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Exhibit 10.56

Exhibit 10.56

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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 19, 2011 (this “Agreement”), between American
Railcar Industries, Inc., a North Dakota corporation (the “Company”) and Mr. Dale C. Davies (the
“Employee”).

1. Employment

	 	(a)	 	Upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Company hereby agrees to employ the
Employee and the Employee hereby agrees to become so employed. During the Term of Employment (as
hereinafter defined), the Employee shall be employed in the position of Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, reporting to James Cowan, Chief Executive
Officer of the Company and the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), and as an officer
of subsidiaries of the Company as specified and directed by the Board from time to time, and shall
perform such duties, consistent with such status and position, as are specified from time to time
by, and shall serve in such capacities at the pleasure of, the Company and the Board, subject to
the terms hereof.

	 	(b)	 	During the Term of Employment (as hereinafter defined), the Employee shall devote all of his
professional attention, on a full time basis, to the business and affairs of the Company and shall
use his best efforts to advance the best interest of the Company and shall comply with all of the
policies of the Company, including, without limitation, such policies with respect to legal
compliance, conflicts of interest, confidentiality and business ethics as are from time to time in
effect.

	 	(c)	 	During the Term of Employment, the Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Company’s Compensation Committee, directly or indirectly render services to, or otherwise act in a
business or professional capacity on behalf of or for the benefit of, any other “Person” (as
defined below) as an employee, advisor, member of a board or similar governing body, independent
contractor, agent, consultant, representative or otherwise, whether or not compensated. “Person” or
“person”, as used in this Agreement, means any individual, partnership, limited partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, estate, cooperative, association (except
homeowners), organization, proprietorship, firm, joint venture, joint stock company, syndicate,
company, committee, government or governmental subdivision or agency, or other entity.

2. Term

The employment period shall commence as of September 1, 2011 (the “Effective Date”) and shall
continue through September 1, 2014 (the “Expiration Date”) (such period being referred to herein as
the “Term of Employment.”

 

 

 

3. Compensation

For all services to be performed by the Employee under this Agreement, during the Term of
Employment, the Employee shall be compensated in the following manner:

(a) Base Compensation

The Company will pay the Employee a salary (the “Base Salary”) at an annual rate of $275,000 per
full 365-day year. The Base Salary shall be payable in accordance with the normal payroll practice
of the Company. The Base Salary will be reviewed periodically by the Board of Directors as is
customary with other officers. Following such review, the Board of Directors may, at its absolute
and sole discretion, increase (but shall not be required to increase) the Base Salary or other
benefits.

(b) Bonus Compensation

The Company will pay the Employee an annual bonus target for each calendar year of employment
ending on or after December 31, 2011 shall be 50% of Base Salary. Actual bonus paid may be less
than or greater than target based on the achievement of objective performance targets for the
Company to be set by the Board (or a committee thereof) in an annual bonus plan for each calendar
year. The compensation payable as contemplated in the preceding sentence of this section 3(b) is
referred to herein as “Bonus Compensation”. The Bonus Compensation in respect of any calendar
year, if due under the then current bonus Plan, shall be paid in accordance with such plan.

(c) Long-Term Incentive Compensation

The Employee will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Equity Incentive plan (or successor
plan) as may be in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms of such plan.

(d) Taxes

All amounts paid to the Employee under or pursuant to this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the Base Salary and any Bonus or Long-Term Incentive Compensation, if any, any other
compensation or benefits, whether in cash or in kind, shall be subject to normal federal, state
and, if applicable, local or foreign tax withholding and deductions imposed by any one or more
federal, state, local and or foreign governments, or pursuant to any foreign or domestic applicable
law, rule or regulation.

4. Benefits

During the Term of Employment, and in addition to any benefits and perquisites to which the
Employee is otherwise entitled pursuant to this Agreement, the Employee shall be entitled to
receive healthcare, group term life insurance, group long-term disability insurance, 401(k)
participation, vacation, and other similar employee benefits at least equal to those currently or
subsequently received by other senior employees of the Company as such may be provided by the
Company in its sole and absolute discretion from time to time.

 

 

 

5. Termination

This Agreement shall terminate (subject to Section 9(f) below) (Survival Provision) and the Term of
Employment and the employment of Employee hereunder shall end, on the first to occur of any of the
following (each a “Termination Event”):

	 	(a)	 	The Expiration Date;
	 
	 	(b)	 	The: (i) death of the Employee or (ii) determination of the Board, that the
Employee has become physically or mentally incapacitated so as to be unable to perform
the essential functions of Employee’s duties to the Company for (x) 60 consecutive days
or (y) 80 days in any 12-month period, even with reasonable accommodation, (the
“Disability”);
	 
	 	(c)	 	The discharge of the Employee by the Company with or without Cause; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	the voluntary resignation of the Employee, in which case Employee agrees to
provide the Company with not less than 60 days prior written notice of his resignation,
and in any event the Company may, at its option, declare such resignation to be
effective on (x) any day following receipt of such notice, or (y) if such notice is not
received, any day following such resignation.

The Company may discharge the Employee at any time, for any reason or no reason, with or without
Cause. As used herein, “Cause” is defined as the Employee’s: (i) failure to perform substantially
the duties of the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company
(other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to Disability), (ii) charged with any
crime other than traffic violations, (iii) engagement in an act of fraud or of willful dishonesty
towards the Company, (iv) material breach of this Agreement, (v) willful misconduct or gross
negligence in the performance of Employee’s duties hereunder, (vi) violation of a federal or state
securities law or regulation, (vii) the use by Employee of a controlled substance without a
prescription or the use of alcohol which impairs Employee’s ability to carry out his duties and
responsibilities, (viii) material violation by the Employee of the Company’s policies and
procedures, or (ix) embezzlement and/or misappropriation of property of the Company or any of its
affiliates. As used herein, “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following
events without the express consent of the Employee: (i) a material breach by Company of its
obligations under this Agreement, (ii) a material diminution in Employee’s position of duties of
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company as set forth in this
Agreement, (iii) any reduction in Employee’s Base Salary or benefits unless such modification is
part of a general, pro-rata reduction in the compensation for all executive officers of the Company
implemented as a result of financial problems experienced by the Company, or (iv) any relocation of
Employee’s assigned workplace to an area outside of the greater St. Louis metropolitan area. A
Good Reason shall not exist until the Company has first failed to cure such failure or breach
within 60 days of having been given written notice of its existence, and the Company is provided a
period of 45 days during which it may remedy the Good Reason condition. To the extent the Employee
is discharged or resigns, or is otherwise terminated or is deemed terminated, in each case as
provided herein, from his position with the
Company, he shall be and be deemed to have ceased his employment in the same manner with all of the
subsidiaries of the Company.

 

 

 

6. Effect of Termination

In the event of termination of the Employee’s employment hereunder, all rights of the Employee
under this Agreement, including all rights to compensation, shall end and the Employee shall only
be entitled to be paid the amounts set forth in this Section 6 below; provided,
that, the obligations of the Company to make any payment required pursuant to this Section
6 (other than (x) any amounts of the Employee’s Base Salary previously earned and accrued and (y)
in accordance with the Company’s policy, unreimbursed business expenses of the Employee, ((x) and
(y) collectively, the “Accrued Obligations”), but with the exception of the Accrued Obligations
being payable under clause (c) below), is conditioned upon (i) execution and delivery by the
Employee to the Company of a settlement and release agreement in favor of the Company, its
affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and equity holders in
respect of the Employee’s employment with the Company and the termination thereof in form
substantially as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto, and (ii) such agreement, once executed by
the Employee and delivered to the Company, becomes irrevocable, enforceable and final under the
applicable law.

	 	(a)	 	In the event that the Employee’s employment is terminated for the reason set
forth in Section 5(a) above (i.e., Expiration Date), then, in lieu of any other
payments of any kind (including without limitation, any severance payments), the
Employee shall be entitled to receive, within thirty (30) days following the date on
which the Termination Event in question occurred (the “Clause (a) Termination Date”)
(or, in the case of any Bonus Compensation, as soon as practicable following the
calculation thereof):

	 	(i)	 	the Employee’s Accrued Obligations, due and unpaid to the
Employee from the Company as of the Clause (a) Termination Date; and

	 	(ii)	 	any amounts of Bonus Compensation earned and due in respect of a
completed calendar year, which remains unpaid to the Employee as of the Clause
(a) Termination Date.

	 	(b)	 	In the event that the Employee’s employment is terminated for the reason set
forth in Section 5(b) above (i.e., death or Disability), then, in lieu of any other
payments of any kind (including without limitation, any severance payments), the
Employee shall be entitled to receive, within thirty (30) days following the date on
which the Termination Event in question occurred (the “Clause (b) Termination Date”)
(or, in the case of any Bonus Compensation, as soon as practicable following the
calculation thereof):

	 	(i)	 	the Employee’s Accrued Obligations, due and unpaid to the
Employee from the Company as of the Clause (b) Termination Date;

 

 

 

	 	(ii)	 	any amounts of Bonus Compensation earned and due with respect to
a completed calendar year, which remains unpaid to the Employee as of the Clause
(b) Termination Date; and

	 	(iii)	 	a pro-rated portion of the Bonus Compensation computed as set
forth below.

	 	(c)	 	In the event that the Employee’s employment is terminated due to the discharge
of the Employee by the Company without Cause (which the Company is free to do at any
time in its sole and absolute discretion) or the Employee’s termination of this
Agreement for Good Reason, then, in lieu of any other payments of any kind (including,
without limitation, any severance payments), the Employee shall be entitled to receive,
within thirty (30) days following the date on which the Termination Event in question
occurred (the “Clause (c) or (d) Termination Date”) (other than in the case of (iv),
which shall be paid in accordance with normal payroll practice of the Company or, in
the case of any Bonus Compensation, as soon as practicable following the calculation
thereof):

	 	(i)	 	the Employee’s Accrued Obligations, due and unpaid to the
Employee from the Company as of the Clause (c) or (d) Termination Date;

	 	(ii)	 	any amounts of Bonus Compensation earned and due with respect to
a completed calendar year, which remains unpaid to the Employee as of the Clause
(c) or (d) Termination Date;

	 	(iii)	 	a continuation of Base Salary through the period ending on the
180th day following the Clause (c) or (d) Termination Date, to be
paid on the same schedule as previously paid. In connection herewith, Employee
agrees that if the Company or any of its affiliates are obligated by law or by
contract/policy to pay Employee any severance payment, a termination indemnity,
notice pay or otherwise obligated by law to provide advance notice of
separation, including any notice period that arises under the Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act (he “WARN Act”), then the payment due under this
Section 6(c)(iv) shall be reduced, on a dollar for dollar basis, by any such
severance pay, termination indemnity, notice, pay or other payments due or
arising under the WARN Act or otherwise, and Employee shall promptly refund to
the Company any amounts to the extent paid by which such payment is so reduced.

	 	(d)	 	In the event of any termination of the Employee’s employment, the Employee
shall be under no obligation to seek other employment, but in the event the Employee
becomes employed during the period specified under clause (iii) of Section 6(c) above,
the Employee shall not be entitled to any further payments and shall return, if
applicable, any amounts paid to the Employee on or after the subsequent employment
date. The Employee shall correctly disclose to the Company all such
remuneration or other benefit, and if there is a written employment agreement in
connection therewith, provide the Company with a copy thereof.

 

 

 

	 	(e)	 	For the purpose of this Section 6, any Bonus Compensation shall be deemed to be
earned and to become due and payable with respect to any calendar year only if the Term
of Employment has continued through December 31, of such year and, with respect to the
amounts, if any, of such Bonus Compensation for any year, shall be determined based
upon the level of attainment of the applicable performance targets for such year. In
the event that, pursuant to the terms of this Section 6, the Employee is entitled to
receive any pro rated Bonus Compensation, such pro ration shall be determined following
December 31 of the calendar year in which the Employee ceases to be employed hereunder,
and shall be paid in accordance with such plan, and shall be calculated by multiplying
the Bonus Compensation that would have been deemed earned and to become due and payable
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement with respect to the calendar year in
which the Employee ceases to be employed hereunder if the Term of Employment had
continued through December 31 of such year as determined based upon the applicable
performance targets for such year, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
of days from (and including) January 1 of such year through (and including) the last
day of employment hereunder, and the denominator of which is 365.

7. Non-Disclosure

During the Term of Employment and at all times thereafter, the Employee shall hold in a fiduciary
capacity for the benefit of the Company and each of its affiliates, all secret or confidential
information, knowledge or data, including, without limitation, trade secrets, sources of supplies
and materials, customer lists and their identity, designs, production and design techniques and
methods, identity of investments, identity of contemplated investments, business opportunities,
valuation models and methodologies, processes, technologies, and any other intellectual property
relating to the business of the Company or its affiliates, and their respective businesses, (i)
obtained by the Employee during the Employee’s employment by the Company and any of the
subsidiaries of the Company and (ii) not otherwise in the public domain, (“Confidential
Information”). The Employee also agrees to keep confidential and not to publish, post on his own
or to disclose any personal information regarding any controlling Person of the Company, including
Carl C. Icahn, or any of its or his affiliates and their employees, and any member of the immediate
family of any such Person (and all such personal information shall be deemed “Confidential
Information” for the purposes of this Agreement). The Employee shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Company (acting at the direction of the Board): (i) except to the extent
compelled pursuant to the order of a court or other body having jurisdiction over such matter or
based upon the advice of counsel that such disclosure is legally required, communicate or divulge
any Confidential Information to anyone other than the Company and those designated by the Company;
or (ii) use any Confidential Information for any purpose other than the performance of his duties
pursuant to this Agreement. The Employee will assist the Company or its designee, at the Company’s
expense, in obtaining a protective order, other appropriate remedy or other reliable assurance that
confidential treatment will be accorded any Confidential Information disclosed pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement. Employee agrees not to
disparage the Company, its officers and directors, Mr. Icahn, or Related Parties, or any affiliate
of any of the foregoing, in each case during and/or after his employment hereunder.

 

 

 

All processes, know-how, technologies, trade-secrets information, intellectual property and
inventions (collectively, “Inventions”) conceived, developed, invented, made or found by the
Employee, alone or with others, during the Term of Employment and out of the performance of his
duties and responsibilities hereunder, whether or not patentable and whether or not on the
Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ time or with the use of the Company’s or any of its
subsidiaries’ facilities or materials, shall be the property of the Company or its respective
subsidiary, as the case may be, and shall be promptly and fully disclosed by the Employee to the
Company. The Employee shall perform all necessary acts (including, without limitations, executing
and delivering any confirmatory assignments, power of attorney, documents, or instruments requested
by the Company or any of its subsidiaries) to vest title to any such Invention in the Company or
the applicable subsidiary and to enable the Company or the applicable subsidiary, at their expense,
to secure and maintain domestic and/or foreign patents or any other rights for such Inventions.

All right, title and interest in all copyrightable material that the Employee shall conceive or
originate individually or jointly or commonly with others, and that arise during the term of his
employment with the Company and out of the performance of his duties and responsibilities under
this Agreement, shall be the property of the Company and are hereby assigned by the Employee to the
Company, along with ownership of any and all copyrights in the copyrightable material. Upon
request and without further compensation therefor, but at no expense to the Employee, the Employee
shall execute any and all papers and perform all other acts necessary to assist the Company to
obtain and register copyrights on such materials in any and all countries. Where applicable, works
of authorship created by the Employee for the Company in performing his duties and responsibilities
hereunder shall be considered “works made for hire,” as defined in the U.S. Copyright Act.

8. Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation

	 	(a)	 	In addition to, and not in limitation of, all of the other terms and provisions
of this Agreement, the Employee agrees that during the Term of Employment, the Employee
will comply with the provisions of Section 1 above.

	 	(b)	 	Except as provided below, for a period of six months following the last day of
employment by the Company (the “Non-Compete Period”), the Employee will not, either
directly or indirectly, as principal, agent, owner, employee, director, partner,
investor, shareholder (other than solely as a holder of not more than 1% of the issued
and outstanding shares of any public corporation), consultant, advisor or otherwise
howsoever own, operate, carry on or engage in the operation of or have any financial
interest in or provide, directly or indirectly, financial assistance to or lend money
to or guarantee the debts or obligations of any Person carrying on or engaged in any
business that is similar to or competitive with the business conducted by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries during or on the date of termination of Employee’s
employment. The business of manufacturing, selling and/or distributing railcars and
railcar parts and other related products shall be and be 

 

 

 

deemed
to be “competitive” with the business conducted by the Company for the purposes hereof. The
Company shall have the right, in its sole discretion, upon written notice to Employee
within seven calendar days of his last day of employment by the Company, to extend
the Non-Compete Period for up to six additional months by paying Employee, as
additional severance pay, $22,917 per month during the extended Non-Compete Period;
provided that the Non-Compete Period shall be one year, and Employee shall
not be entitled to any additional compensation if his employment is terminated on the
Expiration Date, because of death or Disability, for Cause, or voluntary resignation
for Good Reason.

	 	(c)	 	The Employee covenants and agrees with the Company and its subsidiaries that,
during the Term of Employment and for two years following the last day of employment
by the Company, the Employee shall not directly, or indirectly, for himself or for any
other Person:

	 	(i)	 	solicit, interfere with or endeavor to entice away from the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any current or prospective
supplier, customer, client or any Person in the habit of dealing with any of the
foregoing;

	 	(ii)	 	attempt to direct or solicit any current or prospective supplier,
customer or client away from the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates;

	 	(iii)	 	interfere with, entice away or otherwise attempt to obtain or
induce the withdrawal of any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or affiliates; or

	 	(iv)	 	advise any Person not to do business with the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or affiliates.

The Employee represents to and agrees with the Company that the enforcement of the restrictions
contained in Section 7 and Section 8 (the Non-Disclosure and Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation
sections respectively) would not be unduly burdensome to the Employee and that such restrictions
are reasonably necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Company. The Employee agrees
that the remedy of damages for any breach by the Employee of the provisions of either of these
sections may be inadequate and that the Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief, without
posting any bond and Employee agrees not to oppose granting of such relief. This section
constitutes an independent and separable covenant that shall be enforceable notwithstanding any
right or remedy that the Company may have under any other provision of this Agreement or otherwise.

 

 

 

9. Miscellaneous

	 	(a)	 	This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes all previous written, and all previous or contemporaneous oral
negotiations, understandings, arrangements, and agreements, and may be amended, modified or
changed only by a written instrument executed by the Employee and the Company. No term or condition
of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been waived, except by a statement in writing signed by
the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought. Any written waiver shall not be deemed
a continuing waiver unless specifically stated, shall operate only as to the specific term or
condition waived and shall not constitute a waiver of such term or condition for the future or as
to any act other than that specifically waived.

	 	(b)	 	This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the legal representative, heirs, distributees, successors (whether by merger, operation of law
or otherwise) and assigns of the parties hereto; provided, however, that the Employee may not
delegate any of the Employee’s duties hereunder, and may not assign any of the Employee’s rights
hereunder, and any such purported or attempted assignment or delegation shall be null and void and
of no legal effect. In the event the Company assigns this Agreement and its successor assumes the
Company’s obligations hereunder in writing or by operation of law, (i) the Company shall be
released from all of its obligations hereunder, and (ii) all of the references to the Company, and
to the Board, shall be deemed to be references to the Company’s successor and to the governing body
of such successor, respectively. The Company and all of its future or current subsidiaries shall
be and be deemed to be third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

	 	(c)	 	This Agreement will be interpreted and the rights of the parties determined in
accordance with the laws of the United States applicable thereto and the internal laws of the State
of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Any unresolved
dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be litigated in any court of competent jurisdiction in
the Borough of Manhattan in New York City; provided that the Company may elect to pursue a court
action to seek injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to terminate the violation
of its proprietary rights, including but not limited to trade secrets, copyrights or trademarks.
Each party shall pay its own costs and fees in connection with any litigation hereunder.

	 	(d)	 	The Employee covenants and represents that (i) he is not a party to any contract,
commitment, restrictive covenant or agreement, nor is he subject to, or bound by, any order,
judgment, decree, law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or other restriction of any kind or
character, which would prevent or restrict him from entering into and performing his obligations
under this Agreement, (ii) he is free to enter into the arrangements contemplated herein, (iii) he
is not subject to any agreement or obligation that would limit his ability to act on behalf of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, and (iv) his termination of his existing employment, his entry
into the employment contemplated herein and his performance of his duties in respect thereof, will
not violate or conflict with any agreement or obligation to which he is subject. Employee has
delivered to the Company true and complete copies of any currently effective employment agreement,
non-competitive agreement or similar agreement to which Employee is subject.

	 	(e)	 	The Employee acknowledges that he has had the opportunity to get assistance of
legal counsel in reviewing and negotiating this Agreement.

	 	(f)	 	This Agreement and all of its provisions (other than the provisions of Section
5, Section 6, Section 7, Section 8, and Section 9 hereof, which shall survive
termination
of employment and/or termination of this Agreement) shall terminate upon the Employee
ceasing to be an employee of the Company for any reason.

 

 

 

	 	(g)	 	All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing; shall be
delivered by hand delivery to the other party or mailed by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or by a nationally recognized courier
service such as Federal Express; shall be deemed delivered upon actual receipt; and
shall be addressed as follows:

If to the Company:

American Railcar Industries, Inc.

100 Clark Street

St. Charles, Missouri 63301

Facsimile: 636.754.3408

Attention: James Cowan, President and Chief Executive Officer

If to the Employee:

At the last known principal residence address reflected in the payroll records of the
Company, or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other
in writing in accordance herewith.

	 	(h)	 	In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any other agreement,
plan, program, policy or practice (collectively, “Other Provision”) of the
Company, the terms of this Agreement shall control over such Other Provision. Any
calculation, allocation, expense, estimate or other amount, if any, to be determined
under this Agreement or for the purpose of this Agreement (including all determinations
of eligibility), for any period or portion of a period, and any amount payable or
allocable to Employee under this Agreement for any period or portion of a period, shall
be determined by the Company, whose determination shall be final and binding on all
parties.

	 	(j)	 	Employee shall not issue any press release or otherwise make any public statement or
announcement with respect to the Company or this Agreement, including without
limitation, in connection with the provision of the services hereunder, without the
prior written consent of the Company.

	 	(i)	 	Any termination of Employee’s employment with the Company shall constitute an
automatic resignation of Employee as an officer of the Company and each affiliate of the
Company, and an automatic resignation of Employee, to the extent applicable, from any
and all the board of directors or similar governing body of the Company and its
affiliates, and from the board of directors or similar governing body of any
corporation, limited liability company, or other entity in which the Company or any
affiliate holds an equity interest and with respect to which board or similar governing
body Employee serves as the Company’s or such affiliate’s designee or other
representative.

 

 

 

	 	(j)	 	This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (and by facsimile), each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, taken together, shall be
deemed to be one and the same instrument.

	 	(k)	 	Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this
Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect under any
applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability
will not affect any provision in any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement will be
reformed, construed, and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable provision had never been contained herein except that any court having
jurisdiction shall have the power to reduce the duration, area, or scope of such invalid,
illegal, or unenforceable provision and, its reduced form, it shall be enforceable. It is
the intent of the Parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Parties agree that the language of all
parts of this Agreement shall in all cases be construed as a whole, according to its fair
meaning, and not strictly for or against either Party.

	 	(l)	 	If any paragraph or part or subpart of any paragraph in this Agreement or the
application thereof is construed to be overbroad and/or unenforceable, then the court making such
determination shall have the authority to narrow the paragraph or part or subpart of the paragraph
as necessary to make it enforceable and the paragraph or part or subpart of the paragraph shall
then be enforceable in its/their narrowed form. Moreover, each paragraph or part or subpart of each
paragraph in this Agreement is independent of and severable (separate) from each other. In the
event that any paragraph or part or subpart of any paragraph in this Agreement is determined to be
legally invalid or unenforceable by a court and is not modified by a court to be enforceable, the
affected paragraph or part or subpart of such paragraph shall be stricken from this Agreement, and
the remaining paragraphs or parts or subparts of such paragraphs of this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ James Cowan
 

Name: James Cowan
	 	 
	 

	 	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Date: October 19, 2011	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EMPLOYEE:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Dale C. Davies
 

Dale C. Davies
	 	 

Date: October 19, 2011

[Signature page to Dale C. Davies Employment Agreement]

 

 

 

[FORM OF RELEASE]

Exhibit A

Confidential

 

 

 

Date

This agreement sets forth the terms and conditions regarding your separation from employment
from American Railcar Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) effective [last day of employment] (the
“Separation Date”).

The terms and conditions set forth in Paragraphs 1 and 2 below will apply regardless of
whether you decide to sign this letter agreement. However, you will not be eligible to receive the
payment set forth in Paragraph 3 below unless you sign and do not revoke this letter agreement.
(See Paragraph 11 below for what it means to revoke this letter agreement.)

	1.	 	Your last day of employment is [date]. You will receive your regular pay as a full-time
employee according to the Company’s regular payroll practices through the Separation Date.
You also will receive a payment in the amount of [$xx.xx], less applicable taxes and payroll
withholdings, for [# of days] days of accrued vacation (less any vacation taken between the
date of this letter and the Separation Date).

	2.	 	Because of your separation from employment, your eligibility for the Company’s employee
benefit plans will end on the Separation Date.

	3.	 	In addition to the above payments, the Company is offering you the opportunity to receive
payments in the amount of $22,917 per month for 180 days less applicable taxes and payroll
withholdings, in exchange for your signing this letter agreement and agreeing to its terms,
including the general release of claims contained in paragraph 7(a). This payment would be
paid in a lump sum within 15 days after this letter agreement becomes effective (as described
in paragraph 11).

	4.	 	You agree to keep confidential and not to publish or post on your own or to disclose to any
third party, including, but not limited to, newspapers, authors, publicists, journalists,
bloggers, gossip columnists, producers, directors, media personalities, and the like, all
confidential information relating to Carl Icahn and his family, the Company and its
affiliates, related, parent, and subsidiary companies, and each of their officers, directors,
employees and clients, learned in the course of your employment with the Company.
Furthermore, you agree not to disparage, or otherwise discuss any information, relating to
Carl Icahn and his family, the Company and its affiliates, related, parent, and subsidiary
companies, and each of their officers, directors, employees, and clients, with any third
party, including, but not limited to, newspapers, authors, publicists, journalists, bloggers,
gossip columnists, producers, directors, media personalities, and the like. You further agree
to keep confidential and not to disclose to any third party all confidential information
relating to the Company and its affiliates, related, parent, or subsidiary companies, and each
of their clients learned in the course of your employment with the Company or any affiliate,
related, parent, or subsidiary company. Confidential Information includes all secret or
confidential information, knowledge or data, including, without limitation, trade secrets,
sources of supplies and materials, customer lists and their identity, customer information,
designs, production and design techniques and methods, identity of investments, identity of
contemplated investments, business opportunities, valuation models and methodologies,
processes, technologies, and any intellectual property relating to the business of the Company
or its affiliates, related, parent, or subsidiary companies and their respective businesses.
In addition, you agree to keep the terms and conditions of this letter agreement confidential,
except that you may disclose the terms and conditions of this letter agreement to your spouse
or significant other, attorneys and
financial and tax advisors. The restrictions in this paragraph are subject to paragraph 14
below.

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	5.	 	This letter agreement is not intended to modify but rather is intended to supplement the
following agreements entered into between you and the Company which remain in full force and
effect; including, but not limited to, the American Railcar Industries, Inc. Policy Statement
on Securities Trades by Company Personnel and the Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement
Agreement and Guidelines. You agree for a period of one year after this letter agreement
becomes effective that you will not directly or indirectly, in any capacity, and will not
assist directly or indirectly, in any capacity, any other individual or entity to (A) hire or
engage in any capacity any employee of the Company (or any individual who was an employee of
the Company within 12 months of the date such hiring or engagement occurs) or solicit or seek
to persuade any employee of the Company to discontinue such employment, (B) solicit or
encourage any customer of the Company or independent contractor providing services to the
Company to terminate or diminish its relationship with them, or (C) seek to persuade any
customer (or any individual who was a customer of the Company within 12 months of the date
such solicitation or encouragement commences or occurs, as the case may be) or prospective
customer of the Company to conduct with anyone else any business or activity that such
customer or prospective customer conducts or could conduct with the Company.

	6.	 	You acknowledge that as of the Separation Date you have returned to the Company any and all
property, tangible or intangible, relating to its business or the business of its parent
companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and related entities, which you possessed or had control
over at any time, including but not limited to Company-provided cell phones, keys,
blackberries, personal computers, credit cards, building access cards, computer equipment,
files, documents and software. You agree that all processes, technologies, and inventions,
including new contributions, improvements, ideas, discoveries, agreements, contracts,
trademarks, or trade names conceived, developed, invented, made, or found by you alone or with
other employees during the period of your employment and out of the performance of your duties
and responsibilities hereunder, whether or not patentable and whether or not on the Company’s
or any of its subsidiaries’ time or with the use of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’
facilities or materials, shall be the property of the Company or its respective subsidiary, as
the case may be.

	7.	 	(a) By signing this letter agreement, except as to the claims and rights referred to in
paragraphs 7(b) and 7(c) below, in consideration of the severance payment provided for in
paragraph 3, and other terms of this letter, you voluntarily and knowingly release and forever
discharge the Company, its subsidiaries, parent, affiliates, and related entities, and each of
their employee benefit plans, and each of their shareholders, partners, directors, members,
officers, employees, trustees, administrators and fiduciaries, and each of their successors
and assigns, from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, obligations, damages and
liabilities of whatever kind, in law or equity, by statute or otherwise (all collectively
referred to as “Claims”), that can be waived, whether known or unknown, asserted or
unasserted, arising out of or relating directly or indirectly in any way to your employment or
termination of employment or the terms and conditions of your employment with the Company or
any parent, subsidiary, affiliated, or related entity, including but not limited to (i) Claims
of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or failure to accommodate under any federal,
state, or local law, without limitation, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States
Code, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Older Workers Benefits
Protection Act, and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (as any such law was
enacted or amended); (ii) Claims under the Immigration Reform and Control Act; (iii) Claims
under 

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the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act; (iv) Claims under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (excluding claims for vested benefits as set forth in
paragraph 7(b) below); (v) Claims regarding leaves of absence, including, but not limited
to, Claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act; (vi) Claims under the National Labor
Relations Act; (vii) Claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or the Dodd-Frank Act; (viii)
Claims under the New York State Human Rights Law and the New York City Human Rights Law;
Claims under the Missouri Human Rights Act; the Missouri Wage, Hours, and Dismissals Rights
Law; and similar local, state and federal laws; (ix) Claims for breach of contract (express
or implied), retaliation, wrongful discharge, detrimental reliance, invasion of privacy,
defamation, emotional distress or compensatory and/or punitive damages; and (x) Claims for
attorneys’ fees, costs, disbursements and/or the like. By signing below, you also
acknowledge that you cannot benefit monetarily or obtain other personal relief from any
Claims released in this paragraph 7(a) and that you have waived any right to equitable
relief that may have been available to you (including, without limitation, reinstatement)
with respect to any Claim waived in this paragraph 7(a). Your signature below acknowledges
the fact that you are receiving payments you would otherwise not be entitled to, that it is
sufficient consideration for the waiver of Claims herein, and that after the Separation Date
you will not be entitled to receive any other payments or benefits from the Company apart
from the payments and benefits described in this letter agreement.

(b) By signing this letter agreement, you are not releasing claims that arise after you sign
this letter agreement; claims to enforce this letter agreement; claims relating to the
enforceability, meaning, or effect of this letter agreement; claims or rights you may have
to workers’ compensation or unemployment benefits; claims for accrued, vested benefits under
any employee benefit plan of the Company in accordance with the terms of such plans and
applicable law; and/or claims or rights which cannot be waived by private agreement.

(c) Additionally, by signing this letter agreement, you are not waiving your right to file a
charge with, or participate in an investigation conducted by, any governmental agency,
including, without limitation, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC). Nevertheless, as set forth in paragraph 7(a) above, you acknowledge that you cannot
benefit monetarily or obtain damages or equitable relief of any kind from or through any
such charge or any action commenced by a government agency or third party with respect to
claims waived in paragraph 7(a).

	8.	 	This letter agreement contains the entire understanding between you and the Company with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any and all prior agreements and
understandings, whether written or oral, between or among you, the Company or any of its
parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and related entities (other than the agreements, if
any, referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 5 above).

	9.	 	This letter agreement (a) is governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made and to be performed wholly within such state, and as such will be construed
under and in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of
law, and (b) may not be modified unless evidenced by a writing signed by yourself and an
authorized representative of the Company.

	10.	 	Any unresolved dispute arising out of this letter agreement and the general release contained
in paragraph 7 shall be litigated in any court of competent jurisdiction in the Borough of
Manhattan in New York City; provided that the Company may elect to pursue, without having to
post any bond in connection therewith, a court action to seek injunctive relief in any court
of competent jurisdiction to enforce any of its rights hereunder, including, without
limitation, to terminate the violation of any of its proprietary rights, including but not
limited to trade
secrets, copyrights or trademarks as well as the restrictions in paragraph 5. Each party
shall pay its own costs and fees in connection with any litigation hereunder.

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	11.	 	You have 21 days from your receipt of this letter agreement to consider and accept its terms,
but may sign it at any time within the 21 day period up to and including the 21st day after
you receive it. If you decide to sign this letter agreement, you will have seven days to
revoke your decision by sending written notice of revocation to the Company. Such notice must
be postmarked (if by letter) or received (if by email) by the close of business on the
seventh day after you sign this letter agreement. Provided you do not revoke your
decision, this letter agreement will become effective on the eighth day after you sign it. We
encourage you to speak with an attorney before signing this letter agreement.

	12.	 	By signing this letter agreement, you agree that you are signing it voluntarily of your own
free will, that you have had 21 days within which to consider its terms and to consult with an
attorney, and that you understand and agree to its terms.

	13.	 	If any paragraph or part or subpart of any paragraph in this letter agreement or the
application thereof is construed to be overbroad and/or unenforceable, then the court making
such determination shall have the authority to narrow the paragraph or part or subpart of the
paragraph as necessary to make it enforceable and the paragraph or part or subpart of the
paragraph shall then be enforceable in its/their narrowed form. Moreover, each paragraph or
part or subpart of each paragraph in this letter agreement is independent of and severable
(separate) from each other. In the event that any paragraph or part or subpart of any
paragraph in this letter agreement is determined to be legally invalid or unenforceable by a
court and is not modified by a court to be enforceable, the affected paragraph or part or
subpart of such paragraph shall be stricken from the letter agreement, and the remaining
paragraphs or parts or subparts of such paragraphs of this letter agreement shall remain in
full, force and effect.

	14.	 	Nothing in this letter agreement is intended to preclude you from providing truthful
information about your employment or this letter agreement to any government agency or in any
sworn testimony.

Understood and Agreed to by:

	 	 	 
	 

Dale Davies

	 	 

Date executed:                     , 20___ 

Confidentialexv4w3

Exhibit 4.3

 

CAPITAL PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P.

TO

[TRUSTEE]

As Trustee

 

Indenture

Dated as of _____, ___ 20___

 

 

 

 

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the Trust

Indenture Act of 1939:

	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture	 	 
	    Act Section	 	Indenture Section
	 
	§ 310(a)(1)
	 	609
	        (a)(2)
	 	609
	        (a)(3)
	 	Not Applicable
	        (a)(4)
	 	Not Applicable
	        (b)
	 	608
	 
	 	610
	§ 311(a)
	 	613
	        (b)
	 	613
	§ 312(a)
	 	701
	        (b)
	 	702
	        (c)
	 	702
	§ 313(a)
	 	703
	        (b)
	 	703
	        (c)
	 	703
	        (d)
	 	703
	§ 314(a)
	 	704
	        (a)(4)
	 	101
	 
	 	1004
	        (b)
	 	Not Applicable
	        (c)(1)
	 	102
	        (c)(2)
	 	102
	        (c)(3)
	 	Not Applicable
	        (d)
	 	Not Applicable
	        (e)
	 	102
	§ 315(a)
	 	601
	        (b)
	 	602
	        (c)
	 	601
	        (d)
	 	601
	        (e)
	 	514
	§ 316(a)
	 	101
	        (a)(1)(A)
	 	502
	 
	 	512
	        (a)(1)(B)
	 	513
	        (a)(2)
	 	Not Applicable
	        (b)
	 	508
	        (c)
	 	104
	§ 317(a)(1)
	 	503
	        (a)(2)
	 	504
	        (b)
	 	1003
	§ 318(a)
	 	107

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 
	 	 	Page
	PARTIES 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

	 	1

1

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

	 	 	 	 	 

	Section 101.

	 	Definitions.
	 	i
	 

	 	“Act”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“Additional Amounts”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“Affiliate”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“Authenticating Agent”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“Board of Directors”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“Board Resolution”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“Business Day”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“Commission”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“Company”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“Company Request” or “Company Order”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“Corporate Trust Office”
	 	ii
	 

	 	“corporation”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Covenant Defeasance”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Defaulted Interest”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Defeasance”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Depositary”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Event of Default”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Exchange Act”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Expiration Date”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Global Security”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Holder”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Indenture”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“interest”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Interest Payment Date”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Investment Company Act”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Maturity”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Notice of Default”
	 	iii
	 

	 	“Officers’ Certificate”
	 	iv
	 

	 	“Opinion of Counsel”
	 	iv
	 

	 	“Original Issue Discount Security”
	 	iv
	 

	 	“Outstanding”
	 	iv
	 

	 	“Paying Agent”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Person”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Place of Payment”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Predecessor Security”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Redemption Date”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Redemption Price”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Regular Record Date”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Securities”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Securities Act”
	 	v

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	“Security Register”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Senior Debt”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Special Record Date”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Stated Maturity”
	 	v
	 

	 	“Subsidiary”
	 	vi
	 

	 	“Taxes”
	 	vi
	 

	 	“Taxing Authority”
	 	vi
	 

	 	“Trust Indenture Act”
	 	vi
	 

	 	“Trustee”
	 	vi
	 

	 	“U.S. Government Obligation”
	 	vi
	 

	 	“Vice President”
	 	vi
	Section 102.

	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
	 	vi
	Section 103.

	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
	 	vii
	Section 104.

	 	Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
	 	vii
	Section 105.

	 	Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
	 	ix
	Section 106.

	 	Notice to Holders; Waiver.
	 	ix
	Section 107.

	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
	 	x
	Section 108.

	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
	 	x
	Section 109.

	 	Successors and Assigns.
	 	x
	Section 110.

	 	Separability Clause.
	 	x
	Section 111.

	 	Benefits of Indenture.
	 	x
	Section 112.

	 	Governing Law.
	 	x
	Section 113.

	 	Legal Holidays.
	 	x
	Section 114.

	 	Consent to Service; Jurisdiction
	 	xi
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWO

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECURITY FORMS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 201.

	 	Forms Generally.
	 	xi
	Section 202.
Section 203.

	 	Form of Face of Security.

Form of Reverse of Security.
	 	xii

xiv
	Section 204.

	 	Form of Legend for Global Securities.
	 	xvii
	Section 205.

	 	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
	 	xvii
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THREE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE SECURITIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 301.

	 	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
	 	xviii
	Section 302.

	 	Denominations.
	 	xxi
	Section 303.

	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
	 	xxi
	Section 304.

	 	Temporary Securities.
	 	xxii
	Section 305.

	 	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
	 	xxiii
	Section 306.

	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
	 	xxiv
	Section 307.

	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
	 	xxv
	Section 308.

	 	Persons Deemed Owners.
	 	xxvi
	Section 309.

	 	Cancellation.
	 	xxvi
	Section 310.

	 	Computation of Interest.
	 	xxvi
	Section 311.

	 	Payment of Additional Amounts
	 	xxvi
	Section 312.

	 	Additional Issuances
	 	xxix
	Section 313.

	 	CUSIP Numbers.
	 	xxix

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	ARTICLE FOUR

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

	 
	Section 401.

	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
	 	xxix
	 
	Section 402.

	 	Application of Trust Money.
	 	xxx
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FIVE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REMEDIES

	 	 	 	 	 

	Section 501.

	 	Events of Default.
	 	xxx
	Section 502.

	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
	 	xxxii
	Section 503.

	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
	 	xxxiii
	Section 504.

	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
	 	xxxiii
	Section 505.

	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
	 	xxxiv
	Section 506.

	 	Application of Money Collected.
	 	xxxiv
	Section 507.

	 	Limitation on Suits.
	 	xxxiv
	Section 508.

	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
	 	xxxv
	Section 509.

	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
	 	xxxv
	Section 510.

	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
	 	xxxv
	Section 511.

	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
	 	xxxvi
	Section 512.

	 	Control by Holders.
	 	xxxvi
	Section 513.

	 	Waiver of Past Defaults.
	 	xxxvi
	Section 514.

	 	Undertaking for Costs.
	 	xxxvi
	Section 515.

	 	Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
	 	xxxvii
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SIX

	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE TRUSTEE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 601.

	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
	 	xxxvii
	Section 602.

	 	Notice of Defaults.
	 	xxxvii
	Section 603.

	 	Certain Rights of Trustee.
	 	xxxviii
	Section 604.

	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
	 	xxxviii
	Section 605.

	 	May Hold Securities.
	 	xxxix
	Section 606.

	 	Money Held in Trust.
	 	xxxix
	Section 607.

	 	Compensation and Reimbursement.
	 	xxxix
	Section 608.

	 	Conflicting Interests.
	 	xxxix
	Section 609.

	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
	 	xxxix
	Section 610.

	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
	 	xl
	Section 611.

	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
	 	xli
	Section 612.

	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
	 	xlii
	Section 613.

	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
	 	xlii
	Section 614.

	 	Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
	 	xlii
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SEVEN

	 
	 	 	 	 
	HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 701.

	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
	 	xliv
	Section 702.

	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
	 	xliv
	Section 703.

	 	Reports by Trustee.
	 	xlv

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	Section 704.

	 	Reports by Company.
	 	xlv
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE EIGHT

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 801.

	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
	 	xlv
	Section 802.

	 	Successor Substituted.
	 	xlvi
	Section 803.

	 	Transfer or Lease to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
	 	xlvi
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE NINE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 901.

	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
	 	xlvi
	Section 902.

	 	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
	 	xlvii
	Section 903.

	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
	 	xlviii
	Section 904.

	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
	 	xlix
	Section 905.

	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
	 	xlix
	Section 906.

	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
	 	xlix
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TEN

	 
	 	 	 	 
	COVENANTS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1001.

	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
	 	xlix
	Section 1002.

	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency.
	 	xlix
	Section 1003.

	 	Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
	 	l
	Section 1004.

	 	Statement by Officers as to Default.
	 	li
	Section 1005.

	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants.
	 	li
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE ELEVEN

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1101.

	 	Applicability of Article.
	 	li
	Section 1102.

	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
	 	li
	Section 1103.

	 	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
	 	lii
	Section 1104.

	 	Notice of Redemption.
	 	lii
	Section 1105.

	 	Deposit of Redemption Price.
	 	liii
	Section 1106.

	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
	 	liii
	Section 1107.

	 	Securities Redeemed in Part.
	 	liii
	Section 1108.

	 	Optional Tax Redemption.
	 	liii
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWELVE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SINKING FUNDS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1201.

	 	Applicability of Article.
	 	liv
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THIRTEEN

	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	Section 1301.

	 	Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
	 	liv
	Section 1302.

	 	Defeasance and Discharge.
	 	liv
	Section 1303.

	 	Covenant Defeasance.
	 	lv
	Section 1304.

	 	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
	 	lv
	Section 1305.

	 	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
	 	lvii
	Section 1306.

	 	Reinstatement.
	 	lviii

 

 

     INDENTURE of trust, dated as of _____, between Capital Product Partners, L.P., a limited
partnership organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (herein called the
“Company”), and _____, a _____ duly organized and existing under the laws of _____, as Trustee
(herein called the “Trustee”).

Recitals of the Company

     WHEREAS the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture
to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences
of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this
Indenture provided.

     WHEREAS all acts and things necessary to make the Securities, when executed, authenticated and
delivered by the Company as provided in this Indenture, the legal, valid and biding obligations of
the Company, and to constitute this Indenture a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company,
in accordance with its terms, have been done and performed.

     WHEREAS, in order to provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery and
administration of the Securities, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture.

     Now, Therefore, This Indenture Witnesseth:

     For and in consideration of the premises and of the covenants herein contained and the
purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of the
parties hereto and for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of
series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

Definitions and Other Provisions

of General Application

			
	Section 101.	 	Definitions.

     For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:

     (1)     the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

     (2)     all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

     (3)     all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise
herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean the U.S. Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles at the date of such computation;

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
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     (4)     unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a
“Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

     (5)     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.

     “Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

     “Additional Amounts”
has the meaning specified in Section 311.

     “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

     “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.

     “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that
board.

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

     “Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

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

     “Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a
successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

     “Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any one of the
individuals who may sign an Officers’ Certificate on its behalf and delivered to the Trustee.

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in _____________ at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered.

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     “corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.

     “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.

     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

     “Defeasance”
has the meaning specified in Section 1302.

     “Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of
one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is
designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.

     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

     “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case
as amended from time to time.

     “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104.

     “Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the
legend set forth in Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities).

     “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented
or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern
this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also
include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

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

     “Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an instalment of
interest on such Security.

     “Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case
as amended from time to time.

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

     “Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(3) or 501(4).

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     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two members of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer or any other individual duly authorized by a Board Resolution, or
by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any individual duly authorized by a Board Resolution and
delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to
Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, and who shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

     “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be
due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

     “Outstanding” , when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities
theretofore executed, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

     (1)     Securities, or portions thereof, theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;

     (2)     Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has
been made;

     (3)     Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1302; and

     (4)     Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this Indenture;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity
thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable
at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more
foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section
301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause
(A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded

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and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be 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 the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

     “Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest
on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

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

     “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified
as contemplated by Section 301.

     “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the
same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition,
any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

     “Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such
redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

     “Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be
redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

     “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means
the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

     “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any
Securities executed, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended
from time to time.

     “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

     “Senior Debt” shall have the meaning established pursuant to a Board Resolution.

     “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 307.

     “Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any instalment of principal thereof or interest
thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date

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     on which the principal of such Security or such instalment of principal or interest is due and
payable.

     “Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly
or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or
more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as
no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

     “Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 311.

     “Taxing Authority” has the meaning specified in Section 311.

     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was
executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after
such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

     “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a
successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if
at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

     “U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.

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

			
	Section 102.	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

     Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and
opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall
be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or
an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.

     Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include,

     (1)     a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

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

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

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

			
	Section 103.	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

     In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.

     Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company 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 or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel
may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect
to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

     Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

			
	Section 104.	 	Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders 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
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.

     The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
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date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person
executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

     The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

     The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in
the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been
set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice
of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given
to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set
forth in Section 106.

     The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal

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amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Company in the manner set forth in Section 105 and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.

     With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such
record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the
Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless
notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to
each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or
prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any
record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date
with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day
after the applicable record date.

     Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with
regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount
of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

			
	Section 105.	 	Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,

     (1)     the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, Attention: _____, or

     (2)     the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Company addressed to it at
the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or
at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

			
	Section 106.	 	Notice to Holders; Waiver.

     Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to each Holder affected by such event, at
his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and
not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case
where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice to any particular
Holder, 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
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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 regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

			
	Section 107.	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

     If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture
Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter
provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of
the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed
to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

			
	Section 108.	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

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

			
	Section 109.	 	Successors and Assigns.

     All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind and, to the extent
permitted hereby, shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.

			
	Section 110.	 	Separability Clause.

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

			
	Section 111.	 	Benefits of Indenture.

     Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Debt, if any,
and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

			
	Section 112.	 	Governing Law.

     This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of the State of New York.

			
	Section 113.	 	Legal Holidays.

     In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security

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which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) 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.

			
	Section 114.	 	Consent to Service; Jurisdiction.

     Each of the Parties hereto submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. federal court
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, United States and any appellate court
of such a court in any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Indenture or any Security, waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
the venue of any such legal suit, action or proceeding, waives any immunity from jurisdiction or to
service of process in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably submits to the
jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company further submits
to the jurisdiction of the courts of its own corporate domicile in any legal suit, action or
proceeding initiated against it arising out of or relating to this Indenture or any Security. The
Company hereby irrevocably designates and appoints _______, which currently maintains an office
situated at ______, as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any legal suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or any Security which may be
instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New
York, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the
Company by the Person serving the same, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of
process upon the Company (if such notice is given to the Company) in any such suit, action or
proceeding and further designates its domicile, the domicile of ________ specified above and any
domicile _______ may have in the future as its domicile to receive any notice hereunder (including
service of process). If for any reason __________ (or any successor agent for this purpose) shall
cease to have a domicile in the United States or to act as agent for service of process as provided
above, the Company will promptly appoint a successor agent domiciled in the United States for this
purpose reasonably acceptable to Trustee and shall grant thereto notarial powers-of-attorney for
lawsuits and collections. The Company agrees to take any and all actions as may be necessary to
maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect so long as the
Securities are Outstanding.

ARTICLE TWO

Security Forms

			
	Section 201.	 	Forms Generally.

     The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or
in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
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
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary
therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
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Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy
of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

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

			
	Section 202.	 	Form of Face of Security.

[Legend required by the Internal Revenue Code as needed.]

[Capital Product Partners L.P.]

[Title of Security]

	 	 	 

	No. _____

	 	$ _____

     Capital Product Partners L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Republic
of the Marshall Islands (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _____or
registered assigns, the principal sum of _____ Dollars on _____ [if the Security is to bear
interest prior to Maturity, insert — , and to pay interest thereon from _____ or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
_____and _____ in each year, commencing _____, at the rate of ....% 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 will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the _____ or _____
(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 will 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 Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered 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 of Securities of this series not less than 10 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 Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].

     [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this
Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any
overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable
on demand.]

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Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such]
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in _________, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert —;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place].

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     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	Capital Product Partners L.P.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer	 	 

Attest:

______________________

			
	Section 203.	 	Form of Reverse of Security.

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
_____ (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), between the Company and _____, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Trustee [if applicable, insert — the holders of Senior Debt] and the Holders
of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [If applicable, insert
—, limited in aggregate principal amount to $______].

     [If applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to _____,
redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert — Clause (2) of]
the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding

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operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest
cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less
than _______% per annum.]

     [If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]

     [If applicable, insert paragraph regarding subordination of the Security.]

     [If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the
entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with
respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the
Indenture.]

     [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]

     [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect
of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of
such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Security.

     If the Company is required, as a result of a change in, execution of or amendment to any laws
or treaties or the official application or interpretation of any laws or treaties, to pay
Additional Amounts, the Company shall have the option (but not the obligation) to redeem, in whole
but not in part, the Securities of this series. This option applies only in the case of changes,
executions or amendments that occur on or after ________ and in the jurisdiction where the Company
is incorporated. If succeeded by another Person, the applicable

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jurisdiction will be the jurisdiction in which such successor is organized, and the applicable
date will be the date the Person became a successor. If this series of Securities is redeemed
pursuant to this option, the Redemption Price for Securities will be [If the Security is not an
Original Issue Discount Security, insert — equal to the principal amount of the Securities being
redeemed plus accrued interest and any additional amounts due up to, but not including, the
Redemption Date.] [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — equal to —
insert formula for determining the amount].

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the
Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security 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 Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, 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 Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $_______ and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

     Prior to due presentment of this Security 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
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be

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overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.

     All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

			
	Section 204.	 	Form of Legend for Global Securities.

     Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART
MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF,
EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

			
	Section 205.	 	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

     The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 ,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	As Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer	 	 

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ARTICLE THREE

The Securities

			
	Section 301.	 	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, and each series may consist of one or more
identifiable tranches. There shall be established, without notice to or the consent of any Holder,
in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, 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 Securities of any other series including any series number or tranche
designation as the case may be);

     (2)     any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (including any provision for
the issuance of additional Securities of the series in excess of any such amount) 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 304, 305, 306, 906
or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder;

     (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;

     (4)     the form of the Securities of the series, including the form of the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication for such series; or

     (5)     the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is
payable, if any;

     (6)     the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, and
the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on
which any such interest shall be payable or the manner of determination of such Interest
Payment Dates and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date;

     (7)     the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable;

     (8)     the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed or repurchased, in whole
or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a

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Board Resolution, and the other material terms and provisions applicable to the
Company’s redemption or repurchase rights;

     (9)     the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities,
including at the option of the Holder thereof, the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the
series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

     (10)     the subordination provisions, if any, applicable to the Securities of the series
and the ranking of the Securities of the series;

     (11)     any collateral or other security pledged against payment of principal, interest
or premium, if any, on the Securities of the series;

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

     (13)     if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index, other security (whether equity or
debt), or pursuant to a formula or other special method, the manner in which such amounts
shall be determined;

     (14)     if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent
thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for
purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101;

     (15)     if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is
to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more
currencies, currency units or composite currencies other than that or those in which such
Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies, currency units or composite
currencies in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to
which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made and the other material terms applicable
to the right to make such election amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount
shall be determined);

     (16)     if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

     (17)     if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the
series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity,
the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any
such date for any purposes thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which
shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any
such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be
determined);

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     (18)     if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 or both such Sections and, if
other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to
defease such Securities shall be evidenced;

     (19)     if applicable, that any 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 respective
Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be
borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section
204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the
last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole
or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or
in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof;

     (20)     any material change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of
the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such
Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;

     (21)     any special tax implications of the Securities, including provisions for Original
Issue Discount Securities, if offered;

     (22)     the terms of any repurchase or remarketing rights;

     (23)     whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into or exchangeable for
other Securities, common shares or other securities of any kind of the Company or another
obligor, and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so
convertible or exchangeable, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate or
the method of calculation, how and when the conversion price or exchange ratio may be
adjusted, whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the Holder or at
the Company’s option, the conversion or exchange period, and any other provision in
addition to or in lieu of those described herein;

     (24)     any provisions granting special rights to Holders when a specified event occurs;

     (25)     any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies
to the Securities of the series; and

     (26)      any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5)).

     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 the Board Resolution referred to above
and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

     If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or

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an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery
of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

			
	Section 302.	 	Denominations.

     The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and
only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of
any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of
such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

			
	Section 303.	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

     The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by a member of the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or any other individual duly
authorized by a Board Resolution, and by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or anyone duly
authorized by a Board Resolution attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The
signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

     Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, 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 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

     (1)     if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture;

     (2)     if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture; and

     (3)     that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued
by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company 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.

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     If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to
authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect
the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise
in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order
and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the
authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the
Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

			
	Section 304.	 	Temporary Securities.

     Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.

     If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable
for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series
at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or
more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series and tenor.

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	Section 305.	 	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

     The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place
of Payment or otherwise designated pursuant to Section 1002 being herein sometimes collectively
referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount.

     At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

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

     Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

     If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in
part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the
close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Security being redeemed in part.

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     The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:

     (1)     Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and
delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such
Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

     (2)     Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has
notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to
such Global Security or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or
in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section
301.

     (3)     Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other
Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a
Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary
for such Global Security shall direct.

     (4)     Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to
this Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is
registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof.

			
	Section 306.	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

     If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

     If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

     In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.

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     Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.

     Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company, 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 this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

     The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.

			
	Section 307.	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

     Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to 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.

     Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

     (1)     The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than
15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less
than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and
at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of
such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or

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their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause
(2).

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

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

			
	Section 308.	 	Persons Deemed Owners.

     Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security 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.

			
	Section 309.	 	Cancellation.

     The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever,
and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and
sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this
Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the
Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order.

			
	Section 310.	 	Computation of Interest.

     Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.

			
	Section 311.	 	Payment of Additional Amounts.

     Unless otherwise required by law, the Company shall make all payments of principal and
interest in respect of the Securities of any series without withholding or deduction for any
present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments or governmental charges of whatever
nature (collectively, “Taxes”), imposed or levied by or on behalf of [•] or, if succeeded by
another Person, the jurisdiction in which such successor Person is organized, or any political
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(collectively, “Taxing Authorities”). In the event that the Company is required to withhold or
deduct any amount for or on account of such Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to
any Securities of any series, the Company shall except in the circumstances set forth below pay
such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) so that the net amount received by each Holder of
Securities, including the additional amounts, shall equal the amount that such Holder would have
received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or deducted. The obligation of the
Company to pay Additional Amounts shall not be payable with respect to a payment made to a Holder
of Securities of any series to the extent:

     (1)     that any such Taxes would not have been so imposed but for the existence of any
current or former connection between such Holder and the jurisdiction of the Taxing
Authority imposing such Taxes, other than the mere receipt of such payment, acquisition,
ownership or disposition of such Securities or the exercise or enforcement of rights under
the Securities of any series or this Indenture;

     (2)     that any such Taxes are imposed on or measured by, net income of the beneficiary
or Holder or his net wealth or similar;

     (3)     of any such Taxes required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of
principal or of interest on the Securities of any series, if such payment can be made
without withholding by any other Paying Agent and the Company duly provides for such other
Paying Agent;

     (4)     of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, or personal property Taxes
imposed with respect to the Securities of any series, except as otherwise provided in this
Indenture;

     (5)     that any such Taxes are payable other than by deduction or withholding from
payments on the Securities of any series;

     (6)     that any such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the presentation of the
Securities of any series, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than
30 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which
payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the
beneficiary or Holder thereof would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the
Securities of the relevant series been presented for payment on any date during such 30-day
period;

     (7)     that such Holder would not be liable or subject to such withholding or deduction
of Taxes but for the failure to make a valid declaration of residence, non-residence, or
other similar claim for exemption or to provide a certificate, if: (x) the making of such
declaration or claim or the provision of such certificate is required or imposed by
statute, treaty, regulation, ruling or administrative practice of the relevant Taxing
Authority as a precondition to an exemption from, or reduction in, the relevant Taxes; and
(y) at least 60 days prior to the first payment date with respect to which the Company
shall apply this condition, the Company shall have notified all Holders of the Securities
of any series in writing that they shall be required to provide such declaration or claim;
and

     (8)     of any combination of the above conditions.

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     Such Additional Amounts shall also not be payable where, had the beneficial owner of the
Securities been the Holder of such Securities, it would not have been entitled to payment of
Additional Amounts by reason of any of the conditions set forth above.

     The Company shall withhold or deduct the Taxes as required; remit the full amount of Taxes
deducted or withheld to the relevant Taxing Authority in accordance with all applicable laws; use
its reasonable efforts to obtain from each Taxing Authority imposing such Taxes copies of tax
receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes deducted or withheld; and upon request, and to the
extent reasonably practicable, make available to the Holders of the Securities, within 90 days
after the date the payment of any Taxes deducted or withheld is due pursuant to applicable law,
copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Company or if, notwithstanding its efforts to
obtain such receipts, the same are not obtainable, other evidence of such payments.

     At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the
Securities is due and payable, if the Company is obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect
to such payment, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that
such Additional Amounts shall be payable, the amounts so payable and such other information as is
necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders of the Securities on the
payment date.

     The Company shall pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other similar taxes and
duties, including interest, penalties and Additional Amounts with respect thereto, payable in
[•] or the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in the
foregoing in respect of the creation, issue, offering, enforcement, redemption or retirement of the
Securities if and to the extent any such creation, issue, offering, enforcement, redemption or
retirement was required pursuant to applicable law or ordered by a court or Taxing Authority.

     The foregoing provisions shall survive any termination or the discharge of this Indenture and
shall apply to any jurisdiction in which any successor to the Company is organized or is engaged in
business for tax purposes or any political subdivisions or taxing authority or agency thereof or
therein.

     Whenever this Indenture or the Securities of any series refer to the payment of principal,
premium, if any, redemption price, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to
any Security of any series, such reference shall include the payment of Additional Amounts to the
extent payable in the particular context.

     In the event that Additional Amounts actually paid with respect to the Securities of any
series pursuant to the preceding paragraphs are based on rates of deduction or withholding of Taxes
in excess of the appropriate rate applicable to the Holder of such Securities, and as a result
thereof such Holder is entitled to make a claim for a refund or credit of such excess from the
Taxing Authority imposing such Taxes, then such Holder shall, by accepting such Securities, be
deemed to have assigned and transferred all right, title and interest to any such claim for a
refund or credit of such excess to the Company; provided, however, that by making such assignment,
the Holder makes no representation or warranty that the Company shall be entitled to receive such
claim for a refund or credit and incurs no other obligation with respect thereto.

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	Section 312.	 	Additional Issuances.

     The Company may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the
Securities of any series, create and issue additional Securities of the relevant series having the
same terms as and ranking equally and ratably with such Securities in all respects (or in all
respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such additional
Securities or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such additional
Securities), so that such additional Securities shall be consolidated and form a single series
with, and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as, the Securities of the
relevant series.

			
	Section 313.	 	CUSIP Numbers.

     The Company in issuing the Securities of any series 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 of the Securities of that series; provided, however, that any such notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on
the Securities of that series 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 of that series, and
any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE FOUR

Satisfaction and Discharge

			
	Section 401.	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

     This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

     (1) either

     (A)     all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced
or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company
and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

     (B)     all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation

     (i)     have become due and payable, or

     (ii)     will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or

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     (iii)     are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to
the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or
to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

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

     (3)     the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and
the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.

			
	Section 402.	 	Application of Trust Money.

     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine,
to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment
such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

ARTICLE FIVE

Remedies

			
	Section 501.	 	Events of Default.

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

     (1)     default in the payment of any principal of or any premium upon any Security of
such series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period
of 14 days; or

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     (2)     default in the payment of any interest upon any Securities of such series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

     (3)     default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company
in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or
whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly
been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than
that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there
has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series 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

     (4)     (A) failure to pay any principal amount exceeding $50 million when due and payable
(after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto) under any
agreement, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by
the Company (including a failure to pay with respect to Securities of any series other than
that series) whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, or (B) a
default which shall have resulted in any such indebtedness having an aggregate principal
amount outstanding of at least $50 million becoming or being declared due and payable prior
to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without, in the case
of Clause (A), such indebtedness having been discharged, or, in the case of Clause (B),
such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after there
shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and
requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such
acceleration to be rescinded or annulled, as the case may be, and stating that such notice
is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

     (5)     the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Republic of the Marshall Islands bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company bankrupt or insolvent, or
approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Republic of the Marshall
Islands law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of
any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in
effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

     (6)     the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or
of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by
it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Republic of the Marshall Islands bankruptcy,
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other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or
proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable Republic of the Marshall Islands law, or the
consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession
by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action
by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

     (7)     any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

     An Event of Default under any securities that have not been authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture shall not constitute an Event of Default under the terms of this Indenture.

			
	Section 502.	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

     If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or 501(6))
with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in
every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of
that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such
portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) 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 (or specified amount) shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or 501(6) with
respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the
Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the
terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.

     At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series
has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

     (1)     the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

     (A)     all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,

     (B)     the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series
which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any
interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

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     (C)     to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon
overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

     (D)     all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel;

and

     (2)     all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
nonpayment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by
such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

			
	Section 503.	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

     The Company covenants that if

     (1)     default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest
becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

     (2)     default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security when such principal (or premium, if any) becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days,

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium
and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture
at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to such provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee,
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
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 that series.

			
	Section 504.	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

     In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the

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Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation and the
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 607.

     No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding;
provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar
committee.

			
	Section 505.	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

     All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in
respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

			
	Section 506.	 	Application of Money Collected.

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

     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 607; and

     SECOND: Subject to any subordination provisions established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money
has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively.

			
	Section 507.	 	Limitation on Suits.

     No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

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     (1)     such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

     (2)     the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

     (3)     such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against
the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

     (4)     the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

     (5)     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 aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series; 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 this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
of 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 this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

     Such limitations shall not apply to any such proceeding instituted by a Holder for the
enforcement of payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security on or after
the applicable due date specified in any such Security.

			
	Section 508.	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.

     Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the
consent of such Holder.

			
	Section 509.	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

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

			
	Section 510.	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

     Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
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remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or
remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any
other appropriate right or remedy.

			
	Section 511.	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

     No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right
or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

			
	Section 512.	 	Control by Holders.

     The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series 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, provided that

     (1)     such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, and

     (2)     the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.

			
	Section 513.	 	Waiver of Past Defaults.

     The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

     (1)     in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of
such series, or

     (2)     in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series 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 this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

			
	Section 514.	 	Undertaking for Costs.

     In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require
any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and

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may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in
the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be
deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any
suit instituted by the Company.

			
	Section 515.	 	Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.

     The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time
insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants
that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee,
but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.

ARTICLE SIX

The Trustee

			
	Section 601.	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

     The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

			
	Section 602.	 	Notice of Defaults.

     If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give
the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(3) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.

     Notices to be given to direct Holders of a Global Security shall be given only to the
depositary, in accordance with its applicable policies as in effect from time to time. Notices to
be given to direct Holders of Securities other than Global Securities shall be sent by mail to the
respective addresses of the Holders as they appear in the Trustee’s records, and shall be deemed
given when mailed. Neither the failure to give any notice to a particular Holder, nor any defect in
a notice given to a particular Holder, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice given to another
Holder.

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	Section 603.	 	Certain Rights of Trustee.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

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

     (2)     any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of
Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

     (3)     whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

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

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

     (6)     the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee
shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
and

     (7)     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.

			
	Section 604.	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

     The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither
the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

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	Section 605.	 	May Hold Securities.

     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
Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar
or such other agent.

			
	Section 606.	 	Money Held in Trust.

     Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

			
	Section 607.	 	Compensation and Reimbursement.

     The Company agrees

     (1)     to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law
in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

     (2)     except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture
(including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its or its agents’ negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct; and

     (3)     to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its or its
agents’ part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the
trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable and documented costs and out-of-pocket
expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

			
	Section 608.	 	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 and this Indenture.
To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest
by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one
series.

			
	Section 609.	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

     There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other
series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act

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as such, has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and has its Corporate
Trust Office in New York, New York. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the
combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus
as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.

			
	Section 610.	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

     No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to
this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

     The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.

     The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.

     If at any time:

     (1)     the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor
by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least
six months, or

     (2)     the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder, or

     (3)     the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security 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 with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

     If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall
occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such

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successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of
any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within
one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that
extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders
and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security 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 appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

     The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

			
	Section 611.	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

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

     In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring
Trustee, and (3) 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

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that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and
delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee
all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of
that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

     Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments
for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.

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

			
	Section 612.	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

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

			
	Section 613.	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

     If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).

			
	Section 614.	 	Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

     The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series
of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of
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authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a
certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination
by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

     Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent.

     An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give
notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of
the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating
Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers
and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under
the provisions of this Section.

     The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 607.

     If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 
	 	 

	 ,	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	As Trustee  	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	 

	 ,	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	As Authenticating Agent  	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer  	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer  	 	 

ARTICLE SEVEN

Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company

			
	Section 701.	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

     The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee at such times as the Trustee
may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list
of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished;

excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar.

			
	Section 702.	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

     The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

     The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

     Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of

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them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and
addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

			
	Section 703.	 	Reports by Trustee.

     The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto.

     A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with
the Company. The Company shall notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.

     If a default occurs with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the
Holders of the relevant series notice of the default when, as and to the extent provided by the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939. However, in the case of any default under any covenant with respect to
the series, no notice of default to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the
occurrence of the default.

			
	Section 704.	 	Reports by Company.

     The Company 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 such 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 actually filed with the Commission.

ARTICLE EIGHT

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease

			
	Section 801.	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

     The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or
lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, and the Company shall
not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease
all or substantially all of its properties and assets to the Company, unless:

     (1)     in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey,
transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Company shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on
all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on
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performed or observed; provided, however, that this assumption may be pursuant to a
full and unconditional guarantee; and

     (2)     immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness
which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such
transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such
transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or
both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or
permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease all or
substantially all of its properties and assets as part of a transaction involving non-related third
parties or as part of an internal corporate reorganization.

			
	Section 802.	 	Successor Substituted.

     Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or
any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an
entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein,
and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

			
	Section 803.	 	Transfer or Lease to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

     Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Article Eight, Sections 801 and 802 will not be
applicable in connection with any transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties and assets to a wholly owned Subsidiary.

     The Company may transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any
wholly owned Subsidiary, provided that such wholly owned Subsidiary shall expressly assume pursuant
to a full and unconditional guarantee executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and
interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed.

ARTICLE NINE

Supplemental Indentures

			
	Section 901.	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

     Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

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     (1)     to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or

     (2)     to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or
any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for
the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or

     (3)     to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or
any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of
Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

     (4)     to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as
shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form,
registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to
permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or

     (5)     to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect
of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination

     (A)     shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to
the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such
provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with
respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such
Security Outstanding; or

     (6)     to secure the Securities; or

     (7)     to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301; or

     (8)     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 611; or

     (9)     to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such
action pursuant to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series in any material respect.

			
	Section 902.	 	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

     With the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered
to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board

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Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities
of such series under this Indenture (in each case, other than as permitted by Section 901);
provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

     (1)     change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any instalment of principal of
or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of
interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount
of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would
be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any
Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment, conversion or exchange on or after the Stated
Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or
modify any provisions with respect to the subordination of Securities in a manner adverse
to the Holders, or

     (2)     reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or
the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided
for in this Indenture, or

     (3)     modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 513 or Section 1005,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be
deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to
“the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1005, or the deletion of
this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8).

     A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

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

			
	Section 903.	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

     In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,

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enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

			
	Section 904.	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

     Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

			
	Section 905.	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

     Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

			
	Section 906.	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

     Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in
form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities
of such series.

ARTICLE TEN

Covenants

			
	Section 1001.	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

     The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it shall
duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

			
	Section 1002.	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

     The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
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obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any
series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

			
	Section 1003.	 	Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

     If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

     Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held
as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

     The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series)
in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request
of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Securities of that series.

     The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.

     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before
being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published
once in the English language in a newspaper customarily published on each Business Day and of
general circulation in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the
date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company.

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	Section 1004.	 	Statement by Officers as to Default.

     The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the
knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any
of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all
such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they have knowledge.

			
	Section 1005.	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants.

     Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series,
the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section
301(25), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in any of Sections 1001
to 1004 , inclusive, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series 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.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

Redemption of Securities

			
	Section 1101.	 	Applicability of Article.

     Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.

			
	Section 1102.	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

     The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution
or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including
any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to
the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the
case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish
the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

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	Section 1103.	 	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

     If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a
single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not
previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any
Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a
specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor
not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as
aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

     The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In
the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.

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

			
	Section 1104.	 	Notice of Redemption.

     Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed,
at his address appearing in the Security Register.

     All notices of redemption shall state:

     (1)     the Redemption Date,

     (2)     the Redemption Price,

     (3)     if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than
a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to
be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a
single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be
redeemed,

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     (4)     that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to
accrue on and after said date,

     (5)     the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Price, and

     (6)     Notice of redemption of Securities 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.

			
	Section 1105.	 	Deposit of Redemption Price.

     Prior to any Redemption Date, 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 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except
if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date.

			
	Section 1106.	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

     Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities 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 shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security
for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

     If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

			
	Section 1107.	 	Securities Redeemed in Part.

     Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment
therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, 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 Security so surrendered.

			
	Section 1108.	 	Optional Tax Redemption.

     The Company shall have the option (but not the obligation) to redeem, in whole but not in
part, the Securities of any series where, as a result of a change in, execution of or

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amendment to any laws or treaties or the official application or interpretation of any laws or
treaties, the Company would be required to pay Additional Amounts as described in Section 311;
provided, however, that this option applies only in the case of changes, executions or amendments
that occur on or after the date specified in the prospectus supplement for the applicable series of
Securities.

     If the Securities of any series are redeemed, the Redemption Price for Securities of the
relevant series shall be, in the case of a Security other than an Original Issue Discount Security
of the relevant series, equal to the principal amount of the Securities of the relevant series
being redeemed plus accrued interest and any additional amounts due up to, but not including, the
Redemption Date and, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security of the relevant series,
equal to an amount determined by reference to a formula or other special method.

     If the Company elects to redeem the Securities pursuant to this Section 1108, the Company
shall provide notice in the manner specified in Section 1104 and redeem the securities in the
manner specified in Sections 1102, 1105 and 1106.

ARTICLE TWELVE

SINKING FUNDS

			
	Section 1201.	 	Applicability of Article.

     The Company is not required to make any sinking fund payments with respect to Securities of
any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

			
	Section 1301.	 	Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

     The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302 or Section 1303 applied
to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to Section
301 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any applicable
requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth
below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another
manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.

			
	Section 1302.	 	Defeasance and Discharge.

     Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be deemed to have
been discharged from its payment and other obligations, and any subordination provisions
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture shall cease to be effective, with
respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set
forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such
Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
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other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are
concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or
discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the
trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in
respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due,
(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002
and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4)
this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any)
to have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if
any) to have Section 1303 applied to such Securities.

			
	Section 1303.	 	Covenant Defeasance.

     Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company shall be released from
its obligations under any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(25), 901(2) or 901(7) for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in
Sections 501(3) (with respect to any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(25), 901(2) or
901(7)), 501(5) and 501(7) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case
with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions
set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this
purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit
to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(3)), or
any subordination provisions established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture,
whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or
such subordination provisions or by reason of any reference in any such Section or such
subordination provisions to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder
of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

			
	Section 1304.	 	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

     The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or Section 1303 to
any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:

     (1)     The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609
and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article 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 benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in
an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of
principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not
later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case 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 any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any
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Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any
security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment
of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an
obligation 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 (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof,
and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is
specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the Holder of such
depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on
any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, 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 depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian
in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or
interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.

     (2)     In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this
instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either
case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the
Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes
as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such
Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner
and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were
not to occur.

     (3)     In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize
gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant
Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the
case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.

     (4)     The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then
listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.

     (5)     No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event
of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and
be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in
Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such
deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after
such 90th day).

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     (6)     Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities
are in default within the meaning of such Act).

     (7)     Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party or by which it is bound.

     (8)     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 unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from
registration thereunder.

     (9)     In the event any Securities or any series of Securities include subordination
provisions established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, at the time of
such deposit, (A) no default in the payment of any principal of or premium or interest on
any Senior Debt shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) no event of default with respect
to any Senior Debt shall have resulted in such Senior Debt becoming, and continuing to be,
due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable
(unless payment of such Senior Debt has been made or duly provided for), and (C) no other
event of default with respect to any Senior Debt shall have occurred and be continuing
permitting (after notice or lapse of time or both) the holders of such Senior Debt (or a
trustee on behalf of such holders) to declare such Senior Debt due and payable prior to the
date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable.

     The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with.

			
	Section 1305.	 	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.

     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee
(solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are
referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders
of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any
premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. Money and U.S. Government Obligations so held in trust shall not be
subject to any subordination provisions established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture.

     The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

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     Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to
the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by
it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such
Securities.

			
	Section 1306.	 	Reinstatement.

     If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the
obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying
Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to such
Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes any
payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the
Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

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

	 	 	 

	 

	 	____________________
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	               By ____________________
	Attest:
	 	 
	 

	 	____________________
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	               By ____________________
	 
	 	 
	____________________
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Attest:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	____________________
	 	 

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	STATE OF                    

	 	) 
	 

	 	) ss.:
	COUNTY OF                    )

	 	) 

     On the ____ day of _____, _____, before me personally came __________, to me known, who,
being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is __________ of __________, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument and that he signed his name
thereto by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation.

____________________

	 	 	 

	STATE OF                    

	 	) 
	 

	 	) ss.:
	COUNTY OF                    )

	 	) 

     On the _____ day of _____, _____, before me personally came __________, to me known, who,
being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is __________ of __________, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument and that he signed his name
thereto by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation.

____________________

[To be revised accordingly if not signed in New York.]

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