Document:

Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.34

 [Form of Retention Agreement, Effective March 16, 2016]
[Tiffany & Co. Letterhead]
[Insert Date]
[Name of Executive]
200 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Re: Retention Agreement
Dear [Executive]:
Tiffany and Company and Tiffany & Co. (respectively, "Employer" and "Parent,") wish to take steps to retain key management, it being recognized that future discussions concerning a Change of Control or a decision to cooperate in or effect a Change of Control could result in the departure or distraction of key management at a time when Parent and Employer Board would require the clear and focused attention of experienced management, unafflicted with concerns for personal financial and job security. Accordingly, in order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Employer, Parent and Employer have determined to enter into this letter agreement (this "Agreement") which addresses the terms and conditions of your employment in the event of a Change of Control.
This Agreement will provide you with certain payments and benefits should you incur an Involuntary Termination after a Change of Control Date.
An "Involuntary Termination" means (i) your termination of employment by Employer during the Term without Cause or (ii) your resignation of employment with the Employer within one (1) year of the Change of Control Date for Good Reason. The terms "Change of Control Date," "Term," "Cause," "Good Reason" and other initially capitalized words and phrases used in this letter agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Appendix I attached. With respect to your specific situation, you would also have "Good Reason" to resign from employment with Employer if any of the following occurs after a Change of Control Date and within one (1) year of such Change of Control Date:

		
	(A) 
	at any time you are not the [insert basic description of Executive's job] of the Successor Entity or the Controlling Entity;

		
	(B)
	any similar material adverse change on or after the Change in Control Date in your position or reporting responsibilities.

1.     Term of Employment under This Agreement. The Term of your employment under this Agreement shall not commence unless and until a Change in Control Date occurs and shall continue thereafter until the second anniversary of the Change in Control Date.
2.    Cash Payments in the Event of Involuntary Termination during the Term; Timing of Payments. In the event of your Involuntary Termination during the Term you will be paid the following amounts in cash by the Employer:

		
	(a) 
	your Earned Compensation; and

		
	(b) 
	subject to Section 8 below, a severance payment equal to the sum of (i) two times your Reference Salary and (ii) two times your Reference Bonus.

Payments under (a) and (b) above will be made within ten (10) days of your Date of Termination.
3.    Benefit Continuation in the Event of Involuntary Termination During the Term. In the event of your Involuntary Termination during the Term Employer shall maintain all Benefit Plans in full force and effect, for the continued benefit of you and your eligible dependents for a maximum Benefits Continuation Period of two years. Employer's obligation under this Section 3 is subject to the following: (i) that your and your eligible dependent's continued participation is possible under the general terms and provisions of such Benefit Plans (and under the terms of any applicable funding media) and (ii) that you continue to pay an amount equal to your regular contribution under such plans for such participation. You and your eligible dependents continued participation in such plans shall also be subject to the additional conditions stated in Appendix II.
4.     Notice of Termination; Employer's Opportunity to Cure. Any termination of your employment by Employer or by you during the Term shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other parties hereto. No event shall constitute Good Reason for your resignation unless:
		
	(i) 
	your claim to that effect is communicated by you to Employer in writing within the lesser of (a) sixty (60) days of the event alleged by you to constitute Good Reason and (b) that number of days remaining in the one-year period following the Change in Control date; and

		
	(ii)
	such event is not corrected by Employer or Parent in a manner which is reasonably satisfactory to you (including full retroactive correction with respect to any monetary matter) within thirty (30) days of the Employer's receipt of such written notice from you. For the avoidance of doubt, you will be required to remain in employment during the aforesaid thirty-day cure period.

5.    No Mitigation or Offset. You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer or by pension benefits paid by Employer or Employer's plans after the Date of Termination or otherwise, except as provided in the definition of "Benefit Continuation Period."
6.      Legal Fees and Expenses Necessary to Enforce Agreement. The Employer shall pay or reimburse you for all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable legal fees and expenses which reflect common practice with respect to the matters involved) incurred by you as a result of any claim, action or proceeding (i) contesting, disputing or enforcing any right, benefits or obligations under this Agreement or which you reasonably claim to have or to be owed to you by Employer or Parent or (ii) arising out of or challenging the validity, advisability or enforceability of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

	
			
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7.      Employment during the Term. During the Term you shall be employed by Employer on the terms and conditions on which you were employed immediately prior to the Change in Control Date without any Substantial Change.
8.     Limitation. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, your entitlement to a payment under Section 2(b) above shall be limited (reduced) to the extent necessary so that no payment to be made to you on account of your Involuntary Termination will be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, but only if, by reason of such limitation, your Net After Tax Benefit shall exceed your Net After Tax Benefit if such reduction were not made. "Net After Tax Benefit" means (i) the sum of all payments and benefits that you are entitled to receive under Section 2(b) or under any other plan or agreement that would constitute a "parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, less (ii) the amount of federal income tax payable with respect to the payments and benefits described in clause (i) above calculated at the maximum marginal income tax rate for each year in which such payments and benefits shall be paid you (based upon the rate in effect for such year as set forth in the Code at the time of the first payment of the foregoing), less (iii) the amount of excise tax imposed with respect to the payments and benefits described in clause (i) above by Section 4999 of the Code.
9.     Successors; Binding Agreement; Respective Responsibilities of Parent and Employer.

		
	(a) 
	Assumption by Successor. Parent and Employer will each require their respective successors (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of either, to expressly assume and to agree to perform this Agreement for your benefit in the same manner and to the same extent that the Parent or the Employer, as the case may be, would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place; provided, however, that no such assumption shall relieve either the Parent or the Employer of its obligations hereunder, and no failure to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement shall relieve any successor of its obligations under this Agreement by operation of law.

		
	(b) 
	Enforceability; Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by you (and your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees) and the Parent and Employer and any Person(s) which succeeds to substantially all of the business or assets of the Parent or Employer, whether by means of merger, consolidation, acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent or Employer or otherwise, including, without limitation, as a result of a Change in Control or by operation of law.

		
	(c) 
	Joint and Several Liability. Parent shall be jointly and severally liable with Employer for all Employer's obligations hereunder and Employer shall be jointly and severally liable with Parent for all Parent's obligations hereunder.

	
			
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10.      Notices. For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when hand-delivered or when mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed, if to Parent or Employer, to the Boards of Directors, Tiffany & Co. and Tiffany and Company, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, Attn. Legal Department, or, if to you, to you at the address set forth on the first page of this Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

11. Miscellaneous.

		
	(a) 
	Amendments, Waivers, Etc. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing, No waiver by either party hereto any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provision or conditions at the same or at any later or subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter here have been made by either party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement and this Agreement shall supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, correspondence, undertakings and communications of the parties, oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement supersedes all prior Retention Agreements between the parties, it being understood and agreed that any such prior Retention Agreement shall be deemed voluntarily surrendered by you in exchange for this Agreement. Parent, acting through the Compensation Committee of the Parent Board, reserves the unilateral right to add additional events that shall constitute a Change in Control to reflect changing techniques for effecting corporate changes in control; such right may not be exercised after the occurrence of such an event.

		
	(b) 
	Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

		
	(c) 
	Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

		
	(d) 
	No Contract of Employment. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as giving you any right to be retained in the employ of Employer or Parent nor shall it affect the terms and conditions of your employment with Employer prior to the commencement of the Term hereof. Failing the occurrence of a Change in Control Date your employment shall continue to be "at will," meaning that either you or Employer may terminate your employment with or without cause, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice.

	
			
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	(e) 
	Withholding. Amounts paid to you hereunder shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and local withholding taxes.

		
	(f) 
	Source of Payments. All payments provided under this Agreement, other than payments made pursuant to a Benefit Plan which provides otherwise, shall be paid in cash from the general funds of Employer or Parent, and no special or separate fund shall be established, and no other segregation of assets made, to assure payment. You will have no right, title or interest whatsoever in or to any investments which Employer or Parent may make to aid it in meeting its obligations hereunder. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from Employer or Parent hereunder, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured creditor of Parent or Employer, as the case may be.

		
	(g) 
	Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are intended solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the rights of the parties to this Agreement.

		
	(h) 
	Governing Law. The validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed in this State. 

If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly sign and return to Employer the enclosed copy of this letter which will then constitute the agreement among us on this subject.

Sincerely,
TIFFANY & CO. ("Parent")
By: _________________________________
Name: 
Title:      Chief Executive Officer
TIFFANY AND COMPANY ("Employer")
By: _________________________________
Name: 
Title:      Chief Executive Officer
Agreed to as of this _____ day of _______ 201_
 
    
	
	
	[Name of Executive]

Attachment: Appendices I through II

	
			
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Appendix I -- Definitions
For purposes of the Agreement, the following initially capitalized words shall have the meanings set forth below:
"Affiliate" shall mean any Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, any other Person, directly or indirectly.
"Benefit Continuation Period" means the period beginning on your Date of Termination and ending following the period of years stated in Section 3, provided that such period shall earlier terminate on the commencement date of equivalent benefits from your new employer or your attainment of age sixty-five (65), whichever first occurs.
"Benefit Plan" mean all insured and self-insured employee medical and dental welfare benefit plans in which you were entitled to participate immediately prior to your Date of Termination.

"Cause" shall mean a termination of your employment during the Term which is the result of:

		
	a.
	your conviction or plea of nolo contendere to a felony or any other crime involving financial impropriety or which would tend to subject Employer or any of its Affiliates to public criticism or materially interfere with your continued service to Employer;

		
	b.
	your willful violation of the Code of Conduct;

		
	c.
	your willful failure or refusal to perform substantially all such proper and achievable directives issued by your superior (other than any such failure resulting from your incapacity due to physical or mental illness, any such actual or anticipated failure resulting from a resignation by you for Good Reason, or any such refusal made by you in good faith because you believe such directives to be illegal, unethical or immoral) after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to you on behalf of Employer, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which you have not substantially performed your duties, and which performance is not substantially corrected by you within ten (10) days of receipt of such demand;

		
	d.
	your gross negligence in the performance of your duties and responsibilities materially injurious to the Employer;

		
	e.
	your willful breach of any material obligation that you have to Parent or Employer under any written agreement that you have with either Parent or Employer;

		
	f.
	your fraud or dishonesty with regard to Employer or any of its Affiliates;

	
			
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	g.
	your failure to reasonably cooperate in any investigation of alleged misconduct by you or by any other employee of Parent, Employer or any affiliate of Parent or Employer;

		
	h.
	your death; or

		
	i.
	your Disability.

For purposes of the previous sentence, no act or failure to act on your part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by you in bad faith toward, or without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interests of, Parent, Employer or an Affiliate of Parent or Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause with respect to items (a) through (g) or item (i) unless and until there shall have been delivered to you a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-fourths (3/4th) of the entire membership of the Employer Board at a meeting called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to you and an opportunity for you, together with your counsel, to be heard before such Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of such Board, Cause exists as set forth in items (a) through (g) or (i) above.

“Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:
		
	a.
	Any Person or group (as defined in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of Persons (excluding Parent or any of its Affiliates, (ii) a trustee or any fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Parent or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly by stockholders of Parent in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Parent, or (v) any surviving or resulting entity or ultimate parent entity resulting from a reorganization, merger, consolidation or other corporate transaction referred to in clause (c) below that does not constitute a Change in Control under clause (c) below) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Parent representing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of Parent’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of Parent; 

		
	b.
	If the individuals who, as of the date of this Agreement, constitute the Parent Board (such individuals, the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Parent’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board;

		
	c.
	The consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation or other corporate transaction involving Parent, in each case with respect to which the stockholders of 

	
			
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Parent immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction would not, immediately after the consummation of such transaction, own more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the surviving or resulting Person or ultimate parent entity resulting from such transaction, as the case may be; or

		
	d.
	Assets representing 50% or more of the consolidated assets of Parent and its subsidiaries are sold, liquidated or distributed in a transaction (or series of transactions within a twelve (12) month period), other than such a sale or disposition immediately after which such assets will be owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of Parent in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the common stock of Parent immediately prior to such sale or disposition.

"Change in Control Date" shall mean the date on which a Change of Control occurs.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor provisions thereto.
"Code of Conduct" shall mean Parent's (i) Code of Business and Ethical Conduct for Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and All Other Officers of the Company and (ii) Business Conduct Policy - Worldwide, as amended from time to time prior to the Change of Control Date and as in effect as of the Change of Control Date.
"Common Stock" shall mean the common stock of Parent.
"Controlling Entity" shall mean the Controlling Person of the Successor Entity if such a Controlling Person exists; otherwise "Controlling Entity" shall mean the Successor Entity. 
The "Controlling Person" of any Person shall mean the Person which ultimately controls such first Person and all other Affiliates of such first Person, directly or indirectly, through ownership of voting stock or otherwise.
Your "Date of Termination" shall mean:

		
	a.
	if your employment is terminated for Disability, thirty (30) days after a Notice of Termination is given (provided that you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties during such thirty (30) day period);

		
	b.
	if your employment is terminated by Employer in an Involuntary Termination, five (5) days after the date the Notice of Termination is received by you;

		
	c.
	if your employment is terminated by Employer for Cause (other than Disability), the later of the date specified in the Notice of Termination or ten (10) days following the date such Notice is received by you;

		
	d.
	if you resign and specify Good Reason, thirty (30) days after the date your Notice of Termination is received by Employer unless Employer has corrected the matter as provided for in Section 4(c); and

	
			
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	e.
	if you resign and fail to specify Good Reason, the date set forth in your Notice of Termination, which shall be no earlier than ten (10) days after the date such notice is received by Employer.

"Disability" shall mean your incapacity due to physical or mental illness which causes you to be absent from the full-time performance of your duties with Employer for six (6) consecutive months; provided, however, that you shall not be determined to be subject to a Disability for purposes of this Agreement unless you fail to return to full-time performance of your duties with Employer within thirty (30) days after written Notice of Termination due to Disability is given to you.

"Earned Compensation" shall mean:

		
	a.
	any earned but unpaid base salary through your Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time of the Notice of Termination and any earned bonus or incentive award for any completed fiscal year that remains unpaid;

		
	b.
	all unused vacation time which you may have accrued as of your Date of Termination; and

		
	c.
	a portion of your Reference Bonus pro-rated for your service during the fiscal year in which your Involuntary Termination occurs, calculated on the assumption that all performance targets (including your individual performance targets and sales and earnings targets applicable to the Employer and/or to the Successor Entity) have been or will be achieved.

"Employer" shall mean Tiffany and Company, a New York corporation, and any successor to its business and/or assets by operation of law or otherwise.
"Employer Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of Employer.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor provisions thereto. 
“Excise Tax" shall mean the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code and interest or penalties with respect to such excise tax.

"Good Reason" means, in addition to those reasons stated in the body of the Agreement, your resignation from employment with Employer as a result of any of the following:

		
	a.
	a meaningful and detrimental alteration in your position or the nature or status of your responsibilities (including your reporting responsibilities) from those in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date;

		
	b.
	a material failure by Employer to pay you a bonus or incentive award commensurate with the bonus paid other key executives of Employer at your level (expressed as a percentage of your target bonus) unless such failure is justified by 

	
			
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clear and objective deficiencies of the business units for which you are responsible;

		
	c.
	the relocation of the office of Employer where you were employed immediately prior to the Change in Control Date to a location which is more than 50 miles away or should Employer require you to be based more than 50 miles away from such office (except for required travel on the Employer's business to an extent substantially consistent with your customary business travel obligations in the ordinary course of business prior to the Change in Control Date);

		
	d.
	the failure of Employer and Parent to obtain an express agreement reasonably satisfactory to you from their successors, if any, to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 8(a) of the Agreement; or

		
	e.
	a material breach by Employer or Parent of this Agreement.

“Incumbent Board” shall have the meaning provided in sub-section b. of the definition entitled “Change in Control.”
"Notice of Termination" shall mean a written notice indicating the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provision so indicated.
"Parent" shall mean Tiffany & Co., a Delaware corporation, and any successor to its business and/or assets by operation of law or otherwise.
"Parent Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of Parent.
"Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, business trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.
"Reference Bonus" shall mean the target annual bonus applicable to you for the year in which your Involuntary Termination occurs. For this purpose, the term "bonus" shall also refer to cash Incentive Award under the 2005 Employee Incentive Plan or any successor plan thereto.
"Reference Salary" shall mean the greater of (i) the annual rate of your base salary from Employer in effect immediately prior to the date of your Involuntary Termination and (ii) the highest annual rate of your base salary from Employer in effect at any point during the three-year period ended on the Change in Control Date.
"Regulations" shall mean regulations under Section 280G of the Code, including proposed and temporary regulations, and any successor provisions thereto.
"Substantial Change" means any material change in the terms or conditions of your employment (including in your salary or target bonus) following a Change of Control Date that is less 

	
			
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favorable to you than those in effect previous to the Change of Control Date other than (i) a change that has been made on an across-the-board basis for substantially all of Employer's employees or (ii) a change in equity-based compensation (including a the reduction or elimination thereof) resulting from the Change in Control.
"Successor Entity" shall mean the Person who is in most immediate control, whether through voting stock ownership of one or more subsidiaries or otherwise, of the worldwide consolidated business of Parent's Affiliates, substantially as such business existed immediately prior to the Change in Control Date whether or not such Person is ultimately controlled by another Person.
"Taxes" shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes to which you are subject at the time of determination, calculated on the basis of the highest marginal rates then in effect, plus any additional payroll or withholding taxes to which you are then subject.
"Term" shall mean the term of your employment under this Agreement as defined in Section 1.

	
			
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Appendix II - Benefit Continuation
(A) In the event that your participation in any Benefit Plan is barred, Employer shall, at its sole cost and expense, arrange to have issued for the benefit of you and your eligible dependents individual policies of insurance providing benefits substantially similar (on an after-tax basis) to those which you otherwise would have been entitled to receive under such Benefit Plan pursuant to Section 3 for the Benefit Continuation Period.
(B) In lieu of the benefits provided in (A) above, if, in the reasonable opinion of Employer, such insurance is not available at a reasonable cost to the Employer, the Employer shall directly provide you and your eligible dependents with equivalent benefits (on an after-tax basis).
(C) In either of the circumstances described in (A) or (B), you shall not be required to pay any premiums or other charges in an amount greater than that which you would have paid in order participate in such Benefit Plan had your Involuntary Termination not occurred.
(D) If at the end of the Benefit Continuation Period you have not reached age sixty-five and you have not previously received or are not then receiving equivalent benefits from a new employer, Employer shall arrange to enable you to convert your and your eligible dependents' coverage under the Benefit Plans to individual policies or programs upon the same terms as employees of the Employer may apply for such conversions. Employer shall bear the cost of making such conversions available to you; you shall bear the cost of coverage under such converted policies or programs.
(E) For the purposes of Section 3 and this Appendix, a dependent will be deemed "eligible" if, at the time in question, you would, if an employee of Employer, be entitled to cover such dependent under the plan in question.

	
			
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 EXHIBIT 4.1 

FORM OF OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE 

The undersigned, Kevin Moriarty and Erin Lewin, do hereby certify on behalf of AVNET, INC., a New York corporation (the
“Company”), that they are the duly appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary, and Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of the Company. Each of the
undersigned also hereby certifies on behalf of the Company, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of June 22, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the
“Trustee”), that: 
 RECITAL 

Pursuant to the authorizations granted by resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors on February 11, 2016, a series of Securities
(as defined in the Indenture) to be issued under the Indenture has been established (the “Notes”). 
 TERMS 

The Notes shall have the terms set forth in this certificate (this “Certificate”) (defined terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture): 
 (1) The title of the Securities of the series
(which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series): The Notes shall constitute a series of Securities having the title “4.625% Notes due 2026.” 

(2) Any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under the
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 Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 3.05, 10.06 and except for Securities which,
pursuant to Section 2.04, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under the Indenture): The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is unlimited. On the date
hereof, the Company has delivered to the Trustee $550,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes. 

(3) The Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the person in whose name that Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest: Not applicable. 

(4) The date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series shall be payable: The entire principal of the Notes
shall be due and payable on April 15, 2026 (the 

  
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“Stated Maturity”), unless earlier redeemed by the Company as provided in Section 7 below or repurchased by the Company as provided in Section 19A below. 

(5) The rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest
shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable, and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date: The Notes shall bear interest from March 29, 2016 at the annual rate of
4.625%. Interest shall be payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 (the “Interest Payment Dates”) of each year, beginning on October 15, 2016, to the Person in whose name the Notes are registered in the
Security Register at the close of business on the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, next preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date (each a “Regular Record Date”), whether or not such Regular Record Date shall be
a Business Day. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 Payments of interest on
the Notes shall include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date (as defined herein) or Repurchase Date (as defined herein), as the case may be. 

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or of the Notes) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day
at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity, as the case may be. 
 (6) The place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable: The Place of Payment shall be, the registration of transfer and exchange for the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes shall be payable, and the
exchange of and the transfer of the Notes shall be registrable, at the office of the Trustee or at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose subject to the limitations of the Indenture, and the office or agency of the
Trustee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to be such office or agency of the Company for the aforesaid purposes. 
 (7) The period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company: 

(A) The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option, at any time and from time to time prior to the Stated Maturity on at
least 30 days’, but no more than 60 days’, prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder. 

  
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 Prior to the Par Call Date (as defined below), the redemption price shall be equal to the greater
of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) discounted, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months) at a rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 45 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date. At any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company may
redeem all or any part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. 

For purposes hereof, the redemption price calculated in accordance with the prior two sentences shall be the “Redemption Price.” The
principal amount of a Note remaining Outstanding after redemption in part must be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

For purposes of this Section 7, the following definitions shall be applicable: 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an
actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed (assuming, for this purpose, that the Notes mature on the Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes. 
 “Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or
(2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations. 
 “Independent
Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company. 
 “Par Call Date” means January 15,
2026. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or
their respective affiliates that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”)) and a Primary Treasury Dealer selected by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. and their
respective successors and two other Primary Treasury Dealers as may be selected from time to time by the Company. If any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

  
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 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and
any Redemption Date prior to the Par Call Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company
by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date. 
 “Remaining
Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Note that would be due after the related Redemption Date therefor if such Note matured on the Par Call
Date. If that Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to the Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on the Note shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on the Note to the Redemption Date.

 “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or
interpolation (on a day count basis) of the interpolated Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption
Date. 
 In the event that the Company chooses to redeem less than all of the Notes, selection of the Notes for redemption shall be made by
the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate, in accordance with DTC’s applicable procedures. The notice of redemption that relates to any Note that is redeemed in part only shall state the
portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Redemption
Date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the Redemption Price. 

(B) Notice of redemption to Holders shall be given in the manner provided in Section 3.02 of the Indenture. 

(C) Notice of redemption having been given as provided in the Indenture, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due
and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Notes shall cease to accrue interest. Upon surrender of any such Note
for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Notes shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date. 

The notice of redemption that relates to any Note that is redeemed in part only shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
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equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. 

(D) Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in
Section 3.02 of the Indenture, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 6.03 of the Indenture) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) any accrued interest on, all of the Notes that are to be redeemed on that date. 

(8) The obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provision or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchase, in whole or in part, pursuant to
such obligation: The Notes shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund. 
 (9) If other than denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples thereof, the denomination in which the Securities of the series shall be issuable: The Notes shall be issued in registered form only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

(10) The currency, currencies, or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of
the series shall be payable if other than the currency of the United States of America and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 1.01 of the Indenture: Not applicable. 
 (11) If the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or
interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, based upon a formula, or in some other manner, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined: Except as set forth in the Indenture and this
Certificate, the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest on the Notes shall not be determined with reference to an index, based upon a formula or in some other manner. 

(12) If the principal of or any premium or interest on the Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or
a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the Securities of the series are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies, or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of the series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made: Not applicable. 

  
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 (13) If other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying
Agent: The Paying Agent and Security Registrar initially shall be the Trustee. 
 (14) If other than the principal amount
thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 8.01(b): Not applicable. 

(15) If applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be subject to either or both of Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as
provided in Article V of the Indenture, provided that no Securities of the series that are convertible into Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(xvi) or convertible into or exchangeable for any other Securities pursuant to
Section 2.01(b)(xvii) shall be subject to Defeasance pursuant to Section 5.02: The defeasance and discharge provisions under Article V of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes. 

(16) If and as applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries of such Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than those set forth in Section 2.05 in which any such Global Security may be transferred to, and registered
and exchanged for Securities of the series registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer may be registered: The Notes shall be evidenced by one or
more Global Notes deposited with the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and shall initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. 

So long as Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, is the registered owner of the Global Notes, Cede & Co. for all purposes shall be
considered the sole holder of the Global Notes. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall not be (A) entitled to have certificates registered in their names and (B) considered Holders of the Global
Notes. 
 The Company shall issue the Notes in definitive certificated form if DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as depositary or DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days. In addition, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be exchanged for
definitive certificated Notes upon request by or on behalf of DTC and in accordance with DTC’s customary procedures. The Company may determine at any time and in its sole discretion that the Notes shall no longer be represented by Global Notes,
in which case the Company shall issue certificates in definitive form in exchange for the Global Notes. 
 (17) The terms and
conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of the series are convertible into Common Stock: Not applicable. 

  
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 (18) The terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of the series are
convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities, including (without limitation) securities of Persons other than the Company: Not applicable. 

(19) Any other terms of, or provisions, covenants, rights or other matters applicable to, the Securities of the series (which terms,
provisions, covenants, rights or other matters shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture), except as permitted by Section 10.01(e) of the Indenture: 

(A) Change of Control. If a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined below) occurs, unless the Company has exercised its
right to redeem the Notes in accordance with Section 7 hereof, each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of each Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer (the “Change of Control
Offer”) on the terms set forth in the Notes and herein. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any
(the “Change of Control Payment”), on the Notes repurchased, to the repurchase date (the “Repurchase Date”) (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on
the Interest Payment Date). The principal amount of a Note remaining Outstanding after a repurchase in part must be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event has occurred or, at the Company’s option, prior to
any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the transaction that may or shall constitute a Change of Control, except to the extent that the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes in accordance with Section 7 above,
the Company shall cause a notice to be mailed to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions that may or shall constitute a Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date
specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days, but no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of
consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. 

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of Control Offer; and 

  
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 (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with
an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. 
 The
Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e–1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a
result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 19(A), the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not
be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 19(A) by virtue of such conflicts; 
 The Company shall not be required
to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company, and such third party
purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In the event that such third party terminates or defaults on its offer, the Company shall be required to make a Change of Control Offer treating the date of such termination or
default as though it were the date of the Change of Control Triggering Event. 
 For purposes of this Section 19(A), the following
definitions shall be applicable: 
 “Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the rating on the Notes is lowered by each of the Rating
Agencies and the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any day during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing on the date 60 days prior to the first public announcement by the
Company of any Change of Control or pending Change of Control and ending 60 days following the consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced
consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies). 
 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a
series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than the
Company or one of its Subsidiaries; 
 (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; 

(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any
“person” (as defined above), becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or 

  
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indirectly, of more than 50% of the then Outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock measured by voting power rather than number of shares; 

(4) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in
any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s Outstanding Voting Stock or the Outstanding Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such
transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Company Outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock (measured by voting power rather than number of
shares) of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or 
 (5) the first day on which a majority of the
members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors. 
 “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence
of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event. 
 “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination,
any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of this Certificate; or (2) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the approval of a
majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as
a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination). 
 “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher
than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any of its successors. 

“Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or
fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected
by the Company (as certified by a Board Resolution) as a replacement rating agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be. 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any of its successors.

  
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 (B) Restriction on Secured Debt. The Company covenants, for the benefit of the
Holders, that if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (as defined below) after the date hereof incurs or guarantees any loans, notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed (“Certain
Debt”) secured by a mortgage, pledge or lien (“Mortgage”) on any Principal Property (as defined below) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or on any share of capital stock or Certain Debt of any Restricted
Subsidiary, the Company shall secure or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to secure the Notes equally and ratably with (or, at the Company’s option, before) such secured Certain Debt, unless the aggregate principal amount of all such secured
Certain Debt plus the amount of all Attributable Debt (as defined below) which is not excluded as described under Section 19(C) below would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Assets (as defined below). 

This restriction shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from secured Certain Debt in any computation of the above restriction,
Certain Debt secured by: 
  

	 	(a)	Mortgages on property (including any shares of capital stock or Certain Debt) of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; 

 

	 	(b)	Mortgages in favor of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; 

  

	 	(c)	Mortgages in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress, advance or other payments; 

  

	 	(d)	Mortgages on property, shares of capital stock or Certain Debt existing at the time of acquisition thereof (including acquisition through merger or consolidation) and purchase money and construction or improvement
Mortgages which are entered into within 180 days after the acquisition of such property, shares or Certain Debt or, in the case of real property, within 180 days after the later of (A) the completion of construction on, substantial repair to,
alteration or development of, or substantial improvement to, such property and (B) the commencement of commercial operations on such property; 

  

	 	(e)	mechanics’ and similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations not due or being contested in good faith; 

 

	 	(f)	Mortgages arising from deposits with, or the giving of any form of security to, any governmental agency required as a condition to the transaction of business or to the exercise of any privilege, franchise or license;

  

	 	(g)	Mortgages for taxes, assessments or government charges or levies which are not then due or, if delinquent, are being contested in good faith; 

  
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	 	(h)	Mortgages (including judgment liens) arising from legal proceedings being contested in good faith; 

  

	 	(i)	Mortgages existing at the date hereof; and 

  

	 	(j)	any extension, renewal or refunding of any Mortgage referred to in the clauses (a) through (i) above. 

(C) Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company covenants, for the benefit of the Holders, that the Company
shall not itself, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction involving any Principal Property, unless after giving effect thereto the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to all
such transactions plus the aggregate principal amount of all secured Certain Debt which is not excluded as described under Section 19(B) above would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Assets. 

This restriction shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from Attributable Debt in any computation of the above restriction, any sale
and leaseback transaction if: 
 (i) the lease is for a period, including renewal rights, of not in excess of three years; 

(ii) the sale or transfer of the Principal Property is made within 180 days after its acquisition or within 180 days after the later of
(1) the completion of construction on, substantial repair to, alteration or development of, or substantial improvement to, such property and (2) the commencement of commercial operations thereon; 

(iii) the transaction is between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary, or between Restricted Subsidiaries; 

(iv) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to incur a Mortgage on such Principal Property pursuant to clauses
(a) through (j) of Section 19(B) above; or 
 (v) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, within 180 days after the sale or
transfer is completed, applies to the retirement of Funded Debt (as defined below) of the Company ranking on a parity with or senior to the Notes or Funded Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary, or to the purchase of other property which shall constitute
a Principal Property having a fair market value at least equal to the fair market value of the Principal Property leased, an amount equal to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property or the fair market value (as
determined by the Board of Directors) of the Principal Property leased at the time of entering into such arrangement (as determined by the Board of Directors). 

  
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 (D) Events of Default: Upon any acceleration of the Notes (by declaration or
otherwise), the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes shall become immediately due and payable. 

(E) No Subordination: Article Thirteen of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes. 

(F) Form of Note. The form of the Note attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby approved. 

(G) The foregoing form and terms of the Notes have been established in conformity with the provisions of the Indenture. 

(H) Each of the undersigned has read the Indenture, including the applicable conditions precedent set forth therein, and has examined the
resolutions referred to in the Recital of this Certificate and the Notes and, in the opinion of the undersigned, has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
all conditions precedent provided in the Indenture relating to the establishment, authentication and delivery of the Notes have been complied with. In the opinion of the undersigned and on the basis of the foregoing, all such conditions precedent
have been complied with. 
 (I) Definitions: 

“Attributable Debt” shall mean, as to any particular lease, the greater of: (A) the fair market value of the property
subject to the lease (as determined by the Board of Directors); or (B) the total net amount of rent required to be paid during the remaining term of the lease, discounted by the weighted average effective interest cost per annum of the
Outstanding debt securities of all series, compounded semi-annually. 
 “Consolidated Net Assets” shall mean total assets
after deducting all current liabilities as set forth in the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and computed in accordance with GAAP. 

“Funded Debt” shall mean all indebtedness for money borrowed having a maturity of more than twelve months from the date as of
which the determination is made, or having a maturity of twelve months or less but by its terms being renewable or extendible beyond twelve months from such date at the option of the borrower; and rental obligations payable more than twelve months
from such date under leases which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP (such rental obligations to be included as Funded Debt at the amount so capitalized and to be included as an asset for the purposes of the definition of Consolidated Net
Assets). 
 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (including, if
applicable, International Financial Reporting Standards) as in effect from time to time. 

  
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 “Global Notes” shall mean Notes that are substantially in the form of the Note
attached hereto as Exhibit A, and that are registered in the Security Register in the name of DTC or a nominee thereof. 

“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 
 “Principal Property” shall
mean any plant, facility or warehouse owned on the date hereof or thereafter acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which is located within the United States and the gross book value (including related land and
improvements thereon and all machinery and equipment included therein without deduction of any depreciation reserves) of which on the date of determination exceeds 2% of Consolidated Net Assets, other than: (A) any such manufacturing or
processing plant or warehouse or any portion thereof (together with the land on which it is erected and fixtures comprising a part thereof) which is financed by industrial development bonds which are tax exempt pursuant to Section 103 of the
Internal Revenue Code (or which receive similar tax treatment under any subsequent amendments thereto or any successor laws thereof or under any other similar statute of the United States); (B) any property which, in the opinion the Board of
Directors, is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as an entirety; or (C) any portion of a particular property which is similarly found not to be of material importance to
the use or operation of such property. 
 “Redemption Date” means the date specified by the Company in a notice of
redemption on which the Notes may be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture. 
 “Restricted
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company (A) substantially all the property of which is located, or substantially all the business of which is carried on, within the United States, and (B) which owns a Principal Property.

 “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other Person more than 50% of the Outstanding Voting Stock (measured by voting
power rather than number of shares) of which at the date of determination is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or by one or more other Subsidiaries. 

“Voting Stock” means capital stock (or equivalent equity interests) of a Person of the class or classes having general voting
power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock (or equivalent equity interests) of any other class or classes
has or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency). 

  
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 (20) Governing Law: This Officers’ Certificate shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof. 
 [Signature
page follows] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto executed this Certificate as of the
         day of March, 2016. 
  

			
	AVNET, INC.,
	a New York corporation
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Kevin Moriarty
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Erin Lewin
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

  
 [Officers’
Certificate Pursuant to the Indenture] 

 Exhibit A 

Form of Note 

 THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, AND NO SUCH TRANSFER
MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY NOTE AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS NOTE WILL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING,
EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. 
 AVNET, INC. 

4.625% Notes due 2026 
  

			
	No.                     	  	
		
	$            	  	CUSIP No.                     

 AVNET, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (hereinafter
called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to         , or its registered assigns, the
principal sum of $         on April 15, 2026, and to pay interest thereon from March 29, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on
April 15 and October 15 in each year, commencing on October 15, 2016 at the rate of 4.625% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be the April 1 or October 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease
to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. 

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME
EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH IN THIS PLACE. 

 This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication herein has been signed manually by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse side hereof. 
 [Signature
page follows] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed in accordance with
the Indenture. 
  

			
	AVNET, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 I,
                     ,
                             of Avnet, Inc., do hereby certify that
                     is the duly elected, qualified and acting
                     of Avnet, Inc. and that the signature of
                     set forth above is his genuine signature. 

 

	
	  

 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

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

 

			
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory

 Dated:
                     

 (Reverse of Note) 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of 4.625% Notes due 2026 of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), and is to be issued
under an indenture, dated as of June 22, 2010 (as amended and supplemented, the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes
any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), and an Officers’ Certificate, dated as of March     , 2016, setting forth the terms of the Notes (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which
Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof. 
 1. Interest. The Notes shall bear interest from
March 29, 2016 at the annual rate of 4.625%. 
 Except as otherwise provided below or in the Indenture, interest on any Note which
shall be payable, and shall be punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered in the Security Register at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 2. Method of Payment. So
long as the Notes are in the form of registered Global Notes, the Company shall wire, through the facilities of the Trustee, payments of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on or the Redemption Price of the Notes, to the registered owner
of the Global Notes. The registered owner of the Global Notes initially will be Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC. The Company shall pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts. 
 3. Indenture. The Notes are the Company’s senior unsecured obligations, and the aggregate principal
amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is unlimited. The terms, conditions and provisions of the Notes are those stated in the Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended, and those set forth in the Notes. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. 

4. Redemption at the Option of the Company. The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option, at any time and from
time to time prior to the Stated Maturity on at least 30 days’, but not more than 60 days’, prior notice mailed to the registered address of each Holder. Prior to the Par Call Date, the redemption price shall be equal to the greater of
(A) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (B) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a
rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to the Redemption Date. At any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem all or any part of the
Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The principal amount of a Note remaining Outstanding after redemption in part must be $2,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any Note that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and

 
deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note of any authorized denomination, as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered upon cancellation of the original Note. 
 Notice of redemption of the Notes
to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable. Notice of redemption shall be given by mail, first
class postage prepaid, not less than 30 or more than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register. Once notice of redemption has been given in
accordance with the Indenture, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption
Price and accrued interest) such Notes will cease to accrue interest. 
 5. Offer to Repurchase on a Change of Control Triggering
Event: If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes in accordance with Paragraph 4 hereof, each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of
such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer on the terms set forth herein, and in the Indenture. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the repurchase date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the Interest Payment Date). The
principal amount of a Note remaining Outstanding after a repurchase in part must be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event has occurred or, at the Company’s option, prior to
any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the transaction that may or shall constitute a Change of Control, except to the extent that the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes in accordance with Paragraph 4 hereof,
the Company shall cause a notice to be mailed to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions that may or shall constitute a Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date
specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days, but no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of
the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. 

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 

 

	 	•	 	accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 

	 	•	 	deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of Control Offer; and 

 

	 	•	 	deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the
Company. 

 6. Defeasance. The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire
indebtedness evidenced by this Note or (b) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. 

7. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 8. Amendment; Waiver. The Indenture permits the amendment thereof and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture and this Note at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Notes affected by the modification or amendment, except for certain amendments and modifications requiring the consent of the Holders of all Outstanding Notes affected thereby and for certain other amendments and modifications that
may be made without the consent of the Holders. The Company may also omit in any particular instance to comply with the provisions of the Indenture, with respect to the Notes, if the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes
shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision, or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision, or condition except to the extent
so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision, or condition shall remain in full force and effect. 

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past default
under the Indenture with respect to such Notes and its consequences, except a default (i) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Note or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision under the Indenture which
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of the Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
 9.
Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 8.01(a)(v) and 8.01(a)(vi) of the Indenture) occurs and shall be continuing, then in every case either the Trustee or the Holders of at least
25% in principal amount of the Notes then 

 
Outstanding may declare the principal amount and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, of the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, will become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 8.01(a)(v) and 8.01(a)(vi)
of the Indenture occurs and shall be continuing, then the principal of, and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder. 
 No Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless (a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes,
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee under the Indenture,
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request, (d) the Trustee for 60 calendar days after its
receipt of such notice, request, and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding, and (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of the Indenture to affect,
disturb, or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders), or to obtain or
to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner provided in the Indenture and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders. 

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

10. Transfers and Exchanges of the Notes. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment for the Notes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes and of like tenor, of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
 The Notes will be issued in
registered form only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

 11. Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying
Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to certain provisions of the Indenture, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar, or such other agent. 
 12. No
Recourse Against Others. A director, officer or employee or stockholder, as such of the Company, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes. 

13. Governing Law. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. 
 14. Copy of Indenture. The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note. Requests may be made to: 
 AVNET, INC. 

2211 South 47th Street 
 Phoenix,
Arizona 85034 
 Attn: Corporate Secretary 

15. Definitions. All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture. 

 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (We) assign and transfer this Note to 

 
  
  

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) 
  

 
  
  

 
  

 
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s name,
address and zip code) 
 and irrevocably appoint
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                  to transfer this Note on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 
  
  

 
  

					
	Date:                     	 		 	
			
		 	Your Signature:	 	  

		 		 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 Signature Guarantee* 
  

 
  

	*	NOTICE: The Signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature Guarantee Programs: (i) Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) New
York Stock Exchange Inc. Medallion Signature Program (MSP); (iii) Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee. 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety), JT TEN
(=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). 

 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 19(A) of the Officers’ Certificate, check the box below: 

 

	 ̈	Section 19(A) 

 If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 19(A) of the Officers’ Certificate, state the amount you elect to have purchased: 
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	Date:                     	 		 	Your Signature:	 	  

							
		 		 		 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

							
				
		 		 	Tax Identification No:	 	  

 

	
	Signature Guarantee*:
	
	  

	(*Participant in a Recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program)

 SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE 

The following exchanges of an interest in this Global Note for an interest in another Global Security or for a certificated Security, or
exchanges of an interest in another Global Security or certificated Security for an interest in this Global Note, have been made: 
  

									
	 Date of

Exchange
	 	 Amount of

Decrease in
 Principal

Amount of
 this Global

Note
	 	 Amount of

Increase in
 Principal

Amount of
 this Global

Note
	 	 Principal

Amount of this
 Global Note

Following Such
 Decrease (or

Increase)
	 	 Signature of

Authorized
 Officer or

Trustee or
 Security

Custodian

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