Document:

Exhibit
10.65

 

[TRANSLATION]

 

SUBCONCESSION CONTRACT FOR
OPERATING CASINO GAMES OF CHANCE OR GAMES OF OTHER FORMS IN THE MACAU SPECIAL
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

 

Between

 

Party
A:                                                  Galaxy
Casino Company Limited, henceforth simply referred as the “Concessionaire”,
with its headquarters at Avenida da Praia Grande, n.o 409, Edif. “China Law”,
25°, Macau, and its registration number in the Company and Moveable Assets
Registration Bureau 15066, duly represented by its Directors Mr. Fan Siu
Pang, married, holder of the Hong Kong Identity Card no. B452583(9), issued on
30/05/1990, living at Flat C, 1/F, Sunrise Court, 95 Blue Pool Road, Hong Kong,
and Mr. Lui Che Woo, married, holder of the Hong Kong Identity Card no.
A481605(9), issued on 26/06/1990, living at 29/F, Ka Wah Centre, 191 Java Road,
Hong Kong, with powers to bind the company.

 

And
Party B:                           Venetian
Macau, S.A., henceforth simply referred as the “Subconcessionaire”, with its
headquarters at Av. Dr. Mário Soares, n.° 25, Edificio Montepio, Apt. 25 – 2°,
in Macau, and its registration number in the Company and Moveable Assets
Registration Bureau 15702 (SO), duly represented in this contract by its
Director Mr. David Friedman, married, holder of U.S. Passport no.
153577147, issued on

 

 

30/11/1995, living at Las
Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, United States of America, with
powers to bind the company;

 

Considering that:

 

•                                          It
was granted by Macau SAR to the Concessionaire a concession to operate casino
games of chance or games of other forms, through an administrative concession
contract to operate casino games of chance or games of other forms in Macau SAR
on June 26th
2002, which was amended on December 19th 2002;

 

•                                          Galaxy
Casino, S.A. was authorized to sign this subconcession contract, under the
provisions of Clause seventy five, number one of the concession contract;

 

Based on the above
statements and upon consultation of the Parties, it is agreed to conclude this
Subconcession Contract. This Subconcession Contract includes the following provisions:

 

CHAPTER 1

SUBJECT MATTER, TYPE AND TERM OF THE SUBCONCESSION

Article 1 Subject Matter of the Subconcession

 

1.                                       The
subject matter of the subconcession granted under this Subconcession Contract
shall be the operation of casino games of chance or games of other forms in the
Macau SAR of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”).

 

2.                                       The
Subconcession is based on the Concession granted to the Concessionaire for the
operation of casino games of chance or games of other forms and is granted, as
far as the Concession is concerned, for a part of it; the Concessionaire is

 

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exempted of its liabilities as far as the
Subconcessionaire’s obligations regards, and in the terms referred to in this
contract.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcession does not include the following gaming activities:

 

(1)                                  mutual
bets;

 

(2)                                  gaming
activities provided to the public, except under article 3, paragraph 7 of Law
16/2001;

 

(3)                                  interactive
gaming; and

 

(4)                                  games
of chance or any other gaming, betting or gambling activities on ships or
planes, except under article 5, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1) and paragraph 4,
of Law 16/2001.

 

Article 2 Purposes of the Subconcession

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall have the following obligations:

 

1.                                       ensure
the proper operation and conduct of casino games of chance or games of other
forms in casino;

 

2.                                       regarding
the management and conduct of casino games of chance or games of other forms,
to employ only people that have appropriate qualifications to do their jobs and
to assume relevant responsibilities;

 

3.                                       operate
and conduct casino games of chance or games of other forms in a fair and honest
manner without the influence of criminal activities; and

 

4.                                       safeguard
and ensure the Macau SAR’s interests in tax revenue from the operation of
casinos and other gaming areas of the Concessionaire.

 

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Article 3 Governing Law and Court of Competent Jurisdiction

 

1.                                       This
Subconcession Contract shall be exclusively governed by the laws of the Macau
SAR.

 

2.                                       The
Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire recognize and accept the exclusive
jurisdiction of the court of the Macau SAR in case of any potential dispute or
conflict of interests between themselves or with the Executive of the Macau SAR
or any third parties and therefore waive their right to file lawsuit in any
court outside the Macau SAR.

 

Article 4 Compliance with Laws of the Macau SAR

 

The Concessionaire and
the Subconcessionaire must comply with applicable laws of the Macau SAR and
waive their right to apply regulations of a place other than the Macau SAR
which exempt themselves from performing obligations or acts that must be
performed by them or that are imposed on them.

 

Article 5 Participation in the Operation of Games of Chance or Games of
Other 

Forms in Other Jurisdictions

 

1.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire wishes to participate in the operation of casino games of
chance or games of other forms in any other jurisdictions, including
participation in the operation through a management contract, it must inform
the government of such intent. If the Subconcessionaire is aware that any of
its directors or controlling shareholders, including the ultimate controlling
shareholders, or any company investor that directly or indirectly holds the
equivalent of 10% or more

 

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of its share capital has such intent, it must also
inform the government immediately.

 

2.                                       For
the purpose mentioned in number 1 above, the Subconcessionaire shall submit to
the Government or make due diligence to obtain and submit to the Government, as
the case may be, any documents, information or data that might be requested by
the Government, except as to those considered by law as confidential.

 

Article 6 Concession System

 

1.                                       The
legal framework of the concession system consists of the following laws and
regulations: the legal system for operating casino games of chance or games of
other forms as approved by the Law No. 16/2001, the Administrative Regulations
No. 26/2001, the implementing rules for operating games of chance (especially
the rules stated in Article 55 of the Law No. 16/2001 and other
supplemental regulations stated in the Law No. 16/2001) and the Concession
Contract. This legal framework is applicable to this subconcession contract.

 

2.                                       Without
prejudice of the obligations arisen to the Subconcessionaire from this contract,
the Subconcessionaire must also perform all such similar obligations as those
of the Concessionaires as arisen from time to time from the legal framework
referred to in the above number one.

 

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Article 7 Operation of the Conceded Business

 

The Subconcessionaire
must operate the conceded business in accordance with the provisions and conditions
set forth in this Subconcession Contract.

 

Article 8 Term of the Subconcession

 

1.                                       The
term of the Subconcession granted hereunder shall be June 26th 2022.

 

2.                                       The
provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not operate to the prejudice of the
survival of certain provisions contained herein after the termination of the subconcession.

 

CHAPTER 2

PLACES FOR OPERATING AND RUNNING CASINOS AND 

OTHER GAMING AREAS

Article 9 Places for Operating the Conceded Business

 

1.                                       During
the operation of its business, the Subconcessionaire may only operate games of
chance or games of other forms in casinos and other gaming areas previously
authorized and categorized by the government.

 

2.                                       The
use of any other places to operate the conceded business must be subject to the
approval of the government.

 

Article 10 Types of Games, Gaming Tables and Electrical or Mechanical

Gaming Machines

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire is allowed to operate all games of chance that the
Concessionaire is allowed to, as well as any other games to be authorized by
Order of the Secretary for Economy and Finance, under request of the
Subconcessionaire and after consulting the Gambling Inspection and

 

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Coordination Bureau (the “GICB”). The rules for operating
these other games will be approved by Order of the Secretary for Economy and
Finance, after proposal of the GICB. The Subconcessionaire is also allowed to
operate any electrical or mechanical gaming machines, including slot machines,
in accordance with law.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must submit a list to the “GICB” in December of each
year, setting forth the number of gaming tables and electrical or mechanical
gaming machines, including slot machines, that it intends to operate during the
following year, together with their location.

 

3.                                       The
number of gaming tables and electrical or mechanical gaming machines, including
slot machines, to be operated by the Subconcessionaire may be modified by prior
notification to the GICB.

 

4.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must maintain and operate in its casinos a minimum types of
games as per the instructions of the GICB.

 

Article 11 Continuous Operation of Casinos

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must open its casinos for business everyday.

 

2.                                       Without
prejudice to the applicability of the preceding paragraph, the
Subconcessionaire can establish the daily period during which its casinos and
the activities therein will be open to the public.

 

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3.                                       The
set up of daily business hours during which the casinos and the activities
therein are open to the public must be communicated to the government in
advance and shall be posted on the entrance of each casino.

 

4.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire wishes to change the daily business hours during which
the casinos and the activities therein are open to the public, it shall inform
the government at least three days in advance.

 

Article 12 Suspension of the Operation of Casinos and Other Gaming
Areas

 

1.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire wishes to suspend the operation of one or more of its
casinos and other gaming areas during one or several days, it must ask for
permission of the government by submitting a written application stating the
reasons therefor at least three days in advance.

 

2.                                       The
permission set forth in the preceding paragraph is not required in case of
emergency or force majeure, especially in case of serious incidents,
catastrophes or natural disasters that seriously endanger human lives. Under
the above conditions, the Subconcessionaire shall promptly inform the
government and the Concessionaire of the suspension of the operation of its
casinos or other gaming areas.

 

Article 13 Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance Equipment

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must install electronic monitoring and surveillance equipment
approved by the GICB and of a high international quality standard in casinos
and other gaming areas. For this purpose, the Subconcessionaire shall

 

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submit a written application stating the proposed
equipment and relevant technical specifications. The GICB may at any time
request models or samples of such equipment.

 

2.                                       If
so requested by the GICB, the Subconcessionaire shall also install electronic
monitoring and surveillance equipment at other areas adjacent to casinos and
other gaming areas or other areas leading to or connecting with casinos and
other gaming areas.

 

3.                                       When
reasonably requested by the GICB, in particular in order to ensure that the
electronic monitoring and surveillance equipment can maintain a high
international quality standard as mentioned in the first paragraph, the
Subconcessionaire must install new electronic monitoring and surveillance
equipment approved by the GICB.

 

4.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire is aware of any criminal acts or illegal administrative
acts as well as other illegal acts that it deems as serious, it must
immediately report the same to the competent authorities.

 

CHAPTER 3

SUBCONCESSIONAIRE

Article 14 Business, Address and Form of the Company

 

1.                                       The
business operated by the Subconcessionaire must be solely the operation of
casino games of chance or other games in the casino.

 

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2.                                       Subject
to the permission of government, the business operated by the Subconcessionaire
may include related facilities/activities to the operation of casino games of
chance or other games in the casino.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must maintain its office in the Macau SAR and must maintain
its status as a company limited by shares.

 

Article 15 Share Capital and Shares

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must maintain a share capital in an amount no less than MOP
200,000,000.

 

2.                                       If
due to the situation afterwards, it is necessary for the Chief Executive to order
to increase the share capital, the Subconcessionaire must increase its share
capital.

 

3.                                       All
share capital of the Subconcessionaire shall be represented by nominative
shares.

 

4.                                       The
increase of share capital of the Subconcessionaire by means of public offering
must be subject to the permission of the government.

 

5.                                       The
issuance of preferential shares by the Subconcessionaire must be subject to the
permission of the government.

 

6.                                       Without
prejudice to the applicability of the preceding paragraph, the establishment or
issuance of types or categories of shares representing the share capital of the
Subconcessionaire or the transfer of such shares must be subject to the
permission of the government.

 

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7.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must take measures to ensure that all share capital of legal
persons that hold shares of the Subconcessionaire, legal persons that hold
capital contributions of the above legal person shareholders and so on up to
the ultimate shareholders (both natural persons and legal persons) that hold
capital contributions of the above shareholders shall be represented only by
nominative shares, save that this paragraph shall not apply to a listed company’s
shares that are traded on a stock market.

 

Article 16 Transfer of Shares and Creation of Encumbrances

 

1.                                       Any
inter vivos transfer of or creation of
encumbrances over the ownership of shares representing the share capital of the
Subconcessionaire or other rights relating to such shares, and any act
involving the granting of voting rights or other shareholders’ rights to
persons other than the original owners, shall be subject to the permission of
the government.

 

2.                                       For
the applicability of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the
Subconcessionaire shall have the obligation to refuse, under any circumstances,
to record the shareholding of any entity which obtains or owns shares
representing its shareholding in the share capital in violation of the
provisions contained herein or the law, shall not regard such entity as a shareholder,
and it shall not expressly or implicitly recognize any validity of the above inter vivos transfer or creation of encumbrances.

 

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3.                                       Any
transfer mortis causa of the ownership of
shares representing the share capital of the Subconcessionaire or other rights
relating to such shares shall be promptly notified to the government. The
Subconcessionaire must also take measures at the same time to record such
transfer in its registers.

 

4.                                       Upon
obtaining the permission referred to in the first paragraph, if an owner of
shares representing the ownership of the share capital of the Subconcessionaire
or other rights relating to such shares transfers or creates encumbrance over
such ownership or rights, or grants the voting rights or other shareholders’
rights to other persons, he shall promptly notify the Subconcessionaire of the
relevant fact. After the Subconcessionaire makes the relevant record in its
registers or completes similar procedures, it shall notify the GICB within 30
days and shall submit a copy of the document legalizing the relevant legal acts
and provide detailed information relating to any other stipulated provisions
and terms.

 

5.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall also take measures to obtain the permission of the
government with regard to the following acts: any transfer inter vivos
of the ownership of shares or other rights relating to such shares of its
shareholders (both natural persons and legal persons), any transfer inter vivos of shares of the above legal person company
(both natural persons and legal persons), and so on up to the transfer inter vivos of the shares of ultimate shareholders (both
natural persons and legal persons) provided that such shares shall be directly or
indirectly equal to 5% or more of capital contributions of the
Subconcessionaire, save that

 

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this paragraph shall not apply to a listed company’s
shares that are traded on a stock market.

 

6.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall promptly notify the government after it is aware of the
following acts: any transfer mortis causa
of the ownership of 5% or more of the shares or other rights relating to such
shares of its shareholders (both natural persons and legal persons), any transfer
mortis causa of 5% or more of
shares of the above shareholders (both natural persons and legal persons), and
so on up to the transfer mortis causa
of the shares of ultimate shareholders (both natural persons and legal
persons).

 

7.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall also promptly notify the government after it is aware
of the following acts: the creation of any encumbrance over the shares
representing the share capital of its shareholders, the creation of any
encumbrance over the shares owned by the above shareholders, so on up to the
encumbrance over the share capital of ultimate shareholders provided that such
shares shall be indirectly equal to 5% or more of share capital of the
Subconcessionaire, save that this paragraph shall not apply to a listed company’s
shares that are traded on a stock market.

 

8.                                       The
provisions of the preceding paragraph shall also apply to the granting of
voting rights or other shareholders’ rights to persons other than the original
owners of such rights, save that this paragraph shall not apply to a listed
company’s shares that are traded on a stock market.

 

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9.                                       The
provisions of the paragraph 4, after necessary amendments, shall apply to the
act of transfer of the ownership of capital contributions of share capital or
other rights relating to such contributions as referred to in paragraph 5.

 

10.                                 If
a dominant shareholder of the Subconcessionaire, having received written
instructions of a gaming control entity in another jurisdiction in which such
dominant shareholder is licensed to operate casino games of chance or games of
other forms, does not wish to continue to be a shareholder of the
Subconcessionaire, then, the Government may authorize the dominant shareholder
to transfer its shares on the Subconcessionaire share capital, provided that
the written instructions received by the dominant shareholder are not due to
any facts for which both the Subconcessionaire or its dominant shareholder are
liable. Still, permission of the Government for the acquisition of those shares
needs to be obtained.

 

Article 17 Issue of Bonds

 

Issue of bonds by the
Subconcessionaire shall obtain the permission of the government.

 

Article 18 Listing on a Stock Exchange

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire or a company in which the Subconcessionaire holds majority
shares may not be listed on the stock exchange, except with the permission of
the government.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall also have the obligation to take measures to ensure
that legal persons that are controlling shareholders of the Subconcessionaire
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whose major business is to directly or indirectly
implement projects set forth in the investment plans attached hereto will not,
without prior notice given to the government, apply for listing on a stock
exchange or conduct any act aiming at being accepted for listing on a stock
exchange.

 

3.                                       An
application requesting the permission referred to in the paragraph 1 above and
the prior notice referred to in paragraph 2 above shall be made by the
Subconcessionaire and all the necessary documents shall be attached thereto,
and the government shall not be prevented from requesting the provision of
additional documents, material and information.

 

Article 19 Structures of the Shareholders and Share Capital

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must submit to the government and to the Concessionaire in December of
each year document with the latest information of its shareholders’ structure
and the structure of the share capital of a legal person, especially a company,
owning 5% or more of the share capital of the subconcessionaire, the share
capital of a legal person owning 5% or more of the share capital of such legal
person, and so on up to the share capital of a natural person or legal person
that is an ultimate shareholder, save that this paragraph shall not apply to a
listed company’s shares that are traded on a stock market, or it must submit a
statement evidencing that there is no change in the structure of such shareholders
or the share capital.

 

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2.                                       The
Concessionaire must submit to the Subconcessionaire in December of each
year the latest information of its shareholders’ structure and the structure of
the share capital of a legal person, especially a company, owning 5% or more of
the share capital of the Concessionaire, the share capital of a legal person
owning 5% or more of the share capital of such legal person, and so on up to
the share capital of a natural person or legal person that is an ultimate
shareholder, save that this paragraph shall not apply to a listed company’s
shares that are traded on a stock market, or it must submit a statement
evidencing that there is no change in the structure of such shareholders or the
share capital.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall also take measures to obtain and submit to the
government properly-certified statements that are signed by each of the
shareholders of the Subconcessionaire and the persons mentioned in the
preceding paragraph. The contents of such statements shall state the amount of
share capital owned by such shareholders and shall also state that such share
capital is represented by nominative shares. Such statements shall be submitted
together with copies of certificate evidencing capital contributions, as well
as the latest information or statement set forth in the preceding paragraph 1.

 

Article 20 Holding Concurrent Posts in Corporate Bodies

is Forbidden

 

1.                                       As
to the operation of casino games of chance or games of other forms, the
Subconcessionaire shall have the obligation not to appoint a person holding
posts

 

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in the offices of the other concessionaire, or of any
subconcessionaire operating in the Macau SAR or the management company of a
certain concessionaire operating in the Macau SAR to serve on the Board, the
shareholders’ meetings, the supervisory board or other corporate bodies of the
above referred companies.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must promptly notify the government and the Concessionaire of
the appointment of any person to the Board, the shareholders’ meetings, the
supervisory board or other corporate bodies.

 

3.                                       The
Concessionaire must promptly notify the Subconcessionaire, of the appointment
of any person to boards of directors, shareholders’ meetings, supervisory
boards or other corporate bodies of other concessionaires operating casino
games of chance or games of other forms.

 

4.                                       As
to the operation of casino games of chance or games of other forms, the
government must promptly notify the Subconcessionaire of the appointment of any
person to boards of directors, shareholders’ meetings, supervisory boards or other
corporate bodies of other concessionaires operating casino games of chance or
games of other forms, or of other subconcessionaires or of other managing
companies operating casino games of chance or games of other forms in Macao
SAR.

 

Article 21 Management

 

1.                                       Granting
of the management power of the Subconcessionaire, including the appointment and
the scope of authority of the managing director, the term of

 

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authorization and any amendment to such authorization,
especially amendments involving the temporary or definitive replacement of the
managing director, shall be subject to the permission of the government. For
such purpose, the Subconcessionaire shall submit a draft of the resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Subconcessionaire to the government, enclosed
therewith the proposal of the Subconcessionaire on the granting of management
power, including identity information of the managing director, the scope of
authority of the managing director and the term of authorization, also a
description regarding the replacement in case of failure of the managing
director to perform his duties for any reason and any resolution regarding the
temporary replacement or the definitive replacement of the managing director.
The granting of the management power of the Subconcessionaire shall not take
effect prior to the permission by the government in connection with the
management power.

 

2.                                       If
the government disapproves one or several matters of the above authorization,
the Subconcessionaire shall submit a newly drafted resolution within 15 days
upon its receipt of the disapproval of the government and, if the Government
does not accept the Managing Director appointed by the Subconcessionaire, the
Subconcessionaire shall submit to the Government Annex II of the
Administrative Regulation 26/2001 dully compiled by the newly appointed
Managing Director.

 

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3.                                       Unless
it is permitted by the government, the Subconcessionaire shall have the
obligation not to give a power of attorney or to appoint a representative so as
to grant, on the basis of a stable relationship, the right to establish the
legal acts relating to the operation of the enterprise in the name of the
Subconcessionaire, save that this paragraph shall not apply to the power to
handle routine matters, especially with public departments or authorities.

 

Article 22 Articles of Association and Shareholders’ Agreements

 

1.                                       No
amendments shall be made to the Articles of Association (the “Articles”) of the
Subconcessionaire without the approval of the government.

 

2.                                       The
draft amendments to the Articles of the Subconcessionaire shall be submitted to
the government for its approval at least 30 days prior to the date of the
shareholders’ meeting for reviewing the relevant amendments.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall submit to the government a copy of the certified
notarization of the document within 30 days after its approval on the said
meeting regarding any amendments to the Articles.

 

4.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall inform the government of any proposed shareholders
agreement that it has knowledge of. For such purpose, apart from taking other
necessary measures, the Subconcessionaire shall also make inquiries to its
shareholders whether there is any proposed agreement, especially the proposed
agreement regarding the exercise of voting rights or other shareholders’
rights, 15 days prior to any shareholders’ meeting or during a shareholders’
meeting in case

 

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that such shareholders’ meeting is convened without a
prior notice, and it shall inform the government of the results of taking such
measures.

 

5.                                       Within
sixty days, the Government shall notify the Subconcessionaire whether it
approves the amendments to the Articles of Association of the Subconcessionaire
as well as its shareholders agreements.

 

Article 23 Obligation of the Subconcessionaire to Provide Information

 

1.                                       Apart
from the obligation to provide information as stipulated in the concession
system set forth in Article 6, for the Concessionaires, the Subconcessionaires
shall have the obligations:

 

(1)                                  to
promptly notify the government of any situation of which it has actual knowledge
that will materially affect the normal operation of the Subconcessionaire, e.g.
situations regarding the settlement ability or repayment ability of the
Subconcessionaire, any material court cases instituted against the
Subconcessionaire, any of its directors, any shareholders holding 5% or more of
the share capital of the Subconcessionaire or any key employees of casinos, any
criminal behaviors or administrative violations in its casinos and other gaming
areas that the Subconcessionaire is aware of, any hostile behaviors of any
senior officer or staff of the public administrative authority of the Macau
SAR, including officers of the security team and law

 

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enforcement office, towards the Subconcessionaire or
senior officers of its corporate bodies;

 

(2)                                  to
promptly notify the government of the following events: all events that may materially
affect or hinder the punctual and complete performance of any obligations as a
result of this Subconcession Contract or all events that may impose exceedingly
onerous liabilities on the Subconcessionaire or all events which may constitute
a reason for revocation of the subconcession in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 19;

 

(3)                                  to
promptly notify the government of any of the following facts or matters:

 

(a)                                  the
fixed or contingent, regular or special reward received by the directors of the
Subconcessionaire, finance provider to the Subconcessionaire and major
employees who hold key posts in the casinos in the form of wages, remuneration,
salaries or service fees or in other forms and the mechanism of profit sharing
of the Subconcessionaire by the aforesaid entities (if any);

 

(b)                                 the
benefits existing or to be established, including the form of profit
distribution;

 

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(c)                                  the
management contracts and labor provision contracts existing or suggested by the
Subconcessionaire.

 

(4)                                  to
promptly submit to the government certified copies of the following documents:

 

(a)                                  evidence
or contracts or other documents describing the reward set forth in Article 23(3)(a);

 

(b)                                 evidence
or contracts or other documents describing the benefits existing or to be
established or the form of profit distribution;

 

(c)                                  the
management contracts and labor provision contracts existing or suggested by the
Subconcessionaire.

 

(5)                                  to
promptly notify the Government of any imminent or predictable material adverse
changes in the economic and financial aspects of the Subconcessionaire of which
it has actual knowledge as well as material changes in the economic and
financial aspects of any of the following entities:

 

(a)                                  the
controlling shareholders of the Subconcessionaire;

 

(b)                                 the
entities having close contacts with the Subconcessionaire, especially those
undertaking or warranting that they will provide finance to the investment to
be made or obligations to 

 

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be borne by the Subconcessionaire in accordance with
the provisions of contracts;

 

(c)                                  the
shareholders owning 5% or more of the Subconcessionaire’s share capital who
undertake or warrant to provide finance to the investment to be made or
obligations to be borne by the Subconcessionaire.

 

(6)                                  to
promptly notify the Government that the annual turnover between the
Subconcessionaire and a third party has achieved MOP 250 million or above;

 

(7)                                  to
submit to the GICB in January of each year documents setting forth all
bank accounts of the Subconcessionaire and their balances;

 

(8)                                  to
promptly provide supplemental or additional information as requested by the
government;

 

(9)                                  to
promptly provide the GICB and the Finance Services Bureau with materials and
information as required for the smooth performance of their duties.

 

2.                                       The
government may provide that the obligations set forth in Articles 23.1(3) and
(4) should be performed once a year.

 

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CHAPTER 4

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Article 24 Forbiddance

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall inform the Government, with a minimum 90 (ninety) days
prior notice, of its intention to contract a Management Company to manage
activities not related to casino games of chance or games of other forms.

 

2.                                       For
the applicability of the preceding paragraph, the Subconcessionaire shall send
to the Government a notarized copy of the Articles of Association of the
Management Company or similar document as well as a copy of the draft of the
Management Contract.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall not celebrate contracts under the provisions of which
another company gains management powers over the Subconcessionaire as to the
operation of casino games of chance or games of other forms.

 

4.                                       Non-compliance
with number three above, without prejudice of other sanctions or penalties,
shall imply the payment of a penalty of MOP 500.000.000,00 (five hundred
million patacas) to Macau SAR.

 

CHAPTER 5

APPROPRIATE QUALIFICATIONS

Article 25 Appropriate Qualifications of the Subconcessionaire

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall maintain its appropriate qualifications during the
subconcession term, in accordance with the law.

 

2.                                       For
the applicability of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the
Subconcessionaire shall accept the persistent and long-term inspection and
supervision of the government, in accordance with the law.

 

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3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire will promptly pay the costs of the suitability processes; for
such purpose, GICB will issue a document with the referred costs. This document
will be considered as enough evidence of such costs.

 

Article 26 Appropriate Qualifications of the Shareholders, 

Directors and Major Employees of the Subconcessionaire

 

1.                                       Shareholders
who own 5% or more of the share capital of the Subconcessionaire, directors of
the Subconcessionaire and key employees holding important posts in the casinos
shall maintain their due qualifications during the subconcession term, in
accordance with the law.

 

2.                                       For
the applicability of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, shareholders
who own 5% or more of the share capital of the Subconcessionaire, directors of
the Subconcessionaire and key employees holding important posts in the casinos
shall accept the persistent and long-term inspection and supervision exercised
by the government, in accordance with the law.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall take measures to cause shareholders who own 5% or more
of the share capital of the Subconcessionaire, directors of the
Subconcessionaire and key employees holding important posts in the casinos to
maintain their appropriate suitability qualifications during the subconcession
term, and is fully aware that the said appropriate suitability qualifications
reflect on the suitability of the Subconcessionaire itself.

 

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4.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall request shareholders who own 5% or more of the share
capital of the Subconcessionaire, directors of the Subconcessionaire and key
employees holding important posts in the casinos to notify the government
promptly of any facts which may be material to the appropriate qualifications
of the Subconcessionaire or the above shareholders, directors and key
employees.

 

5.                                       For
the applicability of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the
Subconcessionaire shall inquire shareholders who own 5% or more of the share
capital of the Subconcessionaire, directors of the Subconcessionaire and key
employees holding important posts in the casinos every six months if they are
aware of any facts that may be material to their appropriate qualifications or
those of the Subconcessionaire. This shall not prevent the Subconcessionaire
from notifying the government immediately upon obtaining knowledge of any
material facts.

 

6.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire is aware of any facts that may be material to the
appropriate qualifications of shareholders who own 5% or more of the share
capital of the Subconcessionaire, directors of the Subconcessionaire and key
employees holding important posts in the casinos, it shall notify the
government immediately.

 

7.                                       Number
3 of the preceding Clause is applicable to the suitability processes of the
shareholders who own 5% or more of the share capital of the Subconcessionaire,
and to those of its directors and its key employees on the casino.

 

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Article 27 Special Obligations of Cooperation

 

In addition to the
general obligation of cooperation of Article 67, the Subconcessionaire
shall have the obligation to provide promptly any documents, information or
materials that the government deems necessary to examine whether the
Subconcessionaire has appropriate suitability.

 

Article 28 Special Obligations of Notification

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall promptly notify the government in case of any
termination of approval or concession to operate casino games of chance or
games of other forms in any jurisdiction of any shareholders who own 5% or more
of the share capital of the Subconcessionaire.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall promptly notify the government, after receiving
knowledge of the same, of any investigation relating to a fact that may give
rise to the possibility of a gambling regulator in another jurisdiction to
punish, suspend or affect in any other way the license or concession to operate
casino games of chance or games of other forms held by any of the shareholders
holding 5% or more of the share capital of the Subconcessionaire in such
jurisdiction.

 

CHAPTER 6

FINANCIAL CAPACITY AND FINANCING

Article 29 Financial Capacity of the Subconcessionaire

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall maintain its financial capacity to operate the conceded
business, and as provided herein, in particular the investment plans attached
to this Subconcession Contract, to timely and fully perform any

 

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obligations relating to its business and make
investments or assume other obligations provided herein.

 

2.                                       For
the applicability of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the
Subconcessionaire and its shareholders who own 5% or more of the share capital
shall accept the persistent and long-term inspection and supervision of the
government exercised, in accordance with the law.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall promptly pay the costs of its financial capacity
process and the financial capacity process of its shareholders who own 5% or
more of its share capital; for such purpose, GICB will issue a document with
the referred costs. This document will be considered as enough evidence of
those costs.

 

Article 30 Loans and Similar Contracts

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall inform the government of any loans given to a third
party and of any contracts of the same kind that exceed the value of MOP30
million.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall have the obligation not to provide any loans or to
enter into similar contracts with its directors, shareholders or key employees
holding important posts in the casinos, unless otherwise permitted by the
government.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall have the obligation not to enter into any contract,
including “step in rights” contracts, with commercial enterprise owners, which

 

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will vest in them the power to manage or participate
in the management of the Subconcessionaire, except as permitted by the
government.

 

Article 31 Undertaking Risks

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire expressly represents that it shall undertake all the
obligations and full and exclusive liabilities incurred in connection with all
inherent risks of the subconcession and all risks in connection with the
financial capacity and financing of the Subconcessionaire, without prejudice to
the applicability of the provisions of Article 40.

 

2.                                       The
Macau SAR is not subject to any obligation, responsibility or risk in
connection with the financing of the Subconcessionaire.

 

Article 32 Financing

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall obtain the necessary financing to fulfill its/to
perform the obligations related to any of its activities, its investments and
to any obligations that it has validly assumed or for which the
Subconcessionaire is, under this contract, obliged to perform, in particular
for the investment plans attached to this Subconcession Contract.

 

2.                                       Any
defense or counterplea resulted from contractual relations between the
Subconcessionaire and third parties (including entities that provide financing
and shareholders of the Subconcessionaire) in connection with the above
financing shall not be used against the Macau SAR.

 

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Article 33 Legal Reserves

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall keep reserves as required by the law.

 

Article 34 Special Obligations of Cooperation

 

1.                                       Without
prejudice of the general obligation of cooperation of Article 67, the
Subconcessionaire shall have the obligation to provide promptly any documents,
information or materials that the government deems necessary to examine whether
the Subconcessionaire has appropriate financial capacity.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall promptly inform the government of any loan, mortgage,
claim for obligation, guarantee or obligation that equals to or exceeds the
value of MOP8 million assumed or to be assumed in order to obtain financing for
any aspect of its company business.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall promptly provide the government with certified copies
of documents relating to any loan, mortgage, claim for obligation, guarantee or
obligation assumed or to be assumed in order to obtain financing for any aspect
of its company business.

 

4.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must take measures to obtain and submit to the government a
statement signed by each of its controlling shareholders (including ultimate
controlling shareholders), pursuant to which each of such shareholders agrees
to be bound by the above special obligations of cooperation. Accordingly, upon
the request of the government, each of such shareholders shall provide all
documents, information, materials or evidence and give any permission.

 

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CHAPTER 7

INVESTMENT PLANS

Article 35 Investment Plans

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must implement the investment plans in accordance with the
provisions of the investment plans attached to this Subconcession Contract,
being transferred, for all legal purposes and without prejudice of paragraphs [**]†
to [**]† below, the obligation of the Concessionaire as to the
implementation of Numbers 2, 3 and 4 of the investment plans attached to the Concession
Contract signed by Macao SAR and the Concessionaire, up to the amount referred
to in Clause 39.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall in particular have the following obligations:

 

(1)                                  use
qualified labors in all projects;

 

(2)                                  give
priority to enterprises doing business in the Macau SAR on a long-term basis or
local enterprises and to local workers of the Macau SAR when retaining
enterprises and recruiting workers for implementing the projects set forth in
the investment plans attached to this Subconcession Contract;

 

(3)                                  during
its formulation of the construction projects in connection with the projects
set forth in the investment plans attached to this Subconcession Contract,
comply with existing technical restrictions and technical rules of the Macau
SAR, in particular the Land Technical Rules promulgated under the Decree No.
47/96/M dated August 26, and the Rules for Safety and Loading of Building
Structure and Bridge Structure promulgated

 

† This
portion of the Subconcession Contract has been omitted and filed separately
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Rule 406.

 

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under the Decree No. 56/96/M dated September 16,
and specifications and approval documents of government authorities and
instructions of manufacturers or patent owners;

 

(4)                                  when
submitting the projects set forth in the investment plans attached to this
Subconcession Contract to the Land, Public Construction and Transportation
Bureau (“DSSOPT”) for approval, in addition to other documents required by
existing laws (in particular the Decree No. 79/85/M dated August 21),
provide a quality control manual prepared by an entity recognized as
technically qualified by the Land, Public Construction and Transportation
Bureau and able to show its experience in the same or similar kind of works,
and approved by the Land, Public Construction and Transportation Bureau, an
operating plan and relevant financial and operating records, samples of
important materials and resumes of professionals in charge of each construction
work. If the Subconcessionaire fails to submit a quality control manual or the
quality control manual submitted by it is not approved, the Subconcessionaire
must comply with the quality control manual prepared by a professional entity
designated by the Land, Public Construction and Transportation Bureau;

 

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(5)                                  carry
out construction strictly based on approved projects and in accordance with
existing laws and regulations, internationally recognized standards for similar
construction work or supplies and industrial norms;

 

(6)                                  adhere
to the construction period for the projects set forth in the investment plans
attached to this Subconcession Contract and the period during which such
projects shall be open to the public;

 

(7)                                  use
materials, systems and equipment certified and approved by recognized entities
and in accordance with international standards and generally recognized as
having high international quality during the implementation of the projects set
forth in the investment plans attached to this Subconcession Contract;

 

(8)                                  maintain
the quality of all projects set forth in the investment plans attached to this
Subconcession Contract according to a high international quality standard;

 

(9)                                  ensure
that the quality standard of the commercial facilities therein reaches a high
international quality standard;

 

(10)                            according
to a high international quality standard, maintain a modernized, highly
efficient and high-quality management;

 

(11)                            in the
case of conditions that cause or may cause major changes to the normal
development of construction or operation during the construction

 

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of the facilities of the Subconcessionaire, or in the
case of unusual conditions relating to building structure of the facilities of
the Subconcessionaire or any other unusual conditions, promptly inform the
government of such conditions by submitting a detailed report stating such
conditions and reasons therefor. The report shall state the assistance provided
by other entities that are generally recognized as qualified and prestigious
and the measures taken or to be taken to solve the relevant problems.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall be liable to the Macau SAR and third parties for any
damage caused by the design and scope of project, implementation of
construction work, insufficient maintenance of buildings set forth in the
investment plans attached to this Subconcession Contract, errors or serious negligence
and for which the Subconcessionaire is to blame.

 

4.                                       The
government may permit change in the period mentioned in paragraph 2(6) without
amending this Subconcession Contract.

 

5.                                       The
government undertakes to enable the Subconcessionaire to directly or indirectly
implement the projects set forth in the investment plans attached to this Subconcession
Contract in accordance with laws.

 

6.                                       The
total amount of the expenses done by the Subconcessionaire for the
implementation of the projects referred to on the investment plans attached to
this Subconcession Contract, up to the amount referred in Clause 39, will be
taken

 

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into account to determine the global amount referred
to in Clause 39 of the Concession Contract for which the Concessionaire is
liable for.

 

7.                                       [**]†

 

8.                                       [**]†

 

9.                                       [**]†

 

Article 36 Changes to Projects Contained in the Investment Plans

 

1.                                       During
the implementation of the investment plans attached to this Subconcession
Contract, the government may request the Subconcessionaire to provide any
document or force the Subconcessionaire to make any change in connection with
the implementation of projects contained in the investment plans to ensure
compliance with current technical norms or rules and the required quality
standard.

 

2.                                       The
government cannot force the Subconcessionaire to make any change to the above
projects that may result in an increase of the total amount mentioned in Article 39.

 

Article 37 Inspection

 

1.                                       In
accordance with the contents of the investment plans attached to this
Subconcession Contract and the applicable regulations, the government may, in
particular through the Land, Public Construction and Transportation Bureau,

 

† This
portion of the Subconcession Contract has been omitted and filed separately
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Rule 406.

 

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supervise and inspect the implementation of
construction work, in particular the implementation of work plans and the
quality of materials, systems and equipment.

 

2.                                       The
Land, Public Construction and Transportation Bureau shall inform the
Subconcessionaire of the representative designated by it for supervision and
inspection purpose. If more than one representative is designated to supervise and
inspect the implementation of construction work, one of them shall be appointed
as the supervisor.

 

3.                                       For
the applicability of the first paragraph of this Article, the Subconcessionaire
must provide a detailed report on a monthly basis regarding the progress of
implementing the investment plans attached to this Subconcession Contract. Such
monthly report shall include at least the following:

 

(1)                                  important
events, number of personnel and quantity of relevant materials, systems and
equipment;

 

(2)                                  work
progress of various work plans (progress control);

 

(3)                                  updated
financial records and work records;

 

(4)                                  projects,
supply, measures that should be taken and demands for materials, systems and
equipment;

 

(5)                                  major
measures to be taken to ensure the implementation of work plans; and

 

(6)                                  things
to be done to correct errors.

 

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4.                                       When
necessary, especially when the normal work progress of the investment plans
attached to this Subconcession Contract is affected, the Subconcessionaire must
submit a detailed special written report.

 

5.                                       Upon
the request of the government, the Subconcessionaire must submit any document
within a stipulated period, especially written and graphic information relating
to the investment plans attached to this Subconcession Contract.

 

6.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall also provide all required supplemental statements and
information relating to the documents referred to in the preceding paragraph.

 

7.                                       If
the government has any doubt about work quality, it may force the
Subconcessionaire to conduct any tests in addition to scheduled tests. When
necessary, the government may seek opinions from the Subconcessionaire about
decision-making rules used in such tests.

 

8.                                       The
expenses for conducting the above tests and correcting defects found during
such tests shall be borne by the Subconcessionaire.

 

9.                                       Orders,
circulars or notices with a technical nature in connection with the
implementation of construction work may be directly sent by the government,
namely through the Land, Public Construction and Transportation Bureau, to the
chief technical officer of the construction work.

 

10.                                 The
chief technical officer shall constantly monitor the relevant work and shall
arrive at the construction site upon request.

 

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11.                                 If
it is found out that the implementation of construction work is not in
compliance with the approved project plan or is in breach of applicable laws, regulations
or contracts, the government may, through the Land, Public Construction and
Transportation Bureau, suspend and ban the implementation of construction work
in accordance with the law.

 

12.                                 The
right to inspect the performance of obligations provided hereunder shall not
result in any liability to the Macau SAR in connection with the implementation
of construction work. The Subconcessionaire shall solely assume liability for
all imperfections or defects in connection with the planning, implementation or
performance of construction work, unless such imperfections or defects are
caused by decisions of the government.

 

Article 38 Contracting and Subcontracting

 

Third person contracting
and subcontracting shall not exempt the Subconcessionaire from performing its
statutory obligations or contractual obligations.

 

Article 39 Use of Remaining Amount Left from the Investment Provided 

in the Investment Plans

 

After the completion of
construction set forth in the investment plans attached to this Subconcession
Contract, if the total amount of expenses made directly or, subject to prior
approval of the Government, indirectly by the Subconcessionaire is lower than
MOP 4.400.000.000,00 the Subconcessionaire must use the remaining amount on
projects that are designated by it and accepted by the government and are in
connection with the

 

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business of the Subconcessionaire or on projects that are designated by
the government and that will bring significant public benefit to the Macau SAR.

 

Article 40 Insurance

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must enter into and renew necessary insurance contracts to
ensure that inherent risks of the conceded business are effectively and fully
covered by insurance. The relevant insurance contracts must be entered into
with insurance companies permitted to operate in the Macau SAR. If it is not
feasible to purchase insurance with such kind of insurance companies or such
purchase will bring excessive burden to the Subconcessionaire, then upon permission
of the government, the relevant insurance contracts may be entered into with
insurance companies outside the Macau SAR.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall especially ensure that the following insurance
contracts shall be entered into and the effectiveness of such contracts shall
be maintained:

 

(1)                                  work-related
accidents and occupational illnesses insurance of staff of the
Subconcessionaire;

 

(2)                                  civil
liability insurance in connection with vehicles for all the vehicles belonging
to the Subconcessionaire;

 

(3)                                  civil
liability insurance in connection with ships, planes or other flying objects
belonging to the Subconcessionaire or leased to the Subconcessionaire;

 

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(4)                                  civil
liability insurance for fixing propaganda stuff and advertisements;

 

(5)                                  general
civil liability insurance in connection with the operation of casino games of
chance or games of other forms in the Macau SAR and the development of other
businesses covered in the subconcession, but not covered by any other insurance
contracts;

 

(6)                                  other
insurance for loss and damages in buildings, furniture, equipment and other
assets used in the conceded business;

 

(7)                                  construction
insurance (all risks, including civil liability) in relation to conducting any
work of the buildings related to the conceded business or conducting any work
in such buildings.

 

3.                                       The
insurance policies referred in paragraph 2(6) above shall be “all-risks”, including,
at least, the following:

 

(1)                                  fire,
thunder and lightning, or explosion (of any kind);

 

(2)                                  burst
of pipes, or leakage or spillage of water storage tanks, boilers, water pipes,
underground water storage, sinks or other water-conveying equipment;

 

(3)                                  flood,
rainstorm, hurricane, volcano eruption, earthquake, or any other natural
disaster;

 

(4)                                  crash
or impact of planes or other flying vehicles or objects fallen or thrown from
planes or other flying vehicles;

 

(5)                                  impact
of vehicles;

 

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(6)                                  burglary
or robbery;

 

(7)                                  strikes,
attacks, riots, public disorder or any other acts of the same kind.

 

4.                                       The
insurance amount or the minimum protection for the insurance referred to in
paragraph 2 above, shall be:

 

(1)                                  handled
in accordance with the current laws and regulations for the insurance referred
to in paragraphs 2(1) to (4);

 

(2)                                  the
amount to be determined by the government after considering the volume of
business of the conceded business and incidence rate for the previous year and
other parameters, for the insurance referred in paragraph 2(5) above;

 

(3)                                  equal
to the net value of the assets, for insurance referred to in paragraph 2(6)
above, the net value shall mean the gross value minus accumulative
depreciation; and

 

(4)                                  the
total amount of the construction, for insurance referred to in paragraph 2(7).

 

5.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall ensure that any entity with which the Subconcessionaire
concludes a contract has purchased valid insurance for work-related accidents
and occupational illnesses.

 

6.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall prove to the government that fully effective insurance
contracts have been entered into. Upon execution of insurance contracts

 

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or renewal of such insurance contracts, the
Subconcessionaire shall deliver copies of such insurance contracts to the
government.

 

7.                                       Before
copies of insurance contracts set forth in the preceding paragraph are
delivered to the government, the Subconcessionaire shall have the obligation
not to start any construction or work procedures.

 

8.                                       The
Subconcessionaire may not cancel, suspend, amend or replace any insurance
except with the permission of the government. However, if it is only a case of
change in the insurance company, the Subconcessionaire shall promptly inform the
government of the matter under such circumstances.

 

9.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire fails to pay its insurance premium, the government may
directly pay such insurance premium calculated for the Subconcessionaire by
using the guarantee deposit paid for the Subconcessionaire’s performance of its
statutory obligations or contractual obligations.

 

10.                                 The
assurance policies that the Concessionaire is responsible for to provide under
the Concession Contract signed between the Government and the Concessionaire,
do not include nor replace those referred to in this Clause.

 

CHAPTER 8

PROPERTIES

Article 41 Properties of the Macau SAR

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall ensure that the properties of the Macau SAR obtained or
to be obtained due to the operation of the conceded business and by

 

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means of the temporary transfer of the right to
interest, income and use are in perfect condition or replaced in accordance
with the instructions of the GICB.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall ensure that the land and natural resources under the
administration of the government in accordance with the provisions of Article 7
of the Basic Laws of the Macau SAR and provided or to be provided through
leases or concessions due to the operation of the conceded business in perfect
conditions.

 

Article 42 Other Properties

 

1.                                       The
casinos and the equipment and utensils used for gaming business shall locate at
all the real estate under the ownership of the Subconcessionaire. No
encumbrance shall be created over such casinos, equipment and utensils, except
for those permitted by the government.

 

2.                                       Notwithstanding
that the permission specified in the preceding paragraph is given, the
Subconcessionaire shall cause the casinos and the equipment and utensils used
for gaming business, including the equipment and utensils used outside the
casinos, not to be under any encumbrance upon the termination of this
Subconcession Contract.

 

3.                                       The
casinos shall not locate at the real estate where use and income are created
under lease contracts of any nature or under any other kinds of contracts which
do not grant the full ownership of the real estate to the Subconcessionaires,
even though such contracts are non-typical contracts, unless permission of the

 

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government is obtained. Conditions may be specified in
such permission, namely to allow the transfer of ownership of the casinos to
the Macau SAR. In particular, it can be provided that the independent units
where the casinos are located shall be acquired by the Subconcessionaire at
least 180 days prior to the term referred to in Clause 43(1), unless the
subconcession is withdrawn prior to such date and in that case, such units
shall be acquired by the Subconcessionaire in the shortest time possible.

 

4.                                       After
obtaining the due permission, the Subconcessionaire shall submit to the
government copies of the contracts specified in the preceding paragraph and all
amendments to and alternations of such contracts, notwithstanding that such
amendments and alternations may have retrospective effect.

 

5.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall locate all of its casinos in the buildings or complex
under the system of unit ownership in building property even though such
buildings or complex constitute one economic and functional unit, so that the
casinos constitute one or more independent units which can be identified and
whose area can be defined precisely.

 

6.                                       For
the applicability of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Subconcessionaire
shall promptly submit to the government the property registration certificate
regarding the creation of the unit ownership in building property, which shall
set forth the description of all independent units and attach a plan confirming
and defining the relevant area.

 

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7.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall register any amendments to the proof of the creation of
the unit ownership in building property and promptly submit the relevant
property registration certificate to the government through the Finance
Services Bureau.

 

8.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall also submit to the government the rules and regulations
of the condominium of the unit ownership in building property for prior
approval.

 

Article 43 Ownership of the Casinos and the Equipment and Utensils used
for

Gaming Business

 

1.                                       On
June 26th 2022, except when termination occurs prior to that
date, the casinos and the equipment and utensils used for gaming business,
including. the equipment and utensils [used] outside the casinos, shall be
transferred automatically to the Macau SAR without compensation. Upon the
delivery of the aforesaid properties, the Subconcessionaire shall ensure that
such properties are in the state of good maintenance and operation except for
fair wear and tear resulting from the use in compliance with the provisions of
this Concession Contract. Furthermore, it shall be ensured that no encumbrance
is attached to such properties.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall immediately deliver the assets specified in the
preceding paragraph.

 

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3.                                       In
case that the Subconcessionaire does not deliver the assets specified in
paragraph 1, the government shall immediately have administrative possession
over such assets. The relevant expenses shall be paid from the guarantee
deposit provided by the Subconcessionaire to guarantee performance of statutory
obligations or contractual obligations.

 

4.                                       On
the date referred to in number 1 above, the government shall inspect the assets
as specified in Articles 41 and 42 so as to examine the conditions of custody
and maintenance of such assets and prepare a record for the inspection. At the
time of inspection, a representative of the Subconcessionaire may participate
in such inspection on the spot.

 

5.                                       Upon
the dissolution or liquidation of the Subconcessionaire, division of assets of
the Subconcessionaire shall not be carried out if the government has not proved
that the assets are under good maintenance and operation through the mandatory
listing of assets procedures specified in the following article or if the
Subconcessionaire fails to ensure that the payment of damages or any amounts
payable to the Macau SAR can be satisfied by any guarantees acceptable to the government.

 

6.                                       The
provision of the last part of paragraph 1 shall not interfere with the normal
upgrading of the equipment and utensils used in the casino business.

 

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Article 44 List of Assets Used for the Conceded Business

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall prepare a list in triplicate of all assets and rights
belonging to the Macau SAR and used for the conceded business and all assets to
be owned by the Macau SAR and update information of the asset list. Accordingly,
the Subconcessionaire shall update the relevant list in case of any changes by
no later than May 31 of each year, and submit copies of such list to the
GICB and the Finance Services Bureau respectively.

 

2.                                       In
the year of the termination of the concession, the aforesaid list shall be
mandatorily prepared sixty days prior to the termination of the subconcession.

 

3.                                       Under
other situations of termination of the Subconcession Contract, the listing of
assets specified in the first paragraph shall be conducted on the date and at
the time as specified by the government.

 

Article 45 Improvement

 

The improvements made
during the concession and transferred to the Macau SAR under Article 41
upon the expiration of the Subconcession Contract, as well as those made in the
assets that shall revert to the Macau SAR, will not entitle the Subconcessionaire
and/or the Concessionaire to any compensation or damages and do not need to be
removed.

 

Article 46 Concession of Land to be Used by the Subconcessionaire

 

1.                                       The
system for the concession of land to be used by the Subconcessionaire
especially for the operation of the conceded business shall be stipulated in
the relevant land concession contract.

 

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2.                                       Terms
of the land concession contract between the government and the
Subconcessionaire shall be subject to the part of applicable provisions of this
Subconcession Contract.

 

CHAPTER 9

PREMIUM

Article 47 Premium

 

1.                                       A
premium shall be paid yearly by the Subconcessionaire to the Macau SAR during
the term of the Subconcession, in return for the grant of the Subconcession for
operating casino games of chance or games of other forms.

 

2.                                       The
annual amount of the premium to be paid by the Subconcessionaire has a variable
portion and a fixed portion.

 

3.                                       The
fixed portion of the annual premium payable by the Subconcessionaire shall be
MOP30 million per year.

 

4.                                       The
variable portion of the premium payable yearly by the Subconcessionaire will be
calculated in accordance with the number of gaming tables and the number of
electrical or mechanical gaming machines, including slot machines operated by
the Subconcessionaire.

 

5.                                       For
the applicability of the provisions of the preceding paragraph:

 

(i)                                     For each gaming
table, especially those located in special gaming halls or areas reserved
exclusively to certain kind of games or to certain players, the
Subconcessionaire shall pay MOP300,000;

 

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(ii)                                  For each gaming table
not reserved exclusively to certain kind of games or to certain players, the
Subconcessionaire shall pay MOP 150,000;

 

(iii)                               For each electrical or
mechanical gaming machine, including the slot machine, the Subconcessionaire
shall pay MOP1,000 each year;

 

6.                                       Independently
of the number of gaming tables that the Subconcessionaire has in each moment in
operation, the amount of the variable portion of the annual premium cannot be
less than the amount that the long-term operation of 100 gaming tables, namely
of those located in special gaming halls or areas reserved exclusively to
certain kinds of games or to certain players and the long-term operation of 100
gaming tables not reserved exclusively to certain kind of games or to certain
players.

 

7.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall pay the fixed portion of the annual premium by no later
than January 10th of the relevant year. The government may also
provide payment by monthly installments.

 

8.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall pay the variable portion of the annual premium monthly
by no later than the 10th day of the month immediately following the
relevant month in connection with the operation of the gaming tables and the electrical
and mechanical gaming machines including the “slot machines” in the previous
month.

 

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9.                                       For
the purpose of calculating the amount of variable portion of the annual premium
referred to in the preceding paragraph, the number of days in the relevant
month in which the Subconcessionaire operates each gaming table and each
electrical and mechanical gaming machine including the “slot machines” shall be
taken into consideration.

 

10.                                 The
payment of premium shall be made by submission of the relevant payment slip to
the cashier of the Finance and Tax Department of the Macau SAR.

 

CHAPTER 10

CONTRIBUTIONS

Article 48 Contribution for a Public Foundation

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall contribute to the Macau SAR an amount equivalent to 1.6%
of the gross revenue of the gaming business. Such contribution shall be
delivered to a public fund designated by the government whose goal is to
promote, develop or study culture, society, economy, education and science and
engage in academic and charity activities.

 

2.                                       The
contribution referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be paid monthly by
the Subconcessionaire with the relevant payment slip given to the cashier
office of the Finance and Tax Department of the Macau SAR by no later than the
tenth day of the month immediately following the relevant month.

 

3.                                       The
contribution referred to in the first paragraph shall have its own budget
record made by the Macau SAR.

 

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Article 49 Contribution for Urban Development, Tourism Promotion and
Social 

Security

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall contribute to the Macau SAR with an amount equivalent
to 2.4% of the gross revenue of the gaming business for the development of
urban construction and tourism promotion of and the provision of social
security to the Macau SAR.

 

2.                                       The
contribution referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be paid monthly by
the Subconcessionaire with the relevant payment slip given to the cashier
office of the Finance and Tax Department of the Macau SAR by no later than the
tenth day of the month immediately following the relevant month.

 

3.                                       The
contribution referred to in the first paragraph shall have its own budget
record made by the Macau SAR.

 

4.                                       The
government may designate one or more entities as the beneficiary entities to
receive the paid contributions in part or in whole.

 

5.                                       The
government and the Subconcessionaire may agree to the direct contribution of an
amount up to 1.2% of the gross revenue resulting from the operation of casinos
games of chance or games of other forms to be used in one or more specific
projects or by one or more specific entities. In such a case, the amount of
contribution to be delivered directly to the relevant entity and the cashier
order of the finance and tax department of the Macau SAR referred to in the
first paragraph shall be decreased accordingly.

 

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CHAPTER 11

TAXATION OBLIGATIONS AND DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS

Article 50 Special Gaming Tax

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall pay special gaming tax to the Macau SAR in accordance
with the law. Such tax shall be paid by twelve installments, which shall be
paid to the government monthly by no later than the 10th day of the month
immediately following the relevant month.

 

2.                                       Special
gaming tax may be paid in patacas or in other currency accepted by the
government.

 

3.                                       Special
gaming tax paid in patacas shall be paid directly delivered to the treasury of
the Macau SAR.

 

4.                                       Special
gaming tax paid in a foreign currency other than patacas and accepted by the
government shall be paid to the Macau Monetary Authority. Macau Monetary
Authority will, then, deliver the exchanged amount in patacas to the treasury
of the Macau SAR.

 

Article 51 Withholding Taxes

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall collect and pay the statutory taxes on junket
commissions or other remuneration paid to the gaming intermediaries through
withholding the definitive amount of such taxes. The relevant taxes shall be
paid monthly to the cashier office of the finance and taxation department of
the Macau SAR by no later than the tenth day of the month immediately following
the relevant month.

 

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2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall collect and pay the employment tax provided by law in
connection with the staff of the Subconcessionaire through withholding the
definitive amount of such taxes. The relevant tax shall be paid to the cashier
office of the finance and taxation department of the Macau SAR in accordance
with the law.

 

Article 52 Payment of Other Payable Taxes, Levies, Expenses 

and Handling Fees

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall pay the payable and non-exemptible taxes, levies, expenses and handling
fees provided by the laws and regulations of the Macau SAR.

 

Article 53 Documents Proving No Liabilities Payable to the Public
Currency 

Note Bureau of the Macau SAR

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall submit to the government a certificate issued by the
Finance Services Bureau by no later than March 31 annually to prove that
the Subconcessionaire does not owe the Macau SAR any levies, taxes, penalties
or additional payments of the precedent year. Additional payments shall include
compensatory interest, default interest and 3% of debts.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall submit by no later than March 31 annually the
document stating the tax status of the precedent year of its managing director,
senior officers of its corporate bodies and shareholders holding 5% or more of
the share capital of the Subconcessionaire to the government.

 

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Article 54 Document Proving No Liabilities Payable to the Macau SAR 

with respect to Social Security

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall submit to the government certifying documents issued by

the social security fund
of the Macau SAR to prove that the contributions made by the Subconcessionaire
in connection with the social security of the Macau SAR are in compliance with
the law by no later than March 31 of each year.

 

Article 55 Provision of Information

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall submit quarterly a trial balance of the previous
quarter to the government by no later than the last day of the month
immediately following the end of the relevant quarter, and the trial balance of
the last quarter of each year shall be submitted by no later than the last day
of February in the following year.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall submit the following information to the government at
least 30 days before the date when the annual shareholders’ meeting is held to
adopt the accounts:

 

(1)                                  All
the accounting statements and statistic statements of the previous year;

 

(2)                                  Full
names of members who have been on the Board or the supervisory board, of any
representatives appointed and person in charge of the accounting department in
the relevant business year and the various language versions of such names that
may be used;

 

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(3)                                  A
copy of the report of the Board and accounts enclosed with the opinion of the
supervisory board and external auditors.

 

Article 56 Accounting and Internal Audit

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall establish its own accounting system, sound
administrative organizations and appropriate internal auditing procedures, and
shall comply with the instructions of the government issued on such matters,
especially instructions issued through the GICB and the Finance Services
Bureau.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall adopt the current standards of the generally accepted
accounting format in its compilation and submission of the accounts, but
without prejudice to the Chief Executive, upon the suggestions of the head of
the GICB or the Finance Services Bureau, stipulating special rules to be
complied with by the Subconcessionaire relating to accounting books, accounting
documents or other accounting information required, the standards to be adopted
by the Subconcessionaire in recording its business activities and compilation
and submission of the accounts.

 

Article 57 External Audit of Annual Accounts

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall submit its accounts to an independent external entity with
internationally recognized reputation previously approved by the GICB and the
Finance Services Bureau for auditing, and shall provide to such entity in
advance all necessary documents, namely the documents referred to in
Article 34 of Law 16/2001.

 

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Article 58 Special Audit

 

When the GICB or the
Finance Services Bureau thinks necessary or appropriate and at any time and
with or without prior notice, the Subconcessionaire shall accept the special
audit conducted by an independent external entity or other entities with
internationally recognized reputation.

 

Article 59 Compulsory Announcement

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire undertakes to announce the following information of the
previous business year ended December 31 on the Bulletin of the Macau SAR
and two newspapers that have the largest circulation among other newspapers
(one in Chinese and the other in Portuguese) published in the Macau SAR by no
later than April 30 each year:

 

(1)                                  The
balance sheet, the profit and loss statement and annexes;

 

(2)                                  The
business consolidation report;

 

(3)                                  The
opinion of the supervisory board;

 

(4)                                  The
consolidated opinion of external auditors;

 

(5)                                  The
name list of major shareholders holding 5% or more of the share capital of the
Subconcessionaire and the numerical value of the relevant percentage during any
period of that year;

 

(6)                                  The
names of senior management of its corporate bodies.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall submit to the government copies of all the information
referred to in the preceding paragraph and other information required

 

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to be announced by the concession system as set forth
in Article 6 by no later than 10 days prior to the announcement.

 

3.                                       The
Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire undertake to publish jointly the
information referred to in number 1 above.

 

Article 60 Obligations of Cooperation

 

In addition to the
general obligations of cooperation of Article 67, the Subconcessionaire
shall have the obligation to cooperate with the government, especially with the
GICB and the Finance Services Bureau, and provide the material and information
required for conducting special audit, assist such departments in analyzing or
examining the accounting system of the Subconcessionaire and perform all the
obligations provided by the concession system as set forth in Article 6.

 

CHAPTER 12

GUARANTEE

Article 61 Guarantee Deposit for the Subconcessionaire’s Performance of

Statutory Obligations and Contractual Obligations

 

1.                                       The
guarantee deposit to guarantee performance of legal and contractual obligations
by the Subconcessionaire shall be provided by any means as specified by law and
acceptable to the government.

 

2.                                       In
order to ensure the performance of the following obligations, the
Subconcessionaire must maintain “first demand” guarantees issued by Banco
Nacional Ultramarino, S.A. with the government as the beneficiary:

 

(1)                                  accurately
and timely perform its statutory obligations and contractual obligations;

 

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(2)                                  accurately
and timely pay the premium under Article 47 payable by the
Subconcessionaire to the Macau SAR;

 

(3)                                  pay
fines or other monetary penalties imposed in accordance with the law or the
provisions contained herein; and

 

(4)                                  pay
any damages arising from the contractual obligation in connection with any
damage or loss of benefits caused by its failure to perform all or a part of
its obligations under this Concession Contract.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must maintain the “first demand” guarantees set forth in the
preceding paragraph in a maximum amount of MOP 500,000,000 from the date hereof
to December 26th, 2007 and in a maximum amount of MOP
300,000,000 from that date until the 180th day after the termination date of
this Subconcession, referred to in Clause 8, and the government shall be the
beneficiary of such first demand guarantees.

 

4.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must take all actions and perform all obligations necessary
to maintain the validity of the above “first demand” guarantees.

 

5.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire fails to perform its statutory obligations and
contractual obligations, accurately and timely pay the premium payable by it or
pay fines or other monetary penalties imposed in accordance with the law or the
provisions contained herein, and it fails to raise its objection within a
legally-prescribed period, the government may draw on the “first demand”
guarantees set forth in paragraph 2 of this Article, regardless whether or not
a judicial award has been

 

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made. In case of any damages arising from the
contractual obligation in connection with any damage or loss of benefits caused
by the Subconcessionaire’s failure to perform all or a part of its obligations
hereunder, the government may also draw on the “first demand” guarantees set
forth in paragraph 2 of this Article.

 

6.                                       If
the government draws on the “first demand” guarantees set forth in paragraph 2
of this Article, the Subconcessionaire must, within fifteen days after the date
on which it receives a notice in connection with the use of such “first demand”
guarantees, take all necessary measures to restore the full validity of such
“first demand” guarantees.

 

7.                                       The
“first demand” guarantees set forth in paragraph 2 of this Article may be
discharged only upon the permission of the government.

 

8.                                       The
government may permit amendments made to the provisions or terms set forth in
paragraphs 3 to 6, and may also permit other means stipulated by the law in
lieu of the “first demand” guarantee referred to in paragraph 2 for the
provision of guarantee to guarantee the performance of statutory and contractual
obligations by the Subconcessionaire.

 

9.                                       All
expenses incurred in connection with the issuance, maintenance and discharge of
the guarantee payment to guarantee performance of statutory and contractual
obligations by the Subconcessionaire shall be borne by the Subconcessionaire.

 

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Article 62 Special Bank Guarantee for the Payment of Special Gaming Tax

 

1.                                       If
the government has reasons to believe that the Subconcessionaire will not pay
the special gaming tax anticipated to be payable each month, the
Subconcessionaire shall provide a “first demand” guarantee in accordance with
the time limit, provisions, terms and amounts stipulated by the government with
the government as the beneficiary in order to guarantee the payment of the
above-mentioned amount.

 

2.                                       Without
the permission of the government, the terms and conditions of the first demand
guarantee set forth in the preceding paragraph of this Article must not be
amended. The Subconcessionaire shall strictly comply with the terms as
stipulated in providing the guarantee and to perform all obligations that incur
or may incur in maintaining the validity of the guarantee.

 

3.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire fails to pay the special gaming tax payable to the Macau
SAR in accordance with the laws and the provisions contained herein, the
government may draw on the first demand guarantee set forth in the first
paragraph of this Article, regardless whether or not a judicial award has been
made.

 

4.                                       If
the government draws on the first demand guarantee set forth in the first
paragraph of this Article, the Subconcessionaire must, within fifteen days
after the date on which it receives a notice in connection with the use of such
first demand guarantee, take all necessary measures to restore the full
validity of such guarantee.

 

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5.                                       The
guarantee set forth in the first paragraph of this Article may be
discharged by the Subconcessionaire only 180 days after the termination of the
subconcession and the permission of the government.

 

6.                                       All
expenses incurred in connection with the issuance, maintenance and discharge of
the first demand guarantee set forth in the first paragraph of this
Article shall be borne by the Subconcessionaire.

 

Article 63 Guarantee to be Provided by the Controlling Shareholders or 

Shareholders of the Subconcessionaire

 

1.                                       The
government may ask for a guarantee to be provided by the controlling
shareholder of the Subconcessionaire, in terms acceptable by the government, to
ensure that the Subconcessionaire performs its undertakings and obligations; in
case there is no controlling shareholder, the government may ask the
shareholders of the Subconcessionaire to provide it.

 

2.                                       The
guarantee referred to in the preceding paragraph, may be demanded, namely, when
there is a justified concern that the Subconcessionaire will not be able to
perform its undertakings and obligations.

 

3.                                       The
guarantee referred to in paragraph 1 above may be provided through deposit of cash,
bank guarantee, guaranteed insurance or any means specified in Article 619
of Civil Code, within the timeframe, terms and conditions specified by Order of
the Chief Executive.

 

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4.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire fails to perform the undertakings and obligations in
accordance with the laws and the provisions contained herein, the government
may draw on the guarantee provided according to this Article, regardless
whether or not judicial award has been made.

 

5.                                       If
the government draws on the guarantee provided according to this Article, the
Subconcessionaire shall cause its controlling shareholder or the relevant
shareholder to, within 15 days after it receives a notice regarding the
approval order given with respect to the use of such guarantee, take all
necessary measures to restore the full validity of such guarantee.

 

6.                                       The
guarantee provided according to this Article cannot be amended without the
permission of the government.

 

CHAPTER 13

SUPERVISION OF THE PERFORMANCE 

OF THE SUBCONCESSIONAIRE’S OBLIGATIONS

Article 64 Supervision, Monitoring and Control by the Government

 

1.                                       The
power for the supervision, monitoring and control of the performance of the
Subconcessionaire’s obligations shall be exercised by the government,
especially through the GICB and the Finance Services Bureau.

 

2.                                       For
appropriate effectiveness and upon the request of the government, without prior
notification, the Subconcessionaire shall allow the government or any other
entities specifically and duly authorized and identified by the government to
enter into any part of the facilities of the Subconcessionaire freely and
review and

 

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examine freely the accounts or books of the Subconcessionaire,
including any trading records, books, minutes, accounts and other records or
documents and the management statistic materials and records used. In addition,
it shall provide to the government or entities authorized by the government
copies of the materials they deem necessary.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall comply with and implement the decisions made by the
government within the scope of its power for inspection and supervision,
especially the instructions made by the GICB, including the decision to suspend
the operation of the casinos and other gaming area.

 

4.                                       In
operating the conceded business, the Subconcessionaire shall be subject to the
long-term supervision and inspection of the GICB in accordance with the
provisions of the applicable laws.

 

Article 65 Daily Supervision on Gross Income of Gaming Operation

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall accept the daily supervision of the government on the gross income of the
gaining operation exercised in accordance with the law through GICB.

 

CHAPTER 14

GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF COOPERATION

Article 66 Government’s General Obligations of Cooperation

 

The government and the
Concessionaire shall cooperate with the Subconcessionaire so that the
Subconcessionaire may fulfill its legal and contractual obligations.

 

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Article 67 Subconcessionaire’s General Obligations of Cooperation

 

1.                                       For
the applicability of the provisions of this Subconcession Contract, the
Subconcessionaire shall cooperate with the government, and accordingly, upon
the request of the government, provide all documents, information, materials or
evidence and shall give any permission.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall also cooperate with the Concessionaire so that the
Concessionaire may fulfill its legal or contractual obligations.

 

CHAPTER 15

OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF THE SUBCONCESSIONAIRE

Article 68 Operation of Casinos and Other Premises and other Adjacent
Property

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall operate all ancillary facilities in the casinos and other premises and
the adjacent property used for operating the conceded business in a normal way
for the original purposes or authorized purposes.

 

Article 69 General Obligations of the Subconcessionaire

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall assume special obligations to procure and require all
entities retained for developing of the business covered by the concession to
abide by all rules that ensure healthy organization and operation and the
special security measures designed for the customers and staff of the casinos and
other gaming areas and other people holding positions in the casinos and other
gaming areas of the Subconcessionaire.

 

2.                                       In
order to develop the business covered by the subconcession, the
Subconcessionaire must retain entities that have appropriate licenses and
permits and have appropriate professional and technical abilities in the
relevant areas.

 

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Article 70 Other Government Permissions

 

Any replacement,
cancellation or change of certificates and records which relate to the business
of the Subconcessionaire or obtaining the gaming equipment and instruments
shall be subject to the permission of the government.

 

Article 71 Government Permission and Approval

 

An approval and
permission of the government or its refusal to grant an approval and permission
shall not exempt the Subconcessionaire’s obligation to timely perform its
obligations under this Subconcession Contract and shall not result in any
liability to the government, except that the government’s action will impose
liabilities on or cause special and unusual damages to the Subconcessionaire.

 

CHAPTER 16

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUBCONCESSIONAIRE AND OF THE 

CONCESSIONAIRE

Article 72 Assumption of Civil Liability to the Macau SAR

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall be liable to the Macau SAR for any damage caused by the
non-performance of all or a part of the Subconcessionaire’s legal or
contractual obligations as a result of any fact that the Subconcessionaire is
to blame.

 

2.                                       Save
as otherwise provided in Clause 35, the Concessionaire is not liable for and
does not share any liabilities for the Macau SAR for the damages caused by the
non-performance of all or a part of the Subconcessionaire’s legal or
contractual obligations as a result of any fact that the Subconcessionaire is
to blame.

 

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Article 73 Exemption of the Macau SAR and of the Concessionaire from 

Undertaking the Non-contractual Liabilities of the Subconcessionaire to a Third

Party

 

1.                                       The
Macau SAR shall not bear or share any liabilities of the Subconcessionaire that
may constitute as a result of an act taken by the Subconcessionaire or taken by
the Subconcessionaire for its benefits, involving or possibly involving civil
liabilities or other liabilities.

 

2.                                       The
Concessionaire does not undertake and shall not bear any liabilities that may
constitute as a result of an act taken by the Subconcessionaire or taken by the
Subconcessionaire for its benefits, involving or possibly involving civil liabilities
or other liabilities.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall comply with the general provisions of the relationship
between the principal and the entrusted party and be liable for losses caused
by the entities appointed by the Subconcessionaire for the development of the
businesses covered by the subconcession.

 

CHAPTER 17

CHANGE OF THE ENTITY OF THE SUBCONCESSION

Article 74 Assignment, Encumbrance, Conveyance and Transfer of Contract

 

1.                                       Unless
permission of the government is obtained, the Subconcessionaire shall have an
obligation not to, expressly or implicitly, formally or informally, assign,
convey or transfer or otherwise create encumbrance over the operation of a
casino or over the operation of any gaming area, or carry out any legal act
that will have the same effect.

 

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2.                                       Without
prejudice to other applicable penalties or punishments, in case of an act in
violation of the preceding paragraph, the Subconcessionaire shall pay the
following penalties:

 

•                                          for
assignment, conveyance or transfer of the operation of all of its casinos or
gaming area: MOP 1,000,000,000;

 

•                                          for
assignment, conveyance or transfer of the operation of a part of its casinos or
gaming area: MOP 500,000,000; and

 

•                                          for
creation of encumbrance over the operation of all or part of the casinos or
gaming area: MOP 300,000,000.

 

3.                                       Enclosed
with its application for the permission set forth in paragraph 1 shall be all
required documents clearly indicating any legal act contemplated by the
Subconcessionaire, without prejudice to the right of the government to request
additional documents, materials or information.

 

Article 75 Sub-Concession

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire undertakes not to grant a sub-concession of all or a part of
the casinos granted under this subconcession or carry out any legal act that
will have the same effect.

 

2.                                       Without
prejudice to other applicable penalties or punishments, in case of an act in
violation of the preceding paragraph, the Subconcessionaire shall pay a penalty
of MOP 500,000,000 to the Macau SAR.

 

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CHAPTER 18

NON-PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACT

Article 76 Non-performance of Contract

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall be liable to statutory or contractual punishment or
penalty if the Subconcessionaire fails to perform its responsibility or
obligation hereunder or under government decisions as a result of any fact that
the Subconcessionaire is to blame, without prejudice to the provisions of
Articles 77 and 78.

 

2.                                       Under
the situations of force majeure or other facts that the Subconcessionaire is
proved not to blame, the Subconcessionaire shall be exempted from the
responsibilities set forth in the preceding paragraph to the extent of actual
hindrance of the timely and fully performance of the responsibilities or
obligations.

 

3.                                       Events
that are unforeseeable, irresistible or beyond the control of the
Subconcessionaire and that the occurrence of their consequences does not rely
on the intention and personnel situations of the Subconcessionaire, especially
wars, terrorism, disruption of the public order, pestilence, atomic radiation,
fire, thunder and lightening, serious flood, cyclones, hurricanes, earthquake
and other natural disasters directly affecting the businesses covered by the
concession, shall be deemed to be the situations of force majeure and shall
cause the consequences as specified in the following paragraph.

 

4.                                       In
case of the occurrence of force majeure events, the Subconcessionaire shall
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performance of the obligations under this
Subconcession Contract caused by the occurrence of such events deemed by it and
shall specify the measures under the circumstances that such measures are
proposed to be implemented by the Subconcessionaire for the purpose of
minimizing the effects of such events and/or for the performance of such
obligations in compliance with the provisions.

 

5.                                       In
case of the occurrence of any of the situations specified in paragraph 3, the
Subconcessionaire shall promptly reconstruct the property damaged or recover
the property damaged to its original status so as to resume the proper
operation of the casino games of chance or games of other forms. If the
Subconcessionaire does not have any economic benefit over the reconstruction
and/or recovery of the aforesaid property, it shall transfer the insurance
benefits to the Macau SAR.

 

CHAPTER 19

REVOCATION AND TERMINATION OF THE SUBCONCESSION

Article 77 Discharge by Parties’ Agreement

 

1.                                       The
Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire may discharge this Subconcession
Contract at any time by the agreement of the parties.

 

2.                                       In
case the government and the Subconcessionaire, after the opening to the public
of the Resort-Hotel-Casino referred to in the investments plan attached to this
Subconcession contract, agree to discharge this Subconcession Contract by
agreement of the parties, the Concessionaire undertakes to accept that discharge
from now on and gives its agreement to it.

 

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3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall be fully responsible for the effectiveness of the
termination of contracts to which it is a party and the Macau SAR and the
Concessionaire shall not bear any responsibilities in this regard unless it is
agreed expressly otherwise.

 

Article 78 Redemption

 

1.                                       From
the 15th year of the Subconcession onwards, the government may redeem the
subconcession by at least one year prior notice to the Subconcessionaire sent
by registered post with return slip request unless the laws stipulate
otherwise.

 

2.                                       By
redeeming the Subconcession, the Macau SAR shall enjoy all rights and undertake
all obligations incurred as a result of the redemption from the lawful
behaviors under any contracts effectively entered into by the Subconcessionaire
before the date of notice set forth in the preceding paragraph.

 

3.                                       As
regards obligations created under any contracts entered into by the
Subconcessionaire after the notice set forth in the first paragraph, the Macau
SAR shall bear such obligations only if such contracts have obtained permission
from the government before their conclusion.

 

4.                                       The
Macau SAR shall be responsible for the obligations created by the
Subconcessionaire, without prejudice to its right to recourse against the
Subconcessionaire for obligations created by the Subconcessionaire that exceeds
the normal management of the conceded business.

 

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5.                                       Upon
the redemption of the concession, the Subconcessionaire shall have the right to
obtain reasonable and fair compensation/indemnity for losses due to the
redemption of its Resort — Hotel — Casino facilities referred to in the
Investment Plan attached to this Subconcession contract. Standards for the
calculation of the amount of compensation/indemnity shall be determined
according to the amount of the revenue of the said premises, generated during
the tax year prior to the redemption, before deducting any amounts for
interests, depreciation and redemption of equipment, multiplied by the number
of years missing to the term referred to in this Subconcession contract.

 

Article 79 Temporary Administrative Participation

 

1.                                       In
case of the occurrence or possible occurrence of the situation where the
Subconcessionaire terminates or suspends the operation of all or a part of the
conceded business without permission and which is not caused by force majeure
or in case of the occurrence of serious chaos in the overall organization and
operation of the Subconcessionaire or insufficiency of facilities and equipment
which may affect the normal operation of the conceded business, the government
may replace the Subconcessionaire directly or through a third party during the
aforesaid termination or suspension or subsistence of the aforesaid chaos and
insufficiency and shall ensure the operation of the conceded business and cause
the adoption of necessary measures to protect the subject matter of this
Subconcession Contract.

 

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2.                                       During
the period of temporary administrative participation, the expenses required for
maintaining the normal operation of the conceded business shall be borne by the
Subconcessionaire. Accordingly, the government may draw on the guarantee for
the performance of the statutory obligations and contractual obligations of the
Subconcessionaire and the guarantee provided by the controlling shareholder of
the Subconcessionaire.

 

3.                                       If
the reasons for the temporary administrative participation no longer exist and
if the government deems appropriate, the government shall notify the
Subconcessionaire to resume the normal operation of the conceded business
within a prescribed period.

 

4.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire does not want to or is not able to resume operation of
the conceded business, or even though the operation of the conceded business is
resumed, serious chaos or insufficiency continues to occur in its organization
and operation, the government, may announce to discharge this Subconcession
Contract unilaterally on the basis that this Subconcession Contract is not
performed.

 

Article 80 Unilateral Discharge

 

1.                                       In
case of the Subconcessionaire’s failure to perform its basic obligations in
accordance with the laws or the provisions contained herein, the government,
after consulting the Concessionaire, may terminate the concession by unilateral
discharge of this Subconcession Contract due to failure to perform.

 

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2.                                       Major
reasons for unilateral discharge of this Subconcession Contract shall be,
especially:

 

(1)                                  Deviation
from the subject matter of the subconcession due to operation of gaming without
permission or operation of business which do not fall within the business scope
of the Subconcessionaire;

 

(2)                                  waiver
of operation of the conceded business and. suspension of operation of the
conceded business without reasonable grounds for more than seven consecutive
days or more than fourteen non-consecutive days within one calendar year;

 

(3)                                  temporary
or definite transfer of all or part of the operation in violation of provisions
concerning the concession system specified in Article 6;

 

(4)                                  failure
to pay the taxes, premiums, levies or other returns payable to the Macau SAR as
stipulated in the concession system specified in .Article 6 and not
impugned within the statutory time limit;

 

(5)                                  refusal
or failure of the Subconcessionaire to re-gain the subconcession in accordance
with the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article or
subsistence of conditions that may lead to temporary administrative
participation notwithstanding that the subconcession has been re-gained;

 

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(6)                                  repeated
objections to the implementation of supervision and inspection power [by the
government] or repeated failure to comply with government decisions, especially
the instructions of the GICB;

 

(7)                                  systematic
non-compliance with the basic obligations included in the concession system
specified in Article 6;

 

(8)                                  failure
to provide or supplement guarantee deposit or guarantees specified in this
Subconcession Contract as required and within the prescribed period;

 

(9)                                  bankruptcy
or insolvency of the Subconcessionaire;

 

(10)                            carrying
out any serious fraudulent activity whose purpose is to jeopardize the public
interests;

 

(11)                            serious
and repeated violation of the implementation rules for carrying out casino
games of chance or games of other forms or damage to the fairness of casino games
of chance or games of other forms;

 

(12)                            granting
to any other legal person managing powers over the Subconcessionaire in order
to operate casino games of chance or any other games in casino, or granting a
subconcession, in whole or in part, of this Subconcession, or entering into any
agreement to obtain the same effect.

 

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(13)                            The
non compliance with the obligation referred to in Article 16(10) to
transfer the shares, within ninety days, for which the controlling shareholder
is liable for.

 

3.                                       Without
prejudice to the provisions of Article 83, in the occurrence of any of the
situations specified in the preceding paragraph or any other situations which
may cause the unilateral discharge of this Subconcession Contract in accordance
with the provisions of this Article due to failure to perform, the
government shall notify the Subconcessionaire to fully perform its obligations
and remedy or indemnify the results caused by its behaviors within a prescribed
period, except for those situations which cannot be remedied.

 

4.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire fails to perform its obligations or correct or indemnify
the results caused by its behaviors in accordance with the provisions as
stipulated by the government, the government may unilaterally discharge this
Subconcession Contract upon notification to the Subconcessionaire and to the
Concessionaire. The government may also notify, in writing, the entity which
has undertaken to provide finance to the investment to be made and the
obligations to be borne by the Subconcessionaire, in accordance with and for
the purposes stated on the concessions legal framework referred to in Clause 6,
related to the financial capacity.

 

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5.                                       Notice
to the Subconcessionaire in connection with the decision to discharge this
Subconcession Contract as specified in the preceding paragraph shall be
effective immediately without going through any other procedures.

 

6.                                       In
case of emergency and where the delay in the process of remedying the
non-performance as specified in paragraph 3 is unbearable, the government may
immediately perform temporary administrative participation in accordance with
the provisions of the preceding Article without affecting the
implementation of such process and violation of the provisions of paragraph 4.

 

7.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall be liable for damages to the Macau SAR as a result of
the unilateral discharge of this Subconcession Contract in accordance with the
provisions of this Article due to failure to perform, the damages shall be
calculated in accordance with the general provisions of the laws.

 

8.                                       The
unilateral discharge of this Subconcession Contract due to failure to perform
will result in the immediate attribution of the ownership of the casinos and
the equipment and utensils used for gaming, even though they do not locate at
the casinos, to the Macau SAR without compensation.

 

Article 81 Expiration/Forfeiture

 

1.                                       This
Subconcession Contract shall become invalid at the expiration of the term as
stipulated in Article 8 and the contractual relationship between the
parties to this Subconcession Contract shall terminate, without prejudice to
the survival of 

 

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applicable provisions contained herein after the
expiration of the subconcession term.

 

2.                                       In
case of the occurrence of the invalidity as stipulated in the preceding
paragraph, the Subconcessionaire shall be fully responsible for the
effectiveness of the termination of the contracts to which it is a party and
the Macau SAR shall not bear any responsibilities in this regard.

 

CHAPTER 20

AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Article 82 Amendments To The Subconcession Contract

 

1.                                       Notwithstanding
the authorization of the Government, this Contract may be amended after
negotiations between the Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire, in
accordance with the law.

 

2.                                       The
Concessionaire hereby agrees with any future amendments to this Subconcession
Contract agreed between the government and the Subconcessionaire provided that
they do not increase the obligations of the Concessionaire.

 

3.                                       Amendments
to this Subconcession Contract and to any Amendment to this Subconcession
Contract shall be made in compliance with the procedures set forth by the
Government.

 

CHAPTER 21

PHASES PRIOR TO LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Article 83 Consultation Prior to Legal Proceedings

 

1.                                       The
government, the Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire, or the government and
the subconcessionaire or the government and the Concessionaire

 

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shall resolve through consultation issues or disputes
arising between the parties on the validity, application, execution,
interpretation of or additions to the rules governing this Subconcession
Contract.

 

2.                                       The
occurrence of issues shall not exempt the Subconcessionaire and/or the
Concessionaire from timely and full performance of the provisions of this
Subconcession Contract and the government decisions notified to the Subconcessionaire
according to the provisions contained herein or permit the Subconcessionaire to
suspend the development of any aspect of its business. The relevant development
shall continue to be made according to the provisions in effect on the date the
issue is brought up.

 

3.                                       The
provisions of the preceding paragraph regarding the performance by the
Subconcessionaire and/or the Concessionaire of the government decisions shall
also apply to the succeeding decisions made on the same matter even if such decisions
are made after the date the consultation starts, provided that the first
decision of such succeeding decisions is notified to the Subconcessionaire
and/or the Concessionaire, respectively, prior to the date the consultation
starts.

 

CHAPTER 22

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 84 Obtaining of Approvals, Licenses or Permits

 

1.                                       This
Subconcession Contract shall not exempt the obligations of the
Subconcessionaire to submit applications, pay fees and/or take measures for the
purpose of obtaining the approvals, licenses or permits necessary for the
operation of any aspect of its business or the performance of its obligations

 

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hereunder and shall not exempt the Subconcessionaire
from abiding by or compliance with all requirements necessary for obtaining
such approvals, licenses or permits and maintaining the effectiveness thereof.

 

2.                                       If
any approval, license or permit set forth in the preceding paragraph is
revoked, void, suspended or abolished or no longer be effective due to any
reason, the Subconcessionaire shall notify the government immediately and state
the measures taken or to be taken in order to re-gain such approval, license or
permit or make such approval, license or permit effective again.

 

3.                                       None
of the provisions contained herein shall be construed as replacing the
statutory provisions or contracts on obtaining any approval, license or permit.

 

Article 85 Industrial Property Rights and Intellectual Property Rights

 

1.                                       In
operating its business, the Subconcessionaire shall respect the industrial
property rights and intellectual property rights according to the existing laws
of the Macau SAR, and independently assume liabilities for infringement upon
such property rights.

 

2.                                       As
a condition precedent to the issuance of approvals, licenses and permits,
especially those relating to the performance of the investment plans attached
to this Subconcession Contract, the Subconcessionaire shall comply with all
industrial property rights and intellectual property rights.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall assign to the Macau SAR free of charge, research,
drafts, plans, drawings, documents or other materials of any nature that are
necessary or helpful for the

 

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Subconcessionaire to perform the duties hereunder or
to exercise the rights granted hereunder.

 

4.                                       Upon
the request of the Macau SAR, the Subconcessionaire must prepare any kind of
document or declaration to confirm or register the rights set forth in the preceding
paragraph.

 

5.                                       If
the industrial property rights or intellectual property rights transferred or
to be transferred to the Macau SAR according to this Article are
infringed, and the Subconcessionaire has not solved any dispute with a third
person over such infringement, the Macau SAR may interfere with such dispute to
safeguard such property rights. The Subconcessionaire shall provide all
assistance required for such purpose.

 

Article 86 Notices, Announcements, Permits and Approvals

 

1.                                       Unless
otherwise provided, the notices, announcements, permits and approvals as
referred to herein must be made in writing and delivered in the following
method:

 

(1)                                  delivered
in person, but the signature of the recipient is a must;

 

(2)                                  sent
by fax, but the receipt of the fax is a must;

 

(3)                                  sent
by registered mail with return receipt request.

 

2.                                       Permits
granted by the, government shall be prior permits and may be conditional.

 

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3.                                       No
answers to the application for permits and approvals or other requests made by
the Subconcessionaire and/or the Concessionaire shall be deemed to be
disapproval;

 

4.                                       For
the applicability of the provisions of this Subconcession Contract, the
following address and place for receiving faxes shall be deemed as the domicile
of the Government, the Concessionaire and Subconcessionaire hereto:

 

The Macau SAR:

Gambling Inspection and
Coordination Bureau

21st Floor, China Plaza,

No. 762-804, Av. da Praia
Grande, Macau

Fax: 370296

 

Concessionaire: Galaxy
Casino Company Limited

Address: Avenida da Praia
Grande, n.° 409, Edif. “China Law”, 25, Macau

Fax: 371199

 

Subconcessionaire:
Venetian Macau, S.A.

Address: Av. Dr. Mario
Soares, n.° 25, Edificio Montepio, Apartamento 25, 2° andar, Macau.

Fax: 712633

 

5.                                       Upon
prior notice, the Government, the Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire may
amend the aforesaid address and place for receiving faxes.

 

Article 87 Prohibition of Act Limiting Competition

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must conduct its business in positive and fair competition,
subject to the inherent principles of market economy.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire has the obligation not to execute agreements or conduct
agreed acts with other concessionaires, or other Subconcessionaires or managing

 

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companies operating in Macao SAR, as to operating
casino games of chance or games of other forms, or companies of the relevant
group that may hinder, restrict or jeopardize competition in any manner.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire has the obligation not to misuse the leading position it has
in the market or the considerable market share it has in order to hinder,
restrict or jeopardize competition.

 

Article 88 Gaming Intermediaries

 

The Subconcessionaire
must assume liabilities to the government for the activities conducted in the
casinos and other gaming areas by the gaming intermediaries registered in its
company, its directors and cooperative parties. Accordingly, it shall supervise
the activities of such intermediaries, directors and cooperative parties.

 

Article 89 Promotion of the Facilities of the Subconcessionaire

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire has the obligation to conduct publicity and marketing
activities with respect to its facilities, especially the casinos, within and
outside the Macau SAR.

 

2.                                       The
government and the Subconcessionaire shall have the obligations to coordinate
the work and activities in promoting Macau outside the territory of Macau when
they conduct their publicity and marketing work and activities.

 

3.                                       Without
permission of the government, the Subconcessionaire has the obligation not to
allow the use of the image of its casinos or other places and adjacent areas,
for operating the conceded business or a large amount of introductory

 

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explanations implying the same in the website or
website address of the Internet or any other place used for promoting
interactive gambling.

 

Article 90 Contents Incorporated in the Subconcession Contract

 

The content of the executive summary attached to the tender
proposal presented by the Concessionaire to the First Public Tender for
granting three concessions for the operation of casinos games of chance and
other games shall be deemed as being incorporated in this Subconcession
Contract, except as to those parts that are expressly or implicitly waived by
this Subconcession Contract.

 

Article 91 Chips Used in the Operation of Conceded Business

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must abide by the guidance of the government when it issues
chips of any kind or nature and puts them into circulation.

 

2.                                       Without
prejudice of the maximum amount being determined by the government, the amount
of chips issued and put in circulation, does not depend upon permission of the
government.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire guarantees to pay by cash, check or equivalent credit proof
for the chips put into circulation.

 

4.                                       With
respect to all chips put into circulation, the Subconcessionaire must provide
cash and proof of high solvency to maintain solvency ratio, establish reserve
funds and abide by the prudent rules stipulated by the government at any time
in order to ensure the prompt payment for the chips.

 

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Article 92 Confidentiality

 

1.                                       Documents
prepared by the Government, the Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire for
the implementation of the concessions legal framework referred to in
Article 6 or performance of the provisions of this Subconcession Contract
shall have the nature of confidentiality, which may be provided to a third
party only upon the permission of the others.

 

2.                                       The
government, the Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire shall take necessary
measures so that their staff are bound by the obligation of confidentiality.

 

3.                                       The
government, the Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire shall urge others who
are able to get access to or may get access to the confidential documents to
compile with the obligation of confidentiality, especially those being able to
d9 so through consultant contracts, labor provision contracts or other
contracts.

 

4.                                       The
Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire shall keep the confidentiality of this
contract, and of any other documents that may reveal its content, and shall
only reveal it to third parties upon permission of the government.

 

5.                                       It
is not included within the confidentiality referred in number 1 and 4 above,
any documents, information or materials that may be. reasonably requested by
judicial order, by any gaming regulator agency of other jurisdiction or by a
stock regulator agency; however, the Concessionaire or the Subconcessionaire,
as the case may be, must inform the government.

 

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6.                                       The
Concessionaire and the Subconcessionaire are also exempted of this
confidentiality obligation referred in number 1 and 4 above, for any documents,
information or materials that they deem necessary to present to any financial
institution, lawyer, accountant, or consulting entity, provided that this
confidentiality is extended to those parties.

 

7.                                       After
obtaining authorization referred in number 4 above, the Concessionaire or the
Subconcessionaire, as the case may be, shall urge to take all necessary actions
in order to guarantee that anyone that has or will become aware of the content
of this Subconcession Contract, including any related documents that may reveal
its content, are bind to this confidentiality.

 

Article 93 Complaint Book

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall set up a complaint book particularly for complaints in
connection with the operation of casino games of chance or games of other
forms, and ensure such complaint book for use by customers in the casinos and
other gaming areas.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall post notices in the casinos and other gaming areas in
an outstanding manner, stating the existence of the complaint book.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall submit a copy of the complaints written in the
complaint book to the government in 48 hours, together with a report on such
complaints prepared by the Subconcessionaire.

 

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Article 94 Termination of the Concession

 

1.                                       The
termination of the concession granted to the Concessionaire before the term
referred to in Article 8 of this Subconcession Contract does not imply the
termination of the Subconcession granted under this Subconcession Contract.

 

2.                                       In
case of the preceding paragraph, the government will make efforts to the
transference of the position of the Concessionaire in this Subconcession
Contract to other of the Concessionaires granted with a license to operate
casinos game of chance and games of other forms in casino.

 

CHAPTER 23

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Article 95 Occupational Training Plan

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must prepare the occupational training plan for employees who
hold posts in the operation of the business covered by the subconcession within
the time limit prescribed by the government.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire must deliver to the government any other additional documents
or materials with respect to the plan referred to in the preceding paragraph
within the stipulated time limit.

 

Article 96 Deposit of the Company’s Capital

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall maintain its capital to be deposited with a local credit institution or a
branch or subsidiary of a credit institution permitted to be operated in the
Macau SAR and such capital shall not be transferred before the commencement of
business of the Subconcessionaire. The date which is expressly acknowledged by
the government through the order of the Secretary for Economy and Finance to be
the date of the commencement of business of a Subconcessionaire shall be deemed
to be the date of the commencement of business of such Subconcessionaire.

 

 

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Article 97 Managing Director Designated

 

1.                                       The
government shall, by no later than fifteen days after the conclusion of this
Subconcession Contract, notify the Subconcessionaire whether to permit the
candidate specified in Annex 1 of the Administrative Regulations No.
26/2001 submitted by the Subconcessionaire to act as the managing director of
the Subconcessionaire.

 

2.                                       The
provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 21 are applicable to the act
of granting the management power of the Subconcessionaire for the first time to
the managing director after the conclusion of this Subconcession Contract.

 

Article 98 Bank Accounts

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall, by no later than seven days after the conclusion of this Subconcession
Contract, submit to the government the documents setting forth all bank
accounts and the relevant balance in the name of the Subconcessionaire to the
government.

 

Article 99 Declaration of the Obligations of Cooperation

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall take measures to obtain a declaration executed by every shareholder
holding 5% or more of the capital of the Subconcessionaire, every director and
major employee holding key post in the casinos and every controlling
shareholder, including the ultimate controlling shareholders of the Subconcessionaire,
stating that such persons are willing to be bound by a special obligation to
cooperate with the government. Accordingly, they shall provide any documents,
information, materials or evidence and give any permission upon request. The
Subconcessionaire shall submit to the government

 

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such declaration by no
later than fifteen days after the conclusion of this Subconcession Contract.

 

Article 100 Fixed Portion and the Variable Portion 

of the Premium

 

1.                                       The
due portion of the fixed part of the annual premium referred to in
Article 47, will only be due from June 26’h of the year 2005, unless,
until then, the Subconcessionaire begins to operate a casino or a gaming area
within the Resort-Hotel-Casino referred to in the investment plans attached to
this Subconcession contract. If so, the fixed part of the premium shall be due
from that moment on.

 

2.                                       The
payment of the variable part of the annual premium referred to in Clause 47
will only be due after the date the Subconcessionaire begins operating either
in temporary facilities or in the facility referred to in the preceding
paragraph; to allow the Government to calculate the variable part of the annual
premium, the Subconcessionaire shall, within ten days before opening its first
casino or first gaming area, submit to the government a list which will set
forth the number of gaming tables and the number of electrical or mechanical
gaming machines including “slot machines” and the locations proposed to be operated
by the Subconcessionaire in that year.

 

3.                                       If
the Subconcessionaire opens its first casino or gaming area in a temporary
facility, the amount of the variable part of the annual premium cannot be less
than the amount that the long-term operation of 20 gaming tables, namely of
those

 

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located in special gaming halls or areas reserved
exclusively to certain kinds of games or to certain players and the long-term
operation of 20 gaming tables not reserved exclusively to certain kind of games
or to certain players, until the opening of the casino or gaming area on the
facility referred to in paragraph I above.

 

4.                                       The
amounts of the variable part of the annual premium referred to in
Article 47(5) will be subject to renegotiations between the government and
the Subconcessionaire from the third year after the conclusion of this
Subconcession contract on.

 

Article 101 of the Articles of Association and of the Shareholders 

Agreement

 

The government shall, by
no later than sixty days after the conclusion of this Subconcession contract,
notify the Subconcessionaire whether the Articles of Association of the
Subconcessionaire and its shareholders agreement have been

approved.

 

Article 102 Proxy and Powers of Attorney

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall, by no later than fifteen days after the conclusion of this Subconcession
contract notify the government of all and any existing power of attorney or
appointment of representatives for granting, on the basis of a stable relationship,
the right to establish the legal acts relating to the operation of the
enterprise in the name of the Subconcessionaire, so that the government may
grant its permission. Save that this

 

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paragraph shall not apply
to the power to handle routine matters especially with public departments or
authorities, or to provide, within the same time frame referred to above, a
statement certifying its non existence.

 

Article 103 Existing Participation in the Operation of Casino Games of
Chance 

and Gaming of Other Forms in Other Jurisdiction

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall, by no later than fifteen days after the conclusion of this Subconcession
contract notify the government of the existing participation in the operation
of casino games of chance or gaming of other forms in any other jurisdiction by
any of its directors and controlling shareholders, including the ultimate
controlling shareholders, or all shareholders directly or indirectly holding
“the equivalent of 10% or more of the share capital of the Subconcessionaire,
including the participation through a management contract.

 

Article 104 Composition of the Corporate Bodies of the
Subconcessionaire

 

The Subconcessionaire
shall, by no later than seven days after the conclusion of this Subconcession
contract notify the government of the composition of its Board of Directors,
shareholders’ meetings and Supervisory Board and other corporate bodies on the
day of execution of this Subconcession Contract.

 

Article 105 Structure of Shareholders and Share Capital

 

1.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall, by no later than seven days after the conclusion of
this Subconcession contract, submit to the government a document with the

 

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shareholders’ structure of the Subconcessionaire on
the day of execution of this Subconcession Contract.

 

2.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall, by no later than seven days after the conclusion of
this Subconcession contract, submit to the government the structure of share
capital of a legal person, especially a company, owning 5% or more of the share
capital of the Subconcessionaire, and the share capital of a legal person
owning 5% or more of the share capital of such legal person, and so on up to
the share capital of a natural person or legal person that is an ultimate
shareholder on the day of execution of this Subconcession Contract.

 

3.                                       The
Subconcessionaire shall, by no later than fifteen days after the conclusion of
this Subconcession contract, submit to the government a declaration for the
year 2002 as specified in paragraph 2 of Article 19.

 

Article 106 “Most favorable nation”

 

If the Macau SAR grants
new concessions for operating casino games of chance or games of other forms
under conditions that are, in global terms, more favorable than those specified
in this Subconcession Contract, then the Macau SAR shall also extend them to
the Subconcessionaire by amending this Subconcession Contract.

 

Article 107 Amendment to the Percentage of Allocation

 

The percentages specified
in Articles 48 and 49 shall be amended by the government and the
Subconcessionaire in 2010.

 

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Article 108  Effectiveness

 

This Subconcession
Contract shall be written in two official languages and become effective from
the 26th December 2002 on.

 

This Contract has been
read by the signatories present and the contents of this Contract have been
explained and, as it corresponds to their will, it is going to be signed.

 

This Subconcession Contract
is going to be executed in three counterparts, one of which will be to the
Concessionaire, another to the Subconcessionaire and the other to the
government of the Macau SAR.

 

Macau, December 19th
2002.

 

	
  For and on behalf of
  the Concessionaire

  	
   

  	
  For and on behalf of
  the Subconcessionaire

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/

  	
   

  	
  /s/

  	
   

  

 

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ANNEX TO THE
SUBCONCESSION CONTRACT

 

Investment Plans

 

Without prejudice of
Clause 39 of this Subconcession Contract, the Subconcessionaire shall implement,
namely:

 

1.                                       One
Resort-Hotel-Casino complex, with a “Venetian” theme, to conclude and open to
the public in June 2006;

 

2.                                       One
Convention Centre, to be completed and open to the public in
December 2006;

 

3.                                       One
“City Club”, in Macau.

 

Total amount: 4.400.000.000,00
(Four Billion Four Hundred Million Patacas) to be invested within a maximum of
7 (seven) years counting from the signature of this Subconcession Contract.

 

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Exhibit 4.1    
    

MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.  

 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.  

INDENTURE

in respect of the issuance of

Debt Securities by

Mercer International Inc.  

dated as of December 10, 2004  

Sangra Moller  

 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS  

	 
	 	 
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	 ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS	 	1
	Section 1.01	 	Definitions.	 	1
	Section 1.02	 	Notice to Securityholders.	 	6
	
 ARTICLE 2 ISSUE, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF DEBT SECURITIES	
 	

7
	Section 2.01	 	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.	 	7
	Section 2.02	 	Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.	 	9
	Section 2.03	 	Form, Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Debt Securities.	 	10
	Section 2.04	 	Denominations; Record Date.	 	12
	Section 2.05	 	Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities.	 	12
	Section 2.06	 	Temporary Debt Securities.	 	13
	Section 2.07	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities.	 	13
	Section 2.08	 	Cancellation.	 	14
	Section 2.09	 	Computation of Interest.	 	15
	Section 2.10	 	Debt Securities in Global Form.	 	15
	Section 2.11	 	Medium-Term Securities.	 	16
	Section 2.12	 	CUSIP Numbers.	 	16
	
 ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES	
 	

16
	Section 3.01	 	Redemption of Debt Securities; Applicability of Article.	 	16
	Section 3.02	 	Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities.	 	16
	Section 3.03	 	Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption.	 	17
	
 ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION	
 	

18
	Section 4.01	 	Payment of Principal, Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.	 	18
	Section 4.02	 	Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.	 	19
	Section 4.03	 	Provisions as to Paying Agent.	 	19
	Section 4.04	 	Statement by Officers as to Default.	 	20
	
 ARTICLE 5 SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE	
 	

20
	Section 5.01	 	Securityholder Lists.	 	20
	Section 5.02	 	Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.	 	21
	Section 5.03	 	Reports by the Corporation.	 	22
	Section 5.04	 	Reports by the Trustee.	 	23
	
 ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES ON DEFAULT	
 	

23
	Section 6.01	 	Events of Default.	 	23
	Section 6.02	 	Payment of Debt Securities on Default; Suit Therefor.	 	25
	Section 6.03	 	Application of Monies and Property Collected by Trustee.	 	27
	Section 6.04	 	Proceedings by Securityholders.	 	28
	Section 6.05	 	Remedies Cumulative and Continuing.	 	29
	Section 6.06	 	Direction of Proceedings.	 	29
	Section 6.07	 	Notice of Defaults.	 	30
	Section 6.08	 	Undertaking to Pay Costs.	 	30
	
 ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE	
 	

31
	Section 7.01	 	Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.	 	31
	Section 7.02	 	Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.	 	32
	Section 7.03	 	No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.	 	33
	 	 	 	 	 

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	Section 7.04	 	Ownership of Debt Securities or Coupons.	 	33
	Section 7.05	 	Monies to be Held in Trust.	 	33
	Section 7.06	 	Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.	 	34
	Section 7.07	 	Officers' Certificate as Evidence.	 	34
	Section 7.08	 	Conflicting Interest of Trustee.	 	34
	Section 7.09	 	Eligibility of Trustee.	 	35
	Section 7.10	 	Resignation or Removal of Trustee.	 	35
	Section 7.11	 	Acceptance by Successor Trustee.	 	36
	Section 7.12	 	Successor by Merger, etc.	 	37
	Section 7.13	 	Limitations on Rights of Trustee as Creditor.	 	37
	
 ARTICLE 8 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS	
 	

37
	Section 8.01	 	Action by Securityholders.	 	37
	Section 8.02	 	Proof of Execution by Securityholders.	 	37
	Section 8.03	 	Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners.	 	38
	Section 8.04	 	Corporation-Owned Debt Securities Disregarded.	 	38
	Section 8.05	 	Revocation of Consents; Future Securityholders Bound.	 	39
	
 ARTICLE 9 SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS	
 	

39
	Section 9.01	 	Purposes of Meetings.	 	39
	Section 9.02	 	Call of Meetings by Trustee.	 	39
	Section 9.03	 	Call of Meetings by Corporation or Securityholders.	 	40
	Section 9.04	 	Qualification for Voting.	 	40
	Section 9.05	 	Regulations.	 	40
	Section 9.06	 	Voting.	 	41
	
 ARTICLE 10 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	
 	

41
	Section 10.01	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders.	 	41
	Section 10.02	 	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders.	 	43
	Section 10.03	 	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental Indentures.	 	44
	Section 10.04	 	Notation on Debt Securities.	 	44
	
 ARTICLE 11 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE	
 	

44
	Section 11.01	 	Corporation May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.	 	44
	Section 11.02	 	Successor Corporation Substituted.	 	45
	Section 11.03	 	Certificate to Trustee.	 	45
	
 ARTICLE 12 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONIES	
 	

45
	Section 12.01	 	Discharge of Indenture.	 	45
	Section 12.02	 	Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Debt Securities of Any Series.	 	46
	Section 12.03	 	Deposited Monies to be Held in Trust by Trustee.	 	48
	Section 12.04	 	Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held.	 	48
	Section 12.05	 	Return of Unclaimed Monies.	 	48
	
 ARTICLE 13 IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS	
 	

48
	Section 13.01	 	Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.	 	48
	
 ARTICLE 14 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	
 	

49
	Section 14.01	 	Benefits of Indenture Restricted to Parties and Securityholders.	 	49
	Section 14.02	 	Provisions Binding on Corporation's Successors.	 	49
	Section 14.03	 	Addresses for Notices, etc.	 	49
	Section 14.04	 	Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.	 	49
	Section 14.05	 	Legal Holidays.	 	50
	Section 14.06	 	Trust Indenture Act to Control.	 	50
	 	 	 	 	 

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	Section 14.07	 	Execution in Counterparts.	 	50
	Section 14.08	 	New York Contract.	 	50
	Section 14.09	 	Severability of Provisions.	 	50
	Section 14.10	 	Corporation Released from Indenture Requirements under Certain

Circumstances.	 	51
	
 ARTICLE 15 SINKING FUNDS	
 	

51
	Section 15.01	 	Applicability of Article.	 	51
	Section 15.02	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities.	 	51
	Section 15.03	 	Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund.	 	52
	
 ARTICLE 16 REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS	
 	

52
	Section 16.01	 	Applicability of Article.	 	52
	Section 16.02	 	Repayment of Debt Securities.	 	52
	Section 16.03	 	Exercise of Option; Notice.	 	52
	Section 16.04	 	Election of Repayment by Remarketing Entities.	 	53
	Section 16.05	 	Debt Securities Payable on the Repayment Date.	 	53
	
 ARTICLE 17 INTENTIONALLY OMITTED	
 	

53
	
 ARTICLE 18 CONVERSION OF CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES	
 	

53
	Section 18.01	 	Applicability of Article.	 	53
	Section 18.02	 	Right to Convert.	 	54
	Section 18.03	 	Exercise of Conversion Privilege; Delivery of Shares of Beneficial Interest on

Conversion; No Adjustment for Interest or Dividends.	 	54
	Section 18.04	 	Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares.	 	55
	Section 18.05	 	Conversion Price.	 	56
	Section 18.06	 	Adjustment to Conversion Price.	 	56
	Section 18.07	 	Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.	 	59
	Section 18.08	 	Taxes on Shares Issued.	 	60
	Section 18.09	 	Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental Requirements; Listing

of Shares of Beneficial Interest.	 	60
	Section 18.10	 	Trustee Not Responsible.	 	61
	Section 18.11	 	Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions.	 	61
	Section 18.12	 	Covenant to Reserve Shares.	 	62

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        The
following is a comparison of provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with Indenture dated as of December 10, 2004, between Mercer International Inc. and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A. as Trustee; 

	Section of Act
 
	 	Section of Indenture

	310(a)(1), (2) and (5)	 	7.09
	310(a)(3) and (4)	 	Not applicable
	310(b)	 	7.08
	310(c)	 	Not applicable
	311(a) and (b)	 	7.13
	311(c)	 	Not applicable
	312(a)	 	5.01 and 5.02(a)
	312(b) and (c)	 	5.02(b) and (c)
	313(a) and (b)	 	5.04(a)
	313(c)	 	5.04(a)
	313(d)	 	5.04(b)
	314(a)	 	5.03
	314(b)	 	Not applicable
	314(c)(1) and (2)	 	14.04
	314(c)(3)	 	Not applicable
	314(d)	 	Not applicable
	314(e)	 	14.04
	315(a), (c) and (d)	 	7.01
	315(b)	 	6.07
	315(e)	 	6.08
	316(a)(1)	 	6.06
	316(a)(2)	 	Omitted
	316(a) last sentence	 	8.04
	316(b)	 	6.04
	316(c)	 	9.02
	317(a)	 	6.02
	317(b)	 	4.03
	318(a)	 	14.06

        This
tie-sheet is not part of the Indenture as executed. 

        This Indenture, dated as of the 10th day of December, 2004 

BETWEEN: 

MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC., a business trust organized under the laws of the State of Washington 

(the
"Corporation") 

AND:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee hereunder 

(the  "Trustee", which term shall include any successor trustee appointed pursuant to Article Seven). 

WITNESSETH:  

 WHEREAS:  

        A.    The
Corporation deems it necessary or appropriate to issue from time to time for its lawful purposes securities (hereinafter called the "Debt
Securities" or, in the singular, "Debt Security") evidencing its unsecured indebtedness and has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Debt Securities in one or more series, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such time or
times and to have such other provisions as shall be established as hereinafter provided; and 

        B.    The
Corporation represents that all acts by it necessary to constitute a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done and performed, and the
execution of this Indenture has in all respects been duly authorized by the Corporation, and the Corporation, in the exercise of legal rights and power in it vested, is executing this Indenture; 

        NOW, THEREFOR:    In order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities are authenticated, issued and
received, and in consideration of the premises, of the purchase and acceptance of the Debt Securities by the Holders thereof and of the sum of one dollar to it duly paid by the Trustee at the
execution of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the Corporation covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from
time to time of the Debt Securities, as follows: 

 
 

ARTICLE 1
  
    DEFINITIONS    
    

Section 1.01    Definitions.  

        The terms defined in this Section (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and
of any indenture 

 

supplemental
hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or which are by reference
therein defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall have the meanings (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires) assigned to such
terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed. The words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole, including any exhibits hereto, and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. Certain terms used wholly or principally within an Article of
this Indenture may be defined in that Article. 

        "Additional Amounts" shall mean any additional amounts which are required by a Debt Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution under
circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the Corporation in respect of certain taxes, assessments or governmental charges imposed on certain Holders of Debt Securities and which are owing to
such Holders of Debt Securities. 

        "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. 

        "Authorized Newspaper" shall mean a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication of general circulation in the place in
connection with which the term is used. If it shall be impracticable in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or
other notice in lieu thereof which is made or given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice. 

        "Board of Trustees" shall mean the Board of Trustees of the Corporation or any committee established by the Board of Trustees, as the
context requires. 

        "Board Resolution" shall mean a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Trustees and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. 

        "Business Day" shall mean, with respect to any Debt Security, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) that in the city (or in any of the
cities, if more than one) in which amounts are payable as specified on the face of the form of such Debt Security, is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or
required by law, regulation or executive order to close. 

        "Closing Price" has the meaning specified in Section 18.06(d). 

        "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties 

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now
assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date. 

        "Conversion Price" has the meaning specified in Section 18.05. 

        "Convertible Securities" means any series of Debt Securities that are designated as such pursuant to Section 2.01. 

        "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date hereof is located at Sixth & Marquette; N9303-120, Minneapolis, MN 55479 (Attention: Corporate Trust Services). 

        "Corporation" shall mean the person named as the "Corporation" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Corporation" shall mean such successor corporation. 

        "Corporation Order" shall mean any request, order or confirmation to the Trustee signed by a person designated pursuant to
Section 2.03, which may be transmitted by telex, by telecopy or in writing. 

        "Coupon" shall mean any interest coupon appertaining to a Debt Security. 

        "Coupon Security" shall mean any Debt Security authenticated and delivered with one or more Coupons appertaining thereto. 

        "Debt Securities" shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. 

        "Depository" shall mean, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or
more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depository by the Corporation pursuant to Section 2.01 until a successor Depository shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions
of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depository" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depository hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Depository" as used with
respect to the Debt Securities of any such series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Debt Securities of that series. 

        "Event of Default" shall mean any event specified as such in Section 6.01. 

        "Global Security" shall mean a Debt Security evidencing all or part of a series of Debt Securities issued to the Depository or its nominee
for such series in accordance with Section 2.03. 

        "Holder", "Holder of Debt Securities",
"Securityholder" or other similar terms, shall mean the person in whose name at the time such Debt Security is registered on the registration books kept
for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof. 

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        "Indenture" shall mean this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof. 

        "Interest Payment Date" when used with respect to any Debt Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Debt
Security. 

        "Issue Date" shall mean, with respect to any Debt Security, the date such Debt Security is authenticated pursuant to Section 2.03. 

        "Maturity Date" when used with respect to any Debt Security, shall mean the date on which the principal of such Debt Security becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration or acceleration, call for redemption or exchange, prepayment at the option of the Holder or otherwise. 

        "Officers' Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed on behalf of the Corporation (and without personal liability), and complying with
Section 14.04, by the President and Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary. 

        "Opinion of Counsel" shall mean an opinion in writing, complying with Section 14.04, signed by legal counsel who may be an employee
of or counsel to the Corporation or who may be other counsel acceptable to the Trustee. 

        "Original Issue Discount Securities" shall mean any Debt Securities that are initially sold at a discount from the principal amount
thereof and that provide upon an Event of Default for declaration of an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration thereof. 

        "Outstanding" when used with reference to Debt Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 and
Section 8.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Debt Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except 

	(a)
	Debt
Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

	(b)
	Debt
Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying
agent (other than the Corporation) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Corporation (if the Corporation shall act as its own Paying Agent), provided, that if such Debt
Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in Article Three, or provisions satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been
made for giving such notice; and

	(c)
	Debt
Securities in lieu of and in substitution for which other Debt Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Article Two, 

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unless
proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Debt Securities are held by bona fide Holders in due course. 

        "Paying Agent" shall mean initially the Trustee and, subsequently, any other paying agent appointed by the
Corporation from time to time in respect of the Debt Securities. 

        "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company
trust or other entity, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 

        "Place of Payment" when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, (and Additional Amounts, if any) on the Debt Securities of that series are payable. 

        "Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Debt 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities of any series means the date specified
for that purpose as contemplated by Sections 2.01 and 2.04. 

        "Remarketing Entity" when used with respect to Debt Securities of any series that are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof
before their Stated Maturity, means any person designated by the Corporation to purchase any such Debt Securities. 

        "Repayment Date" when used with respect to any Debt Security to be repaid upon exercise of option for repayment by the Holder, means the
date fixed for such repayment pursuant to this Indenture. 

        "Repayment Price" when used with respect to any Debt Security to be repaid upon exercise of option for repayment by the Holder, means the
price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to this Indenture. 

        "Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee shall mean any officer assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate
trust matters. 

        "Rights" has the meaning specified in Section 18.06(c). 

        "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" shall have the respective meanings specified
in Section 2.05. 

        "Shares of Beneficial Interest" means, when used with reference to the capital stock of the Corporation, the class of stock which, at the
date of execution of this Indenture, is designated as shares of beneficial interest of the Corporation and stock of any class or classes into which 

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such
shares of beneficial interest or any such other class may thereafter be changed or reclassified. 

        "Significant Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary of the Corporation that, at any time, has at least 5% of the consolidated revenues of
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries at such time as reflected in the most recent annual audited consolidated financial Statements of the Corporation. 

        "Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such
Debt Security or a Coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Debt Security or such installment of interest is due and payable. 

        "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation or other entity of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock or other beneficial
interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of trustees or other governing body of such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at
the time stock or other beneficial interests of another class or classes of such corporation or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at
the time owned by the Corporation, or by one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Corporation and one or more Subsidiaries. 

        "Trust Indenture Act of 1939" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 

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

        "United States" shall mean the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia) and its
possessions (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands). 

        "U.S. Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. 

Section 1.02    Notice to Securityholders.  

        Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Debt Securities of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given if in writing and mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to each Holder at such Holder's address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not
earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for such notice. 

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        Neither
the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Holder of a Debt Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders of Debt Securities. 

        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. 

        Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders of Debt Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
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ARTICLE 2
  
    ISSUE, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF DEBT SECURITIES    
    

Section 2.01    Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.  

        The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. 

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

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

	(2)
	whether
the Debt Securities of the series are senior Debt Securities or subordinated Debt Securities (and the subordination provisions thereof);

	(3)
	any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt
Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 3.02,
10.04, 16.03, or 18.03);

	(4)
	the
date or dates on which the principal of the Debt Securities of the series is payable;

	(5)
	the
rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, and if the rate or rates are variable, the
manner of calculation thereof, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the 

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Regular
Record Date for the determination of Holders of such Debt Securities to whom interest is payable on any Interest Payment Date; 

	(6)
	the
place or places (in addition to such place or places specified in this Indenture) where the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional
Amounts, if any, on Debt Securities of the series shall be payable;

	(7)
	the
right, if any, of the Corporation to redeem Debt Securities of the Series, in whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;

	(8)
	the
obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem, purchase or repay Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

	(9)
	if
the amount of principal of and interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index based on a currency or currencies other than
that in which the Debt Securities of the series are denominated, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

	(10)
	the
denominations in which Debt Securities of the series shall be issuable, if other than U.S. $1,000 or integral multiples thereof;

	(11)
	if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration
of the maturity thereof or which the Trustee shall be entitled to claim pursuant to Section 6.02;

	(12)
	whether
the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued with or without Coupons;

	(13)
	whether
the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depository for such
Global Security or Debt Securities and whether any Global Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary form and whether any Global Securities of the series are to be issuable in
definitive form with or without Coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such definitive Global Security may exchange such interests for Debt Securities of such series and of
like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and the circumstances under which and the place or places where any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in
Section 2.05;

	(14)
	whether
and under what circumstances the Corporation will pay Additional Amounts on the Debt Securities of the series in respect of any tax, assessment or
governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Corporation 

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will
have the option to redeem such Debt Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts; 

	(15)
	the
provisions, if any, for the defeasance of the Debt Securities of the series;

	(16)
	if
the Debt Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Debt Security of such series)
only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

	(17)
	except
as otherwise provided herein, any trustees, depositories, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents, registrars or any other agents with respect to the
Debt Securities of such series;

	(18)
	the
percentage of their principal amount at which the Debt Securities will be issued;

	(19)
	any
securities exchanges on which the Debt Securities will be listed;

	(20)
	whether
there are any limitations or restrictions on the incurrence of additional debt, liens, leaseback transactions or other such provisions;

	(21)
	whether
the Debt Securities of the series are Convertible Securities and the terms related thereto including the Conversion Price and the date on which the right to
convert expires; and

	(22)
	any
other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture but which may modify or delete any provisions of this
Indenture insofar as it applies to such series). 

        All
Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except (i) as to denomination, and (ii) as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board
Resolution and set forth in such Officers' Certificate 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
any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation and delivered to the Trustee at the same time as or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series. 

Section 2.02    Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.  

        The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in the following form: 

[FORM
OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION] 

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

	 	 	[TRUSTEE],

as Trustee,
	

 	
 	

By:	

 Authorized Signatory

        Section 2.03    Form, Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Debt Securities.

        The
Debt Securities of each series and the Coupons, if any, to be attached thereto, shall be in the forms approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, or established
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved
thereon as the Corporation may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made
pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which the Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage. 

        Each
Debt Security and Coupon shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by its President and Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President and the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary. Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such officers. 

        Each
Debt Security and Coupon bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Corporation shall bind the Corporation,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Debt Security, or the Debt Security to which such Coupon
appertains. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Corporation may deliver Debt Securities of any series executed by the Corporation and, in the case
of Coupon Securities, having attached thereto appropriate Coupons, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Corporation Order for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities, and
the Trustee in accordance with such Corporation Order shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities. If the form or terms of the Debt Securities or Coupons of the series have been established in
or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by this Section and Section 2.01, in authenticating such Debt Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Debt Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating: 

	(a)
	if
the form of such Debt Securities or Coupons has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.01, that such form has been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

	(b)
	if
the terms of such Debt Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.01, that such terms have seen established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture; and 

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	(c)
	that
each such Debt Security and Coupon, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Corporation in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Corporation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and to general equity principles, whether applied in a proceeding at
law or in equity. If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities if the issue of such Debt Securities pursuant to this Indenture
will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and the Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 

        Every
Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

        No
Debt Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Debt Security shall have
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Corporation, and the Corporation shall deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 2.08 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 14.04 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Debt Security has
never been issued and sold by the Corporation, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. 

        If
the Corporation shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Debt Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security, then the
Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall in accordance with this Section and the Corporation Order with respect to such series authenticate and deliver the Global Security that:
(i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by the Global
Security; (ii) shall be registered, if in registered form, in the name of the Depository for such Global Security or the nominee of such Depository; and (iii) shall be delivered by the
Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository's instructions. 

        Each
Depository designated pursuant to Section 2.01 for a Global Security in registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as
Depository, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable statute or regulation. 

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Section 2.04    Denominations; Record Date.  

        The Debt Securities shall be issuable in such denominations as may be specified and as contemplated in Section 2.01. In the absence of any such
specification with respect to any series, such Debt Securities shall be issuable in the denomination contemplated by Section 2.01. 

        The
term "record date" as used with respect to an Interest Payment Date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) shall mean such day or days as shall be specified in the terms
of the Debt Securities of any particular series as contemplated by Section 2.01; provided, however, that in the absence of any such provisions with respect to any series, such term shall mean:
(i) the last day of the calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a calendar month; or (ii) the fifteenth day of a
calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of the calendar month. 

        The
person in whose name any Debt Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the
interest payable and Additional Amounts, if any, payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Debt Security upon any transfer or exchange thereof subsequent to such
Regular Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if and to the extent the Corporation shall default in the payment of the interest and Additional Amounts, if any,
due on such Interest Payment Date, such defaulted interest and Additional Amounts, if any, shall be paid to the persons in whose names outstanding Debt Securities are registered on a subsequent record
date established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Corporation to the Holders of Debt Securities of the series in default not less than fifteen days preceding such subsequent record date,
such record date to be not less than five days preceding the date of payment of such defaulted interest. 

Section 2.05    Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities.  

        Debt Securities of any series may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of other authorized denominations of such series. Debt
Securities to be exchanged shall be surrendered at the office or agency to be designated and maintained by the Corporation for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02, and the Corporation shall
execute and register and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor the Debt Security or Debt Securities that the Holder making the exchange shall been titled to receive. 

        The
Corporation or its designated agent (the "Security Registrar") shall keep, at such office or agency, a Security Register (the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Corporation shall register Debt Securities and shall register the transfer of Debt Securities as provided in this Article Two. The Security Register
shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times the Security Register shall be open for inspection by the
Trustee. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debt Security of a particular series at such office or agency, the Corporation shall execute and the Corporation or the Security
Registrar shall register and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver 

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in
the name of the transferee or transferees a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series for an equal aggregate principal amount. 

        All
Debt Securities presented for registration of transfer or for exchange, redemption or payment, as the case may be, shall (if so required by the Corporation or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed by, or be accompanied by, a written instrument or instruments of transfer in a form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder or his, her or its attorney
duly authorized in writing. 

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

        The
Corporation shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of: (i) any Debt Securities of any series for a period of fifteen days next preceding any selection of
Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed; or (ii) any Debt Securities of any such series selected for redemption except in the case of any such series to be redeemed in part, the portion
thereof not to be so redeemed. 

Section 2.06    Temporary Debt Securities.  

        Pending the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Corporation may execute and on receipt of a Corporation Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver temporary Debt Securities of such series (printed or lithographed). Temporary Debt Securities of any series shall be issuable in any authorized denominations, and in the form
approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debt Securities, all as may be determined by the
Corporation. Every temporary Debt Security shall be executed by the Corporation and authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as
the definitive Debt Securities. Without unnecessary delay the Corporation shall execute and furnish definitive Debt Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Debt Securities of such
series
may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at the office or agency to be designated and maintained by the Corporation for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Debt Securities an equal aggregate
principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and in the case of such Debt Securities that are Coupon Securities, having attached thereto the
appropriate Coupons. Until so exchanged the temporary Debt Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of such series. 

Section 2.07    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities.  

        In case any temporary or definitive Debt Security of any series or, in the case of a Coupon Security, any Coupon appertaining thereto, shall become mutilated or
be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Corporation in the case of a mutilated Debt Security or Coupon shall, and in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Debt Security or Coupon may, in its discretion,
execute, and upon receipt of a Corporation Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Debt 

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Security
of the same series as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or, in the case of a Coupon Security, a new Coupon Security of the same series as the mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Coupon Security or, in the case of a Coupon, a new Coupon of the same series as the Coupon Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Debt Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Debt Security so destroyed, lost or stolen or in exchange for the
Coupon Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains, with all appurtenant Coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Debt
Security or Coupon shall furnish to the Corporation and to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or
theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Corporation and to the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debt Security or Coupon, as the case may be, and
of the ownership thereof. Upon the issuance of any substituted Debt Security or Coupon, the Corporation may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith and in addition a further sum not exceeding ten dollars for each Debt Security so issued in substitution. In case any Debt
Security or Coupon which has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Corporation may, instead of issuing a substituted Debt Security, pay or authorize
the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debt Security or Coupon) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish the Corporation and the Trustee with such
security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless and, in case of destruction loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Corporation and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or
theft of such Debt Security or Coupon and of the ownership thereof. 

        Every
substituted Debt Security with, in the case of any such Debt Security that is a Coupon Security, its Coupons, issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the
fact that any Debt Security or Coupon is destroyed, lost or stolen shall, with respect to such Debt Security or Coupon, constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Corporation, whether or
not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or Coupon shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Debt Securities, and the Coupons appertaining thereto, duly issued hereunder. 

        All
Debt Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto and shall, to the extent permitted by law, preclude any and all other rights or remedies,
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender. 

Section 2.08    Cancellation.  

        Unless otherwise provided with respect to a series of Debt Securities, all Debt Securities and Coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment, transfer,
exchange or credit against any sinking fund payment pursuant to this Indenture, shall, if surrendered to the Corporation or any agent of the Corporation or of the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and promptly cancelled by it or, if surrendered to the Trustee, be cancelled by it, and no Debt Securities or Coupons shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the 

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provisions
of this Indenture. The Trustee shall destroy cancelled Debt Securities and Coupons and deliver a certificate of destruction to the Corporation. 

Section 2.09    Computation of Interest.  

        Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Debt Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 

Section 2.10    Debt Securities in Global Form.  

        If Debt Securities of a series are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of
Section 2.01 and the provisions of Section 2.04, such Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may
provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby
may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Debt Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of outstanding Debt
Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Corporation Order to be
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.03 or Section 2.06. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.03 and, if applicable, Section 2.06, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Debt Security in
definitive global bearer form in the manner and upon written instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Corporation Order. If a Corporation Order pursuant to
Section 2.03 or 2.06 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Corporation with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Debt Security in global
form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 14.04 and need not be accompanied by an opinion of Counsel. The beneficial owner of a Debt Security represented by a definitive
Global Security in bearer form may, upon no less than 30 days written notice to the Trustee, given by the beneficial owner through a Depository, exchange its interest in such definitive Global
Security for a definitive bearer Debt Security or Debt Securities, or a definitive Debt Security or Debt Securities, of any authorized denomination, subject to the rules and regulations of such
Depository and its members. No individual definitive bearer Debt Security will be delivered in or to the United States. 

        The
provisions of the last sentence of the third to the last paragraph of Section 2.03 shall apply to any Debt Security represented by a Debt Security in global form if such Debt
Security was never issued and sold by the Corporation and the Corporation delivers to the Trustee the Debt Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with
Section 14.04 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Debt Securities represented thereby together with the written
statement contemplated by the last sentence of the third to the last paragraph of Section 2.03. 

        Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, payment of principal of, and any premium and any interest on, any Debt Security in definitive global form shall be made
to the Person or Persons specified therein. 

Section 2.11    Medium-Term Securities.  

        Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, if all Debt Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Corporation Order, Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to Sections 2.01, 2.03, 2.06, and 14.04 at or prior to the
time of authentication of each Debt Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Debt Security of such series to be
issued. 

        An
Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture, delivered pursuant to this Section 2.11 in the circumstances set forth in the preceding paragraph may provide that Debt
Securities which are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time upon the written order of persons designated in such Officers'
Certificate or supplemental indenture and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Officers' Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture such terms and conditions
of said Debt Securities as are specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture, provided that the foregoing procedure is acceptable to the Trustee. 

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Section 2.12    CUSIP Numbers.  

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

 
 

ARTICLE 3
  
    REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

Section 3.01    Redemption of Debt Securities; Applicability of Article.  

        Redemption of Debt Securities of any series as permitted or required by the terms thereof shall be made in accordance with such terms and this Article; provided,
however, that if any provision of any series of Debt Securities shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such series of Debt Securities shall govern. 

        The
notice date for a redemption of Debt Securities shall mean the date on which notice of such redemption is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.02 hereof. 

Section 3.02    Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities.  

        The election of the Corporation to redeem any Debt Securities shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate. In case the Corporation shall desire to exercise the
right to redeem all, or, as the case may be, any part, of a series of Debt Securities pursuant to the terms and provisions 

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applicable
to such series, it shall fix a Redemption Date and shall mail a notice of such redemption at least thirty and not more than sixty days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders of the
Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed as a whole or in part, at their last addresses as the same appear on the Security Register. Such mailing shall be by prepaid first class mail. Any notice
that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder shall have received such notice. In any case, failure to give notice by
mail, or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Debt Security of such series. 

        Each
such notice of redemption shall specify the provisions of such Debt Securities under which such redemption is made, that the conditions precedent, if any, to such redemption have
occurred, shall describe the same and the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, the Place of Payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities and, in the
case of Coupon Securities, of all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, that interest and Additional Amounts, if any, accrued to the Redemption Date will be paid as
specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest, if any, thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all of the Debt Securities of a series
are to be redeemed any notice of redemption published in an Authorized Newspaper shall specify the numbers of the Debt Securities to be redeemed and, if applicable, the CUSIP Numbers thereof. In case
any Debt Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that upon surrender of such Debt
Security, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued of the same series. 

        On
or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given for Debt Securities, the Corporation will deposit in trust with the Trustee or with one or more Paying
Agents an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities so called for redemption at the Redemption Price, together with interest,
if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, accrued to the Redemption Date. The Corporation will give the Trustee notice of each redemption at least thirty days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a
shorter notice is acceptable to the Trustee) as to the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities to be redeemed. 

        If
fewer than all of the Debt Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as it shall deem reasonable and fair,
the numbers of the Debt Securities to be redeemed in whole or in part. 

Section 3.03    Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption.  

        If notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities with respect to which such notice has been given
shall become due and payable on the date and at the Place of Payment stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, accrued to the
Redemption Date, and on and after said date (unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of such Debt Securities at the Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, and Additional
Amounts, if any, accrued to said date) interest on the Debt Securities or portions of Debt
Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue. On presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities 

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subject
to redemption at said Place of Payment in said notice specified, the said Debt Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Corporation at the Redemption
Price, together with interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, accrued thereon to the Redemption Date. Interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, maturing on or prior to the Redemption
Date shall continue to be payable (but without interest thereon unless the Corporation shall default in payment thereof) in the case of Coupon Securities to the bearers of the Coupons for such
interest upon surrender thereof and to the Holders thereof registered as such on the Security Register on the relevant record date subject to the terms and provisions of Section 2.04. At the
option of the Corporation, payment may be made by check to (or to the order of) the Holders of the Debt Securities or other persons entitled thereto against presentation and surrender of such Debt
Securities. 

        If
any Coupon Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant Coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons
may be waived by the Corporation and the Trustee, if there be furnished to each of them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them harmless. 

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

 
 

ARTICLE 4
  
    COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION

Section 4.01    Payment of Principal, Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.  

        The Corporation shall duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on
each of the Debt Securities at the place, at the respective times and in the manner provided in the terms of the Debt Securities and in this Indenture. The interest on Coupon Securities (together with
any Additional Amounts) shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. The interest, if
any, on any temporary bearer securities (together with any Additional Amounts) shall be paid, as to the installments of interest evidenced by Coupons attached thereto, if any, only upon presentation
and surrender thereof, and, as to the other installments of interest, if any, only upon
presentation of such Debt Securities for notation thereon of the payment of such interest. The interest on Debt Securities (together with any Additional Amounts) shall be payable only to the Holders
thereof and at the option of the Corporation may be paid by: (i) mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the order of such Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the
Security Register for such Debt Securities; or (ii) in the case of Holders of U.S. $10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, but only if the Trustee has received wire transfer instructions in writing not less than 15 days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. 

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Section 4.02    Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.  

        As long as any of the Debt Securities of a series remain outstanding, and only if required by the relevant regulatory body, the Corporation shall designate and
maintain, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where the Debt Securities of such series may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange as
provided in this Indenture, an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the Debt Securities of such series or of this Indenture may be served, and an office
or agency where the Debt Securities of such series may be presented for payment. The Corporation shall give to the Trustee notice of the location of each such office or agency and of any change in the
location thereof. In case the Corporation shall fail to maintain any such office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or shall fail to give such notice of the location
or of any change in the location thereof, presentations may be made and notices and demands may be served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, and the Corporation hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, notices and demands. 

        The
Corporation hereby initially designates Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., located at its Corporate Trust Office, as the Security Registrar and as the office or agency of the Corporation in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the Debt Securities may be presented for payment and for registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Indenture provided and where
notices and demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the Debt Securities of any series or of this Indenture may be served. 

Section 4.03    Provisions as to Paying Agent.  

	(a)
	Whenever
the Corporation shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver
to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section:

	(1)
	that
it will hold sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Debt Securities of
such series in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series, or Coupons appertaining thereto, as the case may be, entitled thereto and will notify the Trustee of the
receipt of sums to be so held;

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

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

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	(b)
	If
the Corporation shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any,
on the Debt Securities of any series set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal
(and premium if any), interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, so becoming due. The Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.

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

	(d)
	Anything
in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section, is subject to the provisions of Sections 12.04 and
12.05. 

Section 4.04    Statement by Officers as to Default.  

        The Corporation shall deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than four months after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation (which, on the
date of execution hereof, ends on December 31) ending after the date hereof, commencing with the fiscal year ended in 2005, an Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the best
knowledge of the signers thereof the Corporation is in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by it and,
if the Corporation shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature thereof of which they may have knowledge. 

 
 

ARTICLE 5
  
    SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01    Securityholder Lists.  

        The Corporation covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of each series: 

	(a)
	semiannually,
not later than each Interest Payment Date (in the case of any series having semiannual Interest Payment Dates) or not later than the dates determined pursuant to
Section 2.01 (in the case of any series not having semiannual Interest Payment Dates) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Debt Securities of such series as of the Regular Record Date (or as of such other date as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.01 for such series) therefor, and 

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	(b)
	at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within thirty days after receipt by the Corporation of any such request, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Debt Securities of a particular series specified by the Trustee as of a date not more than fifteen days prior to the time such information is
furnished; provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar, such list shall not be required to be furnished. 

Section 5.02    Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.  

	(a)
	The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of each series of Debt Securities which
are: (i) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01; (ii) received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar or Paying Agent; or
(iii) filed with it within the preceding two years pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

	(b)
	In
case three or more Holders of Debt Securities (hereinafter referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such
applicant has owned a Debt Security of such series for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate
with other Holders of Debt Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Debt Securities of such series) or with Holders of all Debt Securities with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under such Debt Securities and it is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication that such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within
five business days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either:

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

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

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

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

Section 5.03    Reports by the Corporation.  

        The Corporation covenants: 

	(a)
	to
file with the Trustee within fifteen days after the Corporation is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and
other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Corporation may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Corporation is not required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of such sections, then to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed
and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations; 

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	(b)
	to
file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents, and
reports with respect to compliance by the Corporation with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

	(c)
	to
transmit by mail to all the Holders of Debt Securities of each series, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Security Register, within thirty days after the
filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Corporation with respect to each such series pursuant to subsections (a)
and (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission. 

Section 5.04    Reports by the Trustee.  

	(a)
	On
or before August 15, 2005 and on or before August 15 of each year thereafter, so long as any Debt Securities of any series are outstanding hereunder, the Trustee
shall transmit to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series, in the manner provided by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, a brief report dated as of the preceding
June 15, as may be required by Sections 313(a) and (b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

	(b)
	A
copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Debt Securities of a particular series, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which
the Debt Securities of such series are listed and also with the Commission. The Corporation agrees to notify the Trustee when and as the Debt Securities of any series become listed on any stock
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ARTICLE 6
  
    REMEDIES ON DEFAULT

Section 6.01    Events of Default.  

        In case one or more of the following Events of Default with respect to a particular series of Debt Securities shall have occurred and be continuing, that is to
say: 

	(a)
	default
in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Debt Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity,
upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise;

	(b)
	default
in the payment of any installment of interest, if any, or in the payment of any Additional Amounts upon any of the Debt Securities of such series as and when the same shall
become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of thirty days after written notice from the Trustee;

	(c)
	failure
on the part of the Corporation duly to observe or perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Corporation applicable to such series 

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	of
the Debt Securities or contained in this Indenture for a period of ninety days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the
Corporation to remedy the same, shall have been given to the Corporation by the Trustee, or to the Corporation and the Trustee by the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate
principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series at the time outstanding;

	(d)
	default
by the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary in any payment of $10,000,000 or more of principal of or interest on any notes, bonds, debentures and other similar evidences
of indebtedness for money borrowed, or in the payment of $10,000,000 or more on account of any guarantee in respect of any notes, bonds, debentures and other similar evidences of indebtedness for
money borrowed, beyond any period of grace that may be provided in the instrument or agreement under which such notes, bonds, debentures and other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed
or guarantee was created;

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

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

then
if an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b) or (c) shall have occurred and be continuing, and in each and every such case, unless the principal amount of all the Debt
Securities of such series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities of all series affected thereby then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Corporation (and to the Trustee if given by Holders of such Debt Securities) may declare the principal
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Original
Issue Discount Securities, such lesser amount as may be specified in the terms of such Debt Securities) of the series affected thereby to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, any provision of this Indenture or the Debt Securities of such series to the contrary notwithstanding, or, if an Event of
Default described in clause (d), (e) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing, and in each and every such case, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than
twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of all the Debt Securities then outstanding hereunder (voting as one class), by notice in writing to the Corporation (and to the Trustee
if given by Holders of securities), may declare the principal of all the Debt Securities not already due and payable (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, such lesser amount as may
be specified in the terms of such Debt Securities) to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, any provision in
this Indenture or in the Debt Securities to the contrary notwithstanding. The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the principal of the Debt
Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been
obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Corporation shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest, if any, and all Additional
Amounts, if any, due upon all the Debt Securities of such series or of all the Debt Securities, as the case may be, and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) all Debt Securities of such series or
of all the Debt Securities, as the case may be (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, such lesser amount as may be specified in the terms of such Debt Securities), which shall have
become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest, if any, upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on
overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts, if any, at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Debt Securities of such series, as the case may be (or, with respect to
Original Issue Discount Securities, at the rate specified in the terms of such Debt Securities for interest on overdue principal thereof upon maturity, redemption or acceleration of such series, as
the case may be), to the date of such payment or deposit), and such amount as shall be payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06, and any and all defaults under the Indenture shall
have been remedied, then and in every such case the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series (or of all the Debt Securities, as the case may be) then
outstanding, by written notice to the Corporation and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to that series or with respect to all Debt Securities, as the case may be, and rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. If the
principal of all Debt Securities shall have been declared to be payable pursuant to this Section 6.01, in determining whether the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount thereof
have waived all defaults and rescinded and annulled such declaration, all series of Debt Securities shall be treated as a single class and the principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities
shall be deemed to be the amount declared payable under the terms applicable to such Original Issue Discount Securities. 

        In
case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission and annulment
or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Corporation, Trustee and the Holders of Debt Securities, as the case may be, shall be
restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders of Debt Securities, as the case may be, shall
continue as though no such proceedings had been taken. 

Section 6.02    Payment of Debt Securities on Default; Suit Therefor.  

        The Corporation covenants that: (i) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest, if any, on any of the Debt Securities of
any series or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any of the Debt Securities of any series, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a
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or
(ii) in case default shall be made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Debt Securities of any series, as and when the same shall have become due and
payable, whether upon maturity of such series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise, then upon demand of the Trustee, the Corporation shall pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Debt Securities of such series, and the Coupons, if any, appertaining to such Debt Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such Debt Securities
of such series and such Coupons, for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if
any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, at the same rate as the rate
of interest specified in the Debt Securities of such series (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, at the rate specified in the terms of such Debt Securities for interest on overdue
principal thereof upon maturity, redemption or acceleration); and, in addition thereto, such further amounts as shall be payable pursuant to Section 7.06. 

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

        In
case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Corporation or any other obligor upon Debt Securities of any series under Title 11 of the
United States Code or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver or trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Corporation or such other obligor, or in case of any other
judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation or such other obligor, or to the creditors or property of the Corporation or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of
the Debt Securities of such series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal (or, with respect
to Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series), and premium, if any, interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any,
owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities of such series, and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee under
Section 7.06 and of the Holders of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series allowed in any such judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation or other obligor upon the Debt
Securities of such series, or to the creditors or property of the Corporation or such other obligor, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims,
and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the
Securityholders of such series and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Holders of the Debt
Securities and Coupons of such series to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the Securityholders of such series, to pay
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reasonable
compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its
negligence or bad faith. 

        Nothing
herein contained 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 Debt 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. 

        All
rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Debt Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Debt
Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities, or the production thereof in any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities or Coupons appertaining
thereto. 

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

Section 6.03    Application of Monies and Property Collected by Trustee.  

        Any monies and property collected by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.02 shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such monies or property on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the several Debt Securities and Coupons in
respect of which monies and property have been collected, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid: 

        FIRST:    To
the payment of the amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06; 

        SECOND:    In
case the principal of the Debt Securities in respect of which monies have been collected shall not have become due, to the payment of interest, if any, and
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Debt Securities of such series in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected
by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts, if any, at the same rate as the rate of interest, if any, specified in the Debt Securities of such series (or, with
respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, at the rate specified in the terms of such Debt Securities for interest on overdue principal thereof upon maturity, redemption or acceleration), such
payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference; 

        THIRD:    In
case the principal of the Debt Securities in respect of which monies have been collected shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the
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amount then owing and unpaid upon the Debt Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has
been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Debt Securities of such series
(or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, at the rate specified in the terms of such Debt Securities for interest on overdue principal thereof upon maturity, redemption or
acceleration); and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Debt Securities of such series, then to the payment of such principal (and
premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, without preference or priority of principal (and premium, if any), over interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, or of
interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, over principal (and premium, if any), or of any installment of interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, over any other installment of
interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, or of any Debt Security of such series over any other Debt Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (and premium, if any),
and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any; and 

        FOURTH:    To
the Corporation in the event any amounts remain after the foregoing payments are made. 

Section 6.04    Proceedings by Securityholders.  

        No Holder of any Debt Security of any series or of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the
Holders of not less than twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding or, in the case of any Event of Default described in
clause (d) or (e) of Section 6.01, twenty-five per cent in aggregate principal amount of all the Debt Securities at the time outstanding (voting as one class)
shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for sixty days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed
to institute any such action or proceedings and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06; it being understood and
intended and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Debt Security with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Debt Securities or Coupons
appertaining to such Debt Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing himself, herself or itself of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of any other Holder of Debt Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Debt Securities
and Coupons. For the protection and enforcement of the revisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
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        Notwithstanding
any other provisions in this Indenture, however, the right of any Holder of any Debt Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest,
if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Debt Security or Coupon, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder. With respect to original Issue Discount Debt Securities, principal shall mean such
amount as shall be due and payable as may be specified in the terms of such Debt Securities. 

Section 6.05    Remedies Cumulative and Continuing.  

        All powers and remedies given by this Article Six to the Trustee or to the Holders of Debt Securities or Coupons shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of Debt Securities or Coupons, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce
the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Debt Securities or Coupons to exercise
any right or power accruing upon any default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence
therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article Six or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Debt Securities or Coupons may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Debt Securities or Coupons, as the case may be. 

Section 6.06    Direction of Proceedings.  

        The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any or all series affected (voting as one class) at the time outstanding shall
have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, however,
that: (i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; (ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not
inconsistent with such direction; and (iii) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action or
proceedings so directed would be prejudicial to the Holders not joining in such direction or may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of trustees or executive committee
or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or responsible officers shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. 

        Prior
to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Debt Securities of any series, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series at
the time outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Debt Securities of such series waive any past default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, except a default in the
payment of principal of (premium, if any) or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Debt Securities of such series or in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that may not be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of each outstanding Debt Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders of the 

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Debt
Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default
or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.06, said default or Event of Default shall for
all purposes of the Debt Securities of such series and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing. 

Section 6.07    Notice of Defaults.  

        The Trustee shall, within ninety days after the occurrence of a default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series (of which it has actual knowledge per
Section 7.02(h)), give notice of all defaults with respect to that series known to the Trustee to all Holders of then outstanding Debt Securities of that series, by mailing such notice to such
Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register, unless in each case such defaults shall have been cured before the mailing or publication of such notice (the term "defaults"
for the purpose of this Section being hereby defined to be the events specified in Sections 6.01(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) and any additional events specified in the terms of any series
of Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.01, not including periods of grace, if any, provided for therein, and irrespective of the giving of written notice specified in Section 6.01 (c)
or in the terms of any Debt Securities established pursuant to Section 2.01); and provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of (premium, if
any), interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on any of the Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of trustees,
the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees or responsible officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of the Debt Securities of such series. 

Section 6.08    Undertaking to Pay Costs.  

        All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debt Security by his, her or its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may
in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing
by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any
party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to
any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholders of any series, or group of such Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in aggregate principal
amount of all Debt Securities (voting as one class) or to any suit instituted by any Securityholders for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any), interest, if any, or
Additional Amounts, if any, on any Debt Security on or after the due date expressed in such Debt Security. 

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ARTICLE 7
  
    CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE    
    

Section 7.01    Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.  

        The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default of a particular series and after the curing of all Events of Default of such series that may have
occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default with respect to a particular series has occurred (which
has not been cured) the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it, by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent man would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. 

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

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

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

	(2)
	in
the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;

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

	(c)
	the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of Debt Securities pursuant
to Section 6.06 relating to the time, method and place, of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under
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        No
provision of this Indenture shall be construed as requiring the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any personal financial liability in the performance of
any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 

Section 7.02    Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.  

        Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01: 

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

	(b)
	any
request, direction, order or demand of the Corporation mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument signed in the name of the Corporation by the President and
Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically
prescribed) and a Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation;

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

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

	(e)
	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, coupon 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 relevant books, records and premises of the Corporation, personally
or by agent or attorney;

	(f)
	the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys, and shall not 

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	be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care;

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

	(h)
	the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee shall have received from the
Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or from any Holder written notice thereof at its Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture. In the absence of any such
notice, the Trustee may conclusively assume that no such default of Event of Default exists; and

	(i)
	the
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, including the Trustee's officers, directors, agents and employees and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
Such rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits, including, without limitation, the right to indemnification, together with the Trustee's right to compensation and reimbursement
expenses, shall survive the Trustee's resignation or removal and final payment of the Notes. 

Section 7.03    No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.  

        The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities, other than the Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Corporation, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt
Securities, provided that the Trustee shall not be relieved of its duty to authenticate Debt Securities only as authorized by this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Corporation of Debt Securities or the proceeds thereof. 

Section 7.04    Ownership of Debt Securities or Coupons.  

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

Section 7.05    Monies to be Held in Trust.  

        Subject to the provisions of Sections 12.04 and 12.05 hereof, all monies received by the Trustee or any paying agent shall, until used or applied as
herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any paying
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to
pay thereon. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such monies shall be paid from time to time upon the written order of the
Corporation, signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President. 

Section 7.06    Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.  

        The Corporation covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation, and, except as
otherwise expressly provided, the Corporation will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance
with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. If any property other than cash shall at any time be subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Trustee, if and to the extent
authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by the supplemental instrument subjecting such property to such lien, shall be entitled to make advances for the purpose
of preserving such property or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances hereon. The Corporation also covenants to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or reasonable expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust,
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Corporation under this Section to compensate the Trustee and to
pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to
that of the Debt Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Debt Securities or Coupons. 

Section 7.07    Officers' Certificate as Evidence.  

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

Section 7.08    Conflicting Interest of Trustee.  

        The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. 

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Section 7.09    Eligibility of Trustee.  

        There shall at all times be a trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, which:
(a) is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers; (b) is subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority; and
(c) shall have at all times a combined capital and surplus of not less than U.S. $50 million. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law, or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation at any time shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10. 

Section 7.10    Resignation or Removal of Trustee.  

	(a)
	The
Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may, upon sixty days written notice to the Corporation, at any time resign with respect to one or more or all series by
giving written notice of resignation to the Corporation by mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders of then outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected at their addresses as they
shall appear on the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation the Corporation shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to the applicable series by written instrument,
in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Trustees of the Corporation, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no
successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within thirty days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Securityholders, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of the applicable
series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.08, on behalf of himself, herself or itself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the
appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

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

	(i)
	the
Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 7.08 with respect to any series of Debt Securities after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series for at least six months;

	(ii)
	the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provision of Section 7.09 with respect to any series of Debt Securities and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any such Securityholder; or 

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	(iii)
	the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any series of Debt Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee
or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, the Corporation may remove the Trustee with respect to the applicable series of Debt Securities and appoint a successor trustee with respect to such series by written
instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Trustees of the Corporation, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor
trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.08, any Securityholder of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of the applicable series for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself, herself or itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

	(c)
	The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of all series (voting as one class) at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with
respect to Debt Securities of all series and appoint a successor trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of all series.

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

Section 7.11    Acceptance by Successor Trustee.  

        Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Corporation and to its predecessor trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal the predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable series shall become effective and such successor
trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to such series of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect
as if originally named as trustee herein; but, on the written request of the Corporation or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant
to the provisions of Section 7.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such
successor trustee, the Corporation shall execute any and all instruments in writing in order more fully and certainly to vest in and confirm to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any
trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of
Section 7.06. 

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        In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Corporation, the predecessor Trustee and each
successor trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto that shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series as to which the predecessor Trustee is not
retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such trustees co-trustees of the
same trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such trustee. 

        No
successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of
Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09. 

        Upon
acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section, the Corporation shall give notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders of Debt
Securities of each series affected, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register. If the Corporation fails to mail such notice in the
prescribed manner within ten days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be so given at the expense of the Corporation. 

Section 7.12    Successor by Merger, etc.  

        Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. 

Section 7.13    Limitations on Rights of Trustee as Creditor.  

        The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. 

 
 

ARTICLE 8
  
    CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS    
    

Section 8.01    Action by Securityholders.  

        Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any or all series may
take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the
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number
of instruments of similar tenor executed by Securityholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing; (ii) by the record of the Holders of Debt Securities voting in favor
thereof at any meeting of Securityholders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Nine; or (iii) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record
of such a meeting of Securityholders. 

        In
determining whether the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities have taken any action (including the making of any demand or request,
the waiving of any notice,
consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be
outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that could be declared to be due and payable upon an Event of Default pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue
Discount Security at the time the taking of such action is evidence to the Trustee. 

Section 8.02    Proof of Execution by Securityholders.  

        Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 9.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or its agent or proxy shall be
proved by the Security Register or by a certificate of the Security Registrar. 

Section 8.03    Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners.  

        The Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent, any transfer agent and any Security Registrar may, subject to Section 2.04 hereof, treat the person in
whose name a Debt Security shall be registered upon the Security Register as the absolute owner of such Debt Security (whether or not such Debt Security shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving
payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes and neither the Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent, any transfer agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary. 

Section 8.04    Corporation-Owned Debt Securities Disregarded.  

        In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this
Indenture, Debt Securities that are owned by the Corporation or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Corporation, shall
be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
direction, consent or waiver only Debt Securities that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be disregarded. Debt Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding
for the purposes of this Section if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right to vote such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not a person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Corporation. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of
counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. 

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Section 8.05    Revocation of Consents; Future Securityholders Bound.  

        At any time prior to the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in
connection with such action, any Holder of a Debt Security the identifying number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have consented to such
action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debt Security. Except as
aforesaid any such action taken by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Debt Security and of any Debt
Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders of all the
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ARTICLE 9
  
    SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS    
    

Section 9.01    Purposes of Meetings.  

        A meeting of Securityholders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article for any of the
following purposes: 

	(1)
	to
give any notice to the Corporation or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to waive any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action
authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Six;

	(2)
	to
remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Seven;

	(3)
	to
consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02; or

	(4)
	to take
any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any or all series, as the
case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law. 

Section 9.02    Call of Meetings by Trustee.  

        The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Debt Securities of any or all series to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be
held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of Debt Securities of any or all
series, setting forth the time and place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to all Holders of then outstanding Debt Securities of each
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action
proposed to be taken at such meeting, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register, not less than twenty nor more than one hundred
eighty days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. Failure of any Holder or Holders to receive such notice, or any defect therein, shall in no case affect the validity of any action taken at such
meeting. Any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities of all or any series shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all such Debt Securities outstanding, the Corporation and the Trustee are
present in person or by proxy or shall have waived notice thereof before or after the meeting. The Trustee may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for determining the Holders entitled to notice
of or to vote at any such meeting at not less than twenty or more than one hundred eighty days prior to the date fixed for such meeting. 

Section 9.03    Call of Meetings by Corporation or Securityholders.  

        In case at any time the Corporation, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least ten percent in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities
of any or all series, as the case may be, then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders of any or all series to take any action authorized in
Section 9.01, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed or published, as provided in
Section 9.02, the notice of such meeting within thirty days after receipt of such request, then the Corporation or the Holders of such Debt Securities in the amount above specified may
determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02. 

Section 9.04    Qualification for Voting.  

        To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders a person shall be a Holder of one or more Debt Securities of a series with respect to which a meeting is
being held or a person appointed by instrument in writing as proxy by such a Holder. The only persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of the Securityholders shall be the
persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Corporation and its counsel. 

Section 9.05    Regulations.  

        Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and
examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit. 

        The
Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Corporation or by Securityholders as
provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Corporation or the Securityholder calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman
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majority
in principal amount of the Debt Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote. 

        Subject
to the provisions of Sections 8.01 and 8.04, at any meeting each Securityholder or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each U.S. $1,000 principal amount
of Debt Securities held or represented by him, her or it; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as not outstanding and
ruled by the chairman of the meeting not to be outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote except as a Securityholder or proxy. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. 

Section 9.06    Voting.  

        The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Securityholders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the
Securityholders or proxies and on which shall be inscribed the
identifying number or numbers or to which shall be attached a list of identifying numbers of the Debt Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two
inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified reports in duplicate of all
votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the
original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavit by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 9.02 or Section 9.03. The record shall be signed and verified by the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of
the duplicates shall be delivered to the Corporation and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. 

        Any
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ARTICLE 10
  
    SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    
    

Section 10.01    Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders.  

        The Corporation, when authorized by Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental
hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939) for one or more of the following purposes: 

	(a)
	to
evidence the succession of another entity to the Corporation, or successive successions, and the assumption by any successor entity of the covenants, agreements and obligations of
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	(b)
	to
add to the covenants of the Corporation such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as its Board of Trustees and the Trustee shall consider to be for the
protection of the Holders of Debt Securities of any or all series, or the Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in
any of such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions a default or an Event of Default with respect to any or all series permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several
remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth, with such period of grace, if any, and subject to such conditions as such supplemental indenture may provide;

	(c)
	to
add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in bearer form,
registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest Coupons, and to provide for exchangeability of such Debt Securities with Debt Securities issued hereunder in fully
registered form and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose, and to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
issuance of uncertificated Debt Securities of any series;

	(d)
	to
cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
contained herein or in any supplemental indenture; or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture as shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of any series of Debt Securities or any Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities;

	(e)
	to
convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee;

	(f)
	to
evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series and to add or change 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 Section 7.11;

	(g)
	to
establish the form or terms of Debt Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.03; and

	(h)
	to
change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination: (i) shall become effective only when there is no Debt Security outstanding
of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or (ii) shall not apply to any Debt Security outstanding. 

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

        Any
supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed by the Corporation and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Debt
Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 10.02. 

Section 10.02    Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders.  

        With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the Holders of not less than a majority in the aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities of all series at the time outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture (voting as one class), the Corporation, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to
time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
Indenture or of any supplemental indentures or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities of each such series or any Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities;
provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall: (i) change the fixed maturity of any Debt Securities, or reduce the principal amount thereof (or premium, if any), or reduce the
rate or extend the time of payment of any interest or Additional Amounts thereon or reduce the amount due and payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof or the amount provable in bankruptcy, or
make the principal of (premium, if any) or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Debt Security payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in such Debt Security;
(ii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); or
(iii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debt Securities, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the percentage required for the consent of the
Holders pursuant to Section 6.01 to waive defaults, without the consent of the Holder of each Debt Security so affected. 

        Upon
the request of the Corporation, accompanied by a copy of a Board Resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation authorizing the execution of any
such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Corporation in the execution of such
supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture. 

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

        Promptly
after the execution and delivery by the Corporation and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall give notice of
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as
they shall appear on the Security Register, and such notice shall set forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Corporation to mail or publish such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. 

Section 10.03    Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental Indentures.  

        Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations
of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Corporation and the Holders of Debt Securities shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder
subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this
Indenture for any and all purposes. 

        The
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, shall be provided an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such
supplemental indenture complies with the provisions of this Article Ten. 

Section 10.04    Notation on Debt Securities.  

        Debt Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten may
bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. New Debt Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Board of Trustees of the Corporation, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Corporation, authenticated by the
Trustee and delivered, without charge to the Securityholders, in exchange for the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding. 

 
 

ARTICLE 11
  
    CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE    
    

Section 11.01    Corporation May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.  

        The Corporation covenants that it will not merge or consolidate with any other entity or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets to any person or entity, unless: (i) either the Corporation shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor entity (if other than the Corporation) shall be
an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, or the District of Columbia, or under the laws of Canada or any province or territory
thereof and such successor entity shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee and executed and delivered to the Trustee by such successor entity, the due
and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on all the Debt Securities and any Coupons, according to their tenor, and the due and
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satisfied
by the Corporation; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, no Event of Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of
time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iii) the Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating, that such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and such supplemental indenture, and any such assumption by the successor entity, complies with the provisions of this
Article Eleven. 

Section 11.02    Successor Corporation Substituted.  

        In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon any such assumption by the successor entity, such successor entity shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Corporation, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such successor entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue in its own
name, any or all of the Debt Securities, and any Coupons appertaining thereto, issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Corporation and delivered to the Trustee; and,
upon the order of such successor entity, instead of the Corporation, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations prescribed in this Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall
deliver any Debt Securities or Coupons which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Corporation to the Trustee for authentication, and any Debt Securities or Coupons
that such successor entity thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All of the Debt Securities, and any Coupons appertaining thereto, so issued shall in all
respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Debt Securities or Coupons theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of
such Debt Securities, and any Coupons appertaining thereto, had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. 

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

Section 11.03    Certificate to Trustee.  

        On or before April 1, 2005, and on or before April 1 in each year thereafter, the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
signed by the Corporation's principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer, as to such Officer's knowledge of the Corporation's compliance with all conditions
and covenants under this Indenture (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture), as required by
Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. 

 
 

ARTICLE 12
  
    SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONIES    
    

Section 12.01    Discharge of Indenture.  

        If at any time: (i) the Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Debt Securities of any series theretofore authenticated (other
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series
and Coupons pertaining thereto that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07); or (ii) all Debt Securities
of any series and any Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and
payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Corporation shall deposit or
cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount (other than monies repaid by the Trustee or any paying agent to the Corporation in accordance with Sections 12.04
or 12.05) sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption or repayment all Debt Securities of such series and all Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation (other than any Debt Securities of such series and Coupons pertaining thereto that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 2.07), including principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, due or to become due to such date of maturity, Redemption Date or
Repayment Date, as the case may be, and if in either case the Corporation shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Corporation with respect to such series, then this
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Debt Securities of such series or any Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities, and the Trustee, on demand of and at the cost and
expense of the Corporation and subject to Section 14.04, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of
such series and all Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities. The Corporation agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee
in connection with this Indenture or the Debt Securities of such series or any Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities. 

Section 12.02    Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Debt Securities of Any Series.  

        If pursuant to Section 2.01 provision is made for the defeasance of Debt Securities of a series, then the provisions of this Section 12.02 shall be
applicable except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Debt Securities of such series. At the Corporation's option, either: (i) the Corporation shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Debt Securities of any such series and the Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of such indebtedness; or (ii) the Corporation shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision, condition or
covenant specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, when 

	(a)
	either

	(1)
	with
respect to all outstanding Debt Securities of such series,

	(i)
	the
Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount (in such currency in which such outstanding
Debt Securities and any related Coupons are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness of all outstanding Debt Securities of such series for
principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, 

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	to
the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date as contemplated by the last paragraph of this Section 12.02, as the case may be; or

	(ii)
	the
Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as obligations in trust for the purpose such amount of direct noncallable obligations of, or
noncallable obligations the payment of principal of and interest on which is fully guaranteed by, the United States of America, or to the payment of which obligations or guarantees the full
faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged, maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will, together with the income to accrue thereon (but
without reinvesting any proceeds thereof), be sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all outstanding Debt Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any), interest,
if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date as contemplated by the last paragraph of this Section 12.02, as the case may be; or

	(2)
	the
Corporation has properly fulfilled such other terms and conditions of the satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section 2.01, as applicable to the
Debt Securities of such series, and

	(b)
	the
Corporation has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable with respect to the outstanding Debt Securities of such series, and

	(c)
	The
Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Corporation has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon
such opinion shall confirm that, the holders of the outstanding Debt Securities and any related Coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such
deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance
and discharge had not occurred, and

	(d)
	the
Corporation 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 the entire indebtedness on all outstanding Debt Securities of any such series have been complied with. 

        Any
deposits with the Trustee referred to in Section 12.02(l)(A) above shall be irrevocable and shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee. If any outstanding Debt Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to an optional redemption provision or in accordance
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satisfactory
to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Corporation. 

Section 12.03    Deposited Monies to be Held in Trust by Trustee.  

        All monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 or 12.02 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or
through any paying agent (including the Corporation acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular Debt Securities and of any Coupons appertaining to such Debt Securities for the
payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional
Amounts, if any. 

Section 12.04    Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held.  

        In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of any series, all monies with respect to such Debt Securities
then held by any paying agent under the provisions of
this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Corporation, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from any further liability with respect to such monies. 

Section 12.05    Return of Unclaimed Monies.  

        Any monies deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional
Amounts, if any, on any Debt Security and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if
any, shall have become due and payable, shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Corporation by the
Trustee or such paying agent on demand, and the Holder of such Debt Security or any Coupon appertaining to such Debt Security shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable
escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, thereafter look only to the Corporation for any payment that such Holder may be entitled to collect and all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent
with respect to such monies shall thereupon cease. 

 
 

ARTICLE 13
  
    IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS    
    

Section 13.01    Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.  

        No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, or in any Debt Security, or
because or on account of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any past, present or future incorporator, stockholder, officer, trustee or director, or other applicable principal, as
such, of the Corporation or of any successor entity, either directly or through the Corporation or any successor entity, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
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waived and released by the acceptance of the Debt Securities by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Debt Securities and Coupons. 

 
 

ARTICLE 14
  
    MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS    
    

Section 14.01    Benefits of Indenture Restricted to Parties and Securityholders.  

        Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Debt Securities or Coupons, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained,
all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Debt Securities or Coupons. 

Section 14.02    Provisions Binding on Corporation's Successors.  

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

Section 14.03    Addresses for Notices, etc.  

        Any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Debt Securities to
or on the Corporation may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid first class mail in a post office letter box addressed (until another address is filed by the Corporation with the
Trustee), as follows: Mercer International Inc., 14900 Interurban Avenue South, Suite 282, Seattle, Washington 98168 (Attention: Chief Financial Officer). Any notice, direction, request
or demand by any Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at its Corporate Trust Office, which is,
at the date of this Indenture, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Sixth and Marquette, N9303-120, Minneapolis, MN 55479 (Attention: Corporate Trust Services). 

Section 14.04    Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.  

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

        Each
certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall
include: (i) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
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upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or
not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 

Section 14.05    Legal Holidays.  

        In any case where the Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity Date or the Redemption Date of any Debt Securities shall not be a Business Day in a city where
payment thereof is to be made, then payment of any interest, premium or Additional Amounts on, or principal of, such Debt Securities or exchange of Debt Securities need not be made on such date in
such city but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, or exchange, and no interest shall
accrue for the period after such date. 

Section 14.06    Trust Indenture Act to Control.  

        If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture by operation of
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (an "incorporated provision"), such incorporated provision shall control. 

Section 14.07    Execution in Counterparts.  

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

Section 14.08    New York Contract.  

        This Indenture and each Debt Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of said State, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable New York principles of conflicts of law and except as may
otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law. Any claims or proceedings in respect of this Indenture shall be heard in a federal or state court located in the State of New York. 

Section 14.09    Severability of Provisions.  

        Any prohibition, invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Indenture in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable the remaining
provisions hereto in such jurisdiction and shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provisions in any other jurisdiction. 

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Section 14.10    Corporation Released from Indenture Requirements under Certain Circumstances.  

        Whenever in this Indenture the Corporation shall be required to do or not to do anything so long as any of the Debt Securities of any series shall be Outstanding,
the Corporation shall, notwithstanding any such provision, not be required to comply with such provisions if it shall be entitled to have this Indenture satisfied and discharged pursuant to the
provisions hereof, even though in either case the Holders of any of the Debt Securities of that series shall have failed to present and surrender them for payment pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture. 

 
 

ARTICLE 15
  
    SINKING FUNDS    
    

Section 15.01    Applicability of Article.  

        The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.01 for Debt Securities of such series. 

        The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and any payment in
excess of such minimum amount provided for by the term of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of
any series, the amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 15.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Debt Securities of
any series as provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series. 

Section 15.02    Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities.  

        The Corporation may: (i) may deliver Outstanding Debt Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption); and (ii) apply as a
credit Debt Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Corporation pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Debt Securities of such series
required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Debt Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Debt
Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount
of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Debt Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 15.02, the principal
amount of Debt Securities to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Debt Securities for redemption, except upon Corporation
Order, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall at
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Corporation
any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Corporation to the Trustee of Debt Securities purchased by the Corporation having an unpaid
principal amount equal to the cash payment requested to be released to the Corporation. 

Section 15.03    Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund.  

        Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the
portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by crediting Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 15.02
and the basis for any such credit and, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of such Officers' Certificate, will also deliver to the Trustee any Debt Securities to be so credited and not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee. Not less than 30 days (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select
the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 15.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and
at the expense of the Corporation in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Sections 3.03 and 3.04. 

 
 

ARTICLE 16
  
    REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS    
    

Section 16.01    Applicability of Article.  

        Debt Securities of any series that are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with their terms
and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01 for Debt Securities of such series) in accordance with this Article. 

Section 16.02    Repayment of Debt Securities.  

        Each Debt Security that is subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holder thereof on a Repayment Date shall be repaid at the applicable
Repayment Price together with interest accrued to such Repayment Date as specified pursuant to Section 2.01. 

Section 16.03    Exercise of Option; Notice.  

        Each Holder desiring to exercise such Holder's option for repayment shall, as conditions to such repayment, surrender the Debt Security to be repaid in whole or
in part together with written notice of the exercise of such option at any office or agency of the Corporation in a Place of Payment, not less than 30 nor more than 45 days prior to the
Repayment Date. Such notice, which shall be irrevocable, shall specify the principal amount of such Debt Security to be repaid, which shall be equal to the minimum authorized denomination for such
Debt Security or an integral multiple thereof, and shall identify the Debt Security to be repaid and, in the case of a partial repayment of the Debt Security, shall specify the denomination or
denominations of the Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal of the Debt Security surrendered which is not to be repaid. 

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        The
Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver without service charge to the Holder of any Debt Security so surrendered a new Debt Security of the same
series, of any authorized denomination specified in the foregoing notice, in an aggregate principal amount equal to any portion of the principal of the Debt Security so surrendered which is not to be
repaid. 

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

Section 16.04    Election of Repayment by Remarketing Entities.  

        The Corporation may elect, with respect to Debt Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity, at
any time prior to any Repayment Date to designate one or more Remarketing Entities to purchase, at a price equal to the Repayment Price, Debt Securities of such series from the Holders thereof who
give notice and surrender their Debt Securities in accordance with Section 16.03. 

Section 16.05    Debt Securities Payable on the Repayment Date.  

        Notice of exercise of the option of repayment having been given and the Debt Securities so to be repaid having been surrendered as aforesaid, such Debt Securities
shall, unless purchased in accordance with Section 16.04, on the Repayment Date become due and payable at the price therein specified and from and after the Repayment Date such Debt Securities
shall cease to bear interest and shall be paid on the Repayment Date, unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of such price, in which case the Corporation shall continue to be obligated
for the principal amount of such Debt Securities and shall be obligated to pay interest on such principal amount at the rate borne by such Debt Securities from time to time until payment in full of
such principal amount. 

 
 

ARTICLE 17
  
    INTENTIONALLY OMITTED    
    

 
 

ARTICLE 18
  
    CONVERSION OF CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES    
    

Section 18.01    Applicability of Article.  

        If an Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 2.01 provides that the Debt Securities of a series shall be Convertible
Securities, Debt Securities of such series shall be convertible in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture) in accordance
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Article
Eighteen, the Convertible Securities shall be convertible into any other shares or other securities or property of the Corporation or any other corporation, any reference in this Indenture to
the conversion of Convertible Securities pursuant to this Article Eighteen shall be deemed to refer to and include conversion of Convertible Securities into such other shares or other securities or
property. 

Section 18.02    Right to Convert.  

        Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article, the Holder of any Convertible Security shall have the right, at such Holder's option, at any
time prior to the close of business on the date set forth in the Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (or if such Convertible Security is called for redemption or
submitted for repayment, then in respect of such Convertible Security to and including but not after the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the Redemption or Repayment Date, as the
case may be, unless the Corporation shall default in the payment due) to convert the principal amount of any such Convertible Security, or, in the case of any Convertible Security of a denomination
greater than $1,000, any portion of such principal which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, into that number of fully paid and nonassessable Shares of Beneficial Interest (as such shares shall
then be constituted) obtained by dividing the principal amount of the Convertible Security or portion thereof surrendered for conversion by the Conversion Price, by surrender of the Convertible
Security so to be converted in whole or in part in the manner provided in Section 18.03. Such conversion shall be effected by the Corporation. 

Section 18.03    Exercise of Conversion Privilege; Delivery of Shares of Beneficial Interest on Conversion; No Adjustment for Interest or Dividends.  

        In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any Convertible Security to be converted in whole or in part shall surrender such Convertible
Security at an office or agency maintained by the Corporation pursuant to Section 4.02, accompanied by the funds, if any, required by the last paragraph of this Section, together with written
notice of conversion in the form provided on the Convertible Securities, that the Holder elects to convert such Convertible Security or the portion thereof specified in said notice. Such notice shall
also state the name or names (with address) in which the certificate or certificates for Shares of Beneficial Interest which shall be deliverable on such conversion shall be registered, and shall be
accompanied by transfer taxes, if required pursuant to Section 18.08. Each Convertible Security surrendered for conversion shall, unless the shares deliverable on conversion are to be
registered in the same name as the registration of such Convertible Security, be duly endorsed by, or accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation duly executed by,
the Holder or such Holder's duly authorized attorney. 

        As
promptly as practicable after the surrender of such Convertible Security and the receipt of such notice and funds, if any, as aforesaid, the Corporation shall deliver at such office
or agency to such Holder, or on such Holder's written order, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares deliverable upon the conversion of such Convertible Security or portion thereof
in accordance with the provisions of this Article and a check or cash in respect of any fractional interest in respect of a Share of Beneficial Interest arising upon such conversion as provided in
Section 18.04. In case any Convertible Security of a denomination greater than $1,000 shall be surrendered for partial conversion and subject to Section 2.04, the Corporation shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Convertible Security so surrendered, without charge to such Holder, a new 

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Convertible
Security or Convertible Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Convertible Security. 

        Each
conversion shall be deemed to have been effected on the date on which such Convertible Security shall have been surrendered (accompanied by the funds, if any, required by the last
paragraph of this Section) and such notice shall have been received by the Corporation, as aforesaid, and the person in whose name any certificate or certificates for Shares of Beneficial Interest
shall be registrable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become on the said date the holder of record of the shares represented thereby; provided, however, that any such surrender on any date
when the stock transfer books of the Corporation shall be closed shall constitute the person in whose name the certificates are to be registered as the record holder thereof for all purposes on the
next succeeding day on which stock transfer books are open, but such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date upon which such Convertible Security shall have been surrendered. 

        Any
Convertible Security or portion thereof surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on the Regular Record Date for any Interest Payment Date shall (unless
such Convertible Security or portion thereof being converted shall have been called for redemption or submitted for repayment on a date in such period) be accompanied by payment, in legal tender or
other funds acceptable to the Corporation, of an amount equal to the interest otherwise payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount being converted; provided, however, that no such
payment need be made if there shall exist at the time of conversion a default on the payment of interest on the Convertible Securities. An amount equal to such payment shall be paid by the Corporation
on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Convertible Security on such Regular Record Date, provided, however, that if the Corporation shall default in the payment of interest on such
Interest Payment Date, such amount shall be paid to the person who made such required payment. Except as provided above in this Section, no adjustment shall be made for interest accrued on any
Convertible Security converted or for dividends on any shares issued upon the conversion of such Convertible Security as provided in this Article. 

Section 18.04    Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares.  

        No fractional Shares of Beneficial Interest or scrip representing fractional shares shall be delivered upon conversion of Convertible Securities. If more than one
Convertible Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered. If any fractional share of stock would be deliverable upon the
conversion of any Convertible Security or Convertible Securities, the Corporation shall make an adjustment therefor in cash at the current market value of such fractional share of stock. The market
value of a Share of Beneficial Interest shall be the Closing Price on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which the Convertible Securities (or specified portions thereof) are deemed to
have been converted. 

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   Section 18.05    Conversion Price.  

        The Conversion Price shall be as specified in the form of Convertible Security hereinafter set forth, subject to adjustment as provided in this Article. 

Section 18.06    Adjustment to Conversion Price.  

        The Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time as follows: 

	(a)
	In
case the Corporation shall: (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution on the Shares of Beneficial Interest in shares of its capital stock (whether Shares of Beneficial
Interest or of capital stock of any other class); (ii) subdivide or reclassify its outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest into a greater number of securities (including Shares of Beneficial
Interest); or (iii) combine or reclassify its outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest into a smaller number of securities (including Shares of Beneficial Interest), the Conversion Price in
effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the Holder of any Convertible Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of capital
stock of the Corporation which such Holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above had such Convertible Security been converted
immediately prior to the happening of such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a) shall become effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend and shall
become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a), the Holder of any
Convertible Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive shares of two or more classes of capital stock of the Corporation, the Board of Trustees of the Corporation
(whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be described in a written statement filed with the Trustee and any conversion agent) shall determine the allocation of the adjusted Conversion Price
between or among shares of such classes of capital stock. 

In
the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a) of this Section 18.06, the Holder of any Convertible Security thereafter converted shall
become entitled to receive any shares or other securities of the Corporation other than Shares of Beneficial Interest, thereafter the number of such other shares so received upon conversion of any
Convertible Security shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time in any manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Shares of Beneficial Interest contained in this Section 18.06,
and other provisions of this Article Eighteen with respect to the Shares of Beneficial Interest shall apply on like terms to any such other shares or other securities. 

	(b)
	In
case the Corporation shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights or warrants to all holders of its Shares of Beneficial Interest (or securities convertible into Shares of
Beneficial Interest) entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Shares of Beneficial 

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at a price per share (or a conversion price per share) less than the current market price per Share of Beneficial Interest (as defined in
subsection (d) below) at such record date, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Shares of Beneficial Interest outstanding on such record date plus the
number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered (or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so offered) would purchase at such
current market price, and of which the denominator shall be the number of Shares of Beneficial Interest outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Shares of Beneficial Interest
offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so offered are initially convertible). Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record is fixed, and
shall become effective immediately after such record date. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase Shares of Beneficial Interest at less than
such current market price, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration determined by the Board of Trustees of the Corporation.
Shares of Beneficial Interest owned by or held for the account of the Corporation or any majority owned subsidiary shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any adjustment required under this
subsection (b).

	(c)
	In
case the Corporation shall fix a record date for making a distribution to all holders of its Shares of Beneficial Interest evidences of its indebtedness or assets (excluding
regular quarterly or other periodic or recurrent cash dividends or distributions paid from retained earnings of the Corporation or dividends or distributions referred to in subsection (a)
above) or rights or warrants to subscribe or purchase (excluding those referred to in subsection (b) above), then in each case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall
equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the current market price per share (as
defined in subsection (d) below) of the Shares of Beneficial Interest on such record date less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Corporation whose
determination shall be conclusive, and described in a certificate filed with the Trustee) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or of such rights or warrants
applicable to one Share of Beneficial Interest, and the denominator shall be the current market price per share (as defined in subsection (d) below) of the Shares of Beneficial Interest. Such
adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed and shall become effective immediately after such record date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the
Corporation shall distribute any rights or warrants to acquire capital stock ("Rights") pursuant to this subsection (c), the distribution of separate certificates representing such Rights
subsequent to their initial distribution (whether or not such distribution shall have occurred prior to the date of the issuance of such Convertible Securities) shall be deemed to be the distribution
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	adjustment
pursuant to this subsection (c) upon a distribution of separate certificates representing such Rights, make proper provision so that each
Holder of such Convertible Security who converts such Convertible Security (or any portion thereof): (i) before the record date for such distribution of separate certificates shall be entitled
to receive upon such conversion Shares of Beneficial Interest issued with Rights; and (ii) after such record date and prior to the expiration, redemption or termination of such Rights shall be
entitled to receive upon such conversion, in addition to the Shares of Beneficial Interest issuable upon such conversion, the same number of such Rights as would a holder of the number of Shares of
Beneficial Interest that such Convertible Security so converted would have entitled the holder thereof to purchase in accordance with the terms and provisions of and applicable to the Rights if such
Convertible Security were converted immediately prior to the record date for such distribution. Shares of Beneficial Interest owned by or held for the account of the Corporation or any majority owned
subsidiary shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any adjustment required under this subsection (c).

	(d)
	For
the purpose of any computation under subsection (b) and (c) above, the current market price per Shares of Beneficial Interest at any date shall be deemed to be the
average of the daily Closing Prices for the thirty days (which are not legal holidays as defined in Section 14.05) commencing forty-five days (which are not legal holidays as
defined in Section 14.05) before the day in question. The Closing Price for any day shall be: (i) if the Shares of Beneficial Interest is listed or admitted for trading on any national
securities exchange or the National Market System of the National Association of Debt Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ"), the last sale price (regular way), or the
average of the closing bid and ask prices if no sale occurred, of Shares of Beneficial Interest on the principal securities exchange on which the Shares of Beneficial Interest is listed;
(ii) if not listed as described in (i), the mean between the closing high bid and low asked quotations of Shares of Beneficial Interest on NASDAQ, or any similar system or automated
dissemination of quotations of securities prices then in common use, if so quoted; or (iii) if not quoted as described in clause (ii), the mean between the high bid and low asked
quotations for Shares of Beneficial Interest as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated if at least two securities dealers have inserted both bid and asked quotations for Shares of
Beneficial Interest on at least 5 of the 10 preceding days. If none of the conditions set forth above is met, the Closing Price of Shares of Beneficial Interest on any day or the average of such
Closing Prices for any period shall be the fair market value of Shares of Beneficial Interest as determined by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. selected by the
Corporation.

	(e)
	(i)    No
adjustment in the Conversion price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price; provided, however,
that any adjustments which by reason of this subsection (e)(i) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; further provided,
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	the
date on which occurs an event that requires an adjustment to be made or carried forward. 

(ii)    All
calculations under this Article Eighteen shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may be. Anything in this
Section 18.06 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by this
Section 18.06, as it in its discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any stock dividends, subdivision of shares, distribution of rights to purchase stock or securities, or
distribution of securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock hereafter made by the Corporation to its shareholders shall not be taxable. 

	(f)
	Whenever
the Conversion Price is adjusted, as herein provided, the Corporation shall promptly file with the Trustee and any conversion agent other than the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the
Corporation shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price and the date on which such adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such
notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price to the Holder of each Convertible Security at such Holder's last address appearing on the Security Register provided for in Section 2.01 of
this Indenture.

	(g)
	In
any case in which this Section 18.06 provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Corporation may defer until the
occurrence of such event: (i) delivering to the Holder of any Convertible Security converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional Shares of Beneficial
Interest deliverable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Shares of Beneficial Interest deliverable upon such conversion before giving effect to
such adjustment; and (ii) paying to such Holder any amount in cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 18.04, provided, however, that the Corporation shall deliver to such Holder
a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Holder's rights to receive such additional shares, and such cash, upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment. If such event
does not occur, no adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 18.06. 

Section 18.07    Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.  

        If any of the following events occur, namely: (i) any reclassification or change of outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest deliverable upon conversion
of the Convertible Securities (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination, but including any
change in the Shares of Beneficial Interest into two or more classes or series of securities); (ii) any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party (other than a consolidation
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reclassification
of, or change (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination) in, outstanding
Shares of Beneficial Interest); or (iii) any sale or conveyance of the properties and assets of the Corporation as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other corporation; then the
Corporation or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the
date of execution of such supplemental indenture and comply with the provisions of Article Nine) providing that each Convertible Security shall be convertible into the kind and amount of shares of
stock and other securities or property, including cash, receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of a number of Shares of Beneficial
Interest deliverable upon conversion of such Convertible Securities immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. Such supplemental indenture shall
provide for adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article. The Corporation shall cause notice of the execution of such
supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder of Convertible Securities, at his address appearing on the Security Register provided for in Section 2.01 of this Indenture. 

        The
above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, consolidations, mergers and sales. 

Section 18.08    Taxes on Shares Issued.  

        The delivery of stock certificates on conversions of Convertible Securities shall be made without charge to the Holder converting a Convertible Security for any
tax in respect of the issue thereof. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the delivery of stock registered in any
name other than of the Holder of any Convertible Security converted, and the Corporation shall not be required to deliver any such stock certificate unless and until the person or persons requesting
the delivery thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. 

Section 18.09    Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental Requirements; Listing of Shares of Beneficial Interest.  

        The Corporation covenants that all Shares of Beneficial Interest that may be delivered upon conversion of Convertible Securities will upon delivery be fully paid,
nonassessable by the Corporation and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. 

        The
Corporation covenants that if any Shares of Beneficial Interest to be provided for the purpose of conversion of Convertible Securities hereunder require registration with or approval
of any governmental authority under any Federal or state law before such shares may be validly delivered upon conversion, the Corporation will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor
to secure such registration or approval, as the case may be. 

        The
Corporation further covenants that if the Shares of Beneficial Interest is then listed on a national securities exchange or admitted for trading on NASDAQ it will qualify all Shares
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national securities exchange or NASDAQ, if permitted by and in accordance with the rules of said national securities exchange or NASDAQ. 

Section 18.10    Trustee Not Responsible.  

        Neither the Trustee nor any authenticating agent nor any conversion agent shall at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Convertible
Securities to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to
the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor any authenticating agent nor any conversion agent shall be
accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Shares of Beneficial Interest, or of any securities or property, which may at any time be delivered upon the conversion
of any Convertible Security; and neither the Trustee nor any authenticating agent nor any conversion agent makes any representation with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of
Section 7.01, neither the Trustee nor any authenticating agent nor any conversion agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Corporation to deliver any Shares of Beneficial Interest or
stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Convertible Security for the purpose of conversion or for any failure of the Corporation to comply with any of the
covenants contained in this Article. 

Section 18.11    Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions.  

        In case: 

	(a)
	the
Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Shares of Beneficial Interest (other than in cash out of its current or retained earnings);

	(b)
	the
Corporation shall authorize the granting to the holders of the Shares of Beneficial Interest of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any share of any class or any other
rights or warrants;

	(c)
	of
any reclassification or change of the Shares of Beneficial Interest (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest, or a change in par
value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value) or, of any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the
Corporation is required or for the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation; or 

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	(d)
	of
the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the Corporation shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Corporation shall cause to
be mailed to each holder of Convertible Securities at his address appearing on the Security Register, provided for in Section 2.05 of this Indenture, as promptly as possible but in any event no
less than fifteen days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or
rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Shares of Beneficial Interest of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be
determined, or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of Shares of Beneficial Interest of record shall be entitled to exchange their Shares of Beneficial Interest for securities or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such
dividend, distribution, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up or any adjustment in the Conversion Price required by this Article Eighteen. 

Section 18.12    Covenant to Reserve Shares.  

        The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available, free from pre-emptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued
Shares of Beneficial Interest, such number of Shares of Beneficial Interest as shall then be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding Convertible Securities. 

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        Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., the party of the second part, hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth. 

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Mercer International Inc., the party of the first part, has caused this Indenture to be signed and acknowledged
by its President and Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President, and the same to be attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary; and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
the party of the second part, has caused this Indenture to be signed and the same to be attested by its duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first above written. 

	 	 	MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
	

 	
 	
By:	

/s/  DAVID M. GANDOSSI      
 Name: David M. Gandossi

Title: Chief Financial Officer
	

 	
 	
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
	

 	
 	
By:	

/s/  TIMOTHY P. MOWDY      
 Name: Timothy P. Mowdy

Title: Assistant to Vice President

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	STATE OF MINNESOTA	 	)	 	 
	 	 	)	 	ss.
	COUNTY OF HENNEPIN	 	)	 	 

        On
the 8th day of December, 2004 before me personally came Timothy P. Mowdy, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she resides at Bloomington, MN, that
he/she is the Assistant Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument and that he/she signed his/her name thereto by
authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation. 

[SEAL]

Notary
Public 

/s/  JANE Y. SCHWEIGER      

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	PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA	 	)	 	 
	 	 	)	 	ss.
	CITY OF VANCOUVER	 	)	 	 

        On
the 10th day of December, 2004, before me personally came David M. Gandossi, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at West Vancouver, British
Columbia, that he is the Chief Financial Officer of Mercer International Inc., 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 Trustees of said corporation. 

[SEAL] 

Notary
Public 

/s/
STEWART L. MUGLICH 

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Exhibit 4.1

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

ARTICLE 2 ISSUE, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF DEBT SECURITIES

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION

ARTICLE 5 SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE

ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES ON DEFAULT

ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

ARTICLE 8 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

ARTICLE 9 SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS

ARTICLE 10 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

ARTICLE 11 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE

ARTICLE 12 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONIES

ARTICLE 13 IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS

ARTICLE 14 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 15 SINKING FUNDS

ARTICLE 16 REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS

ARTICLE 17 INTENTIONALLY OMITTED

ARTICLE 18 CONVERSION OF CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES

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