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Exhibit 10.48    
  

LEASE AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION AGREEMENT  

        THIS LEASE AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made as of February 4, 2002, by and between OAKLAND CITY CENTER LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company ("Landlord"), and ASK JEEVES, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Tenant"). 

RECITALS  

        A.    Landlord
leased to Tenant the second through eighth floors (the "Premises") of that certain real property (the "Building") located at 555 Twelfth Street, Oakland, State
of California, pursuant to that certain Office Lease, dated as of May 15, 2000, between Landlord and Tenant (the "Lease"). 

        B.    Landlord
and Tenant desire to amend and terminate the Lease, and all the terms and conditions stated therein, upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
below. 

        C.    Landlord
and Tenant agree that Landlord's damages, as a result of the termination of the Lease, exceed $23 million. 

        D.    Each
defined term used in this Agreement, but not defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Lease. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

        1.    Conditions Precedent.    This Agreement shall not be legally effective except and unless each of the following
conditions is satisfied on or before the close of business on February 4, 2002: 

        a.    Tenant's
real estate broker Aegis Realty Partners shall have executed a written instrument in form and substance satisfactory to Landlord in its sole discretion releasing
Landlord for any claims related to, and agreeing to forgo, any and all commission payments that may be due from Landlord in respect of the Lease and to the lease by Tenant of space in the building
located at 1111 Broadway, Oakland, California; 

        b.    Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A. shall have executed a consent to the amendment and to the termination of the Lease described in paragraph 2 of this Agreement and to amendment of
the Letter of Credit to permit a draw on the Letter of Credit pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Agreement. 

        2.    Amendment.    The first sentence of Paragraph 6.a of the Lease is amended in its entirety to read as follows. 

"As
security for the performance by Tenant of Tenant's obligation hereunder, Tenant shall cause to be delivered to Landlord concurrently with the execution of this Lease by Tenant, an original
irrevocable standby letter of credit (the "Letter of Credit") in the amount specified in Paragraph 2.d above, naming Landlord as beneficiary, which Landlord may draw upon to cure any default under
this Lease, to pay any termination fee owed by Tenant to Landlord as a result of the termination of the Lease, or to compensate Landlord for any damage Landlord incurs as a result of termination of
the Lease or Tenant's failure to perform any of its obligations hereunder." 

        3.    Termination.    The Lease and all terms and conditions therein, and Tenant's right to occupy and possess the
Premises, shall terminate effective as of noon Pacific time on February 4, 2002 (the "Termination Date"). Effective upon the Termination Date, Tenant hereby remises and quitclaims to Landlord, and
Landlord hereby accepts, all of Tenant's right, title and interest in, to and under the Lease and in and to the Premises. 

        4.    Termination Fee.    In consideration of Landlord's agreement to allow Tenant to terminate the Lease, and in
settlement of Landlord's current and future claims against Tenant thereunder, Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord a termination fee equal to sixteen million dollars ($16,000,000) (the "Termination Fee").
The Termination Fee constitutes compensation to Landlord for damages sustained 

by Landlord as a result of the termination of the Lease. As partial payment of the Termination Fee, Landlord shall be entitled to retain four hundred ninety-eight thousand eight hundred fourteen
dollars and thirteen cents ($498,814.13) that Landlord currently holds as advance payment of the Monthly Rent first due and payable under the Lease. Landlord shall have the right to apply such amount
to the Termination Fee immediately upon execution of this Agreement. Concurrently with the execution of
this Agreement, Tenant shall pay one million eight hundred one thousand one hundred eighty-five dollars and eighty-seven cents ($1,801,185.87) to Landlord in immediately available funds, which
Landlord shall apply to the Termination Fee. Upon the execution of this Agreement, Landlord, without further notice to or communication with Tenant, shall be entitled immediately to draw the full
amount available under the Letter of Credit (as defined in the Lease), as provided in paragraph 6.a of the Lease, as amended hereby, and apply such amounts to the unpaid portion of the Termination
Fee. Landlord is authorized to state in the drawing certificate that: "The Principal amount of this Letter of Credit is due and payable in accordance with the provisions of that certain Office Lease,
dated May 15, 2000, as amended, between Beneficiary and Applicant," with Landlord being the "Beneficiary" and Tenant being the "Applicant" referenced in the drawing certificate. 

        5.    Effect of Non-Payment of Termination Fee.    If Landlord (a) does not receive the Termination Fee in full
by 5 p.m. Pacific time on February 5, 2002; or (b) seeks to draw the Termination Fee under the Letter of Credit, but the issuing bank dishonors the draw request, then, in either
case, Tenant's right to possession of the Premises shall have terminated, and Landlord shall have all rights and remedies available to it under the Lease, as if the Lease had not terminated, at law or
in equity for a tenant's breach of or default under a commercial lease, including without limitation any rights that may be due it under California Civil Code Section 1951.2 and under
paragraph 25 of the Lease, for recovery of the Termination Fee. In addition, if the draw request is not honored by the issuing bank after timely presentation by Landlord in accordance with the
Letter of Credit, as amended, the Lease and this Agreement or the Tenant's check in the amount of one million eight hundred one thousand one hundred eighty-five dollars and eighty-seven cents
($1,801,185.87) is not honored by the payor bank, then Tenant's obligations to Landlord under the Lease for any current or future defaults will not be limited by the stated amount of the Termination
Fee or by the provisions of paragraph 7 of this Agreement. 

        6.    Representations and Warranties.    Tenant represents and warrants to Landlord that Tenant has not made any
assignment, sublease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of the Lease, any interest in the Lease, or any claim, demand, obligation, liability, action or cause of action arising out of the
Lease. 

        7.    Mutual Release.    

        (a)  As
of the Termination Date, Landlord and Tenant waive, release and discharge each other and their respective members, partners, officers, directors, shareholders,
employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all suits, causes of action, liabilities, claims, judgments, damages, losses, demands, obligations, costs
and expenses (collectively, "Released Claims") of whatever kind, known or unknown, contingent or non-contingent, that each party ever had, has or may have, against each other arising from or in any
way connected with the exercise of the rights and obligations of the Lease, except for the rights and obligations of Landlord and Tenant under this Agreement and under any other lease agreement
between Landlord and Tenant concerning real property other than the Premises, which in no event shall constitute Released Claims. Landlord and Tenant hereby agree, represent and warrant that the
Released Claims released herein are not limited to matters that are known, disclosed or foreseeable. Landlord and Tenant realize and acknowledge that factual matters now unknown to either of them may
have given, or may hereinafter give, rise to Released Claims that are, as of the Termination Date, unknown, unanticipated and unsuspected. Landlord and Tenant further agree, represent and warrant that
the provisions of this paragraph have
been negotiated and agreed upon in light of that realization, and that Landlord and Tenant nevertheless hereby intend to release, discharge and acquit the Released Parties from any such unknown
Released Claims that are in any way related to the rights and obligations of the Lease. 

        (b)  Tenant
and Landlord specifically acknowledge that each has carefully reviewed this paragraph 7, discussed its import with legal counsel, is fully aware of its
consequences, and that the provisions of this paragraph 7 are a material part of this Agreement. Notwithstanding Section 1542 of the California Civil Code that provides that: 

"A
general release does not extend to claims, which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in its favor at the time of executing the release which if known by him must have materially affected
his settlement with the debtor," 

this
Agreement releases all injuries, damages or losses to Tenant and Landlord and each of their successors and assigns, whether real or personal, whether known, unknown, unforeseen, patent or latent,
with respect to the Released Claims. Tenant and Landlord each understand and acknowledge the significance and consequences of such specific waiver of Section 1542 and hereby assume full
responsibility for any injuries, damages, losses or liability that either Tenant or Landlord, as the case may be, hereafter incur relating to the Released Claims. 

	AGB
 Tenant's Initials	 	TWH
 Landlord's Initials

        8.    Governing Law.    This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
California. 

        9.    Litigation Expenses.    In the event any litigation arises concerning the construction of, enforceability of, or
performance under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any action or proceedings in bankruptcy court, the prevailing party in said litigation shall be entitled to recover as a part of its
damages reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of suit. 

        10.    Confidentiality.    Landlord and Tenant shall keep confidential the terms of this Agreement and the amount of
the Termination Fee (the "Confidential Information"), and neither Landlord nor Tenant shall release or disseminate any of the Confidential Information to any third party, other than to their
respective attorneys, accountants and officers, and then only to the extent that such attorneys, accountants or corporate officers expressly agree to be bound by the terms of the confidentiality
provisions of this Agreement, or where disclosure is required by regularly issued judicial process or where disclosure by Tenant is required by applicable securities laws, regulations and policies.
This obligation of confidentiality shall survive the exchange of the releases hereunder. 

        11.    Entire Agreement.    This Agreement contains all of the understandings of the parties regarding the termination
of Lease and all of the negotiations and representations made by either party to the other are merged herein. This Agreement may not be modified in any respect except by a document in writing executed
by both parties hereto or their respective successors. 

        12.    Authority and Binding Effect.    Each party represents and warrants that it has the authority to enter into
this Agreement and that the individuals signing this Agreement have the authority to do so on behalf of the entities on whose behalf they sign. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. 

        13.    Counterparts.    This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, which when signed by all parties,
shall constitute one Agreement. 

        14.    Time is of the Essence.    TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTIES' PERFORMANCE OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. 

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

	 	 	LANDLORD:
	

 	
 	

OAKLAND CITY CENTER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
	

 	
 	

By	

Shorenstein Realty Services, L.P., a California limited partnership, its manager
	

 	
 	

 	

By	

Shorenstein Management, Inc., a California Corporation, its general partner
	

 	
 	

 	

 	

By:	

/s/ Thomas W. Hart

	

 	
 	

 	

 	

Its:	

Vice President

	

 	
 	

TENANT:
	

 	
 	

ASK JEEVES, INC., a Delaware corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ A. George Battle

	

 	
 	

Its:	

President & CEO

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 BEST BUY CO., INC.  

as Issuer, 

BEST BUY STORES, L.P.  

as Guarantor, 

and

WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  

as Trustee 

INDENTURE  

Dated as of January 15, 2002 

2.25%
Convertible Subordinated Debentures due January 15, 2022 

  

 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS    
  

	 
	 	 
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	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	

Section 1.1	
 	

Definitions	
 	

1
	Section 1.2	 	Other Definitions	 	7
	Section 1.3	 	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	 	7
	Section 1.4	 	Rules of Construction	 	8
	Section 1.5	 	Acts of Holders	 	8
	

ARTICLE II THE SECURITIES
	

Section 2.1	
 	

Form and Dating	
 	

9
	Section 2.2	 	Execution and Authentication	 	10
	Section 2.3	 	Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent	 	10
	Section 2.4	 	Paying Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust	 	11
	Section 2.5	 	Securityholder Lists	 	11
	Section 2.6	 	Transfer and Exchange	 	11
	Section 2.7	 	Replacement Securities	 	12
	Section 2.8	 	Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders' Action	 	13
	Section 2.9	 	Temporary Securities	 	13
	Section 2.10	 	Cancellation	 	14
	Section 2.11	 	Persons Deemed Owners	 	14
	Section 2.12	 	Global Securities	 	14
	Section 2.13	 	CUSIP Numbers	 	18
	Section 2.14	 	Ranking	 	18
	

ARTICLE III REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES
	

Section 3.1	
 	

Company's Right to Redeem; Notices to Trustee	
 	

18
	Section 3.2	 	Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed	 	18
	Section 3.3	 	Notice of Redemption	 	19
	Section 3.4	 	Effect of Notice of Redemption	 	19
	Section 3.5	 	Deposit of Redemption Price	 	19
	Section 3.6	 	Securities Redeemed in Part	 	19
	Section 3.7	 	Purchase of Securities by the Company at Option of the Holder	 	20
	Section 3.8	 	Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change of Control	 	25
	Section 3.9	 	Effect of Purchase Notice or Change of Control Purchase Notice	 	27
	Section 3.10	 	Deposit of Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price	 	28
	Section 3.11	 	Securities Purchased in Part	 	28
	Section 3.12	 	Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities	 	28
	Section 3.13	 	Repayment to the Company	 	28
	

ARTICLE IV COVENANTS
	

Section 4.1	
 	

Payment of Securities	
 	

29
	Section 4.2	 	SEC and Other Reports	 	29
	Section 4.3	 	Compliance Certificates	 	29
	Section 4.4	 	Further Instruments and Acts	 	29
	Section 4.5	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	 	29
	Section 4.6	 	Delivery of Certain Information	 	30
	Section 4.7	 	Tax Treatment	 	30  

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ARTICLE V SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
	

Section 5.1	
 	

When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets	
 	

30
	

ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	

Section 6.1	
 	

Events of Default	
 	

31
	Section 6.2	 	Acceleration	 	32
	Section 6.3	 	Other Remedies	 	32
	Section 6.4	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	 	33
	Section 6.5	 	Control by Majority	 	33
	Section 6.6	 	Limitation on Suits	 	33
	Section 6.7	 	Rights of Holders to Receive Payment	 	33
	Section 6.8	 	Collection Suit by Trustee	 	33
	Section 6.9	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	 	34
	Section 6.10	 	Priorities	 	34
	Section 6.11	 	Undertaking for Costs	 	34
	Section 6.12	 	Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws	 	35
	

ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE
	

Section 7.1	
 	

Duties of Trustee	
 	

35
	Section 7.2	 	Rights of Trustee	 	36
	Section 7.3	 	Individual Rights of Trustee	 	37
	Section 7.4	 	Trustee's Disclaimer	 	37
	Section 7.5	 	Notice of Defaults	 	37
	Section 7.6	 	Reports by Trustee to Holders	 	37
	Section 7.7	 	Compensation and Indemnity	 	38
	Section 7.8	 	Replacement of Trustee	 	38
	Section 7.9	 	Successor Trustee by Merger	 	39
	Section 7.10	 	Eligibility; Disqualification	 	39
	Section 7.11	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	 	39
	

ARTICLE VIII DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
	

Section 8.1	
 	

Discharge of Indenture	
 	

39
	Section 8.2	 	Repayment to the Company	 	39
	

ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS
	

Section 9.1	
 	

Without Consent of Holders	
 	

40
	Section 9.2	 	With Consent of Holders	 	40
	Section 9.3	 	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act	 	41
	Section 9.4	 	Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions	 	41
	Section 9.5	 	Notation on or Exchange of Securities	 	41
	Section 9.6	 	Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures	 	41
	Section 9.7	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	 	41  

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ARTICLE X CONVERSION
	

Section 10.1	
 	

Conversion Privilege	
 	

41
	Section 10.2	 	Conversion Procedure	 	42
	Section 10.3	 	Fractional Shares	 	42
	Section 10.4	 	Taxes on Conversion	 	42
	Section 10.5	 	Company to Provide Stock	 	43
	Section 10.6	 	Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock	 	43
	Section 10.7	 	Adjustment for Rights Issue	 	43
	Section 10.8	 	Adjustment for Other Distributions	 	45
	Section 10.9	 	When Adjustment May Be Deferred	 	47
	Section 10.10	 	When No Adjustment Required	 	47
	Section 10.11	 	Notice of Adjustment	 	47
	Section 10.12	 	Voluntary Increase	 	47
	Section 10.13	 	Notice of Certain Transactions	 	47
	Section 10.14	 	Reorganization of Company; Special Distributions	 	48
	Section 10.15	 	Company Determination Final	 	48
	Section 10.16	 	Trustee's Adjustment Disclaimer	 	48
	Section 10.17	 	Simultaneous Adjustments	 	49
	Section 10.18	 	Successive Adjustments	 	49
	

ARTICLE XI GUARANTEE
	

Section 11.1	
 	

Guarantee	
 	

49
	Section 11.2	 	Execution and Delivery of Guarantee	 	50
	Section 11.3	 	Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms	 	50
	Section 11.4	 	Release of Guarantee	 	50
	Section 11.5	 	Limitation on Guarantor Liability	 	51
	Section 11.6	 	Waiver of Subrogation	 	51
	Section 11.7	 	No Suspension of Remedies	 	51
	Section 11.8	 	Obligations Reinstated	 	52
	Section 11.9	 	No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company	 	52
	Section 11.10	 	Dealing with the Company and Others	 	52
	

ARTICLE XII SUBORDINATION
	

Section 12.1	
 	

Agreement of Subordination	
 	

52
	Section 12.2	 	Payments to Holders and Beneficiaries	 	53
	Section 12.3	 	Subrogation of Securities and Guarantee	 	56
	Section 12.4	 	Authorization to Effect Subordination	 	57
	Section 12.5	 	Notice to Trustee	 	57
	Section 12.6	 	Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness	 	58
	Section 12.7	 	No Impairment of Subordination	 	58
	Section 12.8	 	Certain Conversions Deemed Payment	 	58
	Section 12.9	 	Article Applicable to Paying Agents	 	58
	Section 12.10	 	Senior Indebtedness Entitled to Rely	 	59  

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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
	

Section 13.1	
 	

Trust Indenture Act Controls	
 	

59
	Section 13.2	 	Notices	 	59
	Section 13.3	 	Communication by Holders with Other Holders	 	59
	Section 13.4	 	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	 	60
	Section 13.5	 	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	 	60
	Section 13.6	 	Separability Clause	 	60
	Section 13.7	 	Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar	 	60
	Section 13.8	 	Payment on Business Days	 	60
	Section 13.9	 	GOVERNING LAW	 	60
	Section 13.10	 	No Recourse Against Others	 	60
	Section 13.11	 	Successors	 	61
	Section 13.12	 	Multiple Originals	 	61
	

EXHIBIT A-1—Form of Global Security
	

EXHIBIT A-2—Form of Certificated Security
	

EXHIBIT B—Transfer Certificate
	

EXHIBIT C—Form of Notation on Security Relating to Guarantee

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        INDENTURE dated as of January 15, 2002 among BEST BUY CO., INC., a Minnesota corporation ("Company"), BEST BUY STORES, L.P. (the "Guarantor") and WELLS FARGO BANK
MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association ("Trustee"). 

        Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's 2.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due
January 15, 2022: 

 
 

ARTICLE I    
    
    DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE    
  

        Section 1.1    Definitions.    

        "Additional
Interest" has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. 

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

        "Applicable
Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that are
applicable to such transfer or exchange. 

        "Associate"
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof. 

        "Beneficiary"
means a person entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee. 

        "Board
of Directors" or "Board" means the board of directors of the applicable Obligor or any duly authorized committee of such Board. 

        "Board
Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions, certified by an Officer of the applicable Obligor, to have been duly adopted or consented to by the applicable Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect, and delivered to the Trustee. 

        "Business
Day" means a day other than a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law or regulation to close in the City of New York. 

        "Capital
Lease" means a lease with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with
GAAP. 

        "Capital
Lease Obligations" means, with respect to any person, any Capital Lease on the face of a balance sheet of such person prepared in accordance with GAAP; the amount of such
obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP; and the stated maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such
lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. 

        "Capital
Stock" means, with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however
designated) capital stock or other equity interests issued by that person. 

        "Certificated
Securities" means Securities that are in the form of the Securities attached hereto as Exhibit A-2. 

 

        "Common
Stock" means the common stock, $.10 par value, of the Company as existing on the date of this Indenture or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which the Common
Stock shall be reclassified or changed. 

        "Company"
means Best Buy Co., Inc. and each of its permitted successors pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture. 

        "Company
Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers. 

        "Contingent
Obligation" means, as applied to any person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that person with respect to any Indebtedness of another person, if
the purpose or intent thereof by the person incurring the Contingent Obligation is to provide assurance to the obligee of such Indebtedness that such Indebtedness will be paid or discharged, or that
any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such Indebtedness will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof. Contingent Obligations shall
include, without limitation, (i) the direct or indirect guarantee, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with
recourse or sale with recourse by such person of the obligation of another person, and (ii) any liability of such person for the obligations of another person through any agreement (contingent
or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form
of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), (b) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another, or
(c) to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties to an agreement, if in the case of any agreement
described under subclause (a), (b) or (c) of this sentence, the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in the preceding sentence. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall
be equal to the amount of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported. 

        "Corporate
Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee at Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, MAC N9303-110, Minneapolis, Minnesota 554789, or such other office,
designated by the Trustee by written notice to the Company and approved by the Company, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered. 

        "Credit
Facilities" means one or more debt facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit and/or term loans, or providing for the support of one or
more revolving commercial paper programs, in each case as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, renewed, refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, repaid or extended in whole or in part from
time to time. 

        "Default"
means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. 

        "Designated
Credit Facility" means the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 9, 1999, by and between the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto and U.S. Bank National
Association, as Agent, as amended, supplemented or modified and as in effect from time to time. 

        "Designated
Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to each Obligor, (i) such Obligor's obligations under the Designated Credit Facility and (ii) any particular Senior
Indebtedness of such Obligor in which the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee thereof (or related agreements or documents to which such Obligor is a party)
expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall be "Designated Senior Indebtedness" for purposes of this Indenture; provided that such instrument,
agreement or other document may place limitations and conditions on the right of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to exercise the rights of holders of 

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Designated Senior Indebtedness. If any payment in respect of the Designated Senior Indebtedness of an Obligor to the holder thereof or its Representative is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by
such holder or Representative upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of such Obligor or otherwise, the reinstated Indebtedness of such Obligor arising as a result of such rescission or
return shall constitute Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Obligor effective as of the date of such rescission or return. 

        "Five-Year
Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Reset Date, the U.S. Treasury yield displayed on the Bloomberg Service screen accessed by the command which is currently
"GT5 [GOVT] HP [GO]" (currently page 066) (or any successor or substitute page and command of such Service providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided on such page of such Service) specified as the last reported yield applicable to U.S. Treasury Notes at the close of business on the date that is 120 days prior to such Reset
Date (or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding date which is a Business Day) or, if such yield is not available at such time for any reason, the "Five Year Treasury Rate" with
respect to such Reset Date shall mean the rate (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and applied on a daily basis) for direct
obligations of the United States of America having a maturity that is equal to five years, as published weekly by the Federal Reserve Board in "Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15(519)—Selected Interest Rates" or any successor publication, specified as the closing rate applicable to five-year U.S. Treasury Notes for the date that is 120 days
prior to such Reset Date (or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding date which is a Business Day). 

        "GAAP"
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Issue Date, including those set forth (i) in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; (ii) in statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board;
and (iii) in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession. 

        "Global
Securities" means Securities that are in the form of the Securities attached hereto as Exhibit A-1, and that
are issued to a Depositary, and to the extent that such Securities are required to bear the Legend required by Section 2.6, such Securities shall be in the form of a Restricted Global Security. 

        "Guarantee"
means the guarantee of the Obligations of the Company by the Guarantor pursuant to Article XI. 

        "Hedging
Obligation" of any person means the obligations of that person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements or interest rate collar agreements;
(ii) foreign exchange contracts and currency swap agreements; and (iii) other agreements or arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practices designed to protect that person against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates. 

        "Holder"
or "Securityholder" means a person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar's books. 

        "Indebtedness"
of any person means, without duplication: 

        (1)  all
obligations of such person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, and including, without limitation, the face amount
available to be drawn under all letters of credit, reimbursement and similar obligations with respect to surety bonds, letters of credit and bankers' acceptances, whether or not matured, 

        (2)  all
obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, 

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        (3)  all
obligations of such person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such person (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), 

        (4)  all
Capital Lease Obligations of such person, 

        (5)  all
Contingent Obligations of such person, 

        (6)  all
Hedging Obligations of such person, and 

        (7)  all
Indebtedness referred to in clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property (including, without limitation, accounts and contracts rights) owned by such person, even though such person has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness; 

provided, however, that Indebtedness shall not include current accounts payable arising in the ordinary
course of business. 

        The
amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be (a) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount and
(b) the principal amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness. 

        "Indenture"
means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, including the provisions of the TIA that are deemed to be a part
hereof. 

        "Initial
Purchasers" means Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., UBS Warburg LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Tokyo-Mitsubishi
International plc and U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., as initial purchasers under the Purchase Agreement. 

        "Issue
Date" of any Security means the date on which the Security was originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of the Security. 

        "Lien"
means any pledge, mortgage, lien, security interest, hypothecation, assignment for security interest or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any agreement to give a security interest or any Capital Lease). 

        "Obligations"
means any obligations with respect to principal, accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest and any accrued and unpaid interest accruing on or after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in
such proceeding), penalties, fees, indemnifications, guarantees, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable in respect of the Securities and the Indenture. 

        "Obligor"
means the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be. 

        "Officer"
means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the
Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the applicable Obligor. 

        "Officers'
Certificate" means a written certificate containing the information specified in Sections 13.4 and 13.5, signed in the name of the applicable Obligor by any two Officers of
such Obligor, and delivered to the Trustee. An Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 4.3 shall 

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be signed by an authorized financial or accounting Officer of the Company but need not contain the information specified in Sections 13.4 and 13.5. 

        "Opinion
of Counsel" means a written opinion containing the information specified in Sections 13.4 and 13.5, from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an
employee of, or counsel to, an Obligor or the Trustee. 

        "person"
means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof and, for purposes of Article IV, shall include any syndicate or group which would be deemed to be a "person" under Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the original execution of this Indenture. 

        "Purchase
Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement dated January 10, 2002 among the Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers. 

        "Redemption
Date" shall mean the date specified in a notice of redemption on which the Securities may be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. 

        "Registration
Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement dated January 15, 2002 among the Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers. 

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

        "Representative"
means (i) the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for any Senior Indebtedness of an Obligor or (ii) with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness of an Obligor that does not have any such trustee, agent or other representative, (a) in the case of such Senior Indebtedness issued pursuant to an agreement providing for voting
arrangements as among the holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness, any holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness acting with the consent of the required persons necessary to bind such holders
or owners of such Senior Indebtedness and (b) in the case of all other such Senior Indebtedness, the holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness. 

        "Restricted
Global Security" means a permanent Global Security in the form of the Security attached hereto as  Exhibit A-1, and that is deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing
Securities sold in reliance on
Rule 144A. 

        "Restricted
Security" means a Security required to bear the restrictive legend set forth in the form of Security in the form of  Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2
of this Indenture. 

        "Rule 144"
means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time. 

        "Rule 144A"
means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time. 

        "Rule 144(k)"
means Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time. 

        "SEC"
means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

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        "Securities"
means any of the Company's 2.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due January 15, 2022, as amended or supplemented from time to time, issued under this Indenture. 

        "Securityholder"
or "Holder" means a person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar's books. 

        "Senior
Indebtedness" means, with respect to each Obligor, the principal, premium, if any, interest (including all interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any bankruptcy or
similar proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-petition interest is allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) and rent payable, and all fees, costs, expenses and other amounts
accrued or due, in respect of Indebtedness of such Obligor, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed or in effect guaranteed by such
Obligor (including, without limitation, all deferrals, renewals, extensions or refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, the foregoing), unless in the case of any particular
Indebtedness the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee thereof expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the Securities
or the Guarantee, as applicable, or expressly provides that such Indebtedness is "pari passu" with or "junior" to the Securities or the Guarantee, as
applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Senior Indebtedness" shall not include any Indebtedness of an Obligor to any Subsidiary or to any other Affiliate of such Obligor or any obligation
for Federal, state, local or other taxes. If any payment in respect of the Senior Indebtedness of an Obligor to the holder thereof or its Representative is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by
such holder or Representative upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of such Obligor or otherwise, the reinstated Indebtedness of such Obligor arising as a result of such rescission or
return shall constitute Senior Indebtedness of such Obligor effective as of the date of such rescission or return. 

        "Stated
Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means January 15, 2022. 

        "Subsidiary"
means any person of which at least a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time directly or indirectly be controlled by the Company or by one or more
Subsidiaries or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries. 

        "TIA"
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the TIA is
amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the TIA as so amended. 

        "trading
day" means any day on which the securities exchange or quotation system that is used to determine the Closing Sale Price or the Security Price, as applicable, is open for
trading or quotation or, if the Common Stock (in the case of the Closing Sale Price) is or the Securities (in the case of the Security Price) are not so listed or quoted, any Business Day. 

        "Trustee"
means the party named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and,
thereafter, shall mean such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such successor or successors. 

        "Voting
Stock" of a person means Capital Stock of such person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to
elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such person (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). 

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        Section 1.2    Other Definitions.    

	Term:
 
	 	Defined in:

	"Act"	 	1.5
	"Agent Members"	 	2.12(e)
	"Average Sale Price"	 	10.7
	"beneficial owner"	 	3.8(a)
	"Bid Solicitation Agent"	 	2.3
	"cash"	 	3.7(b)
	"Change of Control"	 	3.8(a)
	"Change of Control Company Notice"	 	3.8(b)
	"Change of Control Purchase Date"	 	3.8(a)
	"Change of Control Purchase Notice"	 	3.8(c)
	"Change of Control Purchase Price"	 	3.8(a)
	"Closing Sale Price"	 	3.7(d)
	"Company Notice"	 	3.7(e)
	"Company Notice Date"	 	3.7(c)
	"Company Payment Blockage Notice"	 	12.2(a)
	"Conversion Agent"	 	2.3
	"Conversion Date"	 	10.2
	"Conversion Rate"	 	10.1
	"Depositary"	 	2.1(a)
	"DTC"	 	2.1(a)
	"Event of Default"	 	6.1
	"Exchange Act"	 	3.7(d)
	"Ex-Dividend Time"	 	10.7
	"Extraordinary Cash Dividend"	 	10.8
	"Final Surrender Date"	 	3.8(a)
	"Guarantor"	 	Preamble
	"Guarantor Payment Blockage Notice"	 	12.2(b)
	"Institutional Accredited Investors"	 	2.1(b)
	"Interest Payment Date"	 	Exhibit A-1
	"junior securities"	 	12.8
	"Legend"	 	2.6(f)
	"Market Price"	 	3.7(d)
	"Notice of Default"	 	6.1
	"Option Exercise Date"	 	Exhibit A-1
	"Paying Agent"	 	2.3
	"Purchase Date"	 	3.7(a)
	"Purchase Notice"	 	3.7(a)
	"Purchase Price"	 	3.7(a)
	"QIB"	 	2.1(a)
	"Rate Reset"	 	Exhibit A-1
	"Redemption Price"	 	3.1
	"Registrar"	 	2.3
	"Relevant Cash Dividends"	 	10.8
	"Reset Date"	 	Exhibit A-1
	"Rule 144A Information"	 	4.6
	"Securities Act"	 	3.7(d)
	"Security Price"	 	Exhibit A-1
	"Spin-off"	 	10.8
	"Time of Determination"	 	10.7
	"U.S. Government Obligations"	 	8.1(a)

        Section 1.3    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.    Whenever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings: 

        "Commission"
means the SEC. 

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        "indenture
securities" means the Securities. 

        "indenture
security holder" means a Securityholder. 

        "indenture
to be qualified" means this Indenture. 

        "indenture
trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee. 

        "obligor"
on the indenture securities means the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be. 

        All
other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such
definitions. 

        Section 1.4    Rules of Construction.    Unless the context otherwise requires: 

        (1)  a
term has the meaning assigned to it; 

        (2)  an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time; 

        (3)  "or"
is not exclusive; 

        (4)  "including"
means including, without limitation; and 

        (5)  words
in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular. 

        Section 1.5    Acts of Holders.    (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive
in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.5. 

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

        (c)  The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the register for the Securities. 

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

        (e)  If
the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but
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obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the
Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Securities have
authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such
record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall
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ARTICLE II    
    
    THE SECURITIES    
  

        Section 2.1    Form and Dating.    The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2, which
are a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage; provided that
any such notation, legend or endorsement required by usage is in a form acceptable to the Company. The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

        (a)    Restricted Global Securities.    Securities offered and sold within the United States to qualified
institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A ("QIBs") in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of a Restricted Global Security, which shall be deposited with the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary (as defined below) and registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or the nominee thereof (DTC, or any
successor thereto, and any such nominee being hereinafter referred to as the "Depositary"), duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate
principal amount of the Restricted Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary as hereinafter provided. 

        (b)    Global Securities in General.    Each Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as
shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding
Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, redemptions and conversions. 

        Any
adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall
be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.12 and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary. 

        (c)    Book-Entry Provisions.    This Section 2.1(c) shall apply only to Global Securities
deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary. 

        The
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(c), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary, (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instructions and (c) shall bear legends substantially to
the following effect: 

"UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY 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 

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AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS
OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE II OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF." 

        (d)    Certificated Securities.    Securities not issued as interests in the Global Securities shall be issued in
certificated form substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 attached hereto. 

        Section 2.2    Execution and Authentication.    The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
any Officer. The signature of the Officer on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. 

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

        No
Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and
such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. 

        The
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Securities for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of up to $402,500,000 upon one or more Company Orders without any further
action by the Company. 

        The
Securities shall be issued only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000. 

        Section 2.3    Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent.    The Company shall
maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"), an office or agency where Securities may be presented for purchase or payment
("Paying Agent") and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion ("Conversion Agent"). The Company shall also appoint a bid solicitation agent (("Bid Solicitation Agent") to
act pursuant to Section 1 of the Securities. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more
co-registrars, one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents. The term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent, including any named pursuant
to Section 4.5. The term Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent, including any named pursuant to Section 4.5. 

        The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent or co-registrar (other than the
Trustee). The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails
to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Bid Solicitation Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to
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or an Affiliate of either of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar. None of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of either of
them may act as Bid Solicitation Agent. 

        The
Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Conversion Agent, Paying Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent in connection with the Securities. 

        Section 2.4    Paying Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust.    Except as otherwise provided herein, on
or prior to each due date of payments in respect of any Security, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on the due date) or shares
of Common Stock sufficient to make such payments when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold
in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all money and shares of Common Stock held by the Paying Agent for the making of payments in respect of the Securities and shall notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. At any time during the continuance of any such default, the Paying Agent shall, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay
to the Trustee all money and shares of Common Stock so held in trust. If the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money and shares of
Common Stock held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money and shares of Common Stock held by it to the Trustee
and to account for any funds and Common Stock disbursed by it. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money or shares of Common Stock. 

        Section 2.5    Securityholder Lists.    The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Trustee at least
semiannually on June 24 and December 24 a listing of Securityholders dated within 15 days of the date on which the list is furnished and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Securityholders. 

        Section 2.6    Transfer and Exchange.    (a) Subject to Section 2.12, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Security, together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Securityholder or such Securityholder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, at the office or agency of the Company designated as Registrar or co-registrar pursuant to Section 2.3, the Company and the Guarantor shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities and the related Guarantee of any authorized denomination or denominations,
of a like aggregate principal amount. The Company shall not charge a service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all
taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with the transfer or exchange of the Securities from the Securityholder requesting such transfer or exchange. 

        At
the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged, together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Securityholder or such Securityholder's attorney duly authorized in
writing, at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company and the Guarantor shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
and the related Guarantee which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 

        The
Company shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of Securities to be
redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or any Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice 

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or Change of Control Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (except, in the case of Securities to be purchased in part,
the portion thereof not to be purchased) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed. 

        (b)  Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Global Security remains outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depositary, transfers of a
Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with Section 2.12 and this Section 2.6(b). Transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such
Global Security, in whole or in part, to the Depositary, to nominees of the Depositary or to a successor of the Depositary or such successor's nominee. 

        (c)  Successive
registrations and registrations of transfers and exchanges as aforesaid may be made from time to time as desired, and each such registration shall be noted on
the register for the Securities. 

        (d)  Any
Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.3 shall provide to the Trustee such information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the
delivery by such Registrar of Securities upon transfer or exchange of Securities. 

        (e)  No
Registrar shall be required to make registrations of transfer or exchange of Securities during any periods designated in the text of the Securities or in this
Indenture as periods during which such registration of transfers and exchanges need not be made. 

        (f)    If
Securities are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities subject to restrictions on transfer and bearing the legends set forth on the forms of
Security attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 setting
forth such restrictions (collectively, the "Legend"), or if a request is made to remove the Legend on a Security, the Securities so issued shall bear the Legend, or the Legend shall not be removed, as
the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Company and the Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which shall include an Opinion of Counsel, as may be reasonably required by the Company and the
Registrar, that neither the Legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144A or Rule 144 or
that such Securities are not "restricted" within the meaning of Rule 144. Upon (i) provision of such satisfactory evidence, or (ii) notification by the Company to the Trustee and
Registrar of the sale of such Security pursuant to a registration statement that is effective at the time of such sale, the Trustee, at the written direction of the Company, shall authenticate and
deliver a Security that does not bear the Legend. If the Legend is removed from the face of a Security and the Security is subsequently held by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, the Legend
shall be reinstated. 

        Section 2.7    Replacement Securities.    If (i) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee,
or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security
or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company and the
Guarantor shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security,
a new Security and related Guarantee of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding. 

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

        Upon
the issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.7, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
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relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. 

        Every
new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.7 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation
of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder. 

        The
provisions of this Section 2.7 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. 

        Section 2.8    Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders' Action.    Securities outstanding at any time
are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those paid pursuant to Section 2.7, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this
Section 2.8 as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company, the Guarantor or an Affiliate thereof holds the Security; provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have given or concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time of such determination
shall be considered in any such determination (including, without limitation, determinations pursuant to Articles VI and IX). 

        If
a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona
fide purchaser. 

        If
the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, on a Redemption Date, or on the Business Day following a Purchase Date or a Change of Control Purchase Date, or on Stated
Maturity, money or securities, if permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay Securities payable on that date, then immediately after such Redemption Date, Purchase Date, Change of Control Purchase Date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, such Securities shall cease to be outstanding and interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue; provided that
if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made. 

        If
a Security is converted in accordance with Article X, then from and after the time of conversion on the Conversion Date, such Security shall cease to be outstanding and
interest on such Security shall cease to accrue. 

        Section 2.9    Temporary Securities.    Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company and the
Guarantor may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities and the related Guarantee which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or
otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities and the related Guarantee in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities and the related Guarantee may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities and the related Guarantee. 

        If
temporary Securities and the related Guarantee are issued, the Company and the Guarantor shall cause definitive Securities and the related Guarantee to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. 

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After the preparation of definitive Securities and the related Guarantee, the temporary Securities and the related Guarantee shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities and the related Guarantee
upon surrender of the temporary Securities and the related Guarantee at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities and the related Guarantee the Company and the Guarantor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities and the related Guarantee of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities and the related Guarantee shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities and the related Guarantee. 

        Section 2.10    Cancellation.    All Securities surrendered for payment, purchase by the Company pursuant to
Article III, conversion, redemption or registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly
cancelled by it. The
Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that any
Holder has converted pursuant to Article X. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section 2.10, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with the Trustee's customary procedure. 

        Section 2.11    Persons Deemed Owners.    Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment
of principal of the Security or the payment of any Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price in respect thereof, and interest thereon, for the purpose of conversion and for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 

        Section 2.12    Global Securities.    (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the
Securities, (A) transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with Section 2.6 and Section 2.12(a)(i), (B) transfers of a beneficial
interest in a Global Security for a Certificated Security shall comply with Section 2.6 and Section 2.12(a)(ii) below, and (C) transfers of a Certificated Security shall
comply with Section 2.6 and Sections 2.12(a)(iii) and (iv) below. 

        (i)    Transfer of Global Security.    A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any person
other than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other person may be registered; provided that this
clause (i) shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a Global Security but is not itself a Global Security. No transfer of a Security to any person shall be
effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of such person. Nothing in this Section 2.12(a)(i) shall prohibit or
render ineffective any transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Security effected in accordance with the other provisions of this Section 2.12(a). 

        (ii)    Restrictions on Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a Global Security for a Certificated Security.    A
beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be exchanged for a Certificated Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee 

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of a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Security in accordance with Applicable Procedures for a Certificated Security in the form satisfactory to the Trustee, together with: 

        (A)  so
long as the Securities are Restricted Securities, certification in the form set forth in Exhibit B; 

        (B)  written
instructions to the Trustee to make, or direct the Registrar to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Security to reflect a
decrease in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Global Security, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such
decrease; and 

        (C)  if
the Company so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the Legend, 

then
the Trustee shall cause, or direct the Registrar to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Registrar, the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities represented by the Global Security to be decreased by the aggregate principal amount of the Certificated Security to be issued, shall issue such Certificated Security and
shall debit or cause to be debited to the account of the person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security equal to the principal amount of the Certificated Security
so issued. 

        (iii)    Transfer and Exchange of Certificated Securities.    When Certificated Securities are presented to the
Registrar with a request: 

        (A)  to
register the transfer of such Certificated Securities; or 

        (B)  to
exchange such Certificated Securities for an equal principal amount of Certificated Securities of other authorized denominations, 

the
Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided,  however,
that the Certificated Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange: 

        (1)  shall
be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and 

        (2)  so
long as such Securities are Restricted Securities, such Securities are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable: 

        (A)  if
such Certificated Securities are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such
Holder to that effect; or 

        (B)  if
such Certificated Securities are being transferred to the Company, a certification to that effect; or 

        (C)  if
such Certificated Securities are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration, (i) a certification to that effect (in the form set forth in  Exhibit B, if applicable) and
(ii) if the Company so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to
the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the Legend. 

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        (iv)    Restrictions on Transfer of a Certificated Security for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Security.    A
Certificated Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. 

        Upon
receipt by the Trustee of a Certificated Security, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together with: 

        (A)  so
long as the Securities are Restricted Securities, certification, in the form set forth in Exhibit B, that such
Certificated Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A; and 

        (B)  written
instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Registrar to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Security to
reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Global Security, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account to be credited
with such increase, 

then
the Trustee shall cancel such Certificated Security and cause, or direct the Registrar to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and
the Registrar, the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by the Global Security to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Certificated Security to be exchanged, and shall
credit or cause to be credited to the account of the person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security equal to the principal amount of the Certificated Security so
cancelled. If no Global Securities are then outstanding, the Company and the Guarantor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers'
Certificate, a new Global Security and related Guarantee in the appropriate principal amount. 

        (b)  Subject
to Section 2.12(c), every Security shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the Legend including the delivery of an opinion of
counsel, if so provided. Whenever any Restricted Security is presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange for a Security registered in a name other than that of the Holder,
such Security must be accompanied by a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B, dated the date of such surrender and signed
by the Holder of such Security, as to compliance with such restrictions on transfer. The Registrar shall not be required to accept for such registration of transfer or exchange any Security not so
accompanied by a properly completed certificate. 

        (c)  The
restrictions imposed by the Legend upon the transferability of any Security shall cease and terminate when such Security has been sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or transferred in compliance with Rule 144 or, if earlier, upon the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under
Rule 144(k). Any Security as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or shall have terminated may, upon a surrender of such Security for
exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.12 (accompanied, in the event that such restrictions on transfer have terminated by reason of a transfer in
compliance with Rule 144, by an opinion of counsel having substantial experience in practice under the Securities Act and otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Company, addressed to the
Company and in form acceptable to the Company, to the effect that the transfer of such Security has been made in compliance with Rule 144), be exchanged for a new Security, of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive Legend. The Company shall inform the Trustee of the effective date of any registration statement registering the Securities under the
Securities Act. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the aforementioned opinion of counsel or registration statement. 

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        (d)  As used in the preceding two paragraphs of this Section 2.12, the term "transfer" encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer, loan, hypothecation, or other
disposition of any Security. 

        (e)  The
provisions of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) below shall apply only to Global Securities: 

          (i)  Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, except as provided in Section 2.12(a)(ii), a Global Security shall not be exchanged in
whole or in part for a Security registered in the name of any person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof, provided that a Global
Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of any person designated by the Depositary in the event that (i) the Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or such Depositary has ceased to be a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (i) above shall
be so exchanged in whole and not in part, and any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (ii) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary.
Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; provided that any such Security so issued that
is registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security. 

        (ii)  Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an
aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Security or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall have the related Guarantee executed by the Guarantor and attached thereto, shall be
registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear the applicable legends provided for herein. Any Global Security to be exchanged in
whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange
or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion
thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Security and
related Guarantee issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof. 

        (iii)  Subject
to the provisions of clause (v) below, the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members (as defined
below) and persons that may hold interests
through Agent Members, to take any action which a holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities. 

        (iv)  In
the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (i) above, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply
of Certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons. 

        (v)  Neither
any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the "Agent Members") nor any other persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any
rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the Depositary or such nominee,
as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
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the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such persons governing
the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Security. 

        Section 2.13    CUSIP Numbers.    The Company may issue the Securities with one or more "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the
Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers. 

        Section 2.14    Ranking.    The Indebtedness of each Obligor arising under or in connection with this Indenture
and every outstanding Security and the related Guarantee, as applicable, issued under this Indenture from time to time constitute and shall constitute the subordinated unsecured general obligations of
such Obligor, ranking junior to any existing and future Senior Indebtedness of such Obligor in the manner and to the extent specified in Article XII. 

 
 

ARTICLE III    
    
    REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES    
  

        Section 3.1    Company's Right to Redeem; Notices to Trustee.    The Company, at its option, may redeem the
Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, on or after January 15, 2007 for a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but not including the Redemption Date (the "Redemption Price"). If the Company
elects to redeem Securities pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the
Redemption Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities. 

        The
Company shall give the notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.1 by a Company Order, at least 20 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). 

        Section 3.2    Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.    If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed,
unless the procedures of the Depositary provide otherwise, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee considers fair and
appropriate (so long as such method is not prohibited by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Securities are then listed). The Trustee shall make the selection at least 15 days but not
more than 60 days before the Redemption Date from outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal amount of
Securities that have denominations larger than $1,000. 

        Securities
and portions of Securities that the Trustee selects shall be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to
Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of the Securities to be
redeemed. 

        If
any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted
portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed may be
treated by the Trustee as outstanding for the purpose of such selection. 

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        Section 3.3    Notice of Redemption    At least 15 days but not more than 60 days before a
Redemption Date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed. 

        The
notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state: 

        (1)  the
Redemption Date; 

        (2)  the
Redemption Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities; 

        (3)  the
Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Securities; 

        (4)  the
name and address of the Paying Agent and Conversion Agent; 

        (5)  that
Securities called for redemption may be converted at any time before the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date; 

        (6)  that Holders who want to convert their Securities must satisfy the requirements set forth in Section 7 of the Securities;

 

        (7)  that
Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price; 

        (8)  if
fewer than all of the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers, if any, and principal amounts of the particular Securities to be redeemed; 

        (9)  that,
unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Redemption Price, interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date; and 

        (10)  the
CUSIP number(s) of the Securities. 

        At
the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense, provided
that the Company makes such request at least three Business Days
prior to the date by which such notice of redemption must be given to Holders in accordance with this Section 3.3. 

        Section 3.4    Effect of Notice of Redemption.    Once notice of redemption is given, Securities called for
redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities stated in the notice except for Securities which are converted in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid the Redemption Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities stated in the notice. 

        Section 3.5    Deposit of Redemption Price.    Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), on the
Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Securities to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption which on or prior thereto have been delivered
by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation or have been converted. The Paying Agent shall as promptly as practicable return to the Company any money not required for that purpose because of
conversion of Securities pursuant to Article X. If such money is then held by the Company in trust and is not required for such purpose it shall be discharged from such trust. 

        Section 3.6    Securities Redeemed in Part.    Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Security in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security
surrendered. 

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        Section 3.7    Purchase of Securities by the Company at Option of the Holder.    

        (a)    General.    Securities shall be purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 6 of the Securities at the
option of the Holder on January 15, 2007, January 15, 2012 and January 15, 2017 (each, a "Purchase Date"), at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
Securities to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but not including the Purchase Date (the "Purchase Price"). Purchases of Securities hereunder shall be made, at the option of
the Holder thereof, upon: 

          (i)  delivery
to the Paying Agent by the Holder of a written notice of purchase (a "Purchase Notice") during the period beginning at any time from the opening of business on
the date that is 20 Business Days prior to the relevant Purchase Date until the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to such Purchase Date stating: 

        (A)  the
certificate number of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased or the appropriate Depositary procedures if Certificated Securities have not been
issued, 

        (B)  the
portion of the principal amount of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000, 

        (C)  that
such Security shall be purchased by the Company as of the Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in Section 6 of the Securities and in
this Indenture, and 

        (D)  in
the event the Company elects, pursuant to Section 3.7(b), to pay the Purchase Price, in whole or in part, in shares of Common Stock but such portion of the
Purchase Price shall ultimately be paid to such Holder entirely in cash because any of the conditions to payment of the Purchase Price in shares of Common Stock is not satisfied prior to the close of
business on the relevant Purchase Date, as set forth in Section 3.7(d), whether such Holder elects (i) to withdraw such Purchase Notice as to some or all of the Securities to which such
Purchase Notice relates (stating the expected principal amount and certificate numbers, if any, of the Securities as to which such withdrawal shall relate), or (ii) to receive cash in respect
of the entire Purchase Price for all Securities (or portions thereof) to which such Purchase Notice relates; and 

        (ii)  delivery
of such Security to the Paying Agent prior to, on or after the Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent,
such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Purchase Price therefor; provided,  however, that such Purchase Price shall be so paid
pursuant to this Section 3.7 only if the Security so delivered to the Paying Agent shall
conform in all respects to the description thereof in the related Purchase Notice, as determined by the Company. 

        If
a Holder, in such Holder's Purchase Notice and in any written notice of withdrawal delivered by such Holder pursuant to the terms of Section 3.9, fails to indicate such
Holder's choice with respect to the election set forth in clause (D) of Section 3.7(a)(i), such Holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive cash in respect of the entire Purchase
Price for all Securities subject to such Purchase Notice in the circumstances set forth in such clause (D). 

        The
Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.7, a portion of a Security, if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Security. 

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        Any
purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.7 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the Holder
promptly following the later of the Purchase Date and the time of delivery of the Security. Unless the Company defaults in paying the Purchase Price, interest on the Securities subject to a Purchase
Notice shall cease to accrue on and after the Purchase Date. 

        Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.7(a) shall have the right to withdraw
such Purchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance
with Section 3.9. 

        The
Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof. 

        (b)    Company's Right to Elect Manner of Payment of Purchase Price for Payment.    The Securities to be purchased on
any Purchase Date pursuant to Section 3.7(a) may be paid for, in whole or in part, at the election of the Company, in U.S. legal tender ("cash") or shares of Common Stock, or in any combination
of cash and shares of Common Stock, subject to the conditions set forth in Sections 3.7(c) and (d). The Company shall designate, in the Company Notice delivered pursuant to Section 3.7(e),
whether the Company will purchase the Securities for cash or shares of Common Stock, or, if a combination thereof, the percentages of the Purchase Price of Securities in respect of which it will pay
in cash or shares of Common Stock; provided that the Company shall pay cash for fractional interests in shares of Common Stock. For purposes of
determining the existence of potential fractional interests, all Securities subject to purchase by the Company held by a Holder shall be considered together (no matter how many separate certificates
are to be presented). Each Holder whose Securities are purchased pursuant to this Section 3.7 shall receive the same percentage of cash or shares of Common Stock in payment of the Purchase
Price for such Securities, except (i) as provided in Section 3.7(d) with regard to the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock and (ii) in the event that the
Company is unable to purchase the Securities of a Holder or Holders for shares of Common Stock because any necessary qualifications or registrations of the shares of Common Stock under applicable
state securities laws cannot be obtained, the Company may purchase the Securities of such Holder or Holders for cash. The Company may not change its election with respect to the consideration (or
components or percentages of components thereof) to be paid once the Company has given its Company Notice to Holders except pursuant to this Section 3.7(b) or pursuant to Section 3.7(d)
in the event of a failure to satisfy, prior to the close of business on the last Business Day prior to the Purchase Date, any condition to the payment of the Purchase Price, in whole or in part, in
shares of Common Stock. 

        At
least three Business Days before each Company Notice Date, the Company shall deliver an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee specifying: 

          (i)  the
manner of payment selected by the Company, 

        (ii)  the
information required by Section 3.7(e) in the Company Notice, 

        (iii)  if
the Company elects to pay the Purchase Price, or a specified percentage thereof, in shares of Common Stock, that the conditions to such manner of payment set forth
in Section 3.7(d) have been or will be complied with; and 

        (iv)  whether
the Company desires the Trustee to give the Company Notice required by Section 3.7(e). 

        (c)    Purchase with Cash.    At the option of the Company, the Purchase Price of Securities in respect of which a
Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.7(a) has been given, or a specified 

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percentage thereof, may be paid by the Company with cash equal to the aggregate Purchase Price of such Securities. The Purchase Price of Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice pursuant to
Section 3.7(a) has been given shall, for all other Purchase Dates, be paid in cash. The Company Notice, as provided in Section 3.7(e), shall be sent to Holders (and to beneficial owners
as required by applicable law) not less than 20 Business Days prior to such Purchase Date (the "Company Notice Date"). 

        (d)    Payment by Issuance of shares of Common Stock.    At the option of the Company, the Purchase Price of
Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.7(a) has been given, or a specified percentage thereof, may be paid by the Company by the issuance of a number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the portion of the Purchase Price to be paid in shares of Common Stock by (ii) the Market Price of one share of Common
Stock as determined by the Company in the Company Notice, subject to the next succeeding paragraph. 

        The
Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock in payment of the Purchase Price. Instead, the Company shall pay cash based on the Market Price for all fractional shares.
It is understood that if a Holder elects to have more than one Security purchased, the number of shares of Common Stock shall be based on the aggregate amount of Securities to be purchased. 

        If
the Company elects to purchase the Securities by the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the Company Notice, as provided in Section 3.7(e), shall be sent to the Holders (and to
beneficial owners as required by applicable law) not later than the Company Notice Date. 

        The
Company's right to exercise its election to purchase Securities through the issuance of shares of Common Stock shall be conditioned upon: 

          (i)  the
Company's not having given its Company Notice of an election to pay entirely in cash and its giving of timely Company Notice of an election to purchase all or a
specified percentage of the Securities with shares of Common Stock as provided herein; 

        (ii)  the
registration of such shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), in each case, if required; 

        (iii)  the
listing of such shares of Common Stock on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or, if the shares of Common
Stock is not then listed on a national or regional securities exchange, on the Nasdaq National Market; 

        (iv)  any
necessary qualification or registration under applicable state securities laws or the availability of an exemption from such qualification and registration; and 

        (v)  the
receipt by the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that (A) the terms of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock are
in conformity with this Indenture and (B) the shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company in payment of the Purchase Price in respect of the Securities have been duly authorized and,
when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture in payment of the Purchase Price in respect of the Securities, shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and,
to the best of such counsel's knowledge, free from preemptive rights, and, in the case of such Officers' Certificate, stating that the conditions above and the condition set forth in the second
succeeding sentence have been satisfied and, in the case of such Opinion of Counsel, stating that the conditions in clauses (i) through (iv) above have been satisfied. 

        Such
Officers' Certificate shall also set forth the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued for each $1,000 principal amount and the Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock 

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on each trading day during the period commencing on the first trading day of the period during which the Market Price is calculated and ending on the third day prior to the applicable Purchase Date.
The Company may pay the Purchase Price (or any portion thereof) in shares of Common Stock only if the information necessary to calculate the Market Price is published in a daily newspaper of national
circulation. If the foregoing conditions are not satisfied with respect to a Holder or Holders prior to the close of business on the Purchase Date, and the Company has elected to purchase the
Securities pursuant to this Section 3.7 through the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay the entire Purchase Price of the Securities of such Holder or Holders in cash. 

        The
"Market Price" of Common Stock on a Purchase Date means the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the shares of Common Stock for the five trading day period ending on the third
Business Day prior to such Purchase Date (if the third Business Day prior to such Purchase Date is a trading day, or if not, then on the last trading day immediately prior to the third Business Day),
appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence, during the period commencing on the first of the trading days during the five trading day period and ending on such Purchase Date, of any
event described in Sections 10.6, 10.7 or 10.8; subject, however, to the conditions set forth in Sections 10.9 and 10.10. 

        The
"Closing Sale Price" of the shares of Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices
or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions for the principal United States securities exchange
on which the Common Stock is traded or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market. In the absence of such
quotations, the Company shall be entitled to determine the sales price on the basis of such quotations as it considers appropriate. 

        Upon
determination of the actual number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon redemption of Securities, the Company shall (i) disseminate a press release containing such
information through any two of Reuter's Economic Services, Bloomberg Business News and Dow Jones & Company Inc. and (ii) publish such information on its BestBuy.com or other
successor Web site or through such other public medium as it may use at that time. 

        (e)    Notice of Election.    In connection with any purchase of Securities pursuant to Section 6 of the
Securities, the Company shall give notice to Holders setting forth information specified in this Section 3.7(e) (the "Company Notice"). 

        In
the event the Company has elected to pay the Purchase Price (or a specified percentage thereof) with shares of Common Stock, the Company Notice shall: 

        (1)  state
that each Holder will receive shares of Common Stock with a Market Price determined as of a specified date prior to the Purchase Date equal to such specified
percentage of the Purchase Price of the Securities held by such Holder (except any cash amount to be paid in lieu of fractional shares); 

        (2)  set
forth the method of calculating the Market Price of the shares of Common Stock; and 

        (3)  state
that because the Market Price of shares of Common Stock will be determined prior to the Purchase Date, Holders of the Securities will bear the market risk with
respect to the value of the
shares of Common Stock to be received from the date such Market Price is determined to the Purchase Date. 

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        In
any case, each Company Notice shall include a form of Purchase Notice to be completed by a Holder and shall state: 

          (i)  the
Purchase Price and Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Securities and any adjustments thereto; 

        (ii)  the
name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent; 

        (iii)  that
Securities as to which a Purchase Notice has been given may be converted if they are otherwise convertible only in accordance with Article X and
Section 7 of the Securities if the applicable Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; 

        (iv)  that
Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect payment; 

        (v)  that
the Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn shall be paid promptly following the later of the Purchase Date
and the time of surrender of such Security as described in (iv); 

        (vi)  the
procedures the Holder must follow to exercise its put rights under this Section 3.7 and a brief description of those rights; 

      (vii)  briefly,
the conversion rights of the Securities; 

      (viii)  the
procedures for withdrawing a Purchase Notice (including, without limitation, for a conditional withdrawal pursuant to the terms of Section 3.7(a)(1)(D) or
Section 3.9); 

        (ix)  that,
unless the Company defaults in making payment on Securities for which a Purchase Notice has been submitted, interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue on
and after the Purchase Date; and 

        (x)  the
CUSIP number of the Securities. 

        At
the Company's request, the Trustee shall give such Company Notice in the Company's name and at the Company's expense; provided,  however, that, in all cases,
 the text of such Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company. 

        Simultaneously
with the delivery of a Company Notice, the Company shall (i) disseminate a press release containing the information stated in such Company Notice through any two of
Reuter's Economic Services, Bloomberg Business News and Dow Jones & Company Inc. and (ii) publish the information stated in such Company Notice on its BestBuy.com or other
successor Web site or through such other public medium as it may use at that time. 

        (f)    Covenants of the Company.    All shares of Common Stock delivered upon purchase of the Securities shall be
newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim. 

        (g)    Procedure upon Purchase.    The Company shall deposit cash (in respect of a cash purchases under this
Section 3.7 or for fractional interests, as applicable) or shares of Common Stock, or a combination thereof, as applicable, at the time and in the manner as provided in Section 3.10,
sufficient to pay the aggregate Purchase Price of all Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Section 3.7. As soon as practicable after the Purchase Date, the Company shall deliver to each
Holder entitled to receive shares of Common Stock through the Paying Agent, a certificate for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of the Purchase Price and cash in lieu of
any fractional interests. The person in whose name the certificate for the shares of Common Stock is registered shall be treated as a holder of record of Common Stock on the Business Day following the
Purchase Date. Subject to Section 3.7(d), no payment or 

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adjustment shall be made for dividends on the shares of Common Stock the record date for which occurred on or prior to the Purchase Date. 

        (h)    Taxes.    If a Holder of a purchased Security is paid in shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay any
documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on such issue of Common Stock. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because the Holder requests the Common Stock to be issued
in a name other than the Holder's name. The Paying Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the shares of Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder's name until the
Paying Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due
because the shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. Nothing herein shall preclude any income tax withholding required by law or regulations. 

        Section 3.8    Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change of Control.    (a) If a Change
of Control occurs, the Securities not previously purchased by the Company or any portion of the principal amount thereof shall be purchased by the Company, at the option of the Holder thereof, on the
Change of Control Purchase Date at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but not including the Change
of Control Purchase Date (the "Change of Control Purchase Price"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 3.8(c). 

        "Change
of Control Purchase Date" shall mean the date selected by the Company for the purchase of the Securities that is not less than 10 and not more than 30 days after the Final
Surrender Date. 

        "Final
Surrender Date" shall mean the date which is, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable law, 60 days after the date of mailing of the Change of Control Company
Notice. 

        A
"Change of Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time after the Securities are originally issued as either of the following events shall occur: 

          (i)  there
is a report filed on Schedule 13D or TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act, disclosing that any person (for the
purposes of this Section 3.8 only, as the term "person" is used in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) has become the beneficial owner (as the term
"beneficial owner" is defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the voting power of the Common Stock then
outstanding; provided that a person shall not be deemed beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any securities tendered pursuant to a
tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any of such person's Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder or
(B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (1) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the
applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under the Exchange Act; or 

        (ii)  there
shall be consummated any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or
other property, in each case other than a share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company in which the holders of the Common Stock immediately prior to the share exchange, consolidation or
merger have, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the total voting power in the aggregate of all classes of Capital Stock of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately after the
share exchange, consolidation or merger. 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the Company, any Subsidiary, any employee stock ownership plan or any other employee benefit plan 

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of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any person holding Common Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan, filing or becoming obligated to file a report under or in
response to Schedule 13D or Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act disclosing beneficial ownership by it of shares of Common Stock, whether in excess of
50% or otherwise. 

        (b)  No
later than 30 days after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall mail a written notice of the Change of Control (the "Change of Control
Company Notice") by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law). The Company must cause a copy of such Change of Control Company Notice
to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. The Change of Control Company Notice shall include a form of Change of Control Purchase Notice
to be completed by the Holder and shall state: 

        (1)  briefly,
the events causing a Change of Control and the date of such Change of Control; 

        (2)  the
Final Surrender Date; 

        (3)  the
Change of Control Purchase Date; 

        (4)  the
Change of Control Purchase Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities; 

        (5)  the
name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent; 

        (6)  the
Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Securities and any adjustments thereto; 

        (7)  that
the Securities as to which a Change of Control Purchase Notice has been given may not be converted, even if they are otherwise convertible pursuant to
Article X, if the Change of Control Purchase Notice has been delivered (unless the Company defaults in payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price on the Change of Control Purchase Date and
the Holder revokes its Change of Control Purchase Notice); 

        (8)  that
the Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect payment; 

        (9)  that
the Change of Control Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Change of Control Purchase Notice has been duly given shall be paid only if the Holder of such
Security, on or before the Final Surrender Date, surrenders such Security as described in (8); 

      (10)  briefly,
the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.8; 

      (11)  briefly,
the conversion rights, if any, of the Securities; 

      (12)  that,
unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Change of Control Purchase Price on the Change of Control Purchase Date, interest on such Securities shall
cease to accrue on and after the Change of Control Purchase Date; and 

      (13)  the
CUSIP number(s) of the Securities. 

        (c)  A
Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section 3.8(a) upon delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change of Control Purchase Notice") to the Paying
Agent at any time on or prior to the Final Surrender Date, stating: 

        (1)  the
certificate number of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased or the appropriate Depositary procedures if Certificated Securities have not been
issued, 

        (2)  the
portion of the principal amount of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple
of $1,000; and 

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        (3)  that
such Security shall be purchased pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in Section 6 of the Securities. 

        The
delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent with such Change of Control Purchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent on or prior to
the Final Surrender Date shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Change of Control Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that
such Change of Control Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.8 only if the Security so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description
thereof set forth in the related Change of Control Purchase Notice. 

        The
delivery of such Security with such Change of Control Purchase Notice shall be irrevocable (unless the Company defaults in payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price for the
Securities on the Change of Control Purchase Date) and the right to convert such Security shall expire when such Security and such Change of Control Purchase Notice are delivered (unless the Company
defaults in payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price for the Securities on the Change of Control Purchase Date and such delivery is revoked). 

        The
Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.8, a portion of a Security if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple
of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Security. 

        Any
purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.8 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the Holder on
the Change of Control Purchase Date. 

        The
Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Change of Control Purchase Notice or written withdrawal thereof. 

        Section 3.9    Effect of Purchase Notice or Change of Control Purchase Notice.    Upon receipt by the Paying
Agent of the Purchase Notice or Change of Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 3.7(a) or Section 3.8(c), as applicable, the Holder of the Security in respect of which such
Purchase Notice or Change of Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be, was given shall (unless, in the case of a Purchase Notice, such Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following two
paragraphs) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price, as the case may be, with respect to such Security. Such Purchase Price or Change of Control
Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipts of funds and/or securities by the Paying Agent, (i) in the case of such Purchase Price, promptly following the later of
(x) the Purchase Date with respect to such Security (provided that the conditions in Section 3.7(a) have been satisfied) and
(y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.7(a) and (ii) in the case of such Change of Control
Purchase Price, promptly following the Change of Control Purchase Date with respect to such Security (provided that the conditions in
Section 3.7(c) have been satisfied). Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice or Change of Control Purchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted pursuant to
Article X on or after the date of the delivery of such Purchase Notice or Change of Control Purchase Notice unless, in the case of a Purchase Notice, such Purchase Notice has first been validly
withdrawn as specified in the following two paragraphs. 

        A
Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent in accordance with the Purchase Notice at any time prior to the
close of business on the second Business Day prior to the Purchase Date specifying: 

        (1)  the
certificate number of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased or the appropriate Depositary procedures if Certificated Securities have not been
issued, 

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        (2)  the
principal amount of the Security with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and 

        (3)  the
principal amount, if any, of such Security which remains subject to the original Purchase Notice and which has been or will be delivered for purchase by the Company. 

        A
written notice of withdrawal of a Purchase Notice may be in the form set forth in the preceding paragraph or may be in the form of (i) a conditional withdrawal contained in a
Purchase Notice pursuant to the terms of Section 3.7(a)(1)(D) or (ii) a conditional withdrawal containing the information set forth in Section 3.7(a)(1)(D) and the preceding
paragraph and contained in a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent as set forth in the preceding paragraph. 

        There
shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to Section 3.7 or 3.8 if there has occurred (prior to, on or after, as the case may be, the giving, by the Holders of such
Securities, of the required Purchase Notice or Change of Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be) and is continuing an Event of Default. The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the respective
Holders thereof any Securities (x) with respect to which a Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with this Indenture, or (y) held by it during the continuance of an Event of
Default in which case, upon such return, the Purchase Notice or Change of Control Purchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. 

        Section 3.10    Deposit of Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price.    Prior to 11:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on the Business Day following the Purchase Date or the Change of Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent
(or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.4) an amount of cash (in
immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day) or Common Stock, if permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay the aggregate Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price, as the case
may be, of all the Securities
or portions thereof which are to be purchased as of the Purchase Date or Change of Control Purchase Date, as the case may be. 

        Section 3.11    Securities Purchased in Part.    Any Certificated Security which is to be purchased only in
part shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for,
the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered which is not purchased. 

        Section 3.12    Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.    When complying with the
provisions of Section 3.7 or 3.8 (provided that such offer or purchase constitutes an "issuer tender offer" for purposes of
Rule 13e-4 (which term, as used herein, includes any successor provision thereto) under the Exchange Act at the time of such offer or purchase), the Company shall (i) comply
with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act, (ii) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or
report) under the Exchange Act, and (iii) otherwise comply with all Federal and state securities laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under Sections 3.7 and 3.8 to be exercised in
the time and in the manner specified in Sections 3.7 and 3.8. 

        Section 3.13    Repayment to the Company.    The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company any
cash or shares of Common Stock that remain unclaimed, together with interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 7.1(f)), held by them for the payment of the
aggregate Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price, as the case may be; provided, 

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 however, that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash or shares of Common Stock deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.10 exceeds the aggregate Purchase
Price or Change of Control Purchase Price, as the case may be, of the Securities or portions thereof which the Company is obligated to purchase as of the Purchase Date or Change of Control Purchase
Date, as the case may be, then, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Company, promptly after the Business Day following the Purchase Date or Change of Control Purchase Date, as the case may be,
the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Company together with interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 7.1(f)). 

 
 

ARTICLE IV    
    
    COVENANTS    
  

        Section 4.1    Payment of Securities.    The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the
Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities or pursuant to this Indenture. Any amounts of cash or shares of Common Stock to be given to the Trustee or Paying Agent, shall be
deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m. New York City time by the Company. Principal and interest in respect of a Security shall be considered paid on the applicable date due
if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, cash or securities, if permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay all such amounts then due. 

        Section 4.2    SEC and Other Reports.    The Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after
it files such annual and quarterly reports, information, documents and other reports with the SEC, copies of its annual report and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. In
the event the Company is at any time no longer subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it shall continue to provide the Trustee with reports containing
substantially the same information as would have been required to be filed with the SEC had the Company continued to have been subject to such reporting requirements. In such event, such reports shall
be provided at the times the Company would have been required to provide reports had it continued to have been subject to such reporting requirements. The Company also shall comply with the other
provisions of TIA Section 314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the
Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on Officers' Certificates). 

        Section 4.3    Compliance Certificates.    The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending on or about March 2, 2002) an Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the
signers thereof, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of
notice provided hereunder) and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge. 

        Section 4.4    Further Instruments and Acts.    Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall execute and
deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture. 

        Section 4.5    Maintenance of Office or Agency.    The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the
City of New York, an office or agency of the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, purchase, redemption or conversion and 

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where notices and demands to or upon the Obligors in respect of the Securities, the Guarantee and this Indenture may be served. The office of Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, 45
Broadway, 12th Floor, MAC N2666-120, New York, New York 10006 shall initially be such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency (other than a change in the location of the office of the Trustee). If at any time the Company shall fail
to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address
of the Trustee set forth in Section 13.2. 

        The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time
to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, for such purposes. 

        Section 4.6    Delivery of Certain Information.    At any time when neither Obligor is subject to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder or any beneficial owner of Securities or holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion
thereof, or in accordance with Section 3.7(d), the Obligors shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information to such Holder or any beneficial owner of Securities or
holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock, or to a prospective purchaser of any such security designated by any such holder, as the case may be, to the extent required to permit compliance
by such Holder or holder with Rule 144A in connection with the resale of any such security. "Rule 144A Information" shall be such information as is specified pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. Whether a person is a beneficial owner shall be determined by the Company to the Company's reasonable satisfaction. 

        Section 4.7    Tax Treatment.    The Company and the Trustee on behalf of the Holders agree (i) that for
United States federal income tax purposes the Securities shall be treated as indebtedness subject to the Treasury regulations governing contingent payment debt instruments, (ii) that the
Holders shall report interest on the Securities in accordance with the Company's determination of both the "comparable yield" and the "projected payment schedule" and (iii) to be bound by the
Company's application of the Treasury regulations that govern contingent payment debt instruments. For this purpose, the "comparable yield" for the Securities is 8.0% compounded
semi-annually and the "projected payment schedule" may be obtained by contacting the Company at the address set forth in Section 13.2. 

 
 

ARTICLE V    
    
    SUCCESSOR CORPORATION    
  

        Section 5.1    When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets.    The Company shall not consolidate with or merge
with or into any other person or convey, transfer, sell or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person (other than a consolidation with or merger with or into the
Guarantor or a conveyance, transfer, sale or lease to the Guarantor), permit any person to consolidate with or merge into the Company, or permit any person to convey, transfer, sell or lease that
person's properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless: 

          (i)  either
(A) the Company shall be the continuing corporation or (B) the person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or the person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety (1) shall be a corporation, limited
liability company, partnership or trust organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the 

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District of Columbia and (2) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the
obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; 

        (ii)  immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and 

        (iii)  the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer
or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article V and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been satisfied. 

        For
purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise) of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries (other than to the Company or another
Subsidiary), which, if such assets were owned by the Company, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company. 

        The
successor person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the successor person to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company herein; and thereafter, the Company
shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. Subject to Section 9.6, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the successor person shall
enter into a
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ARTICLE VI    
    
    DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES    
  

        Section 6.1    Events of Default.    An "Event of Default" occurs if: 

        (1)  the
Company or the Guarantor defaults in the payment of accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security when the same becomes due and
payable and the Default continues uncured for a period of 30 days, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by the provisions of Article XII; 

        (2)  the
Company or the Guarantor defaults in the payment of (A) the principal of any Security when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity, upon
redemption or otherwise, (B) the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price in respect of any Security when due or (C) any amount due under the Guarantee,
whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by the provisions of Article XII; 

        (3)  either
Obligor fails to comply with any of its other covenants or agreements set forth in this Indenture and the Default continues for a period of 90 days after
the written notice specified below; 

        (4)  either
Obligor fails to make any payment when due, including any applicable grace period, in respect of Indebtedness of such Obligor, which payment is in an amount in
excess of $50,000,000 and which failure results in acceleration of such Indebtedness, or either Obligor defaults with respect to any Indebtedness of such Obligor, which default results in acceleration
of any such Indebtedness which is in an amount in excess of $50,000,000; 

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

        (6)  a
court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of either Obligor in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of such Obligor or for any
substantial part of the property of such Obligor or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of such Obligor and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days; or 

        (7)  the
Guarantee or the related Article XI of this Indenture shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason
(other than in accordance with the terms of the Guarantee and this Indenture) to be in full force and effect or the Guarantor, or any person acting on behalf of the Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm
its obligations under the Guarantee and the Indenture. 

        A
Default under clause (3) above is not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Obligors, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
at the time outstanding notify the Obligors and the Trustee, of the Default and the defaulting Obligor does not cure such Default (and such Default is not waived) within the time specified in
clause (3) above after actual receipt of such notice. Any such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a "Notice of Default". 

        Each
Obligor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after it becomes aware of the occurrence thereof, written notice of any Default, its status and what action such Obligor
is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. 

        Section 6.2    Acceleration.    If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.1(5) or (6)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Obligors, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding by
notice to the Obligors and the Trustee, may declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities to be immediately due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such accelerated
amount shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(5) or (6) occurs and is continuing, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all
the Securities shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, by notice to the Trustee (and without notice to any other Securityholder) may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not
conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely as a result of acceleration
and if all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.7 have been paid. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 

        Section 6.3    Other Remedies.    If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any
available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture. 

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        The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if the Trustee does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of the Securities in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the
Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, the Event of
Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative. 

        Section 6.4    Waiver of Past Defaults.    The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding, by notice to the Trustee (and without notice to any other Securityholder), may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) an Event of Default
described in Section 6.1(1) or (2), (b) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.2 cannot be amended without the consent of each Securityholder affected or
(c) a Default which constitutes a failure to convert any Security in accordance with the terms of Article X. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right. This Section 6.4 shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)1(B) of the TIA and such Section 316(a)1(B) is hereby
expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA. 

        Section 6.5    Control by Majority.    The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines in good faith is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other
Securityholders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity satisfactory to it. This Section 6.5 shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)1(A) of
the TIA and such Section 316(a)1(A) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA. 

        Section 6.6    Limitation on Suits.    A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Securities unless: 

        (1)  the
Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing; 

        (2)  the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy; 

        (3)  such
Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense; 

        (4)  the
Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity; and 

        (5)  the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request
during such 60-day period. 

        A
Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Securityholder. 

        Section 6.7    Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture,
the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities or any Redemption
Date, Purchase Date or Change of Control Purchase Date and to convert the Securities in accordance with Article X, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates or the right to convert, shall not be impaired or affected adversely without the consent of such Holder. 

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        Section 6.8    Collection Suit by Trustee.    If an Event of Default described in Section 6.1(2) occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount owing with respect to the Securities and the amounts
provided for in Section 7.7. 

        Section 6.9    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.    In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to either Obligor or any other obligor upon the Securities, the Guarantee or the
property of either Obligor or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of or any interest on the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on either Obligor for the payment of any such amount) shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, 

        (1)  to
file and prove a claim for the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel or any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and 

        (2)  to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent
to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7. 

        Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. 

        Section 6.10    Priorities.    If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article VI, it shall
pay out the money in the following order: 

        FIRST:
to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.7; 

        SECOND:
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to the extent required by Article XII; 

        THIRD:
to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for principal or interest, as the case may be, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to
such amounts due and payable on the Securities; and 

        FOURTH:
the balance, if any, to the Company. 

        The
Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee
shall mail to each Securityholder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid. 

        Section 6.11    Undertaking for Costs.    In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in
its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant (other than the Trustee) in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
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including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This
Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.7 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at
the time outstanding. This Section 6.11 shall be in lieu of Section 315(e) of the TIA and such Section 315(e) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the
TIA. 

        Section 6.12    Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.    Each of the Company and the Guarantor covenants (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any
usury or other law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which would prohibit or forgive it from paying all or any portion of the principal amount in respect of the Securities, or
any interest on such amount, or from paying all or any portion of the amount payable in respect of the Guarantee, as the case may be, as contemplated herein, or which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and the Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that
it shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. 

 
 

ARTICLE VII    
    
    TRUSTEE    
  

        Section 7.1    Duties of Trustee.    (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of such person's own affairs. 

        (b)  Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default: 

          (i)  the
Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others; and 

        (ii)  in
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture, but in case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but need
not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein. This Section 7.1(b) shall be in lieu of Section 3.15(a) of the TIA and such
Section 315(a) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA. 

        (c)  The
Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: 

          (i)  this
paragraph (c) does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.1; 

        (ii)  the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and 

        (iii)  the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to
Section 6.5. 

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Subparagraphs
(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall be in lieu of Sections 315(d)(1), 315(d)(2) and 315(d)(3) of the TIA and such Sections 315(d)(1), 315(d)(2) and 315(d)(3) are hereby expressly
excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA. 

        (d)  Every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this Section 7.1. 

        (e)  The
Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power or extend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability unless it receives
indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. 

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

        Section 7.2    Rights of Trustee.    Subject to its duties and responsibilities under the TIA, 

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

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

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

        (4)  the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers conferred under this Indenture; 

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

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

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

        (8)  the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation
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matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation; 

        (9)  the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless
written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture; 

      (10)  the
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and
shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder; and 

      (11)  the
Trustee may request that an Obligor deliver an Officers' Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to
take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers' Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers' Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized
in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded. 

        Section 7.3    Individual Rights of Trustee.    The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or
co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11. 

        Section 7.4    Trustee's Disclaimer.    The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee, shall not be accountable for the Company's use or application of the proceeds from the Securities, and shall not be responsible for any statement in
the registration statement for the Securities and the Guarantee under the Securities Act, in any offering document for the Securities and the Guarantee, or in the Indenture, the Securities (other than
its certificate of authentication) or the Guarantee, or the determination as to which beneficial owners are entitled to receive any notices hereunder. 

        Section 7.5    Notice of Defaults.    If a Default occurs and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
give to each Securityholder notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, within 15 days after it is known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured
or waived before the giving of such notice. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except in the case of a Default described in Section 6.1(1) or (2), the Trustee may withhold the notice if
and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders. The second sentence of this Section 7.5 shall
be in lieu of the proviso to Section 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of a Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of such Default. 

        Section 7.6    Reports by Trustee to Holders.    Within 60 days after each
[May 15] beginning with the [May 15] following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report
dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if required by such Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). 

        A
copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with the SEC and each securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed. The Company
agrees to notify the Trustee promptly whenever the Securities become listed on any securities exchange and of any delisting thereof. 

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        Section 7.7    Compensation and Indemnity.    The Company agrees: 

        (a)  to
pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it
hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited (to the extent permitted by law) by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); 

        (b)  to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of
this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses, advances and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable
to its negligence or bad faith; and 

        (c)  to
indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and their agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, damage, claim, liability, cost or expense
(including attorneys' fees and expenses, and taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee)) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim
(whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. 

        To
secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 7.7, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee,
except that held in trust to pay the principal of and interest on particular Securities. 

        The
Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. When the Trustee incurs
expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.1(5) or (6), the expenses, including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel, are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereinafter in effect. 

        Section 7.8    Replacement of Trustee.    The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company;  provided, however, no such resignation shall
be effective until a successor Trustee has accepted its appointment pursuant to this Section 7.8.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company shall remove the
Trustee if: 

        (1)  the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10; 

        (2)  the
Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent; 

        (3)  a
receiver or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or 

        (4)  the
Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting. 

        If
the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint, by resolution of its Board of Directors, a
successor Trustee. 

        A
successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company satisfactory in form and substance to the retiring Trustee and the
Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Securityholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee,
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        If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

        If
the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor Trustee. 

        Section 7.9    Successor Trustee by Merger.    If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor
Trustee. 

        Section 7.10    Eligibility; Disqualification.    The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of
TIA Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(b). The Trustee (or its parent holding company) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report
of condition. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of TIA Section 310(b). 

        Section 7.11    Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.    The Trustee shall comply with TIA
Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent
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ARTICLE VIII    
    
    DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE    
  

        Section 8.1    Discharge of Indenture.    When (1) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding
Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.7) for cancellation or (2) all outstanding Securities have become due and payable and the Company deposits with the
Trustee or the Conversion Agent, as applicable, cash and/or securities, as permitted by the terms hereof, sufficient to pay, whether at Stated Maturity, on any Redemption Date, Purchase Date, Change
of Control Purchase Date or Conversion Date or otherwise, all amounts due and owing on all outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.7), and if in either case
the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall, subject to Section 7.7, cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall join in the execution of a
document prepared by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and
expense of the Company. 

        Section 8.2    Repayment to the Company.    The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company
upon written request any excess money or securities held by them in respect of all the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years; provided that,
before being required to make any such repayment, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall, if the Company so requests and at the expense of the Company, cause to be published once a week for two successive
weeks, in each case on any day of the week, in an authorized newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or mail to each such Holder, a notice (in such form as may be deemed
appropriate by the Trustee or Paying Agent) that said monies remain unclaimed and that, after a date named therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or
mailing, any unclaimed balance of said monies then remaining shall be returned to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as
general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person. 

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ARTICLE IX    
    
    AMENDMENTS    
  

        Section 9.1    Without Consent of Holders    The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement
this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee without the consent of any Securityholder: 

        (1)  to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency herein or in the Securities that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Securityholders; 

        (2)  to
comply with Section 5.1 or Section 11.4(b); 

        (3)  to
make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder; 

        (4)  to
make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Securityholders pursuant to the requirements of Section 10.14; 

        (5)  to
remove the Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or to add an additional guarantee of the Company's Obligations by a Subsidiary other than the
Guarantor; or 

        (6)  to
comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA. 

        Section 9.2    With Consent of Holders    The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement
this Indenture or the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities, and the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities may waive compliance by an Obligor with any provision of this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee. However, without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment,
supplement or waiver under this Section 9.2 may not: 

        (1)  change
the Stated Maturity of any Security or adversely affect the right of a Holder to convert any Security; 

        (2)  reduce
the principal amount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price of, or alter the manner or rate of accrual of interest (or extend the
time for payment of interest) on, any Security; 

        (3)  change
the currency for payment in respect of any Security; 

        (4)  impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any Security; 

        (5)  reduce
the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment or supplement of this Indenture or the waiver of defaults or compliance hereunder; 

        (6)  make
any change in Section 6.4, 6.7 or this 9.2 (second sentence); 

        (7)  make
any change in the Guarantee or in Article XI of this Indenture that would adversely affect the Holders or release the Guarantor from its obligations under
the Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or 

        (8)  make
any change in the subordination provisions of Article XII or make any other change in the ranking or priority of any Security or the Guarantee, in each case
in a manner materially adverse to the Holders. 

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        It
shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. 

        After
an amendment or supplement under this Section 9.2 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly describing the amendment or supplement. Any
amendment or supplement under Section 9.1 or this Section 9.2 may not adversely affect the rights of any holders of Senior Indebtedness of an Obligor under Article XII unless such
holders shall have consented to such amendment or supplement pursuant to the terms of such Senior Indebtedness. 

        Section 9.3    Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.    Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article shall comply with the TIA. 

        Section 9.4    Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions.    Until an amendment, waiver or other
action by Holders becomes effective, a consent thereto by a Holder of a Security hereunder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security
that evidences the same obligation as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent, waiver or action is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may
revoke the consent, waiver or action as to such Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, waiver or action becomes
effective. After an amendment, waiver or action becomes effective, it shall bind every Securityholder. 

        Section 9.5    Notation on or Exchange of Securities.    Securities authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be
prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for outstanding Securities. 

        Section 9.6    Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures.    The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture
authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment contained therein does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may,
but need not, sign such supplemental indenture. In signing such supplemental indenture the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to the provisions of Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Officers' Certificate of the Company and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. 

        Section 9.7    Effect of Supplemental Indentures.    Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under
this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
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ARTICLE X    
    
    CONVERSION    
  

        Section 10.1    Conversion Privilege.    A Holder of a Security may convert such Security into shares of Common
Stock at any time during the period stated in Section 7 of the Securities. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a Security per $1,000 principal amount thereof (the
"Conversion Rate") shall be that set forth in Section 7 in the Securities, subject to adjustment as herein set forth. 

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        A
Holder may convert a portion of the principal amount of a Security if the portion converted is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture
that apply to conversion of all of a Security also apply to conversion of a portion of a Security. 

        Section 10.2    Conversion Procedure.    To convert a Security a Holder must satisfy the requirements in
Section 7 of the Securities. The first Business Day on which the Holder satisfies all those requirements is the conversion date (the "Conversion Date"). 

        As
soon as practicable after the Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver to the Holder, through the Conversion Agent, a certificate for the number of full shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the conversion or exchange and cash in lieu of any fractional shares determined pursuant to Section 10.3. The person in whose name the certificate is registered shall be treated
as a shareholder of record as of the close of business on the Conversion Date. Upon conversion of a Security, such person shall no longer be a Holder of such Security. 

        No
payment or adjustment shall be made for dividends on, or other distributions with respect to, any Common Stock except as provided in this Article X. On conversion of a
Security, no accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities through the Conversion Date shall be payable with respect to the converted Security and no such interest shall be cancelled, extinguished or
forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through delivery of the shares of Common Stock (together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) in
exchange for the Security being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof; and the fair market value of such shares of Common Stock (together with any such cash payment in lieu of fractional shares)
shall be treated as issued, to the extent thereof, first in exchange for accrued and unpaid interest through the Conversion Date, and the balance, if any, of such fair market value of such shares of
Common Stock (and any such cash payment) shall be treated as issued for the principal amount of the Security being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof. The Company shall not adjust the
conversion ratio to account for accrued and unpaid interest. If the Holder converts more than one Security at the same time, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion shall be
based on the total principal amount of the Securities converted. 

        If
the last day on which a Security may be converted is not a Business Day, the Security may be surrendered on the next succeeding Business Day. 

        Upon
surrender of a Security that is converted in part, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder, a new Security in an authorized
denomination equal in principal amount to the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered. 

        If
a Holder surrenders a Security for conversion during the period after any record date and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, such Holder shall pay to the Company an
amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on such Security; provided that if such Security (or any portion thereof) shall have
been called for redemption on a Redemption Date occurring during
such period or on such Interest Payment Date, such Holder shall not be required to make such payment to the Company. 

        Section 10.3    Fractional Shares.    Securityholders shall not receive a fractional share upon conversion of a
Security. Instead, the Holder shall receive cash for the current market value of the fractional share. The current market value of a fractional share shall be determined, to the nearest 1/1,000th of a
share, by multiplying the Closing Sale Price, on the last trading day immediately prior to the Conversion Date, of a full share by the fractional amount and rounding the product to the nearest whole
cent. 

        Section 10.4    Taxes on Conversion.    If a Holder submits a Security for conversion, the Company shall pay
any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because 

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the Holder requests the shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the shares of Common Stock being issued in
a name other than the Holder's name until the Conversion Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due because the shares are to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name.
Nothing herein shall preclude any tax withholding required by law or regulations. 

        Section 10.5    Company to Provide Stock.    The Company shall, prior to issuance of any Securities, and from
time to time as may be necessary, reserve out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion of the Securities. 

        All
shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Securities shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable,
and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim. The Company shall endeavor promptly to comply with all federal and state securities laws regulating the offer and
delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Securities, if any, and shall list or cause to have quoted such shares of Common Stock on each national securities exchange or in the
over-the-counter market or such other market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted. 

        Section 10.6    Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock.    If, after the Issue Date of the Securities, the
Company: 

        (1)  pays
a dividend or makes another distribution on the Common Stock payable exclusively in shares of Common Stock; 

        (2)  subdivides
the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares; 

        (3)  combines
the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares; 

        (4)  pays
a dividend or makes a distribution on the Common Stock in shares of its Capital Stock (other than Common Stock or rights, warrants or options for its Capital
Stock); or 

        (5)  issues
by reclassification of the Common Stock any shares of its Capital Stock (other than Common Stock or rights, warrants or options for its Capital Stock); 

then
the conversion privilege and the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such action shall be adjusted so that the Holder of a Security thereafter converted may receive the number of
shares of Capital Stock of the Company which such Holder would have owned immediately following such action if such Holder had converted the Security immediately prior to such action. 

        The
adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or reclassification. 

        If
after an adjustment a Holder of a Security upon conversion of such Security may receive shares of two or more classes of Capital Stock of the Company, the Conversion Rate shall
thereafter be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of an action taken with respect to any such class of Capital Stock as is contemplated by this Article X with respect to the shares of
Common Stock, on terms comparable to those applicable to shares of Common Stock in this Article X. 

        Section 10.7    Adjustment for Rights Issue.    If after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company
distributes any rights, warrants or options to all holders of shares of its Common Stock entitling them, for a period within 60 days after the record date for such distribution, to purchase
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Stock at a price per share less than the Average Sale Price as of the Time of Determination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula: 

	R' = R	 	×	 	(O + N)
 (O + (N × P)/M)

        where:

        R' =
the adjusted Conversion Rate. 

        R =
the current Conversion Rate. 

        O =
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for the distribution to which this Section 10.7 is being applied. 

        N =
the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered pursuant to the distribution. 

        P =
the offering price per share of the additional shares. 

        M =
the Average Sale Price, minus, in the case of (i) a distribution to which Section 10.6(4) applies or (ii) a distribution to which Section 10.8
applies, for which, in each case, (x) the record date shall occur on or before the record date for the distribution to which this Section 10.7 applies and (y) the
Ex-Dividend Time shall occur on or after the date of the Time of Determination for the distribution to which this Section 10.7 applies, the fair market value (on the record date for
the distribution to which this Section 10.7 applies) of the 

        (1)  Capital
Stock of the Company distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock in such Section 10.6(4) distribution, and 

        (2)  assets
of the Company or debt securities or any rights, warrants or options to purchase securities of the Company distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock in
such Section 10.8 distribution. 

        The
Board of Directors of the Company shall determine fair market values for the purposes of this Section 10.7, except as Section 10.8 otherwise provides in the case of a
Spin-off. 

        "Average
Sale Price" means the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the shares of Common Stock for the shorter of 

          (i)  30
consecutive trading days ending on the last full trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the rights, warrants or options or distribution in
respect of which the Average Sale Price is being calculated, or 

        (ii)  the
period (x) commencing on the date next succeeding the first public announcement of (a) the issuance of rights, warrants or options or (b) the
distribution, in each case, in respect of which the Average Sale Price is being calculated and (y) proceeding through the last full trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect
to the rights, warrants or options or distribution in respect of which the Average Sale Price is being calculated (excluding days within such period, if any, which are not trading days), or 

        (iii)  the
period, if any, (x) commencing on the date next succeeding the Ex-Dividend Time with respect to the next preceding (a) issuance of
rights, warrants or options or (b) distribution, in each case, for which an adjustment is required by the provisions of Section 10.6(4), 10.7 or 10.8 and (y) proceeding through
the last full trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the rights, warrants or options or distribution in respect of which the Average Sale Price is being calculated (excluding
days within such period, if any, which are not trading days). 

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        In
the event that the Ex-Dividend Time (or in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification, the effective date with respect thereto) with respect to a dividend,
subdivision, combination or reclassification to which Section 10.6(1), (2), (3) or (5) applies occurs during the period applicable for calculating "Average Sale Price" pursuant to
the definition in the preceding paragraph, "Average Sale Price" shall be calculated for such period in a manner determined by the Board of Directors of the Company to reflect the impact of such
dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification on the Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock during such period. 

        "Time
of Determination" means the time and date of the earlier of (i) the determination of stockholders entitled to receive rights, warrants or options or a distribution, in each
case, to which this Section 10.7 or Section 10.8 applies and (ii) the time ("Ex-Dividend Time") immediately prior to the commencement of "ex-dividend"
trading for such rights, warrants or options or distribution on a national or regional exchange or market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted. 

        The
adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the rights, warrants or options to which this
Section 10.7 applies. If all of the shares of Common Stock subject to such rights, warrants or options have not been issued when such rights, warrants or options expire, then the Conversion
Rate shall promptly be readjusted to the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect had the adjustment upon the issuance of such rights, warrants or options been made on the basis of the actual
number of shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of such rights, warrants or options. 

        No
adjustment shall be made under this Section 10.7 if the application of the formula stated above in this Section 10.7 would result in a value of R' that is equal to or
less than the value of R. 

        Section 10.8    Adjustment for Other Distributions.    If, after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company
distributes to all holders of its shares of Common Stock any of its debt, securities or assets or any rights, warrants or options to purchase securities of the Company (including securities or cash,
but excluding (x) distributions of Capital Stock referred to in Section 10.6 and distributions of rights, warrants or options referred to in Section 10.7 and (y) cash
dividends or other cash distributions that are paid out of current net earnings or earnings retained in the business as shown on the books of the Company unless such cash dividends or other cash
distributions are Extraordinary Cash Dividends) the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of this Section 10.8, in accordance with the formula: 

	R' =   	 	R × M
 (M-F)

        where:

        R' =
the adjusted Conversion Rate. 

        R =
the current Conversion Rate. 

        M =
the Average Sale Price, minus, in the case of a distribution to which Section 10.6(4) applies, for which (i) the record date shall occur on or before the record
date for the distribution to which this Section 10.8 applies and (ii) the Ex-Dividend Time shall occur on or after the date of the Time of Determination for the distribution
to which this Section 10.8 applies, the fair market value (on the record date for the distribution to which this Section 10.8 applies) of any Capital Stock of the Company distributed in
respect of each share of Common Stock in such Section 10.6(4) distribution. 

        F =
the fair market value (on the record date for the distribution to which this Section 10.8 applies) of the assets, securities, rights, warrants or options to be
distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock in the distribution to which this Section 10.8 is being applied (including, in the case of 

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cash dividends or other cash distributions giving rise to an adjustment, all such cash distributed concurrently). 

        In
the event the Company distributes shares of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, if at all, based on the market value of the Subsidiary stock so
distributed relative to the market value of the Common Stock, as discussed below. The Board of Directors shall determine fair market values for the purposes of this Section 10.8, except that in
respect of a dividend or other distribution of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company (a
"Spin-off"), the fair market value of the securities to be distributed shall equal the average of the daily Closing Sale Prices of those securities for the five consecutive trading days
commencing on and including the sixth day of trading of those securities after the effectiveness of the Spin-off and the average of the Closing Sale Prices shall mean the average Closing
Sale Prices for the Common Stock for the same five trading days. In the event, however, that an underwritten initial public offering of the securities in the Spin-off occurs simultaneously
with the Spin-off, fair market value of the securities distributed in the Spin-off shall mean the initial public offering price of such securities and the Average Sale Price
shall mean the Closing Sale Price for the Common Stock on the same trading day. 

        The
adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the distribution to which this Section 10.8
applies, except that an adjustment related to a Spin-off shall become effective at the earlier to occur of (i) 10 trading days after the effective date of the Spin-off
and (ii) the initial public offering of the securities distributed in the Spin-off. 

        For
purposes of this Section 10.8, the term "Extraordinary Cash Dividend" shall mean any cash dividend with respect to the shares of Common Stock the amount of which, together
with the aggregate amount of cash dividends on the shares of Common Stock to be aggregated with such cash dividend in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, equals or exceeds the threshold
percentage set forth in the following paragraph. For purposes of the following paragraph, the "Measurement Period" with respect to a cash dividend on the shares of Common Stock shall mean the 365
consecutive-day period ending on the date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time with respect to such cash dividend, and the "Relevant Cash Dividends" with respect to a cash dividend on
the shares of Common Stock shall mean the cash
dividends on the shares of Common Stock with Ex-Dividend Times occurring in the Measurement Period. 

        If,
upon the date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time with respect a cash dividend on the shares of Common Stock, the aggregate amount of such cash dividend together with the
amounts of all Relevant Cash Dividends equals or exceeds on a per share basis 5% of the Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the date of declaration by
the Board of Directors of the cash dividend with respect to which this provision is being applied, then such cash dividend together with all Relevant Cash Dividends, shall be deemed to be an
Extraordinary Cash Dividend and for purposes of applying the formula set forth above in this Section 10.8, the value of "F" shall be equal to (y) the aggregate amount of such cash
dividend together with the amount of all Relevant Cash Dividends, minus (z) the aggregate amount of all Relevant Cash Dividends for which a prior adjustment in the Conversion Rate was
previously made under this Section 10.8. 

        In
making the determinations required by the preceding paragraph, the amount of cash dividends paid on a per share basis and the amount of any Relevant Cash Dividends specified in the
preceding paragraph, shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the occurrence during such period of any event described in Section 10.6. 

        In
the event that, with respect to any distribution to which this Section 10.8 would otherwise apply, the difference "M-F" as defined in the above formula is less than
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than "M", then the adjustment provided by this Section 10.8 shall not be made and in lieu thereof the provisions of Section 10.14 shall apply to such distribution. 

        Section 10.9    When Adjustment May Be Deferred.    No adjustment in the Conversion Rate need be made unless
the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate. Any adjustments that are not made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. 

        All
calculations under this Article X shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/1,000th of a share, as the case may be. 

        Section 10.10    When No Adjustment Required.    If the Company adopts a stockholders rights plan under which
the Company issues rights providing that each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Security at any time prior to the distribution of separate certificates representing the rights shall
be entitled to receive the rights, no adjustment need be made as a result of: (i) the issuance of the rights; (ii) the distribution of separate certificates representing the rights;
(iii) the exercise or redemption of the rights in accordance with any rights agreement; or (iv) the termination or invalidation of the rights. 

        No
adjustment need be made for a transaction referred to in 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 or 10.14 if Holders of the Securities may participate in the transaction without conversion on a basis and
with notice that the Board of Directors of the Company determines to be fair and appropriate in light of the basis and notice on which holders of shares of Common Stock participate in the transaction.
No adjustment need be made for rights to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Company plan for reinvestment of dividends. 

        No
adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no par value of the shares of Common Stock. 

        To
the extent the Securities become convertible pursuant to this Article X in whole or in part into cash, no adjustment need be made thereafter as to the cash. Interest shall not
accrue on the cash. 

        Section 10.11    Notice of Adjustment.    Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted, the Company shall promptly
mail to Securityholders a notice of the adjustment. The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent such notice and a certificate from the Company's independent public accountants
briefly stating the facts requiring the adjustment and the manner of computing it. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the adjustment is correct. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion
Agent shall be under any duty or responsibility with respect to any such certificate except to exhibit the same to any Holder desiring inspection thereof. 

        Section 10.12    Voluntary Increase.    The Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any
amount at any time for at least 20 days, so long as the increase is irrevocable during such period. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased, the Company shall mail to Securityholders and file
with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent a notice of the increase. The Company shall mail the notice at least 15 days before the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect. The notice
shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period it will be in effect. A voluntary increase of the Conversion Rate does not change or adjust the Conversion Rate otherwise in effect for
purposes of Section 10.6, 10.7 or 10.8. 

        Section 10.13    Notice of Certain Transactions.    If: 

        (1)  the
Company takes any action that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.6, 10.7 or 10.8 (unless no adjustment is to occur
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        (2)  the
Company takes any action that would require a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 10.14; or 

        (3)  there
is a liquidation or dissolution of the Company; 

then
the Company shall mail to Securityholders and file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent a notice stating the proposed record date for a dividend or distribution or the proposed effective
date of a subdivision, combination, reclassification, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, transfer, liquidation or dissolution. The Company shall file and mail the notice at least
15 days before such date. Failure to file or mail the notice or any defect in it shall not affect the validity of the transaction. 

        Section 10.14    Reorganization of Company; Special Distributions.    If the Company is a party to a
transaction subject to Section 5.1 (other than a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a transaction in which the holders of shares of Common Stock immediately prior
to such transaction do not receive securities, cash or other assets of the Company or any other person) or a merger or binding share exchange which reclassifies or changes its outstanding shares of
Common Stock, the person obligated to deliver securities, cash or other assets upon conversion of Securities shall enter into a supplemental indenture. If the issuer of securities deliverable upon
conversion of Securities is an Affiliate of the successor Company, that issuer shall join in the supplemental indenture. 

        The
supplemental indenture shall provide that the Holder of a Security may convert it into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets which such Holder would have received
immediately after the consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or transfer if such Holder had converted the Security immediately before the effective date of the transaction, assuming (to the
extent applicable) that such Holder (i) was not a constituent person or an Affiliate of a constituent person to such transaction; (ii) made no election with respect thereto; and
(iii) was treated alike with the plurality of non-electing Holders. The supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practical
to the adjustments provided for in this Article X. The successor Company shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture. 

        If
this Section 10.14 applies, neither Section 10.6 nor 10.7 applies. 

        If
the Company makes a distribution to all holders of its shares of Common Stock of any of its assets, or debt securities or any rights, warrants or options to purchase securities of the
Company that, but for the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.8, would otherwise result in an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.8,
then, from and after the record date for determining the holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the distribution, a Holder of a Security that converts such Security in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture shall upon such conversion be entitled to receive, in addition to the shares of shares of Common Stock into which the Security is convertible, the kind and amount of
securities, cash or other assets comprising the distribution that such Holder would have received if such Holder had converted the Security
immediately prior to the record date for determining the holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the distribution. 

        Section 10.15    Company Determination Final.    Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors
of the Company must make pursuant to Section 10.3, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.14 or 10.17 is conclusive, absent manifest error. 

        Section 10.16    Trustee's Adjustment Disclaimer.    The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment
under this Article X should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee has no duty to determine whether a supplemental indenture under Section 10.14 need be entered
into or whether any provisions of any supplemental indenture are correct. The Trustee shall not be accountable for and makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets
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comply with this Article X. Each Conversion Agent shall have the same protection under this Section 10.16 as the Trustee. 

        Section 10.17    Simultaneous Adjustments.    In the event that this Article X requires adjustments to
the Conversion Rate under more than one of Sections 10.6(4), 10.7 or 10.8, and the record dates for the distributions giving rise to such adjustments shall occur on the same date, then such
adjustments shall be made by applying, first, the provisions of Section 10.6, second, the provisions of Section 10.8 and, third, the provisions of Section 10.7. 

        Section 10.18    Successive Adjustments.    After an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this
Article X, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Article X shall cause an adjustment to the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. 

 
 

ARTICLE XI    
    
    GUARANTEE    
  

        Section 11.1    Guarantee.    Subject to Section 11.5, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees
to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (a) the principal of and interest (including any Additional
Interest) on the Securities shall be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal,
interest on accrued and unpaid interest and interest on Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities, and all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or all other Obligations of the Company
to the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full and performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Securities or any of such other Obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, subject to any
applicable grace period, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason the
Guarantor shall be obligated to pay the same immediately. An Event of Default under this Indenture or the Securities shall constitute an event of default under the Guarantee, and shall entitle the
Holders to accelerate the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent as the Obligations of the Company. The Guarantor hereby
agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity or enforceability of the Securities or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Guarantee shall not be
discharged except by complete performance of the Obligations contained in the Securities and this Indenture. The Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the
Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of the Guarantee,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration
of such Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee. 

        The
obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee pursuant to this Article XI shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor to the extent
provided in Article XII. 

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        Section 11.2    Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.    (a) To evidence the Guarantee, the Guarantor
hereby agrees that a notation of the Guarantee substantially in the form of Exhibit C shall be endorsed by manual or facsimile signature by an
Officer of the Guarantor on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor, by manual or facsimile signature, by an
Officer (in each case, whom shall have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or other actions) of the Guarantor. 

        (b)  The
Guarantor hereby agrees that the Guarantee set forth in Section 11.1 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each
Security a notation of the Guarantee. 

        (c)  If
an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security on which the
Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless. 

        (d)  The
delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on
behalf of the Guarantor. 

        Section 11.3    Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms.    Nothing contained in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities shall prevent the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock (whether by consolidation, merger, stock purchase, asset sale or otherwise)
of the Guarantor to the Company. Upon any such sale or disposition, the Guarantor shall be automatically released and relieved of any obligations under this Indenture and the Guarantee;  provided that
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate to the effect that immediately after, and taking into account,
such sale or disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture. 

        Section 11.4    Release of Guarantee.    (a) In the event of a sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock (whether by consolidation, merger, stock purchase, asset sale or otherwise) of the Guarantor, in each case, to a person other than the Company or to a
person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary, then the Guarantor shall be automatically released and relieved of any obligations under this Indenture and
the Guarantee; provided that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate to the effect that immediately after, and taking
into account, such sale or disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture; and provided,
further, that a termination shall only occur to the extent that all obligations of the Guarantor in respect of any Indebtedness under all Credit Facilities of the Obligors and
under all of the Guarantor's pledges of assets or other security interests which secured Indebtedness under such Credit Facilities shall also terminate upon such sale or disposition. 

        (b)  In
the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock (whether by consolidation, merger, stock purchase, asset sale or
otherwise) of the Guarantor to one or more persons that are (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) Subsidiaries, then the Guarantor shall be automatically released and relieved of
any obligations under this Indenture and the Guarantee; provided that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate to the
effect that immediately after, and taking into account, that sale or disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture; and  provided, further, that
each such successor person shall be a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations and covenants of the Guarantor under this Indenture and the Guarantee. 

        (c)  Notwithstanding
anything in this Article XI to the contrary, concurrently with the payment or performance in full of (i) all amounts due and owing on all
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obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities, the Guarantor shall be released from and relieved from its obligations under this Article XI;  provided that the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the transaction
giving rise to the release of the Guarantee pursuant to this clause (c) was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Securities. If any of the obligations
of the Company are revived and reinstated after the termination of the Guarantee, then all of the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be revived and reinstated as if such Guarantee
had not been terminated until such time as all the amounts due and owing on all
outstanding Securities are paid in full, and the Guarantor shall enter into an amendment to the Guarantee, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, evidencing such revival and reinstatement. 

        (d)  Upon
delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate or an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, as applicable, to the effect of any of the
foregoing, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of the Guarantor from its obligations under this Indenture and the Guarantee. 

        Section 11.5    Limitation on Guarantor Liability.    For purposes of this Indenture, the Guarantor's liability
shall be limited to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of the Obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture and (ii) the maximum amount that shall result in the
obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under applicable law of any relevant jurisdiction;  provided that, it shall be a presumption in any
lawsuit or other proceeding in which the Guarantor is a party that the amount guaranteed pursuant to the
Guarantee is the amount set forth in clause (i) above unless any creditor, or representative of creditors of the Guarantor, or debtor in possession or trustee in bankruptcy of the Guarantor,
otherwise proves in such a lawsuit that the aggregate liability of the Guarantor is the amount set forth in clause (ii) above. In making any determination as to solvency or sufficiency of
capital of the Guarantor in accordance with the previous sentence, any rights the Guarantor may have, contractual or otherwise, shall be taken into account. 

        Section 11.6    Waiver of Subrogation.    Until all guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture are paid in
full, the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of
the Guarantor's obligations under the Guarantee and this Indenture, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate
in any claim or remedy of any Holder of Securities against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without
limitation, the right to take or receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such
claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Securities shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to
have been paid to the Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders of the Securities, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to
be credited and applied upon the Securities, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. The Guarantor acknowledges that it shall receive direct and indirect benefits
from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section 11.6 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. 

        Section 11.7    No Suspension of Remedies.    Nothing contained in this Article XI shall limit the right
of the Trustee or the Holders of Securities to take any action to accelerate the maturity of the Securities pursuant to Article VI or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder or under
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        Section 11.8    Obligations Reinstated.    Except as provided in Sections 11.3 and 11.4, the obligations of the
Guarantor hereunder shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment which would otherwise have reduced the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
(whether such payment shall have been made by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of the Guarantor) is rescinded or reclaimed from any of the Holders upon the insolvency, bankruptcy,
liquidation or reorganization of an Obligor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. If demand for, or acceleration of the time for, payment by the Company is stayed upon
insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, all such Indebtedness otherwise subject to demand for payment or acceleration shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantor as
provided herein. 

        Section 11.9    No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company.    Neither the Trustee nor any other person
shall have any obligation to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or to take any other steps under any security for the obligations under this Indenture or against the Company or any other person
or any property of the Company or any other person before the Trustee is entitled to demand payment and performance by the Guarantor of its liabilities and obligations under the Guarantee or under
this Indenture. 

        Section 11.10    Dealing with the Company and Others.    The Holders, without releasing, discharging, limiting
or otherwise affecting in whole or in part the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor hereunder and without the consent of or notice to the Guarantor, may 

        (1)  grant
time, renewals, extensions, compromises, concessions, waivers, releases, discharges and other indulgences to the Company or any other person; 

        (2)  take
or abstain from taking any action in obtaining security or collateral from the Company or in perfecting a security interest in any security or collateral of the
Company; 

        (3)  release,
discharge, compromise, realize, enforce or otherwise deal with or do any act or thing in respect of (with or without consideration) any and all collateral,
mortgages or other security given by the Company or any third party with respect to the obligations or matters contemplated by this Indenture or the Securities; 

        (4)  accept
compromises or arrangements from the Company; 

        (5)  apply
all monies at any time received from the Company or from any security upon such part of the obligations under this Indenture as the Holders may see fit or change
any such application in whole or part from time to time as the Holders may see fit; and 

        (6)  otherwise
deal with, or waive or modify their right to deal with, the Company and all other persons and any security as the Holders or the Trustee may see fit. 

 
 

ARTICLE XII    
    
    SUBORDINATION    
  

        Section 12.1    Agreement of Subordination.    (a) The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of
Securities issued hereunder by its acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article XII; and each person holding
any Security, whether upon original issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions. Only Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation,
Designated Senior Indebtedness) of the Company shall rank senior to the Securities in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. 

        The
payment of the principal of and interest (including any Additional Interest) on all Securities issued hereunder (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, Purchase Price
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Control Purchase Price) shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company in cash or payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred. 

        (b)  The
Guarantor covenants and agrees, and each Beneficiary by its acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that the Guarantee shall be issued subject to the
provisions of this Article XII; and each Beneficiary accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions. Only Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Designated Senior Indebtedness)
of the Guarantor shall rank senior to payments in respect of the Guarantee in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. 

        All
payments in respect of the Guarantee shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor in cash or payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred. 

        (c)  No
provision of this Article XII shall prevent the occurrence of any Default hereunder. 

        Section 12.2    Payments to Holders and Beneficiaries.    (a) No payment shall be made in respect of the
principal of or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, Purchase Price and Change of Control Purchase Price), except
payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first paragraph of Section 12.5, if: 

        (1)  a
default in the payment of principal, premium, interest, rent or other payment obligations due in respect of any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company occurs
and is continuing (or, in the case of Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company for which there is a period of grace, if such default continues beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in the
instrument or lease evidencing such Designated Senior Indebtedness), unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist; or 

        (2)  a
default, other than a payment default, in respect of any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of the default (a "Company Payment Blockage Notice") from a Representative or holder of such Designated
Senior Indebtedness. 

        Subject
to the provisions of Section 12.5, if the Trustee receives any Company Payment Blockage Notice pursuant to clause (2) above, no subsequent Company Payment Blockage
Notice shall be effective for purposes of this Section 12.2(a) unless and until at least 365 days shall have elapsed since the initial effectiveness of the immediately prior Company
Payment Blockage Notice. No nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Company Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee (unless such default was waived, cured or
otherwise ceased to exist and thereafter subsequently reoccurred) shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Company Payment Blockage Notice. 

        The
Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect of the Securities upon the earlier of: 

          (i)  the
date upon which the default is cured or waived or ceases to exist; or 

        (ii)  in
the case of a default referred to in clause (2) above, 179 days pass after a Company Payment Blockage Notice is received, unless this
Article XII otherwise prohibits the payment or distribution at the time of such payment or distribution. 

        In
the event of acceleration pursuant to Section 6.2, no payment or distribution shall be made to the Trustee or any Holder in respect of the principal of or interest (including
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on the Securities (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price), except payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the
first paragraph of Section 12.5, until all Senior Indebtedness of the Company has been paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders thereof or such acceleration is
rescinded in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. 

        Upon
any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or
winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company (whether voluntary or involuntary) or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings, all amounts due or to
become due upon all Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall first be paid in full in cash, or other payments satisfactory to the holders thereof, before any payment is made in respect of the
principal of or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, Purchase Price and Change of Control Purchase Price); and upon any
such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company or bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceeding, any payment by the Company, or distribution of
assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders or the Trustee would be entitled, except for the provision of this Article XII,
shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders or the
Trustee if received by them or it, directly to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of such Senior Indebtedness held by such
holders, or as otherwise required by law or a court order) or their Representative or Representatives, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior
Indebtedness in full in cash, or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the Holders or the Trustee. 

        The
consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its
property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article V shall not be deemed a dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 12.2(a) if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer,
comply with the conditions stated in Article V. 

        (b)  No
payment shall be made in respect of the Guarantee if: 

        (1)  a
default in the payment of principal, premium, interest, rent or other obligations due in respect of any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor occurs and is
continuing (or, in the case of
Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor for which there is a period of grace, in the event of such a default that continues beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in the instrument or
lease evidencing such Designated Senior Indebtedness), unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist; or 

        (2)  a
default, other than a payment default, in respect of any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of the default (a "Guarantor Payment Blockage Notice") from a Representative or holder of such Designated
Senior Indebtedness. 

        If
the Trustee receives any Guarantor Payment Blockage Notice pursuant to clause (2) above, no subsequent Guarantor Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for purposes of this
Section 12.2(b) unless and until at least 365 days shall have elapsed since the initial effectiveness of the immediately prior Guarantor Payment Blockage Notice. No nonpayment default
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the date of delivery of any Guarantor Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee (unless such default was waived, cured or otherwise ceased to exist and thereafter subsequently reoccurred) shall be, or
be made, the basis for a subsequent Guarantor Payment Blockage Notice. 

        The
Guarantor may and shall resume payments in respect of the Guarantee upon the earlier of: 

          (i)  the
date upon which the default is cured or waived or ceases to exist; or 

        (ii)  in
the case of a default referred to in clause (2) above, 179 days pass after a Guarantor Payment Blockage Notice is received, unless this
Article XII otherwise prohibits the payment or distribution at the time of such payment or distribution. 

        In
the event of acceleration pursuant to Section 6.2, no payment or distribution shall be made in respect of the Guarantee to the Trustee or any Beneficiary until all Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor has been paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders thereof or such acceleration is rescinded in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. 

        Upon
any payment by the Guarantor, or distribution of assets of the Guarantor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or
winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Guarantor (whether voluntary or involuntary) or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings, all amounts due or to
become due upon all Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor shall first be paid in full in cash, or other payments satisfactory to the holders thereof, before any payment is made in respect of the
Guarantee; and upon any such
dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Guarantor or bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceeding, any payment by the Guarantor, or distribution of
assets of the Guarantor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Beneficiaries or the Trustee would be entitled, except for the provision of this
Article XII, shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Guarantor or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, or
by the Beneficiaries or the Trustee if received by them or it, directly to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of such Senior
Indebtedness held by such holders, or as otherwise required by law or a court order) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any
instruments evidencing any such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full in cash, or
other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any
payment or distribution is made to the Beneficiaries or the Trustee. 

        The
consolidation of the Guarantor with, or the merger of the Guarantor into, one or more persons that are (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) Subsidiaries or the
liquidation or dissolution of the Guarantor following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to one or more such persons upon the terms and
conditions provided for in Section 11.4(b) shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 12.2(b) if each such
successor person shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Section 11.4(b). 

        (c)  For
purposes of this Article XII, the words "cash, property or securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the applicable Obligor, as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of such Obligor or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent
provided in this Article XII with respect to the Securities or the Guarantee, as applicable, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of such Obligor which may at the time be outstanding;  provided
that (I) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any reorganization or readjustment, and
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new corporation, as the case may be) are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. 

        (d)  In
the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any payment or distribution of assets of an Obligor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities (including, without limitation, by way of setoff or otherwise), prohibited by the foregoing shall be received by the Holders or the Beneficiaries, as applicable, or the Trustee before all
Senior Indebtedness of such Obligor is paid in full, in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or provision is made for such payment thereof in accordance with
its terms in cash or other payment satisfactory to such holders, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to such holders or their
Representative or Representatives, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by such Obligor, for application to the payment of all such Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the
extent necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full, in
cash or other payment satisfactory to such holders, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for any such holders. 

        (e)  Nothing
in this Section 12.2 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.7. This Section 12.2 shall be
subject to the further provisions of Section 12.5. 

        Section 12.3    Subrogation of Securities and Guarantee.    Subject to the payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness of an Obligor in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the Holders or the Beneficiaries, as applicable, shall be subrogated to the
extent of any payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII (equally and ratably with the holders of all Indebtedness
of such Obligor which by its express terms is subordinated to other Indebtedness of such Obligor to substantially the same extent as the Securities are or the Guarantee is, as applicable, subordinated
and is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of such holders to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of such Obligor applicable to such Senior Indebtedness
until the principal of and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities or the obligations in respect of the Guarantee, as applicable, shall be paid in full in cash or other payment
satisfactory to the Holders or the Beneficiaries, as applicable; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of any cash,
property or securities to which the Holders or the Beneficiaries, as applicable, or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XII, and no payment over pursuant to
the provisions of this Article XII, to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by Holders or the Beneficiaries, as applicable, or the Trustee, shall, as between such
Obligor, its creditors other than holders of such Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders or the Beneficiaries, as applicable, be deemed to be a payment by such Obligor to or on account of such Senior
Indebtedness; and no payments or distributions of cash, property or securities to or for the benefit of the Holders or the Beneficiaries, as applicable, pursuant to the subrogation provisions of this
Article XII which would otherwise have been paid to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed to be a payment by such Obligor in respect of the Securities or the Guarantee, as
applicable. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XII are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the Holders or the Beneficiaries, on the one
hand, and the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantor, respectively, on the other hand. 

        Nothing
contained in this Article XII or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as among each Obligor, its creditors other than the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness of such Obligor, and the Holders or the Beneficiaries, as applicable, the obligation of such Obligor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders the
principal of and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, Purchase Price and Change of Control Purchase Price) or to pay to
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payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders or the Beneficiaries, as applicable, and creditors of such Obligor other than the holders
of Senior Indebtedness of such Obligor, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee, any Holder or any Beneficiary from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon
the occurrence of a Default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XII of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the applicable Obligor in respect of cash, property or securities of such Obligor received upon the exercise of any such remedy. 

        Upon
any payment or distribution of assets of an Obligor referred to in this Article XII, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, and the Holders or the
Beneficiaries, as applicable, shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such bankruptcy, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation
or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the
Trustee or to the Holders or the Beneficiaries, as applicable, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other
indebtedness of such Obligor, the amount thereof or payable thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XII. 

        Section 12.4    Authorization to Effect Subordination.    Each Holder, by the acceptance of such Holder's
Securities, and each Beneficiary, by the acceptance of the Guarantee, authorizes and directs the Trustee on such person's behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
the subordination as provided in this Article XII and appoints the Trustee to act as such person's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does
not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 12.3 at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file
such claim, the holders of any Senior Indebtedness of the applicable Obligor or their representatives are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders or the
Beneficiaries. 

        Section 12.5    Notice to Trustee.    Each Obligor shall give prompt written notice in the form of an Officers'
Certificate to the Trustee and to any Paying Agent other than the Trustee of any fact known to such Obligor which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee or any Paying
Agent other than the Trustee in respect of the Securities or the Guarantee, as applicable, pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Article XII or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to
or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities or the Guarantee pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the
Corporate Trust Office from the applicable Obligor (in the form of an Officers' Certificate) or a Representative or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness of the applicable Obligor; and before the
receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist;  provided that if on a date not fewer
than one Business Day prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such monies may become payable for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security) the Trustee shall not have received, with respect to such monies, the notice provided for in this
Section 12.5, then, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and to apply the same to the purpose for which they
were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such prior date. Notwithstanding anything in this Article XII to the contrary,
nothing shall prevent any payment by the Trustee to the Holders of monies deposited with it pursuant to Article VIII, and any such payment shall not be subject to the provisions of this
Article XII. 

        The
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Representative or a person representing himself to
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Indebtedness of an Obligor to establish that such notice has been given by a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness of such Obligor. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith
that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of an Obligor to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
Article XII, the Trustee may request such person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness of such Obligor held by such person,
the extent to which such person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such person under this Article XII, and if such
evidence is not furnished the Trustee may defer any payment to such person pending judicial determination as to the right of such person to receive such payment. 

        Section 12.6    Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness.    The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be
entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XII in respect of any Senior Indebtedness of an Obligor at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in Section 7.11 or elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. 

        With
respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of an Obligor, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth
in this Article XII, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not
be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of an Obligor and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior
Indebtedness of an Obligor if it shall pay over or deliver to any Holder, any Beneficiary, the Company or any other person money or assets to which any holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article XII or otherwise. 

        Section 12.7    No Impairment of Subordination.    No right of any present or future holder of Senior
Indebtedness of an Obligor to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of such Obligor or by any act or
failure to act, in good faith, by such holder, or by any noncompliance by such Obligor with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such
holder may have or otherwise be charged with. 

        Section 12.8    Certain Conversions Deemed Payment.    For the purposes of this Article XII only,
(1) the issuance and delivery of junior securities upon conversion of any Security in accordance with Article X shall not be deemed to constitute a payment or distribution on account of
the principal of or interest on such Security or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of such Security and (2) the payment, issuance or delivery of cash (except in satisfaction of
fractional shares pursuant to Section 10.3), property or securities (other than junior securities) upon conversion of any Security in accordance with Article X shall be deemed to
constitute payment on account of the principal of such Security. For the purposes of this Section 12.8, the term "junior securities" means (i) shares of any stock
of any class of the Company, or (ii) securities of the Company which are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company which may be outstanding at the time of
issuance or delivery of such securities to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article XII. Nothing contained
in this Article XII or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, and the Holders, the right, which is absolute and unconditional, of any Holder to convert such Security in accordance with Article X. 

        Section 12.9    Article Applicable to Paying Agents.    If at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee
shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" 

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as used in this Article XII shall (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes
as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article XII in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that the first paragraph of
Section 12.5 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent. 

        Section 12.10    Senior Indebtedness Entitled to Rely.    The holders of Senior Indebtedness (including,
without limitation, Designated Senior Indebtedness) of an Obligor shall have the right to rely upon this Article XII, and no amendment or modification of the provisions contained herein shall
diminish the rights of any such holder except in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 9.2. 

 
 

ARTICLE XIII    
    
    MISCELLANEOUS    
  

        Section 13.1    Trust Indenture Act Controls.    If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or
conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control. 

        Section 13.2    Notices.    Any request, demand, authorization, notice, waiver, consent or communication shall
be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by facsimile transmission (confirmed by guaranteed overnight courier) to the
following facsimile numbers: 

if
to either Obligor: 

Best
Buy Co., Inc.

7075 Flying Cloud Drive

Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344

Attn: Treasury Department

Facsimile No.: (952) 996-4180 

if
to the Trustee: 

Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479 

Telephone
No.: (612) 316-4305

Facsimile No.: (612) 667-2160

Attention: Corporate Trust Services 

        The
Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee by notice given to the other in the manner provided above may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications. 

        Any
notice or communication given to a Securityholder shall be mailed to the Securityholder, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the Securityholder's address as it appears on the
registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed. 

        Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If a notice or communication is
mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not received by the addressee. 

        If
the Company mails a notice or communication to the Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar. 

        Section 13.3    Communication by Holders with Other Holders.    Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA
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Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c). 

        Section 13.4    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.    Upon any request or application by an
Obligor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, such Obligor shall furnish to the Trustee: 

        (1)  an
Officers' Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action
have been complied with; and 

        (2)  an
Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. 

        Section 13.5    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.    Each Officers' Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include: 

        (1)  a
statement that each person making such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition; 

        (2)  a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such Officers' Certificate or Opinion
of Counsel are based; 

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

        (4)  a
statement that, in the opinion of such person, such covenant or condition has been complied with. 

        Section 13.6    Separability Clause.    In case any provision in this Indenture, in the Securities or in the
Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

        Section 13.7    Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar.    The Trustee may make
reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders. The Registrar, the Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions. 

        Section 13.8    Payment on Business Days.    If any payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the
required payment of principal and/or interest (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price), as the case may be, shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on such payment for the period from and after such payment date to the date of such payment on the next
succeeding Business Day. 

        Section 13.9    GOVERNING LAW.    THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES
AND THE GUARANTEE. 

        Section 13.10    No Recourse Against Others.    A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of an
Obligor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or any obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee or this Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall
be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities and the Guarantee. 

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        Section 13.11    Successors.    All agreements of the Company and the Guarantor in this Indenture, the
Securities and the Guarantee shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor. 

        Section 13.12    Multiple Originals.    The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have executed this Indenture on behalf of the respective parties hereto as of the date first above written. 

	 	 	BEST BUY CO., INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ DARREN R. JACKSON

	 	 	 	Name:	 	Darren R. Jackson
	 	 	 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President—Finance, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer
	

 	
 	

BEST BUY STORES, L.P.,

as Guarantor
	 	 	By:	BBC Property Co., its General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ DARREN R. JACKSON

	 	 	 	Name:	 	Darren R. Jackson
	 	 	 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President—Finance & Treasurer
	

 	
 	

WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ MICHAEL T. LECHNER

	 	 	 	Name:	 	Michael T. Lechner
	 	 	 	Title:	 	Corporate Trust Officer

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EXHIBIT A-1    
  

 
 

[FORM OF FACE OF GLOBAL SECURITY]    
  

        THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO THE RULES FOR DEBT INSTRUMENTS WITH CONTINGENT PAYMENTS UNDER TREASURY REGULATIONS § 1.1275-4(b). AS REQUIRED
UNDER APPLICABLE TREASURY REGULATIONS, BEST BUY CO., INC. (THE "COMPANY") HAS SET FORTH THE "COMPARABLE YIELD" IN SECTION 4.7 OF THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS BEING ISSUED. 

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

        TRANSFERS
OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF
PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE II OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. 

        THIS
SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) AND THE RELATED GUARANTEE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS SECURITY, THE RELATED GUARANTEE AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED
THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. 

        THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY, THE RELATED GUARANTEE AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THE SECURITIES MAY
BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (i) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (ii) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF
AVAILABLE) OR (iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (i) THROUGH (iii) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER SHALL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN
(A) ABOVE. IN ANY CASE, THE HOLDER HEREOF SHALL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SECURITIES EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 

 

        THIS
SECURITY, ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS CONVERSION AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON
RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER OF
RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUCH SHARES SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR
SUPPLEMENT. 

        The
foregoing legend may be removed from this Security on satisfaction of the conditions specified in the Indenture. 

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BEST BUY CO., INC.  

 2.25% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE JANUARY 15, 2022  

	No.	 	CUSIP:
	Issue Date: January 15, 2002	 	 

        BEST
BUY CO., INC., a Minnesota corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal amount of
[                        ] DOLLARS
($[                        ]) on January 15, 2022. 

        This
Security shall bear interest in the manner specified on the other side of this Security. This Security is convertible as specified on the other side of this Security. 

        Additional
provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this Security. 

	Dated:	 	BEST BUY CO., INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

	 	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 	 	 	Title:

TRUSTEE'S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

WELLS
FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,

    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee, certifies that this is one

of the Securities referred to in the

within-mentioned Indenture. 

	By:	 	
 Authorized Signatory	 	 

Dated:

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
  
    2.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due January 15, 2022    

1.    Interest.    

        This
Security shall accrue interest at an initial rate of 2.25% per annum. Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each January 15 and July 15
(each an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing July 15, 2002, through the Stated Maturity (or the earlier redemption or repayment of the Securities, if any) to registered holders of the
Securities as of the close of business on the immediately preceding January 1 and July 1, respectively (whether or not a Business Day);  provided that interest shall be payable to the person to
whom principal is payable. Interest on the Securities shall accrue from the most recent date to
which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from January 15, 2002. The Company shall give notice to the Holders, no later than 15 days prior to each record date, of
the amount of interest to be paid as of the next Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate on this Security shall be reset on July 15, 2006, July 15, 2011
and July 15, 2016 (each, a "Reset Date") to a rate per annum equal to the Five-Year Treasury Rate minus 2.06% (a "Rate Reset") if the average of the Security Price for the 20
trading days ending on the second trading day immediately preceding the applicable Reset Date equals 120% or more of the initial issue price of this Security per $1,000 principal amount hereof. In no
event, however, shall the interest rate on this Security be reset below 2.25% per annum or above 3.25% per annum. Any interest payable hereunder shall be computed based on a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months and semi-annual periods ending on January 15 and July 15 of each year. 

        "Security
Price" means, on any date of determination, the average of the secondary market bid quotations per $1,000 principal amount of Securities obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent
for $10 million principal amount of Securities at approximately 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three securities dealers in The City of New York selected
by the Company (none of which shall be an Affiliate of the Company); provided, however, that if: 

          (i)  at
least three such bids are not obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, or 

        (ii)  in
the Company's reasonable judgment, the bid quotations are not indicative of the secondary market value of the Securities on such determination date, 

then
the Security Price for such determination date shall equal the average of the secondary market bid quotations per $1,000 principal amount of Securities obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for
$10 million principal amount of Securities at approximately 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from at least two securities dealers selected by the Company (none
of which shall be an Affiliate of the Company). 

        Upon
determination that a Rate Reset will occur on a Reset Date, on or prior to such Reset Date the Company shall issue a press release and publish such information on its website or
through such other similar public medium, if any, as the Company may use at that time. 

2.    Method of Payment.    

        Pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall make payments in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, as the case may be, in respect of the
Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Change of Control Purchase Price and principal of the Securities at Stated Maturity to Holders who surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in
respect of the Securities. The Company shall pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, or by check payable in
such money. 

        If
the principal of the Securities, including any principal amount reflected in the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price, as applicable, or any portion
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paid when due (whether upon acceleration pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Indenture, upon the date set for payment of the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price or
upon the Stated Maturity of this Security), then in each such case the overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by law, bear interest at the rate of 2.0% per annum, compounded
semi-annually, which interest shall accrue from the date of such overdue amount was originally due to the date of payment of such amount, including interest thereon, has been made or duly
provided for. All such interest shall be payable on demand. 

        If
any payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal and/or interest (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or
Change of Control Purchase Price), as the case may be, shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on such payment for
the period from and after such payment date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day. 

3.    Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent.    

        Initially,
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association (the "Trustee") shall act as Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent. The Company may appoint and
change any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Bid Solicitation Agent without notice, other than notice to the Trustee; provided that the
Company shall maintain at least one Paying Agent in the State of New York, City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates shall act as the Bid
Solicitation Agent. 

4.    Indenture and Guarantee; Subordination.    

        The
Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of January 15, 2002 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used
herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect from time to time. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those
terms. 

        The
Securities are general unsecured subordinated obligations of the Company limited to $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount (or $402,500,000 aggregate principal amount if the Initial
Purchasers exercise their over-allotment option granted under the Purchase Agreement). The Indenture does not limit other indebtedness of the Company, secured or unsecured, including
Senior Indebtedness. The Guarantee is a general unsecured subordinated obligation of the Guarantor. The Indenture does not limit other indebtedness of the Guarantor, secured or unsecured, including
Senior Indebtedness. 

        Pursuant
to Article XI of the Indenture, the Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed to each Holder the Obligations of the Company under the Securities and the Indenture. The
Guarantee is subject to release as and to the extent provided in Sections 11.3 and 11.4 of the Indenture. 

        The
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company. The indebtedness evidenced by the Guarantee is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor. Any Holder accepting this Security and the related Guarantee agrees to and shall be bound by such subordination provisions and authorizes
the Trustee to give them effect. In addition to all other rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Obligors described in the Indenture, such Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior
Indebtedness and entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions of the Indenture irrespective of any amendment, 

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modification or waiver of any terms of any instrument relating to such Senior Indebtedness or any extension or renewal of such Senior Indebtedness. 

5.    Redemption at the Option of the Company.    

        The
Securities are redeemable at the option of the Company in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, on or after January 15, 2007 at the Redemption Price. No sinking
fund is provided for the Securities. 

        Notice
of redemption must be mailed at least 15 days, but not more than 60 days, before the Redemption Date to the Trustee and each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at
the Holder's address as shown on the register kept by the Registrar. 

        If
the Redemption Date is on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, interest shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities
are registered at the close of business on the relevant record date. 

        On
and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on Securities or any portion of them called for redemption; provided that
funds in the requisite amount are paid or made available for payment on that date. 

6.    Purchase By the Company at the Option of the Holder.    

        Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become obligated to purchase, at the option of the Holder, all or any portion of the Securities held by such
Holder on January 15, 2007, January 15, 2012 and January 15, 2017 (each a "Purchase Date") at the Purchase Price (provided that, if
the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, interest shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities are registered at
the close of business on the relevant record date) upon delivery of a Purchase Notice containing the information set forth in the Indenture, at any time from the opening of business on the date that
is 20 Business Days prior to such Purchase Date until the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to such Purchase Date, and upon delivery of the Securities to the Paying Agent by the Holder
as set forth in the Indenture. 

        The
Purchase Price may be paid, at the option of the Company, in cash or by the delivery of Common Stock, or any combination thereof, in the manner described in Section 3.7 of the
Indenture. 

        Holders
have the right to withdraw any Purchase Notice by delivering to the Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. 

        If
cash or securities sufficient to pay the Purchase Price of a Security or portion thereof to be purchased as of the Purchase Date are deposited with the Paying Agent on the Business
Day following the Purchase Date, then, immediately after the Purchase Date, such Security shall cease to be outstanding and interest on such Security shall cease to accrue, whether or not
book-entry transfer is made or such Security is delivered to the Paying Agent. Thereafter, the Holder of such Security shall have no other rights other than the right to receive the
Purchase Price upon surrender of such Security. 

        If
a Change of Control occurs, each Holder shall have the right, at the Holder's option, to require the Company to purchase all of such Holder's Securities, or any portion thereof that
is an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount on the Change of Control Purchase Date selected by the Company that is not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the Final Surrender Date
(as defined below), at the Change of Control Purchase Price, which Change of Control Purchase Price shall be paid in cash. 

        Unless
the Company shall have theretofore called for redemption all the outstanding Securities, on or before the thirtieth day after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company is
obligated to mail or cause the Trustee to mail to all Holders of record of the Securities a Change of Control Company Notice describing, among other things, the occurrence of such Change of Control
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purchase right arising as a result thereof. The Company must deliver a copy of the Change of Control Company Notice to the Trustee and cause a copy of such notice to be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. To exercise the purchase option, a Holder of Securities must surrender, on or before the date which, subject to any contrary
requirements of applicable law, is 60 days after the date of mailing of the Change of Control Company Notice (the "Final Surrender Date"), the Securities with respect to which the right is
being exercised, which, in the case of Certificated Securities, must be duly endorsed for transfer to the Company. 

        The
term "Change of Control" shall mean either: 

          (i)  a
report is filed on Schedule 13D or TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act, disclosing that any person (for the purposes of
this Section 6 only, as the term "person" is used in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) has become the beneficial owner (as the term "beneficial owner" is
defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the voting power of the Common Stock then outstanding;  provided that a person
shall not be deemed beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any
securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any of such person's Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase
or exchange thereunder or (B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (1) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made
pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under the Exchange Act; or 

        (ii)  any
share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company is consummated pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property,
in each case other than a share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company in which the holders of the Common Stock immediately prior to the share exchange, consolidation or merger have,
directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the total voting power in the aggregate of all classes of Capital Stock of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately after the share exchange,
consolidation or merger. 

        Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the Company, any Subsidiary, any employee stock ownership plan or any other employee
benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any person holding Common Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan, filing or becoming obligated to file a report
under or in response to Schedule 13D or Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act disclosing beneficial ownership by it of shares of Common Stock, whether
in excess of 50% or otherwise. 

7.    Conversion.    

        A
Holder may surrender Securities for conversion into shares of Common Stock on a Conversion Date if, as of such conversion date, the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least
20 trading days in the 30 day period ending on the trading day prior to the Conversion Date is more than 120% of the Conversion Price per share of Common Stock on such Conversion Date. The
"Conversion Price" per share of Common Stock as of any day means the quotient of the principal amount of a Security divided by the Conversion Rate in respect of such principal amount on that day. 

        A
Holder may also surrender Securities for conversion into shares of Common Stock if at any time each of Moody's Investor Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Rating
Services has downgraded its credit rating of the Securities to below Ba2 and BB, respectively, for so long as such downgrades remain in effect. 

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        In
addition, a Holder may surrender for conversion a Security which has been called for redemption pursuant to Section 5 of this Security, even if the foregoing provisions have
not been satisfied, and such
Securities may be surrendered for conversion until the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date; provided that if
the Company shall default in payment of the Redemption Price, a Holder may surrender Securities for conversion on or after the related Redemption Date. 

        In
the event that the Company declares a dividend or distribution described in Section 10.7 of the Indenture, or a dividend or distribution described in Section 10.8 of the
Indenture where the fair market value of such dividend or distribution per share of Common Stock, as determined in the Indenture, exceeds 15% of the current Market Price of the Common Stock as of the
trading day immediately prior to the date of declaration, a Holder may surrender Securities for conversion beginning on the date the Company gives notice to such Holder of such right, which shall be
not less than 20 days prior to the Ex-Dividend Time for such dividend or distribution, and such Holder may surrender such Securities for conversion at any time thereafter until the
close of business on the Business Day prior to the Ex-Dividend Time or until the Company announces that such distribution shall not take place. 

        Finally,
in the event that the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its assets or a merger which reclassifies or changes its
Common Stock pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other assets as set forth in Section 10.14 of the Indenture, a Holder may surrender Securities for
conversion at any time from and after the date which is 15 days prior to the anticipated effective time of the transaction until 15 days after the actual date of such transaction
(assuming, in a case in which the Company's stockholders may exercise rights of election, that a Holder of Securities would not have exercised any rights of election as to the stock, other securities
or other property or assets receivable in connection therewith and received per share the kind and amount received per share by plurality of nonelecting shares). 

        Upon
conversion, no payment or adjustment for accrued and unpaid interest on a converted Security (other than the payment of interest to the Holder of a Security at the close of business
on a record date pursuant to Section 1 of this Security) or for dividends or distributions on the Common Stock shall be made. 

        A
Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Purchase Notice exercising the option of such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security may be converted only if
such notice of exercise is withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Change of Control Purchase Notice exercising the option of
such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security may be not converted. 

        The
Conversion Rate is initially 9.6618 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to adjustment in certain events described in the Indenture. A Holder
which surrenders Securities for conversion shall receive cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock. 

        To
convert a Security, a Holder must (1) complete and sign the conversion notice on the reverse of the Security, (2) surrender the Security to the Conversion Agent,
(3) furnish the appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Registrar or Conversion Agent, and (4) pay any tax or duty which may be payable in respect of any
transfer involving the issue or delivery of Common Stock in the name of a person other than the Holder thereof. A Holder may convert a portion of a Security if the portion is $1,000 principal amount
or an integral multiple of $1,000. 

        The
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted for dividends or distributions on shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or other Capital Stock; subdivisions, combinations or
certain reclassifications of Common Stock; distributions to all holders of Common Stock of certain rights to 

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purchase shares of Common Stock for a period expiring within 60 days at less than the Average Sale Price at the Time of Determination; and distributions to such holders of assets or debt
securities of the Company or certain rights to purchase securities of the Company (excluding certain cash dividends or distributions). However, no adjustment need be made if Securityholders may
participate in the transaction without conversion or in certain other cases. The Company from time to time may voluntarily increase the Conversion Rate. 

        If
the Company is a party to a consolidation or merger, or a transfer or a lease of all or substantially all of its assets or a merger which reclassifies or changes its outstanding
Common Stock, the right to convert a Security into Common Stock may be changed into a right to convert it into securities, cash or other assets of the Company or another person. 

8.    Conversion Arrangement.    

        The
Company has the option to designate a financial institution to which Securities surrendered for conversion by a Holder of Securities shall be initially offered by the Conversion
Agent for exchange in lieu of the Company's converting the Securities. When a Holder surrenders Securities for conversion, the Conversion Agent shall cause the Securities first to be offered to a
financial institution chosen by the Company for exchange lieu of conversion. The Company expects that when the Securities are convertible, the designated institution shall submit to the Conversion
Agent a non-binding offer to accept Securities surrendered for conversion. In order to accept Securities surrendered for conversion, the designated institution must agree to exchange for
such Securities a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of such shares the Holder of such Securities would receive upon conversion, plus cash for any fractional shares. If the
institution accepts any such Securities, it shall deliver the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock to the Conversion Agent and the Conversion Agent shall deliver those shares to the Holder who
surrendered the Securities. The designation of an institution to which Securities may be submitted for exchange does not require the institution to accept any Securities from the Conversion Agent. If
the designated institution declines to accept any Securities in whole or in part, those Securities or parts of Securities shall be converted into shares of Common Stock as the close of business on the
Business Day following the Business Day on which the Securities are surrendered for conversion. If the designated institution agrees to accept any Securities for exchange but does not timely deliver
the related common shares, the Securities shall be converted and
the shares of Common Stock shall be delivered. Any Securities accepted for exchange by the designated institution shall remain outstanding. 

9.    Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.    

        The
Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may register the transfer of or exchange
Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes or other
governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto by law or permitted by the Indenture. 

10.    Amendment, Supplement, Waiver.    

        Subject
to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented, with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities, and any existing default may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities. Without the consent of any Securityholder, the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended, inter alia, to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for assumption of the obligations of
the Company or the Guarantor to Securityholders in the case of a merger or acquisition, to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder, to remove the
Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or to add an additional guarantee of the Obligations of the Company by a Subsidiary other than the Guarantor. 

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11.    Defaults and Remedies.    

        An
Event of Default includes: default in the payment by the Company or the Guarantor of accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities which has
continued for 30 days, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture; default by the Company or the Guarantor in the payment of principal of
the Securities or in the payment of any amount due on the Guarantee when due and payable, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture; default by
the Company or the Guarantor in the payment of the Redemption Price to be paid upon a redemption at the option of the Company pursuant to Section 5 of this Security or the Purchase Price or
Change of Control Purchase Price to be paid upon a redemption at the option of the Holder pursuant to Section 6 of this Security, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by the
subordination provisions of the Indenture; failure by either Obligor for 90 days after certain notice to it to comply with any of its other agreements in the Indenture; default in the payment
of Indebtedness of either Obligor if such payment exceeds $50,000,000 and such default results in acceleration of such indebtedness; acceleration of
payments with respect to Indebtedness of either Obligor in excess of $50,000,000; the Guarantee being held unenforceable or invalid or ceasing to be in full force and effect; and certain events of
bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to either Obligor. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities may
declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to be immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which will result in the
Securities being immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. 

        Securityholders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture
or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may
withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing default (except a default in the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests. The Company
must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the Trustee. 

12.    Trustee Dealings With Company.    

        Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, the Trustee and any agent under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and
perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee or agent. 

13.    No Recourse Against Others.    

        A
director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of an Obligor shall not have any liability for any obligations of such Obligor under the Securities, the Guarantee or the Indenture
(as applicable) or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities and the Guarantee. 

14.    Authentication.    

        This
Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent on the face hereof. 

15.    Abbreviations.    

        Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants 

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with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 

16.    CUSIP Numbers.    

        Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities and has
directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities
or as contained in any notice of redemption. 

17.    Governing Law.    

        The
laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantee. 

18.    Registration Rights.    

        The
Holders of the Securities are entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2002, among the Company, the Guarantor and Credit Suisse
First Boston Corporation, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., UBS Warburg LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Tokyo-Mitsubishi International plc and U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., as
initial purchasers, including the receipt of Additional Interest upon a registration default (as defined in such agreement). 

        The
Company shall furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type. Requests may be
made to: 

 
 

Best Buy Co. Inc.
  7075 Flying Cloud Drive
  Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344
  Attn: Treasury Department    

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CONVERSION NOTICE    
  

To
Best Buy Co., Inc. (the "Company"): 

        The
undersigned owner of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Security, or the portion hereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple
of $1,000 below designated, into shares of Best Buy Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that the shares issuable and deliverable upon
conversion, together with any cash in payment for fractional shares and any Securities representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof
unless a different name has been indicated below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect
thereto. 

        To convert this Security into Common Stock of the Company, check the box: / /

 

        To
convert only part of this Security, state the amount (must be $1,000 principal amount or any whole multiple of $1,000: $               

        If
you want the stock certificate made out in another Person's name, fill in the form below: 

	

	

 (Insert other Person's social security or tax identification number)
	

 (Print or type other Person's name, address and zip code)
	

Date:	

 	
 	

Your signature:	

 
	 	
	 	 	
 (Sign exactly as your name appears on

the face of this Security)
	

Signature Guaranteed:	
 	

 	

 
	 	 	 	

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ASSIGNMENT FORM    
  

        To assign this Security or, in the event of conversion, shares of Best Buy Common Stock, fill in the form below: 

        I or we assign and transfer this Security or,                shares of Best Buy Common Stock, to

 

	

	

 (Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
	

	

	

	

 (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

and
irrevocably appoint 

                                    
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 

	Date:	 	 	Your signature:	 
	 	
	 	 	
 (Sign exactly as your name appears on

the face of this Security)
	

Signature Guaranteed:	
 	

 	

 
	 	 	 	

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES OF GLOBAL SECURITY    
  

        Initial Principal Amount of Global
Security:                        
($                        ).
 

	Date
	 	Amount of Increase in Principal Amount of Global Security
	 	Amount of Decrease in Principal Amount of Global Security
	 	Principal Amount of Global Security After Increase or Decrease
	 	Notation by Registrar or Security Custodian

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EXHIBIT A-2    
  

 
 

[FORM OF FACE OF CERTIFICATED SECURITY]    
  

        THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO THE RULES FOR DEBT INSTRUMENTS WITH CONTINGENT PAYMENTS UNDER TREASURY REGULATIONS § 1.1275-4(b). AS REQUIRED
UNDER APPLICABLE TREASURY REGULATIONS, BEST BUY CO., INC. (THE "COMPANY") HAS SET FORTH THE "COMPARABLE YIELD" IN SECTION 4.7 OF THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS BEING ISSUED. 

        THIS
SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) AND THE RELATED GUARANTEE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS SECURITY, THE RELATED GUARANTEE AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5
OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. 

        THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY, THE RELATED GUARANTEE AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THE SECURITIES MAY
BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (i) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (ii) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF
AVAILABLE) OR (iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (i) THROUGH (iii) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER SHALL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN
(A) ABOVE. IN ANY CASE, THE HOLDER HEREOF SHALL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SECURITIES EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 

        THIS
SECURITY, ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS CONVERSION AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON
RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER OF
RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUCH SHARES SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR
SUPPLEMENT. 

        The
foregoing legend may be removed from this Security on satisfaction of the conditions specified in the Indenture. 

 
BEST BUY CO., INC. 2.25%  

 CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE JANUARY 15, 2022  

	No.	 	CUSIP:
	Issue Date: January 15, 2002	 	 

        BEST
BUY CO., INC., a Minnesota corporation, promises to pay to                or registered assigns, the principal amount of
[                        ] DOLLARS ($
[                        ]) on January 15, 2022. 

        This
Security shall bear interest in the manner specified on the other side of this Security. This Security is convertible as specified on the other side of this Security. 

        Additional
provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this Security. 

	Dated:	 	BEST BUY CO., INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 	 	 	Title:

TRUSTEE'S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

WELLS
FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,

    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee, certifies that this is one

of the Securities referred to in the

within-mentioned Indenture. 

	By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
 Authorized Signatory	 	 

Dated:

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITY]    
    
    2.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due January 15, 2022    
  

1.    Interest.    

        This
Security shall accrue interest at an initial rate of 2.25% per annum. Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each January 15 and July 15
(each an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing July 15, 2002, through the Stated Maturity (or the earlier redemption or repayment of the Securities, if any) to registered holders of the
Securities as of the close of business on the immediately preceding January 1 and July 1, respectively (whether or not a Business Day);  provided that interest shall be payable to the person to
whom principal is payable. Interest on the Securities shall accrue from the most recent date to
which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from January 15, 2002. The Company shall give notice to the Holders, no later than 15 days prior to each record date, of
the amount of interest to be paid as of the next Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate on this Security shall be reset on July 15, 2006, July 15, 2011
and July 15, 2016 (each, a "Reset Date") to a rate per annum equal to the Five-Year Treasury Rate minus 2.06% (a "Rate Reset") if the average of the Security Price for the 20
trading days ending on the second trading day immediately preceding the applicable Reset Date equals 120% or more of the initial issue price of this Security per $1,000 principal amount hereof. In no
event, however, shall the interest rate on this Security be reset below 2.25% per annum or above 3.25% per annum. Any interest payable hereunder shall be computed based on a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months and semi-annual periods ending on January 15 and July 15 of each year. 

        "Security
Price" means, on any date of determination, the average of the secondary market bid quotations per $1,000 principal amount of Securities obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent
for $10 million principal amount of Securities at approximately 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three securities dealers in The City of New York selected
by the Company (none of which shall be an Affiliate of the Company); provided, however, that if: 

          (i)  at
least three such bids are not obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, or 

        (ii)  in
the Company's reasonable judgment, the bid quotations are not indicative of the secondary market value of the Securities on such determination date, 

then
the Security Price for such determination date shall equal the average of the secondary market bid quotations per $1,000 principal amount of Securities obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for
$10 million principal amount of Securities at approximately 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from at least two securities dealers selected by the Company (none
of which shall be an Affiliate of the Company). 

        Upon
determination that a Rate Reset will occur on a Reset Date, on or prior to such Reset Date the Company shall issue a press release and publish such information on its website or
through such other similar public medium, if any, as the Company may use at that time. 

2.    Method of Payment.    

        Pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall make payments in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, as the case may be, in respect of the
Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Change of Control Purchase Price and principal of the Securities at Stated Maturity to Holders who surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in
respect of the Securities. The Company shall pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, or by check payable in
such money. 

        If
the principal of the Securities, including any principal amount reflected in the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price, as applicable, or any portion
thereof is not 

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paid when due (whether upon acceleration pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Indenture, upon the date set for payment of the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price or
upon the Stated Maturity of this Security), then in each such case the overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by law, bear interest at the rate of 2.0% per annum, compounded
semi-annually, which interest shall accrue from the date of such overdue amount was originally due to the date of payment of such amount, including interest thereon, has been made or duly
provided for. All such interest shall be payable on demand. 

        If
any payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal and/or interest (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or
Change of Control Purchase Price), as the case may be, shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on such payment for
the period from and after such payment date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day. 

3.    Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar.    

        Initially,
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association (the "Trustee") shall act as Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent. The Company may appoint and
change any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Bid Solicitation Agent without notice, other than notice to the Trustee; provided that the
Company shall maintain at least one Paying Agent in the State of New York, City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates shall act as the Bid
Solicitation Agent. 

4.    Indenture and Guarantee; Subordination.    

        The
Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of January 15, 2002 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used
herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect from time to time. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those
terms. 

        The
Securities are general unsecured subordinated obligations of the Company limited to $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount (or $402,500,000 aggregate principal amount if the Initial
Purchasers exercise their over-allotment option granted under the Purchase Agreement). The Indenture does not limit other indebtedness of the Company, secured or unsecured, including
Senior Indebtedness. The Guarantee is a general unsecured subordinated obligation of the Guarantor. The Indenture does not limit other indebtedness of the Guarantor, secured or unsecured, including
Senior Indebtedness. 

        Pursuant
to Article XI of the Indenture, the Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed to each Holder the Obligations of the Company under the Securities and the Indenture. The
Guarantee is subject to release as and to the extent provided in Sections 11.3 and 11.4 of the Indenture. 

        The
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company. The indebtedness evidenced by the Guarantee is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor. Any Holder accepting this Security and the related Guarantee agrees to and shall be bound by such subordination provisions and authorizes
the Trustee to give them effect. In addition to all other rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Obligors described in the Indenture, such Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior
Indebtedness and entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions of the Indenture irrespective of any amendment, 

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modification or waiver of any terms of any instrument relating to such Senior Indebtedness or any extension or renewal of such Senior Indebtedness. 

5.    Redemption at the Option of the Company.    

        The
Securities are redeemable at the option of the Company in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, on or after January 15, 2007 at the Redemption Price. No sinking
fund is provided for the Securities. 

        Notice
of redemption must be mailed at least 15 days, but not more than 60 days, before the Redemption Date to the Trustee and each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at
the Holder's address as shown on the register kept by the Registrar. 

        If
the Redemption Date is on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, interest shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities
are registered at the close of business on the relevant record date. 

        On
and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on Securities or any portion of them called for redemption; provided that
funds in the requisite amount are paid or made available for payment on that date. 

6.    Purchase By the Company at the Option of the Holder.    

        Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become obligated to purchase, at the option of the Holder, all or any portion of the Securities held by such
Holder on January 15, 2007, January 15, 2012 and January 15, 2017 (each a "Purchase Date") at the Purchase Price (provided that, if
the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, interest shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities are registered at
the close of business on the relevant record date) upon delivery of a Purchase Notice containing the information set forth in the Indenture, at any time from the opening of business on the date that
is 20 Business Days prior to such Purchase Date until the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to such Purchase Date, and upon delivery of the Securities to the Paying Agent by the Holder
as set forth in the Indenture. 

        The
Purchase Price may be paid, at the option of the Company, in cash or by the delivery of Common Stock, or any combination thereof, in the manner described in Section 3.7 of the
Indenture. 

        Holders
have the right to withdraw any Purchase Notice by delivering to the Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. 

        If
cash or securities sufficient to pay the Purchase Price of a Security or portion thereof to be purchased as of the Purchase Date are deposited with the Paying Agent on the Business
Day following the Purchase Date, then, immediately after the Purchase Date, such Security shall cease to be outstanding and interest on such Security shall cease to accrue, whether or not
book-entry transfer is made or such Security is delivered to the Paying Agent. Thereafter, the Holder of such Security shall have no other rights other than the right to receive the
Purchase Price upon surrender of such Security. 

        If
a Change of Control occurs, each Holder shall have the right, at the Holder's option, to require the Company to purchase all of such Holder's Securities, or any portion thereof that
is an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount on the Change of Control Purchase Date selected by the Company that is not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the Final Surrender Date
(as defined below), at the Change of Control Purchase Price, which Change of Control Purchase Price shall be paid in cash. 

        Unless
the Company shall have theretofore called for redemption all the outstanding Securities, on or before the thirtieth day after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company is
obligated to mail or cause the Trustee to mail to all Holders of record of the Securities a Change of Control Company Notice describing, among other things, the occurrence of such Change of Control
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purchase right arising as a result thereof. The Company must deliver a copy of the Change of Control Company Notice to the Trustee and cause a copy of such notice to be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. To exercise the purchase option, a Holder of Securities must surrender, on or before the date which, subject to any contrary
requirements of applicable law, is 60 days after the date of mailing of the Change of Control Company Notice (the "Final Surrender Date"), the Securities with respect to which the right is
being exercised, which, in the case of Certificated Securities, must be duly endorsed for transfer to the Company. 

        The
term "Change of Control" shall mean either: 

          (i)  a
report is filed on Schedule 13D or TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act, disclosing that any person (for the purposes of
this Section 6 only, as the term "person" is used in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) has become the beneficial owner (as the term "beneficial owner" is
defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the voting power of the Common Stock then outstanding;  provided that a person
shall not be deemed beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any
securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any of such person's Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase
or exchange thereunder or (B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (1) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made
pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under the Exchange Act; or 

        (ii)  any
share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company is consummated pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property,
in each case other than a share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company in which the holders of the Common Stock immediately prior to the share exchange, consolidation or merger have,
directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the total voting power in the aggregate of all classes of Capital Stock of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately after the share exchange,
consolidation or merger. 

        Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the Company, any Subsidiary, any employee stock ownership plan or any other employee
benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any person holding Common Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan, filing or becoming obligated to file a report
under or in response to Schedule 13D or Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act disclosing beneficial ownership by it of shares of Common Stock, whether
in excess of 50% or otherwise. 

7.    Conversion.    

        A
Holder may surrender Securities for conversion into shares of Common Stock on a Conversion Date if, as of such conversion date, the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least
20 trading days in the 30 day period ending on the trading day prior to the Conversion Date is more than 120% of the Conversion Price per share of Common Stock on such Conversion Date. The
"Conversion Price" per share of Common Stock as of any day means the quotient of the principal amount of a Security divided by the Conversion Rate in respect of such principal amount on that day. 

        A
Holder may also surrender Securities for conversion into shares of Common Stock if at any time each of Moody's Investor Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Rating
Services has downgraded its credit rating of the Securities to below Ba2 and BB, respectively, for so long as such downgrades remain in effect. 

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        In
addition, a Holder may surrender for conversion a Security which has been called for redemption pursuant to Section 5 of this Security, even if the foregoing provisions have
not been satisfied, and such
Securities may be surrendered for conversion until the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date; provided that if
the Company shall default in payment of the Redemption Price, a Holder may surrender Securities for conversion on or after the related Redemption Date. 

        In
the event that the Company declares a dividend or distribution described in Section 10.7 of the Indenture, or a dividend or distribution described in Section 10.8 of the
Indenture where the fair market value of such dividend or distribution per share of Common Stock, as determined in the Indenture, exceeds 15% of the current Market Price of the Common Stock as of the
trading day immediately prior to the date of declaration, a Holder may surrender Securities for conversion beginning on the date the Company gives notice to such Holder of such right, which shall be
not less than 20 days prior to the Ex-Dividend Time for such dividend or distribution, and such Holder may surrender such Securities for conversion at any time thereafter until the
close of business on the Business Day prior to the Ex-Dividend Time or until the Company announces that such distribution shall not take place. 

        Finally,
in the event that the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its assets or a merger which reclassifies or changes its
Common Stock pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other assets as set forth in Section 10.14 of the Indenture, a Holder may surrender Securities for
conversion at any time from and after the date which is 15 days prior to the anticipated effective time of the transaction until 15 days after the actual date of such transaction
(assuming, in a case in which the Company's stockholders may exercise rights of election, that a Holder of Securities would not have exercised any rights of election as to the stock, other securities
or other property or assets receivable in connection therewith and received per share the kind and amount received per share by plurality of nonelecting shares). 

        Upon
conversion, no payment or adjustment for accrued and unpaid interest on a converted Security (other than the payment of interest to the Holder of a Security at the close of business
on a record date pursuant to Section 1 of this Security) or for dividends or distributions on the Common Stock shall be made. 

        A
Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Purchase Notice exercising the option of such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security may be converted only if
such notice of exercise is withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Change of Control Purchase Notice exercising the option of
such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security may be not converted. 

        The
Conversion Rate is initially 9.6618 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to adjustment in certain events described in the Indenture. A Holder
which surrenders Securities for conversion shall receive cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock. 

        To
convert a Security, a Holder must (1) complete and sign the conversion notice on the reverse of the Security, (2) surrender the Security to the Conversion Agent,
(3) furnish the appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Registrar or Conversion Agent, and (4) pay any tax or duty which may be payable in respect of any
transfer involving the issue or delivery of Common Stock in the name of a person other than the Holder thereof. A Holder may convert a portion of a Security if the portion is $1,000 principal amount
or an integral multiple of $1,000. 

        The
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted for dividends or distributions on shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or other Capital Stock; subdivisions, combinations or
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purchase shares of Common Stock for a period expiring within 60 days at less than the Average Sale Price at the Time of Determination; and distributions to such holders of assets or debt
securities of the Company or certain rights to purchase securities of the Company (excluding certain cash dividends or distributions). However, no adjustment need be made if Securityholders may
participate in the transaction without conversion or in certain other cases. The Company from time to time may voluntarily increase the Conversion Rate. 

        If
the Company is a party to a consolidation or merger, or a transfer or a lease of all or substantially all of its assets or a merger which reclassifies or changes its outstanding
Common Stock, the right to convert a Security into Common Stock may be changed into a right to convert it into securities, cash or other assets of the Company or another person. 

8.    Conversion Arrangement.    

        The
Company has the option to designate a financial institution to which Securities surrendered for conversion by a Holder of Securities shall be initially offered by the Conversion
Agent for exchange in lieu of the Company's converting the Securities. When a Holder surrenders Securities for conversion, the Conversion Agent shall cause the Securities first to be offered to a
financial institution chosen by the Company for exchange lieu of conversion. The Company expects that when the Securities are convertible, the designated institution shall submit to the Conversion
Agent a non-binding offer to accept Securities surrendered for conversion. In order to accept Securities surrendered for conversion, the designated institution must agree to exchange for
such Securities a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of such shares the Holder of such Securities would receive upon conversion, plus cash for any fractional shares. If the
institution accepts any such Securities, it shall deliver the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock to the Conversion Agent and the Conversion Agent shall deliver those shares to the Holder who
surrendered the Securities. The designation of an institution to which Securities may be submitted for exchange does not require the institution to accept any Securities from the Conversion Agent. If
the designated institution declines to accept any Securities in whole or in part, those Securities or parts of Securities shall be converted into shares of Common Stock as the close of business on the
Business Day following the Business Day on which the Securities are surrendered for conversion. If the designated institution agrees to accept any Securities for exchange but does not timely deliver
the related common shares, the Securities shall be converted and
the shares of Common Stock shall be delivered. Any Securities accepted for exchange by the designated institution shall remain outstanding. 

9.    Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.    

        The
Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may register the transfer of or exchange
Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes or other
governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto by law or permitted by the Indenture. 

10.    Amendment, Supplement, Waiver.    

        Subject
to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented, with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities, and any existing default may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities. Without the consent of any Securityholder, the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended, inter alia, to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for assumption of the obligations of
the Company or the Guarantor to Securityholders in the case of a merger or acquisition, to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder, to remove the
Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or to add an additional guarantee of the Obligations of the Company by a Subsidiary other than the Guarantor. 

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11.    Defaults and Remedies.    

        An
Event of Default includes: default in the payment by the Company or the Guarantor of accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities which has
continued for 30 days, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture; default by the Company or the Guarantor in the payment of principal of
the Securities or in the payment of any amount due on the Guarantee when due and payable, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture; default by
the Company or the Guarantor in the payment of the Redemption Price to be paid upon a redemption at the option of the Company pursuant to Section 5 of this Security or the Purchase Price or
Change of Control Purchase Price to be paid upon a redemption at the option of the Holder pursuant to Section 6 of this Security, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by the
subordination provisions of the Indenture; failure by either Obligor for 90 days after certain notice to it to comply with any of its other agreements in the Indenture; default in the payment
of Indebtedness of either Obligor if such payment exceeds $50,000,000 and such default results in acceleration of such indebtedness; acceleration of
payments with respect to Indebtedness of either Obligor in excess of $50,000,000; the Guarantee being held unenforceable or invalid or ceasing to be in full force and effect; and certain events of
bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to either Obligor. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities may
declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to be immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which will result in the
Securities being immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. 

        Securityholders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture
or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may
withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing default (except a default in the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests. The Company
must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the Trustee. 

12.    Trustee Dealings With Company.    

        Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, the Trustee and any agent under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and
perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee or agent. 

13.    No Recourse Against Others.    

        A
director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of an Obligor shall not have any liability for any obligations of such Obligor under the Securities, the Guarantee or the Indenture
(as applicable) or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities and the Guarantee. 

14.    Authentication.    

        This
Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent on the face hereof. 

15.    Abbreviations.    

        Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants 

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with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 

16.    CUSIP Numbers.    

        Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities and has
directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities
or as contained in any notice of redemption. 

17.    Governing Law.    

        The
laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantee. 

18.    Registration Rights.    

        The
Holders of the Securities are entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2002, among the Company, the Guarantor and Credit Suisse
First Boston Corporation, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., UBS Warburg LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Tokyo-Mitsubishi International plc and U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., as
initial purchasers, including the receipt of Additional Interest upon a registration default (as defined in such agreement). 

        The
Company shall furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type. Requests may be
made to: 

Best
Buy Co. Inc.

7075 Flying Cloud Drive

Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344

Attn: Treasury Department 

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CONVERSION NOTICE    
  

To
Best Buy Co., Inc. (the "Company"): 

        The
undersigned owner of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Security, or the portion hereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple
of $1,000 below designated, into shares of Best Buy Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that the shares issuable and deliverable upon
conversion, together with any cash in payment for fractional shares and any Securities representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof
unless a different name has been indicated below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect
thereto. 

        To
convert this Security into Common Stock of the Company, check the box:    / / 

        To
convert only part of this Security, state the amount (must be $1,000 principal amount or any whole multiple of
$1,000:    $                   

        If
you want the stock certificate made out in another Person's name, fill in the form below: 

	

 	

 	
 	

 	

 
	

	

 	

 	
 	

 	

 
	

 (Insert other Person's social security

or tax identification number)
	

 	

 	
 	

 	

 
	

 (Print or type other Person's name, address and zip code)
	

Date:	

 	
 	

Your signature:	

 
	 	
	 	 	
 (Sign exactly as your name appears on

the face of this Security)

	Signature Guaranteed:	 	 
	 	 	

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ASSIGNMENT FORM    
  

        To assign this Security or, in the event of conversion, shares of Best Buy Common Stock, fill in the form below: 

I
or we assign and transfer this Security or,                shares of Best Buy Common Stock, to 

(Insert assignee's social security

or tax identification number) 

(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code) 

and
irrevocably appoint 

                                        
    
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 

	Date:	 	 	 	Your signature:	 	 
	 	 	
	 	 	 	
 (Sign exactly as your name appears on

the face of this Security)

	Signature Guaranteed:	 	 
	 	 	

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EXHIBIT B    
  

 
 

2.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due January 15, 2022
  
    Transfer Certificate    

        In
connection with any transfer of any of the Securities within the period prior to the expiration of the holding period applicable to the sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (or any successor provision), the undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby certifies with respect to
$               principal amount (of the above-captioned Securities presented or surrendered on the date hereof (the "Surrendered Securities") for
registration of transfer, or for exchange or conversion where the securities issuable upon such exchange or conversion are to be registered in a name other than that of the undersigned registered
owner (each such transaction being a "transfer"), that such transfer complies with the restrictive legend set forth on the face of the Surrendered Securities for the reason checked below: 

	        [    ]	 	A transfer of the Surrendered Securities is made to the Company or any subsidiaries; or
	

        [    ]	
 	

The transfer of the Surrendered Securities complies with Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"); or
	

        [    ]	
 	

The transfer of the Surrendered Securities is pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or
	

        [    ]	
 	

The transfer of the Surrendered Securities is pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirement of the Securities Act.

        and
unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that, to the undersigned's knowledge, such Securities are not being transferred to an "affiliate" of the Company as defined
in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (an "Affiliate"). 

	        [    ]	 	The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.
	

 	
 	

 
	DATE:	 	 
	 	 	
 Signature(s)

        (If
the registered owner is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person signing on behalf of such registered owner must be stated.) 

	Signature Guaranteed	 	 
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 
	
 Participant in a Recognized Signature	 	 
	

Guarantee Medallion Program	
 	

 
	

By:	
 	

 	
 	

 
	 	 	
 Authorized Signatory

 	 	 

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EXHIBIT C    
  

 
 

[FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE]    

        Subject
to Section 11.5 of the Indenture, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the
Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (a) the principal of and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities shall be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any
applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal, interest on accrued and unpaid interest and interest on Additional Interest, if any, on
the Securities and all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture or under the Securities shall be promptly paid in full and performed, all in accordance with
the terms thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other Obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or
performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when so due of any
amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantor shall be obligated to pay the same immediately. 

        The
obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders of the Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XI of the
Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of this Guarantee. The terms of Article XI of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Guarantee
is subject to release as and to the extent provided in Sections 11.3 and 11.4 of the Indenture. This Guarantee is subordinated in right of payment to the extent set forth in the Indenture. 

        This
is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns to the extent set forth in the
Indenture until full and final payment of all of the Company's Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture, or until released as and to the extent provided in Sections 11.3 and 11.4 of the
Indenture, and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the
rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is the Guarantee
of payment and not a guarantee of collection. 

        The
Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the Obligations contained
in the Securities and the Indenture. 

        This
Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the
Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers. 

        For
purposes hereof, the Guarantor's liability shall be limited to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of the Obligations of the Company under the Securities and the Indenture
and (ii) the maximum amount that shall result in the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under applicable law of any relevant
jurisdiction. 

        This
Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 

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        Capitalized
terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. 

	 	 	BEST BUY STORES, L.P.

BY: BBC PROPERTY CO., ITS GENERAL PARTNER
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

ARTICLE II THE SECURITIES

ARTICLE III REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES

ARTICLE IV COVENANTS

ARTICLE V SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE

ARTICLE VIII DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS

ARTICLE X CONVERSION

ARTICLE XI GUARANTEE

ARTICLE XII SUBORDINATION

ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS

EXHIBIT A-1

[FORM OF FACE OF GLOBAL SECURITY]

[FORM OF REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITY] 2.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due January 15, 2022

Best Buy Co. Inc. 7075 Flying Cloud Drive Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344 Attn: Treasury Department

CONVERSION NOTICE

ASSIGNMENT FORM

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES OF GLOBAL SECURITY

EXHIBIT A-2

[FORM OF FACE OF CERTIFICATED SECURITY]

[FORM OF REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITY] 2.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due January 15, 2022

CONVERSION NOTICE

ASSIGNMENT FORM

EXHIBIT B

2.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due January 15, 2022 Transfer Certificate

EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE]

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