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EXHIBIT 4(c)    
    

        EXECUTION COPY

Registration Rights Agreement  

Dated as of March 20, 2003 

between 

Metropolitan Edison Company,

as Issuer 

and 

Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.,

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,

BNY Capital Markets, Inc.

Wachovia Securities, Inc.

as Initial Purchasers 

 
 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT    
    

        This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and entered into this 20th day of March, 2003, by and between Metropolitan Edison
Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Issuer") and Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., BNY Capital Markets, Inc. and Wachovia Securities, Inc.
(collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"). 

        This
Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated March 13, 2003 (the "Purchase Agreement"), between the Issuer and the Initial Purchasers, which provides for the
sale by the Issuer to the Initial Purchasers of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's 4.45% Senior Notes due 2010 and $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's 4.95%
Senior Notes due 2013 (collectively, the "Notes"). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer has agreed
to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the
closing under the Purchase Agreement. 

        In
consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

        1.     Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings: 

        "1933 Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time. 

        "1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time. 

        "Closing Date" shall mean the Closing Time as defined in the Purchase Agreement. 

        "Depositary" shall mean The Depository Trust Company, or any other depositary appointed by the Issuer,  provided, however,
that such depositary must have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, in The City of
New York. 

        "Exchange Notes" shall mean the the Issuer's 4.45% Exchange Senior Notes due 2010 containing terms identical to the Issuer's 4.45% Senior
Notes due 2010 in all material respects, and the Issuer's 4.95% Exchange Senior Notes due 2013 containing terms identical to the Issuer's 4.95% Senior Notes due 2013 in all material respects (except
in each case for references to certain interest rate provisions, restrictions on transfers and restrictive legends), to be offered to Holders of Notes in exchange for Registrable Notes pursuant to the
Exchange Offer. 

        "Exchange Offer" shall mean the exchange offer by the Issuer of Exchange Notes for Registrable Notes pursuant to Section 2.1
hereof. 

        "Exchange Offer Registration" shall mean a registration under the 1933 Act effected pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof. 

        "Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if
applicable, on another appropriate form), and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all documents
incorporated by reference therein. 

        "Exchange Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof. 

        "Holder" shall mean each of the Initial Purchasers, for so long as it owns any Registrable Notes, and each of its successors, assigns and
direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Notes under the Indenture. 

        "Indenture" shall mean the Senior Note Indenture relating to the Notes, dated as of July 1, 1999 among the Issuer, and The Bank of
New York, successor to United States Trust Company of New York, as trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof. 

        "Initial Purchasers" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 

 

        "Issuer" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Issuer's successors. 

        "Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding (as defined in the Indenture)
Registrable Notes of each series; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Notes is required
hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Issuer or any Affiliate (as defined in the Indenture) of the Issuer shall be disregarded in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the
Holders of such required percentage amount. 

        "Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 

        "Participating Broker-Dealer" shall mean Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., BNY Capital
Markets, Inc., Wachovia Securities, Inc. and any other broker-dealer which makes a market in the Notes and exchanges Registrable Notes in the Exchange Offer for Exchange Notes. 

        "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership (general or limited), corporation, limited liability company, trust or incorporated
organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof. 

        "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus
as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including any such prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Notes covered by a Shelf
Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference
therein. 

        "Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

        "Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Issuer with this Agreement,
including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") registration and filing fees, including, if applicable, the
reasonable fees and expenses of any "qualified independent underwriter" (and its counsel) that is required to be retained by any holder of Registrable Notes in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the NASD, (ii) all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws and compliance with the rules of the NASD (including
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any of the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes and any filings with the NASD),
(iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements
thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements and other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing, if any, of any of the Registrable Notes on any securities exchange or exchanges, (v) all rating agency fees, (vi) the fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Issuer and of the independent public accountants of the Issuer, including the expenses of any special audits or "cold comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance,
(vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, and any escrow agent or custodian, (viii) the reasonable fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Exchange Offer,
including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith, and (ix) any reasonable fees and disbursements of the underwriters customarily required
to be paid by issuers or sellers of securities and the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Issuer in connection with any Registration Statement, but excluding
underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, 

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relating
to the sale or disposition of Registrable Notes by a Holder, it being understood that in no event shall the Issuer be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to
any local counsel) in connection with registration pursuant to either Section 2.1 or 2.2. 

        "Registrable Notes" shall mean the Notes of any Holder; provided,  however, that such Notes shall cease to be Registrable
Notes when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to such Notes shall have been
declared effective under the 1933 Act and such Notes shall have been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such Notes can be sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144
(or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act, (iii) such Notes shall have ceased to be outstanding or (iv) the Exchange Offer is consummated
(except in the case of Notes purchased from the Issuer and continued to be held by the Initial Purchasers). 

        "Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement of the Issuer which covers any of the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the
Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein. 

        "SEC" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency or government body performing the functions
currently performed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 

        "Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof. 

        "Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf" registration statement of the Issuer pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2
of this Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Notes, of each series, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and
all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
material incorporated by reference therein. 

        "Trustee" shall mean the trustee with respect to the Notes under the Indenture. 

        2.     Registration Under the 1933 Act. 

        2.1.  Exchange Offer. The Issuer shall (A) prepare and, as soon as practicable following the Closing Date, file with
the SEC an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to a proposed Exchange Offer and the issuance and delivery to the Holders, in exchange for the Registrable Notes of each series, a like
principal amount of Exchange Notes of such series, (B) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the 1933 Act not later
than 180 calendar days following the Closing Date, (C) use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective until the closing of the Exchange Offer and
(D) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be consummated within 210 calendar days following the Closing Date. The Exchange Notes will be issued under the Indenture.
Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuer shall promptly commence the Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder eligible
and electing to exchange Registrable Notes for Exchange Notes (assuming that such Holder (a) is not an affiliate of the Issuer within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act,
(b) is not a broker-dealer tendering Registrable Notes acquired directly from the Issuer for its own account, (c) acquired the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of such Holder's
business and (d) has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes) to transfer such Exchange Notes
from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the 1933 Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of a majority of the several states of the United
States. 

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        In
connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall: 

        (a)   mail
to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related
documents; 

        (b)   use
its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer open for acceptance for a period of not less than 20 business days after the date notice thereof is mailed to
the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law) (such period referred to herein as the "Exchange Period"); 

        (c)   utilize
the services of the Depositary for the Exchange Offer; 

        (d)   permit
Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable Notes at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the last business day of the Exchange Period, by sending to
the institution specified in the notice, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal, the principal amount of Registrable Notes delivered
for exchange, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes exchanged; 

        (e)   notify
each Holder that any Registrable Notes not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest, but will not retain any rights under this Agreement
(except in the case of the Initial Purchasers and Participating Broker-Dealers as provided herein); and 

        (f)    otherwise
comply in all respects with all applicable laws relating to the Exchange Offer. 

        As
soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall: 

        (i)    accept
for exchange all Registrable Notes duly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and the letter of transmittal which shall be an exhibit thereto; 

        (ii)   deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Notes so accepted for exchange; and 

        (iii)  cause
the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver the respective Exchange Notes to each Holder of Registrable Notes so accepted for exchange in a principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Registrable Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange. 

        The
Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus contained therein, in order to
permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all Participating Broker-Dealers subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act for such period of time as such Participating
Broker-Dealers must comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Notes; provided,  however, that (i) such period shall be the lesser
of 90 days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer and the date on which all
Participating Broker-Dealers have sold all Exchange Notes held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(k) below) and (ii) the Issuer shall make such Prospectus, and
any amendment or supplement thereto, available to any such Participating Broker-Dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Notes for a period of the lesser of 90 days after
the consummation of the Exchange Offer and the date on which all Participating Broker-Dealers have sold all Exchange Notes held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(k)
below). 

        Interest
on the Exchange Notes of each series will accrue from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid on the respective Registrable Notes surrendered in
exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on such Registrable Notes, from the Closing Date. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than (i) that the Exchange
Offer, or the making of any exchange by a Holder, does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, (ii) the due tendering of Registrable Notes in
accordance with the Exchange Offer, (iii) that each Holder of Registrable Notes exchanged in the Exchange Offer shall have 

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represented
that all Exchange Notes to be received by it shall be acquired in the ordinary course of its business and that at the time of the consummation of the Exchange Offer it shall have no
arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) of the Exchange Notes and shall have made such other representations as may be
reasonably necessary under applicable SEC rules, regulations or interpretations to render the use of Form S-4 or other appropriate form under the 1933 Act available and
(iv) that no action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by or before any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer which, in the judgment of the
Issuer, would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Issuer to proceed with the Exchange Offer. The Issuer shall inform the Initial Purchasers of the names and addresses of the Holders to
whom the Exchange Offer is made, and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to contact such Holders and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Notes in the Exchange Offer. Each Holder of
Registrable Securities who wishes to exchange such Registrable Securities for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer will be required to make certain customary representations in connection therewith,
including representations that (i) it is not an affiliate of the Issuer, (ii) the Exchange Notes to be received by it were acquired in the ordinary course of its business and
(iii) at the time of the Exchange Offer, it has no arrangement with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) of the Exchange Notes. Each Holder hereby
acknowledges and agrees that any Participating Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes: (1) could not under SEC policy
as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the SEC enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation
(available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the SEC's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including any
no-action letter obtained based on the representation in clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act in
connection with the secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder
information required by Items 507 and 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K, the SEC standard instructions for filing forms under the 1933 Act, if the resales are of Exchange Notes
obtained by such Holder in exchange for Notes acquired by such Holder directly from the Issuer. 

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        2.2.  Shelf Registration. (i) If, because of any changes in law, SEC rules or regulations or applicable interpretations
thereof by the staff of the SEC, the Issuer is not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2.1 hereof, (ii) if for any other reason (A) the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective within 180 calendar days following the Closing Date or (B) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 210 calendar days after the
Closing Date (provided that the Issuer is not then actively pursuing such effectiveness or consummation, as the case may be), (iii) upon the written request of the Initial Purchasers with
respect to any Registrable Notes which it acquired directly from the Issuer (iv) upon the written request of any Holder that either (A) is not permitted pursuant to applicable law, SEC
rules and regulations or applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the SEC to participate in the Exchange Offer or (B) participates in the Exchange Offer and does not receive fully
tradable Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer or (v) if the Issuer so elects, then in case of each of clauses (i) through (v) the Issuer shall, at its cost: 

        (a)   As
promptly as practicable, file with the SEC, and thereafter shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective as promptly as practicable but no
later than 180 calendar days after the Closing Date, a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Notes by the Holders from time to time in accordance with the
methods of distribution elected by the Majority Holders participating in the Shelf Registration and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement. 

        (b)   Use
its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by
Holders for a period ending on the earliest of (i) two years from the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which the Registrable Notes become eligible for resale without volume limitations
pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or (iii) for such shorter period that will terminate when all Registrable Notes of each series covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have
been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding or otherwise to be Registrable Notes. 

        (c)   Notwithstanding
any other provisions hereof, use its best efforts to ensure that (i) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus
forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading and (iii) any Prospectus forming part of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any supplement to such Prospectus (as amended or supplemented from time to time), does not
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

        The
Issuer further agrees, if necessary, to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, as required by Section 3(b) below, and to furnish to the Holders of Registrable
Notes copies of any such supplement or amendment as promptly as reasonably practicable after its being used or filed with the SEC. 

        No
Holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to include any of its Registrable Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such
Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder and furnishes to the Issuer in writing, within 15 days after receipt of a request
therefor, such information as the Issuer may, after conferring with counsel with regard to information relating to Holders that would be required by the SEC to be included in such Shelf Registration
Statement or Prospectus included therein, reasonably request for inclusion in any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration is being
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the
Issuer all information with respect to such Holder necessary to make the information previously furnished to the Issuer by such Holder not materially misleading. 

        2.3.  Expenses. The Issuer shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the registration pursuant to
Section 2.1 or 2.2. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable Notes pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement. 

        2.4.  Effectiveness. (a) The Issuer will be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, to become, or to remain, effective during the requisite period if the Issuer voluntarily takes any action that
would, or omits to take any action which omission would, result in any such Registration Statement not being declared effective or in the Holders of Registrable Notes covered thereby not being able to
exchange or offer and sell such Registrable Notes during that period as and to the extent contemplated hereby, unless such action is required by applicable law. 

        (b)   An
Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof will not be deemed
to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC; provided, however, that if,
after it has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the
SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement will be deemed not to have become effective during the period of such interference until the offering of Registrable Notes
pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume. 

        2.5.  Interest. The Notes will provide that if the Exchange Offer is not consummated and the Shelf Registration Statement is
not declared effective on or prior to the date that is 210 days after the Closing Date, the interest rate on the Notes will be increased by 0.25% per annum commencing the date that is
210 days after the Closing Date, until the Exchange Offer is consummated or the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC;  provided, that in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, if the Issuer is unable to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective
because Holders of Registrable Notes have not provided information with respect to themselves as required by law to be included therein pursuant to the Issuer's request as provided herein, such 0.25%
increase in the interest rate shall be payable only to Holders that have furnished such information required by law to be included therein to the Issuer pursuant to its request hereunder from but
excluding the date such information is provided to the Issuer to but excluding the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC. 

        2.6.  Specific Enforcement. Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Issuer
acknowledges that any failure by the Issuer to comply with its obligations under Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for
which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder
may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Issuer's obligations under Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof. 

        3.     Registration Procedures. In connection with the obligations of the Issuer with respect to Registration Statements pursuant
to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof, the Issuer shall: 

        (a)   prepare
and file with the SEC a Registration Statement, within the relevant time period specified in Section 2, on the appropriate form under the 1933 Act, which
form (i) shall be selected by the Issuer, (ii) shall in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Notes by the selling Holders thereof,
(iii) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include or incorporate by reference all 

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financial
statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein, and (iv) shall comply in all respects with the requirements of
Regulation S-T under the 1933 Act, and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof; 

        (b)   prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary under applicable law to keep
such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period; and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 under the 1933 Act and comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act applicable to them with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by each Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders thereof; 

        (c)   in
the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each Holder of Registrable Notes, at least 5 business days prior to filing, that a Shelf Registration Statement
with respect to the Registrable Notes is being filed and advising such Holders that the distribution of Registrable Notes will be made in accordance with the method selected by the Majority Holders
participating in the Shelf Registration; (ii) furnish to each Holder of Registrable Notes and to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Notes, if any, without charge, as
many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request, including
financial statements and schedules and, if the Holder so requests, all exhibits in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Notes; and (iii) hereby consents
to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Notes in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Notes covered by the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto; 

        (d)   use
its best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Notes under all applicable state Securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of
Registrable Notes covered by a Registration Statement and each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Notes shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration
Statement is declared effective by the SEC, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such Holder and underwriter to consummate the
disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Notes owned by such Holder; provided, however,
that the Issuer shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
Section 3(d), or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject; 

        (e)   notify
promptly each Holder of Registrable Notes under a Shelf Registration or any Participating Broker-Dealer who has notified the Issuer that it is utilizing the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement as provided in paragraph (f) below, and, if requested by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, confirm such advice in writing promptly
(i) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any
state securities authority for post-effective amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for addition information after the Registration Statement has become
effective, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for
that purpose, (iv) in case of a Shelf Registration, if, between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Notes covered thereby, the
representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to 

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the
offering cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (v) of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective
which makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (vi) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; 

        (f)    (A)
in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (i) include in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section
entitled "Plan of Distribution" which section shall be reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers or another representative of the Participating Broker-Dealers and shall contain a summary
statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the SEC with respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that holds Registrable Notes acquired for its own
account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that will be the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Notes
to be received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer, whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies, in the reasonable
judgment of the Initial Purchasers and their counsel, represent the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC, including a statement that any such broker-dealer who receives Exchange Notes for
Registrable Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be deemed a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Notes, (ii) furnish to each Participating Broker-Dealer who has delivered to the Issuer the notice referred to in Section 3(e), without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus
included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Participating Broker-Dealer may reasonably request,
(iii) hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, by any person subject to the prospectus
delivery requirement of the SEC, including all Participating Broker-Dealers, in connection with the sale or transfer of the Exchange Notes covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, and (iv) include in the transmittal letter or similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer (x) the following
provision: 

"if
the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding Registrable Notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it will deliver a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes received in respect of such Registrable Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer;" and 

(y)
a statement to the effect that by a broker-dealer making the acknowledgment described in clause (x) and by delivering a Prospectus in connection with the exchange of Registrable Notes, the
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act; and 

(B)
in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuer agrees to deliver to the Participating Broker-Dealers upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(i) an opinion of counsel or opinions of counsel substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, (ii) an officers' certificate substantially in the form customarily
delivered in a public offering of debt securities and (iii) a comfort letter or comfort letters in customary form if permitted by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72 of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accounts ("SAS 72"), or if such a comfort letter is not permitted by SAS 72, 

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an
agreed upon procedures letter in customary form at least as broad in scope and coverage as the agreed upon procedures letter or letters delivered to the Initial Purchasers in connection with the
initial sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers; 

        (g)   (i) in
the case of an Exchange Offer, furnish counsel for the Initial Purchasers and (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish counsel for the
Holders of Registrable Notes copies of any comment letters received from the SEC or any other request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration
Statement and Prospectus or for additional information; 

        (h)   make
every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment; 

        (i)    in
the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Notes, and each underwriter, if any, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules (without documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits thereto,
unless requested); 

        (j)    in
the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Notes to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Registrable Notes to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Registrable Notes to be in such denominations
(consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and registered in such names as the selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, may reasonably request at least three business days prior to the
closing of any sale of Registrable Notes; 

        (k)   in
the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any facts, each as contemplated by Sections 3(e)(ii), 3(e)(iv),
3(e)(v) and 3(e)(vi) hereof, use its best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Notes or Participating Broker-Dealers, such Prospectus will
not contain at the time of such delivery any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; and notify each Holder to suspend use of the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and each Holder hereby agrees to suspend use
of the Prospectus until such time as such Holder has received from the Issuer an amended or supplemented Prospectus correcting such misstatement or omission; 

        (l)    in
the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide
copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders; and make representatives of the Issuer as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Notes, or the Initial
Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, available for discussion of such document; 

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        (m)  obtain
a CUSIP number of all Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement, and provide the
Trustee with printed certificates for the Exchange Notes or the Registrable Notes, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary; 

        (n)   (i) cause
the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, (the "TIA") in connection with the registration of the Exchange Notes
or Registrable Notes, as the case may be, (ii) cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in
accordance with the terms of the TIA and (iii) execute, and use its best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms
and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; 

        (o)   in
the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into agreements (including underwriting agreements) and take all other customary and appropriate actions in order to expedite
or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Notes and in such connection whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an underwritten
registration: 

        (i)    make
such representations and warranties to the Holders of such Registrable Notes and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by
issuers to underwriters in similar underwritten offerings as may be reasonably requested by them; 

        (ii)   obtain
opinions of counsel to the Issuer and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing
underwriters, if any, and the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Notes of each series being sold) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering the
matters customarily covered in opinions requested in sales of securities or underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters; 

        (iii)  obtain
"cold comfort" letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants who have certified the financial statements and any other entity
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement addressed to the underwriters, if any, and use reasonable efforts to have such letter addressed to the selling Holders of
Registrable Notes (to the extent consistent with SAS 72), such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters to underwriters in
connection with similar underwritten offerings; 

        (iv)  enter
into a securities sales agreement with the Holders and an agent of the Holders providing for, among other things, the appointment of such agent for the selling
Holders for the purpose of soliciting purchases of Registrable Notes, which agreement shall be in form, substances and scope customary for similar offerings; 

        (v)   if
an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to set forth indemnification provisions and procedures substantially equivalent to the indemnification
provisions and procedures set forth in Sections 5 and 6 hereof with respect to the underwriters and all other parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Sections or, at the request of any
underwriters, in the form customarily provided to such underwriters in similar types of transactions; and 

        (vi)  deliver
such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested and as are customarily delivered in similar offerings to the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Registrable Notes of each series being sold and the managing underwriters, if any. 

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The
above shall be done at (i) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement (and each post-effective amendment thereof) and (ii) each closing under any underwriting or
similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder; 

        (p)   in
the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by representatives of the Holders of the Registrable Notes and any underwriters participating in any
disposition pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and any counsel or accountant retained by such Holders or underwriters, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and
properties of the Issuer reasonably requested by any such persons and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the respective officers, directors, employees, and any other agents of the Issuer to
supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, special counsel or accountant in connection with a Registration Statement, and make such representatives of the
Issuer available for discussion of such documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers; 

        (q)   (i) in
the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, within a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, any
Prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers
and make such changes in any such document prior to the filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request and, except as otherwise required by applicable law, not file any such document
in a form to which the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Notes shall reasonably object; and 

        (ii)   in
the case of a Shelf Registration, within a reasonable time prior to filing any Shelf Registration Statement, any Prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to
such Shelf Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Holders of Registrable Notes, to the Initial Purchasers, to counsel on behalf of
the Holders and to the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Notes, if any, make such changes in any such document prior to the filing thereof as the Initial
Purchasers, the counsel to the Holders or the underwriter or underwriters reasonably request and not file any such document in a form to which the Majority Holders or the Initial Purchasers on behalf
of the Holders of Registrable Notes or any underwriter may reasonably object and make the representatives of the Issuer available for discussion of such document as shall be reasonably requested by
the Holders of Registrable Notes, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, or any underwriter. 

        (r)   in
the case of a Shelf Registration, use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Notes to be listed on any securities exchange on which similar debt
securities issued by the Issuer are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders, or if requested by the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Notes, if any; 

        (s)   in
the case of a Shelf Registration, use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes to be rated by the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by
the Majority Holders, or if requested by the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Notes, if any; 

        (t)    otherwise
comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make available to security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement
covering at least 12 months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 thereunder; 

        (u)   cooperate
and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, in the performance of any due diligence investigation by
any underwriter 

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and
its counsel (including any "qualified independent underwriter" that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD); and 

        (v)   upon
consummation of an Exchange Offer, obtain a customary opinion of counsel to the Issuer addressed to the Trustee for the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Notes
participating in the Exchange Offer, and which includes an opinion that (i) the Issuer has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Exchange Notes and the related indenture and
(ii) each of the Exchange Notes and related indenture constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its respective terms
(with customary exceptions). 

        In
the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuer may (as a condition to such Holder's participation in the Shelf Registration) require each Holder of Registrable Notes to
furnish to the Issuer such information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Notes as the Issuer may from time to time reasonably request in writing for
use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein, including, without limitation, information specified in Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the
1933 Act. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Issuer all information required to be disclosed with respect to such Holder in order to
make any information with respect to such Holder previously furnished to the Issuer by such Holder not materially misleading. 

        In
the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Issuer of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts, each of
the kind described in Section 3(e)(v) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of
the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(k) hereof, and, if so directed by the Issuer, such Holder will deliver to the Issuer (at its expense) all copies
in such Holder's possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Notes current at the time of receipt of such notice. 

        If
any of the Registrable Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers that will
manage such offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of such Registrable Notes included in such offering and shall be acceptable to the Issuer. No Holder of Registrable Notes may participate
in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Registrable Notes on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons
entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under
the terms of such underwriting agreement. 

        4.     Indemnification. 

        4.1.  Indemnification by the Issuer. The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, each Holder,
each Participating Broker-Dealer, each Person who participates as an underwriter (any such Person being an "Underwriter") and each Person, if any, who controls any Holder or Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under
the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement pursuant to which Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes were
registered under the 1933 Act or any Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating 

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or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that (i) the
Issuer will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by any Initial Purchaser, Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter with
respect to such Initial Purchaser, Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter, as the case may be, specifically for inclusion therein, and (ii) such indemnity with respect to any
Registration Statement or Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Initial Purchaser, Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim,
damage or liability purchased the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes concerned, to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability occurs under the circumstances where it shall have been
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment that (w) the Issuer has previously furnished copies of such Registration Statement or Prospectus,
(x) the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in such Registration Statement or Prospectus was corrected in an amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or
Prospectus, (y) delivery of such Registration Statement or Prospectus was required by the 1933 Act to be made to such Person, and (z) there was not sent or given to such Person, at or
prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes to such Person, a copy of such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as amended or supplemented. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Issuer may otherwise have. 

        4.2.  Indemnification by the Holders, Initial Purchasers, Participating Broker-Dealers and Underwriters. Each Holder, each
Initial Purchaser, each Participating Broker-Dealer and each Underwriter severally, but not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, each other Initial Purchaser, each other
Participating Broker-Dealer, each other Underwriter and each other selling Holder, and each of their respective directors and officers, and each Person, if any, who controls the Issuer, any Initial
Purchaser, any Participating Broker-Dealer, any Underwriter, or any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the same extent
as the foregoing indemnity contained in subsection 4.1 above, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder, Initial Purchaser, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter
furnished to the Issuer by such Holder, Initial Purchaser, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter specifically for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement or such Prospectus;  provided,
however, that no such Holder, Initial Purchaser, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter
shall be liable for any claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received by such Holder, Initial Purchaser, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter from the sale of Registrable
Notes pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder, Initial Purchaser, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter may
otherwise have. 

        4.3.  Actions Against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 4 of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 4, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from any liability under subsection 4.1 or 4.2 above unless and to the
extent such failure results in the loss by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any
indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in subsection 4.1 or 4.2 above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party's choice at
the indemnifying party's expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the
fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided,  however, that such counsel
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's election to appoint
counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local 

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counsel
retained in the indemnified party's reasonable judgment), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the actual or
potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded upon advice of counsel
that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or (ii) the indemnifying
party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. 

        4.4.  Settlement Without Consent. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution
may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include any statement as to, or any admission of,
fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 

        5.     Contribution. In the event that the indemnity provided for in Section 4 hereof is held by a court to be
unavailable, in whole or in part, to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall have several and not joint obligation to contribute to the
aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively "Losses") to which such
indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other
hand, from the offering of the Notes, the Exchange Notes or the Registrable Notes and the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses;  provided, however that in no case shall any Initial Purchaser (except as may be provided in any
agreement among the Initial Purchasers relating to the offering of the Notes), Participating Broker-Dealer or subsequent Holder of any Note, Exchange Note or Registrable Note, be responsible for any
amount in excess of the discounts or commissions received applicable to such Note, or in the case of an Exchange Note or Registrable Note, applicable to the Note that was exchangeable into such
Exchange Note or Registrable Note, as set forth on the cover page of the Offering Memorandum, nor shall any Underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or
commission applicable to the securities purchased by such Underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence
is held by a court to be unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits
but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party on the one hand and of such indemnified party on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Issuer shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of (x) the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
expenses) as set forth on the cover page of the Offering Memorandum and (y) the total amount of Interest (as defined in Section 2.5) which the Issuer was not required to pay as a result
of registering the securities covered by the Registration Statement which resulted in the Losses. Benefits received by the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total discounts and
commissions as set forth on the cover page of the Offering Memorandum, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving Notes, Exchange Notes or
Registrable Notes, as applicable, registered under the 1933 Act. Benefits received by any Participating Broker-Dealer shall be deemed to be equal to the total commissions relating to the market-making
and exchange of Registrable Notes for Exchange Notes. Benefits received by any Underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover
page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged
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alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party on the one hand or by the indemnified party on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their
relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. 

        For
purposes of this Section 5, each person, if any, who controls a Holder, an Initial Purchaser, a Participating Broker-Dealer or an Underwriter, in each case, within the meaning
of Section 15 of the
1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, Initial Purchaser, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter, as the case may be, and each
officer of the Issuer who shall have signed the Registration Statement, each director of the Issuer and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933
Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuer. 

        6.     Miscellaneous. 

        6.1.  Rule 144 and Rule 144A. For so long as the Issuer is subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15 of the 1934 Act, the Issuer covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the 1933 Act and Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act and the
rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder. If the Issuer ceases to be so required to file such reports, the Issuer covenants that it will upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Notes
(a) make publicly available such information as is necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, (b) deliver such information to a prospective purchaser as is
necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, and (c) take such further action that is reasonable in the circumstances, in each case, to the extent required from
time to time to enable such Holder to sell its Registrable Notes without registration under the 1933 Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 under the 1933
Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, (ii) Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (iii) any similar rules or regulations
hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Notes, the Issuer will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. The
Issuer agrees to comply with the information obligations to the extent that they are required by applicable law or regulation. 

        6.2.  No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuer has not entered into and the Issuer will not after the date of this Agreement
enter into any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Notes in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to
the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with the rights granted to the Holders of the Issuer's other issued and outstanding Notes under any such agreements. 

        6.3.  Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers of consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Issuer has obtained the written consent of (i) Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Notes of each series and (ii) Participating Broker-Dealers holding at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Exchange Notes held by all Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case to the extent affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or departure. 

        6.4.  Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand
delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to 

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the
Issuer by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4, which address initially is the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement with respect to the
Initial Purchasers; and (b) if to the Issuer initially at the Issuer's address set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and thereafter at such other address of which notice is given in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 6.4. 

        All
such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; two business days after being deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery. 

        Copies
of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the person given the same to the Trustee under the Indenture, at the address specified in
such Indenture. 

        6.5.  Successor and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and
transferees of each of the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders and Participating Broker-Dealers; provided that nothing herein shall
be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Notes in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable
Notes, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Notes shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking any holding such Registrable Notes
such person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this
Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. 

        6.6.  Third Party Beneficiaries. The Initial Purchasers (even if the Initial Purchasers are not Holders of Registrable Notes)
shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Issuer, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements
directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder. Each Holder of Registrable Notes shall be a third party beneficiary to
the agreements made hereunder between the Issuer, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems
such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights hereunder. 

        6.7.  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

        6.8.  Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect
the meaning hereof. 

        6.9.  GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THEREOF. 

        6.10. Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any
circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall
not be affected or impaired thereby. 

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

	 
	 	 
	 	 

	 	 	METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY

as Issuer
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  RANDY SCILLA      
 Name: Randy Scilla

Title: Assistant Treasurer

Confirmed
and accepted as

of the date first above written: 

	 
	 	 
	 	 

	BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.	 	 
	

By:	
 	

/s/  C. VICTOR MANNY      
 Name: C. Victor Manny

Title: Managing Director	
 	

 
	

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.	
 	

 
	

By:	
 	

/s/  CARL J. MEHLDAU JR.      
 Name: Carl J. Mehldau Jr

Title: Vice President	
 	

 

Acting
as representatives of the Initial Purchasers named above. 

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Exhibit A    
    

 
 

Form of Opinion of Counsel    
    

        We are of the opinion that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements, notes or schedules thereto and other
financial data and supplemental schedules included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom and the Form T-1, as to which we need express no opinion), comply as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the 1933 Act. 

        In
addition, we have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Issuer, representatives of the independent public accountants of the Issuer and
representatives of the Initial Purchasers, at which the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although we are not passing upon, and do not
assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and have not made any independent check or
verification thereof, during the course of such participation, no facts came to our attention that caused us to believe that the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, at the time the
Registration Statement or any such amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time the Prospectus was issued, at the time any such amended or supplemented Prospectus was
issued or at the Closing Time, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; it being understood that we express no belief with respect to the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. 

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EXHIBIT 4(e)    
    

FORM OF EXCHANGE NOTE DUE 2010

UNLESS
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE,
OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 

 
 
 

METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
  
    4.45% Exchange Senior Note due 2010    
    

	Original Issue Date:	 	March 20, 2003
	

Stated Maturity:	
 	

March 15, 2010
	

Interest Rate:	
 	

4.45%
	

Interest Payment Dates:	
 	

March 15 and September 15
	

Regular Record Dates:	
 	

The Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date so long as this Note is issued in book-entry only form, otherwise the fifteenth calendar day next preceding each Interest Payment Date

Redeemable:
Yes ý    No o 

	$100,000,000	 	CUSIP No.                              

        METROPOLITAN
EDISON COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (herein called the "Company," which term includes any successor
under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000) on the
Stated Maturity specified above, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates specified above in each year, commencing with the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above,
and at the Stated Maturity, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. No interest shall accrue on the Stated Maturity, so long
as the principal amount of this Note is paid on the Stated Maturity. The interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date specified above (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) if the Original Issue Date of this Note is after a Regular
Record Date and before the corresponding Interest Payment Date, interest so payable for the period from and including the Original Issue Date to but excluding such Interest Payment Date shall be paid
on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date to the Holder hereof on the related Regular Record Date, and (b) Interest payable at the Stated Maturity shall be payable to the Person to whom
principal shall be payable. Except as otherwise provided in said Indenture, any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not more than 15 days or less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Interest on this Note shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 

        Principal,
applicable premium and interest due at the maturity of this Note shall be payable in immediately available funds when due upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at the authorized office of any paying agent in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York. Interest on this Note (other than interest payable at
the Stated Maturity) shall be paid by check, payable in clearinghouse funds, mailed to the Holder thereof 

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at
such Holder's address as it appears on the register; provided that if the Trustee receives a written request from any Holder of Notes, the aggregate principal amount of all of which having the same
Interest Payment Date as this Note equals or exceeds $10,000,000, on or prior to the applicable Regular Record Date, interest on the Note shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to a bank within the continental United States designated by such Holder in its request or by direct deposit into the account of such Holder designated by such Holder in its request if such account is
maintained with the Trustee or any paying agent. 

        This
Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company (herein called the "Notes"), issued and issuable in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of July 1,
1999 (such Indenture as originally executed and delivered and as supplemented or amended from time to time thereafter, together with any constituent instruments establishing the terms of particular
Notes, being herein called the "Indenture") between the Company and The Bank of New York, as successor trustee (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities of the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes thereunder and of the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The acceptance of this Note shall be deemed to
constitute the consent and agreement by the Holder hereof to all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture. This Note is one of the series designated on the first page hereof. 

        Until
the Release Date, the Notes will be secured by one or more series of Senior Note First Mortgage Bonds issued and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Holders of the Notes, issued under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated November 1, 1944, from the Company to The Bank of New York, as successor trustee (the "Mortgage Trustee"), as
supplemented and modified (collectively, the "First Mortgage"). Reference is made to the First Mortgage and the Indenture for a description of the rights of the Trustee as holder of the Senior Note
First Mortgage Bonds, the property mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security and the rights of the holders of first mortgage bonds under the First Mortgage and the rights of the
Company and of the Mortgage Trustee in respect thereof, the duties and immunities of the Mortgage Trustee and the terms and conditions upon which the Senior Note First Mortgage Bonds are secured and
the circumstances under which additional first mortgage bonds may be issued. 

        From
and after the Release Date, the Senior Note First Mortgage Bonds shall cease to secure the Notes in any manner. In certain circumstances prior to the Release Date as provided in the
Indenture, the Company is permitted to reduce the aggregate principal amount of a series or tranche of Senior Note First Mortgage Bonds held by the Trustee, but in no event prior to the Release Date
to an amount less than the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes in respect of which such Senior Note First Mortgage Bonds were delivered to the Trustee upon the initial authentication
of such Notes. 

        Each
Note of this series shall be dated and issued as of the date of its authentication by the Trustee and shall bear an Original Issue Date. Each Note issued upon transfer, exchange or
substitution of such Note shall bear the Original Issue Date of such transferred, exchanged or substituted Note. 

        If
any Interest Payment Date, or date on which the principal of this Note is required to be paid is not a Business Day, payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date may be made
on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date, and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such next succeeding Business Day, no interest shall
accrue on such amounts for the period from and after such date, to such Business Day. 

        If
an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 

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        As
set forth in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Notes will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy
thereunder unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to such Notes, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Notes affected by such Event of Default shall have made written request and offered reasonable indemnity to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as Trustee and the Trustee shall
have failed to institute such
proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal of and any premium or
interest on this Note on or after the respective due dates expressed here. 

        The
Notes will be redeemable, as a whole or in part, at the Company's option, at any time or from time to time, on at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, prior notice
mailed to the registered address of each holder of the Notes. The redemption prices will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or
(2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) discounted, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate (as defined below) and 20 basis points. In each case accrued interest will be payable to the redemption date. 

        "Treasury
Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. 

        "Comparable
Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that
would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such
Notes. 

        "Independent
Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company. 

        "Comparable
Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a
percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain
such prices on such Business Day, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (b) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations. 

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

        "Reference
Treasury Dealer" means each of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Bank One Capital Markets, Inc. and their respective successors. If either of the foregoing shall
cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury
Dealer. 

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        "Remaining
Scheduled Payments" means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on such Note that would be due after the
related redemption date but for such redemption. If such redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such
Note will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Note to such redemption date. On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion of the Notes
called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the redemption date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent (or the
Trustee) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date. If less than all the Notes of any series are to be redeemed, the Notes to be
redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. 

        If
less than all of this Note is to be redeemed the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, the particular portion of this Note to be redeemed. Notice
of redemption shall be given by mail not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Holder of this Note, all as provided in the Indenture. On and after the
date fixed for redemption (unless the Company shall default in the payment of this Note or a portion hereof to be redeemed at the applicable redemption price), interest on this Note or a portion
hereof so called for redemption shall cease to accrue. 

        The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders
of Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor in
lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon the Note. 

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

        The
Company, at its option, and subject to the terms and conditions provided in the Indenture, will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Notes (except for certain
obligations including obligations to register the transfer or exchange of Notes, replace stolen, lost or mutilated Notes, maintain paying agencies and hold monies for payment in trust, all as set
forth in the Indenture) if the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee cash, U.S. Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure
the availability of cash, or a combination of cash and U.S. Government Obligations, in any case sufficient, without reinvestment, to pay at maturity or the applicable redemption date all Outstanding
Notes, including the principal of and any premium and interest on the Notes on the dates such payments are due in accordance with the terms of the Notes. 

        As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note register. Upon surrender of this Note for
registration or transfer at the corporate trust office of the Trustee or such other office or agency as may be designated by the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York,
endorsed by or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note registrar, duly executed by the Holder hereof or the attorney in fact of such Holder
duly authorized in writing, one or more new Notes of this series of like tenor and of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee
or transferees. 

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        The
Notes of this series are issuable only as registered Notes, without coupons, and in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject
to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of the same series and tranche, of any authorized denominations, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same, and of like tenor upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged at the office of The Bank of New York in New York, New York or such other office or
agency as may be designated by the Company from time to time. 

        The
Trustee shall not be required to exchange or register the transfer of any Notes selected, called or being called for redemption (including Notes, if any, redeemable at the option of
the Holder provided such Notes are then redeemable at such Holder's option) except, in the case of any Note to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be so redeemed. 

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

        Prior
to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 

        The
Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 

        As
provided in the Indenture, no recourse for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof; and
no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company, contained in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or in any Note, or because of the creation of any
indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either
directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being
expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of the Notes. 

        Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer, this Note shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

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

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

	

Date: September    , 2003	
 	
METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
	

 	
 	
By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:  Richard H. Marsh

Title:    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

	

Attested:	
 	

 
	

By:	
 	

 	
 	

 
	 	 	
 Name:  David W. Whitehead

Title:    Corporate Secretary	 	 

 
 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION    
    

        This Note is one of the Notes of the series herein designated, described or provided for in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

	

Date: September    , 2003	
 	
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Authorized Signer

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METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY 4.45% Exchange Senior Note due 2010

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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