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exv10w7

Exhibit 10.7

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

     Indemnification Agreement, dated as of                                         , between NCI Building Systems, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                                                              (“Indemnitee”).

     WHEREAS, qualified persons are reluctant to serve corporations as directors or otherwise
unless they are provided with broad indemnification and insurance against claims arising out of
their service to and activities on behalf of the corporations; and

     WHEREAS, the Company has determined that attracting and retaining such persons is in the best
interests of the Company’s stockholders and that it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the
Company to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to provide
reasonable assurance regarding insurance;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as follows:

     1. Defined Terms; Construction.

          (a) Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:

     “Change in Control” means, and shall be deemed to have occurred if, on or after the
date of this Agreement, (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than (A) a trustee or other
fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries acting in such capacity, or (B) a corporation owned directly or indirectly by
the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock
of the Company, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting
power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any
period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the
board of directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the board of directors of
the Company or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at
least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the
beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved,
cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, (iii) the stockholders of the
Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a
merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent
(either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving
entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting

 

 

Securities of the Company
or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, (iv)
the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an
agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) all or substantially all of its assets, or (v) the Company shall file or have
filed against it, and such filing shall not be dismissed, any bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution
proceedings, or a trustee, administrator or creditors committee shall be appointed to manage or
supervise the affairs of the Company.

     “Corporate Status” means the status of a person who is or was a director (or a member
of any committee of a board of directors), officer, employee or agent (including without limitation
a manager of a limited liability company) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or of any
predecessor thereof, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director (or a member
of any committee of a board of directors), officer, employee or agent (including without limitation
a manager of a limited liability company) of another corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or of any predecessor thereof, including
service with respect to an employee benefit plan.

     “Determination” means a determination that either (x) there is a reasonable
basis for the conclusion that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because
Indemnitee met a particular standard of conduct (a “Favorable Determination”) or
(y) there is no reasonable basis for the conclusion that indemnification of Indemnitee is
proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee met a particular standard of conduct (an
“Adverse Determination”). An Adverse Determination shall include the decision that a
Determination was required in connection with indemnification and the decision as to the applicable
standard of conduct.

     “DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from
time to time.

     “Expenses” means all attorneys’ fees and expenses, retainers, court, arbitration and
mediation costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, bonds, witness fees, costs of collecting and
producing documents, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone
charges, postage, delivery service fees and all other disbursements or expenses of the types
customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend,
investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, appealing or otherwise participating in a
Proceeding.

     “Independent Legal Counsel” means an attorney or firm of attorneys competent to render
an opinion under the applicable law, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(e),
who has not otherwise performed any services for the Company or any of its

 

 

subsidiaries or for
Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of
indemnitees under indemnity agreements).

     “Proceeding” means a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including without limitation a claim,
demand, discovery request, formal or informal investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing,
arbitration or other form of alternative dispute resolution, including an appeal from any of the
foregoing.

     “Voting Securities” means any securities of the Company that vote generally in the
election of directors.

          (b) Construction. For purposes of this Agreement,

          (i) References to the Company and any of its “subsidiaries” shall include any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity
or enterprise that before or after the date of this Agreement is party to a merger or
consolidation with the Company or any such subsidiary or that is a successor to the Company
as contemplated by Section 8(d) (whether or not such successor has executed and delivered
the written agreement contemplated by Section 8(d)).

          (ii) References to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with
respect to an employee benefit plan.

          (iii) References to a “witness” in connection with a Proceeding shall include any
interviewee or person called upon to produce documents in connection with such Proceeding.

     2. Agreement to Serve.

     Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director of the Company or one or more of its subsidiaries and
in such other capacities as Indemnitee may serve at the request of the Company from time to time,
and by its execution of this Agreement the Company confirms its request that Indemnitee serve as a
director and in such other capacities. Indemnitee shall be entitled to resign or otherwise
terminate such service with immediate effect at any time, and neither such resignation or
termination nor the length of such service shall affect Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.
This Agreement shall not constitute an employment agreement, supersede any employment agreement to
which Indemnitee is a party or create any right of Indemnitee to continued employment or
appointment.

 

 

     3. Indemnification.

          (a) General Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law in effect on the date hereof or as amended to increase the scope
of permitted indemnification, against Expenses, losses, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties
and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges in connection
therewith) incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with any Proceeding in
any way connected with, resulting from or relating to Indemnitee’s Corporate Status.

          (b) Additional Indemnification Regarding Expenses. Without limiting the foregoing, in
the event any Proceeding is initiated by Indemnitee or the Company or any of its subsidiaries to
enforce or interpret this Agreement or any rights of Indemnitee to indemnification or advancement
of Expenses (or related obligations of Indemnitee) under the Company’s or any such subsidiary’s
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, any other agreement to which Indemnitee and the Company or
any of its subsidiaries are party, any vote of stockholders or directors of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, the DGCL, any other applicable law or any liability insurance policy, the Company
shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in
connection with such Proceeding, whether or not Indemnitee is successful in such Proceeding, except
to the extent that the court presiding over such Proceeding determines that material assertions
made by Indemnitee in such Proceeding were in bad faith or were frivolous.

          (c) Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this
Agreement to indemnification by the Company for a portion of any Expenses, losses, liabilities,
judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred by Indemnitee, but not for the
total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for such portion.

          (d) Nonexclusivity. The indemnification provided by this Agreement shall not be
deemed exclusive of any rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the Company’s certificate
of incorporation or bylaws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or directors, the DGCL, any
other applicable law or any liability insurance policy , provided that to the extent that
Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified by the Company under this Agreement and by any shareholder
of the Company or any affiliate of any such shareholder under any other agreement or instrument,
the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be primary, and the obligations of such shareholder
or affiliate secondary, and the Company shall not be entitled to contribution or indemnification
from or subrogation against such shareholder or affiliate.

 

 

          (e) Exceptions. Any other provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company shall not be obligated under the Agreement to indemnify Indemnitee:

          (i) For Expenses incurred in connection with Proceedings initiated or brought
voluntarily by the Indemnitee and not by way of defense, counterclaim or crossclaim, except
(x) as contemplated by Section 3(b), (y) in specific cases if the board of
directors of the Company has approved the initiation or bringing of such Proceeding, and
(z) as may be required by law.

          (ii) For an accounting of profits arising from the purchase and sale by the Indemnitee
of securities within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or any similar successor statute.

          (f) Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be
subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who
shall execute such documents and do such acts as the Company may reasonably request to secure such
rights and to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights, provided
that the Company shall not be subrogated to any claim of Indemnitee for indemnification from any
shareholder of the Company or any affiliate of any such shareholder.

     4. Advancement of Expenses.

     The Company shall pay all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding in
any way connected with, resulting from or relating to Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, other than a
Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee for which the Company would not be obligated to indemnify
Indemnitee pursuant to Section 3(e)(i), in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding and
without regard to whether Indemnitee will ultimately be entitled to be indemnified for such
Expenses and without regard to whether an Adverse Determination has been made, except as
contemplated by the last sentence of Section 5(f). Indemnitee shall repay such amounts advanced
only if and to the extent that it shall ultimately be determined in a decision by a court of
competent jurisdiction from which no appeal can be taken that Indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Company for such Expenses. Such repayment obligation shall be unsecured and
shall not bear interest. The Company shall not impose on Indemnitee additional conditions to
advancement or require from Indemnitee additional undertakings regarding repayment.

     5. Indemnification Procedure.

          (a) Notice of Proceeding; Cooperation. Indemnitee shall give the Company notice in
writing as soon as practicable of any Proceeding for which indemnification will or could be sought
under this Agreement, provided that any failure

 

 

or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Company of its obligations under this
Agreement unless and to the extent that (i) none of the Company and its subsidiaries are
party to or aware of such Proceeding and (ii) the Company is materially prejudiced by such
failure.

          (b) Settlement. The Company will not, without the prior written consent of
Indemnitee, which may be provided or withheld in Indemnitee’s sole discretion, effect any
settlement of any Proceeding against Indemnitee or which could have been brought against Indemnitee
unless such settlement solely involves the payment of money by persons other than Indemnitee and
includes an unconditional release of Indemnitee from all liability on any matters that are the
subject of such Proceeding and an acknowledgment that Indemnitee denies all wrongdoing in
connection with such matters. The Company shall not be obligated to indemnify Indemnitee against
amounts paid in settlement of a Proceeding against Indemnitee if such settlement is effected by
Indemnitee without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

          (c) Request for Payment; Timing of Payment. To obtain indemnification payments or
advances under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to a Company a written request therefor,
together with such invoices or other supporting information as may be reasonably requested by the
Company and reasonably available to Indemnitee. The Company shall make indemnification payments to
Indemnitee no later than 30 days, and advances to Indemnitee no later than 10 days, after receipt
of the written request of Indemnitee.

          (d) Determination. The Company intends that Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the
fullest extent permitted by law as provided in Section 3 and that no Determination shall be
required in connection with such indemnification. In no event shall a Determination be required in
connection with advancement of Expenses pursuant to Section 4 or in connection with indemnification
for Expenses incurred as a witness or incurred in connection with any Proceeding or portion thereof
with respect to which Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise. Any decision that
a Determination is required by law in connection with any other indemnification of Indemnitee, and
any such Determination, shall be made within 30 days after receipt of Indemnitee’s written request
for indemnification, as follows:

          (i) If no Change in Control has occurred, (w) by a majority vote of the
directors of the Company who are not parties to such Proceeding, even though less than a
quorum, with the advice of Independent Legal Counsel, or (x) by a committee of such
directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum,
with the advice of Independent Legal Counsel, or (y) if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by Independent

 

 

Legal Counsel in a written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee, or (z) by
the stockholders of the Company.

          (ii) If a Change in Control has occurred, by Independent Legal Counsel in a written
opinion to the Company and Indemnitee.

The Company shall pay all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with a Determination.

          (e) Independent Legal Counsel. If there has not been a Change in Control, Independent
Legal Counsel shall be selected by the board of directors of the Company and approved by Indemnitee
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If there has been a Change in
Control, Independent Legal Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The Company shall pay the fees and
expenses of Independent Legal Counsel and indemnify Independent Legal Counsel against any and all
expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to
its engagement.

          (f) Consequences of Determination; Remedies of Indemnitee. The Company shall be bound
by and shall have no right to challenge a Favorable Determination. If an Adverse Determination is
made, or if for any other reason the Company does not make timely indemnification payments or
advances of Expenses, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence a Proceeding before a court of
competent jurisdiction to challenge such Adverse Determination and/or to require the Company to
make such payments or advances. Indemnitee shall be entitled to be indemnified for all Expenses
incurred in connection with such a Proceeding in accordance with Section 3(b) and to have such
Expenses advanced by the Company in accordance with Section 4. If Indemnitee fails to timely
challenge an Adverse Determination, or if Indemnitee challenges an Adverse Determination and such
Adverse Determination has been upheld by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction from
which no appeal can be taken, then, to the extent and only to the extent required by such Adverse
Determination or final judgment, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify or advance
Expenses to Indemnitee under this Agreement.

          (g) Presumptions; Burden and Standard of Proof. In connection with any Determination,
or any review of any Determination, by any person, including a court:

     (i) It shall be a presumption that a Determination is not required.

 

 

          (ii) It shall be a presumption that Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of
conduct and that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances.

          (iii) The burden of proof shall be on the Company to overcome the presumptions set
forth in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), and each such presumption shall only be
overcome if the Company establishes that there is no reasonable basis to support it.

          (iv) The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, finding, settlement
(whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere,
or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that indemnification is not proper or
that Indemnitee did not meet the applicable standard of conduct or that a court has
determined that indemnification is not permitted by this Agreement or otherwise.

          (v) Neither the failure of any person or persons to have made a Determination nor an
Adverse Determination by any person or persons shall be a defense to Indemnitee’s claim or
create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet the applicable standard of conduct, and
any Proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 5(f) shall be de novo with
respect to all determinations of fact and law.

     6. Directors and Officers Liability Insurance.

          (a) Maintenance of Insurance. So long as the Company or any of its subsidiaries
maintains liability insurance for any directors, officers, employees or agents of any such person,
the Company shall ensure that Indemnitee is covered by such insurance in such a manner as to
provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured of
the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ then current directors and officers. If at any date
(i) such insurance ceases to cover acts and omissions occurring during all or any part of
the period of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status or (ii) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries maintains any such insurance, the Company shall ensure that Indemnitee is covered,
with respect to acts and omissions prior to such date, for at least six years (or such shorter
period as is available on commercially reasonable terms) from such date, by other directors and
officers liability insurance, in amounts and on terms (including the portion of the period of
Indemnitee’s Corporate Status covered) no less favorable to Indemnitee than the amounts and terms
of the liability insurance maintained by the Company on the date hereof.

          (b) Notice to Insurers. Upon receipt of notice of a Proceeding pursuant to Section
5(a), the Company shall give or cause to be given prompt notice of such Proceeding to all insurers
providing liability insurance in accordance with the

 

 

procedures set forth in all applicable or potentially applicable policies. The Company shall
thereafter take all necessary action to cause such insurers to pay all amounts payable in
accordance with the terms of such policies.

     7. Exculpation, etc.

          (a) Limitation of Liability. Indemnitee shall not be personally liable to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or to the stockholders of the Company or any such subsidiary for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director of the Company or any such subsidiary;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of
the Indemnitee (i) for any breach of the Indemnitee’s duty of loyalty to the Company or
such subsidiary or the stockholders thereof; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (iii) under
Section 174 of the DGCL or any similar provision of other applicable corporations law; or
(iv) for any transaction from which the Indemnitee derived an improper personal benefit.
If the DGCL or such other applicable law shall be amended to permit further elimination or
limitation of the personal liability of directors, then the liability of the Indemnitee shall,
automatically, without any further action, be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted
by the DGCL or such other applicable law as so amended.

          (b) Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action
shall be asserted by or in the right of the Company or any of its subsidiaries against Indemnitee
or Indemnitee’s estate, spouses, heirs, executors, personal or legal representatives,
administrators or assigns after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause
of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company shall be extinguished and deemed
released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such two-year period,
provided that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such
cause of action, such shorter period shall govern.

     8. Miscellaneous.

          (a) Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation,
each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any
way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by
law; (ii) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to
conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and
(iii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, each

 

 

portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed
so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

          (b) Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) on the date of delivery if
delivered personally, or by facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, (ii) on the first
business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service
or (iii) on the third business day following the date of mailing if delivered by domestic
registered or certified mail, properly addressed, or on the fifth business day following the date
of mailing if sent by airmail from a country outside of North America, to Indemnitee as shown on
the signature page of this Agreement, to the Company at the address shown on the signature page of
this Agreement, or in either case as subsequently modified by written notice.

          (c) Amendment and Termination. No amendment, modification, termination or
cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing signed by both the
parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall
constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver
constitute a continuing waiver.

          (d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its
respective successors and assigns, including without limitation any acquiror of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets or business, any person (as such term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that acquires beneficial
ownership of securities of the Company representing all or substantially all of the total voting
power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities and any survivor of any
merger or consolidation to which the Company is party, and shall inure to the benefit of the
Indemnitee and the Indemnitee’s estate, spouses, heirs, executors, personal or legal
representatives, administrators and assigns. The Company shall require and cause any such
successor, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to
assume and agree to perform this Agreement as if it were named as the Company herein, and the
Company shall not permit any such purchase of assets or business, acquisition of securities or
merger or consolidation to occur until such written agreement has been executed and delivered. No
such assumption and agreement shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations hereunder, and
this Agreement shall not otherwise be assignable by the Company.

          (e) Choice of Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and
its provisions construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, as applied to
contracts between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Delaware,
without regard to the conflict of law principles

 

 

thereof. The Company and Indemnitee each hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of
the courts of the State of Delaware for all purposes in connection with any Proceeding which arises
out of or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action instituted under this Agreement shall
be brought only in the state courts of the State of Delaware.

          (f) Integration and Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes and merges all previous written and oral
negotiations, commitments, understandings and agreements relating to the subject matter hereof
between the parties hereto, provided that the provisions hereof shall not supersede the
provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, any agreement, any vote of
stockholders or directors, the DGCL or other applicable law, to the extent any such provisions
shall be more favorable to Indemnitee than the provisions hereof.

          (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original.

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Address:  	 	 
	 	  	 	 
	 	  	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

INDEMNITEE:

 	 	 
	By:  	 	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:exv4w1

Exhibit 4.1

G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.

and

 

as Trustee

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of                     , 20__

Senior Debt Securities

 

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

	 	 	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture Act Section	 	Indenture Section
	310(a)(1)
	 	 	6.9	 
	(a)(2)
	 	 	6.9	 
	(a)(3)
	 	Not applicable
	(a)(4)
	 	Not applicable
	(b)
	 	 	6.8	 
	(c)
	 	Not applicable
	311(a)
	 	 	6.13	 
	(b)
	 	 	6.13	 
	(c)
	 	Not applicable
	312(a)
	 	 	4.1	 
	(b)
	 	 	4.2	 
	(c)
	 	 	4.2	 
	313(a)
	 	 	4.4	 
	(b)(1)
	 	 	4.4	 
	(b)(2)
	 	 	4.4	 
	(c)
	 	 	4.4	 
	(d)
	 	 	4.4	 
	314(a)
	 	 	4.3	 
	(b)
	 	Not applicable
	(c)(1)
	 	 	13.5	 
	(c)(2)
	 	 	13.5	 
	(c)(3)
	 	Not applicable
	(d)
	 	Not applicable
	(e)
	 	 	13.5	 
	315(a)
	 	 	6.1, 6.7	 
	(b)
	 	 	5.11	 
	(c)
	 	 	6.1	 
	(d)
	 	 	6.1	 
	(e)
	 	 	5.12	 
	316(a)(1)(A)
	 	 	5.9	 
	(a)(1)(B)
	 	 	5.10	 
	(a)(2)
	 	Not applicable
	(b)
	 	 	5.7	 
	317(a)(1)
	 	 	5.2	 
	(a)(2)
	 	 	5.4	 
	(b)
	 	 	3.5	 
	318(a)
	 	 	13.7	 

 

			
	*	 	Note: This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any
purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms Defined
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWO SECURITIES
	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.1 Forms Generally
	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.2 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.3 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.4 Authentication and Delivery of Securities
	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.5 Execution of Securities
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.6 Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.7 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.8 Registration, Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.11 Temporary Securities
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.12 CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THREE COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.2 Offices for Payments, etc
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.3 Existence
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.4 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.5 Paying Agents
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.6 Written Statement to Trustee
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FOUR SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.1 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of
Securityholders
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.2 Preservation and Disclosure of Securityholders’ Lists
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.3 Reports by the Issuer
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.4 Reports by the Trustee
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.1 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default
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	SECTION 5.2 Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.3 Application of Proceeds
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.4 Suits for Enforcement
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.5 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.6 Limitations on Suits by Securityholders
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.7 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute Certain Suits
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.8 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver of Default
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.9 Control by Securityholders
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.10 Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default, But May Withhold in Certain
Circumstances
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SIX CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default; Prior to
Default
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.2 Certain Rights of the Trustee
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.3 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or
Application of Proceeds Thereof
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.4 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, etc
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.5 Moneys Held by Trustee
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.6 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.7 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers’ Certificate, etc
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.8 Conflicting Interests
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.9 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer
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	ARTICLE SEVEN CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.1 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.2 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.3 Holders to be Treated as Owners
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.4 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.5 Right of Revocation of Action Taken
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE EIGHT SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.3 Effect of Supplemental Indenture
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.4 Documents to Be Given to Trustee
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.5 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE NINE CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.1 Issuer May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.2 Successor Person Substituted
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.3 Opinion of Counsel to Trustee
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TEN SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.2 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.4 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Three
Years
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.1 Applicability of Article
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.2 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.3 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.4 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for
Redemption
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds
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	ARTICLE TWELVE DEFEASANCE
	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 12.1 Applicability of Article: Issuer’s Option to Effect Defeasance
	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 12.2 Defeasance and Discharge
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 12.3 Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 12.4 Conditions to Defeasance
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THIRTEEN MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.1 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Issuer Exempt
from Individual Liability
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.2 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and
Securityholders
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.3 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.4 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Securityholders
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.5 Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be
Contained Therein
	 	 	47	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.6 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.7 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.8 New York Law to Govern
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.9 Counterparts
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.10 Effect of Headings
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBITS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A Form of Security
	 	 	A-1	 

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          INDENTURE, dated as of                     , 20___, between G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD., a Delaware
corporation (the “Issuer”), and                                                             , as trustee (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issue from time to time of its senior debentures,
notes and other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the
“Securities”), up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be
authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and to provide, among other things, for
the authentication, delivery and administration thereof, the Issuer has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture; and

          WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according
to its terms have been done.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the
holders thereof, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuer and the
Trustee mutually covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective
holders from time to time of the Securities, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS

          SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires) for all purposes of this
Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in
this Section. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act
or the definitions of which in the Securities Act of 1933 are referred to in the Trust Indenture
Act, including terms defined therein by reference to the Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires), shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force
at the date of this Indenture. 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 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. The terms defined in this Article have the
meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular.

          “Board of Directors” means either the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any
committee of such Board duly authorized to act hereunder.

          “Business Day” means, with respect to any Security, a day that in the city (or in any
of the cities, if more than one) in which amounts are payable, as specified in the form of

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such Security, is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law or regulation
to close.

          “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if at any time after
the execution and delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on
such date.

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust
business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be administered, which office is, at the
date as of which this Indenture is dated, located at                                                             , provided that for
purposes of Section 3.2 of the Indenture such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee
located in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, which office is located at
                                                                                .

          “Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary
by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each Person
who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary
with respect to the Securities of that series.

          “Event of Default” means any event or condition specified as such in Section 5.1.

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

          “Global Security” means a Security evidencing all or a part of a series of Securities,
issued to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 2.4, and bearing the legend
prescribed in Section 2.4.

          “Holder,” “holder of securities,” “Securityholder” or other similar
terms mean the registered holder of any Security.

          “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and delivered or, if amended
or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented or both, and shall include the
forms and terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

          “Interest” means, when used with respect to non-interest bearing Securities, interest
payable after maturity.

          “Issuer” means (except as otherwise provided in Article Six) G-III Apparel Group,
Ltd., a Delaware corporation, and, subject to the provisions of Article Nine, its successors and
assigns.

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          “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the chairman of the Board of
Directors or any vice chairman of the Board of Directors or the president or any vice president and
by the treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the
Trustee. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.5.

          “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be
an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such
opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.5, if and to the extent required
hereby.

          “Original issue date” of any Security (or portion thereof) means the earlier of (a)
the date of such Security or (b) the date of any Security (or portion thereof) for which such
Security was issued (directly or indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.

          “Outstanding”, when used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the
provisions of Section 7.4, mean, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the
Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (b) Securities, 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 Issuer) or shall have been set aside,
segregated and held in trust by the Issuer for the holders of such Securities (if the Issuer shall
act as its own paying agent); provided that if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be
redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein
provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; (c)
Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered,
or which shall have been paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.9 (except with respect to any
such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is held
by a Person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer);
and (d) except to the extent provided in Sections 12.2 and 12.3, Securities with respect to which
the Issuer has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Twelve.

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

          “principal”, whenever used with reference to the Securities or any Security or any
portion thereof, shall be deemed to include “and premium, if any.”

          “Record date” has the meaning given in Section 2.7.

          “Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer
within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the
Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the
time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall
have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

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          “Security” or “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture, or, as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.

          “Subsidiary” means (a) any corporation, association or other business entity of which
more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof
is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer or one or more of the
other Subsidiaries of the Issuer (or a combination thereof) and (b) any partnership (i) the sole
general partner or the managing general partner of which is the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the
Issuer or (ii) the only general partners of which are the Issuer or of one or more Subsidiaries of
the Issuer (or any combination thereof).

          “Trustee” means the Person identified as “Trustee” in the first paragraph hereof and,
subject to the provisions of Article Six, shall also include any successor trustee.

          “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended by the Trust
Indenture Reform Act of 1990 and in force at the date as of which this Indenture was originally
executed (except as otherwise provided in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 in reference to the Trust Indenture
Act as in force on the date of execution of a supplemental indenture).

          “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the
United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (y)
obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued
by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian
with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or
interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of such depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the
specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such
depository receipt.

          “Vice president” when used with respect to the Issuer or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
of “vice president.”

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITIES

          SECTION 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be substantially in
such form (including global form) (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by
or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or in one or more

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indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have
imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or
regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any securities exchange or to conform to general
usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities.

          If any Security of a series is issuable in the form of a Global Security or Securities, each
such Global Security may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding
Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges.
Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of Outstanding Securities represented
thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified on such Global
Security. Any instructions by the Issuer with respect to a Global Security, after its initial
issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 13.5.

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

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

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:	 	                                                                    
            , as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory	 	 

          SECTION 2.3 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of
securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

          The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a resolution of the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:

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

          (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series to be issued;

          (3) the issue price or prices of the Securities of the series to be issued, expressed as a
percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series;

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          (4) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series
pursuant to Section 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 5.3, 8.5 or 12.3);

          (5) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable, or
the method by which such date or dates will be determined or extended;

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

          (7) the place or places where the principal and any interest on Securities of the series shall
be payable (if other than as provided in Section 3.2);

          (8) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of the Issuer, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;

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

          (10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

          (11) whether the Securities of such series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of
one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary for such Global Security or
Securities and whether beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Securities may exchange
such interests for other Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 2.8, and the
manner and the circumstances under which and the place or places where any such exchanges may occur
if other than in the manner provided in Section 2.8, and any other terms of the series relating to
the global nature of the Securities of such series and the exchange, registration or transfer
thereof and the payment of any principal thereof, or interest thereon;

          (12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.1 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.2;

          (13) the coin or currency in which the Securities of that series are denominated and, if other
than the coin or currency in which the Securities of that series are denominated, the coin or
currency in which payment of the principal of and/or interest, if any, on the Securities of such
series shall be payable;

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          (14) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of the series is payable, and the
Person who shall serve as Exchange Rate Agent for purposes of making any related calculations of
the Market Exchange Rate;

          (15) if the amounts of payments of principal and, if applicable, premium or interest, on the
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index based on a coin or currency
other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated or by reference to a
commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index, the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;

          (16) the provisions, if any, relating to any collateral provided for the Securities;

          (17) the provisions, if any, with respect to amortization;

          (18) any covenants or obligations of the Issuer to the Holders of such Securities or
acceleration provisions in addition to, or modification or deletion of, those set forth herein;

          (19) any Events of Default with respect to the Securities of such series which may be in
addition to, or modification or deletion of, those provided herein,

          (20) the terms and conditions, if any, for conversion into or exchange for shares of common
stock or preferred stock;

          (21) any terms and conditions restricting the declaration of dividends or requiring the
maintenance of any asset ratio or the creation or maintenance of reserves;

          (22) any provisions restricting the incurrence of additional debt or the issuance of
additional securities;

          (23) any depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or
other agents;

          (24) whether the Securities are defeasible and any limitations on the applicability of Section
12.2 or 12.3 to the Securities of the series;

          (25) any authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars, if other than the
Trustee, or any other agents with respect to the Securities of such series; and

          (26) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture).

          All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors
or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. Except as provided in such resolution, the
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and a series may be reopened
without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

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          SECTION 2.4 Authentication and Delivery of Securities. At any time and from time to
time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securities of any
series executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon the written order of the Issuer, signed by both
(a) the chairman of its Board of Directors, or any vice chairman of its Board of Directors, or its
president or any vice president and (b) by its treasurer or any assistant treasurer, without any
further action by the Issuer. If any Security of a series shall be represented by a Global
Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 2.11, the notation of the record owner’s
interest therein upon original issuance of such Security shall be deemed to be delivery in
connection with the original issuance of each beneficial owner’s interest in such Global Security.
In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon:

          (a) a certified copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors authorizing
the action taken pursuant to the resolution or resolutions delivered under clause (b) below;

          (b) a copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors relating to such series,
in each case certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer;

          (c) an executed supplemental indenture, if any;

          (d) an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form and terms of the Securities as required
pursuant to Section 2.1 and 2.3, respectively, and prepared in accordance with Section 13.5; and

          (e) an Opinion of Counsel, prepared in accordance with Section 13.5, which shall state:

     (i) if the form or forms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to a
resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or by a supplemental indenture as
permitted by Section 2.1, that such form or forms have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;

     (ii) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to a
resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or by a supplemental indenture as
permitted by Section 2.3, that such terms have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;

     (iii) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued
by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and

          (iv) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.

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          If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.3 that the Securities of a series are to
be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and the authentication order of the
Issuer with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities in
temporary or permanent form that shall: (i) represent and be denominated in an aggregate amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be
represented by one or more Global Securities; (ii) be registered in the name of the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary; (iii) be delivered by the
Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instruction; and (iv) bear a legend
substantially to the following effect or in other form satisfactory to the Depositary:

Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
in definitive form, this Security may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of
the Depositary or by the Depositary or any nominee to a successor
Depositary or a nominee of any successor Depositary.

          Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 2.3 for a Global Security in registered form
must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as a Depositary, be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and shall be eligible to serve as such under any
other applicable statute or regulation.

          The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under
this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully
be taken by the Issuer or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of
trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees or Responsible
Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to
existing Holders or would affect the Trustee’s rights, duties or immunities under the Securities or
this Indenture.

          SECTION 2.5 Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the
Issuer by both (a) the chairman of its Board of Directors or any vice chairman of its Board of
Directors or its president or any vice president and (b) by its treasurer or any assistant
treasurer or its secretary or any assistant secretary, under its corporate seal, which may, but
need not, be attested. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile. The seal of the Issuer may be
in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced
on the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the
seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has
been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

          In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to
be such officer before the Security so signed shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
or disposed of by the Issuer, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or
disposed of as though the person who signed such Security had not ceased to be
such officer of the Issuer; and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such
persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the proper officers of
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Issuer, although at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture any such person
was not such an officer.

          SECTION 2.6 Certificate of Authentication. Only such Securities as shall bear
thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, executed by
the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the
Trustee upon any Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture.

          SECTION 2.7 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. The
Securities shall be issuable as registered securities without coupons and in denominations as shall
be specified as contemplated by Section 2.3. In the absence of any such specification with respect
to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations
of $1,000 and any multiple thereof. The Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise
distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as the officers of the Issuer
executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and
authentication thereof. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, shall bear
interest, if any, from the date and shall be payable on the dates, in each case, which shall be
specified as contemplated by Section 2.3.

          The Person in whose name any Security of any series is registered at the close of business on
any record date applicable to a particular series with respect to any interest payment date for
such series shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest payment
date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Security subsequent to the record date and
prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Issuer shall default in the
payment of the interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which case such
defaulted interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names Outstanding Securities for such
series are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date (which shall be not less
than five Business Days prior to the date of payment of such defaulted interest) established by
notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the holders of Securities not less than 15
days preceding such subsequent record date. The term “record date” as used with respect to any
interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) shall mean the date
specified as such in the terms of the Securities of any particular series, or, if no such date is
so specified, if such interest payment date is the first day of a calendar month, the fifteenth day
of the next preceding calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the fifteenth day of a
calendar month, the first day of such calendar month, whether or not such record date is a Business
Day.

          SECTION 2.8 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. With respect to each series of
Securities, the Issuer will cause to be kept at each office or agency to be maintained for that
purpose, as provided in Section 3.2, a register or registers in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, it will provide for the registration and transfer thereof as in
this Article provided.

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          Such register shall be in written form in the English language or in any other form capable of
being converted into such form within a reasonable time. In the event that such registers are not
maintained by the Trustee, at all reasonable times such register or registers shall be open for
inspection by the Trustee.

          Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at any such
office or agency to be maintained for that purpose as provided in Section 3.2, the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees
a new Security or Securities of the same series, in authorized denominations, for a like aggregate
principal amount.

          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole
or in part for Securities in definitive form, a Global Security representing all or a portion of
the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such
series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or
another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor
Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

          Any Security or Securities of any series (other than a Global Security, except as set forth
herein) may be exchanged for a Security or Securities of the same series in other authorized
denominations, in an equal aggregate principal amount. Securities of any series to be exchanged
shall be surrendered at any office or agency to be maintained by the Issuer for the purpose as
provided in Section 3.2, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities of the same series which the Securityholder
making the exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously
outstanding.

          If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Issuer that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time
the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 2.4, the
Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a
successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Issuer within 90
days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Issuer’s
election pursuant to Section 2.3(11) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of
such series and the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an order of the Issuer
for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and
deliver Securities of such series in definitive form in the aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such
Global Security or Securities.

          The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any
series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such
Global Security or Securities. In the event of such a determination by the Issuer or if an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the beneficial owners representing a majority in
principal amount of the applicable series of Securities represented by one or more Global
Securities advise the Depositary to cease acting as depositary for such Global Security or
Securities, the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an order of the Issuer for
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authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and
deliver Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such
Global Security or Securities.

          If specified by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 with respect to a series of Securities, the
Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a Global Security for such series of
Securities in exchange in whole or in part for the Securities of such series in definitive form on
such terms as are acceptable to Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge:

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

          (2) to such Depositary, a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if
any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal
amount of Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

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

          All Securities presented for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption or payment shall
(if so required by the Issuer) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security registrar duly executed
by, the holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

          The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of transfer of
Securities. No service charge shall be made for any such transaction.

          The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Securities of
any series for a period of 15 days next preceding the date of selection of Securities of such
series to be redeemed, or (b) any Securities selected, called or being called for redemption
except, in the case of any Security where public notice has been given that such Security is to be
redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.

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

          SECTION 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. In case any
temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost

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or stolen,
the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon the written request of any officer of the
Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced
Security, or in lieu of and substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every
case the applicant for a substitute Security shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or
theft, evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the
ownership thereof.

          Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, the Issuer may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto
and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. In
case any Security which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption in full
shall become mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of
issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof
except in the case of a mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall
furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security
or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

          Every substitute Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by
virtue of the fact that any such Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen
Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
(but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent
permitted by law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen Securities 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 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof. Unless otherwise
provided with respect to any series of Securities, all Securities surrendered for payment,
redemption, registration of transfer or exchange, or for credit against any payment in respect of a
sinking or analogous fund, if surrendered to the Issuer or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee,
shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be
cancelled by it; and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by
any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall cancel Securities held by it and
deliver a certificate of cancellation to the Issuer at the Issuer’s written direction. If the
Issuer shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption
or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

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          SECTION 2.11 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of a permanent Global
Security or Securities or definitive Securities for any series, the Issuer may execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities for such series or one or more
temporary Global Securities (printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each
case in form satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be issuable as
registered Securities without coupons, of any authorized denomination, and substantially in the
form of the definitive Securities or permanent Global Security, as the case may be, of such series
but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities,
all as may be determined by the Issuer with the concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Securities
may contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every
temporary Security shall be executed by the Issuer and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the
same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive
Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall execute and shall furnish a permanent
Global Security or Securities or definitive Securities of such series and thereupon temporary
Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor, without charge, at each office
or agency to be maintained by the Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.2, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such series a like
aggregate principal amount of permanent global securities or definitive Securities of the same
series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series
shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as permanent global securities or
definitive Securities of such series.

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

ARTICLE THREE

COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

          SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer covenants and agrees for
the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay or
cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on, each of the Securities of such series at the
office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.2 or at such other
place or places, at the respective times and in the manner provided in such Securities.

          Unless otherwise specified with respect to the Securities of any series in accordance with
Section 2.3, at the option of the Issuer, each installment on any such series may
be paid (i) by mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the
Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 2.7, to the address of such Person as it appears on the
Security register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee and located inside
the United States.

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          SECTION 3.2 Offices for Payments, etc. So long as any of the Securities remain
outstanding, the Issuer will maintain the following for each series: an office or agency (a) where
the Securities may be presented for payment; (b) where the Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Indenture provided; and (c) where notices and
demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities or of this Indenture may be served.

          The Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of any such office or
agency and of any change of location thereof. Unless otherwise specified in accordance with
Section 2.3, the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as paying agent and registrar and designates
the corporate trust office of                                                             , located at
                                                             , as the
office to be maintained by it for each such purpose. In case the Issuer shall fail to so designate
or maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to give such notice of the location or any
change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at
the Corporate Trust Office.

          SECTION 3.3 Existence. Subject to Article Nine, the Issuer will do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and the
corporate, partnership or other existence of each Subsidiary of the Issuer in accordance with the
respective organizational documents of the Issuer and each such Subsidiary and the rights (charter
and statutory) and material franchises of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that
the Issuer shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise, or the existence of any
Subsidiary, if the Board of Directors or management of the Issuer or such Subsidiary shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of business of the
Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

          SECTION 3.4 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee. The Issuer, whenever
necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided
in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each
series of Securities hereunder.

          SECTION 3.5 Paying Agents. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint a paying agent other
than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, 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 provisions of this Section:

          (a) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent for the payment of the principal
of or interest on the Securities of such series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the
Issuer or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for the benefit of the
holders of the Securities of such series or of the Trustee;

          (b) that it will give the Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or by any other obligor
on the Securities of such series) to make any payment of the principal of or interest on the
Securities of such series when the same shall be due and payable; and

          (c) at any time during the continuance of such default, upon written request of the Trustee,
forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent.

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          The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on the
Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or
interest so becoming due, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly
notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.

          If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the Securities of any series,
it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such
series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of
such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due. The Issuer will
promptly notify the Trustee of such action.

          Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer may at any time, for the
purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more or all series of
Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held
in trust for any such series by the Issuer or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this
Section, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.

          Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust
as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Sections 10.3 and 10.4.

          SECTION 3.6 Written Statement to Trustee. The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee on
or before April 15 in each year, a brief certificate from its principal executive, accounting or
financial officer (which need not comply with Section 13.5), as to his or her knowledge of the
Issuer’s compliance with all conditions and covenants in this Indenture (without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture).

ARTICLE FOUR

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE

ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

          SECTION 4.1 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of
Securityholders. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished
to the Trustee a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses
of the holders of the Securities of each series:

          (a) semiannually and not more than 15 days after each record date for the payment of interest
on such Securities, as hereinabove specified, as of such record date and on dates to be determined
pursuant to Section 2.3 for non-interest bearing securities in each year; and

          (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by
the Issuer of any such request as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such
information is furnished, provided that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security
registrar for such series, such list shall not be required to be furnished.

          SECTION 4.2 Preservation and Disclosure of Securityholders’ Lists. (a) The Trustee
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names
and addresses of the holders of each series of Securities contained in the most recent list
furnished to it as provided in Section 4.1 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
registrar for such series, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in Section 4.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

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

          (c) Each and every holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the
names and addresses of the holders of Securities made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

          SECTION 4.3 Reports by the Issuer. The Issuer shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents
or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with
the Commission.

          SECTION 4.4 Reports by the Trustee. (a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders and
other persons such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be
required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act on or before July 15 in each year that such report is
required, such reports to be dated as of the immediately preceding May 15.

          (b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be
furnished to the Issuer and be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the
Securities of any applicable series are listed and also with the Commission. The Issuer agrees to
notify the Trustee with respect any series when and as the Securities of such series become
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

          SECTION 5.1 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default.
“Event of Default” with respect to Securities of any series, wherever used herein, means
each one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (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) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of such
series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a
period of 30 days; or

          (b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the Securities of
such series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption,
by declaration or otherwise; or

          (c) default in the payment of all or any part of any sinking fund installment or other similar
obligation as and when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the Securities of such
series; or

          (d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer in
respect of the Securities of such series (other than a covenant or warranty in respect of the
Securities of such series 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 90 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the
Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of all series affected thereby, 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, if
there is a judicial or administrative proceeding pending at any time during the above-referenced
90-day period in which one of the disputed issues relates to whether or not there was a default or
breach, for a period of 90 days after the final resolution of whether or not there was a default or
breach; or

          (e) acceleration of indebtedness of the Issuer, under the terms of the instruments evidencing
such indebtedness, aggregating more than $5,000,000 at the time outstanding; or

          (f) judgments for the payment of more than $5,000,000 at the time outstanding rendered against
the Issuer and not discharged within 60 days after such judgment becomes final and nonappealable;
or

          (g) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Issuer 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 or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer 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 60 consecutive days; or

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

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          (i) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture or resolution of the
Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for
such series.

          If an Event of Default described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above (if the Event of
Default under clause (d) is with respect to less than all series of Securities then Outstanding)
occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all of the
Securities of such series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the
holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then
outstanding hereunder (each such series voting as a separate class) by notice in writing to the
Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal of all
Securities of such series 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 described in clause (d) (if the Event of Default under clause (d) is with
respect to all series of Securities then Outstanding), (e) or (f) occurs and is continuing, then
and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities shall have already
become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as one class), by notice
in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire
principal of all the Securities then outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due
and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and
payable.

          The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any time after the
principal of the Securities of any series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) shall have
been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys
due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall pay or shall
deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the
Securities of such series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) and the principal of any
and all Securities of such series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) which shall have
become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and, to the extent
that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of
interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Securities of such series to
the date of such payment or deposit) and such amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad
faith, and if any and all Events of Default under the Indenture, other than the non-payment of the
principal of Securities 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 all the Securities of such series, each series
voting as a separate class (or of all the Securities, as the case may be, voting as a single class)
then Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults with
respect to such series (or with respect to all the Securities, as the case may be) 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.

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          SECTION 5.2 Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt. The
Issuer covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of
interest on any of the securities of any series when such interest shall have become due and
payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days or (b) in case default shall
be made in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the Securities of any series
when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of such
series or upon any redemption or by declaration or otherwise—then, upon demand of the Trustee, the
Issuer will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series the
whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all Securities of such series for
principal or interest, as the case may be (with interest to the date of such payment upon the
overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable
law, on overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the
Securities of such series); and in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to
cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as
a result of its negligence or bad faith.

          Until such demand is made by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the principal of and interest on
the Securities of any series to the registered holders, whether or not the principal of and
interest on the Securities of such series be overdue.

          In case the Issuer 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
action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities and collect in
the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities,
wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.

          In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon
the Securities under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in
bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor, or in case
of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the
Securities of any series, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the
Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall
have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise:

          (a) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Securities of any series, and to file such 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
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liabilities incurred, and
all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, except as a result of negligence or
bad faith) and of the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or
other obligor upon the Securities of any series, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or
such other obligor;

          (b) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the holders of
the Securities of any series 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; and

          (c) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Securityholders
and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator, custodian or other
similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make payments to the
Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of 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 expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith and all other amounts due to
the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6.

          Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any
Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder
in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar person.

          All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the
Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the
production thereof on any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or
proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and
compensation of the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys,
shall be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities in respect of which such action
was taken.

          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 Securities in respect to which such
action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of such Securities parties to
any such proceedings.

          SECTION 5.3 Application of Proceeds. Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to
this Article in respect of any series shall be applied in the following order at the date or dates
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principal or
interest, upon presentation of the several Securities in respect of which monies have been
collected and stamping (or otherwise noting) thereon the payment, or issuing Securities of such
series in reduced principal amounts in exchange for the presented Securities of like series if only
partially paid, or upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

          First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.6;

          Second: To the payment of any other costs and expenses applicable to such series in respect of
which monies have been collected;

          Third: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have
been collected shall not have become and be then due and payable, to the payment of interest on the
Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of the installments of such
interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon
the overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in such
Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto, without
discrimination or preference;

          Fourth: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have
been collected shall have become and shall be then due and payable, to the payment of the whole
amount then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for principal and interest,
with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected
by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest
specified in the Securities of such series; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in
full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the payment of
such principal and interest, without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of
interest over principal, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest,
or of any Security of such series over any other Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate
of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest; and

          Fifth: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any other person lawfully
entitled thereto.

          SECTION 5.4 Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of Default has occurred, has not
been waived and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the
rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in
bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement contained in 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 5.5 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings. In case the Trustee
shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee,
then and in every such case the Issuer, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall be restored
respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and

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all rights, remedies and powers of
the Issuer, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall continue as though no such proceedings had
been taken.

          SECTION 5.6 Limitations on Suits by Securityholders. No holder of any Security of
any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to
institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under
or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator,
custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such holder
previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of default and of the continuance
thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of such series then outstanding shall have made written request
upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceeding in its own name as trustee hereunder and
shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby 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 or proceeding and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.9; it being understood and intended, and being expressly
covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Security with every other taker and Holder and the
Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities of any series shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders
of Securities of the applicable series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of
this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can
be given either at law or in equity.

          SECTION 5.7 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute Certain Suits.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture and any provision of any Security, the right
of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Security
on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to institute 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.

          SECTION 5.8 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver of Default.
Except as provided in Section 5.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Securityholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right
or remedy.

          No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Securityholder to exercise any right or power
accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such
right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein; and, subject to Section 5.6, every power and remedy given by this

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Indenture 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 or by the Securityholders.

          SECTION 5.9 Control by Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of each series affected (with each series voting as a separate
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 the Securities of such series by this Indenture; provided
that such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this
Indenture and provided further 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, being advised by counsel,
shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the
Trustee in good faith by its board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of
directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so
directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall so
determine that the actions or forbearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be
unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Securities of all series so affected not
joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that (subject to Section 6.1) the
Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly
prejudicial to such Holders.

          Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its discretion to take any
action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction or directions
by Securityholders.

          SECTION 5.10 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration
of the maturity of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 5.1, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding may
on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default or Event of
Default described in clause (c) of Section 5.1 (or, in the case of an event specified in clause (d)
of Section 5.1 which relates to less than all series of Securities then Outstanding, the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding affected thereby (each
series voting as a separate class) may waive any such default or Event of Default, or, in the case
of an event specified in clause (d) (if the Event of Default under clause (d) relates to all series
of Securities then Outstanding), (e) or (f) of Section 5.1, the Holders of Securities of a majority
in principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding (voting as one class) may waive any such
default or Event of Default), and its consequences
except a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected.

          Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and
not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
cured, and not to have occurred for every purpose of this Indenture, and the Issuer, the Trustee
and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and
rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

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          SECTION 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default, But May Withhold in Certain
Circumstances. The Trustee shall transmit to the Securityholders of any series, as the names
and addresses of such Holders appear on the registry books, notice by mail of all defaults which
have occurred with respect to such series, such notice to be transmitted within 90 days after the
occurrence thereof, unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice
(the term “default” or “defaults” for the purposes of this Section being hereby defined to mean any
event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default); provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of, interest
on, or any sinking fund installment or other similar obligation with respect to, any of the
Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long
as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees
and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such
notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such series.

          SECTION 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs. All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee,
to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10%
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series (or, if the matter in issue does
not relate to all series of Securities, then the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series to which such issue relates), treated as a single class, or to
any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or
interest on any Security on or after the due date expressed in such Security.

ARTICLE SIX

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

          SECTION 6.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default; Prior to
Default. With respect to the Holders of any series of Securities issued hereunder, the
Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a
particular series
and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred with respect
to such series, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series
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:

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

     (i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
Series 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 as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

     (ii) 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 statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee
and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
statements, 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;

          (b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 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 holders pursuant to Section 5.9 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 shall be reasonable ground for
believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not
reasonably assured to it.

          The provisions of this Section 6.1 are in furtherance of and subject to Sections 315 and 316
of the Trust Indenture Act.

          SECTION 6.2 Certain Rights of the Trustee. In furtherance of and subject to the
Trust Indenture Act and subject to Section 6.1:

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

          (b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be
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thereof be
herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to
the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer;

          (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 to be taken 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 trusts or powers vested in
it by this Indenture with 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 might 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, rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Indenture;

          (f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the curing or waiving
of all Events of Default, 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, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security, 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 Securities of all series affected then outstanding; provided
that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee,
not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this
Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a
condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the
Issuer or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor trustee, shall be repaid by the Issuer upon
demand;

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

          (h) In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any consequential loss or damage of any kind
whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action other than any such loss or
damage caused by the Trustee’s willful misconduct or gross negligence. The Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, unless either (1) a Responsible Officer
shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such
Default or Event of Default shall have been given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee by the
Issuer or by any holder; and

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

          SECTION 6.3 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or
Application of Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except
the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and
the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or sufficiency of his Indenture or of the Securities. The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Securities
or of the proceeds thereof.

          SECTION 6.4 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, etc. The Trustee or
any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or
such agent and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, if operative, may otherwise deal with the Issuer
and receive, collect, hold and retain collections from the Issuer with the same rights it would
have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.

          SECTION 6.5 Moneys Held by Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.4
hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held
in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of
the Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest on any moneys received by it
hereunder.

          SECTION 6.6 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim. The
Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be
entitled to, such compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust) to be agreed to in writing by the Trustee and
the Issuer, and the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture
(including (i) the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of
all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ and (ii) interest at the prime rate on any
disbursements and advances made by the Trustee and not paid by the Issuer within 5 days after
receipt of an invoice for such disbursement or advance) except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the trusts hereunder and its duties
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or investigating any claim
of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section to compensate and
indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional
indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. Such
additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon all property and
funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the
holders of particular Securities, and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

          SECTION 6.7 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers’ Certificate, etc. Subject to
Sections 6.1 and 6.2, whenever in the administration of the trusts of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of
the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate
delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the
part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

          SECTION 6.8 Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of,
the Trust Indenture Act.

          SECTION 6.9 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee. The Trustee for each series
of Securities hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or banking association having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation or banking association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10.

          SECTION 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee. (a) The
Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign with respect to one
or more or all series of Securities by giving written notice of resignation to the Issuer and by
mailing notice thereof by first class mail to Holders of the applicable series of Securities at
their last addresses as they shall appear on the Security register. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees with respect to the
applicable series by written instrument in duplicate, executed by authority of the Board of
Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to
the successor trustee or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed with
respect to any series and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice
of resignation, the resigning trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
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Holder of a
Security or Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.12, 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:

     (i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 6.8 with respect to
any series of Securities after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such series
for at least six months; or

     (ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any
Securityholder; or

     (iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any series of
Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver or liquidator 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; or

     (iv) the Issuer shall determine that the Trustee has failed to perform its obligations
under this Indenture in any material respect; then, in any such case, the Issuer may remove
the Trustee with respect to the applicable series of Securities and appoint a successor
trustee for such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board
of Directors of the Issuer, 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
5.12, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such
series for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court may thereupon,
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been appointed with respect
to any series and have accepted appointment within 30 days
after a notice of removal has been given, the removed trustee may petition a court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.

          (c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series
at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of such
series and appoint a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by delivering
to the Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the Issuer the evidence
provided for in Section 7.1 of the action in that regard taken by the Securityholders.

          (d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to any series and any appointment
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provisions of this
Section 6.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 6.11.

          SECTION 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee
appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute and deliver to the Issuer and to its
predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable series
shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to such series of
its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee for such series
hereunder; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee,
upon payment of its charges then unpaid, the trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to Section 10.4,
pay over to the successor trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer 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 prior claim 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 with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not
all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the
Securities of any applicable series 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 predecessor trustee with respect to the Securities of
any series 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 trusts hereunder by more than one
trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute
such trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust
or trusts under separate indentures.

          No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall accept appointment as
provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 6.8 and eligible under the provisions of Section 6.9.

          Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as provided in this Section 6.11, the
Issuer shall mail notice thereof by first class mail to the Holders of Securities of any series for
which such successor trustee is acting as trustee at their last addresses as they shall appear in
the Security register. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially contemporaneous with the
resignation, then the notice called for by the preceding sentence may be combined with the notice
called for by Section 6.10. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten days after
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice
to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer.

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          SECTION 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee.
Any corporation or banking association into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or banking association resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or banking
association succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee,
shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation or banking
association shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 6.8 and eligible under the
provisions of Section 6.9, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case at the
time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the
Securities of any series 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
Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the Securities of any series shall
not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either
in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such
cases such certificate shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities of such
series or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, that
the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate
Securities of any series in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor
or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

          SECTION 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer. The Trustee shall
comply with the provisions of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE SEVEN

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

          SECTION 7.1 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be
given or taken by a specified percentage in principal amount of the Securityholders of any or all
series may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor
signed by such specified percentage of Securityholders in person or by agent duly appointed in
writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective
when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer,
if made in the manner provided in this Article.

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

          If any Security of a series is issuable in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the
Depositary therefor may grant proxies and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which the Holder
of such Security is entitled to grant or take under this Indenture.

          SECTION 7.2 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities. Subject
to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy
may be proved 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 holding of Securities shall
be proved by the Security register or by a certificate of the registrar thereof.

          SECTION 7.3 Holders to be Treated as Owners. The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent
of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security shall be
registered upon the Security register for such series as the absolute owner of such Security
(whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or
other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of
and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, interest on such Security and for all other
purposes; and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any such Person, 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 Security.

          None of the Issuer, the Trustee any paying agent, or the Security Registrar 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 Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

          SECTION 7.4 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding. In determining
whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any or
all series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities
which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such
determination is being made or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with
respect to which such determination is being made shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver only
Securities which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
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the Securities or any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities. In case
of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel shall be full protection in respect of any
decision made by the Trustee in accordance with such advice. Upon request of the Trustee, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all
Securities, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the
above-described Persons; and, subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the Trustee shall be entitled to
accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the
fact that all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination.

          SECTION 7.5 Right of Revocation of Action Taken. 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 Securities of any or all series,
as the case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a
Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included among the serial
numbers of the Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written
notice at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke
such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the
Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders
and owners of such Security and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor,
irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such Security. Any
action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
any or all series, as the case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action
shall be conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all the Securities
affected by such action.

ARTICLE EIGHT

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

          SECTION 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders. The Issuer,
when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time
and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of the execution thereof) for one
or more of the following purposes:

          (a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee as security for the
Securities of one or more series any property or assets;

          (b) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer, or successive successions, and
the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Issuer
pursuant to Article Nine;

          (c) to add to the covenants of the Issuer such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or
provisions as its Board of Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for the protection of the
Holders of Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default
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an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided
in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, that in respect of any such additional covenant,
restriction, condition or provision 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 an Event of Default or may
limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such an Event of Default or may limit the right of
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series to waive
such an Event of Default;

          (d) 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 or under any supplemental indenture as the Board of
Directors may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of the Securities;

          (e) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1
and 2.3, including, without limitation, any terms relating to the issuance, exchange, registration
or transfer of Securities issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities
and the payment of any principal thereof, or interest or premium, if any, thereon; and

          (f) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11.

          The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer 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, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any
property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.

          Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed
without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding,
notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 8.2.

          SECTION 8.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders. With the
consent (evidenced as provided in Article Seven) of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of all series affected by such
supplemental indenture (voting as one class), the Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its
Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture
or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
as in force at the date of execution thereof) 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
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Securities of each such series; provided, that no such supplemental indenture shall (a) change
the final maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or
extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof
or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that could be due and
payable upon an acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.1 or the amount thereof
provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.2, or impair or affect the right of any Securityholder
to institute suit for the payment thereof or, if the Securities provide therefor, any right of
repayment at the option of the Securityholder without the consent of the Holder of each Security so
affected, or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series, the consent of the
Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the
Holders of each Security so affected.

          Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a resolution of the Board of
Directors certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer authorizing the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of
the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid and other documents, if any, required by Section 7.1,
the Trustee shall join with the Issuer 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.

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

          Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Issuer shall mail a notice thereof by first class
mail to the Holders of Securities of each series affected thereby at their addresses as they shall
appear on the registry books of the Issuer, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein,
shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

          SECTION 8.3 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, 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 Issuer and the Holders of Securities
of each series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder
subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of
any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of
this Indenture for any and all purposes.

          SECTION 8.4 Documents to Be Given to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the provisions
to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall be provided an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Eight
complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture.

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          SECTION 8.5 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures. Securities
of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for
such series as to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the
Trustee shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any
such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer, authenticated by the
Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of such series then outstanding.

ARTICLE NINE

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE

          SECTION 9.1 Issuer May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. The Issuer covenants
that it will not merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell or convey all or substantially
all of its assets to any Person, unless (i) either the Issuer shall be the continuing Person, or
the successor Person or the Person which acquires by sale or conveyance substantially all of the
assets of the Issuer (if other than the Issuer) shall be a Person organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof and shall expressly assume the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and interest on all the Securities, according to their tenor, 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 Issuer, by supplemental indenture satisfactory to the
Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such Person, and (ii) the Issuer or such
successor Person, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger or consolidation, or
such sale or conveyance, be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition.

          SECTION 9.2 Successor Person Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance, and following such an assumption by the successor Person, such successor Person
shall succeed to and be substituted for the Issuer, with the same effect as if it had been named
herein.

          Such successor Person may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the
name of the Issuer prior to such succession any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which
theretofore shall not have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the
order of such successor Person instead of the Issuer and subject to all the terms, conditions and
limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any
Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Issuer to
the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall
cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All of the Securities so issued
shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities
theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of
such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

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

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          In the event of any such sale or conveyance (other than a conveyance by way of lease) the
Issuer or any successor Person which shall theretofore have become such in the manner described in
this Article shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities and may be liquidated and dissolved.

          SECTION 9.3 Opinion of Counsel to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall be provided an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate,
prepared in accordance with Section 13.5, as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation,
merger, sale, lease or conveyance, and any such assumption, and any such liquidation or
dissolution, complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

ARTICLE TEN

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;

UNCLAIMED MONEYS

          SECTION 10.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. If at any time (a) the Issuer
shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal of and interest on all the Securities of any
series outstanding hereunder (other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) as and when the same shall have become
due and payable, or (b) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all
Securities of any series theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities of such series which
shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 2.9) or (c) (i) all the securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable
within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and (ii) the Issuer shall have irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in cash
(other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any paying agent to the Issuer in accordance with
Section 10.4) sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series (other
than any Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, including principal and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity as the
case may be, and if, in any such case, the Issuer shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Issuer with respect to Securities of such series, then this Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect with respect to Securities of such series (except as to (i)
rights of registration of transfer and exchange, and the Issuer’s right of optional redemption,
(ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, (iii) rights of
holders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon and remaining rights of the
holders to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the rights, obligations and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (v) the rights of the Securityholders of such series as
beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or
any of them), and the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging such satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series;
provided, that the rights of Holders of the Securities to receive amounts in respect of principal
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longer than required by then-applicable mandatory rules or policies of any securities exchange
upon which the Securities are listed. The Issuer agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or
expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for any services
thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the
Securities of such series.

          SECTION 10.2 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities.
Subject to Section 10.4, all moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.1, all money
and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.4 and all money
received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 12.4 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly
or through any paying agent (including the Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders
of the particular Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have
been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and
interest or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by
Section 12.4; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.

          SECTION 10.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, all moneys
then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of
Securities shall, upon demand of the Issuer, 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 10.4 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Three
Years. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of
the principal of or interest on any Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed
for three years after the date upon which such principal or interest shall have become due and
payable, shall, upon the written request of the Issuer and unless otherwise required by mandatory
provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by
the Trustee for such series or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Security of such series
shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or
unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may
be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent with respect to such
moneys shall thereupon cease.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS

          SECTION 11.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be
applicable to the Securities of any series which are redeemable before their maturity or to any
sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of such series.

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          SECTION 11.2 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of redemption to the
Holders of Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the
Issuer shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at
least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of
Securities of such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the registry books.
Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have
been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or
any defect in the notice, to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a
whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Security of such series.

          The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify the principal amount of each
Security of such series held by such Holder to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the
redemption price, the place or places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and
surrender of such Securities, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional sinking
fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be
paid as specified in such notice and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the
portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. In case any Security of a series is to be
redeemed in part only the notice of redemption shall state the serial number of the Security and
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 Security, a new Security or Securities of such
series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

          The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be redeemed at the option of the
Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at
the expense of the Issuer.

          At least one Business Day prior to the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption
given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more
paying agents (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 3.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date
all the Securities of such series so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption price,
together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If less than all the outstanding
Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at least 70 days
(or shorter period satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the date fixed for redemption an Officers’
Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed.

          If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in
such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, Securities of such series to be redeemed in
whole or in part. Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of such series or any multiple thereof. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Issuer in writing of the serial numbers of the Securities of such series selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities of such series selected for partial redemption, the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

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

          SECTION 11.3 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of redemption
had been given as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities specified in such notice
shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after
said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption
price, together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Securities or portions of
Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue and, except as provided in Sections 6.5
and 10.4, such Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be entitled
to any benefit or security under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in
respect of such Securities except the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid
interest to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a
place of payment specified in said notice, said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall
be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the applicable redemption price, together with interest
accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided that any semiannual payment of interest
becoming due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities
registered as such on the relevant record date subject to the terms and provisions of Section 2.7
hereof.

          If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed
for redemption at the rate of interest borne by the Security.

          Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of
the Issuer, a new Security or Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.

          SECTION 11.4 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for
Redemption. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if they
are identified by registration and certificate number in a written statement signed by an
authorized officer of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at least 40 days (or shorter period
satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given as
being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer
or (b) an entity specifically identified in such written statement directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer.

          SECTION 11.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The minimum amount of any sinking
fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a
“mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.”
The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made is herein referred to as the “sinking fund
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          In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any
series of Securities in cash, the Issuer may at its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of
such series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the
mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of such series (not
previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except as aforesaid) by the
Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10, (b) receive credit
for optional or mandatory sinking fund payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this
Section, or (c) receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited) redeemed
by the Issuer through any optional redemption provision contained in the terms of such series.
Securities so delivered or credited shall be received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking
fund redemption price specified in such Securities.

          On or before the sixtieth day (or shorter period satisfactory to the Trustee) next preceding
each sinking fund payment date for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee a written
statement (which need not contain the statements required by Section 13.5) signed by an authorized
officer of the Issuer (a) specifying the portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment to be
satisfied by payment of cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit of Securities of such
series, (b) stating that none of the Securities of such series has theretofore been so credited,
(c) stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or Events of Default with respect to such
series have occurred (which have not been waived or cured) and are continuing and (d) stating
whether or not the Issuer intends to exercise its right to make an optional sinking fund payment
with respect to such series and, if so, specifying the amount of such optional sinking fund payment
which the Issuer intends to pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Any
Securities of such series to be credited and required to be delivered to the Trustee in order for
the Issuer to be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid which have not heretofore been delivered
to the Trustee shall be delivered for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee with
such written statement (or reasonably promptly thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee). Such
written statement shall be irrevocable and upon its receipt by the Trustee the Issuer shall become
unconditionally obligated to make all the cash payments or payments therein referred to, if any, on
or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Failure of the Issuer, on or before any
such sixtieth day, to deliver such written statement and Securities specified in this paragraph, if
any, shall not constitute a default but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable
election of the Issuer (i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment for such series due on the next
succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver
or credit Securities of such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Issuer will make no
optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series as provided in this Section.

          If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or both) to be made in cash on
the next succeeding sinking fund payment date plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund
payments made in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Issuer shall so request) with
respect to the Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next
succeeding sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking
fund redemption price together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If such
amount shall be $50,000 or less and the Issuer makes no such request then it shall be carried over
until a sum in excess of $50,000 is available. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in
Section 11.2, for redemption on such sinking fund payment date a sufficient principal amount of
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and shall (if requested in writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the serial numbers of
the Securities of such series (or portions thereof) so selected. Securities of any series which
are (a) owned by the Issuer or an entity known by the Trustee to be directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer, as shown
by the Security register, and not known to the Trustee to have been pledged or hypothecated by the
Issuer or any such entity or (b) identified in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee at
least 60 days prior to the sinking fund payment date as being beneficially owned by, and not
pledged or hypothecated by, the Issuer or an entity directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer shall be excluded from
Securities of such series eligible for selection for redemption. The Trustee, in the name and at
the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it shall so request the Trustee in writing) shall
cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such series to be given in substantially the manner
provided in Section 11.2 (and with the effect provided in Section 11.3) for the redemption of
Securities of such series in part at the option of the Issuer. The amount of any sinking fund
payments not so applied or allocated to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added
to the next cash sinking fund payment for such series and, together with such payment, shall be
applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys held on
the stated maturity date of the Securities of any particular series (or earlier, if such maturity
is accelerated), which are not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such
series shall be applied, together with other moneys, if necessary, sufficient for the purpose, to
the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Securities of such series at maturity.

          At least one Business Day before each sinking fund payment date, the Issuer shall pay to the
Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the payment of all interest accrued to the date
fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date.

          The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any Securities of a series with sinking
fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities for such series by operation of the
sinking fund during the continuance of a default in payment of interest on such Securities or of
any Event of Default except that, where the mailing of notice of redemption of any Securities shall
theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities,
provided that it shall have received from the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except
as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or
Event of Default shall occur, and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund, shall, during
the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be deemed to have been collected under Article
Five and held for the payment of all such Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have
been waived as provided in Section 5.10 or the default cured on or before the sixtieth day
preceding the sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the
next succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with this Section to the redemption of such
Securities.

ARTICLE TWELVE

DEFEASANCE

          SECTION 12.1 Applicability of Article: Issuer’s Option to Effect Defeasance. Except
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defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 12.2 or (b) covenant defeasance of the
Securities of a series under Section 12.3, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the
case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article Twelve, shall be applicable to the
Securities of such series, and the Issuer may at its option by resolution of the Board of
Directors, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have either Section
12.2 (if applicable) or Section 12.3 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of
such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Twelve.

          SECTION 12.2 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise of the above
option applicable to this Section, the Issuer shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the date the conditions
set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “defeasance”). For this purpose, such defeasance means
that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by
the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under
such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the
following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of
Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive solely from the trust fund described in
Section 12.4 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of
and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Issuer’s obligations with
respect to such Securities under Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 3.2 and 3.4, (C) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties, and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article Twelve. Subject to
compliance with this Article Twelve, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 12.2
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its options under Section 12.3 with respect to Securities of
such series.

          SECTION 12.3 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Issuer’s exercise of the above option
applicable to this Section, the Issuer shall be released from its obligations under covenants which
may be specified in respect of such Securities pursuant to Section 2.3(18) with respect to the
Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions set forth below are
satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”). For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means
that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Issuer may omit to comply with
and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
Section, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such
Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any
other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected
thereby.

          SECTION 12.4 Conditions to Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to
application of either Section 12.2 or Section 12.3 to the Outstanding Securities of such series:

          (a) The Issuer shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or
another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.9 who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Article Twelve applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of
making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government
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respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the
due date of any payment referred to in this subparagraph (a) money in an amount, or (iii) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay
and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and
discharge, (A) the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the
Outstanding Securities of such series on the date that such principal or installment of principal
or interest is due and payable and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments
applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due
and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities.

          (b) No Event of Default or event with which notice or lapse of time or both would become an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day
after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day following the expiration of the
longest preference period applicable to the Issuer under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law in respect of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed
satisfied until the expiration of such period).

          (c) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee for the Securities of
such series to have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 6.8 and for purposes of the Trust
Indenture Act with respect to any securities of the Issuer.

          (d) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer
is a party or by which it is bound.

          (e) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause any Securities of such series then
listed on any registered national securities exchange under the Exchange Act to be delisted.

          (f) In the case of an election under Section 12.2, the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Issuer has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of this Indenture there
has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and
based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such
series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such
defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same time as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.

          (g) In the case of an election under Section 12.3, the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such
series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such
covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not
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          (h) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional
terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Issuer in connection therewith
pursuant to Section 2.3.

          (i) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance
under Section 12.2 or the covenant defeasance under Section 12.3 (as the case may be) have been
complied with.

          (j) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such
deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration
thereunder.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

          SECTION 13.1 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Issuer Exempt
from Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby,
shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder,
officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the
Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such
liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the holders
thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

          SECTION 13.2 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and
Securityholders. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall
give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto, any
Paying Agent, and their successors and the Holders of the Securities, any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such
covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and
of the Holders of the Securities.

          SECTION 13.3 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture. All the covenants,
stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by or in behalf of the Issuer
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

          SECTION 13.4 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Securityholders. Any notice
or demand which any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by
the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities to or on the Issuer may be given or served by being
deposited postage prepaid, first class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein)
addressed (until another address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to G-III
Apparel Group, Ltd., 512 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10018 Attention: Chief Financial
Officer. Any notice, direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any

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Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made,
for all purposes, if given or made at the Corporate Trust Office, when received by the Trustee.

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

          In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be
impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer and Securityholders when such notice is required to be
given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

          SECTION 13.5 Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained
Therein. Upon any application or demand by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under
any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent 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, except that in the case of any
such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by
any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.

          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:
(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition; (b) 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; (c) 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 (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

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

          Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by
an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or counsel,
as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are
erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.

          Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with the
Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.

          SECTION 13.6 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. If the date of
maturity of interest on or principal of the Securities of any series or the date fixed for
redemption or repayment of any such Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest
or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day,
with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption,
and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

          SECTION 13.7 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act. If any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is
required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture without such limitation,
qualification or conflict, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded,
the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the
case may be.

          SECTION 13.8 New York Law to Govern. This Indenture and each Security shall be
deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be
construed in accordance with the laws of such State, except as may otherwise be required by
mandatory provisions of law. EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.

          SECTION 13.9 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.

          SECTION 13.10 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein and the
Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture, to be duly executed, and
their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the date first
above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	                                                            , as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT A — FORM OF SECURITY

[FORM OF FACE OF [SECURITY]]

[GLOBAL SECURITY]

          Unless and until this Security is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by The Depository Trust Company, a New
York corporation (“DTC” or the “Depositary”), to a nominee of DTC or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or
another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of any
successor Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of DTC
to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as
is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.

G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.

[title of Security]

			
	 	 	 
	Principal Amount $                    
	 	CUSIP No.                    

          G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to [Cede & Co.] or registered assigns, at the agency of the Issuer in the City of
New York, New York, the principal sum of                                          DOLLARS on                     , in
immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time
of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest,
semiannually on                      and                      of each year (each, an “Interest Payment
Date”), commencing, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at
the rate per annum specified in the title of this [Security], from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from                     , until
payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for; provided, that payment of
interest may be made at the option of the Issuer by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the [Security] register. The amount of interest
payable on any interest Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months. Each payment of interest in respect of an Interest Payment Date shall include
interest accrued through the day prior to such Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable on
any Interest Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to
on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name this [Security] is registered at the
close of business on the                      or                     , as the case may be, which shall be a
Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

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          Reference is made to the further provisions of this [Security] set forth on the reverse
hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set
forth at this place.

          This [Security] shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on
the reverse hereof.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. has caused this instrument to be signed by
facsimile by its duly authorized officers and has caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be
affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title”	 	 	 	 

[FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:	 	                                                            , as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.

[TITLE OF SECURITY]

          This [Security] is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidence of
indebtedness of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter
specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of                     ,
20___(herein called the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to
                                        , as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the holders of
the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be
issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if
any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject
to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the
Indenture provided. This [Security] is one of a series designated as the % [Securities] due of the
Issuer, limited in aggregate principal amount to $ (herein called the “[Securities]”).

          [The [Securities] will not be redeemable prior to.][The [Securities] may be redeemed at the
option of the Issuer as a whole, or from time to time in part, in the amount of $ or any
multiple thereof, on any date after and prior to maturity, upon mailing a notice of such redemption
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Holders of
[Securities] at their last registered addresses, all as further provided in the Indenture, at the
following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of the principal amount) together in each
case with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption:

          If redeemed on or before      ,      %, and if redeemed during the twelve-month period
beginning,

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Percentage	 	Year	 	Percentage
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

and thereafter at 100% of their principal amount.]

          In case an Event of Default with respect to the [Securities] shall have occurred and be
continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and
payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

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          The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding (as defined in the Indenture) of all series to be affected (voting as one class),
evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of
each such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) change the final
maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium thereon, or reduce
the rate or extend the time of payment of any interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on
redemption thereof or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security (as
defined in the Indenture) payable upon acceleration thereof or the amount thereof provable in
bankruptcy, or impair or affect the rights of any Holder to institute suit for the payment thereof,
or, if the Securities provide therefor, any right of repayment at the option of the Holder, without
the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Securities, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected. It is also provided in the Indenture
that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding the Securities of any series,
prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount Outstanding of the Securities of such series (or, in the case of certain
defaults or Events of Default, all or certain series of the Securities) may on behalf of the
Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all or certain series of the Securities, as the
case may be) waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences. The preceding
sentence shall not, however, apply to a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, or interest on any of the Securities. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this
[Security] (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this [Security] and any [Securities] which may be
issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is
made upon this [Security] or such other [Securities]. No reference herein to the Indenture and no
provision of this [Security] or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this [Security] in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency
herein prescribed.

          The [Securities] are issuable only in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and in book-entry form. The [Securities] may be
represented by one or more Global Securities (each, a “Global [Security]”) deposited with the
Depositary and registered in the name of the nominee of the Depositary, with certain limited
exceptions. So long as the Depositary or any successor Depositary or its nominee is the registered
Holder of a Global [Security], such successor Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will
be considered the sole owner or Holder of the [Securities] represented by such Global [Security]
for all purposes under the Indenture and the [Securities]. Beneficial interest in the [Securities]
will be evidenced only by, and transfer thereof will be effected only through, records maintained
by DTC and its participants. Except as provided below, an owner of a beneficial interest in a
Global [Security] will not be entitled to have [Securities] represented by such Global [Security]
registered in such owner’s name, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of
the [Securities] in certificated form and will not be considered the owner or Holder thereof under
the Indenture.

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          No Global [Security] may be transferred except as a whole by such Depositary to a nominee of
such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such
Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a
nominee of such successor Depositary. Global [Securities] are exchangeable for certificated
[Securities] only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global [Securities] or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and the Issuer fails within 90 days thereafter to
appoint a successor Depositary, (y) the Issuer in its sole discretion determines that such Global
[Securities] shall be so exchangeable or (z) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event
of Default or an event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would constitute an
Event of Default with respect to the [Securities] represented by such Global [Securities]. In such
event, the Issuer will issue [Securities] in certificated form in exchange for such Global
[Securities]. In any such instance, an owner of a beneficial interest in the Global [Securities]
will be entitled to physical delivery in certificated form of [Securities] equal in principal
amount to such beneficial interest and to have such [Securities] registered in its name.
[Securities] so issued in certificated form will be issued in denominations of $1,000 or any
integral multiple thereof, and will be issued in registered form only, without coupons.

          The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and
treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this [Security] (whether or not this
[Security] shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon),
for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and premium, if
any, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes,
and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.

          No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture
or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any [Security], or because of the creation of any
indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against incorporator, stockholder, officer or
director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor Person, either
directly or through the Issuer or any successor Person, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or
by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such
liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue hereof.

          The acceptance of this [Security] shall be deemed to constitute the consent and agreement of
the Holder hereof to all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture. Terms used herein which are
defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indentures.

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

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