation, voting securities entitling the holders
thereof to elect a majority of the directors, either at all times or so long as there is no default
or contingency which permits the holders of any other class of securities to vote for the election
of one or more directors, (ii) in the case of a partnership, at least a majority of the general
partnership interests and at least a majority of total outstanding partnership interests or (iii)
in the case of a limited liability company, at least a majority of the membership interests.

     “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time, and as in effect on
the date of execution of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the TIA is amended
after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act, as
so amended.

     “Trustee” means the party named as such above until a successor becomes such pursuant to this
Indenture and thereafter means or includes each party who is then a trustee hereunder, and if at
any time there is more than one such party, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any
series means the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. If Trustees with respect to
different series of Securities are trustees under this Indenture, nothing herein shall constitute
the Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, and each Trustee shall be the trustee of a trust
separate and apart from any trust administered by any other Trustee with respect to a different
series of Securities.

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     “Trust Officer” means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee
to administer its corporate trust matters.

     “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations
of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America that is not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on
or principal of any such U.S. Government obligation held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government obligation evidenced by
such depository receipt.

     Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Term	 	Defined in Section	 
	“Bankruptcy Law”
	 	 	6.01	 
	“Custodian”
	 	 	6.01	 
	“Event of Default”
	 	 	6.01	 
	“Legal Holiday”
	 	 	10.06	 
	“Paying Agent”
	 	 	2.03	 
	“Place of Payment”
	 	 	2.01	 
	“Registrar”
	 	 	2.03	 

     Section 1.03 Trust Indenture Act. The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose
duties on any Person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless
expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture upon and so long as
the Indenture and Securities are subject to the TIA. If any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies or conflicts with such duties, the duties imposed by the Indenture shall control. If a
provision of the TIA requires or permits a provision of this Indenture and the TIA provision is
amended, then the Indenture provision shall be automatically amended to like effect.

     The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“indenture securities” means the Securities.

“indenture securityholder” means a Securityholder.

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

“obligor” on the Securities means the Company and any successor obligor on the
Securities.

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     Section 1.04 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

          (i) a term defined in Section 1.01 or 1.02 has the meaning assigned to it therein, and
terms defined in the TIA and not defined in Section 1.01 or 1.02 have the meanings assigned
to them in the TIA;

          (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;

          (iii) “or” is not exclusive;

          (iv) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular;

          (v) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

          (vi) “including” means without limitation.

ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

     Section 2.01 Unlimited Amount, Issuable in Series, Form and Dating. The aggregate principal
amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The
Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a
Board Resolution or an Officers Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution
or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series:

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

          (b) the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof)
at which the Securities of the series will be issued;

          (c) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series
pursuant to this Article 2);

          (d) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;

          (e) the rate or rates that may be fixed or variable at which the Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, or the manner in which such rate or rates shall be determined, the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such
interest shall be payable and the record dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is
payable;

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          (f) the place or places where the principal of and any interest on Securities of the series
shall be payable, if other than as provided herein;

          (g) the price or prices at which (if any), the period or periods within which (if any) and the
terms and conditions upon which (if other than as provided herein) Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option, or as an obligation, of the Company;

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

          (i) the currency or currencies in which the Securities are issued and payable;

          (j) the conversion or exchange provisions applicable to the Securities;

          (k) whether and upon what terms the series of Securities will be convertible into equity or
debt securities of the Company;

          (l) the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

          (m) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a
Global Security or Securities and if so, whether the Securities of the series are to be issued in
temporary or permanent global form or both; the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such
Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual securities,
and the Depositary for such Global Security and Securities;

          (n) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in registered form or bearer form or
both and, if the Securities are to be offered in bearer form, (i) any restrictions applicable to
the exchange of one for another and to the offer, sale and delivery of those Securities in bearer
form and (ii) whether such Securities will be issued with coupons;

          (o) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in definitive form (whether upon
original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security), and under what terms and conditions such
Securities will be issued in definitive form;

          (p) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof;

          (q) if the amount of payments of principal of or interest on the Securities of the series may
be determined with reference to an index, including, without limitation, an index based on a
currency or currencies other than that in which the Securities are denominated or payable, or any
other type of index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

          (r) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default with respect to
the Securities of a particular series (whether or not such Events of Default are consistent with
the Events of Default set forth herein), if not set forth herein, and any change in

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the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders to declare the principal amount of the
Securities of any particular series due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;

          (s) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the covenants set forth in Article 4
or the acceleration provisions applicable to Securities of the series (whether or not such
covenants or acceleration provisions are consistent with the covenants or acceleration provisions
set forth herein);

          (t) the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the
series;

          (u) the Trustee for the series of Securities and any other agents for the Securities;

          (v) if any Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, and the time, manner
and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered; or

          (w) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture with respect to
such series; provided, however, that no such term may modify or delete any provision hereof if
imposed by the TIA; and provided, further, that any modification or deletion of the rights, duties
or immunities of the Trustee hereunder shall have been consented to in writing by the Trustee).

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

     The principal of and any interest on the Securities shall be payable at the office or agency
of the Company designated in the form of Security for the series (each such place herein called the
“Place of Payment”); provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the
Company by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear
in the register of Securities referred to in Section 2.03 hereof.

     Each Security shall be in one of the forms approved from time to time by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution or Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto. Prior to the delivery of a Security to the Trustee for authentication in any form approved
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Officers Certificate, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee the Board Resolution or Officers Certificate by or pursuant to which such form of Security
has been approved, which Board Resolution or Officers Certificate shall have attached thereto a
true and correct copy of the form of Security that has been approved by or pursuant thereto.

     The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange
rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication. Two officers shall sign the Securities for the
Company by manual or facsimile signature.

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     If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the
Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

     A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this
Indenture.

     The Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue upon a Company Order.

     The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so.
Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company.

     Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency where
Securities of a particular series may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
(the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented for
payment (a “Paying Agent”). The Registrar for a particular series of Securities shall keep a
register of the Securities of that series and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may
appoint one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents for each series of
Securities. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change
any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without prior notice to any Securityholder. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Indenture.

     If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent for any series of Securities, the
Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar
or co-Registrar.

     The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar and Paying Agent for each series
of Securities unless another Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to
the time Securities of that series are first issued.

     Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Whenever the Company has one or more Paying
Agents it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on, any Securities, deposit
with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due, such sum to
be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or interest, and (unless
such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.

     The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that
such Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders of the particular
series for which it is acting, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment
of principal or interest on the Securities of such series, and that such Paying Agent will notify
the Trustee of any Default by the Company or any other obligor of the series of Securities in
making any such payment and at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such
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separate trust fund for the benefit of the Securityholders of the particular series for which
it is acting all money held by it as Paying Agent. The Company at any time may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon so doing, the Paying Agent (if other than
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) shall have no further liability for such money. Upon
any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as
Paying Agent for the Securities.

     Section 2.05 Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Securityholders, separately by series, and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven business days
before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a
list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of Securityholders, separately by series, relating to such interest payment date or
request, as the case may be.

     Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange. Where Securities of a series are presented to the
Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal
principal amount of Securities of the same series of other authorized denominations, the Registrar
shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met.
To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request.

     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.09, 2.13, 3.06 or 9.04).

     The Company need not issue, and the Registrar or co-Registrar need not register the transfer
or exchange of, (i) any Security of a particular series during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of any mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that
series under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii)
any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Security of that series being redeemed in part.

     Section 2.07 Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or
if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken,
the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of same series if
the Company’s and the Trustee’s requirements are met. The Trustee or the Company may require an
indemnity bond to be furnished which is sufficient in the judgment of both to protect the Company,
the Trustee, and any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced.
The Company may charge such Holder for its expenses in replacing a Security.

     Every replacement Security is an obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all the
benefit of the Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same
series.

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     Section 2.08 Outstanding Securities. The Securities of any series outstanding at any time are
all the Securities of that series authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it,
those delivered to it for cancellation, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not
outstanding.

     If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.

     If Securities are considered paid under Section 4.01, they cease to be outstanding and
interest on them ceases to accrue.

     A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate holds the
Security; however, TIA Section 316(a) shall apply where appropriate.

     For each series of Original Issue Discount Securities, the principal amount of such Securities
that shall be deemed to be outstanding and used to determine whether the necessary Holders have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver shall be the
principal amount of such Securities that could be declared to be due and payable upon acceleration
upon an Event of Default as of the date of such determination. When requested by the Trustee, the
Company shall advise the Trustee of such amount, showing its computations in reasonable detail.

     Section 2.09 Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a written order of
the Company signed by one Officer of the Company. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in
the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate
for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee
shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.

     Holders of temporary securities shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

     Section 2.10 Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all
Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation
and shall return such canceled Securities to the Company at the Company’s written request. The
Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or that have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

     Section 2.11 Defaulted Interest. If the Company fails to make a payment of interest on any
series of Securities, it shall pay such defaulted interest plus (to the extent lawful) any interest
payable on the defaulted interest, in any lawful manner. It may elect to pay such defaulted
interest, plus any such interest payable on it, to the Persons who are Holders of such Securities
on which the interest is due on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall promptly notify
the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each such
Security. The Company shall fix any such record date and payment date for such payment. At least 15
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Securityholders affected thereby a notice that states the record date, payment date, and
amount of such interest to be paid.

     Section 2.12 Special Record Dates.

          (a) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, set a record date for the purpose of
determining the identity of Holders entitled to consent to any supplement, amendment or waiver
permitted by this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of Securities of that series
outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to consent to such
supplement, amendment or waiver or revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date. No consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days
after such record date unless consents from Holders of the principal amount of Securities of that
series required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective shall have also been given
and not revoked within such 90-day period.

          (b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of any series of Securities entitled to join in the giving or
making of any notice of Default, any declaration of acceleration, any request to institute
proceedings or any other similar direction. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of Securities of
that series outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in
such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after
such record date; provided, however, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken
on or prior to the date 90 days after such record date.

     Section 2.13 Form of Securities.

          (a) Forms Generally. The Securities shall be substantially in the form established in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall have
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 or
designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and
are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with
any law or rule or regulation made pursuant thereto, or with any rule or regulation of any
securities exchange on which any series of Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as conclusively evidenced by their execution
of such Securities. If the form of a series of Securities is established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an
Officer’s Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

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

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          (b) Global Securities.

          (i) Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an
Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a series shall be issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such
Global Security or Securities.

          (ii) Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in
Section 2.06 of this Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be
exchangeable pursuant to of this Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders
other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (y) such Depositary
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor
Depositary within 90 days of such event or (z) the Company executes and delivers to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so
exchangeable. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence
shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct
in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security with like tenor and terms.

     Except as provided in this Section 2.13(b), a Global Security may not be transferred except as
a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by
a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor
Depositary.

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

          (iii) Legend. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form:

     “Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust
Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), New York, New York, to the issuer or its agent for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name
of Cede & Co. or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and
any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as may be 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.
Transfer of this Global Security shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to
nominees of DTC or to a successor thereof or such successor’s nominee and limited to transfers made
in accordance with the restrictions set forth in the Indenture referred to herein.”

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          (iv) Acts of Holders. The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise
authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under
this Indenture.

          (v) Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 hereof, payment of the principal of and interest,
if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Person specified therein.

          (vi) Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in this Section 2.13(e),
the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a Person as the Holder of such principal
amount of outstanding Securities of such series represented by a Global Security as shall be
specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for
purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations or directions required to be given by the
Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

     Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing any series of Securities may use “CUSIP”
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices 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 such Securities or as contained in any
notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on such
Securities, and any such action relating to such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers in such notice. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing
of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

     Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem Securities of any series
pursuant to any optional redemption provisions thereof, it shall promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Securities of that series to be
redeemed.

     If the Company elects to reduce the principal amount of Securities of any series to be
redeemed pursuant to mandatory redemption provisions thereof, it shall promptly notify the Trustee
in writing of the amount of, and the basis for, any such reduction. If the Company elects to credit
against any such mandatory redemption Securities it has not previously delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, it shall deliver such Securities with such notice.

     The Company shall give the notice provided for in this Section 3.01 at least 45 days before
the redemption date (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), which
notice shall specify the provisions of such Security pursuant to which the Company elects to redeem
such Securities.

     Section 3.02 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. If less than all the securities of any
series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of that series to be redeemed by
a method that complies with the requirements of any exchange on which the Securities of that series
are listed, or, if the Securities of that series are not listed on an exchange, by lot or by such

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other method as the Trustee deems appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection not more
than 75 days and not less than 30 days before the redemption date from Securities of that series
outstanding and not previously called for redemption. Except as otherwise provided as to any
particular series of Securities, Securities and portions thereof that the Trustee selects shall be
in amounts equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of the series to be redeemed
or any integral multiple thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the
Company promptly in writing of the Securities or portions of Securities to be called for
redemption.

     Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption. Except as otherwise provided as to any particular series
of Securities, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company
shall mail a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed.

     The notice shall identify the Securities of the series to be redeemed and shall state:

     (1) the redemption date;

     (2) the redemption price;

     (3) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the
redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or
Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be
issued;

     (4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

     (5) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

     (6) that, unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption
price, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and
after the redemption date; and the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities
to be redeemed.

     At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the
Company’s name and at its expense. The notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In
any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice of the Holder of any
Security shall not affect the validity of the proceeding for the redemption of any other Security.

     Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed in
accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the
redemption date for the redemption price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities will
be paid at the redemption price.

     Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before 10:00 a.m., New York City time on the
redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the

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Company or any Affiliate is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of all Securities called for redemption on that date, other
than Securities that have previously been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
The Paying Agent shall return to the Company any money not required for that purpose.

     Section 3.06 Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in
part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of
the Company a new Security of same series equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of
the Security surrendered.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

     Section 4.01 Payment of Securities. The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal
of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in this Indenture and the
Securities. Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if
other than the Company or an Affiliate, holds on that date immediately available funds designated
for and sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due.

     To the extent lawful, the Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and overdue
installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by the applicable series of Securities.

     Section 4.02 Commission Reports. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days
after it files them with the Commission copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission
may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company is required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however the Company shall not be
required to deliver to the Trustee any materials for which the Company has sought and received
confidential treatment by the Commission. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions
of TIA Section 314(a).

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

     Section 4.03 Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers Certificate stating that in the
course of the performance by the signers of their duties as officers of the Company, they would
normally have knowledge of any failure by the Company to comply with all conditions, or default by
the Company with respect to any covenants, under this Indenture, and further stating whether or not
they have knowledge of any such failure or default and, if so, specifying each such failure or
default and the nature thereof. For purposes of this Section 4.03, such compliance shall be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided for in this
Indenture. The certificate need not comply with Section 10.03 hereof.

     The Company shall, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee,
forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, and in any event

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within five days after the Company becomes aware of a Default or an Event of Default, an
Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

     Section 4.04 Calculation of Original Issue Discount. The Company shall file with the Trustee
promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original
issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on outstanding Securities as of
the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue
discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

     Section 5.01 When Company May Merge, Etc. Unless the terms of the Securities of a series
provide otherwise, the Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the
Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions
to any Person unless:

     (1) the Company is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia;

     (2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger
(if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made
assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the Company under
the Securities and this Indenture; and

     (3) immediately prior to and after giving effect to the transaction no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

     The Company shall deliver to the Trustee on or prior to the consummation of the proposed
transaction an Officers’ Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.

     Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any
transfer by the Company (other than by lease) of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company
herein. In the event of any such transfer, the predecessor Company shall be released

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and discharged from all liabilities and obligations in respect of the Securities and the
Indenture, and the predecessor Company may be dissolved, wound up or liquidated at any time
thereafter.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     Section 6.01 Events of Default. An “Event of Default” occurs with respect to Securities of
any particular series if, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or
supplemental indenture hereto, it is provided that such series shall not have the benefit of said
Event of Default:

     (1) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any
Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity,
upon redemption or otherwise;

     (2) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of
that series when the same becomes due and payable, and the Default continues
for a period of 30 days;

     (3) an Event of Default, as defined in the Securities of that series,
occurs and is continuing, or the Company fails to comply with any of its
other agreements in the Securities of that series or in this Indenture with
respect to that series and the Default continues for the period and after
the notice specified below;

     (4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy
Law:

     (a) commences a voluntary case;

     (b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in
an involuntary case;

     (c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all
or substantially all of its property;

     (d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
or

     (e) admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts
as the same become due.

     (5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:

     (a) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case;

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     (b) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or
substantially all of its property; or

     (c) orders the liquidation of the Company; and the order or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;

     (6) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series which is specified in a Board Resolution, Officers Certificate
or supplemental indenture establishing that series of Securities.

     The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for
the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

     A Default under clause (3) above is not an Event of Default with respect to a particular
series of Securities until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 50% in principal amount of the
then outstanding Securities of that series notify the Company of the Default and the Company does
not cure the Default within 90 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the
Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” Such notice
shall be given by the Trustee if so requested in writing by the Holders of 50% of the principal
amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series.

     Section 6.02 Acceleration. Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of
Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01 hereof, if an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of any series (other than an Event of Default specified in clauses and (4)
and (5) of Section 6.01) occurs and is continuing, either the Trustee by notice to the Company, or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series
by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the unpaid principal (or, in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities, such lesser amount as may be provided for in such Securities)
of and any accrued interest on all the Securities of that series to be due and payable. Upon such
declaration, the principal (or such lesser amount) and interest shall be due and payable
immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or (5) of Section 6.01 occurs, all of
such amount shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on
the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities of that series by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its
consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
Events of Default with respect to that series have been cured or waived except nonpayment of
principal (or such lesser amount) or interest that has become due solely because of the
acceleration.

     Section 6.03 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee for the Holders of such Securities may pursue any available
remedy to collect the payment of principal or interest on the Securities of that series or to
enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of that series or this Indenture and the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of that series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as such Trustee shall
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of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
therein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

     The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or
does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any
Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair
the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies
are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

     Section 6.04 Waiver of Defaults. Subject to Section 9.02, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series, by notice to the Trustee, may
waive an existing or past Default or Event of Default with respect to that series and its
consequences except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal (including
any mandatory sinking fund or like payment) of or interest on any Security of that series
(provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of any series voting as a single class may rescind an acceleration and its consequences,
including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration), or (ii) a default in
respect to a covenant or provision herein which under Article 9 cannot be modified without the
consent of the Holders of each Security of that series affected.

     Section 6.05 Control By Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy with respect to that series available to the Trustee or exercising any
trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture, that is unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder of
Securities of that series, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability. The Trustee may
take any other action which it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction.

     Section 6.06 Limitation On Suits. A Holder of Securities of any series may not pursue a
remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:

     (1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to that series;

     (2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities of that series make a written request to the Trustee
to pursue the remedy;

     (3) such Holders of at least 25% of the then outstanding Securities of
that series offer to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense;

     (4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of
indemnity; and

     (5) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series do not give the
Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

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     No Holder of any series of Securities may use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder of Securities of that series or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of Securities of that series, it being understood and intended that no one or more of such
Holders will 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 of such Holders (it
being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not
such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

     Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Indenture, the Holders of any Security shall have the right which is absolute and
unconditional to receive payment of principal of and interest, if any, on the Security, on or after
the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after such respective dates, and such right shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of the Holder.

     Section 6.08 Collection Suit By Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(l)
or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities of any series, the Company will,
upon demand of the Trustee for the Securities of such series, pay to it, for the benefit of Holders
of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if
any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any
overdue installments of interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate borne by such Securities
(or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the Securities’ yield to maturity). The
Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company
for the whole amount of principal (or such portion of the principal as may be specified as due upon
acceleration at that time in the terms of that series of Securities) and interest, if any,
remaining unpaid on the Securities of that series then outstanding, together with (to the extent
lawful) interest on overdue principal and interest, and such further amount as shall be sufficient
to cover the costs and, to the extent lawful, expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof.

     Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any
other obligor on the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled to and
empowered to collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian in any such judicial proceedings 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 to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder 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 Securityholder in any such proceeding.

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     Section 6.10 Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money with respect to Securities of any
series pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

     First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof,
including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by
the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

     Second: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities of such series for
principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Securities of such series for principal and interest, respectively;
and

     Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

     The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Securities of
any series pursuant to this Section 6.10. The Trustee shall notify the Company in writing
reasonably in advance of any such record date and payment date.

     Section 6.11 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 or omitted by it as a
Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defense made by the party litigant.
This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section
6.07 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities of any series.

     Section 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee for the Securities of any
series or any Holder of a Security 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 such Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the
Company, such Trustee and the Holders of Securities shall, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and
thereafter all rights, and remedies of such Trustee and such Holders shall continue as though no
such proceeding had been instituted.

     Section 6.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen securities in Section 2.07, no right
or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee for the Securities of any series or
Holders of Securities 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 6.14 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee for the
Securities of any series or of any Holder of any Security of such series to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall

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impair any such right or remedy of 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 such Trustee for
the Securities of any series or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as
may be deemed expedient, by such Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

     Section 6.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension of 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 for any series of Securities, but will suffer
and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

     Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

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

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

          (i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Indenture or the TIA and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture or the TIA and no others, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

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

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

          (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

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

          (iii) the Trustee shall 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 6.05
hereof.

          (d) 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 7.01.

          (e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or incur any liability. The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power
unless it receives security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense.

          (f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Absent written instruction from the Company, the
Trustee shall not be required to invest any such money. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

     Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee. Subject to TIA Section 315(a) through (d):

          (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper person. 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.

          (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or
an Opinion of Counsel, or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

          (c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or
negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

          (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers under the Indenture, unless the
Trustee’s conduct constitutes negligence.

          (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction
or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an officer of the Company.

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          (f) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and may rely upon the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel.

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

          (h) 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 at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or
additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

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

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

     The Trustee shall be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default only if a Trust
Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or receives at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee written notice of any event that is in fact a Default or Event of Default, and such
notice references the Securities generally or the Securities of a particular series, as the case
may be, and this Indenture.

     Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other
capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or
an Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same
with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311.

     Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of
the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the
Securities other than its certificate of authentication.

     Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series occurs and is continuing and if the Trustee is deemed to have notice
thereof, the Trustee shall mail to all Holders of Securities of that series a notice of the Default
or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of

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Default in payment on any such Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as
a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the
interests of such Securityholders.

     Section 7.06 Reports By Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the
Trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall mail to Holders of Securities of that series
as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA
Section 313(a) (if such report is required by TIA Section 313(a)). The Trustee shall also comply
with TIA Section 313(b).

     A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be mailed to the
Company and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which any of the Securities are
listed, as required by TIA Section 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing
when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange, and of any delisting thereof.

     Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to
time such compensation as shall be agreed upon in writing for its services hereunder. The Company
shall reimburse the Trustee upon written request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred
by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and out-of-pocket expenses of the
Trustee’s agents and counsel.

     The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee for any loss,
liability, damage, claims or expenses, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or
determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it, without negligence or bad faith on its
part, in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture and its duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek
indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The
Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of
such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.

     To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a
lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee in its
capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay principal and interest on
particular Securities. Such lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

     If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(4) or (5) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services will be
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law.

     This Section 7.07 shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

     Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee. A resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to
one or more or all series of Securities and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become
effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section
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     The Trustee may resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities by so notifying
the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities of any series may remove the Trustee as to that series by so notifying the Trustee in
writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company’s consent. The Company may remove the
Trustee with respect to one or more or all series of Securities if:

          (a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

          (b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

          (c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

          (d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

     If, as to any series of Securities, the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists
in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee for
that series. Within one year after the successor Trustee with respect to any series takes office,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If a
successor Trustee as to a particular series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring
Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

     If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof with respect to any series, any Holder
of Securities of that series who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(b) may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee for that series.

     A successor Trustee as to any series of Securities shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring
Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee
(subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof), the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights,
powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture as to that series. The successor Trustee
shall mail a notice of its succession to the Holders of Securities of that series.

     Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s
obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee.

     In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and that (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each
successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates,
(2) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to confirm

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that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; provided, however, that nothing herein or in such
supplemental Indenture shall constitute such Trustee co-trustees of the same trust and that each
such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust hereunder separate and apart from any trust hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee.

     Upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental Indenture the resignation or removal of
the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

     Section 7.09 Successor Trustee By Merger, Etc. If the Trustee as to any series of Securities
consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business to, another corporation or national association, the successor corporation without any
further act shall be the successor Trustee as to that series.

     Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification. Each series of Securities shall always have a
Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee as to any
series of Securities shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as
set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee is subject to TIA
Section 310(b).

     Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee is subject to TIA
Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 8

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

     Section 8.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon Company Order
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, at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when

          (a) either

          (i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or

          (ii) all such securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

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     (1) have become due and payable, or

     (2) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one
year, or

     (3) 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, or

     (4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.03, as
applicable;

and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging
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
that have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the stated maturity
or redemption date, as the case may be;

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

          (c) 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 7.07 hereof, and, if money shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this section or if money or obligations shall have been deposited
with or received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03 hereof, the obligations of the Trustee
under Sections 8.02 and 8.05 hereof shall survive.

     Section 8.02 Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.

          (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.05 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof, all money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof and all money received by the Trustee in respect of
U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof,
shall be held in trust and 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 has been deposited with or received by the
Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by
Sections 8.03 and 8.04 hereof.

          (b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations deposited

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pursuant to Sections 8.03 or 8.04 hereof or the interest and principal received in respect of
such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.

          (c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
U.S. Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.03 or 8.04 hereof that,
in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the
amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such
U.S. Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize
the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government obligations held under this Indenture.

     Section 8.03 Legal Defeasance of Securities of Any Series. Unless this is otherwise specified
to be inapplicable to Securities of any series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of any such series on the 91st
day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of
this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such series, shall no longer be in
effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon Company Request, execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:

          (a) the rights of Holders of the Securities of such series to receive, from the trust funds
described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of each installment of principal of or interest
on the outstanding Securities of such series on the stated maturity of such principal of or
interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities
of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture and the Securities of such series;

          (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities of such series under Sections
2.03, 2.06 and 2.07 hereof; and

          (c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the duties of the
Trustee under Section 8.02 hereof and the duty of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series issued on registration of transfer of exchange; provided that, the following conditions
shall have been satisfied:

          (d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as
trust funds, for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for
and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, cash in U.S. Dollars and/or
U.S. Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect
thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax
liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any
payment of money, an amount in cash 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 each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund or
analogous payments) of and interest, if any, on all the Securities of such series on the dates such
installments of interest or principal are due;

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          (e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound;

          (f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day
after such date;

          (g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
(i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the
applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect 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 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;

          (h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of
such series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;

          (i) such deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an
investment company (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), or such trust
shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and

          (j) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

     Section 8.04 Covenant Defeasance. Unless this Section 8.04 is otherwise inapplicable to
Securities of any series, on and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in
subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set
forth under Sections 4.02, 4.03 and 5.01 hereof as well as any additional covenants contained in a
supplemental indenture hereto for a particular series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an
Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (and the failure to comply with any
such provisions shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof) and
the occurrence of any event described in clause (5) of Section 6.01 hereof shall not constitute a
Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

          (a) With reference to this Section 8.04, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably
deposited (except as provided in Section 8.03 hereof) with the Trustee as trust funds, specifically
pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities,
cash in U.S. Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and
principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without
reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not

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later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash sufficient,
in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal and
interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the Securities of such series on
the dates such installments of interest or principal are due;

          (b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound;

          (c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day
after such date;

          (d) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that
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 and defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax
on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

          (e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating the
deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of
such series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and

          (f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this Section 8.04(f) have been complied with.

     Section 8.05 Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company
upon the Company’s request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that
remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such payment shall have become due. After
payment to the Company, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment
as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.

ARTICLE 9

SUPPLEMENTS, AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

     Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee as to any series of
Securities may supplement or amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or the
consent of any Securityholder:

     (1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

     (2) to secure any Securities;

     (3) to comply with Article 5;

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     (4) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection
with the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

     (5) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place
of certificated Securities;

     (6) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided, however,
that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to
any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor
(ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to
such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no
outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision;

     (7) to evidence the acceptance of an appointment by a successor
trustee;

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

     (9) to make any change that does not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of the Securityholders of any series;

     (10) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such
supplemental indenture or indentures); or

     (11) to establish additional series of Securities as permitted by
Section 2.01 hereof.

     Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders. Subject to Section 6.07, the Company and the Trustee as
to any series of Securities may amend this Indenture or the Securities of that series with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities
of each series affected by the amendment, with each such series voting as a separate class. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series may also
waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture with
respect to that series or the Securities of that series; provided, however, that without the
consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

     (1) extend the final maturity of the principal amount;

     (2) reduce the principal amount of Securities;

     (3) reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment
of any sinking fund or analogous provision;

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     (4) reduce the rate of, or change the time for payment of interest on,
any Security;

     (5) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any
Security or waive a redemption payment or alter the redemption provisions
with respect thereto;

     (6) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the
Security (including defaulted interest);

     (7) reduce the principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities
payable upon acceleration of the maturity or pursuable in bankruptcy
thereof;

     (8) make any change in Section 6.04, 6.07 or 9.02;

     (9) waive a default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on,
any Security, except to the extent otherwise provided for in Section 6.02
hereof;

     (10) alter the terms on which holders of the Securities may convert or
exchange the Securities for other securities of the Company or of other
entities or for other property of the cash value of property, other than in
accordance with any antidilution provisions or other similar adjustment
provisions included in the terms of the debt securities;

     (11) alter certain provisions relating to Securities not denominated in
U.S. dollars;

     (12) impair the right of any Holder of Securities to institute suit for
the enforcement of any payment on any Security when due; or

     (13) reduce the percentage of Securities the consent of whose Holders
is required for modification of the Indenture or relevant supplemental
indenture.

     An amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 that waives, changes or eliminates any covenant
or other provision of this Indenture that has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one
or more particular series of Securities, or that modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities
of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the
rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve
the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
approves the substance thereof.

     The Company shall mail supplemental indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the
Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

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     Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment or waiver becomes
effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and
every subsequent Holder of the Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as
the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security;
provided, however, that unless a record date shall have been established pursuant to Section
2.12(a) hereof, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his or her
Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date
on which the amendment or waiver becomes effective. An amendment or waiver shall become effective
on receipt by the Trustee of consents from the Holders of the requisite percentage of principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of any series, and thereafter shall bind every Holder of
Securities of that series.

     Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment or waiver changes the
terms of a Security: (a) the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the
Trustee, the Trustee may, at the written direction of the Company and at the Company’s expense,
place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder
and the Trustee may place an appropriate notation on any Security thereafter authenticated; or (b)
if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms.

     Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. The Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel
and an Officers’ Certificate stating that the execution of any amendment or waiver proposed
pursuant to this Article 9 is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. Subject to the preceding
sentence, the Trustee shall sign such amendment or waiver if the same does not adversely affect the
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee’s own
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

ARTICLE 10

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 10.01 Notices. Any notice or communication is duly given if in writing and delivered
in person or sent by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested),
telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, addressed as follows:

	 	 	 
	

	 	If to the Company:
	 
	 	 
	

	 	Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc.
	

	 	501 West North Avenue
	

	 	Melrose Park, Illinois 60160
	

	 	Attention: Chief Financial Officer
	

	 	Telephone: (708) ___
	

	 	Facsimile: (708)___

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	 	If to the Trustee:
	 
	 	 
	

	 	___Trust Company
	

	 	___Street
	

	 	Suite ___
	

	 	___, ___
	

	 	Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
	

	 	Telephone: (___)___
	

	 	Facsimile: (___)___

     The Company or the Trustee by written notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

     All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and
the next business day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next-day delivery.

     Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his
address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to
a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a
copy to the Trustee at the same time.

     If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time
prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

     Section 10.02 Communication By Holders With Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant
to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of
TIA Section 312(c).

     Section 10.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or
application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee:

          (a) an Officers Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with; and

          (b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions
precedent have been complied with.

     Section 10.04 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the
certificate provided for in hereof) shall include:

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     (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition;

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

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

     (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person,
such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that
with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an
Officers Certificate or certificates of public officials.

     Section 10.05 Rules By Trustee and Agents. The Trustee as to Securities of any series may
make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders of Securities of that series. The
Registrar and any Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable
requirements for their functions.

     Section 10.06 Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in Chicago, Illinois, are not required to be open. If a payment date is a
Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day
that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

     Section 10.07 No Recourse Against Others. A past, present or future director, officer,
employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall
not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under any series of Securities or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration of issuance of the Securities.

     Section 10.08 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

     Section 10.09 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury. The laws of the State of Delaware shall
govern this Indenture and the Securities, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions
thereof. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

     Section 10.10 Severability. 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 10.11 Effect of Headings, Table of Contents, Etc. The Article and Section headings
herein and the table of contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.

     Section 10.12 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements of the Company in this
Indenture and the securities shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee
in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

     Section 10.13 No Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to
interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary. Any such
indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

     Section 10.14 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by,
directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation strikes, work
stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume
performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

[signature page follows]

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	MIDWEST BANC HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	______TRUST COMPANY as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

39exv4w2

 

Exhibit 4.2

MIDWEST BANC HOLDINGS, INC.

as Issuer

and

                     TRUST COMPANY

as Trustee

SUBORDINATED INDENTURE

dated as of                     , 200       

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 1
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	 	 	2	 
	 
	Section 1.01 Certain Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.02 Other Definitions
	 	 	6	 
	Section 1.03 Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	6	 
	Section 1.04 Rules of Construction
	 	 	6	 
	 
	ARTICLE 2
	 	 	 	 
	THE SECURITIES
	 	 	7	 
	 
	Section 2.01 Unlimited Amount, Issuable in Series, Form and Dating
	 	 	7	 
	Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.05 Securityholder Lists
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.07 Replacement Securities
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.08 Outstanding Securities
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.09 Temporary Securities
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.10 Cancellation
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.11 Defaulted Interest
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.12 Special Record Dates.
	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.13 Form of Securities.
	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	15	 
	 
	ARTICLE 3
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION
	 	 	15	 
	 
	Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee
	 	 	15	 
	Section 3.02 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed
	 	 	16	 
	Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption
	 	 	16	 
	Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption
	 	 	16	 
	Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	17	 
	Section 3.06 Securities Redeemed in Part
	 	 	17	 
	 
	ARTICLE 4
	 	 	 	 
	COVENANTS
	 	 	17	 
	 
	Section 4.01 Payment of Securities
	 	 	17	 
	Section 4.02 Commission Reports
	 	 	17	 
	Section 4.03 Compliance Certificate
	 	 	17	 
	Section 4.04 Calculation of Original Issue Discount
	 	 	18	 
	 
	ARTICLE 5
	 	 	 	 
	SUCCESSORS
	 	 	18	 
	 
	Section 5.01 When Company May Merge, Etc
	 	 	18	 
	Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted
	 	 	19	 

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	ARTICLE 6
	 	 	 	 
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	 	 	19	 
	 
	Section 6.01 Events of Default
	 	 	19	 
	Section 6.02 Acceleration
	 	 	20	 
	Section 6.03 Other Remedies
	 	 	20	 
	Section 6.04 Waiver of Defaults
	 	 	21	 
	Section 6.05 Control By Majority
	 	 	21	 
	Section 6.06 Limitation On Suits
	 	 	21	 
	Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
	 	 	22	 
	Section 6.08 Collection Suit By Trustee
	 	 	22	 
	Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	22	 
	Section 6.10 Priorities
	 	 	22	 
	Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	23	 
	Section 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	23	 
	Section 6.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	23	 
	Section 6.14 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	23	 
	Section 6.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension of Laws
	 	 	24	 
	 
	ARTICLE 7
	 	 	 	 
	TRUSTEE
	 	 	24	 
	 
	Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
	 	 	24	 
	Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee
	 	 	25	 
	Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee
	 	 	26	 
	Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	26	 
	Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults
	 	 	26	 
	Section 7.06 Reports By Trustee to Holders
	 	 	27	 
	Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	27	 
	Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee
	 	 	27	 
	Section 7.09 Successor Trustee By Merger, Etc
	 	 	29	 
	Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification
	 	 	29	 
	Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	 	 	29	 
	 
	ARTICLE 8
	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
	 	 	29	 
	 
	Section 8.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	29	 
	Section 8.02 Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification
	 	 	30	 
	Section 8.03 Legal Defeasance of Securities of Any Series
	 	 	31	 
	Section 8.04 Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	32	 
	Section 8.05 Repayment to Company
	 	 	33	 
	 
	ARTICLE 9
	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTS, AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
	 	 	33	 
	 
	Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	33	 
	Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders
	 	 	34	 
	Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents
	 	 	36	 

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	Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Securities
	 	 	36	 
	Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc
	 	 	36	 
	 
	ARTICLE 10
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	36	 
	 
	Section 10.01 Notices
	 	 	36	 
	Section 10.02 Communication By Holders With Other Holders
	 	 	37	 
	Section 10.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	 	 	37	 
	Section 10.04 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	 	 	38	 
	Section 10.05 Rules By Trustee and Agents
	 	 	38	 
	Section 10.06 Legal Holidays
	 	 	38	 
	Section 10.07 No Recourse Against Others
	 	 	38	 
	Section 10.08 Counterparts
	 	 	38	 
	Section 10.09 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury
	 	 	38	 
	Section 10.10 Severability
	 	 	39	 
	Section 10.11 Effect of Headings, Table of Contents, Etc
	 	 	39	 
	Section 10.12 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	39	 
	Section 10.13 No Interpretation of Other Agreements
	 	 	39	 
	Section 10.14 Force Majeure
	 	 	39	 
	 
	ARTICLE 11
	 	 	 	 
	SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
	 	 	39	 
	 
	Section 11.01 Agreement to Subordinate
	 	 	39	 
	Section 11.02 Default on Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	40	 
	Section 11.03 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy
	 	 	40	 
	Section 11.04 Subrogation
	 	 	41	 
	Section 11.05 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination
	 	 	42	 
	Section 11.06 Notice by the Company
	 	 	42	 
	Section 11.07 Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	43	 
	Section 11.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired
	 	 	43	 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture Act Section	 	 	Indenture Section
	310

	 	(a)(1)
	 	 	7.10	 
	

	 	(a)(2)
	 	 	7.10	 
	

	 	(a)(3)
	 	 	N.A.	 
	

	 	(a)(4)
	 	 	N.A.	 
	

	 	(a)(5)
	 	 	7.10	 
	

	 	(b)
	 	 	7.03; 7.08; 7.10	 
	

	 	(c)
	 	 	N.A.	 
	311

	 	(a)
	 	 	7.11	 
	

	 	(b)

(c)
	 	 	7.11

N.A.	 
	312

	 	(a)
	 	 	2.05	 
	

	 	(b)
	 	 	10.02	 
	

	 	(c)
	 	 	10.02	 
	313

	 	(a)
	 	 	7.06	 
	

	 	(b)
	 	 	7.06	 
	

	 	(c)
	 	 	7.06; 10.01	 
	

	 	(d)
	 	 	7.06	 
	314

	 	(a)
	 	 	4.02; 10.01	 
	

	 	(b)
	 	 	N.A.	 
	

	 	(c)(1)
	 	 	10.03	 
	

	 	(c)(2)
	 	 	10.03	 
	

	 	(c)(3)
	 	 	N.A	 
	

	 	(d)
	 	 	N.A	 
	

	 	(e)
	 	 	10.04	 
	

	 	(f)
	 	 	N.A.	 
	315

	 	(a)
	 	 	7.01(b)(i); 7.01(b)(ii); 7.02

	

	 	(b)
	 	 	7.05; 10.01	 
	

	 	(c)
	 	 	7.01(a); 7.02	 
	

	 	(d)
	 	 	7.01(c); 7.02	 
	

	 	(e)
	 	 	6.11	 
	316

	 	(a)(last sentence)
	 	 	2.08	 
	

	 	(a)(1)(A)
	 	 	6.05	 
	

	 	(a)(1)(B)
	 	 	6.04	 
	

	 	(a)(2)
	 	 	N.A.	 
	

	 	(b)
	 	 	6.07	 
	

	 	(c)
	 	 	2.12; 9.03	 
	317

	 	(a)(1)
	 	 	6.08	 
	

	 	(a)(2)
	 	 	6.09	 
	

	 	(b)
	 	 	2.04	 
	318

	 	(a)
	 	 	1.03	 
	

	 	(b)
	 	 	N.A.	 
	

	 	(c)
	 	 	1.03	 

	N.A. means not applicable.
	 
	*	 	This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

     INDENTURE dated as of                     , 20    between Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and                      Trust Company, an                      trust company, as
Trustee (the “Trustee”).

     The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be
issued in one or more series (the “Securities”), as herein provided, up to such principal amount as
may from time to time be authorized in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of
Directors or by supplemental indenture.

     Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of each series of the Securities:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Certain Definitions.

     “Affiliate” means any Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with the
Company. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any
Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
stock, by agreement or otherwise.

     “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, authenticating agent or co-Registrar.

     “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any authorized committee
thereof.

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

     “Closing Date” means the date on which the Securities of a particular series were originally
issued under this Indenture.

     “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it pursuant to this
Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

     “Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by two officers, one
of whom must be the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer.

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     “Company Request” means a written request signed in the name of the Company by 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” shall mean the corporate trust office of the Trustee, which shall
initially be                      Street, Suite      ,          ,                    , Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration.

     “Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both
would be, an Event of Default.

     “Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depositary for
such series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of
such series.

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

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the Closing Date.

     “Global Security” shall mean a Security issued to evidence all or a part of any series of
Securities that is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to a
Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions, all in accordance with this Indenture and
pursuant to Section 2.01, which shall be registered as to principal and interest in the name of
such Depositary or its nominee.

     “Holder” or “Securityholder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
register of Securities kept by the Registrar.

     “Indebtedness” of any Person means the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due on
indebtedness of such Person, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter
created, incurred or assumed, which is (a) indebtedness for money borrowed, (b) any obligation of,
or any obligation guaranteed by, such Person for the repayment of borrowed money, whether or not
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written instruments, (c) any obligation of, or any
such obligation guaranteed by, such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar written
instruments, including obligations assumed or incurred in connection with the acquisition of
property, assets or businesses (provided, however, that the deferred purchase price of any other
business or property or assets shall not be considered Indebtedness if the purchase price thereof
is payable in full within 90 days from the date on which such indebtedness was created), (d) any
obligations of such Person as lessee under leases required to be capitalized on the balance sheet
of the lessee under generally accepted accounting

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principles, (e) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement on any letter of credit,
banker’s acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction, (f) all obligations
of such Person in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate future or
options contracts, currency swap arrangements, currency future or option contracts and other
similar agreements, (g) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above
of other persons for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable as obligor,
guarantor or otherwise, (h) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (g)
above of other Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of such Person (whether or not
such obligation is assumed by such Person), and (i) any amendments, renewals, extensions,
modifications and refundings of any of the foregoing.

     “Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

     “Interest” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by its terms
bears interest only after maturity, means interest payable after maturity.

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

     “Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the
Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

     “Officers Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the
principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the
Company.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

     “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides that an amount less than
its principal amount is due and payable upon acceleration after an Event of Default.

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

     “Principal” of a Security means the principal amount due on the Stated Maturity of the
Security plus the premium, if any, on the Security.

     “Securities” means the Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

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

     “Senior Indebtedness” means all obligations of the Company in respect of Indebtedness of the
Company, whether outstanding at the date of execution of this Indenture, or thereafter

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incurred or created; provided, however, that, “Senior Indebtedness” shall not include: (1)
indebtedness or monetary obligations to trade creditors created or assumed by the Company in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services; (2)
indebtedness that is by its terms subordinated to or ranks equal with the Securities; or (3) any
indebtedness of the Company to its Affiliates (including all debt securities and guarantees in
respect of those debt securities, issued to any trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with
the Company that is a financing vehicle of the Company (a “financing entity”) in connection with
the issuance by such financing entity of preferred securities or other securities guaranteed by the
Company) unless otherwise expressly provided in the terms of any such indebtedness.

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

     “Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership or limited liability company of which the
Company, or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries, or any one or more Subsidiaries, directly or
indirectly owns or own (i) in the case of a corporation, voting securities entitling the holders
thereof to elect a majority of the directors, either at all times or so long as there is no default
or contingency which permits the holders of any other class of securities to vote for the election
of one or more directors, (ii) in the case of a partnership, at least a majority of the general
partnership interests and at least a majority of total outstanding partnership interests or (iii)
in the case of a limited liability company, at least a majority of the membership interests.

     “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time, and as in effect on
the date of execution of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the TIA is amended
after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act, as
so amended.

     “Trustee” means the party named as such above until a successor becomes such pursuant to this
Indenture and thereafter means or includes each party who is then a trustee hereunder, and if at
any time there is more than one such party, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any
series means the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. If Trustees with respect to
different series of Securities are trustees under this Indenture, nothing herein shall constitute
the Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, and each Trustee shall be the trustee of a trust
separate and apart from any trust administered by any other Trustee with respect to a different
series of Securities.

     “Trust Officer” means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee
to administer its corporate trust matters.

     “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations
of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America that is not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific

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payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Term	 	Defined in Section
	“Additional Provisions”

	 	 	11.01	 
	“Bankruptcy Law”

	 	 	6.01	 
	“Custodian”

	 	 	6.01	 
	“Event of Default”

	 	 	6.01	 
	“Legal Holiday”

	 	 	10.06	 
	“Paying Agent”

	 	 	2.03	 
	“Place of Payment”

	 	 	2.01	 
	“Registrar”

	 	 	2.03	 

     Section 1.03 Trust Indenture Act. The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose
duties on any Person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless
expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture upon and so long as
the Indenture and Securities are subject to the TIA. If any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies or conflicts with such duties, the duties imposed by the Indenture shall control. If a
provision of the TIA requires or permits a provision of this Indenture and the TIA provision is
amended, then the Indenture provision shall be automatically amended to like effect.

     The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“indenture securities” means the Securities.

“indenture securityholder” means a Securityholder.

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

“obligor” on the Securities means the Company and any successor obligor on the
Securities.

     Section 1.04 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

          (i) a term defined in Section 1.01 or 1.02 has the meaning assigned to it therein, and
terms defined in the TIA and not defined in Section 1.01 or 1.02 have the meanings assigned
to them in the TIA;

          (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;

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          (iii) “or” is not exclusive;

          (iv) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular;

          (v) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

          (vi) “including” means without limitation.

ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

     Section 2.01 Unlimited Amount, Issuable in Series, Form and Dating. The aggregate principal
amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The
Securities may be issued in one or more series but all Securities issued hereunder shall be
subordinate and junior in right of payment to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article 11
to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or an Officers Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of
any series:

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

          (b) Any change in the subordination provisions which applies to the Securities or the series
from those contained in Article 11 with respect to the Securities, and the definitions of Senior
Indebtedness and Indebtedness which shall apply to the Securities of the series;

          (c) the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof)
at which the Securities of the series will be issued;

          (d) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series
pursuant to this Article 2);

          (e) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;

          (f) the rate or rates that may be fixed or variable at which the Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, or the manner in which such rate or rates shall be determined, the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such
interest shall be payable and the record dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is
payable;

          (g) the place or places where the principal of and any interest on Securities of the series
shall be payable, if other than as provided herein;

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          (h) the price or prices at which (if any), the period or periods within which (if any) and the
terms and conditions upon which (if other than as provided herein) Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option, or as an obligation, of the Company;

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

          (j) the currency or currencies in which the Securities are issued and payable;

          (k) the conversion or exchange provisions applicable to the Securities;

          (l) whether and upon what terms the series of Securities will be convertible into equity or
debt securities of the Company;

          (m) the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

          (n) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a
Global Security or Securities and if so, whether the Securities of the series are to be issued in
temporary or permanent global form or both; the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such
Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual securities,
and the Depositary for such Global Security and Securities;

          (o) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in registered form or bearer form or
both and, if the Securities are to be offered in bearer form, (i) any restrictions applicable to
the exchange of one for another and to the offer, sale and delivery of those Securities in bearer
form and (ii) whether such Securities will be issued with coupons;

          (p) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in definitive form (whether upon
original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security), and under what terms and conditions such
Securities will be issued in definitive form;

          (q) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof;

          (r) if the amount of payments of principal of or interest on the Securities of the series may
be determined with reference to an index, including, without limitation, an index based on a
currency or currencies other than that in which the Securities are denominated or payable, or any
other type of index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

          (s) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default with respect to
the Securities of a particular series (whether or not such Events of Default are consistent with
the Events of Default set forth herein), if not set forth herein, and any change in the right of
the Trustee or the requisite Holders to declare the principal amount on the Securities of a
particular series due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;

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          (t) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the covenants set forth in Article 4
or the acceleration provisions applicable to Securities of the series (whether or not such
covenants or acceleration provisions are consistent with the covenants or acceleration provisions
set forth herein);

          (u) the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the
series;

          (v) the Trustee for the series of Securities and any other agents for the Securities;

          (w) if any Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, and the time, manner
and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered; or

          (x) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture with respect to
such series; provided, however, that no such term may modify or delete any provision hereof if
imposed by the TIA; and provided, further, that any modification or deletion of the rights, duties
or immunities of the Trustee hereunder shall have been consented to in writing by the Trustee).

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

     The principal of and any interest on the Securities shall be payable at the office or agency
of the Company designated in the form of Security for the series (each such place herein called the
“Place of Payment”); provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the
Company by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear
in the register of Securities referred to in Section 2.03 hereof.

     Each Security shall be in one of the forms approved from time to time by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution or Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto. Prior to the delivery of a Security to the Trustee for authentication in any form approved
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Officers Certificate, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee the Board Resolution or Officers Certificate by or pursuant to which such form of Security
has been approved, which Board Resolution or Officers Certificate shall have attached thereto a
true and correct copy of the form of Security that has been approved by or pursuant thereto.

     The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange
rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication. Two officers shall sign the Securities for the
Company by manual or facsimile signature.

     If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the
Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

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     A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this
Indenture.

     The Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue upon a Company Order.

     The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so.
Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company.

     Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency where
Securities of a particular series may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
(the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented for
payment (a “Paying Agent”). The Registrar for a particular series of Securities shall keep a
register of the Securities of that series and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may
appoint one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents for each series of
Securities. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change
any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without prior notice to any Securityholder. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Indenture.

     If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent for any series of Securities, the
Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar
or co-Registrar.

     The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar and Paying Agent for each series
of Securities unless another Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to
the time Securities of that series are first issued.

     Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Whenever the Company has one or more Paying
Agents it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on, any Securities, deposit
with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due, such sum to
be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or interest, and (unless
such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.

     The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that
such Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders of the particular
series for which it is acting, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment
of principal or interest on the Securities of such series, and that such Paying Agent will notify
the Trustee of any Default by the Company or any other obligor of the series of Securities in
making any such payment and at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such
Paying Agent. If the Company or an Affiliate acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a
separate trust fund for the benefit of the Securityholders of the particular series for which it is

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acting all money held by it as Paying Agent. The Company at any time may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon so doing, the Paying Agent (if other than
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) shall have no further liability for such money. Upon
any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as
Paying Agent for the Securities.

     Section 2.05 Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Securityholders, separately by series, and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven business days
before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a
list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of Securityholders, separately by series, relating to such interest payment date or
request, as the case may be.

     Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange. Where Securities of a series are presented to the
Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal
principal amount of Securities of the same series of other authorized denominations, the Registrar
shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met.
To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request.

     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.09, 2.13, 3.06 or 9.04).

     The Company need not issue, and the Registrar or co-Registrar need not register the transfer
or exchange of, (i) any Security of a particular series during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of any mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that
series under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii)
any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Security of that series being redeemed in part.

     Section 2.07 Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or
if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken,
the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of same series if
the Company’s and the Trustee’s requirements are met. The Trustee or the Company may require an
indemnity bond to be furnished which is sufficient in the judgment of both to protect the Company,
the Trustee, and any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced.
The Company may charge such Holder for its expenses in replacing a Security.

     Every replacement Security is an obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all the
benefit of the Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same
series.

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     Section 2.08 Outstanding Securities. The Securities of any series outstanding at any time are
all the Securities of that series authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it,
those delivered to it for cancellation, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not
outstanding.

     If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.

     If Securities are considered paid under Section 4.01, they cease to be outstanding and
interest on them ceases to accrue.

     A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate holds the
Security; however, TIA Section 316(a) shall apply where appropriate.

     For each series of Original Issue Discount Securities, the principal amount of such Securities
that shall be deemed to be outstanding and used to determine whether the necessary Holders have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver shall be the
principal amount of such Securities that could be declared to be due and payable upon acceleration
upon an Event of Default as of the date of such determination. When requested by the Trustee, the
Company shall advise the Trustee of such amount, showing its computations in reasonable detail.

     Section 2.09 Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a written order of
the Company signed by one Officer of the Company. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in
the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate
for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee
shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.

     Holders of temporary securities shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

     Section 2.10 Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all
Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation
and shall return such canceled Securities to the Company at the Company’s written request. The
Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or that have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

     Section 2.11 Defaulted Interest. If the Company fails to make a payment of interest on any
series of Securities, it shall pay such defaulted interest plus (to the extent lawful) any interest
payable on the defaulted interest, in any lawful manner. It may elect to pay such defaulted
interest, plus any such interest payable on it, to the Persons who are Holders of such Securities
on which the interest is due on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall promptly notify
the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each such
Security. The Company shall fix any such record date and payment date for such

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payment. At least 15 days before any such record date, the Company shall mail to
Securityholders affected thereby a notice that states the record date, payment date, and amount of
such interest to be paid.

Section 2.12 Special Record Dates.

          (a) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, set a record date for the purpose of
determining the identity of Holders entitled to consent to any supplement, amendment or waiver
permitted by this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of Securities of that series
outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to consent to such
supplement, amendment or waiver or revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date. No consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days
after such record date unless consents from Holders of the principal amount of Securities of that
series required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective shall have also been given
and not revoked within such 90-day period.

          (b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of any series of Securities entitled to join in the giving or
making of any notice of Default, any declaration of acceleration, any request to institute
proceedings or any other similar direction. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of Securities of
that series outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in
such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after
such record date; provided, however, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken
on or prior to the date 90 days after such record date.

Section 2.13 Form of Securities.

          (a) Forms Generally. The Securities shall be substantially in the form established in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall have
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 or
designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and
are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with
any law or rule or regulation made pursuant thereto, or with any rule or regulation of any
securities exchange on which any series of Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as conclusively evidenced by their execution
of such Securities. If the form of a series of Securities is established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an
Officer’s Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

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

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          (b) Global Securities.

          (i) Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an
Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a series shall be issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such
Global Security or Securities.

          (ii) Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in
Section 2.06 of this Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be
exchangeable pursuant to of this Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders
other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (y) such Depositary
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor
Depositary within 90 days of such event or (z) the Company executes and delivers to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so
exchangeable. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence
shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct
in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security with like tenor and terms.

     Except as provided in this Section 2.13(b), a Global Security may not be transferred except as
a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by
a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor
Depositary.

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

          (iii) Legend. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form:

     “Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust
Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), New York, New York, to the issuer or its agent for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name
of Cede & Co. or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and
any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as may be 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.
Transfer of this Global Security shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to
nominees of DTC or to a successor thereof or

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such successor’s nominee and limited to transfers made in accordance with the restrictions set
forth in the Indenture referred to herein.”

          (iv) Acts of Holders. The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise
authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under
this Indenture.

          (v) Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 hereof, payment of the principal of and interest,
if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Person specified therein.

          (vi) Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in this Section 2.13(e),
the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a Person as the Holder of such principal
amount of outstanding Securities of such series represented by a Global Security as shall be
specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for
purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations or directions required to be given by the
Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

     Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing any series of Securities may use “CUSIP”
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices 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 such Securities or as contained in any
notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on such
Securities, and any such action relating to such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers in such notice. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing
of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

     Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem Securities of any series
pursuant to any optional redemption provisions thereof, it shall promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Securities of that series to be
redeemed.

     If the Company elects to reduce the principal amount of Securities of any series to be
redeemed pursuant to mandatory redemption provisions thereof, it shall promptly notify the Trustee
in writing of the amount of, and the basis for, any such reduction. If the Company elects to credit
against any such mandatory redemption Securities it has not previously delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, it shall deliver such Securities with such notice.

     The Company shall give the notice provided for in this Section 3.01 at least 45 days before
the redemption date (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), which
notice shall specify the provisions of such Security pursuant to which the Company elects to redeem
such Securities.

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     Section 3.02 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. If less than all the securities of any
series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of that series to be redeemed by
a method that complies with the requirements of any exchange on which the Securities of that series
are listed, or, if the Securities of that series are not listed on an exchange, by lot or by such
other method as the Trustee deems appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection not more than
75 days and not less than 30 days before the redemption date from Securities of that series
outstanding and not previously called for redemption. Except as otherwise provided as to any
particular series of Securities, Securities and portions thereof that the Trustee selects shall be
in amounts equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of the series to be redeemed
or any integral multiple thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the
Company promptly in writing of the Securities or portions of Securities to be called for
redemption.

     Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption. Except as otherwise provided as to any particular series
of Securities, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company
shall mail a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed.

     The notice shall identify the Securities of the series to be redeemed and shall state:

          (1) the redemption date;

          (2) the redemption price;

          (3) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the
redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or
Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be
issued;

          (4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

          (5) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

          (6) that, unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption
price, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and
after the redemption date; and the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities
to be redeemed.

     At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the
Company’s name and at its expense. The notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In
any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice of the Holder of any
Security shall not affect the validity of the proceeding for the redemption of any other Security.

     Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed in
accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Securities called for redemption become due and payable

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on the redemption date for the redemption price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such
Securities will be paid at the redemption price.

     Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before 10:00 a.m., New York City time on the
redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any
Affiliate is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of all Securities called for redemption on that date, other than Securities that
have previously been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation. The Paying Agent
shall return to the Company any money not required for that purpose.

     Section 3.06 Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in
part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of
the Company a new Security of same series equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of
the Security surrendered.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

     Section 4.01 Payment of Securities. The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal
of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in this Indenture and the
Securities. Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if
other than the Company or an Affiliate, holds on that date immediately available funds designated
for and sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due.

     To the extent lawful, the Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and overdue
installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by the applicable series of Securities.

     Section 4.02 Commission Reports. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days
after it files them with the Commission copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission
may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company is required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however the Company shall not be
required to deliver to the Trustee any materials for which the Company has sought and received
confidential treatment by the Commission. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions
of TIA Section 314(a).

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

     Section 4.03 Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers Certificate stating that in the
course of the performance by the signers of their duties as officers of the Company, they would
normally have knowledge of any failure by the Company to comply with all conditions, or default by
the Company with respect to any covenants, under this Indenture, and further stating whether or not
they have knowledge of any such failure or default and, if so,

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specifying each such failure or default and the nature thereof. For purposes of this Section
4.03, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of
notice provided for in this Indenture. The certificate need not comply with Section 10.03 hereof.

     The Company shall, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee,
forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, and in any event within five days
after the Company becomes aware of a Default or an Event of Default, an Officers Certificate
specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto.

     Section 4.04 Calculation of Original Issue Discount. The Company shall file with the Trustee
promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original
issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on outstanding Securities as of
the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue
discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

     Section 5.01 When Company May Merge, Etc. Unless the terms of the Securities of a series
provide otherwise, the Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the
Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions
to any Person unless:

     (1) the Company is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia;

     (2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger
(if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made
assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the Company under
the Securities and this Indenture; and

     (3) immediately prior to and after giving effect to the transaction no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

     The Company shall deliver to the Trustee on or prior to the consummation of the proposed
transaction an Officers’ Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.

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     Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any
transfer by the Company (other than by lease) of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company
herein. In the event of any such transfer, the predecessor Company shall be released and discharged
from all liabilities and obligations in respect of the Securities and the Indenture, and the
predecessor Company may be dissolved, wound up or liquidated at any time thereafter.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     Section 6.01 Events of Default. An “Event of Default” occurs with respect to Securities of
any particular series if, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or
supplemental indenture hereto, it is provided that such series shall not have the benefit of said
Event of Default:

     (1) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any
Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity,
upon redemption or otherwise;

     (2) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of
that series when the same becomes due and payable, and the Default continues
for a period of 30 days;

     (3) an Event of Default, as defined in the Securities of that series,
occurs and is continuing, or the Company fails to comply with any of its
other agreements in the Securities of that series or in this Indenture with
respect to that series and the Default continues for the period and after
the notice specified below;

     (4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy
Law:

     (a) commences a voluntary case;

     (b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in
an involuntary case;

     (c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all
or substantially all of its property;

     (d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
or

     (e) admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts
as the same become due.

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     (5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:

     (a) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case;

     (b) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or
substantially all of its property; or

     (c) orders the liquidation of the Company; and the order or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;

     (6) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series which is specified in a Board Resolution, Officers Certificate
or supplemental indenture establishing that series of Securities.

     The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for
the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

     A Default under clause (3) above is not an Event of Default with respect to a particular
series of Securities until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 50% in principal amount of the
then outstanding Securities of that series notify the Company of the Default and the Company does
not cure the Default within 90 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the
Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” Such notice
shall be given by the Trustee if so requested in writing by the Holders of 50% of the principal
amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series.

     Section 6.02 Acceleration. Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of
Securities in accordance with Section 2.01 hereof, if an Event of Default specified in clause (4)
or (5) of Section 6.01 occurs, all of the unpaid principal (or, in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities, such lesser amount as may be provided in such Securities) of and any accrued
interest on all Securities of that series shall become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

     Section 6.03 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee for the Holders of such Securities may pursue any available
remedy to collect the payment of principal or interest on the Securities of that series or to
enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of that series or this Indenture and the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of that series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as such 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 therein,
or to enforce any other proper remedy.

     The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or
does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any
Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not

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impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.
All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

     Section 6.04 Waiver of Defaults. Subject to Section 9.02, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series, by notice to the Trustee, may
waive an existing or past Default or Event of Default with respect to that series and its
consequences except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal (including
any mandatory sinking fund or like payment) of or interest on any Security of that series
(provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of any series voting as a single class may rescind an acceleration and its consequences,
including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration), or (ii) a default in
respect to a covenant or provision herein which under Article 9 cannot be modified without the
consent of the Holders of each Security of that series affected.

     Section 6.05 Control By Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy with respect to that series available to the Trustee or exercising any
trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture, that is unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder of
Securities of that series, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability. The Trustee may
take any other action which it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction.

     Section 6.06 Limitation On Suits. A Holder of Securities of any series may not pursue a
remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:

     (1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to that series;

     (2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities of that series make a written request to the Trustee
to pursue the remedy;

     (3) such Holders of at least 25% of the then outstanding Securities of
that series offer to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense;

     (4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of
indemnity; and

     (5) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series do not give the
Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

     No Holder of any series of Securities may use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder of Securities of that series or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of Securities of that series, it being understood and intended that no one or more of such
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of this Indenture to affect, disturb, or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders (it
being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not
such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

     Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Indenture, the Holders of any Security shall have the right which is absolute and
unconditional to receive payment of principal of and interest, if any, on the Security, on or after
the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after such respective dates, and such right shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of the Holder.

     Section 6.08 Collection Suit By Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(l)
or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities of any series, the Company will,
upon demand of the Trustee for the Securities of such series, pay to it, for the benefit of Holders
of such securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such securities for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if
any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any
overdue installments of interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate borne by such securities
(or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the Securities’ yield to maturity). The
Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company
for the whole amount of principal (or such portion of the principal as may be specified as due upon
acceleration at that time in the terms of that series of Securities) and interest, if any,
remaining unpaid on the Securities of that series then outstanding, together with (to the extent
lawful) interest on overdue principal and interest, and such further amount as shall be sufficient
to cover the costs and, to the extent lawful, expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof.

     Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any
other obligor on the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled to and
empowered to collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian in any such judicial proceedings 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 to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder 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 Securityholder in any such proceeding.

     Section 6.10 Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money with respect to Securities of any
series pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

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     First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof,
including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by
the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

     Second: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities of such series for
principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Securities of such series for principal and interest, respectively;
and

     Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

     The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Securities of
any series pursuant to this Section 6.10. The Trustee shall notify the Company in writing
reasonably in advance of any such record date and payment date.

     Section 6.11 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 or omitted by it as a
Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defense made by the party litigant.
This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section
6.07 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities of any series.

     Section 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee for the Securities of any
series or any Holder of a Security 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 such Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the
Company, such Trustee and the Holders of Securities shall, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and
thereafter all rights, and remedies of such Trustee and such Holders shall continue as though no
such proceeding had been instituted.

     Section 6.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen securities in Section 2.07, no right
or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee for the Securities of any series or
Holders of Securities 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 6.14 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee for the
Securities of any series or of any Holder of any Security of such series to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall
impair any such right or remedy of or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an

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acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to such Trustee
for the Securities of any series or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by such Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

     Section 6.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension of 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 for any series of Securities, but will suffer
and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

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

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

               (i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Indenture or the TIA and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture or the TIA and no others, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

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

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

               (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

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

               (iii) the Trustee shall 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 6.05
hereof.

          (d) 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 7.01.

          (e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or incur any liability. The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power
unless it receives security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense.

          (f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Absent written instruction from the Company, the
Trustee shall not be required to invest any such money. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

     Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee. Subject to TIA Section 315(a) through (d):

          (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper person. 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.

          (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or
an Opinion of Counsel, or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

          (c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or
negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

          (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers under the Indenture, unless the
Trustee’s conduct constitutes negligence.

          (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction
or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an officer of the Company.

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          (f) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and may rely upon the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel.

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

          (h) 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 at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or
additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

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

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

     The Trustee shall be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default only if a Trust
Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or receives at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee written notice of any event that is in fact a Default or Event of Default, and such
notice references the Securities generally or the Securities of a particular series, as the case
may be, and this Indenture.

     Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other
capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or
an Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same
with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311.

     Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of
the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the
Securities other than its certificate of authentication.

     Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series occurs and is continuing and if the Trustee is deemed to have notice
thereof, the Trustee shall mail to all Holders of Securities of that series a notice of the Default
or

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Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of
Default in payment on any such Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a
committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the
interests of such Securityholders.

     Section 7.06 Reports By Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the
Trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall mail to Holders of Securities of that series
as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA
Section 313(a) (if such report is required by TIA Section 313(a)). The Trustee shall also comply
with TIA Section 313(b).

     A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be mailed to the
Company and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which any of the Securities are
listed, as required by TIA Section 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing
when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange, and of any delisting thereof.

     Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to
time such compensation as shall be agreed upon in writing for its services hereunder. The Company
shall reimburse the Trustee upon written request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred
by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and out-of-pocket expenses of the
Trustee’s agents and counsel.

     The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee for any loss,
liability, damage, claims or expenses, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or
determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it, without negligence or bad faith on its
part, in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture and its duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek
indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The
Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of
such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.

     To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a
lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee in its
capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay principal and interest on
particular Securities. Such lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

     If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(4) or (5) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services will be
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law.

     This Section 7.07 shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

     Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee. A resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to
one or more or all series of Securities and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become
effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section
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     The Trustee may resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities by so notifying
the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities of any series may remove the Trustee as to that series by so notifying the Trustee in
writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company’s consent. The Company may remove the
Trustee with respect to one or more or all series of Securities if:

          (a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

          (b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

          (c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

          (d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

     If, as to any series of Securities, the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists
in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee for
that series. Within one year after the successor Trustee with respect to any series takes office,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If a
successor Trustee as to a particular series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring
Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

     If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof with respect to any series, any Holder
of Securities of that series who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(b) may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee for that series.

     A successor Trustee as to any series of Securities shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring
Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee
(subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof), the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights,
powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture as to that series. The successor Trustee
shall mail a notice of its succession to the Holders of Securities of that series.

     Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s
obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee.

     In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and that (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each
successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor

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Trustee relates, (2) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; provided, however, that nothing herein or in such
supplemental Indenture shall constitute such Trustee co-trustees of the same trust and that each
such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust hereunder separate and apart from any trust hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee.

     Upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental Indenture the resignation or removal of
the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

     Section 7.09 Successor Trustee By Merger, Etc. If the Trustee as to any series of Securities
consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business to, another corporation or national association, the successor corporation without any
further act shall be the successor Trustee as to that series.

     Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification. Each series of Securities shall always have a
Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee as to any
series of Securities shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as
set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee is subject to TIA
Section 310(b).

     Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee is subject to TIA
Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 8

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

     Section 8.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon Company Order
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, at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when

          (a) either

               (i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or

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               (ii) all such securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

               (1) have become due and payable, or

               (2) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one
year, or

               (3) 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, or

               (4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.03, as
applicable;

and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging
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
that have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the stated maturity
or redemption date, as the case may be;

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

          (c) 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 7.07 hereof, and, if money shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this section or if money or obligations shall have been deposited
with or received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03 hereof, the obligations of the Trustee
under Sections 8.02 and 8.05 hereof shall survive.

     Section 8.02 Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.

          (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.05 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof, all money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof and all money received by the Trustee in respect of
U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof,
shall be held in trust and 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 has been deposited with or received by the
Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by
Sections 8.03 and 8.04 hereof.

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          (b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 8.03 or
8.04 hereof or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any
payable by or on behalf of Holders.

          (c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
U.S. Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.03 or 8.04 hereof that,
in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the
amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such
U.S. Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize
the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government obligations held under this Indenture.

     Section 8.03 Legal Defeasance of Securities of Any Series. Unless this is otherwise specified
to be inapplicable to Securities of any series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of any such series on the 91st
day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of
this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such series, shall no longer be in
effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon Company Request, execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:

          (a) the rights of Holders of the Securities of such series to receive, from the trust funds
described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of each installment of principal of or interest
on the outstanding Securities of such series on the stated maturity of such principal of or
interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities
of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture and the Securities of such series;

          (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities of such series under Sections
2.03, 2.06 and 2.07 hereof; and

          (c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the duties of the
Trustee under Section 8.02 hereof and the duty of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series issued on registration of transfer of exchange; provided that, the following conditions
shall have been satisfied:

          (d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as
trust funds, for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for
and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, cash in U.S. Dollars and/or
U.S. Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect
thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax
liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any
payment of money, an amount in cash 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 each installment of principal

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(including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and interest, if any, on all the
Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due;

          (e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound;

          (f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day
after such date;

          (g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
(i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the
applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect 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 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;

          (h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of
such series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;

          (i) such deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an
investment company (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), or such trust
shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and

          (j) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

     Section 8.04 Covenant Defeasance. Unless this Section 8.04 is otherwise inapplicable to
Securities of any series, on and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in
subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set
forth under Sections 4.02, 4.03 and 5.01 hereof as well as any additional covenants contained in a
supplemental indenture hereto for a particular series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an
Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (and the failure to comply with any
such provisions shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof) and
the occurrence of any event described in clause (5) of Section 6.01 hereof shall not constitute a
Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

          (a) With reference to this Section 8.04, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably
deposited (except as provided in Section 8.03 hereof) with the Trustee as trust funds, specifically
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such Securities, cash in U.S. Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations which through the
payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide
(and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later
than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal and interest, if any, on
and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the Securities of such series on the dates such
installments of interest or principal are due;

          (b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound;

          (c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day
after such date;

          (d) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that
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 and defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax
on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

          (e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating the
deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of
such series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and

          (f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this Section 8.04(f) have been complied with.

     Section 8.05 Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company
upon the Company’s request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that
remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such payment shall have become due. After
payment to the Company, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment
as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.

ARTICLE 9

SUPPLEMENTS, AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

     Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee as to any series of
Securities may supplement or amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or the
consent of any Securityholder:

     (1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

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     (2) to secure any Securities;

     (3) to comply with Article 5;

     (4) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection
with the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

     (5) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place
of certificated Securities;

     (6) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided, however,
that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to
any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor
(ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to
such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no
outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision;

     (7) to evidence the acceptance of an appointment by a successor
trustee;

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

     (9) to make any change that does not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of the Securityholders of any series;

     (10) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such
supplemental indenture or indentures); or

     (11) to establish additional series of Securities as permitted by
Section 2.01 hereof.

     Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders. Subject to Section 6.07, the Company and the Trustee as
to any series of Securities may amend this Indenture or the Securities of that series with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities
of each series affected by the amendment, with each such series voting as a separate class. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series may also
waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture with
respect to that series or the Securities of that series; provided, however, that without the
consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

     (1) extend the final maturity of the principal amount;

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     (2) reduce the principal amount of Securities;

     (3) reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment
of any sinking fund or analogous provision;

     (4) reduce the rate of, or change the time for payment of interest on,
any Security;

     (5) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any
Security or waive a redemption payment or alter the redemption provisions
with respect thereto;

     (6) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the
Security (including defaulted interest);

     (7) reduce the principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities
payable upon acceleration of the maturity or pursuable in bankruptcy
thereof;

     (8) make any change in Section 6.04, 6.07 or 9.02;

     (9) waive a default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on,
any Security, except to the extent otherwise provided for in Section 6.02
hereof;

     (10) alter the terms on which holders of the Securities may convert or
exchange the Securities for other securities of the Company or of other
entities or for other property of the cash value of property, other than in
accordance with any antidilution provisions or other similar adjustment
provisions included in the terms of the debt securities;

     (11) alter certain provisions relating to Securities not denominated in
U.S. dollars;

     (12) impair the right of any Holder of Securities to institute suit for
the enforcement of any payment on any Security when due; or

     (13) reduce the percentage of Securities the consent of whose Holders
is required for modification of the Indenture or relevant supplemental
indenture.

     An amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 that waives, changes or eliminates any covenant
or other provision of this Indenture that has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one
or more particular series of Securities, or that modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities
of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the
rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

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     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve
the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
approves the substance thereof.

     The Company shall mail supplemental indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the
Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

     Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment or waiver becomes
effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and
every subsequent Holder of the Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as
the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security;
provided, however, that unless a record date shall have been established pursuant to Section
2.12(a) hereof, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his or her
Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date
on which the amendment or waiver becomes effective. An amendment or waiver shall become effective
on receipt by the Trustee of consents from the Holders of the requisite percentage of principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of any series, and thereafter shall bind every Holder of
Securities of that series.

     Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment or waiver changes the
terms of a Security: (a) the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the
Trustee, the Trustee may, at the written direction of the Company and at the Company’s expense,
place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder
and the Trustee may place an appropriate notation on any Security thereafter authenticated; or (b)
if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms.

     Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. The Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel
and an Officers’ Certificate stating that the execution of any amendment or waiver proposed
pursuant to this Article 9 is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. Subject to the preceding
sentence, the Trustee shall sign such amendment or waiver if the same does not adversely affect the
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee’s own
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

ARTICLE 10

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 10.01 Notices. Any notice or communication is duly given if in writing and delivered
in person or sent by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested),
telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, addressed as follows:

	 	 	 
	

	 	If to the Company:
	 
	 	 
	

	 	Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc.
	

	 	501 West North Avenue

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	 	Melrose Park, Illinois 60160
	

	 	Attention: Chief Financial Officer
	

	 	Telephone: (708)                     
	

	 	Facsimile: (708)                     
	 
	 	 
	

	 	If to the Trustee:
	 
	 	 
	

	 	                                         Trust Company
	

	 	                     Street
	

	 	Suite                     
	

	 	                    ,                                          
	

	 	Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
	

	 	Telephone: (                    )                                         
	

	 	Facsimile: (                    )                                         

     The Company or the Trustee by written notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

     All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and
the next business day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next-day delivery.

     Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his
address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to
a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a
copy to the Trustee at the same time.

     If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time
prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

     Section 10.02 Communication By Holders With Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant
to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of
TIA Section 312(c).

     Section 10.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or
application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee:

          (a) an Officers Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with; and

          (b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions
precedent have been complied with.

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     Section 10.04 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the
certificate provided for in hereof) shall include:

     (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition;

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

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

     (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person,
such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that
with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an
Officers Certificate or certificates of public officials.

     Section 10.05 Rules By Trustee and Agents. The Trustee as to Securities of any series may
make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders of Securities of that series. The
Registrar and any Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable
requirements for their functions.

     Section 10.06 Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in Chicago, Illinois, are not required to be open. If a payment date is a
Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day
that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

     Section 10.07 No Recourse Against Others. A past, present or future director, officer,
employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall
not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under any series of Securities or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration of issuance of the Securities.

     Section 10.08 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

     Section 10.09 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury. The laws of the State of Delaware shall
govern this Indenture and the Securities, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions
thereof. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING

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ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

     Section 10.10 Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

     Section 10.11 Effect of Headings, Table of Contents, Etc. The Article and Section headings
herein and the table of contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.

     Section 10.12 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements of the Company in this
Indenture and the securities shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee
in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

     Section 10.13 No Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to
interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary. Any such
indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

     Section 10.14 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by,
directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation strikes, work
stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume
performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

ARTICLE 11

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

     Section 11.01 Agreement to Subordinate. The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of
Securities issued hereunder and under any supplemental indenture or by any Board Resolution (or an
Officers Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution (“Additional
Provisions”) by such holder’s acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Securities
shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article 11 and each holder of a Security, whether
upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such
provisions.

     The payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all
Securities issued hereunder and under any Additional Provisions shall, to the extent and in the
manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred.

     No provision of this Article 11 shall prevent the occurrence of any Default or Event of
Default hereunder.

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     Section 11.02 Default on Senior Indebtedness. (a) In the event and during the continuation of
any default by the Company in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due
on any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, or in the event that the maturity of
any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, has been accelerated because of a
default or in the event the principal and accrued interest on any Securities issued hereunder has
been declared due and payable upon an Event of Default and that declaration has not been rescinded
and annulled, then, in any such case, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the
principal (including redemption and sinking fund payments) of, or premium, if any, or interest on
the Securities.

          (b) In the event that, notwithstanding the forgoing, any payment shall be received by the
Trustee when such payment is prohibited by Section 11.02(a) before all Senior Indebtedness is paid
in full, such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or
delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have
been issued, as their respective interests may appear.

     Section 11.03 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. (a) Upon any payment by the Company or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, general
assignment, marshaling of any assets or liabilities for the benefit of creditors or other
proceedings, all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall first be paid in
full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before any payment is
made by the Company on account of the principal, and premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities; and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization, any
payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether
in cash, property or securities, to which the holders or the Trustee would be entitled to receive
from the Company, except for the provisions of this Article 11, shall be paid by the Company or by
any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment
or distribution, or by the holders or by the Trustee under the Indenture if received by them or it,
directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (pro rata to such holders on the
basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, as calculated by the
Company) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such Senior
Indebtedness in full, in money or money’s worth, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution
is made to the holders or to the Trustee.

          (b) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of
the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the
foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee before all Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid
in full, or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its terms, such payment
or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to

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which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, and their
respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of
all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, remaining unpaid to the extent
necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with its terms, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or contribution to or for the benefit of the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness.

          (c) For purposes of this Article 11, the words “cash, property or securities” shall not be
deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the
Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article 11 with respect o
the Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, that
may at the time be outstanding, provided that (i) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new
corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by
such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the
Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the
conveyance or transfer of its proper as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another
corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article 5 of this Indenture shall not be
deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section
11.03 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation; merger, conveyance or
transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article 5 of this Indenture. Nothing in Section
11.02 or in this Section 11.03 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.

     Section 11.04 Subrogation. (a) Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of
the Company, the rights of the holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or
securities of the Company, as the case may be, applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until the
principal of, and premium, if any and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and, for
the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the holders of the Securities or the
Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article 11, and no payment over
pursuant to the provisions of this Article 11 to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness by holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its
creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the
Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness.
It is understood that the provisions of this Article 11 are and are intended solely for the
purposes of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness on the other hand.

          (b) Nothing contained in this Article 11 or elsewhere in this Indenture, any Additional
Provisions or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the
Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the
holders of the Securities the principal of, and premium, if any and interest on the Securities as
and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or

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is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Securities and
creditors of the Company, as the case may be, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, as the case may be, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the holder
of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default
under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 11 of the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company, as the case may be,
received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

          (c) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article 11,
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article 7 of this Indenture, and the holders shall be
entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction
in which such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a
certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent or other Person
making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the holders, for the purposes
of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company, as the case maybe, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article 11.

     Section 11.05 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each holder of Securities by such holder’s
acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on such holder’s behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article 11 and
appoints the Trustee such holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

     Section 11.06 Notice by the Company. (a) The Company shall give prompt written notice to a
Trust Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any
payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of
this Article 11. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 11 or any other provision of this
Indenture or any Additional Provisions, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee
in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article 11, unless and until a
Trust Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a
holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of
any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article 6 of this Indenture,
shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if
the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 11.06 at least two
business days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any or
interest on any debt security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the
purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that
may be received by it within two business days prior to such date.

          (b) The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article Seven of this Indenture, shall be
entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing
himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be (or a trustee on
behalf of such holder), to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of

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such Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event
that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the
right of any Person as a holder of such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article 11, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by
such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 11, and,
if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending
judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

     Section 11.07 Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness. (a) The Trustee in its
individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 11 in respect of
any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture or any Additional Provisions shall deprive the Trustee
of any of its rights as such holder.

          (b) With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the Trustee undertakes
to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth
in this Article 11, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture or any Additional Provisions against the
Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Article 7 of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not
be liable to any holder of such Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to holders, the
Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall
be entitled by virtue of this Article 11 or otherwise.

          (c) Nothing in this Article 11 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 7.07.

     Section 11.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired. (a) No right of any present or future
holder of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company to enforce subordination as herein provided shall
at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the
Company, as the case may be, or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder of
Securities, or by any noncompliance by the Company, as the case may be, with the terms, provisions
and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have
or otherwise be charged with.

          (b) Without in any way limiting the generality of Section 11.08(a), the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or
notice to the Trustee or the holders of Securities, without incurring responsibility to the holders
of Securities and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article 11 or
the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Securities to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment
or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend
or supplement in any manner such Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any
agreement under which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or
otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged

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or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner
for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any
rights against the Company, as the case may be, and any other Person.

[signature page follows]

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MIDWEST BANC HOLDINGS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Name:
	

	 	 	 	Title:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	                                         TRUST COMPANY as Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Name:
	

	 	 	 	Title:

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