Document:

Exhibit 4.6

 

POWERBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

 

Issuer

 

AND

 

 

[TRUSTEE]

  

Trustee

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of [●], 20[●]

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

 

    

     

    

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS	1
	 	 
	Section 1.01  	Definitions of Terms.	1
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2 ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES	4
	Section 2.01  	Designation and Terms of Securities.	4
	Section 2.02  	Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate.	6
	Section 2.03  	Denominations: Provisions for Payment.	6
	Section 2.04  	Execution and Authentication.	8
	Section 2.05  	Registration of Transfer and Exchange.	8
	Section 2.06  	Temporary Securities.	9
	Section 2.07  	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.	10
	Section 2.08  	Cancellation.	10
	Section 2.09  	Benefits of Indenture.	10
	Section 2.10  	Authenticating Agent.	11
	Section 2.11  	Global Securities.	11
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS	12
	Section 3.01  	Redemption.	12
	Section 3.02  	Notice of Redemption.	12
	Section 3.03  	Payment Upon Redemption.	13
	Section 3.04  	Sinking Fund.	14
	Section 3.05  	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.	14
	Section 3.06  	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.	14
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS	14
	Section 4.01  	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.	14
	Section 4.02  	Maintenance of Office or Agency.	15
	Section 4.03  	Paying Agents.	15
	Section 4.04  	Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.	16
	Section 4.05  	Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.	16
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 5 SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE	16
	Section 5.01  	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders.	16
	Section 5.02  	Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders.	16
	Section 5.03  	Reports by the Company.	17
	Section 5.04  	Reports by the Trustee.	17

 

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	ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT	17
	Section 6.01  	Events of Default.	17
	Section 6.02  	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.	19
	Section 6.03  	Application of Moneys or Property Collected.	20
	Section 6.04  	Limitation on Suits.	20
	Section 6.05  	Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver.	21
	Section 6.06  	Control by Securityholders.	21
	Section 6.07  	Undertaking to Pay Costs.	22
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE	22
	Section 7.01  	Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.	22
	Section 7.02  	Certain Rights of Trustee.	23
	Section 7.03  	Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities.	24
	Section 7.04  	May Hold Securities.	24
	Section 7.05  	Moneys Held in Trust.	25
	Section 7.06  	Compensation and Reimbursement.	25
	Section 7.07  	Reliance on Officers’ Certificate.	25
	Section 7.08  	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.	25
	Section 7.09  	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.	26
	Section 7.10  	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.	26
	Section 7.11  	Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.	27
	Section 7.12  	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.	28
	Section 7.13  	Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.	28
	Section 7.14  	Notice of Default	28
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS	29
	Section 8.01  	Evidence of Action by Securityholders.	29
	Section 8.02  	Proof of Execution by Securityholders.	29
	Section 8.03  	Who May be Deemed Owners.	29
	Section 8.04  	Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.	30
	Section 8.05  	Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.	30
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	30
	Section 9.01  	Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders.	30
	Section 9.02  	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders.	31
	Section 9.03  	Effect of Supplemental Indentures.	32
	Section 9.04  	Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures.	32
	Section 9.05  	Execution of Supplemental Indentures.	32
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 10 SUCCESSOR ENTITY	33
	Section 10.01 	Company May Consolidate, Etc.	33
	Section 10.02 	Successor Entity Substituted.	33
	Section 10.03 	Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee.	33
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	34
	Section 11.01 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.	34
	Section 11.02 	Discharge of Obligations.	34
	Section 11.03 	Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.	34
	Section 11.04 	Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.	35
	Section 11.05 	Repayment to Company.	35

 

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	ARTICLE 12 IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS	35
	Section 12.01 	No Recourse.	35
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	36
	Section 13.01 	Effect on Successors and Assigns.	36
	Section 13.02 	Actions by Successor.	36
	Section 13.03 	Surrender of Company Powers.	36
	Section 13.04 	Notices.	36
	Section 13.05 	Governing Law.	36
	Section 13.06 	Treatment of Securities as Debt.	36
	Section 13.07 	Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent.	36
	Section 13.08 	Payments on Business Days.	37
	Section 13.09 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.	37
	Section 13.10 	Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.	37
	Section 13.11 	Counterparts.	37
	Section 13.12 	Separability.	38
	Section 13.13 	Compliance Certificates.	38
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 14 SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES	38
	Section 14.01 	Subordination Terms.	38

 

		(1)	This
Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its
terms or provisions.

 

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INDENTURE

 

INDENTURE, dated as of [·],
20[·], among Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempt company (the “Company”), and [TRUSTEE],
as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate
purposes, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of subordinated
debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the “Securities”), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued
from time to time in one or more series as in this Indenture provided, as registered Securities without coupons, to be authenticated
by the certificate of the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, to provide the terms and
conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution
of this Indenture; and

 

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

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for
the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Securities:

 

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms.

 

The terms defined in this Section (except
as in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires)
for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this
Section and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are by reference in such Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except
as herein or any indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution
of this instrument.

 

“Authenticating Agent”
means an authenticating agent with respect to all or any of the series of Securities appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
2.10.

 

“Bankruptcy Law”
means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

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

 

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

 

“Business Day”
means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day other than a day on which federal or state banking institutions in the
Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or in the city of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, are authorized or obligated
by law, executive order or regulation to close.

 

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“Certificate”
means a certificate signed by any Officer. The Certificate need not comply with the provisions of Section 13.07.

 

“Company” means
Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempt company, and, subject to the provisions of Article Ten, shall also
include its successors and assigns.

 

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

 

“Custodian” means
any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

“Default” means
any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

“Depositary”
means, with respect to Securities of any series for which the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a
Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing
agency under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or other applicable statute
or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.01 or 2.11.

 

“Event of Default”
means, with respect to Securities of a particular series, any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time,
if any, therein designated.

 

“Global Security”
means, with respect to any series of Securities, a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary
or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee.

 

“Governmental Obligations”
means securities that are (a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit
is pledged or (b) 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, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof at any time prior to the stated
maturity of the Securities, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect
to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held
by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law)
such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any
amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest
on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.

 

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

 

“Indenture” means
this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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“Interest Payment Date”,
when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date specified in such Security
or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment
of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable.

 

“Officer” means,
with respect to the Company, the chairman of the Board of Directors, a chief executive officer, a president, a chief financial
officer, chief operating officer, any executive vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president, the treasurer or
any assistant treasurer, the controller or any assistant controller or the secretary or any assistant secretary.

 

“Officers’ Certificate”
means a certificate signed by any two Officers. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07,
if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

 

“Opinion of Counsel”
means an opinion in writing subject to customary exceptions of legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company,
that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for
in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

 

“Outstanding”,
when used with reference to Securities of any series, means, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time,
all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or that
have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental
Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the
Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent);
provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice
of such redemption shall have been given as in Article Three provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been
made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07.

 

“Person” means
any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated
organization, any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality
thereof.

 

“Predecessor Security”
of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu
of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

 

“Responsible Officer”
when used with respect to the Trustee means the chairman of its board of directors, the chief executive officer, the president,
any vice president, the secretary, the treasurer, any trust officer, any corporate trust officer or any other officer or assistant
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such
officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.

 

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

 

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“Securityholder”,
“holder of Securities”, “registered holder”, or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose
name or names a particular Security shall be registered on the books of the Company kept for that purpose in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture.

 

“Security Register”
and “Security Registrar” shall have the meanings as set forth in Section 2.05.

 

“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time
be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of whose outstanding partnership
or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one
or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.

 

“Trustee” means
, and, subject to the provisions of Article Seven, shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is
more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder, “Trustee” shall mean each such Person. The term “Trustee”
as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that series.

 

“Trust Indenture Act”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

“Voting Stock”,
as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however
designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of
such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence
of a contingency.

 

ARTICLE 2

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND

EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

 

Section 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities.

 

(a) 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 up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of Securities
of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate,
or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:

 

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

 

(2) any limit upon
the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that 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 that series);

 

(3) the date or
dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable, any original issue discount that may apply to the Securities
of that series upon their issuance, the principal amount due at maturity, and the place(s) of payment;

 

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(4) the rate or
rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if any;

 

(5) the date or
dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner of
determination of such Interest Payment Dates, the place(s) of payment, and the record date for the determination of holders to
whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Dates or the manner of determination of such record dates;

 

(6) the right, if
any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such extension;

 

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

 

(8) the obligation,
if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, mandatory redemption, or analogous
provisions (including payments made in cash in satisfaction of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a holder thereof
and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the
series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

(9) the form of
the Securities of the series including the form of the Certificate of Authentication for such series;

 

(10) if other than
denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities
of the series shall be issuable;

 

(11) any and all
other terms (including terms, to the extent applicable, relating to any auction or remarketing of the Securities of that series
and any security for the obligations of the Company with respect to such Securities) with respect to such series (which terms shall
not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, as amended by any supplemental indenture) including any terms which may be
required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of
that series;

 

(12) whether the
Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in such case, the terms and the identity of the Depositary for such series;

 

(13) whether the
Securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for ordinary shares or other securities of the Company or any other Person
and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion
or exchange price, as applicable, or how it will be calculated and may be adjusted, any mandatory or optional (at the Company’s
option or the holders’ option) conversion or exchange features, and the applicable conversion or exchange period;

 

(14) 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 6.01;

 

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(15) any additional
or different Events of Default or restrictive covenants (which may include, among other restrictions, restrictions on the Company’s
ability or the ability of the Company’s Subsidiaries to: incur additional indebtedness; issue additional securities; create
liens; pay dividends or make distributions in respect of their capital stock; redeem capital stock; place restrictions on such
Subsidiaries placing restrictions on their ability to pay dividends, make distributions or transfer assets; make investments or
other restricted payments; sell or otherwise dispose of assets; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; engage in transactions
with shareholders and affiliates; issue or sell stock of their Subsidiaries; or effect a consolidation or merger) or financial
covenants (which may include, among other financial covenants, financial covenants that require the Company and its Subsidiaries
to maintain specified interest coverage, fixed charge, cash flow-based or asset-based ratios) provided for with respect to the
Securities of the series;

 

(16) if other than
dollars, the coin or currency in which the Securities of the series are denominated (including, but not limited to, foreign currency);

 

(17) the terms and
conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall pay amounts in addition to the stated interest, premium, if any and principal
amounts of the Securities of the series to any Securityholder that is not a “United States person” for federal tax
purposes;

 

(18) any restrictions
on transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities of the series; and

 

(19) the subordination
terms of the Securities of the series.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 2.02 Form of Securities
and Trustee’s Certificate.

 

The Securities of any series and the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor and purport as set forth in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, and
they may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed
or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as
may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any
securities exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to conform to usage.

 

Section 2.03 Denominations: Provisions
for Payment.

 

The Securities shall be issuable as registered
Securities and in the denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, subject to Section
2.01(a)(10). The Securities of a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified with respect
to that series. Subject to Section 2.01(a)(16), the principal of and the interest on the Securities of any series, as well as any
premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States
of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

 

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The interest installment on any Security
that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that series shall
be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a particular series or portion thereof
is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date
and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Security
as provided in Section 3.03.

 

Any interest on any Security that is payable,
but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of the same series (herein called
“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date
by virtue of having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in
clause (1) or clause (2) below:

 

(1) The Company
may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed
to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less than
10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense
of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be
mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register (as hereinafter
defined), not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the special record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose
names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date.

 

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

 

Unless otherwise set forth in a Board
Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of Securities pursuant to Section
2.01 hereof, the term “regular record date” as used in this Section with respect to a series of Securities and any
Interest Payment Date for such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in which
an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date
is the first day of a month, or the first day of the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant
to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is
a Business Day.

 

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

 

Section 2.04 Execution and Authentication.

 

The Securities shall be signed on behalf
of the Company by one of its Officers. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature.

 

The Company may use the facsimile signature
of any Person who shall have been an Officer, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities shall be authenticated and
delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be such an officer of the Company. The Securities may contain such notations,
legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication
by the Trustee.

 

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated
manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence
that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver
Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company
for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by an Officer, and the Trustee in accordance with such written order
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

 

In authenticating such Securities and accepting
the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form and terms thereof
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate
such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

Section 2.05 Registration of Transfer
and Exchange.

 

(a) Securities
of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose in
the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, for other Securities of such series of authorized denominations, and
for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation
thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of any Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute,
the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities of the same
series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

(b) The Company
shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and
State of New York, or such other location designated by the Company, a register or registers (herein referred to as the “Security
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Securities
and the transfers of Securities as in this Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the
Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be appointed
as authorized by Board Resolution (the “Security Registrar”).

 

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Upon surrender for transfer of any Security
at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and
such office or agency shall deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series
as the Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount.

 

All Securities presented or surrendered
for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by the Company or the
Security Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Security Registrar,
duly executed by the registered holder or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney in writing.

 

(c) Except as
provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established
in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, no service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer
of Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption of any series, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06,
Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not involving any transfer.

 

(d) The Company
shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the
same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption, other than the unredeemed portion of any such Securities being
redeemed in part. The provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11 hereof.

 

Section 2.06 Temporary Securities.

 

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities
of any series, the Company may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities (printed, lithographed
or typewritten) of any authorized denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company and
be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive
Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such series
and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without charge to the holders),
at the office or agency of the Company designated for the purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate
principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive
Securities need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities
of such series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series authenticated
and delivered hereunder.

 

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Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.

 

In case any temporary or definitive Security
shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and
upon the Company’s request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same
series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu
of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall
furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and,
in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may
authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the
Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

In case any Security that has matured or
is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security,
pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant
for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless,
and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss
or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

 

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

 

Section 2.08 Cancellation.

 

All Securities surrendered for the purpose
of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, be delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued
in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. In the absence of such request
the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition
to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation.

 

Section 2.09 Benefits of Indenture.

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities,
express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Securities
(and, with respect to the provisions of Article Fourteen, the holders of any indebtedness of the Company to which the Securities
of any series are subordinated) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any
covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of
the parties hereto and of the holders of the Securities (and, with respect to the provisions of Article Fourteen, the holders of
any indebtedness of the Company to which the Securities of any series are subordinated).

 

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Section 2.10 Authenticating Agent.

 

So long as any of the Securities of any
series remain Outstanding there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which the Trustee shall
have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.
All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by
an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation
that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction
under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under
such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. If at any time
any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.

 

Any Authenticating Agent may at any time
resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon request
by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating
Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may
appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance
of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally
named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

 

Section 2.11 Global Securities.

 

(a) If the Company
shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security that
(i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities
of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee
to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following
effect: “Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not
in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.”

 

(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner
provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such series
selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

 

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(c) If at any
time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange
Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the Company within
90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, or if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and the Company has received a request from the Depositary, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be
applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and subject to Section 2.04, the Trustee will authenticate
and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global Security.
In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global
Security and that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such series. In such event the
Company will execute and, subject to Section 2.04, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate evidencing such
determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without
coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security
of such series in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in definitive
registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities
in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in
such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants
or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons
in whose names such Securities are so registered.

 

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

 

Section 3.01 Redemption.

 

The Company may redeem the Securities of
any series issued hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant to Section
2.01 hereof.

 

Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption.

 

(a) In case the
Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series in
accordance with any right the Company reserved for itself to do so pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the Company shall, or shall
cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to holders of the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first
class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption
of that series to such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period
is specified in the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed
to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice
to the holder of any Security of any series designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such series or any other series. In the case
of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities
or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance
with any such restriction.

 

Each such notice of redemption shall specify
the date fixed for redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed, and shall state that
payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough
of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the
date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest will cease to accrue
and that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed,
the notice to the holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in part shall specify the particular Securities to be so
redeemed.

 

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In case any Security is to be redeemed
in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed,
and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series
in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

 

(b) If less than
all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days’ notice (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal
amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it
shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to one
thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger
than $1,000, the Securities to be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Securities
to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions signed on
its behalf by an Officer, instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series
for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the name of the Company
or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given
by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee
or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts
therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the provisions
of this Section.

 

Section 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption.

 

(a) If the giving
of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the series to
be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and interest on such Securities or portions of
Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of
such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender
of such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said Securities shall
be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed
for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an interest payment date, the interest installment payable on such date
shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.03).

 

(b) Upon presentation
of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a
new Security of the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security
so presented.

 

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Section 3.04 Sinking Fund.

 

The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and
3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 2.01 for Securities of such series.

 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund
payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,”
and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as
an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any
sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

 

Section 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking
Fund Payments with Securities.

 

The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding
Securities of a series and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of
the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant
to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series,
provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose
by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

 

Section 3.06 Redemption of Securities
for Sinking Fund.

 

Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking
fund payment date for any series of Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will
deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series
pursuant to the terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities
of that series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit and will, together with such Officers’ Certificate,
deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.02
and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided
in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Section 3.03.

 

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

 

The Company will duly and punctually pay
or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series at the time and place
and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to such Securities.

 

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Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

So long as any series of the Securities
remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York,
with respect to each such series and at such other location or locations as may be designated as provided in this Section 4.02,
where (i) Securities of that series may be presented for payment, (ii) Securities of that series may be presented as herein above
authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities
of that series and this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with respect to such office or agency until
the Company shall, by written notice signed by any officer authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate and delivered to the
Trustee, designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain
any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its
agent to receive all such presentations, notices and demands. The Company initially appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee located in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York as its paying agent with respect to the Securities.

 

Section 4.03 Paying Agents.

 

(a) If the Company
shall appoint one or more paying agents for all or any series of the Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company will cause
each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject
to the provisions of this Section:

 

(1) that it will
hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities
of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;

 

(2) that it will
give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor of such Securities) to make any payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series when the same shall be due and payable;

 

(3) that it will,
at any time during the continuance of any failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the written request
of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and

 

(4) that it will
perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth in this Indenture.

 

(b) If the Company
shall act as its own paying agent with respect to any series of the Securities, it will on or before each due date of the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due on Securities
of that series until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify
the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other obligor on such Securities) to take such action. Whenever the Company
shall have one or more paying agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal,
premium or interest, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of this action
or failure so to act.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding
anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) the Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which such sums
were held by the Company or such paying agent; and, upon such payment by the Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the Company
or such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

Section 4.04 Appointment to Fill
Vacancy in Office of Trustee.

 

The Company, whenever necessary to avoid
or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall
at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

 

Section 4.05 Compliance with Consolidation
Provisions.

 

The Company will not, while any of the
Securities remain Outstanding, consolidate with or merge into any other Person, in either case where the Company is not the survivor
of such transaction, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless the provisions of Article
Ten hereof are complied with.

 

ARTICLE 5

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY

THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Securityholders.

 

The Company will furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Trustee (a) within 15 days after each regular record date (as defined in Section 2.03) a list, in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the holders of each series of Securities as of such regular record
date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall
not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that, in either case, no
such list need be furnished for any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar .

 

Section 5.02 Preservation Of Information;
Communications With Securityholders.

 

(a) The Trustee
shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders
of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of
holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity).

 

(b) The Trustee
may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

(c) Securityholders
may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Securities, and, in connection with any such communications, the Trustee shall satisfy its obligations
under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the provisions of Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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Section 5.03 Reports by the Company.

 

The Company covenants and agrees to provide
a copy to the Trustee, after the Company files the same with the Securities and Exchange 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 Securities and Exchange
Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 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 SEC. The Company shall also
comply with the requirements of Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, but only to the extent then applicable to the Company.

 

Section 5.04 Reports by the Trustee.

 

(a) On or before
July 1 in each year in which any of the Securities are Outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid,
to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register, a brief report dated as of the preceding
May 1, if and to the extent required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

(b) The Trustee
shall comply with Section 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

(c) A copy of
each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with each
securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed (if so listed) and also with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Company agrees to notify the Trustee when any Securities become listed on any securities exchange.

 

ARTICLE 6

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

Section 6.01 Events of Default.

 

(a) Whenever used
herein with respect to Securities of a particular series, “Event of Default” means any one or more of the following
events that has occurred and is continuing:

 

(1) the Company
defaults in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of that series, as and when the same shall become
due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment
period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment
of interest for this purpose;

 

(2) the Company
defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when the same
shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any
sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series; provided, however, that a valid extension of the maturity of
such Securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment
of principal or premium, if any;

 

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(3) the Company
fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants or agreements with respect to that series contained in this Indenture or
otherwise established with respect to that series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or agreement
that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such series)
for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered
or certified mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of that
series at the time Outstanding;

 

(4) the Company
pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order
for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially
all of its property or (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

 

(5) a court of competent
jurisdiction enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints
a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of its property or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the
order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days.

 

(b) In each and
every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above), unless the principal of all the Securities
of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if
given by such Securityholders), may declare the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on all the
Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately
due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid
interest on all the Securities of that series shall automatically be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other
act on the part of the Trustee or the holders of the Securities.

 

(c) At any time
after the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities of that series shall have been
so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered
as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding
hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i)
the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities
of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that series that shall have become due
otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is
enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that
series to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06, and (ii) any and all Events
of Default under the Indenture with respect to such series, other than the nonpayment of principal on (and premium, if any, on)
and accrued and unpaid interest on Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their terms, shall have been remedied
or waived as provided in Section 6.06.

 

No such rescission and annulment shall
extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

(d) In case the
Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings
shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined
adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Company and the Trustee
shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company
and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.

 

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Section 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee.

 

(a) The Company
covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a series,
or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series as and when the same shall
have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 90 Business Days, or (ii) in case it shall default
in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of a series when the same shall have become due
and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of a series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise then, upon
demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of that series, the
whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest,
or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of
such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the
Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses
of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06.

 

(b) If the Company
shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall
be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final
decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable in the manner provided by law or equity out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that
series, wherever situated.

 

(c) In case of
any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings
affecting the Company, or its creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any
action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such
proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and
of the holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at
the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after
such date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute
the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in
bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such series to make such payments to
the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders,
to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.

 

(d) All rights
of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of that
series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial
or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due
under Section 7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series.

 

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In case of an Event of Default hereunder,
the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate
judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity
or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or
in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee
by this Indenture or by law.

 

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 of that series 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 6.03 Application of Moneys
or Property Collected.

 

Any moneys or property collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in the following order, at
the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys or property on account of principal (or
premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and notation thereon of the payment, if only
partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

FIRST: To the payment of reasonable costs
and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06;

 

SECOND: To the payment of all indebtedness
of the Company to which such series of Securities is subordinated to the extent required by Section 7.06 and Article Fourteen;

 

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

 

FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder,
if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto, as requested by the Company.

 

Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits.

 

No holder of any Security of any series
shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of
the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided;
(ii) the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have
made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (iii)
such holder or holders shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; (iv) the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (v) during such 90 day period, the holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

 

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Notwithstanding anything contained herein
to the contrary or any other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed in
such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder and
by accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security
of such series with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of such series
shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference
to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal,
ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities of such series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of
this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.

 

Section 6.05 Rights and Remedies
Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

 

(a) Except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall,
to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee
or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants
and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities.

 

(b) No delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default
occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default
or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article or by
law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Securityholders.

 

Section 6.06 Control by Securityholders.

 

The holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, shall have
the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in
conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right
to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or officers of the Trustee,
determine that the proceeding so directed, subject to the Trustee’s duties under the Trust Indenture Act, would involve the
Trustee in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the Securityholders not involved in the proceeding. The holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined
in accordance with Section 8.04, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past default in
the performance of any of the covenants contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such series and
its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities
of that series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by acceleration (unless such
default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal and any premium has been
deposited with the Trustee (in accordance with Section 6.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed
to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities of such series shall
be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 7

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of
Trustee.

 

(a) The Trustee,
prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing of all Events of
Default with respect to the Securities of that series that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities
of such series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall
be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred
(that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to Securities of that series 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 man would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

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

 

(i) prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events
of Default with respect to that series that may have occurred:

 

(A) the duties
and obligations of the Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of such series be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except for the performance
of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

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(B) in the absence
of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may with respect to the Securities of such series conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished
to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that
by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine
the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirement of this Indenture;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 7.02 Certain Rights of
Trustee.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section
7.01:

 

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

 

(b) Any request,
direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument
signed in the name of the Company by any authorized officer of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically
prescribed herein);

 

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

 

(d) The Trustee
shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction
of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing
contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect
to a series of the Securities (that has not been cured or waived), to exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent
man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;

 

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

 

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(f) The Trustee
shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in writing
so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the particular series
affected thereby (determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the
Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion
of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee
may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense
of every such examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand;
and

 

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

 

In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed
to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except (1) any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 6.01(a)(1),
6.01(a)(2) and 4.01 hereof or (2) any Default or Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification
in the manner set forth in this Indenture or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have obtained actual knowledge. Delivery
of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 5.03 is for informational purposes only and the information
and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein,
or determinable from information contained therein including the Company’s compliance with any of their covenants thereunder
(as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).

 

Section 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible
for Recitals or Issuance or Securities.

 

(a) The recitals
contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility
for the correctness of the same.

 

(b) The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.

 

(c) The Trustee
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of such Securities,
or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or established
pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.

 

Section 7.04 May Hold Securities.

 

The Trustee or any paying agent or Security
Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.

 

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Section 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05,
all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which
they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under
no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with the Company to pay thereon.

 

Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement.

 

(a) The Company
covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as the Company and the Trustee
may from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the
exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation
and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith and except as the Company and Trustee may from time to time agree in writing.
The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of
or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim of liability in the premises.

 

(b) The obligations
of the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute indebtedness of the Company to which the Securities are subordinated. Such additional
indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee
as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities.

 

Section 7.07 Reliance on Officers’
Certificate.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section
7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it reasonably necessary or desirable
that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless
other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part
of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee
and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee
for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

 

Section 7.08 Disqualification;
Conflicting Interests.

 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire any
“conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company
shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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Section 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee with
respect to the Securities issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person
permitted to act as trustee by the Securities and Exchange Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers,
having a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination
by federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority.

 

If such corporation or other Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or other Person shall be deemed to
be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor
may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10.

 

Section 7.10 Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor.

 

(a) The Trustee
or any successor hereafter appointed may at any time resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written
notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders
of such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the
Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate,
executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy
to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after
the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide
holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper
and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

 

(b) In case at
any time any one of the following shall occur:

 

(i) the Trustee
shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder
who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months; or

 

(ii) the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor
by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or

 

(iii) the Trustee
shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding,
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;

 

then, in any such case, the Company may
remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed
by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the
successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may,
on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

 

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(c) The holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series
with the consent of the Company.

 

(d) Any resignation
or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to any of
the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
7.11.

 

(e) Any successor
trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or all of such
series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series.

 

Section 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment
By Successor.

 

(a) In case of
the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon
the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer
and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

 

(b) In case of
the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company,
the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver
an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) 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, (ii) shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change
any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder
by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any
trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure
to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates have no further responsibility
for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture,
and each such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer
and deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
trustee relates.

 

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

 

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

 

(e) Upon acceptance
of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security
Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee,
the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company.

 

Section 7.12 Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to Business.

 

Any corporation into which the Trustee
may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation
to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and
eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any
of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but
not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself authenticated such Securities.

 

Section 7.13 Preferential Collection
of Claims Against the Company.

 

The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a)
of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee
who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included therein.

 

Section 7.14 Notice of Default

 

If any Default or any Event of Default
occurs and is continuing and if such Default or Event of Default is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee
shall mail to each Securityholder in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act notice
of the Default or Event of Default within 45 days after it occurs and becomes known to the Trustee, unless such Default or Event
of Default has been cured; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as
the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in
good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Securityholders.

 

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ARTICLE 8

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

 

Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders.

 

Whenever in this Indenture it is provided
that the holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series may
take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any
other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such majority or specified percentage of that
series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders
of Securities of that series in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.

 

If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders
of any series any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option,
as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the determination of Securityholders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall
have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business on
the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite
proportion of Outstanding Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed
as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record
date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six
months after the record date.

 

Section 8.02 Proof of Execution
by Securityholders.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01,
proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy and
proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:

 

(a) The fact and
date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the Trustee.

 

(b) The ownership
of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof.

 

The Trustee may require such additional
proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.

 

Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed
Owners.

 

Prior to the due presentment for registration
of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person
in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or
not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the
Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to
Section 2.03) interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent
nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

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Section 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.

 

In determining whether the holders of the
requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities of a particular series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under
this Indenture, the Securities of that series that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series
or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with the Company or any other obligor
on the Securities of that series shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination,
except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or
waiver, only Securities of such series that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Securities so
owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall
establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company
or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel
shall be full protection to the Trustee.

 

Section 8.05 Actions Binding on
Future Securityholders.

 

At any time prior to (but not after) the
evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the majority or percentage
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action,
any holder of a Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have
consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02,
revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall
be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security, and of any Security issued
in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard
thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding
upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Securities of that series.

 

ARTICLE 9

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent
of Securityholders.

 

In addition to any supplemental indenture
otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture
or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without
the consent of the Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:

 

(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect,
or inconsistency herein or in the Securities of any series;

 

(b) to comply with Article Ten;

 

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(c) to provide
for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities and to make all appropriate changes for such
purpose;

 

(d) to add to
the covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions relating to the Company for the benefit of the holders of all or any series
of Securities (and if such covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions are to be for the benefit of less than all series
of Securities, stating that such covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions are expressly being included solely for the
benefit of such series), to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants,
restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of Default, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

 

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

 

(f) to make any
change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect;

 

(g) to provide
for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 2.01,
to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities,
or to add to the rights of the holders of any series of Securities;

 

(h) to evidence
and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee; or

 

(i) to comply
with any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor in connection with the qualification of this Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

The Trustee is hereby authorized to join
with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations
that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects
the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Any supplemental indenture authorized by
the provisions of this Section may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the
Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

 

Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures
With Consent of Securityholders.

 

With the consent (evidenced as provided
in Section 8.01) of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected
by such supplemental indenture or indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner
or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered
by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, (a) extend
the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time
of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage
of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture.

 

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

 

Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental
Indentures.

 

Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such series, be
and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations,
duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Securities of the series affected thereby
shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments,
and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions
of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Section 9.04 Securities Affected
by Supplemental Indentures.

 

Securities of any series affected by a
supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions
of this Article or of Section 10.01, may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the requirements
of any securities exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.
If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors,
to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated
by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then Outstanding.

 

Section 9.05 Execution of Supplemental
Indentures.

 

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied
by its Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of
evidence of the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in
the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties
or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to
enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, will be entitled to receive and
will be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that any supplemental
indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that
it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this Article to join in the execution thereof; provided, however, that such
Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel need not be provided in connection with the execution of a supplemental indenture
that establishes the terms of a series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

 

Promptly after the execution by the Company
and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first
class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders
of all series affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail
such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

 

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ARTICLE 10

SUCCESSOR ENTITY

 

Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc.

 

Except as provided pursuant to Section
2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental to this Indenture, nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with
or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company
or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition
of the property of the Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other corporation
(whether or not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided,
however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not
the survivor of such transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal
of (premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series in accordance with the terms of each series, according
to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with
respect to each series or established with respect to such series pursuant to Section 2.01 to be kept or performed by the Company
shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then
in effect) reasonably satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such consolidation,
or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property.

 

Section 10.02 Successor Entity
Substituted.

 

(a) In case of
any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor entity
by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the obligations set
forth under Section 10.01 on all of the Securities of all series Outstanding, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted
for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall
be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

(b) In case of
any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not
in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

 

(c) Nothing contained
in this Article shall require any action by the Company in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Person into the Company
where the Company is the survivor of such transaction, or the acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, of all or any
part of the property of any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company).

 

Section 10.03 Evidence of Consolidation,
Etc. to Trustee.

 

The Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Section 7.01, may receive an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation,
merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such assumption, comply with the provisions of this Article.

 

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ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

If at any time: (a) the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore authenticated and not delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation (other than any Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 2.07 and Securities for whose payment money or Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited
in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided
in Section 11.05); or (b) all such Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption
within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit
or cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations or a combination
thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of that series not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity
or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder with respect to such series by the Company then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect
to such series except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 7.10, that shall survive until the
date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.05, that shall survive to such date and thereafter,
and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series.

 

Section 11.02 Discharge of Obligations.

 

If at any time all such Securities of a
particular series not heretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described
in Section 11.01 shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds moneys or an amount
of Governmental Obligations sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such
date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series, then after the date such moneys or Governmental Obligations,
as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series
shall cease to be of further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4,01, 4.02, 4,03, 7.05, 7.10 and 11.05
hereof that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid.

 

Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall
survive.

 

Section 11.03 Deposited Moneys
to be Held in Trust.

 

All moneys or Governmental Obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.01 or 11.02 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due,
either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular
series of Securities for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the
Trustee.

 

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Section 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.

 

In connection with the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture
shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability
with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations.

 

Section 11.05 Repayment to Company.

 

Any moneys or Governmental Obligations
deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of or premium, if
any, or interest on the Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Securities
for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities shall have
respectively become due and payable, or such other shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
law, shall be repaid to the Company on May 31 of each year or upon the Company’s request or (if then held by the Company)
shall be discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability
with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment
shall thereafter, as a general creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof.

 

ARTICLE 12

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

Section 12.01 No Recourse.

 

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

 

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ARTICLE 13

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns.

 

All the covenants, stipulations, promises
and agreements in this Indenture made by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed
or not.

 

Section 13.02 Actions by Successor.

 

Any act or proceeding by any provision
of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may
be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall
at the time be the lawful successor of the Company.

 

Section 13.03 Surrender of Company
Powers.

 

The Company by instrument in writing executed
by authority of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and
thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any successor corporation.

 

Section 13.04 Notices.

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, any notice, request or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given, made or served
by the Trustee or by the holders of Securities or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or on the Company may be given
or served by being deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the
Company with the Trustee), as follows: 9 North West Fourth Ring Road, Yingu Mansion Ste 1708, Haidian District, Beijing F4 100190,
with a copy to Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC, 1450 Broadway, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10018, Attn: Joan Wu, Esq.
Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Securityholder or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture
to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

Section 13.05 Governing Law.

 

This Indenture and each Security shall
be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of said State, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is applicable.

 

Section 13.06 Treatment of Securities
as Debt.

 

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

 

Section 13.07 Certificates and
Opinions as to Conditions Precedent.

 

(a) Upon any application
or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture (other than
the certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.13) relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the
case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of
this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

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(b) Each certificate
or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
in this Indenture shall include (i) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(ii) 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; (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or
investigation as is reasonably necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has
been complied with.

 

Section 13.08 Payments on Business
Days.

 

Except as provided pursuant to Section
2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date of
redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) may be made
on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and
no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date.

 

Section 13.09 Conflict with Trust
Indenture Act.

 

If and to the extent that any provision
of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture
Act, such imposed duties shall control.

 

Section 13.10 Indenture and Securities
Solely Corporate Obligations.

 

No recourse for the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse
under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any
Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder,
employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor entity,
either directly or through the Company or any successor entity, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute, or rule of law,
or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of
the Securities.

 

Section 13.11 Counterparts.

 

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

 

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Section 13.12 Separability.

 

In case any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such
Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision
had never been contained herein or therein.

 

Section 13.13 Compliance Certificates.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee,
within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year during which any Securities of any series were outstanding, a compliance certificate
stating whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during such fiscal year. Such certificate
shall contain a certification from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer
of the Company that a review has been conducted of the activities of the Company and the Company’s performance under this
Indenture and that the Company has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section
13.13, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.
If the officer of the Company signing such certificate has knowledge of such a Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall
describe any such Default or Event of Default and its status.

 

ARTICLE 14

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

 

Section 14.01 Subordination Terms.

 

The payment by the Company of the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on any series of securities issued hereunder shall be subordinated to the extent set forth in
an indenture supplemental hereto relating to such Securities.

 

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

 

	 	POWERBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	                          
	 	Name: 	 
	 	Title:	 
	 	 
	 	[TRUSTEE], as Trustee
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE (1)

 

	Section of Trust Indenture Act Of 1939, as Amended  	 	Section of Indenture  
	310(a)	 	7.09
	310(b)	 	7.08
	 	 	7.10
	310(c)	 	Inapplicable
	311(a)	 	7.13
	311(b)	 	7.13
	311(c)	 	Inapplicable
	312(a)	 	5.01
	 	 	5.02(a)
	312(b)	 	5.02(c)
	312(c)	 	5.02(c)
	313(a)	 	5.04(a)
	313(b)	 	5.04(b)
	313(c)	 	5.04(a)
	 	 	5.04(b)
	313(d)	 	5.04(c)
	314(a)	 	5.03
	 	 	13.12
	314(b)	 	Inapplicable
	314(c)	 	13.07(a)
	314(d)	 	Inapplicable
	314(e)	 	13.07(b)
	314(f)	 	Inapplicable
	315(a)	 	7.01(a)
	 	 	7.01(b)
	315(b)	 	7.14
	315(c)	 	7.01
	315(d)	 	7.01(b)
	315(e)	 	6.07
	316(a)	 	6.06
	 	 	8.04
	316(b)	 	6.04
	316(c)	 	8.01
	317(a)	 	6.02
	317(b)	 	4.03
	318(a)	 	13.09

 

		(1)	This
Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of
its terms or provisions.

  

 

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AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered by and between LYDALL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and John J. Tedone (“the "Employee"), effective May 5, 2020.

W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee (the "Parties") have agreed to enter into this agreement (the "Agreement) relating to the termination of the employment of the Employee;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
a.Termination of Employment by the Company.
i.Termination by the Company Other Than For Cause.  The Company may terminate the Employee's employment at any time other than for Cause (as defined in Section 1.2), by giving the Employee a written notice of termination at least 30 days before the date of termination (or such lesser notice period as the Employee may agree to).  In the event of such a termination of employment pursuant to this Section 1.1, the Employee shall be entitled to receive (i) the benefits described in Section 3 if such termination of employment does not occur within 18 months following a "Change of Control" (as defined in Section 5), or (ii) the benefits described in Section 4 if such termination of employment occurs within 18 months following a Change of Control.
ii.Termination for Cause.  The Company may terminate the Employee's employment immediately for Cause for any of the following reasons:  (i) an act or acts of dishonesty or fraud by the Employee relating to the performance of his services to the Company; (ii) a breach by the Employee of his duties or responsibilities under this Agreement resulting in significant demonstrable injury to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) the Employee's conviction of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude; (iv) the Employee's material failure (for reasons other than death or Disability) to perform his duties under this Agreement or insubordination (defined as refusal to execute or carry out directions from the Board or its duly appointed designees) where the Employee has been given written notice of the acts or omissions constituting such failure or insubordination and the Employee has failed to cure such conduct, where susceptible to cure, within ten days following such notice; or (v) a breach by the Employee of any provision of any material policy of the Company or of his obligations under the confidentiality, non-competition and invention ownership agreement executed by the Employee and attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Confidentiality Agreement").  The Company shall exercise its right to terminate the Employee's employment for Cause by giving the Employee written notice of termination specifying in reasonable detail the circumstances constituting such Cause.  In the event of such termination of the Employee's employment for Cause, the Employee shall be entitled to receive only (i) his base salary earned through the date of such termination of employment plus his base salary for the period of any vacation time earned but not taken for the year of termination of employment, such base salary to be paid in a lump sum no later than the next payroll date following the Employee's date of termination to the extent not previously paid, (ii) any other compensation and benefits to the extent actually earned by the Employee under any other benefit plan or program of the Company as of the date of such termination of employment, such compensation and 

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benefits to be paid at the normal time for payment of such compensation and benefits to the extent not previously paid and (iii) any reimbursement amounts owing.
b.Termination of Employment by the Employee.
(a)    The Employee may terminate his employment at any time and for any reason by giving the Company a written notice of termination to that effect at least 30 days before the date of termination (or such lesser notice period as the Company may agree to); provided, however, that the Company following receipt of such notice from the Employee may elect to have the Employee's employment terminate immediately following its receipt of such notice.  In the event of the Employee's termination of his employment, the Employee shall be entitled to receive only (i) his base salary earned through the date of such termination of employment plus his base salary for the period of vacation time earned but not taken for the year of termination of employment, such base salary to be paid in a lump sum no later than the next payroll date following the Employee's date of termination to the extent not previously paid, (ii) any other compensation and benefits to the extent actually earned by the Employee under any other benefit plan or program of the Company as of the date of such termination of employment, such compensation and benefits to be paid at the normal time for payment of such compensation and benefits to the extent not previously paid, and (iii) any reimbursement amounts owing.
(b)    Good Reason.  Only following a Change of Control, the Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason (as defined below) by giving the Company a written notice of termination at least 30 days before the date of such termination (or such lesser notice period as the Company may agree to) specifying in reasonable detail the circumstances constituting such Good Reason.  In the event of the Executive's termination of his employment for Good Reason within 18 months following a Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to receive the benefits described in Section 4 if such termination of employment occurs.  For purposes of this Agreement, Good Reason shall mean, without the Executive's written consent, (i) a significant reduction in the scope of the Executive's authority, functions, duties or responsibilities from that which is contemplated by this Agreement; provided that a change in scope solely as a result of the Company no longer being public or becoming a subsidiary of another corporation shall not constitute Good Reason, (ii) any reduction in the Executive's base salary, other than an across-the-board reduction affecting substantially all members of senior management of the Company on substantially the same proportional basis,  (iii) any material breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement without the Executive having committed any material breach of the Executive's obligations hereunder or under the Confidentiality Agreement, in each case, which breach is not cured within thirty days following written notice thereof to the Company of such breach or (iv)  the relocation of the Executive's office location to a location more than 50 miles away from the Executive's then current principal place of employment.  If an event constituting a ground for termination of employment for Good Reason occurs, and the Executive fails to give notice of termination within 30 days after the occurrence of such event, the Executive shall be deemed to have waived his right to terminate employment for Good Reason in connection with such event (but not for any other event for which the 30-day period has not expired).

c.Benefits Upon Termination Without Cause (No Change of Control).  If (a) the Employee's employment hereunder shall terminate because of termination by the Company pursuant to Section 1.1 and (b) such termination of employment does not occur within 18 months following a Change of Control of the Company, the Employee shall be entitled to the following:

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1.The Company shall pay to the Employee his base salary earned through the date of such termination of employment in a lump sum no later than the next payroll date following the Employee's date of termination to the extent not previously paid, and any other compensation and benefits to the extent actually earned by the Employee under any benefit plan or program of the Company as of the date of such termination of employment, any such compensation and benefits to be paid at the normal time for payment of such compensation and benefits to the extent not previously paid.
2.The Company shall pay the Employee any reimbursement amounts owing.
3.The Company shall pay to the Employee one (1) times the sum of (i) the Employee's annual rate of base salary in effect immediately preceding his termination of employment, and (ii) the average of his annual bonuses earned under the Company's annual bonus plan for the three calendar years preceding his termination of employment (or, if the Employee was not eligible for a bonus in each of those three calendar years, then the average of such bonuses for all of the calendar years in such three-year period for which he was eligible), with any deferred bonuses counting for the year earned rather than the year paid (the "Severance Benefit").  The Severance Benefit shall be paid in equal installments over a twelve (12) month period at the same intervals that salary payments are normally made by the Company; provided that, if at the time of the Employee's termination of employment, (i) the Employee is a "specified employee"  (a "Specified Employee") as defined in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and (ii) the Severance Benefit is subject to the provisions of Code Section 409A, then the portion of the Severance Benefit that is subject to Code Section 409A shall be paid as provided in Section 8.15, below. 
4.If the Employee elects to continue coverage under the Company's health plan pursuant to COBRA, then for the period beginning on the date of the Employee's termination of employment and ending on the earlier of (i) the date which is 12 months after the date of such termination of employment or (ii) the date the Employee becomes eligible for health insurance benefits under the group health plan of another employer, the Company will pay the same percentage of the Employee's premium for COBRA coverage for the Employee and, if applicable, his spouse and dependent children, as the Company paid at the applicable time for coverage under such plan for actively employed members of  management generally.  In addition, for the period beginning on the date of the Employee's termination of employment and ending on the earlier of (i) the date which is 12 months after the date of such termination of employment or (ii) the date on which the Employee becomes eligible for life insurance benefits from another employer, the Company will continue to provide the executive life insurance benefits that the Company would have provided to the Employee if the Employee had continued in employment with the Company for such period, but only if the Employee timely pays the portion of the premium for such coverage that members of management of the Company generally are required to pay for such coverage, if any.  The Employee shall notify the Company promptly if he, while eligible for benefits under this subsection (d), becomes eligible to receive health and/or life insurance benefits from another employer.  
5.The Company will pay to the outplacement services provider reasonably selected by the Employee an amount not to exceed $10,000 for outplacement services costs incurred by Employee within the twelve months following the Employee's termination of employment.
6.The Company's obligation to provide the severance benefits set forth in Sections 3(c), (d) and (e) upon the Employee's termination of employment without Cause, which does not occur within 18 months following a Change of Control, is subject to the Employee's execution without revocation of a valid release in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B (the "Release").

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d.Benefits Upon Termination Without Cause (Change of Control).  If (a) the Employee's employment hereunder shall terminate because of termination by the Company pursuant to Section 1.1 or because of termination by the Employee for Good Reason pursuant to Section 2 (b) and (b) such termination of employment occurs within 18 months following a Change of Control of the Company, the Employee shall be entitled to the following:
1.The Company shall pay to the Employee his base salary earned through the date of such termination of employment in a lump sum no later than the next payroll date following the Employee's date of termination to the extent not previously paid, and any other compensation and benefits to the extent actually earned by the Employee under any benefit plan or program of the Company as of the date of such termination of employment, any such compensation and benefits to be paid at the normal time for payment of such compensation and benefits to the extent not previously paid.
2.The Company shall pay the Employee any reimbursement amounts owing.
3.The Company shall pay to the Employee as a severance benefit an amount equal to two (2) times the sum of (i) his annual rate of base salary in effect immediately preceding his termination of employment, and (ii) the average of his three highest annual bonuses earned under the Company's annual bonus plan for any of the five calendar years preceding his termination of employment (or, if the Employee was not eligible for a bonus for at least three calendar years in such five-year period, then the average of such bonuses for all of the calendar years in such five-year period for which the Employee was eligible), with any deferred bonuses counting for the year earned rather than the year paid (the "COC Severance Benefit").  The COC Severance Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum within thirty (30) days after the date of such termination of employment; provided that, if at the time of the Employee's termination of employment, (i) the Employee is a Specified Employee, and (ii) the COC Severance Benefit is subject to the provisions of Code Section 409A, then the portion of the COC Severance Benefit that is subject to Code Section 409A shall be paid as provided in Section 8.15, below. 
4.The Company shall pay to the Employee as a bonus for the year of termination of his employment an amount equal to a portion (determined as provided in the next sentence) of the Employee's target bonus opportunity under the Company's annual bonus plan for the calendar year of termination of the Employee's employment or, if none, such portion of the bonus awarded to the Employee under the Company's annual bonus plan for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year of the termination of the Employee's employment, with deferred bonuses counting for the year earned rather than the year paid.  Such portion shall be determined by dividing the number of days of the Employee's employment during such calendar year up to his termination of employment by 365 (366 if a leap year).  Such payment shall be made in a lump sum within 30 days after the date of such termination of employment, and the Employee shall have no right to any further bonuses under said plan; provided that, if at the time of the Employee's termination of employment, the Employee is a Specified Employee, then such payment shall be made in a lump sum on the date that is six (6) months after the date of such termination of employment, and the Employee shall have no right to any further bonuses under said plan.
5.If the Employee elects to continue coverage under the Company's health plan pursuant to COBRA, then for the period beginning on the date of the Employee's termination of employment and ending on the earlier of (i) the date which COBRA coverage ends but not to exceed 24 months after the date of such termination of employment or (ii) the date the Employee becomes eligible for comparable benefits from another employer, the Employee (and, if applicable, the Employee's spouse and dependent children) shall remain covered by the medical, dental, and if reasonably commercially available through nationally reputable insurance carriers, executive life and executive long-term disability plans of 

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the Company that covered the Employee immediately prior to his termination of employment as if the Employee had remained in employment for such period; provided, however, that the coverage under any such plan is conditioned on the timely payment by the Employee (or his spouse or dependent children) of the portion of the premium for such coverage that actively employed members of senior management of the Company generally are required to pay for such coverage.  In the event that the Employee's participation in any such plan is barred, the Company shall arrange to provide the Employee (and, if applicable, his spouse and dependent children) with comparable benefits to the extent available at a cost not to exceed 125% of the cost of providing benefits to the Employee under the Company's plan or plans.  The Employee shall notify the Company promptly if he, while eligible for benefits under this subsection (e) becomes eligible to receive benefits from another employer.
6.
Each stock option granted by the Company to the Employee and outstanding immediately prior to termination of his employment shall be fully vested and immediately exercisable and may be exercised by the Employee (or, following his death, by the person or entity to which such option passes) at any time prior to the expiration date of the applicable option (determined without regard to any earlier termination of the option that would otherwise occur by reason of termination of his employment).  Each restricted stock award granted by the Company to the Employee and outstanding immediately prior to termination of the Employee's employment shall be fully vested upon such termination of employment.
7.The Company will pay to the outplacement services provider reasonably selected by the Employee an amount not to exceed $10,000 for outplacement services costs incurred by Employee within the twelve months following the Employee's termination of employment.
8.The Company shall promptly pay all reasonable attorneys' fees and related expenses incurred by the Employee in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit under this Section 4 or to defend against any claim or assertion in connection with this Section 4, but only if and to the extent that the Employee substantially prevails.
9.The Company will pay to the Employee an automobile allowance, in an amount equal to the Employee's monthly allowance at the time of termination, each month for 24 months following termination of the Employee's employment provided that, if at the time of the Employee's termination of employment, the Employee is a Specified Employee, then fifty percent (50%) of the automobile allowance shall be paid in a lump sum on the date that is six (6) months after the date of termination, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the automobile allowance shall be paid in six (6) equal monthly installments, beginning in the seventh month following the date of termination.
10.The Company's obligation to provide the severance benefits set forth in Sections 4(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) upon the Employee's termination of employment without Cause within 18 months following a Change of Control is subject to the Employee's execution of the Release.

e.Change of Control.  For the purposes of this Agreement, a "Change of Control" shall be deemed to occur upon the consummation of any of the following events:  (a) any person or persons acting together which would constitute a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), (other than the Company or any subsidiary of the Company) shall beneficially own (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, at least 25% of the total voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally 

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in the election of the Board; (b) Current Directors (as herein defined) shall cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board (for this purpose, a "Current Director" shall mean any member of the Board as of the date hereof and any successor of a Current Director whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, was approved by at least a majority of the Current Directors then on the Board); (c) (i) the complete liquidation of the Company or (ii) the merger or consolidation of the Company, other than a merger or consolidation in which (x) the holders of the common stock of the Company immediately prior to the consolidation or merger have, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the common stock of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger or (y) the Board immediately prior to the merger or consolidation would, immediately after the merger or consolidation, constitute a majority of the board of directors of the continuing or surviving corporation, which liquidation, merger or consolidation has been approved by the shareholders of the Company; or (d) the sale or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company pursuant to an agreement (or agreements) which has (have) been approved by the shareholders of the Company.
f.Golden Parachute Excise Tax.
(a)    In the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the Employee pursuant to this Agreement or any other plan, program or arrangement of the Company or any of its affiliates would constitute an "excess parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code ("Excess Parachute Payment"), then the payments under this Agreement shall be reduced (by the minimum possible amounts) until no amount payable to the Employee under this Agreement constitutes an Excess Parachute Payment; provided, however, that no such reduction shall be made if the net after-tax payment (after taking into account Federal, state, local or other income and excise taxes) to which the Employee would otherwise be entitled without such reduction would be greater than the net after-tax payment (after taking into account Federal, state, local or other income and excise taxes) to the Employee resulting from the receipt of such payments with such reduction.  If, as a result of subsequent events or conditions (including a subsequent payment or absence of a subsequent payment under this Agreement or other plan, program or arrangement of the Company or any of its affiliates), it is determined that payments under this Agreement have been reduced by more than the minimum amount required to prevent any payments from constituting an Excess Parachute Payment, then an additional payment shall be promptly made to the Employee in an amount equal to the additional amount that can be paid without causing any payment to constitute an Excess Parachute Payment.
(b)    All determinations required to be made under this Section 6 shall be made by a nationally recognized independent accounting firm mutually agreeable to the Company and the Employee (the "Accounting Firm") which shall provide detailed supporting calculations to the Company and the Employee as requested by the Company or the Employee.  All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company and shall be paid by the Company upon demand of the Employee as incurred or billed by the Accounting Firm.  All determinations made by the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 6 shall be final and binding upon the Company and the Employee.
(c)    To the extent any payment or benefit is to be reduced pursuant to this Section 6, the severance payment described in Section 3(c) or 4(c) will first be reduced and then the bonus described in Section 4(d), in each case only to the extent necessary.
g.Entitlement to Other Benefits.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not be construed as limiting in any way any rights or benefits that the Employee or his spouse, dependents or beneficiaries may have pursuant to any other plan or program of the Company; 

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provided that the Employee shall not be eligible to receive any benefits under any circumstances under any severance plan or policy of the Company, including, without limitation, the Lydall, Inc. Severance Plan.
h.General Provisions.
i.No Duty to Seek Employment.  The Employee shall not be under any duty or obligation to seek or accept other employment following termination of employment, and no amount, payment or benefits due to the Employee hereunder shall be reduced or suspended if the Employee accepts subsequent employment, except as expressly set forth herein.
ii.Deductions and Withholding.  All amounts payable or which become payable under any provision of this Agreement shall be subject to any deductions authorized by the Employee and any deductions and withholdings required by law.
iii.Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively "Notices") required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission with a copy deposited in the United States mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or sent by overnight mail addressed as follows:
To the Company:    Lydall, Inc.
P.O. Box 151
One Colonial Road
Manchester, CT 06045-0151
Attn:  Chief Executive Officer
To the Employee:        John J. Tedone
[Address on file at Corporate Headquarters]

or such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice.  Notice mailed as provided herein shall be deemed given when so delivered personally or sent by facsimile transmission, or, if sent by overnight mail, on the day after the date of mailing.
iv.No Disparagement.  The Employee shall not during the period of his employment with the Company, nor following the date of termination of his employment for any reason, publish or communicate to any person or entity any Disparaging (as defined below) remarks, comments or statements concerning the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any of their shareholders, directors, officers, employees or agents.  "Disparaging" remarks, comments or statements are those that impugn the character, honesty, integrity or morality or business acumen or abilities in connection with any aspect of the operation of business of the individual or entity being disparaged.  The Employee agrees that the terms of this Section 8.4 shall survive the term of this Agreement and the termination of the Employee's employment.
v.Proprietary Information and Inventions.  The Confidentiality Agreement is incorporated by reference in this Agreement, and the Employee agrees to continue to be bound thereby.
vi.Covenant to Notify Management.  The Employee agrees to abide by the ethics policies of the Company as well as the Company's other rules, regulations, policies and procedures.  The Employee agrees to comply in full with all governmental laws and regulations as well as ethics codes applicable.  In the event that the Employee is aware or suspects the Company, or any of its officers or agents, of violating any such laws, ethics, codes, rules, regulations, policies or procedures, the Employee agrees to bring all 

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such actual and suspected violations to the attention of the Company immediately so that the matter may be properly investigated and appropriate action taken.  The Employee understands that the Employee is precluded from filing a complaint with any governmental agency or court having jurisdiction over wrongful conduct unless the Employee has first notified the Company of the facts and permits it to investigate and correct the concerns.
vii.Amendments and Waivers.  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by the Employee and the Company.  No waiver by either Party hereto at any time of any breach by the other Party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other Party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.
8.8    Beneficial Interests.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by (a) the Company's successors and assigns and (b) the Employee's personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  If the Employee shall die while any amounts are still payable to his hereunder, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Employee's devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if there be no such designee, to the Employee's estate.
8.9    Successors.  The Company will require any successors (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform.
8.10     Assignment.  This Agreement and the rights, duties, and obligations hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party and any attempted assignment or delegation without such prior written consent shall be void and be of no effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.10, the Company may assign or delegate its rights, duties and obligations hereunder to any affiliate or to any person or entity which succeeds to all or substantially all of the business of the Company or one of its subsidiaries through merger, consolation, reorganization, or other business combination or by acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or one of its subsidiaries without the Employee's consent.
i.Choice of Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut without regard to the conflicts of law provisions thereof.
ii.Statute of Limitations.  The Employee and the Company hereby agree that there shall be a one year statute of limitations for the filing of any requests for arbitration or any lawsuit relating to this Agreement or the terms or conditions of Employee's employment by the Company.  If such a claim is filed more than one year subsequent to the Employee's last day of employment it shall be precluded by this provision, regardless of whether or not the claim has accrued at that time.
iii.Right to Injunctive and Equitable Relief.  The Employee's obligations under Section 8.4 are of a special and unique character, which gives them a peculiar value.  The Company cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated for damages in an action at law in the event the Employee breaches such obligations.  Therefore, the Employee expressly agrees that the Company shall be entitled to injunctive and other equitable relief without bond or other security in the event of such breach in addition to any other rights or remedies which the Company may possess or be entitled to pursue.  Furthermore, the obligations 

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of the Employee and the rights and remedies of the Company under Section 8.4 and this Section 8.13 are cumulative and in addition to, and not in lieu of, any obligations, rights, or remedies as created by applicable law.  The Employee agrees that the terms of this Section 8.13 shall survive the term of this Agreement and the termination of the Employee's employment.
iv.Severability or Partial Invalidity.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
v.Section 409A of the Code.  
    (a)    If (i) the Employee is determined to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), (ii) any amounts payable under this Agreement are subject to Code Section 409A, and (iii) such amounts are payable on the Employee’s “separation from service,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h), then such amounts will be payable on a monthly basis after Employee’s termination of employment (or, if earlier, the date of death of Employee).  Payments under this Section to which an Employee would otherwise be entitled during the first six (6) months following Employee’s termination date will be accumulated and paid on the day that is six (6) months after the termination date.

    (b)    Any taxable reimbursements under this Agreement will be made no later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year the expense was incurred.  For purposes of complying with Section 409A: (i) payment of such reimbursements or in-kind benefits during one calendar year will not affect the amount of such reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided during a subsequent calendar year; and (ii) such reimbursement benefit or rights or in-kind benefits may not be exchanged or substituted for another form of compensation to the Employee.

(c)    Any severance payments due as a result of Employee’s termination of employment with the Company will be made only upon a “separation from service,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).

(d)    In no event shall the Company be liable to the Employee for or with respect to any taxes, penalties or interest which may be imposed upon the Employee pursuant to Section 409A.  The Employee hereby acknowledges that she or he has been advised to seek and has sought the advice of a tax advisor with respect to the tax consequences to the Employee of all payments pursuant to this Agreement, including any adverse tax consequences or penalty taxes under Code Section 409A and applicable state tax law. The Employee hereby agrees to bear the entire risk of any such adverse federal and state tax consequences and penalty taxes in the event any payment pursuant to this Agreement is deemed to be subject to Code Section 409A, and that no representations have been made to the Employee relating to the tax treatment of any payment pursuant to this Agreement under Code Section 409A and the corresponding provisions of any applicable state income tax laws.

vi.Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, along with the Confidentiality Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings, and negotiations between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement may not be changed orally and may only be modified in writing signed by both Parties.  This Agreement, along with the Confidentiality Agreement, is intended by the Parties as the final 

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expression of their agreement with respect to such terms as are included herein and therein and may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior or contemporaneous agreement.  The Parties further intend that this Agreement, along with the Confidentiality Agreement, constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of their terms and that no extrinsic evidence may be introduced in any judicial proceeding involving such agreements.  For the avoidance of doubt, the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement do not prevent the Employee from communicating directly with a government agency regarding any potential or pending investigation, either during or after my employment with the Company. 
vii.Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer and the Employee has hereunto set his hand as of the day and year first above written.
    LYDALL, INC.
By:             May 5, 2020    
Chad A. McDaniel        Date
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
     and Chief Administrative Officer
         May 5, 2020    
John J. Tedone        Date

EXHIBIT A

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Confidentiality, Invention and Non-Compete Agreement

In consideration of my employment by the Company, or future employment with an affiliate to whom I am transferred (Lydall Inc. or affiliate together the “Company”), the compensation and other benefits to be received by me from the Company, I agree that:

1.1.    Definitions
The term “Confidential Information” as used in this Agreement includes all business information and records which relate to the Company or to parties working with the Company under a confidentiality agreement, and which are not known to the public generally, including, but not limited to, technical notebook records, technical reports, patent applications, machine equipment, computer software, models, process and product designs including any drawings and descriptions, unwritten knowledge and “know-how”, operating instructions, training manuals, production and development processes, production or other schedules, customer lists, customer buying records, product sales records, sales requests, territory listings, market surveys, plans including marketing plans and long-range plans, salary information, contracts, supplier lists, product costs, policy statements, policy procedures, policy manuals, flowcharts, computer printouts, program listings, reproductions and correspondence.
The term “Invention” as used in this Agreement includes any discovery, improvement, design or idea, patentable, copywriteable or otherwise, which relates to any activity or business in which the Company is engaged or any process, equipment, material, product or method (including computer software) in which the Company has any direct or indirect interest.
2.2.    Inventions
I will disclose promptly to the Company any Invention conceived, developed or perfected by me, either alone or jointly with another or others, while I am an employee, whether or not such conception, development or perfection occurs during the hours of my employment.

I grant to the Company without further compensation, all my right, title and interest in and to any such Invention for the sole use and benefit of the Company, together with all U.S. and foreign patents, trademarks or copyrights that may at any time be granted, and all reissues, renewals and extensions of such patents, trademarks or copyrights.  At the request and expense of the Company, I will at any time do what the Company reasonably believes to be necessary to assist the Company to vest full right and title to each such Invention in the Company, enable the Company to obtain and maintain full right and title in any country, prosecute applications for and secure patents (including their reissue, renewal and extension), trademarks, copyrights and any other form of protection for each such Invention, and prosecute or defend any interference or opposition which may be declared involving any such application or patent and any litigation in which the Company may be involved concerning any such Invention.  This will include preparing, executing and delivering any written document, drawings, flowcharts, or computer printouts.  The provisions of this section will continue after I stop working for the Company and shall be binding on my executors, administrators and assigns, unless waived in writing by the Company.

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3.3.    Confidential Information
I have not disclosed and will not disclose to the Company, and I will not use, in the discharge of my duties as an employee of the Company, any trade secret or confidential information belonging to a former employer or other person and which has been classified by the former employer or other person as a trade secret or confidential information.  The limitation set forth in this section shall not apply to matters which (a) are or become public knowledge, (b) were previously known to the Company, (c) are subsequently received by the Company from a third party, or (d) are independently derived by the Company.

I will not, directly or indirectly, during or at any time after the period of my employment by the Company, use for myself or others, or disclose to others, any Confidential Information, no matter how such information becomes known to me, unless I first obtain the Company’s written consent.

When I leave the Company’s employ, or at any other time upon request by the Company, I will promptly deliver to the Company all documents and records, including but not limited to those listed under the definition of Confidential Information, which are in my possession or under my control and which pertain to the Company, any of its activities or any of my activities while in the course of my employment and all copies thereof.  I will not retain or deliver to any others copies of these documents or records.

4.4.    Non-Competition
I acknowledge and agree that the Company’s business competes upon a worldwide basis, and that the degree of competition in that business is high. I recognize that the Company may assign me to duties in a geographic area or specific market.  I agree that, unless I first obtain the Company’s written consent, I will not during my employment with the Company and for a period of two (2) years following the termination of my employment  (provided, however, that if I am employed by the Company for less than two (2) years, the post-employment period to which this section applies shall be the greater of six (6) months or the length of my employment in any capacity), directly or indirectly or through others, individually, or as a member, officer, director, employee,  agent, or investor of any partnership or entity (except ownership of not more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding publicly traded stock of any company): 

(i)    participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or work for (as an employee, consultant or independent contractor) or have any material financial interest in, any business competitive with the Company in (a) any market in which the company for which I have worked in the two (2) preceding years has sold or attempted to sell any of its product in the two (2) years preceding my termination or (b) if the Company has assigned me to duties in a geographic area, within two hundred fifty (250) miles of any such geographic area in which I have worked in the two (2) years preceding my termination,
(ii)induce or encourage any employee of the Company to terminate his or her employment with the Company, or
(iii)    solicit, induce or encourage any person, business or entity which is a supplier of, a purchaser from, or a contracting party with, the Company to terminate any written or oral agreement, order or understanding with the Company or to conduct business in a way that results in an adverse impact to the Company.

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I further understand and agree that the remedy at law for any breach or threatened breach of my agreement not to compete contained in this section would be inadequate and that any breach or attempted breach would result in irreparable damage to the Company, the monetary amount of which would be impossible to ascertain.  Thus, I agree that in the event of any breach or threatened breach of my agreement not to compete, in addition to all other available legal or equitable remedies, the Company may obtain injunctive relief to remedy damage caused by such breach or threatened breach, and that the Company shall be entitled to recover from me its costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred in remedying such breach or threatened breach.
5.5.    General Terms
I represent and agree that I have and will assume no obligations to others inconsistent with any of my obligations to the Company under this Agreement.

In consideration of my employment, I agree to conform to the policies of the Company.  I understand that my employment is for an indefinite period and can be terminated at any time, with or without cause or prior notice by either the Company or me, and will remain so unless a written agreement for a specific term is entered into and executed by me and the Company’s CEO.  No other representations or agreements have been made regarding the term or termination of my employment.  I understand that no employee of the Company other than its CEO has the authority to enter into any agreement, commitment or guarantees binding on the Company regarding my employment and then only by a signed, written document.

This Agreement, which is ancillary to any other agreement I may have with the Company, (a) is intended as the complete and exclusive statement of my agreement with the Company with respect to its subject matter, (b) shall be binding upon my heirs, executors and administrators, (c) shall be assignable by the Company to its successors; (d) shall not be modified unless in writing and signed by me and the Company, (e) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Connecticut, the Company’s home office state, and (f) if any part of this Agreement is found invalid by any court, the remainder shall be valid and enforceable in law and equity.

                            

												
	

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  May 5, 2020                

EXHIBIT B

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TERMINATION, VOLUNTARY RELEASE AND WAIVER OF RIGHTS AGREEMENT

    I, John J. Tedone, unqualifiedly accept and agree to the relinquishment of my title, responsibilities and obligations as an employee of Lydall, Inc. ("the Company"), and concurrently and unconditionally agree to sever my relationship as an employee of the Company, in consideration for the voluntary payment to me by the Company of the separation benefits set forth in Section 1 of the Severance Agreement dated as of March 12, 2018 by and between me and the Company (the "Severance Agreement"), which is made a part hereof.  

    1.    In exchange for this consideration, which I understand that the Company is not otherwise obligated to provide to me, I voluntarily agree to waive and forego any and all claims, rights, interests, covenants, contracts, warranties, promises, undertakings, actions, suits, causes of action, obligations, debts, attorneys' fees or other expenses, accounts, judgments, fines, fees, losses and liabilities, of any kind, nature or description, in law, equity or otherwise (collectively, "Claims") that I may have against the Company and to release the Company and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, successors and assigns (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Releasees") from any obligations any of them may owe to me, accepting the aforestated consideration as full settlement of any monies or obligations owed to me by Releasees that may have arisen at any time prior to the date of my execution of this Termination, Voluntary Release and Waiver of Rights Agreement (the "Agreement"), except as specifically provided below in the following paragraph number 2.

2.    I do not waive, nor has the Company asked me to waive, any rights arising exclusively under the Fair Labor Standards Act, except as such waiver may henceforth be made in a manner provided by law.  I do not waive, nor has the Company asked me to waive, any vested benefits that I may have or that I may have derived from the course of my employment with the Company. I understand that such vested benefits will be subject to and administered in accordance with the established and usual terms governing same.  I do not waive any rights which may in the future, after the execution of this Agreement, arise exclusively from a substantial breach by the Company of a material obligation of the Company expressly undertaken in consideration of my entering into this Agreement.

    3.    Except as set forth in paragraph 2, I do fully, irrevocably and forever waive, relinquish and agree to forego any and all Claims whatsoever, whether known or unknown, that I may have or may hereafter have against the Releasees or any of them arising out of or by reason of any cause, matter or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the date hereof, including without limitation any and all matters relating to my employment with the Company and the cessation thereof and all matters arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000 et seq., the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., all as amended, or under any other laws, ordinances, Employee orders, regulations or administrative or judicial case law arising under the statutory or common laws of the United States, the State of Connecticut or any other applicable county or municipal ordinance.  

    4.    As a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, I, the undersigned, recognize that I may have been privy to certain confidential, proprietary and trade secret information of the Company which, if known to third parties, could be used in a manner that would reduce the value of the Company for its shareholders.  In order to reduce the risk of that happening, I, the undersigned, agree that 

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for a period of two (2) years after termination of employment, I, the undersigned, will not, directly or indirectly, assist, or be part of or have any involvement in, any effort to acquire control of the Company through the acquisition of its stock or substantially all of its assets, without the prior consent of the Board of Directors of the Company. This provision shall not prevent the undersigned from owning up to not more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding publicly traded stock of any company.

5.    I further acknowledge pursuant to the Older Worker's Benefit Protection Act (29 U.S.C. § 626(f)), I expressly agree that the following statements are true:

a.    The payment of the consideration described in Section __ of the Severance Agreement is in addition to the standard employee benefits and anything else of value which the Company owes me in connection with my employment with the Company or the separation of employment.

b.    I have twenty-one days from date of receipt to consider and sign this agreement.  If I choose to sign this Agreement before the end of the twenty-one day period, that decision is completely voluntary and has not been forced on me by the Company.

c.    I will have seven (7) days after signing the Agreement in which to revoke it, and the Agreement will not become effective or enforceable until the end of those seven (7) days.

d.    I am now being advised in writing to consult an attorney before signing this Agreement.

I acknowledge that I have been given sufficient time to freely consult with an attorney or counselor of my own choosing and that I knowingly and voluntarily execute this Agreement, after bargaining over the terms hereof, with knowledge of the consequences made clear, and with the genuine intent to release claims without threats, duress, or coercion on the part of the Company.  I do so understanding and acknowledging the significance of such waiver.

    6.    Further, in view of the above-referenced consideration voluntarily provided to me by the Company, after due deliberation, I agree to waive any right to further litigation or claim against any or all of the Releasees except as specifically provided in paragraph number 2 above.  I hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Releasees and their respective agents or representatives from and against any and all losses, costs, damages or expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys fees incurred by said parties, or any of them, arising out of any breach of this Agreement by me or by any person acting on my behalf, or the fact that any representation made herein by the undersigned was false when made.

    7.    As a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, I, the undersigned, understand and agree that if I should fail to comply with the conditions hereof or to carry out the agreement set forth herein, all amounts previously paid under this Agreement shall be immediately forfeited to the Company and that the right or claim to further payments and/or benefits hereunder would likewise be forfeited.

    8.    As a further material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, the undersigned provides as follows:

    First.  I represent that I have not filed any complaints or charges against the Company, or any of the Releasees relating to the relinquishment of my former titles and responsibilities at the Company or the 

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terms of my employment with the Company and that if any agency or court assumes jurisdiction of any complaint or charge against the Company or any of the Releasees on behalf of me concerning my employment with the Company, I understand and agrees that I have, by my knowing and willing execution of this Agreement waived my rights to any form of recovery or relief against the Company, or any of the Releasees, including but not limited to, attorney's fees.  Provided, however, that this provision shall not preclude the undersigned from pursuing appropriate legal relief against the Company for redress of a substantial breach of a material obligation of the Company expressly undertaken in consideration of my entering into this Agreement.

    Second.  I acknowledge and understand that the consideration for this release shall not be in any way construed as an admission by the Company or any of the Releasees of any improper acts or any improper employment decisions, and that the Company, specifically disclaims any liability on the part of itself, the Releasees, and their respective agents, employees, representatives, successors or assigns in this regard.

    Third.  I acknowledge and agree that this Agreement shall be binding upon me, upon the Company, and upon our respective administrators, representatives, Employees, successors, heirs and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of said parties and each of them.
    
    Fourth.  I represent, understand and agree that this Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the parties hereto, and fully supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, except for the confidentiality and non-competition agreement previously executed by me, the terms of which retain their full force and effect, and which are in no way limited or curtailed by this Agreement. (A copy of that agreement is attached to the Employment Agreement as Exhibit A and is made a part hereof.)

    Fifth.  Modification.  This Agreement may not be altered or changed except by an agreement in writing that has been properly executed by the party against whom any waiver, change, modification or discharge is sought.

    Sixth.  Severability.  All provisions and terms of this Agreement are severable.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision(s) or term(s) of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions and such other provisions shall be enforceable in law or equity in all respects as if such particular invalid or unenforceable provision(s) or term(s) were omitted.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the language of all parts of this Agreement shall, in all cases, be construed as a whole, according to its fair meaning, and not strictly for or against any of the parties.

    Seventh.  No Disparagement.  Unless otherwise required by a court of competent jurisdiction or pursuant to any recognized subpoena power, I agree and promise that I will not make any oral or written statements or reveal any information to any person, company, or agency which is disparaging or damaging to the reputation or business of the Company, its subsidiaries, directors, officers or affiliates, or which would interfere in any way with the business relations between the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and any of their customers, suppliers or vendors whether present or in the future.

    Eighth.  Confidentiality.  The Company and the undersigned agree to refrain from disclosing to third parties and to keep strictly confidential all details of this Agreement and any and all information relating to its negotiation, except as necessary to each party's accountants or attorneys.

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    Ninth.    Termination of Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company and all further payment obligations of the Company will cease, if: (a) the undersigned is terminated for "Cause" prior to the undersigned's separation date; or (b) facts are discovered after the undersigned's separation date that would have supported a termination for "Cause" had such facts been discovered prior to the undersigned's separation date. 

    AFFIRMATION OF RELEASOR

    I, John J. Tedone, warrant that I am competent to execute this Termination, Voluntary Release and Waiver of Rights Agreement and that I accept full responsibility thereof.

    I, John J. Tedone, warrant that I have had the opportunity to consult with an attorney of my choosing with respect to this matter and the consequences of my executing this Termination, Voluntary Release and Waiver of Rights Agreement.

    I, John J. Tedone, have read this Termination, Voluntary Release and Waiver of Rights Agreement carefully and I fully understand its terms.  I execute this document voluntarily with full and complete knowledge of its significance.

    Executed this          day of                          , 20XX, at                                                    .

                                                                                              
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    Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, this                  day of                            , 20XX, under the pains and penalties of perjury.

                                                                                             
                                               
                               , Notary Public
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