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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.5

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                        AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION
                                    OF TRUST

                                  BY AND AMONG
                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                            AS INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE,
                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                              AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE,
                           DIRECT GENERAL CORPORATION,
                                   AS SPONSOR,

                                       AND
            WILLIAM J. HARTER, J. TODD HAGELY AND MATTHEW P. MCCLURE,
                               AS ADMINISTRATORS,
                         DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2005

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I.           INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS...............................................................1
         Section 1.1.      Definitions............................................................................1

ARTICLE II.          ORGANIZATION.................................................................................9
         Section 2.1.      Name...................................................................................9
         Section 2.2.      Office.................................................................................9
         Section 2.3.      Purpose................................................................................9
         Section 2.4.      Authority..............................................................................9
         Section 2.5.      Title to Property of the Trust........................................................10
         Section 2.6.      Powers and Duties of the Trustees and the Administrators..............................10
         Section 2.7.      Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Institutional Trustee.....................14
         Section 2.8.      Powers and Duties of the Institutional Trustee........................................15
         Section 2.9.      Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Institutional Trustee and
                           Administrators........................................................................16
         Section 2.10.     Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee...............................................18
         Section 2.11.     Delaware Trustee......................................................................20
         Section 2.12.     Execution of Documents................................................................20
         Section 2.13.     Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities................................20
         Section 2.14.     Duration of Trust.....................................................................21
         Section 2.15.     Mergers...............................................................................21

ARTICLE III.         SPONSOR.....................................................................................22
         Section 3.1.      Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities...............................................22
         Section 3.2.      Responsibilities of the Sponsor.......................................................22
         Section 3.3.      Expenses..............................................................................23
         Section 3.4.      Right to Proceed......................................................................23

ARTICLE IV.          INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND ADMINISTRATORS....................................................24
         Section 4.1.      Number of Trustees....................................................................24
         Section 4.2.      Delaware Trustee......................................................................24
         Section 4.3.      Institutional Trustee; Eligibility....................................................24
         Section 4.4.      Certain Qualifications of the Delaware Trustee Generally..............................25
         Section 4.5.      Administrators........................................................................25
         Section 4.6.      Initial Delaware Trustee..............................................................25
         Section 4.7.      Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Institutional Trustee and
                           Administrators........................................................................25
         Section 4.8.      Vacancies Among Trustees..............................................................27
         Section 4.9.      Effect of Vacancies...................................................................27
         Section 4.10.     Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrators.......................................27
         Section 4.11.     Delegation of Power...................................................................28
         Section 4.12.     Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...................................28
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ARTICLE V.           DISTRIBUTIONS...............................................................................28
         Section 5.1.      Distributions.........................................................................28

ARTICLE VI.          ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES......................................................................29
         Section 6.1.      General Provisions Regarding Securities...............................................29
         Section 6.2.      Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar............................................30
         Section 6.3.      Form and Dating.......................................................................30
         Section 6.4.      Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.....................................30
         Section 6.5.      Temporary Securities..................................................................31
         Section 6.6.      Cancellation..........................................................................31
         Section 6.7.      Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults...........................................31

ARTICLE VII.         DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST........................................................33
         Section 7.1.      Dissolution and Termination of Trust..................................................33

ARTICLE VIII.        TRANSFER OF INTERESTS.......................................................................34
         Section 8.1.      General...............................................................................34
         Section 8.2.      Transfer Procedures and Restrictions..................................................35
         Section 8.3.      Deemed Security Holders...............................................................38

ARTICLE IX.          LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE OR OTHERS...........38
         Section 9.1.      Liability.............................................................................38
         Section 9.2.      Exculpation...........................................................................38
         Section 9.3.      Fiduciary Duty........................................................................39
         Section 9.4.      Indemnification.......................................................................39
         Section 9.5.      Outside Businesses....................................................................41
         Section 9.6.      Compensation; Fee.....................................................................42

ARTICLE X.           TAX AND ACCOUNTING..........................................................................42
         Section 10.1.     Fiscal Year...........................................................................42
         Section 10.2.     Certain Accounting Matters............................................................42
         Section 10.3.     Banking...............................................................................43
         Section 10.4.     Withholding...........................................................................43
         Section 10.5.     Intention of the Parties..............................................................43

ARTICLE XI.          AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS.....................................................................44
         Section 11.1.     Amendments............................................................................44
         Section 11.2.     Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent......................45

ARTICLE XII.         REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE...........................47
         Section 12.1.     Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee...............................47
         Section 12.2.     Representations of the Delaware Trustee...............................................47

ARTICLE XIII.        MISCELLANEOUS...............................................................................48
         Section 13.1.     Notices...............................................................................48
         Section 13.2.     Governing Law.........................................................................49
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         Section 13.3.     Intention of the Parties..............................................................50
         Section 13.4.     Headings..............................................................................50
         Section 13.5.     Successors and Assigns................................................................50
         Section 13.6.     Partial Enforceability................................................................50
         Section 13.7.     Counterparts..........................................................................50

Annex I  Terms of Securities
Exhibit A-1................Form of Capital Security Certificate
Exhibit A-2................Form of Common Security Certificate
Exhibit B..................Specimen of Initial Debenture
Exhibit C..................Placement Agreement
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                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                              DECLARATION OF TRUST

                                       OF

                        DIRECT GENERAL STATUTORY TRUST I

                               SEPTEMBER 15, 2005

         AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ("Declaration") dated and
effective as of September 15, 2005, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the
Administrators (as defined herein), the Sponsor (as defined herein) and the
holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the Trust (as
defined herein) to be issued pursuant to this Declaration;

         WHEREAS, the Trustees, the Administrators and the Sponsor established
Direct General Statutory Trust I (the "Trust"), a statutory trust under the
Statutory Trust Act (as defined herein) pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated
as of August 24, 2005 (the "Original Declaration"), and a Certificate of Trust
filed with the Secretary of the State of Delaware on August 24, 2005 (the
"Certificate of Trust"), for the sole purpose of issuing and selling the
Securities (as defined herein) representing undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust, investing the proceeds thereof in the Debentures (as
defined herein) of the Debenture Issuer (as defined herein) and engaging in
those activities necessary, advisable or incidental thereto;

         WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, no interests in the Trust have been
issued; and

         WHEREAS, the Trustees, the Administrators and the Sponsor, by this
Declaration, amend and restate each and every term and provision of the Original
Declaration;

         NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto to
continue the Trust as a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and that
this Declaration constitutes the governing instrument of such statutory trust,
the Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the Trust will be held in
trust for the benefit of the holders, from time to time, of the Securities,
subject to the provisions of this Declaration, and, in consideration of the
mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally
bound hereby, amend and restate in its entirety the Original Declaration and
agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I.

                         INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

         SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS. Unless the context otherwise requires:

         (a) capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not defined in the
preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Section
1.1;

         (b) a term defined anywhere in this Declaration has the same meaning
throughout;

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         (c) all references to "the Declaration" or "this Declaration" are to
this Declaration and each Annex and Exhibit hereto, as modified, supplemented or
amended from time to time;

         (d) all references in this Declaration to Articles and Sections and
Annexes and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and Annexes and Exhibits to
this Declaration unless otherwise specified; and

         (e) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.

         "Additional Interest" has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

         "Additional Sums" has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

         "Administrative Action" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of
Annex I.

         "Administrators" means each of William J. Harter, J. Todd Hagely and
Matthew P. McClure, solely in such Person's capacity as Administrator of the
Trust created and continued hereunder and not in such Person's individual
capacity, or such Administrator's successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor appointed as herein provided.

         "Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of
the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.

         "Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is authorized to
bind such Person.

         "Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:

         (a) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or
order for relief in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of
its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs and such
decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
consecutive days; or

         (b) such Person shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall
consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any
such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of such Person of any substantial part of its property, or
shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail
generally to pay its debts as they become due.

         "Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other
day on which banking institutions in New York City or Wilmington, Delaware are
permitted or required by any applicable law to close.

         "Capital Securities" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1(a) of
Annex I.

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         "Capital Security Certificate" means a definitive Certificate in fully
registered form representing a Capital Security substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1.

         "Certificate" means any certificate evidencing Securities.

         "Closing Date" has the meaning set forth in the Placement Agreement.

         "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, or any successor legislation.

         "Common Securities" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1(b) of
Annex I.

         "Common Security Certificate" means a definitive Certificate in fully
registered form representing a Common Security substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-2.

         "Company Indemnified Person" means (a) any Administrator; (b) any
Affiliate of any Administrator; (c) any officers, directors, shareholders,
members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any Administrator; or
(d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates.

         "Comparable Treasury Issue" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Comparable Treasury Price" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Institutional Trustee
at which the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee shall, at any
particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Declaration is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North
Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600, Attn: Corporate Trust
Administration.

         "Coupon Rate" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of Annex I.

         "Covered Person" means: (a) any Administrator, officer, director,
shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i) the Trust
or (ii) any of the Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities.

         "Creditor" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

         "Debenture Issuer" means Direct General Corporation, a Tennessee
corporation, in its capacity as issuer of the Debentures under the Indenture.

         "Debenture Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee under
the Indenture until a successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means
such successor trustee.

         "Debentures" means the Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2035 to be issued by the Debenture Issuer
under the Indenture.

         "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

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         "Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

         "Determination Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of
Annex I.

         "Direct Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(d).

         "Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders of Securities in
accordance with Section 5.1.

         "Distribution Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(b)
of Annex I.

         "Distribution Period" means (i) with respect to the first Distribution
Payment Date, the period beginning on (and including) the date of original
issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment Date in December
2005 and (ii) thereafter, with respect to each Distribution Payment Date, the
period beginning on (and including) the preceding Distribution Payment Date and
ending on (but excluding) such current Distribution Payment Date.

         "Distribution Rate" means, for the period beginning on (and including)
the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution
Payment Date in September 2010 the rate per annum of 7.915%, and for the period
beginning on (and including), the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010
and thereafter, the Coupon Rate.

         "Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):

         (a) the occurrence of an Indenture Event of Default; or

         (b) default by the Trust in the payment of any Optional Redemption
Price of any Security when it becomes due and payable; or

         (c) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of
any covenant or warranty of the Institutional Trustee in this Declaration (other
than those specified in clause (a) or (b) above) and continuation of such
default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail to the Institutional Trustee and to the Sponsor by
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding
Capital Securities, a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of
Default" hereunder; or

         (d) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the
Institutional Trustee if a successor Institutional Trustee has not been
appointed within 90 days thereof.

         "Extension Period" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(b) of
Annex I.

         "Federal Reserve" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of
Annex I.

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         "Fiduciary Indemnified Person" shall mean each of the Institutional
Trustee, (including in its individual capacity), the Delaware Trustee (including
in its individual capacity), any Affiliate of the Institutional Trustee or
Delaware Trustee and any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners,
employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the Institutional
Trustee or Delaware Trustee.

         "Fiscal Year" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

         "Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

         "Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement, dated as of September 15,
2005, of the Sponsor in respect of the Capital Securities.

         "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Certificate representing a
Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning
of the Statutory Trust Act.

         "Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary
Indemnified Person.

         "Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of September 15, 2005, between
the Debenture Issuer and the Debenture Trustee, and any indenture supplemental
thereto pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued, as such Indenture and
any supplemental indenture may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.

         "Indenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in
the Indenture.

         "Institutional Trustee" means the Trustee meeting the eligibility
requirements set forth in Section 4.3.

         "Interest" means any interest due on the Debentures including any
Additional Interest and Defaulted Interest.

         "Interest Rate" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of Annex I.

         "Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in the
Investment Company Act.

         "Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

         "Investment Company Event" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Liquidation" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of Annex I.

         "Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3 of
Annex I.

         "Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities" means Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holders of outstanding

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Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting
separately as a class, who are the record owners of more than 50% of the
aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on
redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to
the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding
Securities of the relevant class.

         "Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of Annex I.

         "Officers' Certificates" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by two Authorized Officers of such Person, and, with respect
to the Administrators, a certificate signed by at least two Administrators. Any
Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant providing for it in this Declaration shall include:

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

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

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

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

         "Optional Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Optional Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Paying Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

         "Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.

         "Placement Agreement" means the Placement Agreement relating to the
offering and sale of Capital Securities in the form of Exhibit C.

          "Primary Treasury Dealer" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Property Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c).

         "Pro Rata" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 8 of Annex I.

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         "Quorum" means a majority of the Administrators or, if there are only
two Administrators, both of them.

         "Quotation Agent" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of
Annex I.

         "Redemption/Distribution Notice" has the meaning set forth in paragraph
4(e) of Annex I.

         "Reference Treasury Dealer" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

         "Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

         "Relevant Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a).

         "Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Institutional Trustee,
any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee,
including any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, any assistant
secretary, any secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust
officer or other officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of
the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.

         "Restricted Securities Legend" has the meaning set forth in Section
8.2(b).

         "Rule 3a-5" means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act.

         "Rule 3a-7" means Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

         "Securities" means the Common Securities and the Capital Securities.

         "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
to time, or any successor legislation.

         "Special Event" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

         "Special Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Special Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a)
of Annex I.

         "Sponsor" means Direct General Corporation, a Tennessee corporation, or
any successor entity in a merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in its capacity
as sponsor of the Trust.

         "Statutory Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. C. Sections 3801, et seq. as may be amended from time to time.

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         "Subsidiary" means with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation at
least a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is 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, (b) any general partnership, joint
venture or similar entity, at least a majority of the outstanding partnership or
similar interests of which 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 (c) any limited partnership of which such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries is a general partner. For the purposes of this definition, "voting
stock" 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.

         "Successor Entity" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(b).

         "Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section
4.7(e).

         "Successor Institutional Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section
4.7(a).

         "Successor Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(b).

         "Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(b) of
Annex I.

         "Tax Event" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

         "10% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holders of outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding
Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of 10%
or more of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that
would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of
all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.

         "3-Month LIBOR" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of Annex I.

         "Transfer Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

         "Treasury Rate" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Annex I.

         "Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations, including
temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the United
States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including
corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

         "Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on deposit in,
or owing to, the Property Account and (c) all proceeds and rights in respect of
the foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being held or
deemed to be held by the Institutional Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this
Declaration.

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         "Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this
Declaration as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in
accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to
time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the
provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall
refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.

         "U.S. Person" means a United States Person as defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code.

                                  ARTICLE II.

                                  ORGANIZATION

         SECTION 2.1. NAME. The Trust is named "Direct General Statutory Trust
I," as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrators
following written notice to the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities. The Trust's activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust
or any other name deemed advisable by the Administrators.

         SECTION 2.2. OFFICE. The address of the principal office of the Trust
is c/o Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600. On at least 10 Business Days written notice to
the Institutional Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, the Administrators
may designate another principal office, which shall be in a state of the United
States or in the District of Columbia.

         SECTION 2.3. PURPOSE. The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust
are (a) to issue and sell the Securities representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust, (b) to invest the gross proceeds from such
sale to acquire the Debentures, (c) to facilitate direct investment in the
assets of the Trust through issuance of the Common Securities and the Capital
Securities, and (d) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in only those
other activities necessary, advisable or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not
borrow money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge
any of its assets, or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any
activity that would cause the Trust not to be classified for United States
federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust.

         SECTION 2.4. AUTHORITY. Except as specifically provided in this
Declaration, the Institutional Trustee shall have exclusive and complete
authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by a Trustee
in accordance with its powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the
Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person
shall be required to inquire into the authority of the Trustees to bind the
Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely conclusively on the
power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in this Declaration. The
Administrators shall have only those ministerial duties set forth herein with
respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust and are not intended to be
trustees or fiduciaries with respect to the Trust or the Holders. The
Institutional Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be obligated except as
provided in Section 2.6, to perform those duties assigned to the Administrators.

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         SECTION 2.5. TITLE TO PROPERTY OF THE TRUST. Except as provided in
Section 2.8 with respect to the Debentures and the Property Account or as
otherwise provided in this Declaration, legal title to all assets of the Trust
shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders shall not have legal title to any part
of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an undivided beneficial interest in
the assets of the Trust.

         SECTION 2.6. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND THE ADMINISTRATORS.

         (a) The Trustees and the Administrators shall conduct the affairs of
the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Declaration. Subject to the
limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section, and in accordance with
the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Trustees and the Administrators shall
have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by
the Institutional Trustee to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express
or implied, otherwise granted to the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case
may be, under this Declaration, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof,
including without limitation, the following:

                  (i) Each Administrator shall have the power, duty and
         authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following
         matters:

                           (A) the issuance and sale of the Securities;

                           (B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute,
                  deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, such agreements as
                  may be necessary, advisable or incidental thereto in
                  connection with the purposes and function of the Trust,
                  including agreements with the Paying Agent;

                           (C) ensuring compliance with the Securities Act and
                  applicable securities or blue sky laws of states and other
                  jurisdictions;

                           (D) the sending of notices (other than notices of
                  default), and other information regarding the Securities and
                  the Debentures to the Holders in accordance with this
                  Declaration including notice of any notice received from the
                  Debenture Issuer of its election to defer payments of interest
                  on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period
                  under the Indenture;

                           (E) the consent to the appointment of a Paying Agent,
                  Transfer Agent and Registrar in accordance with this
                  Declaration, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld
                  or delayed;

                           (F) execution and delivery of the Securities in
                  accordance with this Declaration;

                           (G) execution and delivery of closing certificates
                  pursuant to the Placement Agreement and the application for a
                  taxpayer identification number;

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                           (H) unless otherwise determined by the Holders of a
                  Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities or as
                  otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act, to execute on
                  behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or together with any
                  or all of the Administrators) any documents that the
                  Administrators have the power to execute pursuant to this
                  Declaration;

                           (I) the taking of any action as the Sponsor or an
                  Administrator may from time to time determine is necessary,
                  advisable or incidental to the foregoing to give effect to the
                  terms of this Declaration for the benefit of the Holders
                  (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any
                  particular Holder);

                           (J) to establish a record date with respect to all
                  actions to be taken hereunder that require a record date be
                  established, including Distributions, voting rights,
                  redemptions and exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to
                  the Holders of Capital Securities and Holders of Common
                  Securities as to such actions and applicable record dates;

                           (K) to duly prepare and file all applicable tax
                  returns and tax information reports that are required to be
                  filed with respect to the Trust on behalf of the Trust.

                           (L) to negotiate the terms of, and the execution and
                  delivery of, the Placement Agreement providing for the sale of
                  the Capital Securities;

                           (M) to employ or otherwise engage employees, agents
                  (who may be designated as officers with titles), managers,
                  contractors, advisors, attorneys and consultants and pay
                  reasonable compensation for such services;

                           (N) to incur expenses that are necessary, advisable
                  or incidental to carry out any of the purposes of the Trust;
                  and

                           (O) to take all action that may be necessary or
                  appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the
                  Trust's valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as
                  a statutory trust under the laws of each jurisdiction (other
                  than the State of Delaware) in which such existence is
                  necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of
                  the Capital Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the
                  purposes for which the Trust was created.

                  (ii) As among the Trustees and the Administrators, the
         Institutional Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority, and is
         hereby authorized, to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the
         following matters:

                           (A) the establishment of the Property Account;

                           (B) the receipt of the Debentures;

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                           (C) the collection of interest, principal and any
                  other payments made in respect of the Debentures in the
                  Property Account;

                           (D) the distribution through the Paying Agent of
                  amounts owed to the Holders in respect of the Securities;

                           (E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and
                  privileges of a holder of the Debentures;

                           (F) the sending of notices of default and other
                  information regarding the Securities and the Debentures to the
                  Holders in accordance with this Declaration;

                           (G) the distribution of the Trust Property in
                  accordance with the terms of this Declaration;

                           (H) to the extent provided in this Declaration, the
                  winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and
                  the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of
                  cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of
                  Delaware;

                           (I) after any Event of Default (provided that such
                  Event of Default is not by or with respect to the
                  Institutional Trustee) the taking of any action incidental to
                  the foregoing as the Institutional Trustee may from time to
                  time determine is necessary, advisable or incidental to the
                  foregoing to give effect to the terms of this Declaration and
                  protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the
                  Holders (without consideration of the effect of any such
                  action on any particular Holder); and

                           (J) to take all action that may be necessary for the
                  preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid
                  existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory
                  trust under the laws of the State of Delaware.

                  (iii) The Institutional Trustee shall have the power and
         authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to any of the
         duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrators set
         forth in Section 2.6(a)(i)(D), (E) and (F) herein but shall not have a
         duty to do any such act unless specifically requested to do so in
         writing by the Sponsor, and shall then be fully protected in acting
         pursuant to such written request; and in the event of a conflict
         between the action of the Administrators and the action of the
         Institutional Trustee, the action of the Institutional Trustee shall
         prevail.

         (b) So long as this Declaration remains in effect, the Trust (or the
Trustees or Administrators acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake
any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or
contemplated hereby. In particular, neither the Trustees nor the Administrators
may cause the Trust to (i) acquire any investments or engage in any activities
not authorized by this Declaration, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange,
mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or
interests therein, including to Holders, except as expressly provided herein,
(iii) take any action that would reasonably be

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expected (A) to cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust"
for United States federal income tax purposes or (B) to require the trust to
register as an Investment Company under the Investment Company Act, (iv) incur
any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any other debt, or (v) take or
consent to any action that would result in the placement of a lien on any of the
Trust Property. The Institutional Trustee shall, at the sole cost and expense of
the Trust, defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any
lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the
Holders in their capacity as Holders.

         (c) In connection with the issuance and sale of the Capital Securities,
the Sponsor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with
respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions
taken by the Sponsor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this
Declaration are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):

                  (i) the taking of any action necessary to obtain an exemption
         from the Securities Act;

                  (ii) the determination of the jurisdictions in which to take
         appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the
         Capital Securities and the determination of any and all such acts,
         other than actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust,
         and the advice to the Administrators of actions they must take on
         behalf of the Trust, and the preparation for execution and filing of
         any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the
         Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply
         with the applicable laws of any such States in connection with the sale
         of the Capital Securities;

                  (iii) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and
         delivery of, the Placement Agreement providing for the sale of the
         Capital Securities; and

                  (iv) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to
         carry out any of the foregoing activities.

         (d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrators
and the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities are
authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the
Trust so that the Trust will not (i) be deemed to be an Investment Company
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, and (ii) fail to be
classified as a "grantor trust" for United States federal income tax purposes.
The Administrators and the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Common Securities shall not take any action inconsistent with the treatment of
the Debentures as indebtedness of the Debenture Issuer for United States federal
income tax purposes. In this connection, the Administrators and the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities are authorized to take
any action, not inconsistent with applicable laws, the Certificate of Trust or
this Declaration, as amended from time to time, that each of the Administrators
and the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities
determines in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes.

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         (e) All expenses incurred by the Administrators or the Trustees
pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be reimbursed by the Sponsor, and the
Trustees and the Administrators shall have no obligations with respect to such
expenses.

         (f) The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.

         (g) Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in
the Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and
administered by the Institutional Trustee and the Administrators for the benefit
of the Trust in accordance with this Declaration.

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

         SECTION 2.7. PROHIBITION OF ACTIONS BY THE TRUST AND THE INSTITUTIONAL
TRUSTEE.

         (a) The Trust shall not, and the Institutional Trustee shall cause the
Trust not to, engage in any activity other than as required or authorized by
this Declaration. In particular, the Trust shall not and the Institutional
Trustee shall cause the Trust not to:

                  (i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the
         Debentures, but shall distribute all such proceeds to Holders of the
         Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and of the
         Securities;

                  (ii) acquire any assets other than as expressly provided
         herein;

                  (iii) possess Trust Property for other than a Trust purpose;

                  (iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness other than loans
         represented by the Debentures;

                  (v) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to
         vary the Trust assets or the terms of the Securities in any way
         whatsoever other than as expressly provided herein;

                  (vi) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial
         ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust other than the
         Securities;

                  (vii) carry on any "trade or business" as that phrase is used
         in the Code; or

                  (viii) other than as provided in this Declaration (including
         Annex I), (A) direct the time, method and place of exercising any trust
         or power conferred upon the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
         Debentures, (B) waive any past default that is

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         waivable under the Indenture, (C) exercise any right to rescind or
         annul any declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be
         due and payable, or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or
         termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall
         be required unless the Trust shall have received a written opinion of
         counsel to the effect that such modification will not cause the Trust
         to cease to be classified as a "grantor trust" for United States
         federal income tax purposes.

         SECTION 2.8. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE.

         (a) The legal title to the Debentures shall be owned by and held of
record in the name of the Institutional Trustee in trust for the benefit of the
Trust and the Holders of the Securities. The right, title and interest of the
Institutional Trustee to the Debentures shall vest automatically in each Person
who may hereafter be appointed as Institutional Trustee in accordance with
Section 4.7. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or
not conveyancing documents with regard to the Debentures have been executed and
delivered.

         (b) The Institutional Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and
interest in the Debentures to the Administrators or to the Delaware Trustee.

         (c) The Institutional Trustee shall:

                  (i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing
         trust account (the "Property Account") in the name of and under the
         exclusive control of the Institutional Trustee, maintained in the
         Institutional Trustee's trust department, on behalf of the Holders of
         the Securities and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in
         respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee, deposit
         such funds into the Property Account and make payments, or cause the
         Paying Agent to make payments, to the Holders of the Capital Securities
         and Holders of the Common Securities from the Property Account in
         accordance with Section 5.1. Funds in the Property Account shall be
         held uninvested until disbursed in accordance with this Declaration;

                  (ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be
         necessary or appropriate to effect the redemption of the Capital
         Securities and the Common Securities to the extent the Debentures are
         redeemed or mature; and

                  (iii) upon written notice of distribution issued by the
         Administrators in accordance with the terms of the Securities, engage
         in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or appropriate to
         effect the distribution of the Debentures to Holders of Securities upon
         the occurrence of certain circumstances pursuant to the terms of the
         Securities.

         (d) The Institutional Trustee may bring or defend, pay, collect,
compromise, arbitrate, resort to legal action with respect to, or otherwise
adjust claims or demands of or against, the Trust that arise out of or in
connection with an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the
Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge or arises out of the Institutional
Trustee's duties and obligations under this Declaration; provided, however, that
if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is
attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay interest or premium,
if any, on or principal of the Debentures on the date such interest,

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premium, if any, or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of the Capital Securities may
directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures having a
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the respective due
date specified in the Debentures. In connection with such Direct Action, the
rights of the Holders of the Common Securities will be subrogated to the rights
of such Holder of the Capital Securities to the extent of any payment made by
the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of the Capital Securities in such Direct
Action; provided, however, that no Holder of the Common Securities may exercise
such right of subrogation so long as an Event of Default with respect to the
Capital Securities has occurred and is continuing.

         (e) The Institutional Trustee shall continue to serve as a Trustee
until either:

                  (i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the proceeds
         of the liquidation distributed to the Holders of the Securities
         pursuant to the terms of the Securities and this Declaration; or

                  (ii) a Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed and
         has accepted that appointment in accordance with Section 4.7.

         (f) The Institutional Trustee shall have the legal power to exercise
all of the rights, powers and privileges of a Holder of the Debentures under the
Indenture and, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Institutional Trustee may, for the benefit of Holders of the Securities, enforce
its rights as holder of the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders
pursuant to this Declaration (including Annex I) and the terms of the
Securities.

         The Institutional Trustee must exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 2.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of
the Trust set out in Section 2.3, and the Institutional Trustee shall not take
any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set
out in Section 2.3.

         SECTION 2.9. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INSTITUTIONAL
TRUSTEE AND ADMINISTRATORS.

         (a) The Institutional Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may
have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically
set forth in this Declaration and no implied covenants shall be read into this
Declaration against the Institutional Trustee. In case an Event of Default has
occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 6.7), the
Institutional Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it
by this Declaration, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of his or her own affairs.

         (b) The duties and responsibilities of the Institutional Trustee and
the Administrators shall be as provided by this Declaration. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no provision of this Declaration shall require the Institutional
Trustee or Administrators to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur
any financial liability in the performance of any of their duties

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hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers if the
Institutional Trustee or such Administrator shall have reasonable grounds to
believe that repayment of such funds or adequate protection against such risk of
liability is not reasonably assured to the Institutional Trustee or such
Administrator. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Declaration relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Institutional Trustee or Administrators shall be
subject to the provisions of this Article. Nothing in this Declaration shall be
construed to relieve an Administrator or the Institutional Trustee from
liability for the Institutional Trustee's or such Administrator's own negligent
act, the Institutional Trustee's or such Administrator's own negligent failure
to act, or the Institutional Trustee's or such Administrator's own willful
misconduct. To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Institutional Trustee
or an Administrator has duties and liabilities relating to the Trust or to the
Holders, the Institutional Trustee or such Administrator shall not be liable to
the Trust or to any Holder for the Institutional Trustee's or such
Administrator's good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The
provisions of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and
liabilities of the Administrators or the Institutional Trustee otherwise
existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Sponsor and the Holders to
replace such other duties and liabilities of the Administrators or the
Institutional Trustee.

         (c) All payments made by the Institutional Trustee or a Paying Agent in
respect of the Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds from
the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient revenue
or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Institutional Trustee or a
Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Holder,
by its acceptance of a Security, agrees that it will look solely to the revenue
and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for
distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees and the
Administrators are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in
respect of any Security or for any other liability in respect of any Security.
This Section 2.9(c) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set
forth elsewhere in this Declaration.

         (d) The Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for its own acts or
omissions hereunder except as a result of its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

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

                  (ii) the Institutional 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 liquidation amount of the Capital Securities or the Common
         Securities, as applicable, relating to the time, method and place of
         conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional
         Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
         Institutional Trustee under this Declaration;

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                  (iii) the Institutional Trustee's sole duty with respect to
         the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Debentures
         and the Property Account shall be to deal with such property in a
         similar manner as the Institutional Trustee deals with similar property
         for its fiduciary accounts generally, subject to the protections and
         limitations on liability afforded to the Institutional Trustee under
         this Declaration;

                  (iv) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any
         interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree
         in writing with the Sponsor; and money held by the Institutional
         Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in
         relation to the Property Account maintained by the Institutional
         Trustee pursuant to Section 2.8(c)(i) and except to the extent
         otherwise required by law; and

                  (v) the Institutional Trustee shall not be responsible for
         monitoring the compliance by the Administrators or the Sponsor with
         their respective duties under this Declaration, nor shall the
         Institutional Trustee be liable for any default or misconduct of the
         Administrators or the Sponsor.

         SECTION 2.10. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE. Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.9:

         (a) the Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely and shall fully be
protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in good faith upon any
resolution, opinion of counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder
or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper
or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
presented by the proper party or parties;

         (b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of
action, (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other
provisions contained herein, or (iii) the Institutional Trustee is unsure of the
application of any provision of this Declaration, then, except as to any matter
as to which the Holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote under the
terms of this Declaration, the Institutional Trustee may deliver a notice to the
Sponsor requesting the Sponsor's written instructions as to the course of action
to be taken and the Institutional Trustee shall take such action, or refrain
from taking such action, as the Institutional Trustee shall be instructed in
writing, in which event the Institutional Trustee shall have no liability except
for its own negligence or willful misconduct;

         (c) any direction or act of the Sponsor or the Administrators
contemplated by this Declaration shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate;

         (d) whenever in the administration of this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established before undertaking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Institutional Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed)
may request and conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate as to factual
matters

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which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Sponsor
or the Administrators;

         (e) the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or
continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any
rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;

         (f) the Institutional Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection
(which counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates) and the
advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with such advice; the
Institutional Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions
concerning the administration of this Declaration from any court of competent
jurisdiction;

         (g) the Institutional Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Declaration, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Institutional Trustee security or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; provided,
that nothing contained in this Section 2.10(g) shall be taken to relieve the
Institutional Trustee, subject to Section 2.9(b), upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 6.7), of
the power to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Declaration, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs;

         (h) the Institutional 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, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper
or document, unless requested in writing to do so by one or more Holders, but
the Institutional Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit;

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

         (j) whenever in the administration of this Declaration the
Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder
the Institutional Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the
Capital Securities which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the
same proportion in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities as would be
entitled to direct the Institutional Trustee under the terms of the Capital
Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such
instructions are received, and (iii) shall be fully protected in acting in
accordance with such instructions;

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         (k) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that
is discretionary under the provisions of this Declaration;

         (l) when the Institutional Trustee incurs expenses or renders services
in connection with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including the fees and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law or law relating
to creditors rights generally;

         (m) the Institutional Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee
obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Institutional Trustee receives
written notice of such event from any Holder, the Sponsor or the Debenture
Trustee;

         (n) any action taken by the Institutional Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the Securities, and the
signature of the Institutional Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient
and effective to perform any such action and no third party shall be required to
inquire as to the authority of the Institutional Trustee to so act or as to its
compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Declaration, both of
which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Institutional Trustee's or its
agent's taking such action; and

         (o) no provision of this Declaration shall be deemed to impose any duty
or obligation on the Institutional Trustee to perform any act or acts or
exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Institutional Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Institutional
Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.

         SECTION 2.11. DELAWARE TRUSTEE. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Declaration other than Section 4.1, the Delaware Trustee shall not be
entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the
duties and responsibilities of any of the Trustees or the Administrators
specified in this Declaration (except as may be required under the Statutory
Trust Act). Except as set forth in Section 4.1, the Delaware Trustee shall be a
Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Statutory Trust Act.

         SECTION 2.12. EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS. Unless otherwise determined in
writing by the Institutional Trustee, and except as otherwise required by the
Statutory Trust Act, the Institutional Trustee, or any one or more of the
Administrators, as the case may be, is authorized to execute and deliver on
behalf of the Trust any documents, agreements, instruments or certificates that
the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, have the power and
authority to execute pursuant to Section 2.6.

         SECTION 2.13. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities shall be taken as
the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility
for their correctness. The Trustees make no

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representations as to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any
part thereof. The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Declaration, the Debentures or the Securities.

         SECTION 2.14. DURATION OF TRUST. The Trust, unless earlier dissolved
pursuant to the provisions of Article VII hereof, shall be in existence for 35
years from the Closing Date.

         SECTION 2.15. MERGERS.

         (a) The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or
be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other body, except as
described in Sections 2.15(b) and (c) and except in connection with the
liquidation of the Trust and the distribution of the Debentures to Holders of
Securities pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(iv) of the Declaration or Section 3 of
Annex I.

         (b) The Trust may, with the consent of the Institutional Trustee and
without the consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities, consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by a trust organized as such
under the laws of any state; provided that:

         (c) if the Trust is not the surviving entity, such successor entity
(the "Successor Entity") either:

                           (A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the
                  Trust under the Securities; or

                           (B) substitutes for the Securities other securities
                  having substantially the same terms as the Securities (the
                  "Successor Securities") so that the Successor Securities rank
                  the same as the Securities rank with respect to Distributions
                  and payments upon Liquidation, redemption and otherwise;

                  (ii) the Sponsor expressly appoints a trustee of the Successor
         Entity that possesses substantially the same powers and duties as the
         Institutional Trustee as the Holder of the Debentures;

                  (iii) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement
         does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the
         Holders of the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any
         material respect;

                  (iv) the Institutional Trustee receives written confirmation
         from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization that rates
         securities issued by the initial purchaser of the Capital Securities
         that it will not reduce or withdraw the rating of any such securities
         because of such merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or
         replacement;

                  (v) such Successor Entity has a purpose substantially
         identical to that of the Trust;

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                  (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
         replacement, the Trust has received an opinion of a nationally
         recognized independent counsel to the Trust experienced in such matters
         to the effect that:

                           (A) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
                  replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences
                  and privileges of the Holders of the Securities (including any
                  Successor Securities) in any material respect;

                           (B) following such merger, consolidation,
                  amalgamation or replacement, neither the Trust nor the
                  Successor Entity will be required to register as an Investment
                  Company; and

                           (C) following such merger, consolidation,
                  amalgamation or replacement, the Trust (or the Successor
                  Entity) will continue to be classified as a "grantor trust"
                  for United States federal income tax purposes;

                  (vii) the Sponsor guarantees the obligations of such Successor
         Entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided
         by the Guarantee;

                  (viii) the Sponsor owns 100% of the common securities of any
         Successor Entity; and

                  (ix) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
         replacement, the Institutional Trustee shall have received an Officers'
         Certificate of the Administrators and an opinion of counsel, each to
         the effect that all conditions precedent under this Section 2.15(b) to
         such transaction have been satisfied.

         (d) Notwithstanding Section 2.15(b), the Trust shall not, except with
the consent of Holders of 100% in aggregate liquidation amount of the
Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by any
other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with
or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or
replacement would cause the Trust or Successor Entity to be classified as other
than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

                                  ARTICLE III.

                                     SPONSOR

         SECTION 3.1. SPONSOR'S PURCHASE OF COMMON SECURITIES. On the Closing
Date, the Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities issued by the Trust
in an amount at least equal to 3% of the capital of the Trust, at the same time
as the Capital Securities are sold.

         SECTION 3.2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SPONSOR. In connection with the
issue and sale of the Capital Securities, the Sponsor shall have the exclusive
right and responsibility to engage in, or direct the Administrators to engage
in, the following activities:

         (a) to determine the jurisdictions in which to take appropriate action
to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Capital Securities and to do
any and all such acts, other than

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actions which must be taken by the Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it
must take, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and
filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary, advisable or incidental
thereto in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such jurisdictions;
and

         (b) to negotiate the terms of and/or execute and deliver on behalf of
the Trust, the Placement Agreement and other related agreements providing for
the sale of the Capital Securities.

         SECTION 3.3. EXPENSES. In connection with the offering, sale and
issuance of the Debentures to the Trust and in connection with the sale of the
Securities by the Trust, the Sponsor, in its capacity as Debenture Issuer,
shall:

         (a) pay all reasonable costs and expenses relating to the offering,
sale and issuance of the Debentures, including compensation of the Debenture
Trustee under the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture;

         (b) be responsible for and shall pay all debts and obligations (other
than with respect to the Securities) and all costs and expenses of the Trust
(including, but not limited to, costs and expenses relating to the organization,
maintenance and dissolution of the Trust), the offering, sale and issuance of
the Securities (including fees to the placement agents in connection therewith),
the fees and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) of the
Institutional Trustee and the Administrators, the costs and expenses relating to
the operation of the Trust, including, without limitation, costs and expenses of
accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services, expenses for
printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment, Paying Agents,
Registrars, Transfer Agents, duplicating, travel and telephone and other
telecommunications expenses and costs and expenses incurred in connection with
the acquisition, financing, and disposition of Trust assets and the enforcement
by the Institutional Trustee of the rights of the Holders; and

         (c) pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes
attributable to the Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and expenses
with respect to such taxes of the Trust.

         The Sponsor's obligations under this Section 3.3 shall be for the
benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any Person to whom such debts,
obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a "Creditor") whether or not
such Creditor has received notice hereof. Any such Creditor may enforce the
Sponsor's obligations under this Section 3.3 directly against the Sponsor and
the Sponsor irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such
Creditor take any action against the Trust or any other Person before proceeding
against the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees to execute such additional agreements as
may be necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the provisions of
this Section 3.3.

         SECTION 3.4. RIGHT TO PROCEED. The Sponsor acknowledges the rights of
Holders of Capital Securities to institute a Direct Action as set forth in
Section 2.8(d) hereto.

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                                  ARTICLE IV.

                    INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND ADMINISTRATORS

         SECTION 4.1. NUMBER OF TRUSTEES. The number of Trustees shall initially
be two, and;

         (a) at any time before the issuance of any Securities, the Sponsor may,
by written instrument, increase or decrease the number of Trustees; and

         (b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of Trustees may be
increased or decreased by vote of the Holder of a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holder of the
Common Securities; provided, however, that there shall be a Delaware Trustee if
required by Section 4.2; and there shall always be one Trustee who shall be the
Institutional Trustee, and such Trustee may also serve as Delaware Trustee if it
meets the applicable requirements, in which case Section 2.11 shall have no
application to such entity in its capacity as Institutional Trustee.

         SECTION 4.2. DELAWARE TRUSTEE. If required by the Statutory Trust Act,
one Trustee (the "Delaware Trustee") shall be:

         (a) a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware; or

         (b) if not a natural person, an entity which is organized under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, has
its principal place of business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise meets
the requirements of applicable law, including Section 3807 of the Statutory
Trust Act.

         SECTION 4.3. INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE; ELIGIBILITY.

         (a) There shall at all times be one Institutional Trustee which shall:

                  (i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor;

                  (ii) not offer or provide credit or credit enhancement to the
         Trust; and

                  (iii) be a banking corporation or national association
         organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
         America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and authorized
         under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
         capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars
         ($50,000,000.00), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal,
         state, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation or
         national association publishes reports of condition at least annually,
         pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining
         authority referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section
         4.3(a)(iii), the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or
         national association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
         surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
         published.

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         (b) If at any time the Institutional Trustee shall cease to be eligible
to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Institutional Trustee shall immediately
resign in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 4.3(a).

         (c) If the Institutional Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting
interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, the Institutional Trustee shall either eliminate such interest
or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to this
Declaration.

         (d) The initial Institutional Trustee shall be Wilmington Trust
Company.

         SECTION 4.4. CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS OF THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE GENERALLY.
The Delaware Trustee shall be a U.S. Person and either a natural person who is
at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more
Authorized Officers.

         SECTION 4.5. ADMINISTRATORS. Each Administrator shall be a U.S. Person,
21 years of age or older and authorized to bind the Sponsor. The initial
Administrators shall be William J. Harter, J. Todd Hagely and Matthew P.
McClure. There shall at all times be at least one Administrator. Except where a
requirement for action by a specific number of Administrators is expressly set
forth in this Declaration and except with respect to any action the taking of
which is the subject of a meeting of the Administrators, any action required or
permitted to be taken by the Administrators may be taken by, and any power of
the Administrators may be exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such
Administrator.

         SECTION 4.6. INITIAL DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The initial Delaware Trustee
shall be Wilmington Trust Company.

         SECTION 4.7. APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF INSTITUTIONAL
TRUSTEE AND ADMINISTRATORS.

         (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Declaration, no
resignation or removal of any Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of this Section 4.7.

         (b) Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, a Trustee may
resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Holders of the
Securities and by appointing a successor Relevant Trustee. Upon the resignation
of the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall appoint a
successor by requesting from at least three Persons meeting the eligibility
requirements their expenses and charges to serve as the successor Institutional
Trustee on a form provided by the Administrators, and selecting the Person who
agrees to the lowest expense and charges (the "Successor Institutional
Trustee"). If the instrument of acceptance by the successor Relevant Trustee
required by this Section 4.7 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant
Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation or
delivery of the instrument of removal, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the
expense of the Trust, any Federal, state or District of Columbia court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper,

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appoint a Relevant Trustee. The Institutional Trustee shall have no liability
for the selection of such successor pursuant to this Section 4.7.

         (c) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
any Trustee may be removed at any time by an act of the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities. If any Trustee shall be so removed,
the Holders of the Common Securities, by act of the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities delivered to the Relevant Trustee,
shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee, and such Successor
Institutional Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of this
Section 4.7. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed
by the act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on
behalf of the Trust). If any Trustee shall be so removed, the Holders of Capital
Securities, by act of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Capital Securities then outstanding delivered to the Relevant Trustee, shall
promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustees, and such successor Trustee shall
comply with the applicable requirements of this Section 4.7. If no successor
Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities and accepted appointment in the
manner required by this Section 4.7, within 30 days after delivery of an
instrument of removal, the Relevant Trustee or any Holder who has been a Holder
of the Securities for at least 6 months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any Federal, state or District of Columbia court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of the successor Relevant Trustee.
Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper, appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees.

         (d) The Institutional Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and
each removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Holders in the manner provided in Section 13.1(d) and shall give notice to the
Sponsor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee
and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Institutional
Trustee.

         (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this
Declaration, in the event a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or is
adjudged by a court to have become incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy
created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by the
Institutional Trustee following the procedures in this Section 4.7 (with the
successor being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for a
Delaware Trustee set forth in this Declaration) (the "Successor Delaware
Trustee").

         (f) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant
Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with
respect to the Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein
each successor Relevant 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 Relevant Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the
Securities and the Trust and (ii) shall add to or change any of the provisions
of this Declaration as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the Trust by more than one Relevant Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute such
Institutional

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Trustees co-trustees and upon the execution and delivery of such amendment the
resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective
to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of
the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Relevant Trustee all Trust
Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities and the Trust subject to the payment of
all unpaid fees, expenses and indemnities of such retiring Relevant Trustee.

         (g) No Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable for
the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.

         (h) The Holders of the Capital Securities will have no right to vote to
appoint, remove or replace the Administrators, which voting rights are vested
exclusively in the Holder of the Common Securities.

         (i) Any successor Delaware Trustee shall file an amendment to the
Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
identifying the name and principal place of business of such Delaware Trustee in
the State of Delaware.

         SECTION 4.8. VACANCIES AMONG TRUSTEES. If a Trustee ceases to hold
office for any reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to
Section 4.1, a vacancy shall occur. A resolution certifying the existence of
such vacancy by the Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the
Trustees, shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The
vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 4.7.

         SECTION 4.9. EFFECT OF VACANCIES. The death, resignation, retirement,
removal, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to
perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or
annul the Trust or terminate this Declaration. Whenever a vacancy in the number
of Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of a
Trustee in accordance with Section 4.7, the Institutional Trustee shall have all
the powers granted to the Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed
upon the Trustees by this Declaration.

         SECTION 4.10. MEETINGS OF THE TRUSTEES AND THE ADMINISTRATORS. Meetings
of the Administrators shall be held from time to time upon the call of an
Administrator. Regular meetings of the Administrators may be held in person in
the United States or by telephone, at a place (if applicable) and time fixed by
resolution of the Administrators. Notice of any in-person meetings of the
Trustees with the Administrators or meetings of the Administrators shall be hand
delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard
copy by overnight courier) not less than 48 hours before such meeting. Notice of
any telephonic meetings of the Trustees with the Administrators or meetings of
the Administrators or any committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise
delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight
courier) not less than 24 hours before a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief
statement of the time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting.

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The presence (whether in person or by telephone) of a Trustee or an
Administrator, as the case may be, at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting except where the Trustee or an Administrator, as the case
may be, attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any activity on the grounds that the meeting has not been
lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in this Declaration, any
action of the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, may be taken
at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Trustees or the Administrators present
(whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such
matter, provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the unanimous
written consent of the Trustees or the Administrators. Meetings of the Trustees
and the Administrators together shall be held from time to time upon the call of
any Trustee or an Administrator.

         SECTION 4.11. DELEGATION OF POWER.

         (a) Any Administrator may, by power of attorney consistent with
applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 that is
a U.S. Person his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents
contemplated in Section 2.6; and

         (b) the Administrators shall have power to delegate from time to time
to such of their number the doing of such things and the execution of such
instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Administrators
or otherwise as the Administrators may deem expedient, to the extent such
delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of
the Trust, as set forth herein.

         SECTION 4.12. CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS. Any
Person into which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the
Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be the successor of the
Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee hereunder, provided such Person
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article and, provided,
further, that such Person shall file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as contemplated in Section
4.7(i).

                                   ARTICLE V.

                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

         SECTION 5.1. DISTRIBUTIONS. Holders shall receive Distributions in
accordance with the applicable terms of the relevant Holder's Securities.
Distributions shall be made on the Capital Securities and the Common Securities
in accordance with the preferences set forth in their respective terms. If and
to the extent that the Debenture Issuer makes a payment of Interest or any
principal on the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional
Trustee shall and is directed to, to the extent funds are available for that
purpose, make a distribution (a "Distribution") of such amounts to Holders.

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                                  ARTICLE VI.

                             ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES

         SECTION 6.1. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING SECURITIES.

         (a) The Administrators shall, on behalf of the Trust, issue one series
of capital securities, evidenced by a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust and having such terms as are set forth in Annex I and one series of common
securities, evidenced by a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2,
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having
such terms as are set forth in Annex I. The Trust shall issue no securities or
other interests in the assets of the Trust other than the Capital Securities and
the Common Securities. The Capital Securities rank pari passu to, and payment
thereon shall be made Pro Rata with, the Common Securities except that, where an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the rights of Holders of the
Common Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment
of the Holders of the Capital Securities as set forth in Annex I.

         (b) The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by one or
more Administrators. Such signature shall be the facsimile or manual signature
of any Administrator. In case any Administrator of the Trust who shall have
signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such Administrator before the
Certificates so signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such Certificates
nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who signed such Certificates
had not ceased to be such Administrator, and any Certificate may be signed on
behalf of the Trust by such persons who, at the actual date of execution of such
Security, shall be an Administrator of the Trust, although at the date of the
execution and delivery of the Declaration any such person was not such an
Administrator. A Capital Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the
facsimile or manual signature of an Authorized Officer of the Institutional
Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Capital Security
has been authenticated under this Declaration. Upon written order of the Trust
signed by one Administrator, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate the
Capital Securities for original issue. The Institutional Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent that is a U.S. Person acceptable to the Trust to
authenticate the Capital Securities. A Common Security need not be so
authenticated and shall be valid upon execution by one or more administrators.

         (c) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the
Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and shall
not constitute a loan to the Trust.

         (d) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Declaration,
the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid and,
except as provided in Section 9.1(b) with respect to the Common Securities,
non-assessable.

         (e) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder in accordance
with the terms of this Declaration, shall be deemed to have expressly assented
and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Declaration and the
Guarantee.

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         SECTION 6.2. PAYING AGENT, TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR. The Trust
shall maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an office or agency where the Securities
may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"), and an office or agency where the
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange (the
"Transfer Agent"). The Trust shall keep or cause to be kept at such office or
agency a register for the purpose of registering Securities, transfers and
exchanges of Securities, such register to be held by a registrar (the
"Registrar"). The Administrators may appoint the Paying Agent, the Registrar and
the Transfer Agent and may appoint one or more additional Paying Agents or one
or more co-Registrars, or one or more co-Transfer Agents in such other locations
as they shall determine. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying
agent, the term "Registrar" includes any additional registrar or co-Registrar
and the term "Transfer Agent" includes any additional transfer agent. The
Administrators may change any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar at any
time without prior notice to any Holder. The Administrators shall notify the
Institutional Trustee of the name and address of any Paying Agent, Transfer
Agent and Registrar not a party to this Declaration. The Administrators hereby
initially appoint the Institutional Trustee to act as Paying Agent, Transfer
Agent and Registrar for the Capital Securities and the Common Securities. The
Institutional Trustee or any of its Affiliates in the United States may act as
Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar.

         SECTION 6.3. FORM AND DATING. The Capital Securities and the
Institutional Trustee's certificate of authentication thereon shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, and the Common Securities shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, each of which is hereby incorporated
in and expressly made a part of this Declaration. Certificates may be typed,
printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is
reasonably acceptable to the Administrators, as conclusively evidenced by their
execution thereof. The Securities may have letters, numbers, notations or other
marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Trust is subject if any, or
usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form
acceptable to the Sponsor). The Trust at the direction of the Sponsor shall
furnish any such legend not contained in Exhibit A-1 to the Institutional
Trustee in writing. Each Capital Security shall be dated on or before the date
of its authentication. The terms and provisions of the Securities set forth in
Annex I and the forms of Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 are part
of the terms of this Declaration and to the extent applicable, the Institutional
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Administrators and the Sponsor, by their
execution and delivery of this Declaration, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby. Capital Securities will be issued only in
blocks having an aggregate liquidation amount of not less than $100,000.00 and
any multiple of $1,000.00 in excess thereof.

         The Capital Securities are being offered and sold by the Trust pursuant
to the Placement Agreement in definitive, registered form without coupons and
with the Restricted Securities Legend.

         SECTION 6.4. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES.

         If:

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         (a) any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to the Registrar,
or if the Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate; and

         (b) there shall be delivered to the Registrar, the Administrators and
the Institutional Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them
to keep each of them harmless;

then, in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have been acquired by
a protected purchaser, an Administrator on behalf of the Trust shall execute
(and in the case of a Capital Security Certificate, the Institutional Trustee
shall authenticate) and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section 6.4, the Registrar or the Administrators may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this
Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the
relevant Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.

         SECTION 6.5. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Until definitive Securities are
ready for delivery, the Administrators may prepare and, in the case of the
Capital Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate, temporary
Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of
definitive Securities but may have variations that the Administrators consider
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the
Administrators shall prepare and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the
Institutional Trustee shall authenticate, definitive Securities in exchange for
temporary Securities.

         SECTION 6.6. CANCELLATION. The Administrators at any time may deliver
Securities to the Institutional Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar shall
forward to the Institutional Trustee any Securities surrendered to it for
registration of transfer, redemption or payment. The Institutional Trustee shall
promptly cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer,
payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled
Securities as the Administrators direct. The Administrators may not issue new
Securities to replace Securities that have been paid or that have been delivered
to the Institutional Trustee for cancellation.

         SECTION 6.7. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS; WAIVERS OF PAST DEFAULTS.

         (a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the
Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.5,
and the Holders shall not have any right or title therein other than the
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their
Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of
property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below. The
Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set
forth therein and in this Declaration. The Securities shall have no preemptive
or similar rights.

         (b) For so long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, if upon
an Indenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Debentures fail to declare
the principal of all of the Debentures to be

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immediately due and payable, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of
the Capital Securities then outstanding shall have the right to make such
declaration by a notice in writing to the Institutional Trustee, the Sponsor and
the Debenture Trustee.

         At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as provided in the
Indenture, if the Institutional Trustee, subject to the provisions hereof, fails
to annul any such declaration and waive such default, the Holders of a Majority
in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, by written notice to the
Institutional Trustee, the Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee, may rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences if:

                  (i) the Debenture Issuer has paid or deposited with the
         Debenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

                           (A) all overdue installments of interest on all of
                  the Debentures,

                           (B) any accrued Additional Interest on all of the
                  Debentures,

                           (C) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
                  Debentures that have become due otherwise than by such
                  declaration of acceleration and interest and Additional
                  Interest thereon at the rate borne by the Debentures, and

                           (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Debenture
                  Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation,
                  expenses, disbursements and advances of the Debenture Trustee
                  and the Institutional Trustee, their agents and counsel; and

                  (ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Debentures,
         other than the non-payment of the principal of the Debentures that has
         become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as
         provided in Section 5.7 of the Indenture.

         The Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive
any past default under the Indenture or any Indenture Event of Default, except a
default or Indenture Event of Default in the payment of principal or interest
(unless such default or Indenture Event of Default has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due
otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or
a default under the Indenture or an Indenture Event of Default in respect of a
covenant or provision that under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debenture. No such waiver
shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

         Upon receipt by the Institutional Trustee of written notice declaring
such an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of any
part of the Capital Securities, a record date shall be established for
determining Holders of outstanding Capital Securities entitled to join in such
notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the
Institutional Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or
their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join
in such notice, whether or not such Holders

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remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such declaration of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become
effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such notice
prior to the day that is 90 days after such record date, such notice of
declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be,
shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of
no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy
of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written
notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as
the case may be, that is identical to a written notice that has been canceled
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record
date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.7.

         (c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 6.7, the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities,
waive any past default or Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such
waiver, any such default or Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any
default or Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
cured, for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.

                                  ARTICLE VII.

                      DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST

         SECTION 7.1. DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST.

         (a) The Trust shall dissolve on the first to occur of:

                  (i) unless earlier dissolved, on September 15, 2040, the
         expiration of the term of the Trust;

                  (ii) upon a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Sponsor, the
         Trust or the Debenture Issuer;

                  (iii) (other than in connection with a merger, consolidation
         or similar transaction not prohibited by the Indenture, this
         Declaration or the Guarantee, as the case may be) upon (A) the filing
         of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with respect to the
         Sponsor, and (B)(I) upon the consent of Holders of a Majority in
         liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single class
         to file a certificate of cancellation with respect to the Trust or (II)
         upon the revocation of the charter of the Sponsor and the expiration of
         90 days after the date of revocation without a reinstatement thereof;

                  (iv) upon the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of
         the Securities following the exercise of the right of the Holder of all
         of the outstanding Common Securities to dissolve the Trust as provided
         in Section 3 of Annex I hereto;

                  (v) upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the
         Holder of the Common Securities, the Sponsor, the Trust or the
         Debenture Issuer;

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                  (vi) when all of the Securities shall have been called for
         redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have
         been paid to the Holders in accordance with the terms of the
         Securities; or

                  (vii) before the issuance of any Securities, with the consent
         of all of the Trustees and the Sponsor.

         (b) As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event referred
to in Section 7.1(a), and after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the
Trust as required by applicable law, including of the Statutory Trust Act, and
subject to the terms set forth in Annex I, the Institutional Trustee shall
terminate the Trust by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware.

         (c) The provisions of Section 2.9 and Article IX shall survive the
termination of the Trust.

                                 ARTICLE VIII.

                              TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

         SECTION 8.1. GENERAL.

         (a) Subject to Section 8.1(c), where Capital Securities are presented
to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to
exchange them for an equal aggregate liquidation amount of Capital Securities
represented by different certificates, the Registrar shall register the transfer
or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To
permit registrations of transfer and exchanges, the Trust shall issue and the
Institutional Trustee shall authenticate Capital Securities at the Registrar's
request.

         (b) Upon issuance of the Common Securities, the Sponsor shall acquire
and retain beneficial and record ownership of the Common Securities and for so
long as the Securities remain outstanding, the Sponsor shall maintain 100%
ownership of the Common Securities; provided, however, that any permitted
successor of the Sponsor, in its capacity as Debenture Issuer, under the
Indenture that is a U.S. Person may succeed to the Sponsor's ownership of the
Common Securities.

         (c) Capital Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Declaration and in
the terms of the Capital Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any transfer or purported transfer of any Security not made in
accordance with this Declaration shall be null and void and will be deemed to be
of no legal effect whatsoever and any such transferee shall be deemed not to be
the Holder of such Capital Securities for any purpose, including but not limited
to the receipt of Distributions on such Capital Securities, and such transferee
shall be deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such Capital Securities.

         (d) The Registrar shall provide for the registration of Securities and
of transfers of Securities, which will be effected without charge but only upon
payment (with such indemnity as the Registrar may require) in respect of any tax
or other governmental charges that may be

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imposed in relation to it. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Securities, the Registrar shall cause one or more new Securities of the same
tenor to be issued in the name of the designated transferee or transferees. Any
Security issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to the
terms of this Declaration shall evidence the same Security and shall be entitled
to the same benefits under this Declaration as the Security surrendered upon
such registration of transfer or exchange. Every Security surrendered for
registration of transfer shall be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Security surrendered for
registration of transfer shall be canceled by the Institutional Trustee pursuant
to Section 6.6. A transferee of a Security shall be entitled to the rights and
subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such
transferee of a Security. By acceptance of a Security, each transferee shall be
deemed to have agreed to be bound by this Declaration.

         (e) The Trust shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer
of, or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of any selection of Securities for redemption
and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant
notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of the
Securities to be redeemed, or (ii) to register the transfer or exchange of any
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

         SECTION 8.2. TRANSFER PROCEDURES AND RESTRICTIONS.

         (a) The Capital Securities shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend,
which shall not be removed unless there is delivered to the Trust such
satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of counsel satisfactory to
the Institutional Trustee, as may be reasonably required by the Trust, that
neither the legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are
required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Institutional
Trustee, at the written direction of the Trust, shall authenticate and deliver
Capital Securities that do not bear the legend.

         (b) Except as permitted by Section 8.2(a), each Capital Security shall
bear a legend (the "Restricted Securities Legend") in substantially the
following form and a Capital Security shall not be transferred except in
compliance with such legend, unless otherwise determined by the Sponsor, upon
the advice of counsel expert in securities law, in accordance with applicable
law:

                  THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
         OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS
         OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY
         INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
         TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
         ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM,
         OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
         AND ANY

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         APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS
         ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS
         SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE SPONSOR OR THE TRUST, (B) PURSUANT TO A
         REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
         A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
         REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR
         RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (D) TO A
         NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903
         OR RULE 904 (AS APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
         (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF
         SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING
         THIS CAPITAL SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH
         AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT
         WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
         DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANY
         OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
         SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE SPONSOR'S AND THE TRUST'S RIGHT PRIOR TO
         ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION
         OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH
         OF THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION (DEFINED HEREIN), A COPY OF
         WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SPONSOR OR THE TRUST. HEDGING
         TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN
         COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

                  THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO
         AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT,
         INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO
         TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
         AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
         1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") (EACH A "PLAN"), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE
         UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON OF ANY PLAN'S
         INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY
         PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS
         SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE
         UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION
         96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR
         ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION
         406 OF

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         ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR
         HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST
         THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING
         THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE
         MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF
         THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF
         AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING
         THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH
         PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED
         TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR
         WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

                  THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN
         BLOCKS HAVING A LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000.00 (100
         SECURITIES) AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000.00 IN EXCESS THEREOF. ANY ATTEMPTED
         TRANSFER OF SECURITIES IN A BLOCK HAVING A LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF LESS
         THAN $100,000.00 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT
         WHATSOEVER.

                  THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH
         THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

                  THIS SECURITY IS IN REGISTERED FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF
         TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.871-14(c)(1)(i) FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME
         AND WITHHOLDING TAX PURPOSES.

                  IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO
         THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER
         INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE DECLARATION TO CONFIRM THAT THE
         TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

         (c) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trust shall
execute and the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate Capital Securities at
the Registrar's request.

         (d) Registrations of transfers or exchanges will be effected without
charge, but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the Registrar or the
Sponsor may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation to it.

         (e) All Capital Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange pursuant to the terms of this Declaration shall evidence the same
security and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Declaration as
the Capital Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.

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         SECTION 8.3. DEEMED SECURITY HOLDERS. The Trust, the Administrators,
the Trustees, the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar may treat
the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered on the books and
records of the Trust as the sole holder of such Certificate and of the
Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes of receiving
Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not
be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
Certificate or in the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of
any Person, whether or not the Trust, the Administrators, the Trustees, the
Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar shall have actual or other
notice thereof

                                  ARTICLE IX.

                           LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
             HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE OR OTHERS

         SECTION 9.1. LIABILITY.

         (a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration, the Guarantee
and the terms of the Securities, the Sponsor shall not be:

                  (i) personally liable for the return of any portion of the
         capital contributions (or any return thereon) of the Holders of the
         Securities which shall be made solely from assets of the Trust; or

                  (ii) required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder of the
         Securities any deficit upon dissolution of the Trust or otherwise.

         (b) The Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for all of the
debts and obligations of the Trust (other than with respect to the Securities)
to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust's assets.

         (c) Pursuant to the Statutory Trust Act, the Holders of the Capital
Securities shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability
extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

         SECTION 9.2. EXCULPATION.

         (a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable
in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person for any loss, damage
or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such
Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner such
Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority
conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration or by law, except that
an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim
incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's negligence or willful misconduct
with respect to such acts or omissions.

         (b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports
or statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the Indemnified
Person reasonably believes are within such

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other Person's professional or expert competence and, if selected by such
Indemnified Person, has been selected by such Indemnified Person with reasonable
care by or on behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or
statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits,
losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from
which Distributions to Holders of Securities might properly be paid.

         SECTION 9.3. FIDUCIARY DUTY.

         (a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has
duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the
Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this
Declaration shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for
its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The provisions of
this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of
an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the
parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Indemnified
Person.

         (b) Whenever in this Declaration an Indemnified Person is permitted or
required to make a decision:

                  (i) in its "discretion" or under a grant of similar authority,
         the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such interests and
         factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no
         duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or
         factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or

                  (ii) in its "good faith" or under another express standard,
         the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall
         not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by this
         Declaration or by applicable law.

         SECTION 9.4. INDEMNIFICATION.

         (a) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law,
any Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the Trust) arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this Declaration by reason of the fact that he is or was an
Indemnified Person against expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnified Person did not
act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful.

         (b) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law,
any Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or

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completed action or suit by or in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment
in its favor arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this Declaration by reason of the fact that he is or was an
Indemnified Person against expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense
or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Trust; provided, however, that no such indemnification shall be made in respect
of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Indemnified Person shall have
been adjudged to be liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which such court shall deem proper.

         (c) To the extent that an Indemnified Person shall be successful on the
merits or otherwise (including dismissal of an action without prejudice or the
settlement of an action without admission of liability) in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section
9.4, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be
indemnified, to the full extent permitted by law, against expenses (including
attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection therewith.

         (d) Any indemnification of an Administrator under paragraphs (a) and
(b) of this Section 9.4 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Sponsor
only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the Indemnified Person is proper in the circumstances because
he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (a) and
(b). Such determination shall be made (i) by the Administrators by a majority
vote of a Quorum consisting of such Administrators who were not parties to such
action, suit or proceeding, (ii) if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if
obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested Administrators so directs, by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the Common Security
Holder of the Trust.

         (e) To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnified Person in
defending a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.4 shall be
paid by the Sponsor in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified
Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Sponsor as authorized in this Section 9.4.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Sponsor if a
determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Administrators by a
majority vote of a Quorum of disinterested Administrators, (ii) if such a Quorum
is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested
Administrators so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or
(iii) by the Common Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the facts
known to the Administrators, counsel or the Common Security Holder at the time
such determination is made, such Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a
manner that such Indemnified Person did not believe to be in the best interests
of the Trust, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such Indemnified
Person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In
no event shall any advance be made in instances where the Administrators,
independent legal counsel or the Common Security

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Holder reasonably determine that such Indemnified Person deliberately breached
his duty to the Trust or its Common or Capital Security Holders.

         (f) The Trustees, at the sole cost and expense of the Sponsor, retain
the right to representation by counsel of their own choosing in any action, suit
or any other proceeding for which it is indemnified under paragraphs (a) and (b)
of this Section 9.4, without affecting their right to indemnification hereunder
or waiving any rights afforded to them under this Declaration or applicable law.

         (g) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section 9.4 shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification and
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors of the Sponsor or Capital Security
Holders of the Trust or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity
and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. All rights to
indemnification under this Section 9.4 shall be deemed to be provided by a
contract between the Sponsor and each Indemnified Person who serves in such
capacity at any time while this Section 9.4 is in effect. Any repeal or
modification of this Section 9.4 shall not affect any rights or obligations then
existing.

         (h) The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any Person who is or was an Indemnified Person against any liability
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of
his status as such, whether or not the Sponsor would have the power to indemnify
him against such liability under the provisions of this Section 9.4.

         (i) For purposes of this Section 9.4, references to "the Trust" shall
include, in addition to the resulting or surviving entity, any constituent
entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation
or merger, so that any Person who is or was a director, trustee, officer or
employee of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another
entity, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section
9.4 with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as he would have with
respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued.

         (j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Section 9.4 shall, unless otherwise provided when
authorized or ratified, (i) continue as to a Person who has ceased to be an
Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a Person, and (ii) survive the termination or expiration
of this Declaration or the earlier removal or resignation of an Indemnified
Person.

         SECTION 9.5. OUTSIDE BUSINESSES. Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the
Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee may engage in or possess an
interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently
or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the
Trust and the Holders of Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this
Declaration in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived
therefrom,

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and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of
the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. None of any Covered Person,
the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional Trustee shall be
obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the Trust
even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust,
could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware
Trustee and the Institutional Trustee shall have the right to take for its own
account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others
any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Covered Person, the
Delaware Trustee and the Institutional Trustee may engage or be interested in
any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the
Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any
committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of the Sponsor
or its Affiliates.

         SECTION 9.6. COMPENSATION; FEE. The Sponsor agrees:

         (a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time such compensation for all
services rendered by them hereunder as the parties shall agree from time to time
(which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); and

         (b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this
Declaration (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of their respective agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct.

         The provisions of this Section 9.6 shall survive the dissolution of the
Trust and the termination of this Declaration and the removal or resignation of
any Trustee.

         No Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any property of the Trust as
a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 9.6.

                                   ARTICLE X.

                               TAX AND ACCOUNTING

         SECTION 10.1. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year ("the Fiscal Year") of the
Trust shall be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by the Code.

         SECTION 10.2. CERTAIN ACCOUNTING MATTERS.

         (a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Administrators
shall keep, or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Trust in the
United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section
301.7701-7, full books of account, records and supporting documents, which shall
reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust. The books of account
shall be maintained, at the Sponsor's expense, in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. The books of account and
the records of the Trust shall be examined by and reported upon (either
separately or as part of the Sponsor's regularly

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prepared consolidated financial report) as of the end of each Fiscal Year of the
Trust by a firm of independent certified public accountants selected by the
Administrators.

         (b) The Administrators shall cause to be duly prepared and delivered to
each of the Holders of Securities all annual United States federal income tax
information statements required by the Code, if any, containing such information
with regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required by the Code and
the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the Code to deliver
any such statement at a later date, the Administrators shall endeavor to deliver
all such statements within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the
Trust.

         (c) The Administrators, at the Sponsor's expense, shall cause to be
duly prepared at the principal office of the Sponsor in the United States, as
United States is defined in Section 7701(a)(9) of the Code (or at the principal
office of the Trust if the Sponsor has no such principal office in the United
States), and filed an annual United States federal income tax return on a Form
1041 or such other form required by United States federal income tax law, if
any, and any other annual income tax returns required to be filed by the
Administrators on behalf of the Trust with any state or local taxing authority.

         SECTION 10.3. BANKING. The Trust shall maintain in the United States,
as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-7, one or more
bank accounts in the name and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided,
however, that all payments of funds in respect of the Debentures held by the
Institutional Trustee shall be made directly to the Property Account and no
other funds of the Trust shall be deposited in the Property Account. The sole
signatories for such accounts (including the Property Account) shall be
designated by the Institutional Trustee.

         SECTION 10.4. WITHHOLDING. The Institutional Trustee or any Paying
Agent and the Administrators shall comply with all withholding requirements
under United States federal, state and local law. The Institutional Trustee or
any Paying Agent shall request, and each Holder shall provide to the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent, such forms or certificates as are
necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to the Holder,
and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent to assist it in determining the extent
of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Administrators shall
file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from
withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld
with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the
Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent is required to withhold and pay over
any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions or allocations to any
Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a Distribution in the amount
of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed overwithholding,
Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If
the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions
made, the Institutional Trustee or any Paying Agent may reduce subsequent
Distributions by the amount of such withholding.

         SECTION 10.5. INTENTION OF THE PARTIES. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Trust be classified for United States federal income tax
purposes as a grantor trust. The provisions of this Declaration shall be
interpreted to further this intention of the parties.

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                                  ARTICLE XI.

                             AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS

         SECTION 11.1. AMENDMENTS.

         (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration or by any
applicable terms of the Securities, this Declaration may only be amended by a
written instrument approved and executed by the Institutional Trustee, or (ii)
if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities
of the Delaware Trustee, by the Delaware Trustee.

         (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article XI, an
amendment may be made, and any such purported amendment shall be valid and
effective only if:

                  (i) the Institutional Trustee shall have first received;

                           (A) an Officers' Certificate from each of the Trust
                  and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and
                  conforms to, the terms of this Declaration (including the
                  terms of the Securities); and

                           (B) an opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to the
                  Sponsor or the Trust) that such amendment is permitted by, and
                  conforms to, the terms of this Declaration (including the
                  terms of the Securities); and all conditions precedent to the
                  execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied;
                  and

                  (ii) the result of such amendment would not be to

                           (A) cause the Trust to cease to be classified for
                  purposes of United States federal income taxation as a grantor
                  trust; or

                           (B) cause the Trust to be deemed to be an Investment
                  Company required to be registered under the Investment Company
                  Act.

         (c) Except as provided in Section 11.1(d), (e) or (h), no amendment
shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be void and ineffective
unless the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities
shall have consented to such amendment.

         (d) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this
Declaration, without the consent of each affected Holder, this Declaration may
not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the
Securities or any redemption or liquidation provisions applicable to the
Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution required
to be made in respect of the Securities as of a specified date, or (ii) restrict
the right of a Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after such date.

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         (e) Sections 9.1(b) and 9.1(c) and this Section 11.1 shall not be
amended without the consent of all of the Holders of the Securities.

         (f) Article III shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders
of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities.

         (g) The rights of the Holders of the Capital Securities or Common
Securities, as applicable, under Article IV to appoint and remove Trustees shall
not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Capital Securities or Common Securities, as applicable.

         (h) This Declaration may be amended by the Institutional Trustee and
the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities without
the consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities to:

                  (i) cure any ambiguity;

                  (ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Declaration
         that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of this
         Declaration;

                  (iii) add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the
         Sponsor; or

                  (iv) modify, eliminate or add to any provision of this
         Declaration to such extent as may be necessary to ensure that the Trust
         will be classified for United States federal income tax purposes at all
         times as a grantor trust and will not be required to register as an
         "investment company" under the Investment Company Act (including
         without limitation to conform to any change in Rule 3a-5, Rule 3a-7 or
         any other applicable rule under the Investment Company Act or written
         change in interpretation or application thereof by any legislative
         body, court, government agency or regulatory authority) which amendment
         does not have a material adverse effect on the rights, preferences or
         privileges of the Holders of Securities;

         provided, however, that no such modification, elimination or addition
referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) shall adversely affect in any
material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of Holders of Capital
Securities.

         SECTION 11.2. MEETINGS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE SECURITIES; ACTION BY
WRITTEN CONSENT.

         (a) Meetings of the Holders of the Capital Securities or the Common
Securities may be called at any time by the Administrators (or as provided in
the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders
of such Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration or
the terms of the Securities. The Administrators shall call a meeting of the
Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in
liquidation amount of such Securities. Such direction shall be given by
delivering to the Administrators one or more notices in a writing stating that
the signing Holders of such Securities wish to call a meeting and indicating the
general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders
of the Securities calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Certificates
held by the Holders of the Securities exercising the right to call a meeting and
only those Securities

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represented by such Certificates shall be counted for purposes of determining
whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this
paragraph has been met.

         (b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the
Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders of the
Securities:

                  (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the
         Holders of the Securities having a right to vote thereat at least 7
         days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting.
         Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders of the Securities
         is permitted or required under this Declaration, such vote, consent or
         approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders of the Securities.
         Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders of the
         Securities may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing
         setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders of the
         Securities owning not less than the minimum liquidation amount of
         Securities that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at
         a meeting at which all Holders of the Securities having a right to vote
         thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the taking of action
         without a meeting shall be given to the Holders of the Securities
         entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. The Administrators
         may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Holders of the
         Securities for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall
         be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the
         Administrators;

                  (ii) each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to act
         for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of Securities is
         entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or
         voting or participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the
         expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided
         in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the
         Holder of the Securities executing it. Except as otherwise provided
         herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of
         proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State
         of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations
         thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders
         of the Securities were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; each
         meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be conducted by the
         Administrators or by such other Person that the Administrators may
         designate; and

                  (iii) unless the Statutory Trust Act, this Declaration, or the
         terms of the Securities otherwise provides, the Administrators, in
         their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to
         meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the time, place
         or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any
         Holders of the Securities, waiver of any such notice, action by consent
         without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum
         requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with
         respect to the exercise of any such right to vote; provided, however,
         that each meeting shall be conducted in the United States (as that term
         is defined in Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7).

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                                  ARTICLE XII.

                    REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE
                            AND THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE

         SECTION 12.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE.
The initial Institutional Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and to
the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each Successor Institutional
Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the
Successor Institutional Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as Institutional
Trustee, that:

         (a) the Institutional Trustee is a banking corporation or national
association with trust powers, duly organized and validly existing under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof with trust power and
authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations
under the terms of, this Declaration;

         (b) the Institutional Trustee has a combined capital and surplus of at
least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000);

         (c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Institutional
Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Institutional Trustee. This Declaration has been duly
executed and delivered by the Institutional Trustee, and it constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Institutional Trustee, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

         (d) the execution, delivery and performance of this Declaration by the
Institutional Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the
charter or by-laws of the Institutional Trustee; and

         (e) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any state or federal banking authority is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Institutional Trustee of this Declaration.

         SECTION 12.2. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The Trustee that
acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and to the
Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each Successor Delaware Trustee
represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the
Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as Delaware Trustee
that:

         (a) if it is not a natural person, the Delaware Trustee is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware;

         (b) if it is not a natural person, the execution, delivery and
performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Delaware Trustee. This
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the Delaware Trustee, and under Delaware law (excluding any securities laws)
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Delaware Trustee,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency and other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity and
the discretion of the court (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law);

         (c) if it is not a natural person, the execution, delivery and
performance of this Declaration by the Delaware Trustee does not conflict with
or constitute a breach of the charter or by-laws of the Delaware Trustee;

         (d) it has trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and to
carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this Declaration;

         (e) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any state or federal banking authority governing the trust powers of
the Delaware Trustee is required for the execution, delivery or performance by
the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration; and

         (f) the Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident of the
State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, it is an entity which has its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware and, in either case, a
Person that satisfies for the Trust the requirements of Section 3807 of the
Statutory Trust Act.

                                 ARTICLE XIII.

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 13.1. NOTICES. All notices provided for in this Declaration
shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied (which telecopy shall be followed by notice delivered or
mailed by first class mail) or mailed by first class mail, as follows:

         (a) if given to the Trust in care of the Administrators at the Trust's
mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Trust may give
notice of to the Holders of the Securities):

                  Direct General Statutory Trust I
                  c/o Direct General Corporation
                  1281 Murfreesboro Road
                  Nashville, Tennessee 37217
                  Attention: Matthew P. McClure
                  Telecopy: 615-366-3722

         (b) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the Delaware Trustee's mailing
address set forth below (or such other address as the Delaware Trustee may give
notice of to the Holders of the Securities):

                  Wilmington Trust Company
                  Rodney Square North

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                  1100 North Market Street
                  Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600
                  Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
                  Telecopy: 302-636-4140

         (c) if given to the Institutional Trustee, at the Institutional
Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the
Institutional Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):

                  Wilmington Trust Company
                  Rodney Square North
                  1100 North Market Street
                  Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600
                  Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
                  Telecopy: 302-636-4140

         (d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the mailing
address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the Holder of
the Common Securities may give notice of to the Trust):

                  Direct General Corporation
                  1281 Murfreesboro Road
                  Nashville, Tennessee 37217
                  Attention: Matthew P. McClure
                  Telecopy: 615-366-3722

         (e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on the books
and records of the Trust.

         All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or
cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given,
such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
of such refusal or inability to deliver.

         SECTION 13.2. GOVERNING LAW. This Declaration and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the law of the State of Delaware and all rights and remedies
shall be governed by such laws without regard to the principles of conflict of
laws of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction that would call for the
application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware;
provided, however, that there shall not be applicable to the Trust, the Trustees
or this Declaration any provision of the laws (statutory or common) of the State
of Delaware pertaining to trusts that relate to or regulate, in a manner
inconsistent with the terms hereof (a) the filing with any court or governmental
body or agency of trustee accounts or schedules of trustee fees and charges,
(b) affirmative requirements to post bonds for trustees, officers, agents or
employees of a trust, (c) the necessity for obtaining court or other
governmental approval concerning the acquisition, holding or disposition of real
or personal property, (d) fees or other sums payable to trustees, officers,
agents or employees of a trust, (e) the allocation of receipts and expenditures
to income

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or principal, or (f) restrictions or limitations on the permissible nature,
amount or concentration of trust investments or requirements relating to the
titling, storage or other manner of holding or investing trust assets.

         SECTION 13.3. INTENTION OF THE PARTIES. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Trust be classified for United States federal income tax
purposes as a grantor trust. The provisions of this Declaration shall be
interpreted to further this intention of the parties.

         SECTION 13.4. HEADINGS. Headings contained in this Declaration are
inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation
of this Declaration or any provision hereof.

         SECTION 13.5. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Whenever in this Declaration any
of the parties hereto is named or referred to, the successors and assigns of
such party shall be deemed to be included, and all covenants and agreements in
this Declaration by the Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether or not so expressed.

         SECTION 13.6. PARTIAL ENFORCEABILITY. If any provision of this
Declaration, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance,
shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Declaration, or the application of
such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held
invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

         SECTION 13.7. COUNTERPARTS. This Declaration may contain more than one
counterpart of the signature page and this Declaration may be executed by the
affixing of the signature of each of the Trustees and Administrators to any of
such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall
be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though
all of the signers had signed a single signature page.

                     Signatures appear on the following page

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused these presents to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.

                              WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                              as Institutional Trustee

                              By:  /s/ Christopher J. Slaybaugh
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Christopher J. Slaybaugh
                                       Title: Senior Financial Services Officer

                              WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                              as Delaware Trustee

                              By:  /s/ Christopher J. Slaybaugh
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Christopher J. Slaybaugh
                                       Title: Senior Financial Services Officer

                              DIRECT GENERAL CORPORATION, as Sponsor

                              By:  /s/ J. Todd Hagely
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: J. Todd Hagely
                                       Title: Senior Vice President and CFO

                              DIRECT GENERAL STATUTORY TRUST I

                              By:  /s/ William J. Harter
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                       William J. Harter, Administrator

                              By:  /s/ J. Todd Hagely
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                       J. Todd Hagely, Administrator

                              By:  /s/ Matthew P. McClure
                                   -----------------------------------------
                                       Matthew P. McClure, Administrator

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                                     ANNEX I
                               TERMS OF SECURITIES

         Pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust, dated as of September 15, 2005 (as amended from time to time, the
"Declaration"), the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences
and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities are set out below (each capitalized term used but not defined herein
has the meaning set forth in the Declaration):

         1. Designation and Number.

            (a) 40,000 Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities of Direct General
Statutory Trust I (the "Trust"), with an aggregate stated liquidation amount
with respect to the assets of the Trust of forty million dollars ($40,000,000)
and a stated liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of
$1,000.00 per Capital Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of
identification only as the "Capital Securities". The Capital Security
Certificates evidencing the Capital Securities shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto
or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice.

            (b) 1,238 Fixed/Floating Rate Common Securities of the Trust (the
"Common Securities") will be evidenced by Common Security Certificates
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Declaration, with such changes
and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary
usage, custom or practice.

         2. Distributions.

            (a) Distributions will be payable on each Security for the period
beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but
excluding) the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010 at a rate per annum
of 7.915% and shall bear interest for each successive Distribution Period
beginning on (and including) the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010,
and each succeeding Distribution Payment Date, and ending on (but excluding) the
next succeeding Distribution Payment Date (each, a "Distribution Period") at a
rate per annum equal to the 3-Month LIBOR, determined as described below, plus
3.40% (the "Coupon Rate"), applied to the stated liquidation amount thereof,
such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the
Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one quarterly
period will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the applicable
Distribution Rate (to the extent permitted by law). Distributions, as used
herein, include cash distributions, any such compounded distributions and any
Additional Sums payable on the Debentures unless otherwise noted. A Distribution
is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the
Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional
Trustee has funds available therefor. The amount of the Distribution payable (i)
for any Distribution Period commencing on or after the date of original issuance
but before the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010 will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and (ii) for the
Distribution Period commencing on or after the Distribution Payment Date in
September 2010 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be calculated by
applying the Distribution Rate to the stated liquidation amount outstanding at
the commencement of the Distribution Period and multiplying each such amount by
the actual

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number of days in the Distribution Period concerned divided by 360. All
percentages resulting from any calculations on the Capital Securities will be
rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (e.g.,
9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655), and all dollar
amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be rounded to the
nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward)).

         "3-Month LIBOR" means the London interbank offered interest rate for
three-month, U.S. dollar deposits determined by the Debenture Trustee in the
following order of priority:

                  (1) the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for U.S.
         dollar deposits having a three-month maturity that appears on Telerate
         Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related Determination
         Date (as defined below). "Telerate Page 3750" means the display
         designated as "Page 3750" on the Moneyline Telerate Service or such
         other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service or such other
         service or services as may be nominated by the British Bankers'
         Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying
         London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits;

                  (2) if such rate cannot be identified on the related
         Determination Date, the Debenture Trustee will request the principal
         London offices of four leading banks in the London interbank market to
         provide such banks' offered quotations (expressed as percentages per
         annum) to prime banks in the London interbank market for U.S. dollar
         deposits having a three-month maturity as of 11:00 a.m. (London time)
         on such Determination Date. If at least two quotations are provided,
         3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations;

                  (3) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as
         requested in clause (2) above, the Debenture Trustee will request four
         major New York City banks to provide such banks' offered quotations
         (expressed as percentages per annum) to leading European banks for
         loans in U.S. dollars as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
         Determination Date. If at least two such quotations are provided,
         3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations; and

                  (4) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as
         requested in clause (3) above, 3-Month LIBOR will be a 3-Month LIBOR
         determined with respect to the Distribution Period immediately
         preceding such current Distribution Period.

         If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity that
initially appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
related Determination Date is superseded on the Telerate Page 3750 by a
corrected rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination Date, then the
corrected rate as so substituted on the applicable page will be the applicable
3-Month LIBOR for such Determination Date.

         The Interest Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher
than the maximum rate then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified
by United States law.

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         "Determination Date" means the date that is two London Banking Days
(i.e., a business day in which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are
transacted in the London interbank market) preceding the particular Distribution
Period for which a Coupon Rate is being determined.

         "Interest Rate" means for the period beginning on (and including) the
date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment
Date in September 2010 the rate per annum of 7.915% and for each Distribution
Period thereafter, the Coupon Rate.

         "Maturity Date" means September 15, 2035.

              (b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will
accrue from the date of original issuance, and will be payable, subject to
extension of distribution payment periods as described herein, quarterly in
arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year or if
such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each a
"Distribution Payment Date"), commencing on the Distribution Payment Date in
December 2005 when, as and if available for payment. The Debenture Issuer has
the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the Debentures,
so long as no Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, by
deferring the payment of interest on the Debentures for up to 20 consecutive
quarterly periods (each an "Extension Period") at any time and from time to
time, subject to the conditions described below, during which Extension Period
no interest shall be due and payable. During any Extension Period, interest will
continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest will
accrue at an annual rate equal to the Distribution Rate in effect for each such
Extension Period, compounded quarterly (from the date such interest would have
been payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by
law (such interest referred to herein as "Additional Interest"). No Extension
Period may end on a date other than a Distribution Payment Date. At the end of
any such Extension Period the Debenture Issuer shall pay all interest then
accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with Additional Interest
thereon); provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the
Maturity Date and provided further, however, that during any such Extension
Period, the Debenture Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Affiliate of
the Debenture Issuer controlled by the Debenture Issuer to, (i) declare or pay
any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Debenture Issuer's or its
Affiliates' capital stock (other than payments of dividends or distributions to
the Debenture Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Debenture Issuer) or make any
guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing, or (ii) make any payment of
principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem
any debt securities of the Debenture Issuer or any Affiliate of the Debenture
Issuer controlled by the Debenture Issuer that rank pari passu in all respects
with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to
clauses (i) and (ii) above, (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions
of shares or capital stock of the Debenture Issuer or any Subsidiary of the
Debenture Issuer in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or
other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees,
officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment
or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of capital
stock of the Debenture Issuer or of such Subsidiary (or securities convertible
into or exercisable for such capital stock) as consideration in an acquisition
transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period, (b) as a
result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Debenture
Issuer's capital stock (or any capital stock of a Subsidiary of the Debenture

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Issuer) for any class or series of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock (or in
the case of a Subsidiary of the Debenture Issuer, any class or series of such
Subsidiary's capital stock) or of any class or series of the Debenture Issuer's
indebtedness for any class or series of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock (or
in the case of indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Debenture Issuer, of any
class or series of such Subsidiary's indebtedness for any class or series of
such Subsidiary's capital stock), (c) the purchase of fractional interests in
shares of the Debenture Issuer's capital stock (or the capital stock of a
Subsidiary of the Company) pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of
such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders' rights plan, or
the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders' rights
plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (e) any
dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the
dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or
other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or
ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock and any cash payments in lieu of
fractional shares issued in connection therewith, or (f) payments under the
Capital Securities Guarantee). Prior to the termination of any Extension Period,
the Debenture Issuer may further extend such period, provided that such period
together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions thereof shall
not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond the Maturity Date.
Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued
and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the Debenture Issuer may commence a
new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest or
Additional Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except
at the end thereof, but each installment of interest that would otherwise have
been due and payable during such Extension Period shall bear Additional
Interest. During any Extension Period, Distributions on the Securities shall be
deferred for a period equal to the Extension Period. If Distributions are
deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on the date that the related
Extension Period terminates, to Holders of the Securities as they appear on the
books and records of the Trust on the record date immediately preceding such
date. Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable (after
giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds
available for the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the
Trust. The Trust's funds available for Distribution to the Holders of the
Securities will be limited to payments received from the Debenture Issuer. The
payment of Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by the
Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.

              (c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the Holders
thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the relevant
record dates. The relevant record dates shall be 15 days before the relevant
Distribution Payment Date. Distributions payable on any Securities that are not
punctually paid on any Distribution Payment Date, as a result of the Debenture
Issuer having failed to make a payment under the Debentures, as the case may be,
when due (taking into account any Extension Period), will cease to be payable to
the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the relevant record
date, and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in
whose name such Securities are registered on the special record date or other
specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture.

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              (d) In the event that there is any money or other property held by
or for the Trust that is not accounted for hereunder, such property shall be
distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) among the Holders of the Securities.

         3. Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution. In the event of the
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or termination of
the Trust (each a "Liquidation") other than in connection with a redemption of
the Debentures, the Holders of the Securities will be entitled to receive out of
the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Holders of the Securities,
after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust (to the extent not
satisfied by the Debenture Issuer), distributions equal to the lesser of (i) the
aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per Security plus
accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment, to the extent
the Trust shall have funds available therefor, and (ii) the amount of assets of
the Trust remaining available for contributions to Holders in liquidation of the
Trust (such amount being, the "Liquidation Distribution"), unless in connection
with such Liquidation, the Debentures in an aggregate stated principal amount
equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such Securities, with an
interest rate equal to the Distribution Rate of, and bearing accrued and unpaid
interest in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on, and
having the same record date as, such Securities, after paying or making
reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations of the Trust in
accordance with the Statutory Trust Act, shall be distributed on a Pro Rata
basis to the Holders of the Securities in exchange for such Securities.

         The Sponsor, as the Holder of all of the Common Securities, has the
right at any time to dissolve the Trust (including, without limitation, upon the
occurrence of a Special Event) and, after satisfaction of liabilities to
creditors of the Trust, cause the Debentures to be distributed to the Holders of
the Securities on a Pro Rata basis in accordance with the aggregate stated
liquidation amount thereof.

         If a Liquidation of the Trust occurs as described in clause (i), (ii),
(iii) or (v) in Section 7.1(a) of the Declaration, the Trust shall be liquidated
by the Institutional Trustee as expeditiously as it determines to be possible by
distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, to
the Holders of the Securities, the Debentures on a Pro Rata basis to the extent
not satisfied by the Debenture Issuer, unless such distribution is determined by
the Institutional Trustee not to be practical, in which event such Holders will
be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution
to the Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities of creditors of the Trust to
the extent not satisfied by the Debenture Issuer, an amount equal to the
Liquidation Distribution. An early Liquidation of the Trust pursuant to clause
(iv) of Section 7.1(a) of the Declaration shall occur if the Institutional
Trustee determines that such Liquidation is possible by distributing, after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, to the Holders of the
Securities on a Pro Rata basis, the Debentures, and such distribution occurs.

         If, upon any such Liquidation the Liquidation Distribution can be paid
only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full
the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly by the
Trust on such Capital Securities shall be paid to the Holders of the Securities
on a Pro Rata basis, except that if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Capital Securities shall have a preference over the Common
Securities with regard to such distributions.

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         After the date for any distribution of the Debentures upon dissolution
of the Trust (i) the Securities of the Trust will be deemed to be no longer
outstanding, (ii) upon surrender of a Holder's Securities certificate, such
Holder of the Securities will receive a certificate representing the Debentures
to be delivered upon such distribution, (iii) any certificates representing the
Securities still outstanding will be deemed to represent undivided beneficial
interests in such of the Debentures as have an aggregate principal amount equal
to the aggregate stated liquidation amount with an interest rate identical to
the Distribution Rate of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to
accrued and unpaid distributions on, the Securities until such certificates are
presented to the Debenture Issuer or its agent for transfer or reissuance (and
until such certificates are so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal
shall be made to Holders of Securities in respect of any payments due and
payable under the Debentures; provided, however that such failure to pay shall
not be deemed to be an Event of Default and shall not entitle the Holder to the
benefits of the Guarantee), and (iv) all rights of Holders of Securities under
the Declaration shall cease, except the right of such Holders to receive
Debentures upon surrender of certificates representing such Securities.

         4. Redemption and Distribution.

            (a) The Debentures will mature on September 15, 2035. The Debentures
may be redeemed by the Debenture Issuer, in whole or in part on any Distribution
Payment Date on or after the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010, at the
Optional Redemption Price. In addition, the Debentures may be redeemed by the
Debenture Issuer at the Special Redemption Price, in whole but not in part, at
any Distribution Payment Date, upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special
Event within 120 days following the occurrence of such Special Event at the
Special Redemption Price, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice to
holders of such Debentures so long as such Special Event is continuing. The
Sponsor shall appoint a Quotation Agent, which initially shall be Wilmington
Trust Company, for the purpose of performing the services contemplated in or by
reference in, the definition of Special Redemption Price. Any error in the
calculation of the Special Redemption Price by the Quotation Agent or the
Debenture Trustee may be corrected at any time by notice delivered to the
Sponsor and the holders of the Capital Securities. Subject to the corrective
rights set forth above, all certificates, communications, opinions,
determinations, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or
obtained for the purposes of the provisions relating to the payment and
calculation of the Special Redemption Price on the Debentures or the Capital
Securities by the Debenture Trustee, the Quotation Agent or the Institutional
Trustee, as the case may be, shall (in the absence of willful default, bad faith
or manifest error) be final, conclusive and binding on the holders of the
Debentures and the Capital Securities, the Trust and the Sponsor, and no
liability shall attach (except as provided above) to the Debenture Trustee, the
Quotation Agent or the Institutional Trustee in connection with the exercise or
non-exercise by any of them of their respective powers, duties and discretion.

         "Comparable Treasury Issue" means with respect to any Special
Redemption Date the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation
Agent as having a maturity comparable to the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life
that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities
of comparable maturity to the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life. If no United
States Treasury security has a maturity which is within a period from three
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three months after the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010, the two most
closely corresponding fixed, non-callable United States Treasury securities, as
selected by the Quotation Agent, shall be used as the Comparable Treasury Issue,
and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated and extrapolated on a straight-line
basis, rounding to the nearest month using such securities.

         "Comparable Treasury Price" means (a) the average of five Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Special Redemption Date, after excluding the
highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the
Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

         "Federal Reserve" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and any successor federal agency.

         "Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life" means, with respect to any
Debenture, the period from the Special Redemption Date for such Debenture to the
Distribution Payment Date in September 2010.

         "Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Debenture Issuer
and the Trust of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect
that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or written
change (including any announced prospective change) in interpretation or
application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental
agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an insubstantial risk that
the Trust is or, within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will be considered
an Investment Company that is required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act which change or prospective change becomes effective or would become
effective, as the case may be, on or after the date of the issuance of the
Debentures.

         "Maturity Date" means September 15, 2035.

         "Optional Redemption Date" shall mean the date fixed for the redemption
of Capital Securities, which shall be any Distribution Payment Date on or after
the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010.

         "Optional Redemption Price" means 100% of the principal amount of the
Debentures being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Debentures
to the Optional Redemption Date.

         "Primary Treasury Dealer" means either a nationally recognized primary
United States Government securities dealer or an entity of recognized standing
in matters pertaining to the quotation of treasury securities that is reasonably
acceptable to the Sponsor and the Institutional Trustee.

         "Quotation Agent" means Wilmington Trust Company, or its designee, and
its successors; provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a
Primary Treasury Dealer, the Sponsor shall substitute therefor another Primary
Treasury Dealer.

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         "Reference Treasury Dealer" means (i) the Quotation Agent and (ii) any
other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Trustee after consultation with
the Sponsor.

         "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any Special Redemption Date, the average, as
determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Debenture Trustee by such Reference
Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day
preceding such Redemption Date.

         "Special Event" means a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event.

         "Special Redemption Date" means a date on which a Special Event
redemption occurs, which shall be any March 15, June 15, September 15 or
December 15.

         "Special Redemption Price" means (a) if the Special Redemption Date
occurs before the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010, the greater of
(i) 107.5% of the principal amount of the Debentures, plus accrued and unpaid
Interest on the Debentures to the occurrence of the Special Redemption Date, or
(ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, (A) the sum of the present values of
the scheduled payments of principal and Interest on the Debentures during the
Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life of the Debentures (assuming the Debentures
matured on the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010) discounted to the
Special Redemption Date on a quarterly basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus (B) accrued and unpaid
Interest on the Debentures to such Special Redemption Date, or (b) if the
Special Redemption Date occurs on or after the Distribution Payment Date in
September 2010, 100% of the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed,
plus accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) on such
Debentures to the Special Redemption Date.

         "Tax Event" means the receipt by the Debenture Issuer and the Trust of
an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a
result of any amendment to or change (including any announced prospective
change) in the laws or any regulations thereunder of the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of
any official administrative pronouncement (including any private letter ruling,
technical advice memorandum, field service advice, regulatory procedure, notice
or announcement including any notice or announcement of intent to adopt such
procedures or regulations (an "Administrative Action")) or judicial decision
interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, regardless of whether such
Administrative Action or judicial decision is issued to or in connection with a
proceeding involving the Debenture Issuer or the Trust and whether or not
subject to review or appeal, which amendment, clarification, change,
Administrative Action or decision is enacted, promulgated or announced, in each
case on or after the date of original issuance of the Debentures, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that: (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of
the date of such opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with
respect to income received or accrued on the Debentures; (ii) interest payable
by the Debenture Issuer on the Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date
of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Debenture Issuer, in whole or in
part, for United States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the

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Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to more
than a de minimis amount of other taxes (excluding withholding taxes), duties or
other governmental charges.

         "Treasury Rate" means (i) the yield, under the heading which represents
the average for the week immediately prior to the date of calculation, appearing
in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15 (519) or any
successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve and which
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the
maturity corresponding to the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life (if no maturity
is within three months before or after the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life,
yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Fixed
Rate Period Remaining Life shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be
interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding
to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain
such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to
maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount)
equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Special Redemption Date. The
Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Quotation Agent on the third Business
Day preceding the Special Redemption Date.

            (b) Upon the repayment in full at maturity or redemption in whole or
in part of the Debentures (other than following the distribution of the
Debentures to the Holders of the Securities), the proceeds from such repayment
or payment shall concurrently be applied to redeem Pro Rata at the applicable
Optional Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price, as applicable, Securities
having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of the Debentures so repaid or redeemed; provided, however, that holders of such
Securities shall be given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice of such
redemption (other than at the scheduled maturity of the Debentures).

            (c) If fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be so
redeemed, the Common Securities and the Capital Securities will be redeemed Pro
Rata and the Capital Securities to be redeemed will be redeemed Pro Rata from
each Holder of Capital Securities.

            (d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Capital
Securities unless all accrued and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all
Capital Securities for all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or
before the date of redemption.

            (e) Redemption or Distribution Procedures.

                  (i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of
         the Debentures in exchange for, the Securities (a
         "Redemption/Distribution Notice") will be given by the Trust by mail to
         each Holder of Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not fewer than 30
         nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption or exchange
         thereof which, in the case of a redemption, will be the date fixed for
         redemption of the Debentures. For purposes of the calculation of the
         date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which notices are given
         pursuant to this paragraph 4(e)(i), a Redemption/Distribution Notice
         shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by
         first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of such Securities. Each

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         Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be addressed to the Holders of
         such Securities at the address of each such Holder appearing on the
         books and records of the Trust. No defect in the
         Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing thereof with respect
         to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange
         proceedings with respect to any other Holder.

                  (ii) If the Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives
         a Redemption/ Distribution Notice, which notice may only be issued if
         the Debentures are redeemed as set out in this paragraph 4 (which
         notice will be irrevocable), then, provided that the Institutional
         Trustee has a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related
         redemption or maturity of the Debentures, the Institutional Trustee
         will pay the relevant Optional Redemption Price or Special Redemption
         Price, as applicable, to the Holders of such Securities by check mailed
         to the address of each such Holder appearing on the books and records
         of the Trust on the Optional Redemption Date or Special Redemption
         Date. If a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and
         funds deposited as required then immediately prior to the close of
         business on the date of such deposit Distributions will cease to accrue
         on the Securities so called for redemption and all rights of Holders of
         such Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right
         of the Holders of such Securities to receive the applicable Optional
         Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price specified in paragraph
         4(a), but without interest on such Optional Redemption Price or Special
         Redemption Price. If any date fixed for redemption of Securities is not
         a Business Day, then payment of any such Optional Redemption Price or
         Special Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next
         succeeding day that is a Business Day. If payment of the Optional
         Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price in respect of any
         Securities is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the
         Trust or by the Debenture Issuer as guarantor pursuant to the
         Guarantee, Distributions on such Securities will continue to accrue at
         the Distribution Rate from the original Optional Redemption Date or
         Special Redemption Date to the actual date of payment, in which case
         the actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for
         redemption for purposes of calculating the Optional Redemption Price or
         Special Redemption Price. In the event of any redemption of the Capital
         Securities issued by the Trust in part, the Trust shall not be required
         to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security during
         a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any
         selection for redemption of the Capital Securities and ending at the
         close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of
         redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of the Capital
         Securities to be so redeemed or (ii) register the transfer of or
         exchange any Capital Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or
         in part, except for the unredeemed portion of any Capital Securities
         being redeemed in part.

                  (iii) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the
         Administrators on behalf of the Trust to (A) in respect of the Capital
         Securities, the Holders thereof and (B) in respect of the Common
         Securities, the Holder thereof.

                  (iv) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including,
         without limitation, United States federal securities laws), and
         provided that the acquiror is not the Holder of the Common Securities
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         of its subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase
         outstanding Capital Securities by tender, in the open market or by
         private agreement.

         5. Voting Rights - Capital Securities.

         (a) Except as provided under paragraphs 5(b) and 7 and as otherwise
required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Capital Securities will
have no voting rights. The Administrators are required to call a meeting of the
Holders of the Capital Securities if directed to do so by Holders of at least
10% in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities.

         (b) Subject to the requirements of obtaining a tax opinion by the
Institutional Trustee in certain circumstances set forth in the last sentence of
this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities, voting separately as a class, have the right to direct the time,
method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Institutional Trustee under the Declaration, including the right to direct the
Institutional Trustee, as holder of the Debentures, to (i) exercise the remedies
available under the Indenture as the holder of the Debentures, (ii) waive any
past default that is waivable under the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to
rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be
due and payable or (iv) consent on behalf of all the Holders of the Capital
Securities to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the
Debentures where such consent shall be required; provided, however, that, where
a consent or action under the Indenture would require the consent or act of the
holders of greater than a simple majority in aggregate principal amount of
Debentures (a "Super Majority") affected thereby, the Institutional Trustee may
only give such consent or take such action at the written direction of the
Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities outstanding which the relevant Super Majority represents of the
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. If the Institutional
Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Debentures after the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of such Capital Securities have so directed the
Institutional Trustee, to the fullest extent permitted by law, a Holder of the
Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against the
Debenture Issuer to enforce the Institutional Trustee's rights under the
Debentures without first instituting any legal proceeding against the
Institutional Trustee or any other person or entity. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event
is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay interest or
principal on the Debentures on the date the interest or principal is payable (or
in the case of redemption, the Optional Redemption Date or the Special
Redemption Date, as applicable), then a Holder of record of the Capital
Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment on or
after the respective due dates specified in the Debentures, to such Holder
directly of the principal of or interest on the Debentures having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities of such Holder. The Institutional Trustee shall notify all Holders of
the Capital Securities of any default actually known to the Institutional
Trustee with respect to the Debentures unless (x) such default has been cured
prior to the giving of such notice or (y) the Institutional Trustee determines
in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the
Holders of such Capital Securities, except where the default relates to the
payment of principal of or interest on any of the Debentures. Such notice shall
state that such Indenture Event of Default also constitutes an Event of Default
hereunder. Except with respect to directing the time, method and place of

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conducting a proceeding for a remedy, the Institutional Trustee shall not take
any of the actions described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above unless the
Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that,
as a result of such action, the Trust will not be classified as other than a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

         In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee, as the holder of
the Debentures, is required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment,
modification or termination of the Indenture, the Institutional Trustee shall
request the direction of the Holders of the Securities with respect to such
amendment, modification or termination and shall vote with respect to such
amendment, modification or termination as directed by a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Securities voting together as a single class; provided, however,
that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of a
Super-Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent at the
direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the
Securities outstanding which the relevant Super-Majority represents of the
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. The Institutional
Trustee shall not take any such action in accordance with the directions of the
Holders of the Securities unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an
opinion of tax counsel to the effect that, as a result of such action, the Trust
will not be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal
income tax purposes.

         A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default will constitute a waiver of
the corresponding Event of Default hereunder. Any required approval or direction
of Holders of the Capital Securities may be given at a separate meeting of
Holders of the Capital Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all
of the Holders of the Securities in the Trust or pursuant to written consent.
The Institutional Trustee will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of
the Capital Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon which action
by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be mailed to each Holder
of record of the Capital Securities. Each such notice will include a statement
setting forth the following information (i) the date of such meeting or the date
by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution
proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote
or of such matter upon which written consent is sought, and (iii) instructions
for the delivery of proxies or consents. No vote or consent of the Holders of
the Capital Securities will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel
Capital Securities or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the
Declaration and the terms of the Securities.

         Notwithstanding that Holders of the Capital Securities are entitled to
vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the
Capital Securities that are owned by the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor
shall not entitle the Holder thereof to vote or consent and shall, for purposes
of such vote or consent, be treated as if such Capital Securities were not
outstanding.

         In no event will Holders of the Capital Securities have the right to
vote to appoint, remove or replace the Administrators, which voting rights are
vested exclusively in the Sponsor as the Holder of all of the Common Securities
of the Trust. Under certain circumstances as more fully described in the
Declaration, Holders of Capital Securities have the right to vote to appoint,
remove or replace the Institutional Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.

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         6. Voting Rights - Common Securities.

            (a) Except as provided under paragraphs 6(b), 6(c) and 7 and as
otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Common Securities will have
no voting rights.

            (b) The Holders of the Common Securities are entitled, in accordance
with Article IV of the Declaration, to vote to appoint, remove or replace any
Administrators.

            (c) Subject to Section 6.7 of the Declaration and only after each
Event of Default (if any) with respect to the Capital Securities has been cured,
waived, or otherwise eliminated and subject to the requirements of the second to
last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, may direct the time,
method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Institutional Trustee under the Declaration, including (i) directing the time,
method, place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Debenture
Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waiving any past default and its
consequences that is waivable under the Indenture, or (iii) exercising any right
to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall
be due and payable; provided, however, that, where a consent or action under the
Indenture would require a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only
give such consent or take such action at the written direction of the Holders of
at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Common Securities which the
relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures outstanding. Notwithstanding this paragraph 6(c), the Institutional
Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote
or consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities. Other than with respect to
directing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Institutional Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as set forth
above, the Institutional Trustee shall not take any action described in (i),
(ii) or (iii) above, unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an opinion of
tax counsel to the effect that for the purposes of United States federal income
tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust on account of
such action. If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the
Declaration to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Holder of the Common
Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against any Person to
enforce the Institutional Trustee's rights under the Declaration, without first
instituting a legal proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other
Person.

         Any approval or direction of Holders of the Common Securities may be
given at a separate meeting of Holders of the Common Securities convened for
such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of the Securities in the Trust
or pursuant to written consent. The Administrators will cause a notice of any
meeting at which Holders of the Common Securities are entitled to vote, or of
any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken,
to be mailed to each Holder of the Common Securities. Each such notice will
include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date by
which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed
for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of
such matter upon which written consent is sought, and (iii) instructions for the
delivery of proxies or consents.

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         No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to distribute
the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the
Securities.

         7. Amendments to Declaration and Indenture.

            (a) In addition to any requirements under Section 11.1 of the
Declaration, if any proposed amendment to the Declaration provides for, or the
Trustees, Sponsor or Administrators otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action
that would adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the
Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii)
the Liquidation of the Trust, other than as described in Section 7.1 of the
Declaration, then the Holders of outstanding Securities, voting together as a
single class, will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such
amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of the
Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities, affected
thereby; provided, however, if any amendment or proposal referred to in clause
(i) above would adversely affect only the Capital Securities or only the Common
Securities, then only the affected Securities will be entitled to vote on such
amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective
except with the approval of a Majority in liquidation amount of such class of
Securities.

            (b) In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee as the
holder of the Debentures is required under the Indenture with respect to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the
Institutional Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the
Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and shall
vote with respect to such amendment, modification, or termination as directed by
a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single
class; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require
a Super Majority, the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent at the
direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the
Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures outstanding.

            (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification may
be made to the Declaration if such amendment or modification would (i) cause the
Trust to be classified for purposes of United States federal income taxation as
other than a grantor trust, (ii) reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers
of the Institutional Trustee, or (iii) cause the Trust to be deemed an
Investment Company which is required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act.

            (d) Notwithstanding any provision of the Declaration, the right of
any Holder of the Capital Securities to receive payment of Distributions and
other payments upon redemption, liquidation or otherwise, on or after their
respective due dates, or to institute a suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of such Holder. For the protection and enforcement of the
foregoing provision, each and every Holder of the Capital Securities shall be
entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or equity.

         8. Pro Rata. A reference in these terms of the Securities to any
payment, distribution or treatment as being "Pro Rata" shall mean pro rata to
each Holder of the Securities according

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to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant
Holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities then
outstanding unless, in relation to a payment, an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, in which case any funds available to make such payment shall
be paid first to each Holder of the Capital Securities Pro Rata according to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities held by the relevant
Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Capital Securities
outstanding, and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of
the Capital Securities, to each Holder of the Common Securities Pro Rata
according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities held by
the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common
Securities outstanding.

         9. Ranking. The Capital Securities rank pari passu with and payment
thereon shall be made Pro Rata with the Common Securities except that, where an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the rights of Holders of the
Common Securities to receive payment of Distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights of the
Holders of the Capital Securities with the result that no payment of any
Distribution on, or Optional Redemption Price (or Special Redemption Price) of,
any Common Security, and no other payment on account of redemption, liquidation
or other acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in full
in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on all outstanding Capital
Securities for all distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in
the case of payment of the Optional Redemption Price (or Special Redemption
Price) the full amount of such Optional Redemption Price (or Special Redemption
Price) on all outstanding Capital Securities then called for redemption, shall
have been made or provided for, and all funds immediately available to the
Institutional Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of
all Distributions on, or the Optional Redemption Price (or Special Redemption
Price) of, the Capital Securities then due and payable.

         10. Acceptance of Guarantee and Indenture. Each Holder of the Capital
Securities and the Common Securities, by the acceptance of such Securities,
agrees to the provisions of the Guarantee and the Indenture, including the
subordination provisions therein.

         11. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders of the Securities shall have no,
and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to, preemptive or similar
rights to subscribe for any additional securities.

         12. Miscellaneous. These terms constitute a part of the Declaration.
The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee, and the
Indenture to a Holder without charge on written request to the Sponsor at its
principal place of business.

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                                   EXHIBIT A-1
                      FORM OF CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE
                           [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

         THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE SPONSOR OR THE TRUST, (B)
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
144A SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (D) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 (AS APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE
MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS
ACQUIRING THIS CAPITAL SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH
AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A
VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION
OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE SPONSOR'S AND
THE TRUST'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE
DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION
SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION (DEFINED
HEREIN), A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SPONSOR OR THE TRUST. HEDGING
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

         THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES,
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") (EACH
A "PLAN"), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON
OF ANY PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN ASSETS" OF
ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH
PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38,
90-1 OR 84-14

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OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS
NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT
TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING
THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF
SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS
APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT
RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

         THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS
HAVING A LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000.00 (100 SECURITIES) AND
MULTIPLES OF $1,000.00 IN EXCESS THEREOF. ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF SECURITIES
IN A BLOCK HAVING A LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000.00 SHALL BE DEEMED
TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.

         THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE
FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

         THIS SECURITY IS IN REGISTERED FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF TREASURY
REGULATIONS SECTION 1.871-14(c)(1)(i) FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND WITHHOLDING
TAX PURPOSES.

         IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE
REQUIRED BY THE DECLARATION TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE
FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

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            Certificate Number P-1          40,000 Capital Securities

                               September 15, 2005

          Certificate Evidencing Fixed/Floating Rate Capital Securities

                                       of

                        Direct General Statutory Trust I

               (liquidation amount $1,000.00 per Capital Security)

         Direct General Statutory Trust I, a statutory trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Hare & Co.
(the "Holder"), as the nominee of The Bank of New York, indenture trustee under
the Indenture dated as of September 15, 2005, among Preferred Term Securities
XIX, Ltd., Preferred Term Securities XIX, Inc. and The Bank of New York, is the
registered owner of capital securities of the Trust representing undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, (liquidation amount $1,000.00
per capital security) (the "Capital Securities"). Subject to the Declaration (as
defined below), the Capital Securities are transferable on the books and records
of the Trust in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
Certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The Capital
Securities represented hereby are issued pursuant to, and the designation,
rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of
the Capital Securities shall in all respects be subject to, the provisions of
the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of September
15, 2005, among William J. Harter, J. Todd Hagely and Matthew P. McClure, as
Administrators, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust
Company, as Institutional Trustee, Direct General Corporation, as Sponsor, and
the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust, including the designation of the terms of the Capital Securities as
set forth in Annex I to such amended and restated declaration as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Declaration"). Capitalized terms used herein but
not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Holder is
entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee and the Indenture to the extent
provided therein. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the
Guarantee, and the Indenture to the Holder without charge upon written request
to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.

         Upon receipt of this Security, the Holder is bound by the Declaration
and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

         By acceptance of this Security, the Holder agrees to treat, for United
States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the
Capital Securities as evidence of beneficial ownership in the Debentures.

         This Capital Security is governed by, and shall be construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles
of conflict of laws.

                       Signatures appear on following page

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has duly executed this certificate.

                                       DIRECT GENERAL STATUTORY TRUST I

                                       By:
                                          ----------------------------------
                                            Name:
                                            Title: Administrator

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

                                       WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
                                       as the Institutional Trustee

                                       By:
                                          -------------------------------------
                                                   Authorized Officer

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                      [FORM OF REVERSE OF CAPITAL SECURITY]

         Distributions payable on each Capital Security will be payable at an
annual rate equal to 7.915% beginning on (and including) the date of original
issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment Date (defined
herein) in September 2010 and at an annual rate for each successive period
beginning on (and including) the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010,
and each succeeding Distribution Payment Date, commencing on the Distribution
Payment Date in December 2005, and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding
Distribution Payment Date (each such period, a "Distribution Period"), equal to
3-Month LIBOR, determined as described below, plus 3.40% (the "Coupon Rate"),
applied to the stated liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per Capital Security, such
rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the
Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears will bear interest thereon
compounded quarterly at the Distribution Rate (to the extent permitted by
applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used herein includes payments of
cash distributions and any such compounded distributions and any Additional Sums
payable on the Debentures unless otherwise noted. A Distribution is payable only
to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the
Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds
available therefor. As used herein, "Determination Date" means the date that is
two London Banking Days (i.e., a business day in which dealings in deposits in
U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market) preceding the
commencement of the relevant Distribution Period. The amount of the Distribution
payable (i) for any Distribution Period commencing on or after the date of
original issuance but before the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and
(ii) for the Distribution Period commencing on or after the Distribution Payment
Date in September 2010 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be computed
on the Distribution Rate to the stated liquidation amount outstanding at the
commencement of the Distribution Period and multiplying each such amount by the
actual number of days in the Distribution Period concerned divided by 360.

         "3-Month LIBOR" as used herein, means the London interbank offered
interest rate for three-month U.S. dollar deposits determined by the Debenture
Trustee in the following order of priority: (i) the rate (expressed as a
percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity
that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related
Determination Date ("Telerate Page 3750" means the display designated as "Page
3750" on the Moneyline Telerate Service or such other page as may replace Page
3750 on that service or such other service or services as may be nominated by
the British Bankers' Association as the information vendor for the purpose of
displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits); (ii) if
such rate cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Debenture
Trustee will request the principal London offices of four leading banks in the
London interbank market to provide such banks' offered quotations (expressed as
percentages per annum) to prime banks in the London interbank market for U.S.
dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
such Determination Date. If at least two such quotations are provided, 3-Month
LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations; (iii) if fewer than two
such quotations are provided as requested in clause (ii) above, the Debenture
Trustee will request four major New York City banks to provide such banks'
offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to leading European
banks for loans in U.S. dollars as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
Determination Date. If at least two such quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR
will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations; and (iv) if fewer than two such
quotations are provided as requested in clause (iii) above, 3-Month LIBOR will
be a 3-Month

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LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period immediately preceding
such current Distribution Period. If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits having a
three-month maturity that initially appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date is superseded on the
Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such
Determination Date, then the corrected rate as so substituted on the applicable
page will be the applicable 3-Month LIBOR for such Determination Date.

         "Interest Rate" means for the period beginning on (and including) the
date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment
Date in September 2010 the rate per annum of 7.915% and for each Distribution
Period thereafter, the Coupon Rate.

         The Interest Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher
than the maximum rate then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified
by United States law.

         All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Capital
Securities will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth
of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded
upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655),
and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be
rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward)).

         Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Capital
Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original issuance
and will be payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and
December 15 of each year or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next
succeeding Business Day (each such date, a "Distribution Payment Date"),
commencing on the Distribution Payment Date in December 2005. The Debenture
Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the
Debentures, so long as no Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, by extending the interest payment period for up to 20 consecutive
quarterly periods (each an "Extension Period") at any time and from time to time
on the Debentures, subject to the conditions described below, during which
Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable. During any Extension
Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest on such
accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Distribution Rate in
effect for each such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the date such
interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the
extent permitted by law (such interest referred to herein as "Additional
Interest"). No Extension Period may end on a date other than a Distribution
Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period the Debenture Issuer shall
pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with
Additional Interest thereon); provided, however, that no Extension Period may
extend beyond the Maturity Date. Prior to the termination of any Extension
Period, the Debenture Issuer may further extend such period, provided that such
period together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions
thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond the
Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment
of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the Debenture Issuer
may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No
interest or Additional Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension
Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment of interest that would
otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension Period shall bear
Additional Interest. During any Extension Period, Distributions on the Capital
Securities shall be deferred for a period equal to the Extension Period. If
Distributions are deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on the date that
the related Extension Period terminates, to Holders of the Securities as they
appear on

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the books and records of the Trust on the record date immediately preceding such
date. Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable (after
giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds
available for the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of the
Trust. The Trust's funds available for Distribution to the Holders of the
Securities will be limited to payments received from the Debenture Issuer. The
payment of Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by the
Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee.

         The Capital Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the
Declaration.

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                                   ASSIGNMENT

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Capital
Security Certificate to:

         (Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)

         ----------------------------------------------------------------

         (Insert address and zip code of assignee) and irrevocably appoints

         agent to transfer this Capital Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

         Date:
              ---------------------------------------

         Signature:
                   ----------------------------------

                       (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of
this Capital Security Certificate)

         Signature Guarantee:(1)

----------------------------
(1) Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is
a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the
requirements of the Security registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Security
registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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                                   EXHIBIT A-2

                       FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE

         THIS COMMON SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.

         THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION
8.1 OF THE DECLARATION (DEFINED HEREIN).

         THIS COMMON SECURITY IS IN REGISTERED FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF
TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.871-14(c)(1)(i) FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND
WITHHOLDING TAX PURPOSES.

                 Certificate Number C-1         1,238 Common Securities

                               September 15, 2005

          Certificate Evidencing Fixed/Floating Rate Common Securities

                                       of

                        Direct General Statutory Trust I

         Direct General Statutory Trust I, a statutory trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Direct
General Corporation (the "Holder") is the registered owner of common securities
of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust (the "Common Securities"). Subject to the Declaration (as defined below),
the Common Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust in
person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate duly
endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The Common Securities represented
hereby are issued pursuant to, and the designation, rights, privileges,
restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common
Securities shall in all respects be subject to, the provisions of the Amended
and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of September 15, 2005,
among William J. Harter, J. Todd Hagely and Matthew P. McClure, as
Administrators, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wilmington Trust
Company, as Institutional Trustee, Direct General Corporation, as Sponsor, and
the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interest in the assets of
the Trust including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set
forth in Annex I to such amended and restated declaration, as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Declaration"). Capitalized terms used herein but
not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Holder is
entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee and the Indenture to the extent
provided therein. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the
Guarantee and the Indenture to the Holder without charge upon written request to
the Sponsor at its principal place of business.

         As set forth in the Declaration, when an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the rights of Holders of Common Securities to payment in
respect of Distributions and payments upon Liquidation, redemption or otherwise
are subordinated to the rights of payment of Holders of the Capital Securities.

                                     A-2-1
<PAGE>

         Upon receipt of this Certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

         By acceptance of this Certificate, the Holder agrees to treat, for
United States federal income tax purposes, the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures ("Debentures") as indebtedness and the Common
Securities as evidence of undivided beneficial ownership in the Debentures.

         This Common Security is governed by, and shall be construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles
of conflict of laws.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has duly executed this certificate.

                                        Direct General Statutory Trust I

                                        By:
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Name:
                                            Title: Administrator

                                     A-2-2
<PAGE>

                      [FORM OF REVERSE OF COMMON SECURITY]

         Distributions payable on each Common Security will be payable at an
annual rate equal to 7.915% beginning on (and including) the date of original
issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment Date (defined
herein) in September 2010 and at an annual rate for each successive period
beginning on (and including) the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010,
and each succeeding Distribution Payment Date, commencing on the Distribution
Payment Date in December 2005, and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding
Distribution Payment Date (each such period, a "Distribution Period"), equal to
3-Month LIBOR, determined as described below, plus 3.40% (the "Coupon Rate"),
applied to the stated liquidation amount of $1,000.00 per Common Security, such
rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the
Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears will bear interest thereon
compounded quarterly at the Distribution Rate (to the extent permitted by
applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used herein includes cash
distributions and any such compounded distributions and any Additional Sums
payable on the Debentures unless otherwise noted. A Distribution is payable only
to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the
Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds
available therefor. As used herein, "Determination Date" means the date that is
two London Banking Days (i.e., a business day in which dealings in deposits in
U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market) preceding the
commencement of the relevant Distribution Period. The amount of the Distribution
payable (i) for any Distribution Period commencing on or after the date of
original issuance but before the Distribution Payment Date in September 2010
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and
(ii) for the Distribution Period commencing on or after the Distribution Payment
Date in September 2010 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be
calculated by applying the Distribution Rate to the stated liquidation amount
outstanding at the commencement of the Distribution Period and multiplying each
such amount by the actual number of days in the Distribution Period concerned
divided by 360.

         "3-Month LIBOR" as used herein, means the London interbank offered
interest rate for three-month U.S. dollar deposits determined by the Debenture
Trustee in the following order of priority: (i) the rate (expressed as a
percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity
that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related
Determination Date ("Telerate Page 3750" means the display designated as "Page
3750" on the Moneyline Telerate Service or such other page as may replace Page
3750 on that service or such other service or services as may be nominated by
the British Bankers' Association as the information vendor for the purpose of
displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits); (ii) if
such rate cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Debenture
Trustee will request the principal London offices of four leading banks in the
London interbank market to provide such banks' offered quotations (expressed as
percentages per annum) to prime banks in the London interbank market for U.S.
dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
such Determination Date. If at least two quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR
will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations; (iii) if fewer than two such
quotations are provided as requested in clause (ii) above, the Debenture Trustee
will request four major New York City banks to provide such banks' offered
quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to leading European banks for
loans in U.S. dollars as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date.
If at least two such quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the
arithmetic mean of such quotations; and (iv) if fewer than two such quotations
are provided as requested in clause (iii) above, 3-Month LIBOR will be a 3-Month

                                      A-2-3
<PAGE>

LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period immediately preceding
such current Distribution Period. If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits having a
three-month maturity that initially appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date is superseded on the
Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such
Determination Date, then the corrected rate as so substituted on the applicable
page will be the applicable 3-Month LIBOR for such Determination Date.

         "Interest Rate" means for the period beginning on (and including) the
date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Distribution Payment
Date in September 2010 the rate per annum of 7.915% and for each Distribution
Period thereafter, the Coupon Rate.

         The Interest Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher
than the maximum rate then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified
by United States law.

         All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Common
Securities will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth
of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded
upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655),
and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be
rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward)).

         Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Common
Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the date of original issuance
and will be payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and
December 15 of each year or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next
succeeding Business Day (each such date, a "Distribution Payment Date"),
commencing on the Distribution Payment Date in December 2005. The Debenture
Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the
Debentures, so long as no Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, by extending the interest payment period for up to 20 consecutive
quarterly periods (each an "Extension Period") at any time and from time to time
on the Debentures, subject to the conditions described below, during which
Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable. During any Extension
Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest on such
accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Distribution Rate in
effect for each such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the date such
interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the
extent permitted by law (such interest referred to herein as "Additional
Interest"). No Extension Period may end on a date other than a Distribution
Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer
shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with
Additional Interest thereon); provided, however, that no Extension Period may
extend beyond the Maturity Date. Prior to the termination of any Extension
Period, the Debenture Issuer may further extend such period, provided that such
period together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions
thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond the
Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment
of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the Debenture Issuer
may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No
interest or Additional Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension
Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment of interest that would
otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension Period shall bear
Additional Interest. During any Extension Period, Distributions on the Common
Securities shall be deferred for a period equal to the Extension Period. If
Distributions are deferred, the Distributions due shall be paid on the date that
the related Extension Period terminates, to Holders of the Common Securities as
they appear on the

                                      A-2-4
<PAGE>

books and records of the Trust on the record date immediately preceding such
date. Distributions on the Common Securities must be paid on the dates payable
(after giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has
funds available for the payment of such distributions in the Property Account of
the Trust. The Trust's funds available for Distribution to the Holders of the
Common Securities will be limited to payments received from the Debenture
Issuer.

         The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the
Declaration.

                                     A-2-5

<PAGE>

                                   ASSIGNMENT

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Common
Security Certificate to:

         (Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)

          -------------------------------------------------------------------

         (Insert address and zip code of assignee) and irrevocably appoints

                                                                           agent
                           -----------------------------------------------
                           to transfer this Common Security Certificate on the
                           books of the Trust. The agent may substitute another
                           to act for him or her.

                           Date:
                                ------------------------------------------------

                           Signature:
                                     -------------------------------------------

                           (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side
                           of this Common Security Certificate)

                           Signature:
                                     -------------------------------------------

                           (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side
                           of this Common Security Certificate)

         Signature Guarantee(2)

--------------------------
(2) Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is
a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union, meeting the
requirements of the Security registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Security
registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                     A-2-6
<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT B

                          SPECIMEN OF INITIAL DEBENTURE

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT C

                               PLACEMENT AGREEMENTEX-4.1

 

Exhibit 4.1

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FIRST CHARTER CORPORATION,

as Issuer

INDENTURE

Dated as of September 29, 2005

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Trustee

FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURES

DUE 2035

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.1 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	ARTICLE II. DEBENTURES
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.1.   Authentication and Dating
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.2.   Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.3.   Form and Denomination of Debentures
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.4.   Execution of Debentures
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.5.   Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debentures
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.6.   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.7.   Temporary Debentures
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.8.   Payment of Interest and Additional Interest
	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.9.   Cancellation of Debentures Paid, etc.
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.10. Computation of Interest
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.11. Extension of Interest Payment Period
	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.12. CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	16	 
	Section 2.13. Global Debentures
	 	 	17	 
	ARTICLE III. PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
	 	 	18	 
	Section 3.1.   Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the Debentures
	 	 	18	 
	Section 3.2.   Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.
	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.3.   Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.4.   Provision as to Paying Agent
	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.5.   Certificate to Trustee
	 	 	20	 
	Section 3.6.   Additional Sums
	 	 	20	 
	Section 3.7.   Compliance with Consolidation Provisions
	 	 	21	 
	Section 3.8.   Limitation on Dividends
	 	 	21	 
	Section 3.9.   Covenants as to the Trust
	 	 	21	 
	Section 3.10. Additional Junior Indebtedness
	 	 	22	 
	ARTICLE IV. SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.1.   Securityholders’ Lists
	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.2.   Preservation and Disclosure of Lists
	 	 	22	 
	ARTICLE V. REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
	 	 	23	 
	Section 5.1.   Events of Default
	 	 	23	 
	Section 5.2.   Payment of Debentures on Default; Suit Therefor
	 	 	25	 
	Section 5.3.   Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee
	 	 	26	 
	Section 5.4.   Proceedings by Securityholders
	 	 	27	 
	Section 5.5.   Proceedings by Trustee
	 	 	27	 
	Section 5.6.   Remedies Cumulative and Continuing; Delay or Omission Not a Waiver
	 	 	27	 
	Section 5.7.   Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Securityholders
	 	 	27	 
	Section 5.8.   Notice of Defaults
	 	 	28	 
	Section 5.9.   Undertaking to Pay Costs
	 	 	28	 
	ARTICLE VI. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	29	 
	Section 6.1.   Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
	 	 	29	 
	Section 6.2.   Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.
	 	 	29	 
	Section 6.3.   No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.
	 	 	30	 

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	Section 6.4.   Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or Registrar May Own
Debentures
	 	 	31	 
	Section 6.5.   Moneys to be Held in Trust
	 	 	31	 
	Section 6.6.   Compensation and Expenses of Trustee
	 	 	31	 
	Section 6.7.   Officers’ Certificate as Evidence
	 	 	32	 
	Section 6.8.   Eligibility of Trustee
	 	 	32	 
	Section 6.9.   Resignation or Removal of Trustee
	 	 	32	 
	Section 6.10. Acceptance by Successor Trustee
	 	 	33	 
	Section 6.11. Succession by Merger, etc.
	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.12. Authenticating Agents
	 	 	34	 
	ARTICLE VII. CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
	 	 	35	 
	Section 7.1.   Action by Securityholders
	 	 	35	 
	Section 7.2.   Proof of Execution by Securityholders
	 	 	36	 
	Section 7.3.   Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners
	 	 	36	 
	Section 7.4.   Debentures Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding
	 	 	36	 
	Section 7.5.   Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound
	 	 	36	 
	ARTICLE VIII. SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.1.   Purposes of Meetings
	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.2.   Call of Meetings by Trustee
	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.3.   Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders
	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.4.   Qualifications for Voting
	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.5.   Regulations
	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.6.   Voting
	 	 	38	 
	Section 8.7.   Quorum; Actions
	 	 	38	 
	ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	 	 	39	 
	Section 9.1.   Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders
	 	 	39	 
	Section 9.2.   Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders
	 	 	40	 
	Section 9.3.   Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	41	 
	Section 9.4.   Notation on Debentures
	 	 	41	 
	Section 9.5.   Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to Trustee
	 	 	41	 
	ARTICLE X. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.1. Optional Redemption
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.2. Special Event Redemption
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.3. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debentures
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.4. Payment of Debentures Called for Redemption
	 	 	42	 
	ARTICLE XI. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
	 	 	43	 
	Section 11.1. Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
	 	 	43	 
	Section 11.2. Successor Entity to be Substituted
	 	 	43	 
	Section 11.3. Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee
	 	 	43	 
	ARTICLE XII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
	 	 	44	 
	Section 12.1. Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	44	 
	Section 12.2. Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee
	 	 	44	 
	Section 12.3. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held
	 	 	44	 
	Section 12.4. Return of Unclaimed Moneys
	 	 	45	 
	ARTICLE XIII. IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
	 	 	45	 
	Section 13.1. Indenture and Debentures Solely Corporate Obligations
	 	 	45	 
	ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	 	 	45	 
	Section 14.1. Successors
	 	 	45	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	Section 14.2.   Official Acts by Successor Entity
	 	 	45	 
	Section 14.3.   Surrender of Company Powers
	 	 	45	 
	Section 14.4.   Addresses for Notices, etc.
	 	 	45	 
	Section 14.5.   Governing Law
	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.6.   Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.7.   Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.8.   Execution in Counterparts
	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.9.
  Separability
	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.10. Assignment
	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.11. Acknowledgment of Rights
	 	 	46	 
	ARTICLE XV. SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES
	 	 	47	 
	Section 15.1.   Agreement to Subordinate
	 	 	47	 
	Section 15.2.   Default on Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	47	 
	Section 15.3.   Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy
	 	 	47	 
	Section 15.4.   Subrogation
	 	 	48	 
	Section 15.5.   Trustee to Effectuate Subordination
	 	 	49	 
	Section 15.6.   Notice by the Company
	 	 	49	 
	Section 15.7.   Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	50	 
	Section 15.8.   Subordination May Not Be Impaired
	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A Form of Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debenture
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B Form of Certificate to Trustee
	 	 	 	 

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     THIS INDENTURE, dated as of September 29, 2005, between First Charter Corporation, a North
Carolina corporation (the “Company”), and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation,
as debenture trustee (the “Trustee”).

     WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of
its Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2035 (the “Debentures”)
under this Indenture to provide, among other things, for the execution and authentication, delivery
and administration thereof, and the Company has duly authorized the execution of this Indenture;
and

     WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement according to
its terms, have been done and performed;

     NOW, THEREFORE, This Indenture Witnesseth:

     In consideration of the premises, and the purchase of the Debentures by the holders thereof,
the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the
respective holders from time to time of the Debentures as follows:

     ARTICLE I.

     DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.1. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.1 (except as herein 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
1.1. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the term “generally
accepted accounting principles” means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the
United States at the time of any computation. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.

     “Acceleration Event of Default” means an Event of Default under Section 5.1(a), (d), (e) or
(f), whatever the reason for such Acceleration Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

     “Additional Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

     “Additional Junior Indebtedness” means, without duplication and other than the Debentures, any
indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of the Company, or any Subsidiary of the Company, under
debt securities (or guarantees in respect of debt securities) initially issued after the date of
this Indenture to any trust, or a trustee of a trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with
the Company that is, directly or indirectly, a finance subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule
3a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940) or other financing vehicle of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company in connection with the issuance by that entity of preferred securities or
other securities that are eligible to qualify for Tier 1 capital treatment (or its then equivalent)
for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect and
applicable to the Company (or, if the Company is not a bank holding company, such guidelines
applied to the Company as if the Company were subject to such guidelines);

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provided, however, that
the inability of the Company to treat all or any portion of the Additional Junior Indebtedness as
Tier 1 capital shall not disqualify it as Additional Junior Indebtedness if such inability results
from the Company having cumulative preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated
subsidiaries, or any other class of security or interest which the Federal Reserve now or may
hereafter
accord Tier 1 capital treatment (including the Debentures) in excess of the amount which may
qualify for treatment as Tier 1 capital under applicable capital adequacy guidelines.

     “Additional Sums” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.

     “Affiliate” has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the Securities Act or
any successor rule thereunder.

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

     “Authenticating Agent” means any agent or agents of the Trustee which at the time shall be
appointed and acting pursuant to Section 6.12.

     “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 or the executive committee or any other duly
authorized designated officers of the Company.

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

     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking
institutions in New York City or Wilmington, Delaware are permitted or required by any applicable
law or executive order to close.

     “Capital Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust which
rank pari passu with Common Securities issued by the Trust; provided, however, that upon the
occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration), the rights of
holders of such Common Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights of holders of such Capital
Securities.

     “Capital Securities Guarantee” means the guarantee agreement that the Company enters into with
Wilmington Trust Company, as guarantee trustee, or other Persons that operates directly or
indirectly for the benefit of holders of Capital Securities of the Trust.

     “Capital Treatment Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an opinion of
counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of any
amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws, rules or
regulations of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein, or as the result
of any official or administrative pronouncement or action or decision interpreting or applying such
laws, rules or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement, action
or decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of the Debentures, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that the Company

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will not, within 90 days of the date of such opinion,
be entitled to treat an amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities
as “Tier 1 Capital” (or its then equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the
Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable to the Company (or if the Company is not a bank
holding company, such guidelines applied to the Company as if the Company were subject to such
guidelines); provided, however, that the inability of the Company to treat
all or any portion of the liquidation amount of the Capital Securities as Tier l Capital shall
not constitute the basis for a Capital Treatment Event, if such inability results from the Company
having cumulative preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries, or any other
class of security or interest which the Federal Reserve or OTS, as applicable, may now or hereafter
accord Tier 1 Capital treatment in excess of the amount which may now or hereafter qualify for
treatment as Tier 1 Capital under applicable capital adequacy guidelines; provided further,
however, that the distribution of Debentures in connection with the liquidation of the Trust shall
not in and of itself constitute a Capital Treatment Event unless such liquidation shall have
occurred in connection with a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event.

     “Certificate” means a certificate signed by any one of the principal executive officer, the
principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company.

     “Common Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust which rank
pari passu with Capital Securities issued by the Trust; provided, however, that upon the occurrence
and continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration), the rights of holders of
such Common Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation,
redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights of holders of such Capital Securities.

     “Company” means First Charter Corporation, a North Carolina corporation, and, subject to the
provisions of Article XI, shall include its successors and assigns.

     “Coupon Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

     “Debenture” or “Debentures” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture.

     “Debenture Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5.

     “Declaration” means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.

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

     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

     “Depositary” means an organization registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act that
is designated as Depositary by the Company or any successor thereto. The initial Depositary will
be DTC.

     “Depositary Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other
Person for whom from time to time a Depositary effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Depositary.

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     “Distribution Period” means (i) with respect to interest paid on the first Interest Payment
Date, the period beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but
excluding) the Interest Payment Date in December 2005 and (ii) thereafter, with respect to interest
paid on each successive Interest Payment Date, the period beginning on (and including) the
preceding Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) such current Interest Payment Date.

     “Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

     “DTC” means the Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.

     “Event of Default” means any event specified in Section 5.1, continued for the period of time,
if any, and after the giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.

     “Extension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

     “Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or its
designated district bank, as applicable, and any successor federal agency that is primarily
responsible for regulating the activities of bank holding companies.

     “Global Debenture” means a security that evidences all or part of the Debentures, the
ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Depositary.

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as
herein provided, as so amended or supplemented, or both.

     “Institutional Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Declaration.

     “Interest Payment Date” means March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year
during the term of this Indenture, or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding
Business Day (it being understood that interest accrues for any such non-Business Day), commencing
in December 2005.

     “Interest Rate” means for the Distribution Period beginning on (and including) the date of
original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Interest Payment Date in December 2005 the rate
per annum of 5.44038%, and for each Distribution Period beginning on or after the Interest Payment
Date in December 2005, the Coupon Rate for such Distribution Period.

     “Investment Company Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an opinion of
counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change
in law or regulation or written change (including any announced prospective change) in
interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental
agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or,
within 90 days of the date of such opinion will be considered an “investment company” that is
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended which change or
prospective change becomes effective or would become effective, as the case may be, on or after the
date of the issuance of the Debentures.

     “Liquidation Amount” means the stated amount of $1,000.00 per Trust Security.

     “Maturity Date” means December 15, 2035.

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     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the Vice Chairman, the President, any Managing Director or any Vice President,
and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Comptroller, an Assistant Comptroller, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 14.6 if and to the extent required
by the provisions of such Section.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company, or may be other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 14.6 if and to the
extent required by the provisions of such Section.

     “OTS” means the Office of Thrift Supervision and any successor federal agency that is
primarily responsible for regulating the activities of savings and loan holding companies.

     The term “outstanding,” when used with reference to Debentures, means, subject to the
provisions of Section 7.4, as of any particular time, all Debentures authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent under this Indenture, except:

     (a) Debentures theretofore canceled by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;

     (b) Debentures, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys 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 Debentures, or
portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall
have been given as provided in Section 10.3 or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have
been made for giving such notice; and

     (c) Debentures paid pursuant to Section 2.6 or in lieu of or in substitution for which other
Debentures shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.6 unless
proof satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee is presented that any such Debentures are held by
bona fide holders in due course.

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

     “Predecessor Security” of any particular Debenture means every previous Debenture evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debenture; and, for purposes
of this definition, any Debenture authenticated and delivered under Section 2.6 in lieu of a lost,
destroyed or stolen Debenture shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Debenture.

     “Principal Office of the Trustee,” or other similar term, means the office of the Trustee, at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which
at the time of the execution of this Indenture shall be Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

     “Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

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     “Redemption Price” means 100% of the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed, plus
accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Debentures to the
Redemption Date.

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

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time or any
successor legislation.

     “Securityholder,” “holder of Debentures,” or other similar terms, means any Person in whose
name at the time a particular Debenture is registered on the register kept by the Company or the
Trustee for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof.

     “Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company, (i) the principal, premium, if any,
and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company for all borrowed and purchased money and
(B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, notes, bonds or other similar instruments
issued by the Company; (ii) all capital lease obligations of the Company; (iii) all obligations of
the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale
obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any title retention agreement;
(iv) all obligations of the Company for the reimbursement of any letter of credit, any banker’s
acceptance, any security purchase facility, any repurchase agreement or similar arrangement, any
interest rate swap, any other hedging arrangement, any obligation under options or any similar
credit or other transaction; (v) all obligations of the Company associated with derivative products
such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts, and similar
arrangements; (vi) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of
other Persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor
or otherwise including, without limitation, similar obligations arising from off-balance sheet
guarantees and direct credit substitutes; and (vii) all obligations of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (vi) above of other Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the
Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company), whether incurred on or prior to
the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior
Indebtedness” shall not include (1) any Additional Junior Indebtedness, (2) Debentures issued
pursuant to this Indenture and guarantees in respect of such Debentures, (3) trade accounts payable
of the Company arising in the ordinary course of business (such trade accounts payable being pari
passu in right of payment to the Debentures), or (4) obligations with respect to which (a) in the
instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is
provided that such obligations are pari passu, junior or otherwise not superior in right of payment
to the Debentures and (b) the Company, prior to the issuance thereof, has notified (and, if then
required under the applicable guidelines of the regulating entity, has received approval from) the
Federal Reserve (if the Company is a bank holding company) or the OTS (if the Company is a savings
and loan holding company). Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and be
entitled to the subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of
any term of such Senior Indebtedness.

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     “Special Event” means any of a Capital Treatment Event, an Investment Company Event or a Tax
Event.

     “Special Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.

     “Special Redemption Price” means the price set forth in the following table for any Special
Redemption Date that occurs on the date indicated below (or if such day is not a Business Day, then
the next succeeding Business Day), expressed as the percentage of the principal amount of the
Debentures being redeemed:

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 Month in which Special Redemption Date Occurs	 	Special Redemption Price
	December 2005
	 	104.625%
	March 2006
	 	104.300%
	June 2006
	 	104.000%
	September 2006
	 	103.650%
	December 2006
	 	103.350%
	March 2007
	 	103.000%
	June 2007
	 	102.700%
	September 2007
	 	102.350%
	December 2007
	 	102.050%
	March 2008
	 	101.700%
	June 2008
	 	101.400%
	September 2008
	 	101.050%
	December 2008
	 	100.750%
	March 2009
	 	100.450%
	June 2009
	 	100.200%
	September 2009 and thereafter
	 	100.000%

     plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) on such
Debentures to the Special Redemption Date.

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     “Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority of the
outstanding voting stock of which is 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 the outstanding partnership or
similar interests of which 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. For the purposes
of this definition, “voting stock” 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.

     “Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an opinion of counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to or change
(including any announced prospective change) in the laws or any regulations thereunder of the
United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result
of any official administrative pronouncement (including any private letter ruling, technical advice
memorandum, field service advice, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement, including any
notice or announcement of intent to adopt such procedures or regulations) (an “Administrative
Action”) or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, regardless of
whether such Administrative Action or judicial decision is issued to or in connection with a
proceeding involving the Company or the Trust and whether or not subject to review or appeal, which
amendment, clarification, change, Administrative Action or decision is enacted, promulgated or
announced, in each case on or after the date of original issuance of the Debentures, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that: (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such
opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on
the Debentures; (ii) interest payable by the Company on the Debentures is not, or within 90 days of
the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United
States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of
such opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental
charges.

     “3-Month LIBOR” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

     “Telerate Page 3750” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

     “Trust” shall mean First Charter Capital Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust, or any other
similar trust created for the purpose of issuing Capital Securities in connection with the issuance
of Debentures under this Indenture, of which the Company is the sponsor.

     “Trust Securities” means Common Securities and Capital Securities of the Trust.

     “Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, and, subject to the provisions of Article VI hereof,
shall also include its successors and assigns as Trustee hereunder.

     ARTICLE II.

     DEBENTURES

     Section 2.1. Authentication and Dating. Upon the execution and delivery of this Indenture, or
from time to time thereafter, Debentures in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of
$25,774,000.00 may be executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and
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Trustee, upon receipt of a written authentication order from the Company, shall thereupon
authenticate and make available for delivery said Debentures to or upon the written order of the
Company, signed by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman,
the President, one of its Managing Directors or one of its Vice Presidents without any further
action by the Company hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon the aforementioned authentication order and
written order in authenticating and delivering said Debentures. In authenticating such Debentures,
and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Debentures,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in
relying upon:

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

     (b) an Opinion of Counsel prepared in accordance with Section 14.6 which shall also state:

     (1) that such Debentures, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the
Company in each case in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to or
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership,
moratorium and other statutory or decisional laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or the
reorganization of financial institutions (including, without limitation, preference and fraudulent
conveyance or transfer laws), heretofore or hereafter enacted or in effect, affecting the rights of
creditors generally; and

     (2) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of
the Debentures have been complied with and that authentication and delivery of the Debentures by
the Trustee will not violate the terms of this Indenture.

     The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Debentures under
this Section if the Trustee, being advised in writing by counsel, determines that such action may
not lawfully be taken or if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith shall determine that
such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing holders.

     The definitive Debentures shall be typed, printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved
borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such
Debentures, as evidenced by their execution of such Debentures.

     Section 2.2. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee’s certificate of
authentication on all Debentures shall be in substantially the following form:

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

     WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee

     By

     Authorized Signer

     Section 2.3. Form and Denomination of Debentures. The Debentures shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The Debentures shall be in registered, certificated form
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coupons and in minimum denominations of $100,000.00 and any multiple of $1,000.00 in excess
thereof. Any attempted transfer of the Debentures in a block having an aggregate principal amount
of less than $100,000.00 shall be deemed to be void and of no legal effect whatsoever. Any such
purported transferee shall be deemed not to be a holder of such Debentures for any purpose,
including, but not limited to the receipt of payments on such Debentures, and such purported
transferee shall be deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such Debentures. The Debentures shall
be numbered, lettered, or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plans
as the officers executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced by
the execution and authentication thereof.

     Section 2.4. Execution of Debentures. The Debentures shall be signed in the name and on
behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, President, one of its Managing Directors or one
of its Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents. Only such Debentures
as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form herein before
recited, executed by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of an authorized signer, shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent upon any Debenture executed by the Company shall be conclusive
evidence that the Debenture so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

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

     Every Debenture shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     Section 2.5. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debentures. The Company shall cause to
be kept, at the office or agency maintained for the purpose of registration of transfer and for
exchange as provided in Section 3.2, a register (the “Debenture Register”) for the Debentures
issued hereunder in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company
shall provide for the registration and transfer of all Debentures as in this Article II provided.
The Debenture Register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted
into written form within a reasonable time.

     Debentures to be exchanged may be surrendered at the Principal Office of the Trustee or at any
office or agency to be maintained by the Company for such purpose as provided in Section 3.2, and
the Company shall execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor the
Debenture or Debentures which the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debenture at the Principal Office of the
Trustee or at any office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose as provided in
Section 3.2, the Company shall execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Debenture

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for a like aggregate principal amount. Registration or
registration of transfer of any Debenture by the Trustee or by any agent of the Company appointed
pursuant to Section 3.2, and delivery of such Debenture, shall be deemed to complete the
registration or registration of transfer of such Debenture.

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

     No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debentures,
but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.

     The Company or the Trustee shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of any
Debenture for a period of 15 days next preceding the date of selection of Debentures for
redemption.

     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Debentures may not be transferred except in
compliance with the restricted securities legend set forth below, unless otherwise determined by
the Company, upon the advice of counsel expert in securities law, in accordance with applicable
law:

     THIS SECURITY IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES
OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.

     THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO
A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A PERSON
WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (D) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RULE 903 OR RULE 904 (AS APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR
SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO
ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO
THE COMPANY’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF

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AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INDENTURE, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY.

          THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT
IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT
TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION
4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN ENTITY
WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND
NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96 23, 95 60, 91 38, 90 1 OR 84 14 OR
ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY
SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY
PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE
SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND
HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION
3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON
ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE
ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL
NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR
WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

          THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000.00 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000.00 IN EXCESS THEREOF. ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN
$100,000.00 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.

          THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

     Section 2.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures. In case any Debenture shall
become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company shall execute, and upon its written
request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Debenture bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Debenture, or in lieu
of and in substitution for the Debenture so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant
for a substituted Debenture 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 such Debenture and of the ownership thereof.

     The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Debenture and deliver the same upon the
written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any
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Debenture, 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 connected
therewith. In case any Debenture which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for
redemption in full shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead
of issuing a substitute Debenture, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender
thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debenture) if the applicant for such payment 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 case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the
Company and to the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debenture and of the ownership
thereof.

     Every substituted Debenture issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.6 by virtue of
the fact that any such Debenture is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debenture shall
be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Debentures duly issued hereunder. All Debentures shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the
foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Debentures and shall preclude 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 2.7. Temporary Debentures. Pending the preparation of definitive Debentures, the
Company may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery temporary
Debentures that are typed, printed or lithographed. Temporary Debentures shall be issuable in any
authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Debentures in lieu of
which they are issued but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for
temporary Debentures, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Debenture
shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and
in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Debentures. Without
unreasonable delay the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
definitive Debentures and thereupon any or all temporary Debentures may be surrendered in exchange
therefor, at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee or at any office or agency
maintained by the Company for such purpose as provided in Section 3.2, and the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such
temporary Debentures a like aggregate principal amount of such definitive Debentures. Such
exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor except
that in case of any such exchange involving a registration of transfer the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto. Until so exchanged, the temporary Debentures shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debentures authenticated and
delivered hereunder.

     Section 2.8. Payment of Interest and Additional Interest. Interest at the Interest Rate and
any Additional Interest on any Debenture that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date for Debentures shall be paid to the Person in whose name said
Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
regular record date for such interest installment except that interest and any Additional Interest
payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid.

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     Each Debenture shall bear interest for the period beginning on (and including) the date of
original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Interest Payment Date in December 2005 at a
rate per annum of 5.44038%, and shall bear interest for each successive Distribution Period
beginning on or after the Interest Payment Date in December 2005 at a rate per annum equal to the
3-Month LIBOR, determined as described in Section 2.10, plus 1.42% (the “Coupon Rate”), applied to
the principal amount thereof, until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any
overdue principal and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable
law (without duplication) on any overdue installment of interest (including Additional Interest) at
the Interest Rate in effect for each applicable period compounded quarterly. Interest shall be
payable (subject to any relevant Extension Period) quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date with the first installment of interest to be paid on the Interest Payment Date in December
2005.

     Any interest on any Debenture, including Additional Interest, that is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the 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 to the Persons in whose names such Debentures (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 at least 25 days prior to the date of the proposed payment of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debenture 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 its address as it
appears in the Debenture Register, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been
mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such
Debentures (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date
and shall be no longer payable.

     The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Debentures in any other lawful
manner after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment method; provided,
however, the Trustee in its sole discretion deems such payment method to be practical.

     Any interest (including Additional Interest) scheduled to become payable on an Interest
Payment Date occurring during an Extension Period shall not be Defaulted Interest and shall be
payable on such other date as may be specified in the terms of such Debentures.

     The term “regular record date” as used in this Section shall mean the close of business on the
15th Business Day preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.

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

     Section 2.9. Cancellation of Debentures Paid, etc. All Debentures surrendered for the purpose
of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer, shall, if surrendered to the Company
or any paying agent, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it, or, if surrendered
to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent, shall be promptly canceled by it, and no Debentures
shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this
Indenture. All Debentures canceled by any Authenticating Agent shall be delivered to the Trustee.
The Trustee shall destroy all canceled Debentures unless the Company otherwise directs the Trustee
in writing. If the Company shall acquire any of the Debentures, however, such acquisition shall
not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Debentures
unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.

     Section 2.10. Computation of Interest. The amount of interest payable for each Distribution
Period will be calculated by applying the Interest Rate to the principal amount outstanding at the
commencement of the Distribution Period on the basis of the actual number of days in the
Distribution Period concerned divided by 360. All percentages resulting from any calculations on
the Debentures will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting
from such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded
upward)).

     (a) “3 Month LIBOR” means the London interbank offered interest rate for three-month, U.S.
dollar deposits determined by the Trustee in the following order of priority:

     (1) the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a
three-month maturity that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
related Determination Date (as defined below). “Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated
as “Page 3750” on the Moneyline Telerate Service or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on
that service or such other service or services as may be nominated by the British Bankers’
Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates
for U.S. dollar deposits;

     (2) if such rate cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Trustee will
request the principal London offices of four leading banks in the London interbank market to
provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to prime banks in the
London interbank market for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on such Determination Date. If at least two quotations are provided, 3 Month LIBOR
will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations;

     (3) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (2) above, the
Trustee will request four major New York City banks to provide such banks’ offered quotations
(expressed as percentages per annum) to leading European banks for loans in U.S. dollars as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date. If at least two such quotations are provided,
3 Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations; and

     (4) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (3) above, 3 Month
LIBOR will be a 3 Month LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period immediately
preceding such current Distribution Period.

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     If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity that initially appears on
Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date is superseded
on the Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination
Date, then the corrected rate as so substituted on the applicable page will be the applicable 3
Month LIBOR for such Determination Date.

     (b) The Interest Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher than the maximum
rate then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law.

     (c) “Determination Date” means the date that is two London Banking Days (i.e., a business day
in which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market)
preceding the particular Distribution Period for which a Coupon Rate is being determined.

     (d) The Trustee shall notify the Company, the Institutional Trustee and any securities
exchange or interdealer quotation system on which the Capital Securities are listed, of the Coupon
Rate and the Determination Date for each Distribution Period, in each case as soon as practicable
after the determination thereof but in no event later than the thirtieth (30th) day of the relevant
Distribution Period. Failure to notify the Company, the Institutional Trustee or any securities
exchange or interdealer quotation system, or any defect in said notice, shall not affect the
obligation of the Company to make payment on the Debentures at the applicable Coupon Rate. Any
error in the calculation of the Coupon Rate by the Trustee may be corrected at any time by notice
delivered as above provided. Upon the request of a holder of a Debenture, the Trustee shall
provide the Coupon Rate then in effect and, if determined, the Coupon Rate for the next
Distribution Period.

     (e) Subject to the corrective rights set forth above, all certificates, communications,
opinions, determinations, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained
for the purposes of the provisions relating to the payment and calculation of interest on the
Debentures and distributions on the Capital Securities by the Trustee or the Institutional Trustee
will (in the absence of willful default, bad faith and manifest error) be final, conclusive and
binding on the Trust, the Company and all of the holders of the Debentures and the Capital
Securities, and no liability shall (in the absence of willful default, bad faith or manifest error)
attach to the Trustee or the Institutional Trustee in connection with the exercise or non-exercise
by either of them or their respective powers, duties and discretion.

     Section 2.11. Extension of Interest Payment Period. So long as no Acceleration Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, from time to time, and
without causing an Event of Default, to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending
the interest payment period on the Debentures at any time and from time to time during the term of
the Debentures, for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each such extended interest payment
period, an “Extension Period”), during which Extension Period no interest (including Additional
Interest) shall be due and payable (except any Additional Sums that may be due and payable). No
Extension Period may end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. During an Extension
Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest
will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate in effect for such Extension Period,
compounded quarterly from the date such interest would have been payable were it not for the
Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law (such interest referred to herein as “Additional
Interest”). At the end of any such Extension Period the Company shall pay all interest then
accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with Additional Interest thereon); provided,
however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date; provided further, however,
that during any such Extension Period, the Company shall not and shall not permit any Affiliate to
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or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s or such Affiliate’s capital stock (other
than payments of dividends or distributions to the Company) or make any guarantee payments with
respect to the foregoing or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any,
on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company or any Affiliate that rank
pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect
to clauses (i) or (ii) above, (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of
capital stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other
similar arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or
consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in
connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or
exercisable for such capital stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into
prior to the applicable Extension Period, (b) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any
class or series of the Company’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the
Company) for any class or series of the Company’s capital stock or of any class or series of the
Company’s indebtedness for any class or series of the Company’s capital stock, (c) the purchase of
fractional interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or
exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of
rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or
repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or
other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options
or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu
with or junior to such stock and any cash payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in
connection therewith, or (f) payments under the Capital Securities Guarantee). Prior to the
termination of any Extension Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided that such
period together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed
20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of
any Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional
Interest, the Company may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements.
No interest or Additional Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at
the end thereof, but each installment of interest that would otherwise have been due and payable
during such Extension Period shall bear Additional Interest to the extent permitted by applicable
law. The Company must give the Trustee notice of its election to begin or extend an Extension
Period by the close of business at least 15 Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date with
respect to which interest on the Debentures would have been payable except for the election to
begin or extend such Extension Period. The Trustee shall give notice of the Company’s election to
begin a new Extension Period to the Securityholders.

     Section 2.12. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Debentures may use “CUSIP” numbers
(if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of
redemption as a convenience to Securityholders; provided, however, that any such notice may state
that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the
Debentures or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Debentures, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the
Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

     Section 2.13. Global Debentures.

     (a) Upon the election of the holder of outstanding Debentures, which election need not be in
writing, the Debentures owned by such holder shall be issued in the form of one or more Global

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Debentures registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Each Global Debenture issued
under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated by the Company
for such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof, delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof
or custodian therefor and shall contain such legends as may be required by the Depositary and each
such Global Debenture shall constitute a single Debenture for all purposes of this Indenture.

     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Debenture may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Debentures registered, and no transfer of a Global Debenture in
whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Debenture or a nominee thereof unless (i) such Depositary advises the Trustee and the
Company in writing that such Depositary is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depositary with respect to such Global Debenture, and no qualified successor is
appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company of such notice, (ii)
such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and no successor
is appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days after obtaining knowledge of such event, (iii)
the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company order stating that the Company elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary or (iv) an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii)
or (iv) above, the Trustee shall notify the Depositary and instruct the Depositary to notify all
owners of beneficial interests in such Global Debenture of the occurrence of such event and of the
availability of Debentures to such owners of beneficial interests requesting the same. Upon the
issuance of such Debentures and the registration in the Debenture Register of such Debentures in
the names of the holders of the beneficial interests therein, the Trustee shall recognize such
holders of beneficial interests as holders.

     (c) If any Global Debenture is to be exchanged for other Debentures or canceled in part, or if
another Debenture is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global
Debenture, then either (i) such Global Debenture shall be so surrendered for exchange or
cancellation as provided in this Article II or (ii) the principal amount thereof shall be reduced
or increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to
the principal amount of such other Debentures to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein,
as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Debenture
registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Depositary Procedures, shall
instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its
records. Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global Debenture by the Depositary,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver any Debentures issuable in exchange for such Global Debenture (or any
portion thereof) in accordance with the instructions of the Depositary. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
fully protected in relying on, such instructions.

     (d) Every Debenture authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Debenture or any portion thereof shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Debenture, unless such Debenture is registered in
the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof.

     (e) Debentures distributed to holders of Book-Entry Capital Securities (as defined in the
Declaration) upon the dissolution of the Trust shall be distributed in the form of one or more
Global Debentures registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, and deposited with the
Debentures registrar, as custodian for such Depositary, or with such Depositary, for credit by the
Depositary to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of the Debentures represented
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accounts as they may direct). Debentures distributed to holders of Capital
Securities other than Book-Entry Capital Securities upon the dissolution of the Trust shall not be
issued in the form of a Global Debenture or any other form intended to facilitate book-entry
trading in beneficial interests in such Debentures.

     (f) The Depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of a Global Debenture, shall be the
holder of such Global Debenture for all purposes under this Indenture and the Debentures, and
owners of beneficial interests in a Global Debenture shall hold such interests pursuant to the
Applicable Depositary Procedures. Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global
Debenture shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through,
records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Depositary Participants. The Debentures
registrar and the Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes under this
Indenture relating to a Global Debenture (including the payment of principal and interest thereon
and the giving of instructions or directions by owners of beneficial interests therein and the
giving of notices) as the sole holder of the Debenture and shall have no obligations to the owners
of beneficial interests therein. Neither the Trustee nor the Debentures registrar shall have any
liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Depositary.

     (g) The rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Debenture shall be exercised only
through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such
owners and the Depositary and/or its Depositary Participants.

     (h) No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Debenture held on its behalf by a
Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Debenture, and
such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee as the owner of such Global Debenture for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Global Debenture
or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or
any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or
other authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair, as between a Depositary and such holders
of beneficial interests, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights
of the Depositary (or its nominee) as holder of any Debenture.

     ARTICLE III.

     PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

     Section 3.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the Debentures.

     (a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest and any Additional Interest and other payments
on the Debentures at the place, at the respective times and in the manner provided in this
Indenture and the Debentures. Each installment of interest on the Debentures may be paid (i) by
mailing checks for such interest payable to the order of the holders of Debentures entitled thereto
as they appear on the registry books of the Company if a request for a wire transfer has not been
received by the Company or (ii) by wire transfer to any account with a banking institution located
in the United States designated in writing by such Person to the paying agent no later than the
related record date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of this Debenture is the
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interest on this Debenture will be made
in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated by the
Institutional Trustee.

     (b) The Company will treat the Debentures as indebtedness, and the amounts payable in respect
of the principal amount of such Debentures as interest, for all United States federal income tax
purposes. All payments in respect of such Debentures will be made free and clear of United States
withholding tax to any beneficial owner thereof that has provided an Internal Revenue Service Form
W8 BEN (or any substitute or successor form) establishing its non-United States status for United
States federal income tax purposes.

     (c) As of the date of this Indenture, the Company has no present intention to exercise its
right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by commencing an Extension
Period.

     (d) As of the date of this Indenture, the Company believes that the likelihood that it would
exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by commencing
an Extension Period at any time during which the Debentures are outstanding is remote because of
the restrictions that would be imposed on the Company’s ability to declare or pay dividends or
distributions on, or to redeem, purchase or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its
outstanding equity and on the Company’s ability to make any payments of principal of or interest
on, or repurchase or redeem, any of its debt securities that rank pari passu in all respects with
(or junior in interest to) the Debentures.

     Section 3.2. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc. So long as any of the Debentures remain
outstanding, the Company will maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an office or agency where the
Debentures may be presented for payment, an office or agency where the Debentures may be presented
for registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Indenture provided and an office or agency
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debentures or of this Indenture
may be
served. The Company will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of any such
office or agency and of any change of location thereof. Until otherwise designated from time to
time by the Company in a notice to the Trustee, or specified as contemplated by Section 2.5, such
office or agency for all of the above purposes shall be the office or agency of the Trustee. In
case the Company shall fail to maintain any such office or agency in Wilmington, Delaware, or shall
fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location thereof, presentations
and demands may be made and notices may be served at the Principal Office of the Trustee.

     In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time to time designate one or
more offices or agencies outside Wilmington, Delaware, where the Debentures may be presented for
registration of transfer and for exchange in the manner provided in this Indenture, and the Company
may from time to time rescind such designation, as the Company may deem desirable or expedient;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company
of its obligation to maintain any such office or agency in Wilmington, Delaware, for the purposes
above mentioned. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any such
designation or rescission thereof.

     Section 3.3. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office. The Company, whenever
necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided
in Section 6.9, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

     Section 3.4. Provision as to Paying Agent.

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     (a) If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee, it will cause such
paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provision of this Section 3.4,

     (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, if any, on the Debentures (whether such sums have been paid to it
by the Company or by any other obligor on the Debentures) in trust for the benefit of the holders
of the Debentures;

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

     (3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon the written
request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying
agent.

     (b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of and premium, if any, or interest or other payments, if any, on the Debentures, set
aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debentures a sum
sufficient to pay such principal, premium, interest or other payments so becoming due and will
notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company
(or by any other obligor under the Debentures) to make any payment of the principal of and premium,
if any, or interest or other payments, if any, on the Debentures when the same shall become due and
payable.

     Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for the Debentures, it will, on or
prior to each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the
Debentures, deposit with a paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium, interest or
other payments so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto and (unless such
paying agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its
action or failure to act.

     (c) Anything in this Section 3.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any
time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to the Debentures, or
for any other reason, pay, or direct any paying agent to pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust
by the Company or any such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein
contained.

     (d) Anything in this Section 3.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums
in trust as provided in this Section 3.4 is subject to Sections 12.3 and 12.4.

     Section 3.5. Certificate to Trustee. The Company will deliver to the Trustee on or before 120
days after the end of each fiscal year, so long as Debentures are outstanding hereunder, a
Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as
officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of any default during such fiscal year
by the Company in the performance of any covenants contained herein, stating whether or not they
have knowledge of any such default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers
have knowledge and the nature and status thereof. A form of this Certificate is attached hereto as
Exhibit B.

     Section 3.6. Additional Sums. If and for so long as the Trust is the holder of all Debentures
and the Trust is required to pay any additional taxes (including withholding taxes), duties,
assessments or other governmental charges as a result of a Tax Event, the Company will pay such
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(“Additional Sums”) on the Debentures as shall be required so that the net
amounts received and retained by the Trust after paying taxes (including withholding taxes),
duties, assessments or other governmental charges will be equal to the amounts the Trust would have
received if no such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges had been imposed.
Whenever in this Indenture or the Debentures there is a reference in any context to the payment of
principal of or interest on the Debentures, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of
payments of the Additional Sums provided for in this paragraph to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Sums are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this
paragraph and express mention of the payment of Additional Sums (if applicable) in any provisions
hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Sums in those provisions hereof where such
express mention is not made; provided, however, that the deferral of the payment of interest during
an Extension Period pursuant to Section 2.11 shall not defer the payment of any Additional Sums
that may be due and payable.

     Section 3.7. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions. The Company will not, while any of the
Debentures remain outstanding, consolidate with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell or
convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless the provisions of
Article XI hereof are complied with.

     Section 3.8. Limitation on Dividends. If Debentures are initially issued to the Trust or a
trustee of such Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust (regardless
of whether Debentures continue to be held by such Trust) and (i) there shall have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default, (ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of
any obligations under the Capital Securities Guarantee, or (iii) the Company shall have given
notice of its election to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest
payment period as provided herein and such period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing,
then the Company shall not, and shall not allow any Affiliate of the Company to, (x) declare or pay
any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock or its Affiliates’ capital stock (other than
payments of dividends or distributions to the
Company) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing or (y) make any payment
of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt
securities of the Company or any Affiliate that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in
interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to clauses (x) and (y) above, (1)
repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in
connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the
benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend
reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of capital stock
of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock) as
consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period,
if any, (2) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Company’s
capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company) for any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock or of any class or series of the Company’s indebtedness for any class or
series of the Company’s capital stock, (3) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or
the security being converted or exchanged, (4) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (5) any
dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the
stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on
which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock and any cash
payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in connection therewith, or (6) payments under the
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     Section 3.9. Covenants as to the Trust. For so long as the Trust Securities remain
outstanding, the Company shall maintain 100% ownership of the Common Securities; provided, however,
that any permitted successor of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company’s
ownership of such Common Securities. The Company, as owner of the Common Securities, shall, except
in connection with a distribution of Debentures to the holders of Trust Securities in liquidation
of the Trust, the redemption of all of the Trust Securities or certain mergers, consolidations or
amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration, cause the Trust (a) to remain a statutory
trust, (b) to otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal
income tax purposes, and (c) to cause each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an
undivided beneficial interest in the Debentures.

     Section 3.10. Additional Junior Indebtedness. The Company shall not, and it shall not cause
or permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, incur, issue or be obligated on any Additional Junior
Indebtedness, either directly or indirectly, by way of guarantee, suretyship or otherwise, other
than Additional Junior Indebtedness (i) that, by its terms, is expressly stated to be either junior
and subordinate or pari passu in all respects to the Debentures, and (ii) of which the Company has
notified (and, if then required under the applicable guidelines of the regulating entity, has
received approval from) the Federal Reserve, if the Company is a bank holding company, or the OTS,
if the Company is a savings and loan holding company.

     ARTICLE IV.

     SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

     BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

     Section 4.1. Securityholders’ Lists. The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or
cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

     (a) on each regular record date for the Debentures, a list, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders of the Debentures as of such
record date; and

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

     except that no such lists need be furnished under this Section 4.1 so long as the Trustee is
in possession thereof by reason of its acting as Debenture registrar.

     Section 4.2. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

     (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 Debentures (1) contained in the most
recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.1 or (2) received by it in the capacity of
Debentures registrar (if so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in Section 4.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

     (b) In case three or more holders of Debentures (hereinafter referred to as “applicants”)
apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such
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owned a Debenture for a period of at least 6 months preceding the date of such application,
and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders of
Debentures with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such Debentures and is
accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to
transmit, then the Trustee shall within 5 Business Days after the receipt of such application, at
its election, either:

     (1) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.2, or

     (2) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders of Debentures whose names
and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.2, and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such
Securityholders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.

     If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the
Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Securityholder whose name
and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.2 a copy of the form of proxy or other communication
which is specified in such request with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the
material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of
mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, if permitted or required by applicable law,
together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the
opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the holders of all
Debentures, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement
shall specify the basis of such opinion. If said Commission, as permitted or required by
applicable law, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written
statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after
the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, said Commission shall find, after
notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall
enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such
Securityholders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such
tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants
respecting their application.

     (c) Each and every holder of Debentures, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of
the holders of Debentures in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 4.2,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be
held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under said subsection
(b).

     ARTICLE V.

     REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

     UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

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

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     (a) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest upon any Debenture, including any
Additional Interest in respect thereof, following the nonpayment of any such interest for twenty or
more consecutive Distribution Periods; or

     (b) the Company defaults in the payment of all or any part of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Debentures as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon
redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise; or

     (c) the Company defaults in the performance of, or breaches, any of its covenants or
agreements in this Indenture or in the terms of the Debentures established as contemplated in this
Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a
period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by
the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Debentures, a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

     (d) a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of
the Company in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or for any substantial part
of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs and such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

     (e) the Company shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or
other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or shall make
any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as
they become due; or

     (f) the Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily liquidated, dissolved, wound-up its
business or otherwise terminated its existence except in connection with (i) the distribution of
the Debentures to holders of such Trust Securities in liquidation of their interests in the Trust,
(ii) the redemption of all of the outstanding Trust Securities or (iii) certain mergers,
consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration.

     If an Acceleration Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Debentures,
then, and in each and every such case, unless the principal of the Debentures shall have already
become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company
(and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal of the
Debentures and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon
any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default
under Section 5.1(b) or (c) occurs and is continuing with respect to the Debentures, then, and in
each and every such case, unless the principal of the Debentures shall have already become due and
payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee
if given by Securityholders), may proceed to remedy the default or breach thereunder by such
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most effectual to remedy the defaulted covenant or enforce the provisions of this Indenture so
breached, either by suit in equity or by action at law, for damages or otherwise.

     The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any time after the
principal of the Debentures 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, (i) the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest upon all the Debentures and the principal of and premium, if any,
on the Debentures which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon
such principal and premium, if any, and Additional Interest) and such amount as shall be sufficient
to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6, if
any, and (ii) all Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the non-payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, on Debentures which shall have become due by acceleration, shall
have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein            then and in every such case the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding, by written
notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults and rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or
shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

     In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right 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 the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures shall be restored respectively to
their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company,
the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
taken.

     Section 5.2. Payment of Debentures on Default; Suit Therefor. The Company covenants that upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or (b) then, upon demand of the
Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Debentures the
whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all Debentures for principal and
premium, if any, or interest, or both, as the case may be, with Additional Interest accrued on the
Debentures (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law and, if
the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of such Trust, without duplication of any other
amounts paid by the Trust or a trustee in respect thereof); and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including a reasonable
compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and any other amounts due to the
Trustee under Section 6.6. In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and
empowered to institute any actions 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 any other obligor
on such Debentures and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or
any other obligor on such Debentures wherever situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable.

     In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the
Company or any other obligor on the Debentures under Bankruptcy Law, or in case a receiver or
trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the
case of any other similar judicial proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon the
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creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
whether the principal of the Debentures shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made
any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.2, shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceedings or otherwise,

     (i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Debentures,

     (ii) in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including
any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all other amounts due to the
Trustee under Section 6.6), and of the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceedings
relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Debentures, or to the creditors or property of
the Company or such other obligor, unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on
behalf of the holders of the Debentures in any election of a trustee or a standby trustee in
arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or Person
performing similar functions in comparable proceedings,

     (iii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims, and

     (iv) to distribute the same after the deduction of its charges and expenses.

     Any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each
of the Securityholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee
such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each
predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other amounts due
to the Trustee under Section 6.6.

     Nothing herein contained shall be construed 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 Debentures 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.

     All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the
Debentures, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Debentures, 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 be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the
Debentures.

     In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party), the
Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders of the Debentures, and it shall not be necessary
to make any holders of the Debentures parties to any such proceedings.

     Section 5.3. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee. Any moneys collected by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article V shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by
the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon presentation of the several Debentures in
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which moneys have been collected, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid,
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

     First: To the payment of costs and expenses incurred by, and reasonable fees of, the Trustee,
its agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.6;

     Second: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if and to the extent
required by Article XV;

     Third: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Debentures for principal (and
premium, if any), and interest on the Debentures, in respect of which or for the benefit of which
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due on such Debentures (including Additional Interest); and

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

     Section 5.4. Proceedings by Securityholders. No holder of any Debenture shall have any right
to institute any suit, action or proceeding for any remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously
shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default with respect to the
Debentures and unless the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures then outstanding shall have given the Trustee a written request to institute such
action, suit or proceeding and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it
may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred thereby, and the Trustee for
60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, however, the right of any holder of
any Debenture to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, on such
Debenture when due, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such holder and by accepting a Debenture hereunder it
is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Debenture with
every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Debentures shall
have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing itself of any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other Debentures, 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 Debentures. 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 5.5. Proceedings by Trustee. 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 by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or
otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this
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.

     Section 5.6. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing; Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.6, all powers and remedies given by this Article V 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
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proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and
agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to the Debentures, and
no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Debentures to exercise any
right, remedy or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid
shall impair any such right, remedy 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 5.4, every power and
remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be exercised
from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee (in accordance with
its duties under Section 6.1) or by the Securityholders.

     Section 5.7. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Securityholders.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures affected (voting as one
class) at the time outstanding 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 Debentures; provided, however, that (subject to the
provisions of Section 6.1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction
if the Trustee shall determine that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the
holders not taking part in such direction or if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines
that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in
personal liability.

     The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time
outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all of the Debentures waive (or modify any previously
granted waiver of) any past default or Event of Default, and its consequences, except a default (a)
in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Debentures, (b) in
respect of covenants or provisions hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent
of the holder of each Debenture affected, or (c) in respect of the covenants contained in Section
3.9; provided, however, that if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of such trust,
such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders of a majority
in Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver or
modification to such waiver, provided, further, that if the consent of the holder of each
outstanding Debenture is required, such waiver shall not be effective until each holder of the
Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver. 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 Debentures shall be restored to their former positions
and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event
of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section, said default or Event of
Default shall for all purposes of the Debentures and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured
and to be not continuing.

     Section 5.8. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the actual knowledge
by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of the occurrence of a default with respect to the
Debentures, mail to all Securityholders, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the
Debenture Register, notice of all defaults with respect to the Debentures known to the Trustee,
unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term “defaults”
for the purpose of this Section 5.8 being hereby defined to be the events specified in clauses (a),
(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of Section 5.1, not including periods of grace, if any, provided for
therein); provided, however, that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Debentures, the Trustee shall be protected in
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Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of
the Securityholders.

     Section 5.9. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder
of any Debenture by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the
filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that
such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith
of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, however, that the provisions of
this Section 5.9 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by
any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
principal amount of the Debentures outstanding, 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
Debenture against the Company on or after the same shall have become due and payable.

     ARTICLE VI.

     CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     Section 6.1. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. With respect to the holders of
Debentures issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to the Debentures and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have
occurred, with respect to the Debentures, undertakes to perform 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 Debentures has
occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise,
as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

     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:

     (a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to Debentures and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred

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

     (2) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may 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 which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine
the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;

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

     (c) 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 Securityholders pursuant to Section 5.7,
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.

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

     Section 6.2. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section
6.1:

     (a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, bond, note, debenture 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 an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy
thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;

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

     (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 which may be incurred
therein or thereby;

     (e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Indenture; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation,
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Debentures (that has not been cured
or waived) to exercise with respect to Debentures 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;

     (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, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to
do so by the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Debentures affected thereby; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the
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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
expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding;

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

     (h) with the exceptions of defaults under Sections 5.1(a) or (b), the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Debentures unless a
written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the
Company or any other obligor on the Debentures or by any holder of the Debentures.

     Section 6.3. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc. The recitals contained herein and in the
Debentures (except in the certificate of authentication of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent)
shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent
assume no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent
make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debentures.
The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of any Debentures or the proceeds of any Debentures authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

     Section 6.4. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or Registrar May
Own Debentures. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent or any paying agent or any transfer agent
or any Debenture registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Debentures with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating
Agent, paying agent, transfer agent or Debenture registrar.

     Section 6.5. Moneys to be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 12.4, all
moneys received by the Trustee or any paying agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided,
be held in trust for the purpose for which they were received, but need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee and any paying agent shall be under
no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in
writing with the Company. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time to time upon the written order of
the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, a Managing Director, a Vice President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the
Company.

     Section 6.6. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Company covenants and agrees to 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 willful misconduct. For purposes of clarification, this Section 6.6 does
not contemplate the payment by the Company of acceptance or annual administration fees owing to the
Trustee pursuant to the services to be provided by the Trustee under this Indenture or the fees and
expenses of the Trustee’s counsel in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated
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also covenants to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (and its officers,
agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage,
claim, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee)
incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses
of defending itself against any claim of liability. The obligations of the Company under this
Section 6.6 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for
expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such
additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Debentures 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 Debentures.

     Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(d), (e) or (f), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its
counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

     The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the
defeasance or other termination of this Indenture.

     Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any Debenture to the contrary, the Trustee shall
have no obligation whatsoever to advance funds to pay any principal of or interest on or other
amounts with respect to the Debentures or otherwise advance funds to or on behalf of the Company.

     Section 6.7. Officers’ Certificate as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6.1
and 6.2, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem
it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any
action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct 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 willful misconduct on the part of
the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the
provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

     Section 6.8. Eligibility of Trustee. The Trustee hereunder 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
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having (or whose obligations under
this Indenture are guaranteed by an affiliate having) a combined capital and surplus of at least 50
million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000.00) and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state,
territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition
at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.8 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
records 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.

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     In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 6.8, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in Section 6.9.

     If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of § 310(b)
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to
the extent and in the manner described by this Indenture.

     Section 6.9. Resignation or Removal of Trustee

     (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign by
giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and by mailing notice thereof, at the
Company’s expense, to the holders of the Debentures at their addresses as they shall appear on the
Debenture Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint
a successor trustee or trustees by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of its 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 to the affected
Securityholders, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
Debenture or Debentures for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 5.9, 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 of the following shall occur

     (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 6.8 after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debenture or
Debentures for at least 6 months, or

     (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.8
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Securityholder, or

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

     then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee 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,
subject to the provisions of Section 5.9, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
Debenture or Debentures for at least 6 months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may
deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint successor Trustee.

     (c) Upon prior written notice to the Company and the Trustee, the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee and nominate a successor Trustee, which shall be deemed appointed as successor Trustee
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10 Business Days after such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case, or in the
case of a failure by such holders to nominate a successor Trustee, the Trustee so removed or any
Securityholder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in subsection (a) of this Section
6.9 provided, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor.

     (d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant
to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by
the successor Trustee as provided in Section 6.10.

     Section 6.10. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor Trustee appointed as provided in
Section 6.9 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, 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, duties and obligations with respect
to the Debentures of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee
herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor Trustee, the
Trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of
Section 6.6, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights and powers of the Trustee so ceasing to act and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee thereunder. Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing
for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights
and powers. Any Trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property or
funds held or collected by such Trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the
provisions of Section 6.6.

     If a successor Trustee is appointed, the Company, the retiring Trustee and the successor
Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto which shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debentures as to which the predecessor
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or
change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the Trust hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the
same trust and that each such Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and
apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee.

     No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 6.8.

     In no event shall a retiring Trustee be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor
Trustee hereunder.

     Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in this Section 6.10, the
Company shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to the holders of Debentures
at their addresses as they shall appear on the Debenture Register. If the Company fails to mail
such notice within 10 Business Days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee,
the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Company.

     Section 6.11. Succession by Merger, etc. 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
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substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of
the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part
of any of the parties hereto; provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible and qualified
under this Article.

     In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture any of the Debentures shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor
to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver
such Debentures so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Debentures shall not have
been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Debentures either in the
name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases
such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Debentures or in this
Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the
right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate
Debentures in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors
by merger, conversion or consolidation.

     Section 6.12. Authenticating Agents. There may be one or more Authenticating Agents appointed
by the Trustee upon the request of the Company with power to act on its behalf and subject to its
direction in the authentication and delivery of Debentures issued upon exchange or registration of
transfer thereof as fully to all intents and purposes as though any such Authenticating Agent had
been expressly authorized to authenticate and deliver Debentures; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall have no liability to the Company for any acts or omissions of the Authenticating
Agent with respect to the authentication and delivery of Debentures. Any such Authenticating Agent
shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States or of any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such
laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000.00 and being subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or
District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually pursuant to law or the requirements of such authority, then for the purposes of this
Section 6.12 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If
at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect herein specified in
this Section.

     Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion
to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the
successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise
eligible under this Section 6.12 without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent.

     Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the
Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating
Agent with respect to the Debentures by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating
Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination,
or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 6.12,
the Trustee may, and upon the request of the Company shall, promptly appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent eligible under this Section 6.12, shall give written notice of such
appointment to the Company and shall mail notice of such appointment to all holders of Debentures
as the names and addresses of such holders appear on the Debenture Register. Any successor
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appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities
with respect to the Debentures of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally
named as Authenticating Agent herein.

     The Company agrees to pay to any Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services. Any Authenticating Agent shall have no responsibility or liability
for any action taken by it as such in accordance with the directions of the Trustee.

     ARTICLE VII.

     CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

     Section 7.1. Action by Securityholders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the
holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures 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 specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any
number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such Securityholders in person or by agent or
proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of such holders of Debentures voting in favor
thereof at any meeting of such Securityholders duly called and held in accordance with the
provisions of Article VIII, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such
record of such a meeting of such Securityholders or (d) by any other method the Trustee deems
satisfactory.

     If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same, the Company may, at
its option, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such
Debentures for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same, 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 or revocation of the same
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 Debentures have
authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same, and for that purpose the outstanding
Debentures 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 6 months after
the record date.

     Section 7.2. Proof of Execution by Securityholders. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1,
6.2 and 8.5, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy
shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be
prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership
of Debentures shall be proved by the Debenture Register or by a certificate of the Debenture
registrar. The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section
as it shall deem necessary.

     The record of any Securityholders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section
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     Section 7.3. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. Prior to due presentment for registration of
transfer of any Debenture, the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent,
any transfer agent and any Debenture registrar may deem the Person in whose name such Debenture
shall be registered upon the Debenture Register to be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of
such Debenture (whether or not such Debenture shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Debenture and
for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor
any paying agent nor any transfer agent nor any Debenture registrar shall be affected by any notice
to the contrary. All such payments so made to any holder for the time being or upon his order
shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge
the liability for moneys payable upon any such Debenture.

     Section 7.4. Debentures Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding. In determining whether the
holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Debentures have concurred in any direction,
consent or waiver under this Indenture, Debentures which are owned by the Company or any other
obligor on the Debentures or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any other obligor on the Debentures
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination;
provided, however, that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Debentures which a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Debentures so owned which have
been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 7.4 if
the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such
Debentures and that the pledgee is not the Company or any such other obligor or Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company
or any such other obligor. In the 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 7.5. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not
after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 7.1, of the taking of any action by
the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures specified in this
Indenture in connection with such action, any holder (in cases where no record date has been set
pursuant to Section 7.1) or any holder as of an applicable record date (in cases where a record
date has been set pursuant to Section 7.1) of a Debenture (or any Debenture issued in whole or in
part in exchange or substitution therefor) the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to
be included in the Debentures the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing
written notice with the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee and upon proof of holding as
provided in Section 7.2, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debenture (or so far as
concerns the principal amount represented by any exchanged or substituted Debenture). Except as
aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Debenture shall be conclusive and binding upon
such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Debenture, and of any Debenture issued
in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of
whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debenture or any Debenture issued
in exchange or substitution therefor.

     ARTICLE VIII.

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     Section 8.1. Purposes of Meetings. A meeting of Securityholders may be called at any time and
from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article VIII for any of the following
purposes:

     (a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the
Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any
other action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article
V;

     (b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of
Article VI;

     (c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to
the provisions of Section 9.2; or

     (d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of any
specified aggregate principal amount of such Debentures under any other provision of this Indenture
or under applicable law.

     Section 8.2. Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of
Securityholders to take any action specified in Section 8.1, to be held at such time and at such
place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Securityholders, setting
forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken
at such meeting, shall be mailed to holders of Debentures affected at their addresses as they shall
appear on the Debentures Register and, if the Company is not a holder of Debentures, to the
Company. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date
fixed for the meeting.

     Section 8.3. Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders. In case at any time the Company
pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures, as the case may be, then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a
meeting of Securityholders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such
meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Securityholders may
determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action
authorized in Section 8.1, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 8.2.

     Section 8.4. Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of
Securityholders a Person shall (a) be a holder of one or more Debentures with respect to which the
meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of
one or more such Debentures. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at
any meeting of Securityholders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their
counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the
Company and its counsel.

     Section 8.5. Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Securityholders,
in regard to proof of the holding of Debentures and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to
the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct
of the meeting as it shall think fit.

     The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting,
unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Securityholders as provided in
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8.3, in which case the Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be,
shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary
of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the meeting.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 7.4, at any meeting each holder of Debentures with
respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for
each $1,000.00 principal amount of Debentures held or represented by him; provided, however, that
no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debenture challenged as not
outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the
meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Debentures held by him or instruments
in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the Person to vote on behalf of other
Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section
8.2 or 8.3 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of those present, whether or not
constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

     Section 8.6. Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of
Debentures with respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which
shall be subscribed the signatures of such holders or of their representatives by proxy and the
serial number or numbers of the Debentures held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of
the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for
or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their
verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of
the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the
meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes
on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the
facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as
provided in Section 8.2. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debentures voting in
favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of
the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to
the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have
attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.

     Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

     Section 8.7. Quorum; Actions. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of
the Debentures then outstanding shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Securityholders;
provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent,
waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which may be given by the
holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Debentures then
outstanding, the Persons holding or representing such specified percentage in principal amount of
the Debentures then outstanding will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30
minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request
of Securityholders, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of
not less than 10 days as determined by the permanent chairman of the meeting prior to the
adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by
the permanent chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice
of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 8.2, except that
such notice need be given only once not less than 5 days prior to the date on which the meeting is
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shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the
Debentures then outstanding which shall constitute a quorum.

     Except as limited by the provisos in the first paragraph of Section 9.2, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Debentures then outstanding; provided, however, that, except as limited by the provisos in
the first paragraph of Section 9.2, any resolution with respect to any consent, waiver, request,
demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which this Indenture expressly provides
may be given by the holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the
Debentures then outstanding may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and
at which a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a not less
than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding.

     Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders of Debentures duly held in
accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Securityholders, whether or not present or
represented at the meeting.

     ARTICLE IX.

     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders. 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, without the consent of the Securityholders, for one
or more of the following purposes:

     (a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or successive successions,
and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the
Company, pursuant to Article XI hereof;

     (b) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions or conditions
for the protection of the holders of Debentures as the Board of Directors shall consider to be for
the protection of the holders of such Debentures, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and
continuance, of a default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions or conditions a default
or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in
this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, however, that in respect of any such additional
covenant restriction or condition such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period
of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of
other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the
remedies available to the Trustee upon such default;

     (c) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained
herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture; provided that any such action shall not materially
adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debentures;

     (d) to add to, delete from, or revise the terms of Debentures, including, without limitation,
any terms relating to the issuance, exchange, registration or transfer of Debentures, including to
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for transfer procedures and restrictions substantially similar to those applicable to the
Capital Securities as required by Section 2.5 (for purposes of assuring that no registration of
Debentures is required under the Securities Act); provided, however, that any such action shall not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debentures then outstanding (it being
understood, for purposes of this proviso, that transfer restrictions on Debentures substantially
similar to those that were applicable to Capital Securities shall not be deemed to materially
adversely affect the holders of the Debentures);

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

     (f) to make any change (other than as elsewhere provided in this paragraph) that does not
adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect; or

     (g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the
Debentures, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture or the Debentures, or to add to the rights of the holders of Debentures.

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

     Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.1 may be executed by
the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Debentures at the time
outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.2.

     Section 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders. With the consent
(evidenced as provided in Section 7.1) of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures at the time outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture
(voting as a class), 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 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 the rights of the
holders of the Debentures; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall without the
consent of the holders of each Debenture then outstanding and affected thereby (i) change the fixed
maturity of any Debenture, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium thereon, or reduce
the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on
redemption thereof or make the principal thereof or any interest or premium thereon payable in any
coin or currency other than that provided in the Debentures, or impair or affect the right of any
Securityholder to institute suit for payment thereof or impair the right of repayment, if any, at
the option of the holder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debentures the holders of
which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture; provided further, however, that
if the Debentures are held by a trust or a trustee of such trust, such supplemental indenture shall
not be effective until the holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities shall
have consented to such supplemental indenture; provided further, however, that if the consent of
the Securityholder of each outstanding Debenture is required, such supplemental indenture shall not
be effective until each holder of the Trust Securities shall have consented to such supplemental
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     Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of
any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Securityholders 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.

     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, prepared by the Company, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders as their names and addresses appear upon the
Debenture 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.

     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section 9.2 to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if
such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

     Section 9.3. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX, this Indenture shall 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 Debentures 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 9.4. Notation on Debentures. Debentures authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX may bear a
notation as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the
Trustee shall so determine, new Debentures so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board
of Directors of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee or
the Authenticating Agent and delivered in exchange for the Debentures then outstanding.

     Section 9.5. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to Trustee. The
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall, in addition to the documents
required by Section 14.6, receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of
this Article IX. The Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX is authorized or permitted by, and
conforms to, the terms of this Article IX and that it is proper for the Trustee under the
provisions of this Article IX to join in the execution thereof.

     ARTICLE X.

     REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     Section 10.1. Optional Redemption. The Company shall have the right (subject to the receipt
by the Company of prior approval (i) if the Company is a bank holding company, from the Federal
Reserve, if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve or
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the Company is a savings and loan holding company, from the OTS, if then required under
applicable capital guidelines or policies of the OTS) to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in
part, but in all cases in a principal amount
with integral multiples of $1,000.00, on any Interest Payment Date on or after the Interest
Payment Date in December 2010 (the “Redemption Date”), at the Redemption Price.

     Section 10.2. Special Event Redemption. If a Special Event shall occur and be continuing, the
Company shall have the right (subject to the receipt by the Company of prior approval (i) if the
Company is a bank holding company, from the Federal Reserve, if then required under applicable
capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve or (ii) if the Company is a savings and loan
holding company, from the OTS, if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of
the OTS) to redeem the Debentures in whole, but not in part, at any Interest Payment Date, within
120 days following the occurrence of such Special Event (the “Special Redemption Date”) at the
Special Redemption Price.

     Section 10.3. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debentures. In case the Company shall desire
to exercise the right to redeem all, or, as the case may be, any part of the Debentures, it shall
cause to be mailed a notice of such redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date to the holders of Debentures so to be redeemed as a
whole or in part at their last addresses as the same appear on the Debenture Register. Such
mailing shall be by first class mail. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. In
any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the holder of any
Debenture designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Debenture.

     Each such notice of redemption shall specify the CUSIP number, if any, of the Debentures to be
redeemed, the Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as applicable, the Redemption Price
or the Special Redemption Price, as applicable, at which Debentures are to be redeemed, the place
or places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Debentures,
that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice,
and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will
cease to accrue. If less than all the Debentures are to be redeemed the notice of redemption shall
specify the numbers of the Debentures to be redeemed. In case the Debentures are to be redeemed in
part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such
Debenture, a new Debenture or Debentures in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be issued.

     Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date, as
applicable, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount
of money sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as applicable,
all the Debentures so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price or Special
Redemption Price.

     If all, or less than all, the Debentures are to be redeemed, the Company will give the Trustee
notice not less than 45 nor more than 60 days, respectively, prior to the Redemption Date or
Special Redemption Date, as applicable, as to the aggregate principal amount of Debentures to be
redeemed and the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem
appropriate and fair, the Debentures or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000.00) to be
redeemed.

     Section 10.4. Payment of Debentures Called for Redemption. If notice of redemption has been
given as provided in Section 10.3, the Debentures or portions of Debentures with respect to which
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notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date or Special
Redemption Date, as applicable, and at the place or places stated in such notice at the applicable
Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price and on and after said date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of such
Debentures at the Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price, as applicable) interest on the
Debentures or portions of Debentures so called for redemption shall cease to accrue. On
presentation and surrender of such Debentures at a place of payment specified in said notice, such
Debentures or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the
applicable Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price.

     Upon presentation of any Debenture redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the holder thereof, at the expense of
the Company, a new Debenture or Debentures of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal
to the unredeemed portion of the Debenture so presented.

     ARTICLE XI.

     CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

     Section 11.1. Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this
Indenture or in the Debentures shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or
into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations or
mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall
prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the Company or its
successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person
(whether or not affiliated with the Company, or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire
and operate the same; provided, however, that the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon
any such consolidation, merger (where the Company is not the surviving corporation), sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on all of the Debentures in accordance with their terms, according to
their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and
conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed by
supplemental indenture 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 11.2. Successor Entity to be Substituted. 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 due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on
all of the Debentures and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants
and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company, such successor entity
shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named
herein as the Company, and thereupon the predecessor entity shall be relieved of any further
liability or obligation hereunder or upon the Debentures. Such successor entity thereupon may
cause to be signed, and may issue in its own name, any or all of the Debentures issuable hereunder
which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent; and, upon the order of such successor entity instead of the Company and
subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee or
the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any Debentures which previously shall have
been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company, to the Trustee or the Authenticating
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cause to
be signed and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for that purpose. All the
Debentures so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Debentures theretofore or
thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such
Debentures had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

     Section 11.3. Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall receive, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel required
by Section 9.5, an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any assumption, permitted or required by the terms
of this Article XI complies with the provisions of this Article XI.

     ARTICLE XII.

     SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

     Section 12.1. Discharge of Indenture. When

     (a) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Debentures theretofore
authenticated (other than any Debentures which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.6) and not theretofore canceled, or

     (b) all the Debentures not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within 1 year or
are to be called for redemption within 1 year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust,
funds, which shall be immediately due and payable, sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption
all of the Debentures (other than any Debentures which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.6) not theretofore canceled or
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 redemption date, as the case may be, but
excluding, however, the amount of any moneys for the payment of principal of, and premium, if any,
or interest on the Debentures (1) theretofore repaid to the Company in accordance with the
provisions of Section 12.4, or (2) paid to any state or to the District of Columbia pursuant to its
unclaimed property or similar laws,

     and if in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b) the Company shall also pay or cause to
be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 6.6, 6.8, 6.9
and 12.4 hereof shall survive until such Debentures shall mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections
6.6 and 12.4 shall survive, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, and at
the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of
and discharging this Indenture. The Company agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or
expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee in connection with this
Indenture or the Debentures.

     Section 12.2. Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
Section 12.4, all moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.1 shall be held in trust
in a non-interest bearing account and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any
paying agent (including the Company if acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the
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the payment of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of
all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, and premium, if any, and interest.

     Section 12.3. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture all moneys then held by any paying agent of the Debentures (other than the Trustee)
shall, upon demand of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such
paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.

     Section 12.4. Return of Unclaimed Moneys. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or
any paying agent for payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on Debentures
and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the holders of Debentures for 2 years after the date
upon which the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on such Debentures, as the case may
be, shall have become due and payable, shall, subject to applicable escheatment laws, be repaid to
the Company by the Trustee or such paying agent on written demand; and the holder of any of the
Debentures shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which such holder may be
entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or such paying agent with respect to such
moneys shall thereupon cease.

     ARTICLE XIII.

     IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,

     OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

     Section 13.1. Indenture and Debentures Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the
payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Debenture, 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
such Debenture, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, past, present or
future, of the Company or of any successor Person of the Company, either directly or through the
Company or any successor Person of the Company, 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 issue of the Debentures.

     ARTICLE XIV.

     MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     Section 14.1. Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the
Company in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

     Section 14.2. Official Acts by Successor Entity. 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 like board,
committee, officer or other authorized Person of any entity that shall at the time be the lawful
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     Section 14.3. Surrender of Company Powers. The Company by instrument in writing executed by
authority of at least 2/3 (two-thirds) 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 permitted successor.

     Section 14.4. Addresses for Notices, etc. Any notice, consent, direction, request,
authorization, waiver or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted
to be given, made, furnished or served by the Trustee or by the Securityholders on or to the
Company may be given or served in writing by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or
certified mail in a post office letter box addressed (until another address is filed by the
Company, with the Trustee for the purpose) to the Company, 10200 David Taylor Drive, Charlotte,
North Carolina 28262-2373, Attention: Charles A. Caswell. Any notice, consent, direction,
request, authorization, waiver or demand by any Securityholder or the Company 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 office of the Trustee, addressed to the Trustee, Rodney Square North, 1100 North
Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration. Any
notice, consent, direction, request, authorization, waiver or demand on or to any Securityholder
shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in
writing at the address set forth in the Debenture Register.

     Section 14.5. Governing Law. This Indenture and each Debenture shall be deemed to be a
contract made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the law of said State, without regard to conflict of laws principles
thereof.

     Section 14.6. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. 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 in the
opinion of the signers all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to
the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion
of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

     Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (1)
a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the
statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in
the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not in the opinion of such person, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.

     Section 14.7. Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The table of contents and the titles and
headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any
of the terms or provisions hereof.

     Section 14.8. Execution in 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 14.9. Separability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Indenture or in the Debentures 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 Debentures, but this Indenture and such Debentures shall be
construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein
or therein.

     Section 14.10. Assignment. The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its
rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the
Company, provided that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company will remain liable for all
such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, this Indenture is binding upon and inures to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Indenture may not
otherwise be assigned by the parties hereto.

     Section 14.11. Acknowledgment of Rights. The Company agrees that, with respect to any
Debentures held by the Trust or the Institutional Trustee of the Trust, if the Institutional
Trustee of the Trust fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as the holder of Debentures
held as the assets of such Trust after the holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities of such Trust have so directed such Institutional Trustee, a holder of record of
such Capital Securities may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, institute legal proceedings
directly against the Company to enforce such Institutional Trustee’s rights under this Indenture
without first instituting any legal proceedings against such trustee or any other Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event
is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay interest (or premium, if any) or principal on
the Debentures on the date such interest (or premium, if any) or principal is otherwise payable (or
in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), the Company agrees that a holder of record of
Capital Securities of the Trust may directly institute a proceeding against the Company for
enforcement of payment to such holder directly of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on the Debentures having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of
the Capital Securities of such holder on or after the respective due date specified in the
Debentures.

     ARTICLE XV.

     SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES

     Section 15.1. Agreement to Subordinate. The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of
Debentures by such Securityholder’s acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all
Debentures shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article XV; and each holder of a
Debenture, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees
to be bound by such provisions.

     The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all
Debentures shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and junior
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether
outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.

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

     Section 15.2. Default on Senior Indebtedness. In the event and during the continuation of any
default by the Company in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on
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Senior Indebtedness of the Company following any grace period, or in the event that the
maturity of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company has been accelerated because of a default and
such acceleration has not been rescinded or canceled and such Senior Indebtedness has not been paid
in full, then, in either case, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the
principal (including redemption) of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures.

     In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee
when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraph of this Section 15.2, such payment
shall, subject to Section 15.7, be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or
delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have
been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that the holders of
the Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the
Trustee in writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the Senior
Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness.

     Section 15.3. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. Upon any payment by the Company or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other
proceedings, all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall first be paid in
full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before any payment is
made by the Company, on account of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Debentures. Upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization, any payment
by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, to which the Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled to receive
from the Company, except for the provisions of this Article XV, shall be paid by the Company, or by
any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment
or distribution, or by the Securityholders or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by
them or it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis
of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, as calculated by the
Company) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such Senior
Indebtedness in full, in money or money’s worth, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution
is made to the Securityholders or to the Trustee.

     In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the
foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, or
provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its terms, such payment or
distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee
or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior
Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the
Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness, remaining unpaid to the extent
necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with its terms, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness.

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     For purposes of this Article XV, the words “cash, property or securities” shall not be deemed
to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the
Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article XV with respect to
the Debentures to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness, that may at the time be outstanding,
provided that (i) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting
from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without
the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of
the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or
substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in
Article XI of this Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization for the purposes of this Section if such other corporation shall, as a part of such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article XI of
this Indenture. Nothing in Section 15.2 or in this Section shall apply to claims of, or payments
to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.6 of this Indenture.

     Section 15.4. Subrogation. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the
Securityholders shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to
receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company, applicable to
such Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Debentures shall be paid in full. For the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or
distributions to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to
which the Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this
Article XV, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV to or for the benefit
of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by Securityholders or the Trustee, shall, as between the
Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of
the Debentures be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of such
Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XV are and are intended
solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Securities, on the
one hand, and the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.

     Nothing contained in this Article XV or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Debentures is
intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and the holders of the Debentures, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Debentures the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Debentures as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with
their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Debentures
and creditors of the Company, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything
herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Debenture from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article XV of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property
or securities of the Company, received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

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

     Section 15.5. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each Securityholder by such
Securityholder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Securityholder’s
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided
in this Article XV and appoints the Trustee such Securityholder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all
such purposes.

     Section 15.6. Notice by the Company. The Company shall give prompt written notice to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee of any fact known to the
Company that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of
the Debentures pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Article XV or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to
or by the Trustee in respect of the Debentures pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV,
unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness
or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, shall be entitled in all respects to
assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the
notice provided for in this Section at least 2 Business Days prior to the date upon which by the
terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debenture), then, anything
herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority
to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall
not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within 2 Business Days
prior to such date.

     The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, shall be entitled to
conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be
a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or representative on behalf of such holder), to
establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness or a trustee or
representative on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event that the Trustee determines
in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder
of such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article
XV, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such
Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to
the rights of such Person under this Article XV, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such
Person to receive such payment.

     Section 15.7. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee in its
individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XV in respect of
any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such
holder.

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

     Nothing in this Article XV shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 6.6.

     Section 15.8. Subordination May Not Be Impaired. No right of any present or future holder of
any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company, or by any act or
failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company, with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any
such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

     Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the
Trustee or the Securityholders, without incurring responsibility to the Securityholders and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article XV or the obligations hereunder
of the holders of the Debentures to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of
the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of,
or renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such
Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior
Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property
pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable
in any manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Company, and any other Person.

     Signatures appear on the following page

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.

     FIRST CHARTER CORPORATION

     By /s/ CHARLES A. CASWELL

               Name:  Charles A. Caswell

               Title:   Chief Financial Officer

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     WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee

     By /s/ CHRISTOPHER J. MONIGLE

               Name:    Christopher J. Monigle

               Title:    Assistant Vice President

     EXHIBIT A

     FORM OF FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE

     [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

     THIS SECURITY IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES
OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.

     THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO
A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A PERSON
WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (D) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RULE 903 OR RULE 904 (AS APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR
SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO
ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO
THE COMPANY’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION

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SATISFACTORY TO IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INDENTURE, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY.

     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT
IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN
ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF
ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR
HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR
ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975
OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES OR
ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT
EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A
PLAN TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT RESULT IN A
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO
APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

     THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000.00 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000.00 IN EXCESS THEREOF. ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN
$100,000.00 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.

     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

     IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE INDENTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE
TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

     Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debenture

     of

     First Charter Corporation

     September 29, 2005

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     First Charter Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (the “Company” which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received promises to pay
to Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Institutional Trustee for
First Charter Capital Trust II (the “Holder”) or registered assigns, the principal sum of
twenty-five million seven hundred seventy-four thousand dollars ($25,774,000.00) on December 15,
2035, and to pay interest on said principal sum from September 29, 2005, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as
defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly (subject to deferral
as set forth herein) in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year or
if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such date, an
“Interest Payment Date”) (it being understood that interest accrues for any such non-Business Day),
commencing on the Interest Payment Date in December 2005, at an annual rate equal to 5.44038%
beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the
Interest Payment Date in December 2005 and at an annual rate for each successive period beginning
on (and including) the Interest Payment Date in December 2005, and each succeeding Interest Payment
Date, and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (each a “Distribution
Period”), equal to 3 Month LIBOR, determined as described below, plus 1.42% (the “Coupon Rate”),
applied to the principal amount hereof, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or
made available for payment, and on any overdue principal and (without duplication and to the extent
that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of
interest (including Additional Interest) at the Interest Rate in effect for each applicable period,
compounded quarterly, from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for
payment. The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of the actual
number of days in the Distribution Period concerned divided by 360. The interest installment so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided
in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest
installment, which shall be fifteen Business Days prior to the day on which the relevant Interest
Payment Date occurs. Any such interest installment not so punctually paid or duly provided for
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such regular record date and may be paid to
the Person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on a special record date.

     “3 Month LIBOR” as used herein, means the London interbank offered interest rate for
three-month U.S. dollar deposits determined by the Trustee in the following order of priority: (i)
the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month
maturity that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related
Determination Date (“Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated as “Page 3750” on the
Moneyline Telerate Service or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service or such
other service or services as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as the
information vendor for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar
deposits); (ii) if such rate cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Trustee
will request the principal London offices of four leading banks in the London interbank market to
provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to prime banks in the
London interbank market for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on such Determination Date. If at least two quotations are provided, 3 Month LIBOR
will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations; (iii) if fewer than two such quotations are
provided as requested in clause (ii) above, the Trustee will request four major New York City banks
to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to leading European
banks for loans in U.S. dollars as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date. If at
least two such quotations are provided, 3 Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations; and (iv) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (iii)
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Month LIBOR will be a 3 Month LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period
immediately preceding such current Distribution Period. If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits
having a three-month maturity that initially appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the related Determination Date is superseded on the Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate
by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination Date, then the corrected rate as so substituted
on the applicable page will be the applicable 3 Month LIBOR for such Determination
Date. As used herein, “Determination Date” means the date that is two London Banking Days
(i.e., a business day in which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London
interbank market) preceding the commencement of the relevant Distribution Period.

     The Interest Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher than the maximum rate
then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law.

     All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Debentures will be rounded, if
necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of
a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be rounded to the
nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward)).

     The principal of and interest on this Debenture shall be payable at the office or agency of
the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company) maintained for that purpose in any
coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made by
check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Debenture Register if
a request for a wire transfer by such holder has not been received by the Company or by wire
transfer to an account appropriately designated by the holder hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as the holder of this Debenture is the Institutional Trustee, the payment of the
principal of and interest on this Debenture will be made in immediately available funds at such
place and to such account as may be designated by the Trustee.

     So long as no Acceleration Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall
have the right, from time to time, and without causing an Event of Default, to defer payments of
interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period on the Debentures at any time
and from time to time during the term of the Debentures, for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods
(each such extended interest payment period, an “Extension Period”), during which Extension Period
no interest (including Additional Interest) shall be due and payable (except any Additional Sums
that may be due and payable). No Extension Period may end on a date other than an Interest Payment
Date. During an Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest
on such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate in effect for
such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the date such interest would have been payable
were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law (such interest referred to
herein as “Additional Interest”). At the end of any such Extension Period the Company shall pay
all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with Additional Interest thereon);
provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date; provided further,
however, that during any such Extension Period, the Company shall not and shall not permit any
Affiliate to engage in any of the activities or transactions described on the reverse side hereof
and in the Indenture. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the Company may further
extend such period, provided that such period together with all such previous and further
consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond
the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all
accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the Company may commence a new Extension
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the foregoing requirements. No interest or Additional Interest shall be due and
payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment of interest
that would otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension Period shall bear Additional
Interest. The Company must give the Trustee notice of its election to begin or extend an Extension
Period by the close of business at least 15 Business Days prior
to the Interest Payment Date with respect to which interest on the Debentures would have been
payable except for the election to begin or extend such Extension Period.

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

     This Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon
shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

     The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse side hereof and such provisions
shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this certificate.

     FIRST CHARTER CORPORATION

     By

               Name:

               Title:

     CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

     WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee

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     By:

               Authorized Officer

     [FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE]

     This Debenture is one of the floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures
of the Company, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture dated as of
September 29, 2005 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered between the Company and the
Trustee, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations
of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the
holders of the Debentures. The Debentures are limited in aggregate principal amount as specified
in the Indenture.

     Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event prior to the Interest Payment Date in
December 2010, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Debentures in whole, but not in part,
at any Interest Payment Date, within 120 days following the occurrence of such Special Event, at
the Special Redemption Price.

     In addition, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in part,
but in all cases in a principal amount with integral multiples of $1,000.00, on any Interest
Payment Date on or after the Interest Payment Date in December 2010, at the Redemption Price.

     Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date, as
applicable, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount
of money sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as applicable,
all the Debentures so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price or Special
Redemption Price.

     If all, or less than all, the Debentures are to be redeemed, the Company will give the Trustee
notice not less than 45 nor more than 60 days, respectively, prior to the Redemption Date or
Special Redemption Date, as applicable, as to the aggregate principal amount of Debentures to be
redeemed and the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem
appropriate and fair, the Debentures or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000.00) to be
redeemed.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, any redemption of Debentures by the Company shall be subject to
the receipt of any and all required regulatory approvals.

     In case an Acceleration Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon demand of
the Trustee, the principal of all of the Debentures shall become due and payable in the manner,
with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of
the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time

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outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures 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 the rights of the holders of the Debentures;
provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall without the consent of the holders of
each Debenture then outstanding and affected thereby (i) change the fixed maturity of any Debenture, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any
premium thereon, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce
any amount payable on redemption thereof or make the principal thereof or any interest or premium
thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in the Debentures, or impair or
affect the right of any Securityholder to institute suit for payment thereof or impair the right of
repayment, if any, at the option of the holder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Debentures the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture.

     The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures at the time outstanding on behalf of the holders of all of the
Debentures to waive (or modify any previously granted waiver of) any past default or Event of
Default, and its consequences, except a default (a) in the payment of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any of the Debentures, (b) in respect of covenants or provisions hereof or of
the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each
Debenture affected, or (c) in respect of the covenants contained in Section 3.9 of the Indenture;
provided, however, that if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of such trust, such
waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in
Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver or
modification to such waiver, provided, further, that if the consent of the holder of each
outstanding Debenture is required, such waiver shall not be effective until each holder of the
Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver. Upon any such waiver, the
default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of the Indenture and the
Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures shall be restored to their former positions
and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event
of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by the Indenture, said default or Event of
Default shall for all purposes of the Debentures and the Indenture be deemed to have been cured and
to be not continuing.

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

     The Company has agreed that if Debentures are initially issued to the Trust or a trustee of
such Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust (regardless of whether
Debentures continue to be held by such Trust) and (i) there shall have occurred and be continuing
an Event of Default, (ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any
obligations under the Capital Securities Guarantee, or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of
its election to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment
period as provided herein and such Extension Period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing,
then the Company shall not, and shall not allow any Affiliate of the Company to, (x) declare or pay
any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock or its Affiliates’ capital stock (other than
payments of dividends or distributions to the Company) or make any guarantee payments with respect
to the foregoing or (y) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or
repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company or any Affiliate that rank pari
passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with

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respect to
clauses (x) and (y) above, (1) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital
stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar
arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants,
in connection with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of capital
stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock) as
consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period,
if any, (2) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Company’s
capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company) for any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock or of any class or series of the Company’s indebtedness for any class or
series of the Company’s capital stock, (3) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or
the security being converted or exchanged, (4) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (5) any
dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the
stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on
which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock and any cash
payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in connection therewith, or (6) payments under the
Capital Securities Guarantee).

     The Debentures are issuable only in registered, certificated form without coupons and in
minimum denominations of $100,000.00 and any multiple of $1,000.00 in excess thereof. As provided
in the Indenture and subject to the transfer restrictions and limitations as may be contained
herein and therein from time to time, this Debenture is transferable by the holder hereof on the
Debenture Register of the Company. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Debenture at the Principal Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose as provided in Section 3.2 of the Indenture, the Company shall execute,
the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in the name of the transferee or transferees a new
Debenture for a like aggregate principal amount. All Debentures presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments
of transfer in form satisfactory to, the Company and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent duly
executed by the holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. No service charge shall be made
for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debentures, but the Company or the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debenture, the Company, the
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent, any transfer agent and any Debenture registrar
may deem the Person in whose name such Debenture shall be registered upon the Debenture Register to
be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of such Debenture (whether or not such Debenture shall
be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on such Debenture and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any paying agent nor any transfer agent nor any Debenture
registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any holder
for the time being or upon his order shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid,
effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Debenture.

     No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any
Debenture, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or
upon any

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obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or in any supplemental
indenture, or in any such Debenture, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented
thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, officer or director, as
such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor Person of the Company, either
directly or through the Company or any successor Person of the Company, 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 the Indenture and the issue of the Debentures.

     Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Debenture shall have the meanings assigned in
the Indenture dated as of the date of original issuance of this Debenture between the Trustee and
the Company.

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

     EXHIBIT B

     FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO TRUSTEE

          Pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Indenture between First Charter Corporation, as the Company
(the “Company”), and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee, dated as of September 29, 2005 (the
“Indenture”), the undersigned hereby certifies as follows:

     1. In my capacity as an officer of the Company, I would normally have knowledge of any default
by the Company during the last fiscal year in the performance of any covenants of the Company
contained in the Indenture.

     2. [To my knowledge, the Company is not in default in the performance of any covenants
contained in the Indenture.

     or, alternatively:

     I am aware of the default(s) in the performance of covenants in the Indentures, as specified
below.]

          Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have the respective meanings
ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate.

     Date:

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