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Exhibit 4.8

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP

Dated as of May 25, 2005

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE I
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Section 2.1 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee
	 	 	4	 
	Section 2.2 Certain Rights of the Guarantee Trustee
	 	 	6	 
	Section 2.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee
	 	 	7	 
	Section 2.4 Events of Default; Waiver
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.5 Events of Default; Notice
	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.1 The Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
	 	 	8	 
	Section 3.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	GUARANTEE
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.1 Guarantee
	 	 	10	 
	Section 4.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand
	 	 	10	 
	Section 4.3 Obligations Not Affected
	 	 	10	 
	Section 4.4 Rights of Holders
	 	 	11	 
	Section 4.5 Guarantee of Payment
	 	 	12	 
	Section 4.6 Subrogation
	 	 	12	 
	Section 4.7 Independent Obligations
	 	 	12	 
	Section 4.8 Enforcement
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.1 Limitation of Transactions
	 	 	13	 
	Section 5.2 Ranking
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	ARTICLE VI
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	TERMINATION
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.1 Termination
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	ARTICLE VII
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.1 Exculpation
	 	 	14	 
	Section 7.2 Indemnification
	 	 	14	 
	Section 7.3 Compensation; Reimbursement of Expenses
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	ARTICLE VIII
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.1 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	16	 
	Section 8.2 Amendments
	 	 	16	 
	Section 8.3 Notices
	 	 	16	 
	Section 8.4 Benefit
	 	 	17	 
	Section 8.5 Governing Law
	 	 	17	 
	Section 8.6 Counterparts
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

     This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the “Guarantee”), dated as of May 25, 2005, is executed and
delivered by EverBank Financial Corp, a savings and loan holding company incorporated in the State
of Florida (the “Guarantor”), and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation,
as trustee (the “Guarantee Trustee”), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein)
from time to time of the Capital Securities (as defined herein) of EverBank Financial Preferred
Trust V, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”).

     WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration”),
dated as of May 25, 2005, among the trustees named therein of the Issuer, EverBank Financial Corp,
as sponsor, and the Holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the date hereof securities, having an aggregate liquidation
amount of $10,000,000, designated in the Declaration as MMCapSSM (the “Capital
Securities”); and

     WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Capital Securities, the Guarantor
desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth in this Guarantee, to pay
to the Holders of Capital Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain
other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of the Capital Securities,
which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and
delivers this Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 

     Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation.

     In this Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires:

          (a) capitalized terms used in this Guarantee but not defined in the preamble above have the
respective meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1;

          (b) a term defined anywhere in this Guarantee has the same meaning throughout;

          (c) all references to “the Guarantee” or “this Guarantee” are to this Guarantee as modified,
supplemented or amended from time to time;

          (d) all references in this Guarantee to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of
this Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;

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          (e) terms defined in the Declaration as of the date of execution of this Guarantee have the
same meanings when used in this Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in this Guarantee or unless the
context otherwise requires; and

          (f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.

     “Beneficiaries” means any Person to whom the Issuer is or hereafter becomes indebted
or liable.

     “Common Securities” has the meaning specified in the Declaration.

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Guarantee Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which at all times
shall be located within the United States and at the time of the execution of this Guarantee shall
be Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19890-0001.

     “Covered Person” means any Holder of Capital Securities.

     “Debenture Issuer” means EverBank Financial Corp or any successor entity resulting
from any consolidation, amalgamation, merger or other business combination, in its capacity as
issuer of the Debentures.

     “Debentures” means the junior subordinated debentures of the Debenture Issuer that are
designated in the Indenture as the “Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due
2035” and held by the Institutional Trustee (as defined in the Declaration) of the Issuer.

     “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.

     “Guarantee Payments” means the following payments or distributions, without
duplication, with respect to the Capital Securities, to the extent not paid or made by the Issuer:
(i) any accrued and unpaid Distributions (as defined in the Declaration) which are required to be
paid on such Capital Securities to the extent the Issuer has funds available in the Property
Account (as defined in the Declaration) therefor at such time, (ii) the price payable upon the
redemption of any Capital Securities to the extent the Issuer has funds available in the Property
Account therefor at such time, with respect to any Capital Securities that are (1) called for
redemption by the Issuer or (2) mandatorily redeemed by the Issuer, in each case, in accordance
with the terms of such Capital Securities, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Issuer (other than in connection with the
distribution of Debentures to the Holders of the Capital Securities in exchange therefor as
provided in the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount of the
Capital Securities and all accrued and unpaid Distributions on the Capital Securities to the date
of payment, to the extent the Issuer has funds available in the Property Account therefor at such
time, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders in
liquidation of the Issuer after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer as required
by applicable law (in either case, the “Liquidation Distribution”).

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     “Guarantee Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, until a Successor Guarantee
Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this
Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

     “Holder” means any Person in whose name any Capital Securities are registered on the
books and records of the Issuer; provided, however, that, in determining whether the holders of the
requisite percentage of Capital Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder, “Holder” shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.

     “Indemnified Person” means the Guarantee Trustee (including in its individual
capacity), any Affiliate of the Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors, shareholders,
members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of the Guarantee
Trustee.

     “Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of May 25, 2005, between the Debenture
Issuer and Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee, and any
indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued to the
Institutional Trustee of the Issuer.

     “Liquidation Distribution” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Guarantee
Payments” herein.

     “Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities” means Holder(s) of
outstanding Capital Securities, voting together as a class, but separately from the holders of
Common Securities, of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the amount that
would be paid upon the redemption, liquidation or otherwise on the date upon which the voting
percentages are determined, plus unpaid Distributions accrued thereon to such date) of all Capital
Securities then outstanding.

     “Obligations” means any costs, expenses or liabilities (but not including liabilities
related to taxes) of the Issuer, other than obligations of the Issuer to pay to holders of any
Trust Securities the amounts due such holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust Securities.

     “Officer’s Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by one
Authorized Officer of such Person. Any Officer’s Certificate delivered with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant provided for in this Guarantee shall include:

     (a) a statement that such officer signing the Officer’s Certificate has read the covenant or
condition and the definitions relating thereto;

     (b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken
by such officer in rendering the Officer’s Certificate;

     (c) a statement that such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such
officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

     “Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any
other entity of whatever nature.

     “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any officer within
the Corporate Trust Office of the Guarantee Trustee with direct responsibility for the
administration of any matters relating to this Guarantee, including any vice president, any
assistant vice president, any secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant
treasurer, any trust officer or other officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Guarantee
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.

     “Successor Guarantee Trustee” means a successor Guarantee Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 3.1.

     “Trust Securities” means the Common Securities and the Capital Securities.

ARTICLE II

POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE 

     Section 2.1 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.

          (a) This Guarantee shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of
the Capital Securities, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Guarantee to any Person
except a Holder of Capital Securities exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 4.4 (b) or
to a Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its
appointment to act as Successor Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Guarantee
Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and cessation
of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered
pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

          (b) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee
has occurred and is continuing, the Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Guarantee for the benefit
of the Holders of the Capital Securities.

          (c) The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing
or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into
this Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an

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Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.4(b))
and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee, and use the same
degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

               (d) No provision of this Guarantee shall be construed to relieve the Guarantee Trustee from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct or bad faith, except that:

               (i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of
all Events of Default that may have occurred:

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

               (B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Guarantee Trustee, the
Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Guarantee; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions furnished to the
Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not on their face they conform to the requirements of this
Guarantee;

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

               (iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written direction of the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this
Guarantee; and

               (iv) no provision of this Guarantee shall require the Guarantee Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Guarantee Trustee
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds is not
reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Guarantee, or security and

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indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee, against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.

     Section 2.2 Certain Rights of the Guarantee Trustee.

          (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.1:

               (i) The Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, 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, sent or presented by the proper party or parties.

               (ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Guarantee shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate.

               (iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Guarantee, the Guarantee Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or
omitting any action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and
conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate of the Guarantor which, upon receipt of such
request, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor.

               (iv) The Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or
registration of any instrument or other writing (or any rerecording, refiling or
reregistration thereof).

               (v) The Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or
opinion of such counsel with respect to legal matters shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be
counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its employees. The
Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the
administration of this Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction.

               (vi) The Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Guarantee at the request or direction of any Holder, unless
such Holder shall have provided to the Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity,
reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including
attorneys’ fees and expenses and the expenses of the Guarantee Trustee’s agents, nominees or
custodians) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or
direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Guarantee Trustee;
provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 2.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to
relieve the Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation
to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee.

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               (vii) The Guarantee 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 Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.

               (viii) The Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, nominees, custodians
or attorneys, and the Guarantee 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.

               (ix) Any action taken by the Guarantee Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the
Holders of the Capital Securities, and the signature of the Guarantee Trustee or its agents
alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action. No third party shall be
required to inquire as to the authority of the Guarantee Trustee to so act or as to its
compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Guarantee, both of which shall be
conclusively evidenced by the Guarantee Trustee’s or its agent’s taking such action.

               (x) Whenever in the administration of this Guarantee the Guarantee Trustee shall deem
it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking
any other action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (A) may request instructions from the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, (B) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are
received and (C) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with
such instructions.

               (xi) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Guarantee.

          (b) No provision of this Guarantee shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the
Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation
conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal or in which the
Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law to perform
any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power
or authority available to the Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.

     Section 2.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.

     The recitals contained in this Guarantee shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor,
and the Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Guarantee
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guarantee.

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     Section 2.4 Events of Default; Waiver.

          (a) An “Event of Default” under this Guarantee will occur upon the failure of the
Guarantor to perform any of its payment or other obligations hereunder.

          (b) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities may, voting or
consenting as a class, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Capital Securities, waive any past
Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to
exist, and shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Guarantee, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.

     Section 2.5 Events of Default; Notice.

          (a) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default,
transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Capital Securities, notices of
all Events of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, unless such
defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice, provided, however, that the Guarantee
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of
the Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Holders of the Capital Securities.

          (b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default unless
the Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Guarantor or a Holder of
the Capital Securities, or a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee charged with the
administration of this Guarantee shall have actual knowledge thereof.

ARTICLE III

THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

     Section 3.1 The Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.

          (a) There shall at all times be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:

               (i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and

               (ii) be a corporation or national association organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or of the District of Columbia, or
Person authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to
supervision or examination by federal, state or District of Columbia authority. If such
corporation or national association publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to
above, then, for the purposes of this Section 3.1(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus
of such corporation or national association shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published.

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          (b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section
3.1(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set forth
in Section 3.2(c).

          (c) If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the
meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Guarantee Trustee shall either eliminate
such interest or resign to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to, this
Guarantee.

     Section 3.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee.

          (a) Subject to Section 3.2(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause
at any time by the Guarantor except during an Event of Default.

          (b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 3.2(a) until a
Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written
instrument executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.

          (c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until a Successor Guarantee
Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or resignation. The Guarantee Trustee may
resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing
executed by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take
effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by
an instrument in writing executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
Guarantor and the resigning Guarantee Trustee.

          (d) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as
provided in this Section 3.2 within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of removal or
resignation, the Guarantee Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after
prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.

          (e) No Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor
Guarantee Trustee.

          (f) Upon termination of this Guarantee or removal or resignation of the Guarantee Trustee
pursuant to this Section 3.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Guarantee Trustee all amounts owing to
the Guarantee Trustee under Sections 7.2 and 7.3 accrued to the date of such termination, removal
or resignation.

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ARTICLE IV

GUARANTEE

     Section 4.1 Guarantee.

          (a) The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the
Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer), as and when
due, regardless of any defense (except defense of payment by the Issuer), right of set-off or
counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert. The Guarantor’s obligation to make a Guarantee
Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders
or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.

          (b) The Guarantor hereby also agrees to assume any and all Obligations of the Issuer and in
the event any such Obligation is not so assumed, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Beneficiary the full payment,
when and as due, of any and all Obligations to such Beneficiaries. This Guarantee is intended to
be for the Beneficiaries who have received notice hereof.

     Section 4.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand.

     The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guarantee and of any liability to
which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding
first against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest,
notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.

     Section 4.3 Obligations Not Affected.

     The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall
in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the
following:

          (a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or observance
by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the
Capital Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer;

          (b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any portion of the
Distributions, the price payable upon the redemption of the Capital Securities, the Liquidation
Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the Capital Securities or the extension
of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with,
the Capital Securities (other than an extension of time for the payment of the Distributions, the
price payable upon the redemption of the Capital Securities, the Liquidation Distribution or other
sums payable that results from the extension of any interest payment period on the Debentures);

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          (c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Holders to enforce,
assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the
terms of the Capital Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or
extension of any kind;

          (d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral,
receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization,
arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the
Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer;

          (e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Capital Securities;

          (f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or

          (g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.3 that the obligations
of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.

     There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain consent of, the
Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.

     Section 4.4 Rights of Holders.

          (a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities have the right
to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power
conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee; provided, however, that (subject to
Sections 2.1 and 2.2) the Guarantee Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Guarantee Trustee shall determine that the actions so directed would be unjustly
prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction or if the Guarantee Trustee being
advised by legal counsel determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be
taken or if the Guarantee Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive
committee or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall determine
that the action or proceeding so directed would involve the Guarantee Trustee in personal
liability.

          (b) Any Holder of Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against the
Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee Trustee’s rights under this Guarantee, without first instituting
a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the Guarantee Trustee or any other Person. The Guarantor
waives any right or remedy to require that any such action be brought first against the Issuer, the
Guarantee Trustee or any other Person before so proceeding directly against the Guarantor.

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     Section 4.5 Guarantee of Payment.

     This Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection.

     Section 4.6 Subrogation.

     The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders of Capital Securities
against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to such Holders by the Guarantor under this
Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by
applicable provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that it may acquire by
way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of
payment under this Guarantee, if, after giving effect to any such payment, any amounts are due and
unpaid under this Guarantee. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the
preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay
over such amount to the Holders.

     Section 4.7 Independent Obligations.

     The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations
of the Issuer with respect to the Capital Securities and that the Guarantor shall be liable as
principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this
Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g),
inclusive, of Section 4.3 hereof.

     Section 4.8 Enforcement.

     A Beneficiary may enforce the Obligations of the Guarantor contained in Section 4.1(b)
directly against the Guarantor, and the Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any
action be brought against the Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding against the
Guarantor.

     The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights (if any) of any Beneficiary against the Issuer
in respect of any amounts paid to the Beneficiaries by the Guarantor under this Guarantee;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by applicable
provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights that it may acquire by way of
subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment
under this Guarantee, if, after giving effect to such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under
this Guarantee. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding
sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Beneficiaries and to pay over
such amount to the Beneficiaries.

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ARTICLE V

LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION

     Section 5.1 Limitation of Transactions.

     So long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, if (a) there shall have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default or (b) Debenture Issuer shall have selected an Extension Period as
provided in the Indenture and such period, or any extension thereof, shall have commenced and be
continuing, then the Guarantor may not (x) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or
redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Guarantor’s
capital stock, (y) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor that rank in all respects pari passu with
or junior in interest to the Debentures or (z) make any payment under any guarantees of the
Guarantor that rank in all respects pari passu with or junior in interest to this Guarantee (other
than (i) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Guarantor
(A) in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or
for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors, or consultants, (B) in connection
with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or (C) in connection with the
issuance of capital stock of the Guarantor (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such
capital stock), as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the occurrence
of the Event of Default or the applicable Extension Period, (ii) as a result of any exchange or
conversion of any class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a
subsidiary of the Guarantor) for any class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock or of any
class or series of the Guarantor’s indebtedness for any class or series of the Guarantor’s capital
stock, (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor’s capital stock
pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being
converted or exchanged, (iv) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholder’s
rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholder’s rights
plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, or (v) any dividend in the form
of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon
exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend
is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to such stock).

     Section 5.2 Ranking.

     This Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank
subordinate and junior in right of payment to all present and future Senior Indebtedness (as
defined in the Indenture) of the Guarantor. By their acceptance thereof, each Holder of Capital
Securities agrees to the foregoing provisions of this Guarantee and the other terms set forth
herein.

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ARTICLE VI

TERMINATION

     Section 6.1 Termination.

     This Guarantee shall terminate as to the Capital Securities (i) upon full payment of the price
payable upon redemption of all Capital Securities then outstanding, (ii) upon the distribution of
all of the Debentures to the Holders of all of the Capital Securities or (iii) upon full payment of
the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration upon dissolution of the Issuer. This
Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
any Holder of Capital Securities must restore payment of any sums paid under the Capital Securities
or under this Guarantee.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

     Section 7.1 Exculpation.

          (a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise
to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act
or omission of such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with this Guarantee and in a
manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority
conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Guarantee or by law, except that an Indemnified Person
shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person’s
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith with respect to such acts or omissions.

          (b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records
of the Issuer or the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented
to the Issuer or .the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably
believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who, if selected by
such Indemnified Person, has been selected with reasonable care by such Indemnified Person,
including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets,
liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets
from which Distributions to Holders of Capital Securities might properly be paid.

     Section 7.2 Indemnification.

          (a) The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold each
Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense incurred
without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Indemnified Person, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including but not limited to the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses)
of the Indemnified Person defending itself against, or

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investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
the Indemnified Person’s powers or duties hereunder. The obligation to indemnify as set forth in
this Section 7.2 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Guarantee Trustee and the
termination of this Guarantee.

          (b) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person under this Section 7.2 of notice of the
commencement of any action, such Indemnified Person will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the Guarantor under this Section 7.2, notify the Guarantor in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the Guarantor (i) will not relieve the Guarantor
from liability under paragraph (a) above unless and to the extent that the Guarantor did not
otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the Guarantor of
substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the Guarantor from any
obligations to any Indemnified Person other than the indemnification obligation provided in
paragraph (a) above. The Guarantor shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the Guarantor’s choice
at the Guarantor’s expense to represent the Indemnified Person in any action for which
indemnification is sought (in which case the Guarantor shall not thereafter be responsible for the
fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the Indemnified Person or Persons except as
set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person. Notwithstanding the Guarantor’s election to appoint counsel to represent the Indemnified
Person in any action, the Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel
(including local counsel), and the Guarantor shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of
such separate counsel, if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the Guarantor to represent the
Indemnified Person would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or
potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the Indemnified Person and the
Guarantor and the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it and/or other Indemnified Persons which are different from or additional to
those available to the Guarantor, (iii) the Guarantor shall not have employed counsel satisfactory
to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person within a reasonable time after notice
of the institution of such action or (iv) the Guarantor shall authorize the Indemnified Person to
employ separate counsel at the expense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor will not, without the prior
written consent of the Indemnified Persons, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of
which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the Indemnified
Persons are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise
or consent includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Person from all liability arising
out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

     Section 7.3 Compensation; Reimbursement of Expenses.

     The Guarantor agrees:

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

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

     The provisions of this Section 7.3 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Guarantee
Trustee and the termination of this Guarantee.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 8.1 Successors and Assigns.

     All guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns,
receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the
Holders of the Capital Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with any merger or
consolidation of the Guarantor with or into another entity or any sale, transfer or lease of the
Guarantor’s assets to another entity, in each case to the extent permitted under the Indenture, the
Guarantor may not assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Guarantee without the
prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities.

     Section 8.2 Amendments.

     Except with respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the powers, preferences,
rights or interests of Holders of the Capital Securities in any material respect (in which case no
approval of Holders will be required), this Guarantee may be amended only with the prior approval
of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities. The provisions of
the Declaration with respect to amendments thereof shall apply equally with respect to amendments
of the Guarantee.

     Section 8.3 Notices.

     All notices provided for in this Guarantee shall be in writing, duly signed by the party
giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:

          (a) if given to the Guarantee Trustee, at the Guarantee Trustee’s mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the
Capital Securities): Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate Capital Markets, Telecopy: 302-636-4140,
Telephone: 302-651-1000;

          (b) if given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor’s mailing address set forth below (or such
other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Holders of the

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Capital Securities and to
the Guarantee Trustee): EverBank Financial Corp, 8100 Nations Way, Jacksonville, Florida 32256,
Attention: Jeffrey L. Smiley, Telecopy: 904-281-6443, Telephone: 904-281-6000; or

          (c) if given to any Holder of the Capital Securities, at the address set forth on the books
and records of the Issuer.

     All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with
receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, except that if a notice or other
document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice
was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such
refusal or inability to deliver.

     Section 8.4 Benefit.

     This Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Capital Securities and, subject
to Section 2.1(a), is not separately transferable from the Capital Securities.

     Section 8.5 Governing Law.

     THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES OF SAID STATE OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401
OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

     Section 8.6 Counterparts.

     This Guarantee may contain more than one counterpart of the signature page and this Guarantee
may be executed by the affixing of the signature of the Guarantor and the Guarantee Trustee to any
of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as
though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a
single signature page.

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     THIS GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP,

as Guarantor	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Thomas A. Hayde	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Thomas A. Hayde	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	SVP	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Guarantee Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Geoffrey J. Lewis	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Geoffrey J. Lewis	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Financial Services Officer	 	 

GUARANTEEexv4w9

Exhibit 4.9

EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP

as Issuer

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 25, 2005

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

as Trustee

FIXED/FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES DUE 2035

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 

	ARTICLE I

	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II

	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEBT SECURITIES
	Section 2.01 Authentication and Dating
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.02 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.03 Form and Denomination of Debt Securities
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.04 Execution of Debt Securities
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.05 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.07 Temporary Debt Securities
	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.08 Payment of Interest
	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.09 Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc.
	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.10 Computation of Interest
	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.11 Extension of Interest Payment Period
	 	 	19	 
	Section 2.12 CUSP Numbers
	 	 	19	 
	Section 2.13 Global Debentures
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III

	 
	 	 	 	 
	PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed
Treatment of the Debt Securities
	 	 	22	 
	Section 3.02 Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.
	 	 	23	 
	Section 3.03 Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
	 	 	24	 
	Section 3.04 Provision as to Paying Agent
	 	 	24	 
	Section 3.05 Certificate to Trustee
	 	 	25	 
	Section 3.06 Additional Amounts
	 	 	25	 
	Section 3.07 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions
	 	 	25	 
	Section 3.08 Limitation on Dividends
	 	 	26	 
	Section 3.09 Covenants as to the Trust
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV

	 
	 	 	 	 
	LISTS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01 Securityholders’ Lists
	 	 	27	 
	Section 4.02 Preservation and Disclosure of Lists
	 	 	27	 

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	Section 4.03 Financial and Other Information
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01 Events of Default
	 	 	29	 
	Section 5.02 Payment of Debt Securities on Default; Suit Therefor
	 	 	31	 
	Section 5.03 Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee
	 	 	33	 
	Section 5.04 Proceedings by Securityholders
	 	 	33	 
	Section 5.05 Proceedings by Trustee
	 	 	34	 
	Section 5.06 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing
	 	 	34	 
	Section 5.07 Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority
of Securityholders
	 	 	34	 
	Section 5.08 Notice of Defaults
	 	 	35	 
	Section 5.09 Undertaking to Pay Costs
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
	 	 	36	 
	Section 6.02 Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.
	 	 	37	 
	Section 6.03 No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.
	 	 	38	 
	Section 6.04 Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents,
Transfer Agents or Registrar May Own Debt
Securities
	 	 	38	 
	Section 6.05 Moneys to be Held in Trust
	 	 	38	 
	Section 6.06 Compensation and Expenses of Trustee
	 	 	39	 
	Section 6.07 Officers’ Certificate as Evidence
	 	 	39	 
	Section 6.08 Eligibility of Trustee
	 	 	40	 
	Section 6.09 Resignation or Removal of Trustee
	 	 	40	 
	Section 6.10 Acceptance by Successor Trustee
	 	 	42	 
	Section 6.11 Succession by Merger, etc.
	 	 	42	 
	Section 6.12 Authenticating Agents
	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01 Action by Securityholders
	 	 	44	 
	Section 7.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders
	 	 	45	 
	Section 7.03 Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners
	 	 	45	 
	Section 7.04 Debt Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding
	 	 	45	 
	Section 7.05 Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound
	 	 	46	 

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	ARTICLE VIII

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01 Purposes of Meetings
	 	 	46	 
	Section 8.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee
	 	 	46	 
	Section 8.03 Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders
	 	 	47	 
	Section 8.04 Qualifications for Voting
	 	 	47	 
	Section 8.05 Regulations
	 	 	47	 
	Section 8.06 Voting
	 	 	48	 
	Section 8.07 Quorum; Actions
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders
	 	 	49	 
	Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders
	 	 	50	 
	Section 9.03
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	51	 
	Section 9.04 Notation on Debt Securities
	 	 	52	 
	Section 9.05 Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to Trustee
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01 Optional Redemption
	 	 	52	 
	Section 10.02 Special Event Redemption
	 	 	52	 
	Section 10.03 Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities
	 	 	53	 
	Section 10.04 Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.01 Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
	 	 	54	 
	Section 11.02 Successor Entity to be Substituted
	 	 	55	 
	Section 11.03 Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee
	 	 	55	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.01 Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	56	 
	Section 12.02 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee
	 	 	56	 
	Section 12.03 Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held
	 	 	57	 
	Section 12.04 Return of Unclaimed Moneys
	 	 	57	 

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	ARTICLE XIII

	 
	 	 	 	 
	IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.01 Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations
	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIV

	 
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 14.01 Successors
	 	 	57	 
	Section 14.02 Official Acts by Successor Entity
	 	 	58	 
	Section 14.03 Surrender of Company Powers
	 	 	58	 
	Section 14.04 Addresses for Notices, etc.
	 	 	58	 
	Section 14.05 Governing Law
	 	 	58	 
	Section 14.06 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
	 	 	58	 
	Section 14.07 Business Day Convention
	 	 	59	 
	Section 14.08 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
	 	 	59	 
	Section 14.09 Execution in Counterparts
	 	 	59	 
	Section 14.10 Separability
	 	 	59	 
	Section 14.11 Assignment
	 	 	59	 
	Section 14.12 Acknowledgment of Rights
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XV

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 15.01 Agreement to Subordinate
	 	 	60	 
	Section 15.02 Default on Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	61	 
	Section 15.03 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy
	 	 	61	 
	Section 15.04 Subrogation
	 	 	62	 
	Section 15.05 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination
	 	 	63	 
	Section 15.06 Notice by the Company
	 	 	63	 
	Section 15.07 Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	64	 
	Section 15.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired
	 	 	64	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	FORM OF DEBT SECURITY
	 	 	A-1	 

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          THIS INDENTURE, dated as of May 25, 2005, between EverBank Financial Corp, a savings and loan
holding company incorporated in the State of Florida (hereinafter sometimes called the
“Company”), and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee
(hereinafter sometimes called the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of
its Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due 2035 (the “Debt
Securities”) under this Indenture and to provide, among other things, for the execution and
authentication, delivery and administration thereof, the Company has duly authorized the execution
of this Indenture.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and the purchase of the Debt Securities by
the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and
proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Debt Securities as
follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

          Section 1.01 Definitions.

          The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture
supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All
accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the term “generally accepted
accounting principles” means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United
States at the time of any computation. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.

          “Additional Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.06.

          “Additional Provisions” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.01.

          “Administrative Action” has the meaning specified within the definition of “Tax Event”
in this Section 1.01.

          “Applicable Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction
involving a Book-Entry Capital Security or a Debt Security represented by a Global Debenture, the
rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Book-Entry Capital Security or Debt Security
represented by a Global Debenture, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as
in effect from time to time.

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          “Authenticating Agent” means any agent or agents of the Trustee which at the time
shall be appointed and acting pursuant to Section 6.12.

          “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for
the relief of debtors.

          “Board of Directors” means the board of directors or the executive committee or any
other duly authorized designated officers of the Company.

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

          “Book-Entry Capital Security” means a Capital Security the ownership and transfers of
which shall be reflected and made, as applicable, through book entries by the Depositary.

          “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which
banking institutions in Wilmington, Delaware, The City of New York or Jacksonville, Florida are
permitted or required by law or executive order to close.

          “Calculation Agent” means the Person identified as “Trustee” in the first paragraph
hereof with respect to the Debt Securities and the Institutional Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities.

          “Capital Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust
which are designated as “MIVICapSsm” and rank pan passu with Common Securities issued by
the Trust; provided, however, that if an Event of Default (as defined in the
Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of such Common Securities to
payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are
subordinated to the rights of holders of such Capital Securities.

          “Capital Securities Guarantee” means the guarantee agreement that the Company will
enter into with Wilmington Trust Company or other Persons that operates directly or indirectly for
the benefit of holders of Capital Securities of the Trust.

          “Capital Treatment Event” means, if the Company is organized and existing under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, the receipt by the
Company and the Trust of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a
result of (a) any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States
or any political subdivision thereof or therein, or any rules, guidelines or policies of an
applicable regulatory authority for the Company or (b) of any official or administrative
pronouncement or action or decision interpreting or applying such laws, rules or regulations, which
amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement, action or decision is announced on or
after the date of original issuance of the Debt Securities, there is more than an insubstantial
risk that the Company will not, within 90 days of the date of such opinion, be entitled to treat
Capital Securities as “Tier 1 Capital” (or the then equivalent if the Company were subject to such
capital requirement) applied as if the Company (or its successors) were a

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bank holding company for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve
(or any successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies), or any
capital adequacy guidelines as then in effect and applicable to the Company; provided,
however, that the inability of the Company to treat all or any portion of the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities as “Tier 1 Capital” shall not constitute the basis for
a Capital Treatment Event if such inability results from the Company having preferred stock,
minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries and any other class of security or interest which
the Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding
companies) may now or hereafter accord “Tier 1 Capital” treatment that, in the aggregate, exceed
the amount which may now or hereafter qualify for treatment as “Tier 1 Capital” under applicable
capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory authority with
jurisdiction over bank holding companies), applied as if the Company (or its successor) were a bank
holding company for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve (or any
successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies); provided,
further, that the distribution of the Debt Securities in connection with the liquidation of
the Trust by the Company shall not in and of itself constitute a Capital Treatment Event unless
such liquidation shall have occurred in connection with a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event.
For the avoidance of doubt, the inability of the Company to treat all or any portion of the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities as “Tier 1 Capital” as a result of the
changes effected by the final rule adopted by the Federal Reserve on March 1, 2005 shall not
constitute the basis for a Capital Treatment Event.

          “Certificate” means a certificate signed by any one of the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company.

          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          “Common Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust
which are designated as “Common Securities” and rank pari passu with Capital Securities issued by
the Trust; provided, however, that if an Event of Default (as defined in the
Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of such Common Securities to
payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are
subordinated to the rights of holders of such Capital Securities.

          “Company” means EverBank Financial Corp, a savings and loan company incorporated in
the State of Florida, and, subject to the provisions of Article XI, shall include its successors
and assigns.

          “Debt Security” or “Debt Securities” has the meaning stated in the first
recital of this Indenture.

          “Debt Security Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

          “Declaration” means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated
as of May 25, 2005, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

          “Default” means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.

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          “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.

          “Deferred Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

          “Depositary” means an organization registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange
Act that is designated as Depositary by the Company. DTC will be the initial Depositary.

          “Depositary Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or
other Person for whom from time to time the Depositary effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.

          “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.

          “Event of Default” means any event specified in Section 5.01, which has continued for
the period of time, if any, and after the giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.

          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

          “Extension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

          “Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

          “Global Debenture” means a global certificate that evidences all or part of the Debt
Securities the ownership and transfers of which shall be reflected and made, as applicable, through
book entries by the Depositary and the Depositary Participants.

          “Indenture” means this Indenture as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented
as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented, or both.

          “Institutional Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Declaration.

          “Interest Payment Date” means February 23, May 23, August 23 and November 23 of each
year, commencing on August 23, 2005 subject to Section 14.07.

          “Interest Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.

          “Interest Rate” means a per annum rate of interest equal to (1) with respect to any
Interest Period prior to the Interest Period commencing on the Interest Payment Date in August
2015, 6.40% and (2) with respect to any Interest Period commencing on or after the Interest Payment
Date in August 2015, LIBOR, as determined on the LIBOR Determination Date for such Interest Period
plus 1.80%; provided, however, that the Interest Rate for any Interest Period
commencing on or after the Interest Payment Date in August 2015 may not exceed the highest rate
permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.

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          “Investment Company Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an
Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of a change in law
or regulation or written change in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any
legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that the Trust is or, within 90 days of the date of such opinion will be,
considered an “investment company” that is required to be registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, which change becomes effective on or after the date of the original
issuance of the Debt Securities.

          “LIBOR” means the London Interbank Offered Rate for three-month U.S. Dollar deposits
in Europe as determined by the Calculation Agent according to Section 2.10(b).

          “LIBOR Banking Day” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b)(i).

          “LIBOR Business Day” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b)(i).

          “LIBOR Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b)(i).

          “Liquidation Amount” means the liquidation amount of $1,000 per Trust Security.

          “Major Depository Institution Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company that (i)
is a depository institution and (ii) meets the definition of “significant subsidiary” within the
meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

          “Maturity Date” means August 23, 2035, subject to Section 14.07.

          “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
Vice Chairman, the President or any Vice President, and by the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Comptroller, an Assistant Comptroller, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall
include the statements provided for in Section 14.06 if and to the extent required by the
provisions of such Section.

          “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be
an employee of or counsel to the Company or may be other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 14.06 if and to
the extent required by the provisions of such Section.

          “OTS” means the Office of Thrift Supervision.

          The term “outstanding,” when used with reference to Debt Securities, subject to the
provisions of Section 7.04, means, as of any particular time, all Debt Securities authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent under this Indenture, except

          (a) Debt Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

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

          (c) Debt Securities paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or in lieu of or in substitution for which
other Debt Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section
2.06 unless proof satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee is presented that any such Debt
Securities are held by bona fide holders in due course.

          “Optional Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

          “Optional Redemption Price” means an amount in cash equal to 100% of the principal
amount of the Debt Securities being redeemed plus unpaid interest accrued on such Debt Securities
to the related Optional Redemption Date.

          “Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).

          “Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any
other entity of whatever nature.

          “Predecessor Security” of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt
Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered
under Section 2.06 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence
the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security.

          “Principal Office of the Trustee” means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which at all times
shall be located within the United States and at the time of the execution of this Indenture shall
be Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19890-0001.

          “Reference Banks” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b)(ii).

          “Resale Restriction Termination Date” means, with respect to any Debt Security, the
date which is the later of (i) two years (or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act) after the later of (y) the date of original issuance of-such-Debt
Security and (z) the last date on which the Company or any Affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act) of the Company was the holder of such Debt Security (or any predecessor
thereto) and (ii) such later date, if any, as may be required by any subsequent change in
applicable law.

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          “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the
Principal Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture,
including any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, any secretary, any assistant secretary,
the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or other officer of the Principal Office
of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.

          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

          “Securityholder,” “holder of Debt Securities” or other similar terms, means
any Person in whose name at the time a particular Debt Security is registered on the Debt Security
Register.

          “Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company, (i) the principal, premium,
if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed, as well as
similar obligations arising from off-balance sheet guarantees and direct credit substitutes and (B)
indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, notes, bonds or other similar instruments issued
by the Company, (ii) all capital lease obligations of the Company, (iii) all obligations of the
Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale
obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any title retention agreement
(but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course
of business), (iv) all obligations of the Company for the reimbursement of any letter of credit,
any banker’s acceptance, any security purchase facility, any repurchase agreement or similar
arrangement, all obligations associated with derivative products such as interest rate and foreign
exchange contracts and commodity contracts, any interest rate swap, any other hedging arrangement,
any obligation under options or any similar credit or other transaction, (v) all obligations of the
type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above of other Persons for the payment of which the
Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise and (vi) all obligations of the
type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of other Persons secured by any lien on any
property or asset of the Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company),
whether the obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above were incurred on
or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, unless, with the prior approval of
the OTS if not otherwise generally approved, it is provided in the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding that such obligations are not
superior or are pan passu in right of payment to the Debt Securities; provided,
however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include (A) any debt securities issued to any
trust other than the Trust (or a trustee of such trust) that is a financing vehicle of the Company
(a “financing entity”), in connection with the issuance by such financing entity of equity
or other securities in transactions substantially similar in structure to the transactions
contemplated hereunder and in the Declaration, (B) any guarantees of the Company in respect of the
equity or other securities of any financing entity referred to in clause (A) above or (C) the debt
securities issued by the Company pursuant to (i) the Indenture, dated July 16, 2001, between the
Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, (ii) the Indenture, dated July 31, 2001, between the
Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National

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Association, as trustee, and (iii) the Indenture, dated December 29, 2004, between the Company
and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.

          “Special Event” means any of a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event or a Capital
Treatment Event.

          “Special Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

          “Special Redemption Price” means, with respect to the redemption of any Debt Security
following a Special Event, an amount in cash equal to 104.00% of the principal amount of Debt
Securities to be redeemed prior to August 23, 2006 and thereafter equal to the percentage of the
principal amount of the Debt Securities that is specified below for the Special Redemption Date
plus unpaid interest accrued thereon to the Special Redemption Date:

	 	 	 
	Special Redemption	 	 
	During the 12-Month Period Beginning	 	 
	August 23,	 	Percentage of Principal Amount
	2006

	 	103.20%
	2007
	 	102.40%
	2008
	 	101.60%
	2009
	 	100.84%
	2010 and thereafter
	 	100.00%

          “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, at least a
majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person
or one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any
general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of the outstanding
partnership or similar interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person or one or more
of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) any limited
partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner. For the purposes
of this definition, “voting stock” means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in
the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the
election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence
of a contingency.

          “Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an Opinion of Counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to or change
(including any announced prospective change) in the laws or any regulations thereunder of the
United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result
of any official administrative pronouncement (including any private letter ruling, technical advice
memorandum, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (an “Administrative Action”)) or
judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, regardless of whether such
Administrative Action or judicial decision is issued to or in connection with a proceeding
involving the Company or the Trust and whether or not subject to review or appeal, which amendment,
clarification, change, Administrative Action or decision is enacted, promulgated or

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announced, in each case on or after the date of original issuance of the Debt Securities,
there is more than an insubstantial risk that: (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the
date of such opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income received
or accrued on the Debt Securities; (ii) if the Company is organized and existing under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, interest payable by the Company
on the Debt Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be,
deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes; or
(iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to or otherwise
required to pay, or required to withhold from distributions to holders of Trust Securities, more
than a de minimis amount of other taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other
governmental charges.

          “Trust” means EverBank Financial Preferred Trust V, the Delaware statutory trust, or
any other similar trust created for the purpose of issuing Capital Securities in connection with
the issuance of Debt Securities under this Indenture, of which the Company is the sponsor.

          “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to
time, or any successor legislation.

          “Trust Securities” means Common Securities and Capital Securities of the Trust.

          “Trustee” means the Person identified as “Trustee” in the first paragraph hereof, and,
subject to the provisions of Article VI hereof, shall also include its successors and assigns as
Trustee hereunder.

          “United States” means the United States of America and the District of Columbia.

          “U.S. Person” has the meaning given to United States Person as set forth in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code.

ARTICLE II

DEBT SECURITIES

          Section 2.01 Authentication and Dating.

          Upon the execution and delivery of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Debt
Securities in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $10,310,000 may be executed and
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and make available for delivery said Debt Securities to or upon the written order of
the Company, signed by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman, President or — Chief
Financial Officer or one of its Vice Presidents, without any further action by the Company
hereunder. In authenticating such Debt Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Debt Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon a copy of any Board
Resolution or Board Resolutions relating thereto and, if applicable, an appropriate record of any
action taken pursuant to such resolution, in each case certified by the Secretary or an Assistant

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Secretary or other officers with appropriate delegated authority of the Company as the case
may be.

          The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Debt Securities
under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not
lawfully be taken or if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith shall determine that
such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Securityholders.

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

          Section 2.02 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

          The Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Debt Securities shall be in substantially
the following form:

          This certificate represents Debt Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Wilmington Trust Company,

     not in its individual capacity

     but solely as trustee

 	 
	 	     By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

          Section 2.03 Form and Denomination of Debt Securities.

          The Debt Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Debt
Securities shall be in registered form without coupons and in minimum denominations of $100,000 and
any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Debt Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or
otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plans as the officers executing
the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and
authentication thereof

          Section 2.04 Execution of Debt Securities.

          The Debt Securities shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or
facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman, President or Chief
Financial Officer or one of its Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal (if legally required) which may be affixed thereto or printed,
engraved or otherwise reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise, and which need not be
attested. Only such Debt Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form herein before recited, executed by the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent by the manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer, shall be

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entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such
certificate by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent upon any Debt Security executed by the
Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Debt Security so authenticated has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.

          In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Debt Securities shall
cease to be such officer before the Debt Securities so signed shall have been authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, or disposed of by the Company, such Debt
Securities nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who
signed such Debt Securities had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Debt Security
may be signed on behalf of the Company by such Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of
such Debt Security, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the
execution of this Indenture any such person was not such an officer.

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

          Section 2.05 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities.

          The Company shall cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained for the purpose of
registration of transfer and for exchange as provided in Section 3.02, a register (the “Debt
Security Register”) for the Debt Securities issued hereunder in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration and
transfer of all Debt Securities as provided in this Article II. Such register shall be in written
form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time.

          Debt Securities to be exchanged may be surrendered at the Principal Office of the Trustee or
at any office or agency to be maintained by the Company for such purpose as provided in Section
3.02, and the Company shall execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee or
the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor,
the Debt Security or Debt Securities which the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled
to receive. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debt Security at the
Principal Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency of the Company maintained for such
purpose as provided in Section 3.02, the Company shall execute, the Company or the Trustee shall
register and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for
delivery in the name of the transferee or transferees, a new Debt Security for a like aggregate
principal amount. Registration or registration of transfer of any Debt Security by the Trustee or
by any agent of the Company appointed pursuant to Section 3.02, and delivery of such Debt Security,
shall be deemed to complete the registration or registration of transfer of such Debt Security.

          All Debt Securities presented for registration of transfer or for exchange or payment shall
(if so required by the Company or the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent) be duly endorsed by, or
be accompanied by, a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and either the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent duly executed by, the holder or such
holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing.

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          No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debt
Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax, fee or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 2.07, Section 9.04 or Section 10.04 not involving any transfer.

          The Company or the Trustee shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of any
Debt Security for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date of selection of Debt
Securities for redemption.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, Debt Securities may not be transferred prior to the Resale
Restriction Termination Date except in compliance with the legend set forth below, unless otherwise
determined by the Company in accordance with applicable law, which legend shall be placed on each
Debt Security:

          THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OR THEREOF, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH
SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS THE LATER OF (i) TWO
YEARS (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AFTER
THE LATER OF (Y) THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE HEREOF AND (Z) THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR
ANY AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 405 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF THE COMPANY WAS THE HOLDER OF
THIS SECURITY OR SUCH INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION (OR ANY PREDECESSOR THERETO) AND (ii) SUCH LATER
DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY ANY SUBSEQUENT CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW, ONLY (A) TO THE
COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON THE
HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A,
THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN. ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM
NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”
WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3), (7) OR (8) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY OR SUCH INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR
THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR
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SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO
OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-US PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR
TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C) OR (E) ABOVE TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, A COPY
OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OR THEREOF, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AGREES THAT IT WILL
COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

          THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
OR THEREOF, AS THE CASE MAY BE, ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN
ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE
ENTITY AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY
INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE
RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23,
95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS
SECURITY OR SUCH INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION IS NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE
AND HOLDING HEREOF OR THEREOF, AS THE CASE MAY BE, THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS
APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY
OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH
PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE AND HOLDING WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER
SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR
ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

          IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT SUCH

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CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE INDENTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE
TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

          THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $100,000
AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF. ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN
DENOMINATIONS OF LESS THAN $100,000 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.
ANY SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST
OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF
DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS SECURITY OR SUCH INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN.

          THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND
OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (THE “FDIC”).
THIS OBLIGATION ‘IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLAIMS OF THE DEPOSITORS AND THE CLAIMS OF GENERAL AND
SECURED CREDITORS OF THE COMPANY, IS INELIGIBLE AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF
ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND IS NOT SECURED.

          Section 2.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities.

          In case any Debt Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company
shall execute, and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Debt
Security bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Debt Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Debt Security so destroyed, lost
or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Debt Security shall furnish to the
Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the
Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such
Debt Security and of the ownership thereof.

          The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Debt Security and deliver the same upon the
written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any
substituted Debt Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
connected therewith. In case any Debt Security which has matured or is about to mature or has been
called for redemption in full shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company
may, instead of issuing a substitute Debt Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debt Security) if the applicant for
such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless and, in case of

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destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company and to the Trustee of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

          Every substituted Debt Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by
virtue of the fact that any such Debt Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt
Security shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture
equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities duly issued hereunder. All Debt
Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights
or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with
respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their
surrender.

          Section 2.07 Temporary Debt Securities.

          Pending the preparation of definitive Debt Securities, the Company may execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Debt Securities that are typed,
printed or lithographed. Temporary Debt Securities shall be issuable in any authorized
denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Debt Securities but with such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debt Securities, all as
may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Debt Security shall be executed by the
Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Debt Securities. Without unreasonable delay,
the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent definitive Debt
Securities and thereupon any or all temporary Debt Securities may be surrendered in exchange
therefor, at the Principal Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency maintained by the
Company for such purpose as provided in Section 3.02, and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Debt Securities a
like aggregate principal amount of such definitive Debt Securities. Such exchange shall be made by
the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor except that in case of any such
exchange involving a registration of transfer the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax, fee or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. Until
so exchanged, the temporary Debt Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder.

          Section 2.08 Payment of Interest.

          Each Debt Security will bear interest at the then applicable Interest Rate (i) in the case of
the initial Interest Period, for the period from, and including, the date of original issuance of
such Debt Security to, but excluding, the initial Interest Payment Date and (ii) thereafter, for
the period from, and including, the first day following the end of the preceding Interest Period
to, but excluding, the applicable Interest Payment Date or, in the case of the last Interest
Period, the related Optional Redemption Date, Special Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as
applicable (each such period, an “Interest Period”), on the principal thereof, on any
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(to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on Deferred
Interest and on any overdue installment of interest (including Defaulted Interest), payable
(subject to the provisions of Article XII) on each Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date,
any Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be. Interest and any
Deferred Interest on any Debt Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for
by the Company, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Debt
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
regular record date for such interest installment, except that interest and any Deferred Interest
payable on the Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the
case may be, other than any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is
paid. In case (i) the Maturity Date of any Debt Security or (ii) any Debt Security or portion
thereof is called for redemption and the related Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption
Date, as the case may be, is subsequent to the regular record date with respect to any Interest
Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Debt Security will be paid
upon presentation and surrender of such Debt Security.

          Any interest on any Debt Security, other than Deferred Interest, that is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for by the Company, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the holder on the relevant
regular record date by virtue of having been such holder, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
by the Company to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debt
Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this paragraph.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest,
which shall not be more than fifteen nor less than ten days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than ten days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in the
name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid,
to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Debt Security Register, not less
than ten days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date and thereafter the Company shall
have no further payment obligation in respect of the Defaulted Interest.

          Any interest scheduled to become payable on an Interest Payment Date occurring during an
Extension Period shall not be Defaulted Interest and shall be payable on such other date as may be
specified in the terms of such Debt Securities.

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          The term “regular record date”, as used in this Section, shall mean the fifteenth day
prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day.

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

          Section 2.09 Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc.

          All Debt Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or
registration of transfer, shall, if surrendered to the Company or any Paying Agent, be surrendered
to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee or any Authenticating
Agent, shall be promptly canceled by it, and no Debt Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof
except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. All Debt Securities
canceled by any Authenticating Agent shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall destroy
all canceled Debt Securities unless the Company otherwise directs the Trustee in writing, in which
case the Trustee shall dispose of such Debt Securities as directed by the Company. If the Company
shall acquire any of the Debt Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Debt Securities unless and until
the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.

          Section 2.10 Computation of Interest.

               (a) The amount of interest payable on the Debt Securities will be computed (i) with respect to
any Interest Period prior to the Interest Period commencing on the Interest Payment Date in August
2015, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and (ii) with respect to
any Interest Period commencing on or after the Interest Payment Date in August 2015, on the basis
of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in such Interest Period.

               (b) LIBOR shall be determined by the Calculation Agent for each Interest Period commencing on
or after the Interest Payment Date in August 2015 in accordance with the following provisions:

               (i) On the second LIBOR Business Day (provided, that on such day commercial banks are
open for business (including dealings in foreign currency deposits) in London (a “LIBOR
Banking Day”), and otherwise the next preceding LIBOR Business Day that is also a LIBOR
Banking Day) prior to the Interest Payment Date that commences such Interest Period (each
such day, a “LIBOR Determination Date”), LIBOR shall equal the rate, as obtained by
the Calculation Agent, for three-month U.S. Dollar deposits in Europe, which appears on
Telerate (as defined in the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. 2000
Interest Rate and Currency Exchange Definitions) page 3750 or such other page as may replace
such page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination Date, as reported
by Bloomberg Financial Markets Commodities News or any successor service (“Telerate Page
3750”). “LIBOR Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
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which commercial banking institutions in The City of New York or Wilmington, Delaware
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed. If such rate is
superseded on Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate before 12:00 noon (London time) on such
LIBOR Determination Date, the corrected rate as so substituted will be LIBOR for such LIBOR
Determination Date.

               (ii) If on such LIBOR Determination Date, such rate does not appear on Telerate Page
3750, the Calculation Agent shall determine the arithmetic mean of the offered quotations of
the Reference Banks to leading banks in the London interbank market for three-month U.S.
Dollar deposits in Europe (in an amount determined by the Calculation Agent) by reference to
requests for quotations as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR
Determination Date made by the Calculation Agent to the Reference Banks If, on such LIBOR
Determination Date, at least two of the Reference Banks provide such quotations, LIBOR shall
equal the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If, on such LIBOR Determination Date, only
one or none of the Reference Banks provide such a quotation, LIBOR shall be deemed to be the
arithmetic mean of the offered quotations that at least two leading banks in The City of New
York (as selected by the Calculation Agent) are quoting on such LIBOR Determination Date for
three-month U.S. Dollar deposits in Europe at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) (in an
amount determined by the Calculation Agent). As used herein, “Reference Banks”
means four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent.

               (iii) If the Calculation Agent is required but is unable to determine a rate in
accordance with at least one of the procedures provided above, LIBOR for such Interest
Period shall be LIBOR in effect for the immediately preceding Interest Period.

               (c) All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Debt Securities will be rounded, if
necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of
a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or
..0987655)), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be rounded to
the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward).

               (d) On each LIBOR Determination Date, the Calculation Agent shall notify, in writing, the
Company and the Paying Agent of the applicable Interest Rate that applies to the related Interest
Period. The Calculation Agent shall, upon the request of a holder of any Debt Securities, inform
such holder of the Interest Rate that applies to the related Interest Period. All calculations
made by the Calculation Agent in the absence of manifest error shall be conclusive for all purposes
and binding on the Company and the holders of the Debt Securities. The Paying Agent shall be
entitled to rely on information received from the Calculation Agent or the Company as to the
applicable Interest Rate. The Company shall, from time to time, provide any necessary information
to the Paying Agent relating to any original issue discount and interest on the Debt Securities
that is included in any payment and reportable for taxable income calculation purposes.

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          Section 2.11 Extension of Interest Payment Period.

          So long as no Event of Default pursuant to Sections 5.01(b), (e), (f), (g), (h) or (i) of this
Indenture has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, from time to time and
without causing an Event of Default, to defer payments of interest on the Debt Securities by
extending the interest payment period on the Debt Securities at any time and from time to time
during the term of the Debt Securities, for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each such
extended interest payment period, together with all previous and further consecutive extensions
thereof, is referred to herein as an “Extension Period”). No Extension Period may end on a
date other than an Interest Payment Date or extend beyond the Maturity Date, any Optional
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be. During any Extension Period,
interest will continue to accrue on the Debt Securities, and interest on such accrued interest
(such accrued interest and interest thereon referred to herein as “Deferred Interest”) will
accrue at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate applicable during such Extension Period,
compounded quarterly from the date such Deferred Interest would have been payable were it not for
the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by applicable law. No interest or Deferred Interest
(except any Additional Amounts that may be due and payable) shall be due and payable during an
Extension Period, except at the end thereof. At the end of any Extension Period, the Company shall
pay all Deferred Interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debt Securities; provided,
however, that during any Extension Period, the Company shall be subject to the restrictions
set forth in Section 3.08. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the Company may
further extend such Extension Period, provided, that no Extension Period (including all
previous and further consecutive extensions that are part of such Extension Period) shall exceed 20
consecutive quarterly periods. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment
of all Deferred Interest, the Company may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing
requirements. The Company must give the Trustee notice of its election to begin or extend an
Extension Period no later than the close of business on the fifteenth Business Day prior to the
applicable Interest Payment Date. The Trustee shall give notice of the Company’s election to begin
or extend an Extension Period to the Securityholders, promptly after receipt of notice from the
Company of its election to begin or extend an Extension Period.

          Section 2.12 CUSP Numbers.

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

          Section 2.13 Global Debentures.

               (a) Upon the election of an owner of beneficial interests in outstanding Debt Securities, the
Debt Securities owned by such beneficial owner shall be issued in the form

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of one or more Global Debentures. Each Global Debenture issued under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated by the Company for such Global Debenture or a
nominee of such Depositary and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian
therefor, and each such Global Debenture shall constitute a single Debt Security for all purposes
of this Indenture.

               (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Debenture may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in certificated form, and no transfer of a Global
Debenture in whole or in part may be, registered in the name of any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof unless (i) such Depositary advises the
Trustee and the Company in writing that such Depositary is no longer willing or able to properly
discharge its responsibilities as Depositary with respect to such Global Debenture, and no
qualified successor is appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company
of such notice, (ii) such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act and no successor is appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days after obtaining knowledge
of such event or (iii) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon obtaining
knowledge of the occurrence of any event specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Trustee
shall notify the Depositary and instruct the Depositary to notify all owners of beneficial
interests in such Global Debenture of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of Debt
Securities in certificated form to such beneficial owners requesting the same. Upon the issuance
of such Debt Securities in certificated form and the registration in the Debt Security Register of
such Debt Securities in the names of the holders thereof, the Trustee shall recognize such holders
as holders of Debt Securities for all purposes of this Indenture and the Debt Securities.

               (c) If any Global Debenture is to be exchanged for Debt Securities in certificated form or
canceled in part, or if a Debt Security in certificated form is to be exchanged in whole or in part
for a beneficial interest in any Global Debenture, then either (i) such Global Debenture shall be
so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided herein or (ii) the principal amount thereof
shall be reduced or increased, subject to Section 2.03, by an amount equal to the portion thereof
to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the principal amount of such Debt Security to be so
exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate
adjustment made on the records of the Debt Security registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance
with the Applicable Depositary Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized
representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender or
adjustment of a Global Debenture by the Depositary, accompanied by registration instructions, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Debt Securities issuable in
exchange for such Global Debenture (or any portion thereof) in accordance with the instructions of
the Depositary. The Trustee may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on,
such instructions.

               (d) Every Debt Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Debenture or any portion thereof shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Debenture, unless such Debt Security is registered
in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof.

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               (e) Debt Securities distributed to holders of Book-Entry Capital Securities (as defined in the
Declaration) upon the dissolution of the Trust shall be distributed in the form of one or more
Global Debentures registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, and deposited with the
Debt Securities registrar, as custodian for such Depositary, or with such Depositary, for credit by
the Depositary to the owners of beneficial interests in such Book-Entry Capital Securities. Debt
Securities distributed to holders of Capital Securities in certificated form upon the dissolution
of the Trust shall be issued in certificated form.

               (f) The Depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of a Global Debenture, shall be the
holder of such Global Debenture for all purposes under this Indenture and the Debt Securities, and
owners of beneficial interests in a Global Debenture shall hold such interests pursuant to the
Applicable Depositary Procedures. Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global
Debenture shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through,
records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Depositary Participants. The Debt
Securities registrar and the Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes
of this Indenture relating to a Global Debenture as the sole holder of the Debt Security and shall
have no obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Debenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Debt
Securities registrar shall have any liability in respect of any transfers affected by the
Depositary or its Depositary Participants.

               (g) The rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Debenture shall be exercised only
through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such
owners and the Depositary and/or its Depositary Participants.

               (h) No owner of any beneficial interest in any Global Debenture shall have any rights under
this Indenture with respect to such Global Debenture, and the Depositary may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner and holder of such
Global Debenture for all purposes under the Indenture. None of the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global
Debenture or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and
such beneficial owners, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights
of the Depositary or its nominee as holder of any Debt Security.

               (i) Global Debentures shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL DEBENTURE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED
TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A
NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES

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DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

ARTICLE III

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

          Section 3.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the Debt
Securities.

               (a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
all payments due in respect of the Debt Securities at the place, at the respective times and in the
manner provided in this Indenture and the Debt Securities. Payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities due on the Maturity Date, any Optional
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be, will be made by the Company in
immediately available funds against presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities. At the
option of the Company, each installment of interest on the Debt Securities due on an Interest
Payment Date other than the Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption
Date, as the case may be, may be paid (i) by mailing checks for such interest payable to the order
of the holders of Debt Securities entitled thereto as they appear on the Debt Security Register or
(ii) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account with a banking institution
located in the United States designated by such holders to the Paying Agent no later than the
related record date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture or any
Debt Security, if the Trust or the trustee of the Trust is the holder of any Debt Security, then
all payments in respect of such Debt Security shall be made by the Company in immediately available
funds when due.

               (b) The Company will treat the Debt Securities as indebtedness, and the interest payable in
respect of such Debt Securities (including any Additional Amounts) as interest, for all U.S.
federal income tax purposes. All payments in respect of such Debt Securities will be made free and
clear of U.S. withholding tax provided, that (i) any beneficial owner thereof that is a “United
States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the

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Code (A) has provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any substitute or successor
form) in the manner required establishing its status as a “United States person” for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, and (B) the Internal Revenue Service has neither notified the Issuer that the
taxpayer identification number furnished by such beneficial owner is incorrect nor notified the
Issuer that there is underreporting by such beneficial owner, and (ii) any beneficial owner thereof
that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code has
provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN, Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, or
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8EXP, as applicable (or any substitute or successor form) in the
manner required establishing its non-U.S. status for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

               (c) As of the date of this Indenture, the Company represents that it has no intention to
exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of interest on the Debt Securities by
commencing an Extension Period.

               (d) As of the date of this Indenture, the Company represents that the likelihood that it would
exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of interest on the Debt Securities by
commencing an Extension Period at any time during which the Debt Securities are outstanding is
remote because of the restrictions that would be imposed on the Company’s ability to declare or pay
dividends or distributions on, or to redeem, purchase or make a liquidation payment with respect
to, any of its outstanding equity and on the Company’s ability to make any payments of principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on, or repurchase or redeem, any of its debt securities that rank
pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debt Securities.

          Section 3.02 Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.

          So long as any of the Debt Securities remain outstanding, the Company will maintain in
Wilmington, Delaware or in Jacksonville, Florida an office or agency where the Debt Securities may
be presented for payment, an office or agency where the Debt Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer and for exchange as provided in this Indenture and an office or agency
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities or of this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of
any such office or agency and of any change of location thereof. Until otherwise designated from
time to time by the Company in a notice to the Trustee, or specified as contemplated by Section
2.05, such office or agency for all of the above purposes shall be the Principal Office of the
Trustee. In case the Company shall fail to maintain any such office or agency in Wilmington,
Delaware or in Jacksonville, Florida, or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any
change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at
the Principal Office of the Trustee.

          In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time to time designate one or
more offices or agencies outside Wilmington, Delaware or Jacksonville, Florida where the Debt
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange in the manner provided in
this Indenture, and the Company may from time to time rescind such designation, as the Company may
deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain any such office or
agency in Wilmington, Delaware or in Jacksonville, Florida for the purposes

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above mentioned. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any such
designation or rescission thereof.

          Section 3.03 Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office.

          The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will
appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.09, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a
Trustee hereunder.

          Section 3.04 Provision as to Paying Agent.

               (a) If the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, it will cause such
Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provision of this Section 3.04,

               (i) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of all payments
due on the Debt Securities (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any
other obligor on the Debt Securities) in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debt
Securities;

               (ii) that it will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the Company
(or by any other obligor on the Debt Securities) to make any payment on the Debt Securities
when the same shall be due and payable; and

               (iii) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon
the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust
by such Paying Agent.

               (b) If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of
the payments due on the Debt Securities, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of
the holders of the Debt Securities a sum sufficient to make such payments so becoming due and will
notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company
(or by any other obligor under the Debt Securities) to make any payment on the Debt Securities when
the same shall become due and payable.

          Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Debt Securities, it will, on
or prior to each due date of the payments on the Debt Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay all payments so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly
notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure to act.

               (c) Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any
time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to the Debt
Securities, or for any other reason, pay, or direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all
sums held in trust by the Company or any such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same terms and conditions herein contained.

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               (d) Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums
in trust as provided in this Section 3.04 is subject to Sections 12.03 and 12.04.

               (e) The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee to act as paying agent for the Debt
Securities (the “Paying Agent”).

          Section 3.05 Certificate to Trustee.

          The Company will deliver to the Trustee on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year, so long as Debt Securities are outstanding hereunder, a Certificate stating that in the
course of the performance by the signers of their duties as officers of the Company they would
normally have knowledge of any default by the Company in the performance of any covenants of the
Company contained herein, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such default and, if
so, specifying each such default of which the signers have knowledge and the nature thereof.

          Section 3.06 Additional Amounts.

          If and for so long as the Trust is the holder of all Debt Securities and is subject to or
otherwise required to pay (or is required to withhold from distributions to holders of Trust
Securities) any additional taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other
governmental charges as a result of a Tax Event, the Company will pay such additional amounts (the
“Additional Amounts”) on the Debt Securities or the Trust Securities, as the case may be,
as shall be required so that the net amounts received and retained by the holders of Debt
Securities or Trust Securities, as the case may be, after payment of all taxes (including
withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other governmental charges, will be equal to the amounts
that such holders would have received and retained had no such taxes (including withholding taxes),
duties, assessments or other governmental charges been imposed.

          Whenever in this Indenture or the Debt Securities there is a reference in any context to the
payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debt Securities, such mention shall
be deemed to include mention of payments of the Additional Amounts provided for in this Section to
the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect
thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional
Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made, provided,
however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture or any
Debt Security, the deferral of the payment of interest during an Extension Period pursuant to
Section 2.11 shall not defer the payment of any Additional Amounts that may be due and payable.

          Section 3.07 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.

          The Company will not, while any of the Debt Securities remain outstanding, consolidate with,
or merge into, any other Person, or merge into itself, or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets to any other Person unless the
provisions of Article XI hereof are complied with.

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          Section 3.08 Limitation on Dividends.

          If (i) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or an Event of Default, (ii) the
Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under the Capital
Securities Guarantee or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election to defer payments
of interest on the Debt Securities by extending the interest payment period as provided herein and
such period, or any extension thereof, shall have commenced and be continuing, then the Company may
not (A) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock, (B) make any payment of
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities
of the Company that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debt
Securities or (C) make any payment under any guarantees of the Company that rank pari passu in all
respects with or junior in interest to the Capital Securities Guarantee (other than (a)
repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company (I) in
connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the
benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, (II) in connection with a
dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or (III) in connection with the issuance
of capital stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital
stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the occurrence of (i),
(ii) or (iii) above, (b) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company) for any class or
series of the Company’s capital stock or of any class or series of the Company’s indebtedness for
any class or series of the Company’s capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional interests in
shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such
capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in
connection with any stockholder’s rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property
under any stockholder’s rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto or
(e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock
or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as
that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to such
stock).

          Section 3.09 Covenants as to the Trust.

          For so long as such Trust Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall maintain 100%
ownership of the Common Securities; provided, however, that any permitted successor
of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company’s ownership of such Common
Securities. The Company, as owner of the Common Securities, shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the Trust (a) to remain a statutory trust, except in connection with a
distribution of Debt Securities to the holders of Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust, the
redemption of all of the Trust Securities or mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as
permitted by the Declaration, (b) to otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust for
United States federal income tax purposes and (c) to cause each holder of Trust Securities to be
treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the Debt Securities.

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ARTICLE IV

LISTS

          Section 4.01 Securityholders’ Lists.

          The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

               (a) on each regular record date for an Interest Payment Date, a list, in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders of the Debt
Securities as of such record date; and

               (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not
more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; except that no such lists need be
furnished under this Section 4.01 so long as the Trustee is in possession thereof by reason of its
acting as Debt Security registrar.

          Section 4.02 Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

               (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Debt Securities (1) contained in the
most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 or (2) received by it in the capacity
of Debt Securities registrar (if so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished
to it as provided in Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

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

               (i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02, or

               (ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders of Debt Securities
whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02, and as to the
approximate cost of mailing to such Securityholders the form of proxy or other
communication, if any, specified in such application.

          If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the
Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Securityholder of

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Debt Securities whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02 a copy of the form
of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request with reasonable promptness after
a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment,
of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall
mail to such applicants and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, if permitted or
required by applicable law, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement
to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best
interests of the holders of all Debt Securities, as the case may be, or would be in violation of
applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If said
Commission, as permitted or required by applicable law, after opportunity for a hearing upon the
objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain
any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such
objections, said Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the
objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail
copies of such material to all such Securityholders with reasonable promptness after the entry of
such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any
obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.

               (c) Each and every holder of Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with
the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company, the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of
the holders of Debt Securities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section
4.02, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall
not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under said
subsection (b).

          Section 4.03 Financial and Other Information.

               (a) The Company shall deliver, by hardcopy or electronic transmission, to (i) each
Securityholder each Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, if any, prepared by the Company and filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act within 10 Business
Days after the filing thereof or (ii) if the Company is (a) not then subject to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (a “Private Entity”) or (b) exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule
12g3-2(b) thereunder, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as a Holder of the Debt Securities is Greenwich Capital
Financial Products, Inc. or an entity that holds a pool of trust preferred securities and/or debt
securities as collateral for its securities or a trustee thereof, and the Company is (i) a Private
Entity that, on the date of original issuance of the Debt Securities, is required to
provide-audited consolidated financial statements to its primary regulatory authority, (ii) a
Private Entity that, on the date of original issuance of the Debt Securities, is not required to
provide audited consolidated financial statements to its primary regulatory authority but
subsequently becomes subject to the audited consolidated financial statement reporting requirements
of that regulatory authority or (iii) subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on the
date of original issuance of the Debt Securities or becomes so subject after the date hereof but
subsequently becomes a Private Entity, then, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year,
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the Company was then subject to (x) Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or (y) audited
consolidated financial statement reporting requirements of its primary regulatory authority or,
otherwise, the earliest fiscal year in which the Company becomes subject to (1) Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act or (2) the audited consolidated financial statement reporting requirements of
its primary regulatory authority, the Company shall deliver, by hardcopy or electronic
transmission, to each Securityholder, unless otherwise provided pursuant to the preceding sentence,
(A) a copy of the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements (including balance sheet and
income statement) covering the related annual period and (B) the report of the independent
accountants with respect to such financial statements. In addition to the foregoing, the Company
shall deliver to each Securityholder within 30 days after the end of the fiscal year of the
Company, Form 1099 or such other annual U.S. federal income tax information statement required by
the Code containing such information with regard to the Debt Securities held by such holder as is
required by the Code and the income tax regulations of the U.S. Treasury thereunder; and

               (b) If and so long as the Holder of the Debt Securities is Greenwich Capital Financial
Products, Inc. or an entity that holds a pool of trust preferred securities and/or debt securities
or a trustee thereof, the Company will cause copies of its reports on Form H-(b)11 to be delivered,
by hard copy or electronic transmission, to such Holder promptly following their filing with the
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ARTICLE V

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

          Section 5.01 Events of Default.

          The following events shall be “Events of Default” with respect to Debt Securities:

               (a) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security when it becomes
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; for the avoidance of
doubt, an extension of any interest payment period by the Company in accordance with Section 2.11
of this Indenture shall not constitute a default under this clause 5.01(a); or

               (b) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security, including any
Additional Amounts in respect thereof, following the nonpayment of any such interest for twenty
(20) or more consecutive Interest Periods; or

               (c) the Company defaults in the payment of all or any part of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Debt Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether at
maturity, upon redemption, by acceleration of maturity pursuant to Section 5.01 of this Indenture
or otherwise; or

               (d) the Company defaults in the performance of, or breaches, any of its covenants or
agreements in Sections 3.06, 3.07, 3.08 or 3.09 of this Indenture (other than a covenant or
agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days

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after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or
to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Debt Securities, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring
it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

               (e) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or for any substantial part of its
property, or orders the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs and such decree, appointment or
order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

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

               (g) a court or administrative or governmental agency or body shall enter a decree or order for
the appointment of a receiver of a Major Depository Institution Subsidiary or all or substantially
all of its property in any liquidation, insolvency or similar proceeding with respect to such Major
Depository Institution Subsidiary or all or substantially all of its property; or

               (h) a Major Depository Institution Subsidiary shall consent to the appointment of a receiver
for it or all or substantially all of its property in any liquidation, insolvency or similar
proceeding with respect to it or all or substantially all of its property; or

               (i) the Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily liquidated, dissolved, wound-up its
business or otherwise terminated its existence except in connection with (1) the distribution of
the Debt Securities to holders of the Trust Securities in liquidation of their interests in the
Trust, (2) the redemption of all of the outstanding Trust Securities or (3) mergers, consolidations
or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration.

          If an Event of Default specified under clause (b) of this Section 5.01 occurs and is
continuing with respect to the Debt Securities, then, in each and every such case, either the
Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities
then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by _
Securityholders), may declare the entire principal of the Debt Securities and any premium and
interest accrued, but unpaid, thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified
under clause (e), (f), (g), (h) or (i) of this Section 5.01 occurs, then, in each and every such
case, the entire principal amount of the Debt Securities and any premium and interest

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accrued, but unpaid, thereon shall ipso facto become immediately due and
payable without further action.

          The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any time after the
principal of the Debt Securities shall have become due by acceleration, and before any judgment or
decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter
provided, (i) the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest upon all the Debt Securities and all payments on the Debt
Securities which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon all such
payments and Deferred Interest, to the extent permitted by law) and such amount as shall be
sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.06, if any, and (ii) all Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the
non-payment of the payments in respect of Debt Securities which shall have become due by
acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein, then, in each
and every such case, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities
then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults and
rescind and annul such acceleration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and
annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right
consequent thereon; provided, however, that if the Debt Securities are held by the
Trust or a trustee of the Trust, such waiver or rescission and annulment shall not be effective
until the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Capital
Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver or rescission and annulment.

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

          Section 5.02 Payment of Debt Securities on Default; Suit Therefor.

          The Company covenants that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to clause (b)
of Section 5.01 and upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become due and
payable on all Debt Securities, including Deferred Interest accrued on the Debt Securities; and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including a reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel,
and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.06. In case the Company shall fail
forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law or in
equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or
proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against
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collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor
on such Debt Securities wherever situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.

          In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the
Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities under Bankruptcy Law, or in case a receiver or
trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the
case of any other similar judicial proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon the
Debt Securities, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee,
irrespective of whether the principal of the Debt Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall
have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.02, shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims
for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities
and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including
any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee; and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all other amounts due to the
Trustee under Section 6.06) and of the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceedings
relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities, or to the creditors or
property of the Company or such other obligor, unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations,
to vote on behalf of the holders of the Debt Securities in any election of a trustee or a standby
trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
or Person performing similar functions in comparable proceedings, and to collect and receive any
moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same
after the deduction of its charges and expenses; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in
bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders 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 Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient
to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.06.

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

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

          In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party), the

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Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders of the Debt Securities, and it shall not be
necessary to make any holders of the Debt Securities parties to any such proceedings.

          Section 5.03 Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee.

          Any moneys collected by the Trustee shall be applied in the following order, at the date or
dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon presentation of the several
Debt Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected, and stamping thereon the payment,
if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

          First: To the payment of costs and expenses incurred by, and reasonable fees of, the Trustee,
its agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.06;

          Second: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if and to the extent required
by Article XV;

          Third: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Debt Securities, in respect of
which or for the benefit of which money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority
of any kind, according to the amounts due upon such Debt Securities; and

          Fourth: The balance, if any, to the Company.

          Section 5.04 Proceedings by Securityholders.

          No holder of any Debt Security shall have any right to institute any suit, action or
proceeding for any remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee
written notice of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities and unless the holders of
not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding shall have
given the Trustee a written request to institute such action, suit or proceeding and shall have
offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding;
provided, that no holder of Debt Securities shall have any right to prejudice the rights of
any other holder of Debt Securities, obtain priority or preference over any other such holder or
enforce any right under this Indenture except in the manner herein provided and for the equal,
ratable and common benefit of all holders of Debt Securities.

          Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Debt
Security to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Debt
Security when due, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such holder. For the protection and enforcement of the
provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such
relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

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          Section 5.05 Proceedings by Trustee.

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

          Section 5.06 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing.

          Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.06, all powers and remedies given by this Article V
to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the
holders of the Debt Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established
with respect to the Debt Securities, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of
any of the Debt Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default
occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed
to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of
Section 5:04, every power and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by
the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

          Section 5.07 Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of
Securityholders.

          The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities affected at the
time outstanding and, if the Debt Securities are held by the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, the
holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Capital Securities of the
Trust shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with
respect to such Debt Securities; provided, however, that if the Debt Securities are
held by the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, such time, method and place or such exercise, as the
case may be, may not be so directed until the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount
of the outstanding Capital Securities of the Trust shall have directed such time, method and place
or such exercise, as the case may be; provided, further, that (subject to the
provisions of Section 6.01) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Trustee shall determine that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial
to the holders not taking part in such direction or if the Trustee being advised by counsel
determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the
Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any declaration of acceleration, or ipso
facto acceleration, of the maturity of the Debt Securities, the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding may on behalf of the
holders of all of the Debt Securities waive (or modify any previously granted waiver of) any past
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consequences, except a default (a) in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on any of the Debt Securities, (b) in respect of covenants or provisions hereof which
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Debt Security affected, or
(c) in respect of the covenants contained in Section 3.09; provided, however, that
if the Debt Securities are held by the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, such waiver or modification
to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation
amount of the outstanding Capital Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver or
modification to such waiver; provided, further, that if the consent of the holder
of each outstanding Debt Security is required, such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not
be effective until each holder of the outstanding Capital Securities of the Trust shall have
consented to such waiver or modification to such waiver. Upon any such waiver or modification to
such waiver, the Default or Event of Default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all
purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debt Securities
shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver
or modification to such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default
or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall
have been waived as permitted by this Section, said Default or Event of Default shall for all
purposes of the Debt Securities and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not
continuing.

          Section 5.08 Notice of Defaults.

          The Trustee shall, within 90 days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual
knowledge or received written notice of the occurrence of a default with respect to the Debt
Securities, mail to all Securityholders, as the names and addresses of such, holders appear upon
the Debt Security Register, notice of all defaults with respect to the Debt Securities known to the
Trustee, unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term
“default” for the purpose of this Section is hereby defined to be any event specified in
Section 5.01, not including periods of grace, if any, provided for therein); provided,
that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any,
or interest on any of the Debt Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders.

          Section 5.09 Undertaking to Pay Costs.

          All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Debt Security by such holder’s
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any
party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of
Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Debt
Securities (or, if such Debt Securities are held by the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, more than
10% in liquidation amount of the outstanding Capital Securities),to any suit instituted by any

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Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on any Debt Security against the Company on or after the same shall have become due and
payable or to any suit instituted in accordance with Section 14.12.

ARTICLE VI

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE 

          Section 6.01 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.

          With respect to the holders of Debt Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities and after the curing or
waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, with respect to the Debt Securities,
undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities has occurred (which has
not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

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

               (a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all
Events of Default which may have occurred:

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

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

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

               (c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith, in accordance with the direction of the Securityholders pursuant to Section 5.07,
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any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under this Indenture; and

               (d) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with
respect to the Debt Securities unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge
of such Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall
have been given to the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities or by any
holder of the Debt Securities, except that the Trustee shall be deemed to have knowledge of any
Event of Default pursuant to Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b) or 5.01(c) hereof (other than an Event of
Default resulting from the default in the payment of Additional Amounts if the Trustee does not
have actual knowledge or written notice that such payment is due and payable) .

          None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

          Section 6.02 Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.

          Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:

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

               (b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy
thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;

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

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

               (e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and
reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Indenture; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the
obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities (which
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such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of
care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of such person’s own affairs;

               (f) 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, consent,
order, approval, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to
do so by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities
affected thereby; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time
to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of
such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the
security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable
indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; and

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

          Section 6.03 No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.

          The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities (except in the certificate of
authentication of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent) shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility for the correctness
of the same. The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent make no representations as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities. The Trustee and the Authenticating
Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt Securities or
the proceeds of any Debt Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

          Section 6.04 Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or Registrar
May Own Debt Securities.

          The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any transfer agent or any Debt
Security registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Debt Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent,
Paying Agent, transfer agent or Debt Security registrar.

          Section 6.05 Moneys to be Held in Trust.

          Subject to the provisions of Section 12.04, all moneys received by the Trustee or any Paying
Agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purpose for which
they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law. The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company. So long as no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys, if
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the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chief
Operating Officer, a Vice President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

          Section 6.06 Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.

          The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and
the Trustee (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust), and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its written
request for all documented reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not
regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance that arises from its
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify each of the
Trustee (including in its individual capacity) and any predecessor Trustee (and its officers,
agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage,
claim, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee),
except to the extent such loss, damage, claim, liability or expense results from the negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith of such indemnitee, 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 or liability in the premises. The obligations of the Company under this Section
to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for documented
expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such
additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Debt Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the
benefit of the holders of particular Debt Securities.

          Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in
clause (e), (f), (g), (h) or (i) of Section 5.01, the expenses (including the reasonable charges
and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law.

          The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the
defeasance or other termination of this Indenture.

          Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any Debt Security to the contrary, the Trustee
shall have no obligation whatsoever to advance funds to pay any principal of or interest on or
other amounts with respect to the Debt Securities or otherwise advance funds to or on behalf of the
Company.

          Section 6.07 Officers’ Certificate as Evidence.

          Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6.01 and 6.02, whenever in the administration of the
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that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such
matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be
conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such
certificate, in the absence of negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the
provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

          Section 6.08 Eligibility of Trustee.

          The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a U.S. Person that is a banking corporation or
national association organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
any state thereof or of the District of Columbia and authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S.
dollars ($50,000,000) and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, or District of
Columbia authority. If such corporation or national association publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or national association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set
forth in its most recent records of condition so published.

          The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee, notwithstanding that such corporation or
national association shall be otherwise eligible and qualified under this Article.

          In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified
in Section 6.09.

          If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of §310(b)
of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the
extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to, this Indenture.

          Section 6.09 Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

               (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign by
giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and by mailing notice thereof, at the
Company’s expense, to the holders of the Debt Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on
the Debt Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly
appoint a successor trustee or trustees by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of
its Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee
and one copy to the successor Trustee. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed and
have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the
affected Securityholders, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder
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may, subject to the provisions of Section 5.09, on behalf of himself or herself and all others
similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court
may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor
Trustee.

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

               (i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has
been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities for at least six months;

               (ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any such Securityholder; or

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

then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee by
written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee, or,
subject to the provisions of Section 5.09, if no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed and
have accepted appointment within 30 days of the occurrence of any of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe,
remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee.

               (c) Upon prior written notice to the Company and the Trustee, the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding may at any time remove
the Trustee and nominate a successor Trustee, which shall be deemed appointed as successor Trustee
unless within ten Business Days after such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case or
in the case of a failure by such holders to nominate a successor Trustee, the Trustee so removed or
any Securityholder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in subsection (a) of this
Section, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor.

               (d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant
to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by
the successor Trustee as provided in Section 6.10.

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          Section 6.10 Acceptance by Successor Trustee.

          Any successor Trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.09 shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Company and to its predecessor Trustee an indenture supplemental hereto which shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all of the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee shall be vested in the successor Trustee,
and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to the Debt Securities of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the
written request of the Company or of the successor Trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act shall, upon
payment of the amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06, execute and deliver
an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights and powers of the Trustee so
ceasing to act and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in
and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights and powers. Any Trustee ceasing to act
shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property or funds held or collected by such Trustee to
secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06.

          No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be eligible and qualified under the provisions of
Section 6.08.

          In no event shall a retiring Trustee be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor
Trustee hereunder.

          Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in this Section, the Company
shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to the holders of Debt Securities at
their addresses as they shall appear on the Debt Security Register. If the Company fails to mail
such notice within ten Business Days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee,
the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Company.

          Section 6.11 Succession by Merger, etc.

          Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
provided, that such corporation shall be otherwise eligible and qualified under this
Article.

          In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture any of the Debt Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any

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such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor
Trustee, and deliver such Debt Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the
Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate
such Debt Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is
anywhere in the Debt Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee
shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Debt Securities in the name of any
predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.

          Section 6.12 Authenticating Agents.

          There may be one or more Authenticating Agents appointed by the Trustee upon the request of
the Company with power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and
delivery of Debt Securities issued upon exchange or registration of transfer thereof as fully to
all intents and purposes as though any such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized to
authenticate and deliver Debt Securities; provided, however, that the Trustee shall
have no liability to the Company for any acts or omissions of the Authenticating Agent with respect
to the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities. Any such Authenticating Agent shall at all
times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any
state thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and being subject to
supervision or examination by federal, state or District of Columbia authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or the requirements of
such authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect herein specified in this Section.

          Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion
to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the
successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise
eligible under this Section without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent.

          Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the
Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating
Agent with respect to the Debt Securities by giving written notice of termination to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such
a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under
this Section, the Trustee may, and upon the request of the Company shall, promptly appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent eligible under this Section, shall give written notice of such
appointment to the Company and shall mail notice of such appointment to all holders of Debt
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Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein.

          The Company agrees to pay to any Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services. Any Authenticating Agent shall have no responsibility or liability
for any action taken by it as such in accordance with the directions of the Trustee.

ARTICLE VII

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

          Section 7.01 Action by Securityholders.

          Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a specified percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities or aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any
notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking
any such action the holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a)
by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such Securityholders or
holders of Capital Securities, as the case may be, in person or by agent or proxy appointed in
writing, or (b) by the record of such holders of Debt Securities voting in favor thereof at any
meeting of such Securityholders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article
VIII or of such holders of Capital Securities duly called and held in accordance with the
provisions of the Declaration, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any
such record of such a meeting of such Securityholders or holders of Capital Securities, as the case
may be, or (d) by any other method the Trustee deems satisfactory.

          If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same, the Company may, at
its option, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such Debt
Securities for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same, but
the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same
may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close
of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of
determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Debt Securities have
authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same, and for that purpose the outstanding
Debt Securities shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no
such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed
effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than six months after the record date.

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          Section 7.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders.

          Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 8.05, proof of the execution of any
instrument by a Securityholder or such Securityholder’s agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made
in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in
such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership of Debt Securities shall be
proved by the Debt Security Register or by a certificate of the Debt Security registrar. The
Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall
deem necessary.

          The record of any Securityholders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section
8.06.

          Section 7.03 Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners.

          Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debt Security, the Company, the
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any transfer agent and any Debt Security
registrar may deem the Person in whose name such Debt Security shall be registered upon the Debt
Security Register to be, and may treat such Person as, the absolute owner of such Debt Security
(whether or not such Debt Security shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on
account of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Debt Security and for all
other purposes; and none of the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent,
any transfer agent or any Debt Security registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
All such payments so made to any holder for the time being or upon such holder’s order shall be
valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the
liability for moneys payable upon any such Debt Security.

          Section 7.04 Debt Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding.

          In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Debt
Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Debt Securities
which are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities or by any Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Company (other than the Trust) or any other obligor on the Debt Securities shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, provided, that
for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
direction, consent or waiver, only Debt Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section if the
pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Debt
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any such other obligor or Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company
or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee
taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee.

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          Section 7.05 Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound.

          At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section
7.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of
the Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder (in
cases where no record date has been set pursuant to Section 7.01) or any holder as of an applicable
record date (in cases where a record date has been set pursuant to Section 7.01) of a Debt Security
(or any Debt Security issued in whole or in part in exchange or substitution therefor) the serial
number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the holders of which
have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Principal
Office of the Trustee and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 7.02, revoke such action so
far as concerns such Debt Security (or so far as concerns the principal amount represented by any
exchanged or substituted Debt Security). Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder
of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders
and owners of such Debt Security, and of any Debt Security issued in exchange or substitution
therefor or on registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in
regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or any Debt Security issued in exchange or
substitution therefor.

ARTICLE VIII

SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

          Section 8.01 Purposes of Meetings.

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

               (a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the
Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any
other action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article
V;

               (b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of
Article VI;

               (c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to
the provisions of Section 9.02; or

               (d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of any
specified aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities under any other provision of this
Indenture or under applicable law.

          Section 8.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee.

          The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Securityholders to take any action specified in
Section 8.01, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, the Borough of
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every meeting of the Securityholders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and
in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed to holders of
Debt Securities affected at their addresses as they shall appear on the Debt Securities Register.
Such notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting.

          Section 8.03 Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders.

          In case at any time the Company pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the holders of at least 10%
in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities, as the case may be, then outstanding, shall
have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders, by written request setting forth
in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have
mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or
such Securityholders may determine the time and the place in Jacksonville, Florida for such meeting
and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 8.01, by mailing notice thereof
as provided in Section 8.02.

          Section 8.04 Qualifications for Voting.

          To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders, a Person shall be (a) a holder of
one or more Debt Securities or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a
holder of one or more Debt Securities. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and
their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the
Company and its counsel.

          Section 8.05 Regulations.

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

          The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting,
unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Securityholders as provided in
Section 8.03, in which case the Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may
be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote at the meeting.

          Subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, at any meeting each holder of Debt Securities with
respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for
each $1,000 principal amount of Debt Securities held or represented by such holder;
provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect
of any Debt Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be
not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of
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such chairman as the Person to vote on behalf of other Securityholders. Any meeting of
Securityholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.02 or 8.03 may be adjourned
from time to time by a majority of those present, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

          Section 8.06 Voting.

          The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of Debt Securities with
respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of such holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial
number or numbers of the Debt Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of
the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for
or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their
verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of
the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the
meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes
on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the
facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as
provided in Section 8.02. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities voting
in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits
of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered
to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have
attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.

          Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

          Section 8.07 Quorum; Actions.

          The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities
then outstanding shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Securityholders; provided,
however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent,
waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which may be given by the
holders of not less than a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities then outstanding, the Persons holding or representing such specified percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding will constitute a quorum. In
the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting
shall, if convened at the request of Securityholders, be dissolved. In any other case, the meeting
may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the permanent chairman of
the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such
adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the permanent chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided
in Section 8.02, except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to
the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an
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provided above, of the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding which shall
constitute a quorum.

          Except as limited by the proviso in the first paragraph of Section 9.02, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding; provided, however, that,
except as limited by the proviso in the first paragraph of Section 9.02, any resolution with
respect to any consent, waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action
that this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the holders of not less than a specified
percentage in outstanding principal amount of the Debt Securities may be adopted at a meeting or an
adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the
affirmative vote of the holders of not less than such specified percentage in aggregate principal
amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding.

          Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders of Debt Securities duly held
in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Securityholders, whether or not present
or represented at the meeting.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

          Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders.

          The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and
at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto, without the consent of the
Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:

               (a) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company, or successive
successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation of the covenants, agreements and
obligations of the Company, pursuant to Article XI hereof;

               (b) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions or conditions
for the protection of the holders of Debt Securities as the Board of Directors shall consider to be
for the protection of the holders of such Debt Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the
occurrence and continuance, of a Default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions or
conditions a Default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several
remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, however, that in
respect of any such additional covenant, restriction or condition such supplemental indenture may
provide for a particular period of grace after Default (which period may be shorter or longer than
that allowed in the case of other Defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such
Default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default;

               (c) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained
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provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided,
that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debt Securities
then outstanding;

               (d) to add to, delete from, or revise the terms of Debt Securities, including, without
limitation, any terms relating to the issuance, exchange, registration or transfer of Debt
Securities, including to provide for transfer procedures and restrictions substantially similar to
those applicable to the Capital Securities, as required by Section 2.05 (for purposes of assuring
that no registration of Debt Securities is required under the Securities Act), provided,
that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debt Securities
then outstanding (it being understood, for purposes of this proviso, that transfer restrictions on
Debt Securities substantially similar to those applicable to Capital Securities shall not be deemed
to adversely affect the holders of the Debt Securities);

               (e) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee
with respect to the Debt Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by
more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.10;

               (f) to make any change (other than as elsewhere provided in this Section) that does not
adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect; or

               (g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Debt
Securities, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture or the Debt Securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of Debt
Securities.

          The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be
therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property thereunder,
but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.

          Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed by the
Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Debt Securities at the
time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

          Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.

          With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 7.01) of the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding affected by such
supplemental indenture, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which
shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, then in effect, applicable to
indentures qualified thereunder) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
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supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Debt
Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without
the consent of the holders of each Debt Security then outstanding and affected thereby, (i) change
the Maturity Date of any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium
thereon, or reduce the rate (or manner of calculation of the rate) or extend the time of payment of
interest thereon, or reduce (other than as a result of the maturity or earlier redemption of any
such Debt Security in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Debt Security) or
increase the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities then outstanding, or change any of the
redemption provisions, or make the principal thereof or any interest or premium thereon payable in
any coin or currency other than United States Dollars, or impair or affect the right of any
Securityholder to institute suit for payment thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Debt Securities the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture;
and provided, further, that if the Debt Securities are held by the Trust or the
trustee of the Trust, such supplemental indenture shall not be effective until the holders of a
majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Capital Securities shall have consented
to such supplemental indenture; provided, further, that if the consent of the
Securityholder of each outstanding Debt Security is required, such supplemental indenture shall not
be effective until each holder of the outstanding Capital Securities shall have consented to such
supplemental indenture.

          Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of
any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Securityholders (and holders of Capital Securities, if required) as aforesaid, the Trustee shall
join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental
indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise,
in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such
supplemental indenture.

          Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage
prepaid, a notice, prepared by the Company, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders as their names and addresses appear upon the Debt
Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

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

          Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

          Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article
IX, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and
the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this
Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Debt Securities shall thereafter be
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amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be
deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

          Section 9.04 Notation on Debt Securities.

          Debt Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX may bear a notation as to any matter provided for in
such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Debt Securities
so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to any
modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent and delivered in
exchange for the Debt Securities then outstanding.

          Section 9.05 Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to
Trustee.

          The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02, shall, in addition to the
documents required by Section 14.06, receive an Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence that
any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article
IX. The Trustee shall also receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX is authorized or permitted by, and
conforms to, the terms of this Article IX and that it is proper for the Trustee under the
provisions of this Article IX to join in the execution thereof.

ARTICLE X

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

          Section 10.01 Optional Redemption.

          The Company shall have the right, subject to the receipt by the Company of the prior approval
from the OTS, if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the OTS, to
redeem the Debt Securities, in whole or (provided that all accrued and unpaid interest has been
paid on all Debt Securities for all Interest Periods terminating on or prior to such date) from
time to time in part, on any Interest Payment Date on or after August 23, 2010 (each, an
“Optional Redemption Date”), at the Optional Redemption Price.

          Section 10.02 Special Event Redemption.

          If a Special Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company shall have the right, subject to
the receipt by the Company of prior approval from the Federal Reserve, if then required under
applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve, to redeem the Debt Securities, in
whole but not in part, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event
(the “Special Redemption Date”), at the Special Redemption Price.

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          Section 10.03 Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities.

          In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all, or, as the case may be,
any part of the Debt Securities, it shall fix a date for redemption and shall mail, or cause the
Trustee to mail (at the expense of the Company), a notice of such redemption at least 30 and not
more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the holders of Debt Securities so to be
redeemed as a whole or in part at their last addresses as the same appear on the Debt Security
Register. Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The notice if mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives
such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the
holder of any Debt Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Debt Security.

          Each such notice of redemption shall specify the CUSP number, if any, of the Debt Securities
to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the price or manner of calculation of the price at
which Debt Securities are to be redeemed, the place or places of payment, that payment will be made
upon presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed
for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest
thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If less than all the Debt
Securities are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall specify the numbers of the Debt
Securities to be redeemed. In case the Debt Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice
of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall
state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Debt Security, a new
Debt Security or Debt Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will
be issued.

          Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Optional Redemption Date or the Special
Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section, the
Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents an amount of money
sufficient to redeem on such date all the Debt Securities so called for redemption at the
applicable price therefor, together with unpaid interest accrued to such date.

          The Company will give the Trustee notice not less than 45 nor more than 75 days prior to the
date fixed for redemption as to the price at which the Debt Securities are to be redeemed and the
aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities to be redeemed and the Trustee shall select, in such
manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Debt Securities or
portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000) to be redeemed.

          Section 10.04 Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption.

          If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 10.03, the Debt Securities or
portions of Debt Securities with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and
payable on the related Optional Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date (as the case may be) and
at the place or places stated in such notice at the applicable price therefor, together with unpaid
interest accrued thereon to said Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date (as the
case may be), and on and after said Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date (as the
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payment of such Debt Securities at the redemption price, together with unpaid interest accrued
thereon to said date) interest on the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities so called for
redemption shall cease to accrue. On presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities at a place
of payment specified in said notice, such Debt Securities or the specified portions thereof shall
be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable price therefor, together with unpaid
interest, if any, accrued thereon to said Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date
(as the case may be); provided, however, that interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on or prior to said Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date will be
paid to the holders on the relevant regular record date.

          Upon presentation of any Debt Security redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the holder thereof, at the
expense of the Company, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of authorized denominations in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Debt Security so presented.

ARTICLE XI

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

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

          Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation
or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or corporations (whether or not
affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its
successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company
or its successor or successors to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company
or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided,
however, that the Company hereby covenants and agrees that (i) upon any such consolidation,
merger (where the Company is not the surviving corporation), sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition, the successor entity shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (unless such corporation has (1)
agreed to make all payments due in respect of the Debt Securities or, if outstanding, the Trust
Securities and the Capital Securities Guarantee without withholding or deduction for, or on account
of, any taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges under the laws or regulations of
the jurisdiction of organization or residence (for tax purposes) of such corporation or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein unless required by applicable law, in
which case such corporation shall have agreed to pay such additional amounts as shall be required
so that the net amounts received and retained by the holders of such Debt Securities or Trust
Securities, as the case may be, after payment of all taxes (including withholding taxes), duties,
assessments or other governmental charges, will be equal to the amounts that such holders would
have received and retained had no such taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or
other governmental charges been imposed, (2) irrevocably and unconditionally consented and
submitted to the jurisdiction of any United States federal court or New York state court, in each
case located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in respect of any action, suit or
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connection with this Indenture, the Debt Securities, the Capital Securities Guarantee or the
Declaration and irrevocably and unconditionally waived, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection to the laying of venue in any such court or that any such action, suit or proceeding has
been brought in an inconvenient forum and (3) irrevocably appointed an agent in The City of New
York for service of process in any action, suit or proceeding referred to in clause (2) above) and
such corporation expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Company under the Debt Securities,
this Indenture, the Capital Securities Guarantee and the Declaration and (ii) after giving effect
to any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

          Section 11.02 Successor Entity to be Substituted.

          In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition
contemplated in Section 11.01 and upon the assumption by the successor corporation, by supplemental
indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and reasonably satisfactory in form to the
Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on
all of the Debt Securities and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the
covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company, such
successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as
if it had been named herein as the Company, and thereupon the predecessor entity shall be relieved
of any further liability or obligation hereunder or upon the Debt Securities. Such successor
corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name
of the Company, any or all of the Debt Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent; and, upon
the order of such successor corporation instead of the Company and subject to all the terms,
conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and deliver any Debt Securities which previously shall have been signed and
delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for
authentication, and any Debt Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to
be signed and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for that purpose. All the Debt
Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Debt Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture as though all of such Debt Securities had been issued at the date of the execution
hereof.

          Section 11.03 Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee.

          The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02, shall receive, in addition
to the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 9.05, an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence
that any consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any
assumption, permitted or required by the terms of this Article XI complies with the provisions of
this Article XI.

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ARTICLE XII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

          Section 12.01 Discharge of Indenture.

          When (a) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Debt Securities
theretofore authenticated (other than any Debt Securities which shall have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06) and not theretofore
canceled, or (b) all the Debt Securities not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable
within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee, in trust, funds, which shall be immediately due and payable, sufficient to pay at maturity
or upon redemption all of the Debt Securities (other than any Debt Securities which shall have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06)
not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and
premium, if any, and interest due or to become due to the Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption
Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be, but excluding, however, the amount of any
moneys for the payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Debt Securities (1)
theretofore repaid to the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.04, or (2) paid
to any state or to the District of Columbia pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar laws, and
if in the case of either clause (a) or (b) above the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further
effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.05, 2.06, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 6.06, 6.09 and 12.04
hereof, which shall survive until such Debt Securities shall mature or are redeemed, as the case
may be, and are paid in full. Thereafter, Sections 6.06, 6.09 and 12.04 shall survive, and the
Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, and at the cost and expense
of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this
Indenture, the Company, however, hereby agreeing to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses
thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the
Debt Securities.

          Section 12.02 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee.

          Subject to the provisions of Section 12.04, all moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 12.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through
any Paying Agent (including the Company if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the holders of the
particular Debt Securities for the payment of which such moneys have been deposited with the
Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest.

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          Section 12.03 Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held.

          Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys then held by any Paying
Agent of the Debt Securities (other than the Trustee) shall, upon demand of the Company, be repaid
to the Company or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such moneys.

          Section 12.04 Return of Unclaimed Moneys.

          Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any Paying Agent for payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest on Debt Securities and not applied but remaining
unclaimed by the holders of Debt Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal
of and premium, if any, or interest on such Debt Securities, as the case may be, shall have become
due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or such Paying Agent on written
demand; and the holder of any of the Debt Securities shall thereafter look only to the Company for
any payment which such holder may be entitled to collect and all liability of the Trustee or such
Paying Agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease.

ARTICLE XIII

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

          Section 13.01 Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.

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

ARTICLE XIV

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

          Section 14.01 Successors.

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

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          Section 14.02 Official Acts by Successor Entity.

          Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or
performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed
with like force and effect by the like board, committee, officer or other authorized Person of any
entity that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Company.

          Section 14.03 Surrender of Company Powers.

          The Company, by instrument in writing executed by authority of 2/3 (two thirds) of its Board
of Directors and delivered to the Trustee, may surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company
and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any
permitted successor.

          Section 14.04 Addresses for Notices, etc.

          Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be
given or served by the Trustee or by the Securityholders on the Company may be given or served in
writing by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter
box addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee for such purpose) to
the Company at 8100 Nations Way, Jacksonville, Florida 32256, Attention: Jeffrey L. Smiley. Any
notice, direction, request or demand by any Securityholder or the Company to or upon the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in
writing at the office of Wilmington Trust Company at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington, DE 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate Capital Markets.

          Section 14.05 Governing Law.

          This Indenture and the Debt Securities shall each be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles of said
State other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.

          Section 14.06 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.

          Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of
the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee 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 an Opinion of Counsel stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with (except
that no such Opinion of Counsel is required to be furnished to the Trustee in connection with the
authentication and issuance of Debt Securities).

          Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except
certificates delivered pursuant to Section 3.05) shall include (a) a statement that the person
making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions relating
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investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion
are based; (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such examination
or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (d) a statement as to whether or not,
in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

          Section 14.07 Business Day Convention.

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any Interest Payment Date after
the Interest Payment Date in August 2015 other than the Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption Date
or the Special Redemption Date, falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then any interest
payable will be paid on, and such Interest Payment Date will be moved to, the next succeeding
Business Day, and additional interest will accrue for each day that such payment is delayed as a
result thereof. If any Interest Payment Date on or prior to the Interest Payment Date in August
2015, the Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date falls on a day
that is not a Business Day, then the principal, premium, if any, and/or interest payable on such
date will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest will accrue in
respect of such payment made on such next succeeding Business Day.

          Section 14.08 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

          The table of contents and the titles and headings of the Articles and Sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part
hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

          Section 14.09 Execution in Counterparts.

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

          Section 14.10 Separability.

          In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Debt
Securities shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this
Indenture or of such Debt Securities, but this Indenture and such Debt Securities shall be
construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or
therein.

          Section 14.11 Assignment.

          Subject to Article XI, the Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its
rights or obligations under this Indenture and the Debt Securities to a direct or indirect wholly
owned Subsidiary of the Company; provided, however, that, in the event of any such
assignment, the Company will remain liable for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing,
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is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties thereto.

          Section 14.12 Acknowledgment of Rights.

          The Company acknowledges that, with respect to any Debt Securities held by the Trust or a
trustee of the Trust, if such trustee of the Trust fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture
as the holder of Debt Securities held as the assets of the Trust after the holders of a majority in
aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Capital Securities of the Trust have so directed in
writing such trustee, a holder of record of such Capital Securities may, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, institute legal proceedings directly against the Company to enforce such
trustee’s rights under this Indenture without first instituting any legal proceedings against such
trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay interest or
premium, if any, on or principal of the Debt Securities on the date such interest, premium, if any,
or principal is otherwise due and payable (or, in the case of redemption, on the related Optional
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date (as the case may be)), the Company acknowledges that
a holder of outstanding Capital Securities of the Trust may directly institute a proceeding against
the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder directly of the principal of or premium, if
any, or interest on the Debt Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities of such holder on or after the respective due date (or
Optional Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date (as the case may be)) specified in the Debt
Securities.

ARTICLE XV

SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES

          Section 15.01 Agreement to Subordinate.

          The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of Debt Securities issued hereunder and
under any supplemental indenture (the “Additional Provisions”) by such holder’s acceptance
thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Debt Securities shall be issued subject to the
provisions of this Article XV; and each holder of a Debt Security, whether upon original issue or
upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.

          The payment by the Company of the payments due on all Debt Securities issued hereunder and
under any Additional Provisions shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be
subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness
of the Company, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.

          No provision of this Article XV shall prevent the occurrence of any default or Event of
Default hereunder.

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          Section 15.02 Default on Senior Indebtedness.

          In the event and during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment of
principal, premium, interest or any other amount due on any Senior Indebtedness of the Company
following any applicable grace period, or in the event that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness
of the Company has been accelerated because of a default, and such acceleration has not been
rescinded or canceled and such Senior Indebtedness has not been paid in full, then, in either case,
no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the payments due on the Debt Securities.

          In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee
or any Securityholder when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraph of this Section,
such payment shall, subject to Section 15.06, be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid
over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to
the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may
have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that the holders
of the Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or trustee) notify the
Trustee in writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the Senior
Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness.

          Section 15.03 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.

          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, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with
its terms, before any payment is made by the Company on the Debt Securities; and upon any such
dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, 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 Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled to receive from the Company, except for
the provisions of this Article XV, shall 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 Securityholders or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to
the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the
respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, as calculated by the Company) or
their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant
to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their
respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full,
in money or money’s worth, 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
Securityholders or to the Trustee.

          In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the
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Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, or provision is made for such payment in
money in accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the
benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or
their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant
to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their
respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of
all Senior Indebtedness of the Company remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior
Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

          For purposes of this Article XV, the words “cash, property or securities” shall not be deemed
to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the
Company 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 XV with respect to
the Debt Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, that may at the time
be outstanding, provided, that (a) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new
corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (b) the rights of
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by
such reorganization or readjustment. 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, transfer or other disposition of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an
entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article XI of this
Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the
purposes of this Section if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article XI of this Indenture. Nothing
in Section 15.02 or in this Section shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 6.06 of this Indenture.

          Section 15.04 Subrogation.

          Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the Securityholders
shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to such Senior Indebtedness
until all payments due on the Debt Securities shall be paid in full; 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 Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article XV, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV to
or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by Securityholders or the Trustee,
shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, and the holders of the Debt Securities be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the
Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of this
Article XV are, and are intended, solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the
holders of the Debt Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, on
the other hand.

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          Nothing contained in this Article XV or elsewhere in this Indenture, any Additional Provisions
or in the Debt Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors
other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the Debt
Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the
holders of the Debt Securities all payments on the Debt Securities as and when the same shall
become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the
relative rights of the holders of the Debt Securities and creditors of the Company other than the
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the
Trustee or the holder of any Debt Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article
XV of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the
Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

          Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XV, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, and the Securityholders shall
be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent
jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are
pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount
thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts
pertinent thereto or to this Article XV.

          Section 15.05 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.

          Each Securityholder, by such Securityholder’s acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the
Trustee on such Securityholder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination provided in this Article XV and appoints the Trustee such
Securityholder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

          Section 15.06 Notice by the Company.

          The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the
Principal Office of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of
any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debt Securities pursuant to the
provisions of this Article XV. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XV or any other
provision of this Indenture or any Additional Provisions, the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to
or by the Trustee in respect of the Debt Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV
unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness
or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, shall be entitled in all respects to
assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not
have received the notice provided for in this Section at least two Business Days prior to the date
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purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on any Debt Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the
purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that
may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.

          The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, shall be entitled to
conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself or
herself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (or a trustee or representative on
behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness or a trustee or representative on behalf of any such holder or holders. 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 such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article XV, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness 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 XV, 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 15.07 Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness.

          The Trustee, in its individual capacity, shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article XV in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any
other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture or any Additional Provisions
shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

          With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the Trustee undertakes to
perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in
this Article XV, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture or any Additional Provisions against the Trustee.
The Trustee shall not owe or be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not
be liable to any holder of such Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to
Securityholders, 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 XV or otherwise.

          Nothing in this Article XV shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 6.06.

          Section 15.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired.

          No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company 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 the Company, or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by
any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company, with the terms,

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provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such
holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

          Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or
notice to the Trustee or the Securityholders, without incurring responsibility to the
Securityholders and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article XV or
the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Debt Securities to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (a) change the manner, place or terms of payment
or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend
or supplement in any manner such Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any
agreement under which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (b) sell, exchange, release or
otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness;
(c) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (d)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company or any other Person.

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          Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as Trustee, hereby accepts the trusts in this
Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions herein above set forth.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Thomas A. Hayda
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Thomas A. Hayda 	 
	 	 	Title:  	SVP 	 
	 
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

     as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Geoffrey J. Lewis
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Geoffrey J. Lewis 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Financial Services Officer 	 
	 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF DEBT SECURITY]

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

          [THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL DEBENTURE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED
TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE OF
DTC. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN
DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF
THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A
NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

          THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OR THEREOF, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH
SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS THE LATER OF (i) TWO
YEARS (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AFTER
THE LATER OF (Y) THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE HEREOF AND (Z) THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR
ANY AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 405 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF THE COMPANY WAS THE HOLDER OF
THIS SECURITY OR SUCH INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION (OR ANY PREDECESSOR
THERETO) AND (ii) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY ANY

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SUBSEQUENT CHANGE IN
APPLICABLE LAW, ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER”, AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE
ON RULE 144A, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3), (7) OR (8) OF
RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY OR SUCH INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND
NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-US PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C) OR (E) ABOVE TO REQUIRE THE
DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY. THE HOLDER OF
THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OR THEREOF, AS THE
CASE MAY BE, AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

          THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
OR THEREOF, AS THE CASE MAY BE, ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN
ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE
ENTITY AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY
INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE
RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23,
95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS
SECURITY OR SUCH INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION IS NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN WILL BE DEEMED
TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING HEREOF OR

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THEREOF, AS THE CASE MAY BE, THAT
EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A
PLAN TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE AND HOLDING WILL NOT RESULT IN
A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS
NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

          IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE INDENTURE TO
CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

          THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $100,000
AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF. ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN
DENOMINATIONS OF LESS THAN $100,000 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.
ANY SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST
OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF
DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS SECURITY OR SUCH INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN.

          THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND
OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (THE “FDIC”).
THIS OBLIGATION IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLAIMS OF THE DEPOSITORS AND THE CLAIMS OF GENERAL AND
SECURED CREDITORS OF THE COMPANY, IS INELIGIBLE AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF
ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND IS NOT SECURED.

Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt Security due 2035

of

EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP

          EverBank Financial Corp, a savings and loan holding company incorporated in the State of
Florida (the “Company”, which term includes any successor permitted under the Indenture (as
defined herein)), for value received, promises to pay to Wilmington Trust Company, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Institutional Trustee for EverBank Financial
Preferred Trust V, a Delaware statutory trust, or registered assigns, the principal amount of
TEN

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MILLION THREE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND Dollars ($10,310,000) on August 23, 2035 (the “Maturity
Date”) (or any Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, each as defined herein,
or any earlier date of acceleration of the maturity of this Debt Security), and to pay interest on
the outstanding principal amount of this Debt Security from May 25, 2005, or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on February 23, May 23, August 23
and November 23 of each year, commencing on August 23, 2005 (each, an “Interest Payment
Date”), at a per annum rate (the “Interest Rate”) equal to (1) with respect to any
Interest Period (as defined in the Indenture) prior to the Interest Period commencing on the
Interest Payment Date in August 2015, 6.40% and (ii) with respect to any Interest Period commencing
on or after the Interest Payment Date in August 2015, LIBOR (as defined in the Indenture), as
determined on the LIBOR Determination Date (as defined in the Indenture) for such Interest Period,
plus 1.80% (provided that the Interest Rate for any Interest Period commencing on or after
the Interest Payment Date in August 2015 may not exceed the highest rate permitted by New York law,
as the same may be modified by United States law of general application) until the principal hereof
shall have been paid or duly provided for, and on any overdue principal and (without duplication
and to the extent that payment of such interest is _enforceable under applicable law) on any
overdue installment of interest at an annual rate equal to the then applicable Interest Rate,
compounded quarterly.

          The amount of interest payable shall be computed with respect to any Interest Period prior to
the Interest Period commencing on the Interest Payment Date in August 2015, on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and (ii) with respect to any Interest Period
commencing on or after the Interest Payment Date in August 2015, on the basis of a 360-day year and
the actual number of days elapsed in such Interest Period.

          The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Debt
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in the Indenture) is registered at the
close of business on the “regular record date” for such interest installment, which shall be the
fifteenth day prior to such Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day (as
defined herein). Any such interest installment (other than Deferred Interest (as defined herein))
not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the holders on such
regular record date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Debt Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed
by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the
holders of the Debt Securities not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, all as more
fully provided in the Indenture.

          Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Debt Security due on the
Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be,
shall be made in immediately available funds against presentation and surrender of this Debt
Security at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in Wilmington,
Delaware, or at the office or agency of any other Paying Agent appointed by the Company maintained
for that purpose in Wilmington, Delaware or Jacksonville, Florida. Payment of interest on this
Debt Security due on any Interest Payment Date other than the
Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may

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be, shall be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the holder thereof at such
address as shall appear in the Debt Security Register or by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to an account appropriately designated by the holder hereof Notwithstanding the foregoing, so
long as the holder of this Debt Security is the Institutional Trustee, payment of the principal of
and premium, if any, and interest on this Debt Security shall be made in immediately available
funds when due at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Institutional Trustee.
All payments in respect of this Debt Security shall be payable in any coin or currency of the
United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts.

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any Interest Payment Date after
the Interest Payment Date in August 2015, other than the Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption
Date or the Special Redemption Date, falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then any interest
payable will be paid on, and such Interest Payment Date will be moved to, the next succeeding
Business Day, and additional interest will accrue for each day that such payment is delayed as a
result thereof If any Interest Payment Date on or prior to the Interest Payment Date in August
2015, the Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date falls on a day
that is not a Business Day, then the principal, premium, if any, and/or interest payable on such
date will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest will accrue in
respect of such payment made on such next succeeding Business Day.

          So long as no Event of Default pursuant to Sections 5.01(b), (e), (f), (g), (h) or (i) of the
Indenture has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, from time to time and
without causing an Event of Default, to defer payments of interest on the Debt Securities by
extending the interest payment period on the Debt Securities at any time and from time to time
during the term of the Debt Securities, for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each such
extended interest payment period, together with all previous and further consecutive extensions
thereof, is referred to herein as an “Extension Period”). No Extension Period may end on a
date other than an Interest Payment Date or extend beyond the Maturity Date, any Optional
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be. During any Extension Period,
interest will continue to accrue on the Debt Securities, and interest on such accrued interest
(such accrued interest and interest thereon referred to herein as “Deferred Interest”) will
accrue at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate applicable during such Extension Period,
compounded quarterly from the date such Deferred Interest would have been payable were it not for
the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by applicable law. No interest or Deferred Interest
(except any Additional Amounts (as defined in the Indenture) that may be due and payable) shall be
due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof At the end of any Extension
Period, the Company shall pay all Deferred Interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debt Securities;
provided, however, that during any Extension Period, the Company may not (i)
declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock, (ii) make any payment of
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities
of the Company that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debt
Securities or (iii) make any payment under any guarantees of the Company that rank in all respects
pari passu with or junior in respect to the Capital Securities Guarantee
(other than (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of
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Company (A) in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar
arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants,
(B) in connection with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or (C) in
connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or
exercisable for such capital stock), as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into
prior to such Extension Period, (b) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or
series of the Company’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company) for any
class or series of the Company’s capital stock or of any class or series of the Company’s
indebtedness for any class or series of the Company’s capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange
provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration
of a dividend in connection with any stockholder’s rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or
other property under any stockholder’s rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights
pursuant thereto or (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where
the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is
the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pan passu with or junior to
such stock). Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the Company may further extend such
Extension Period, provided, that no Extension Period (including all previous and further
consecutive extensions that are part of such Extension Period) shall exceed 20 consecutive
quarterly periods. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all
Deferred Interest, the Company may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing
requirements. The Company must give the Trustee notice of its election to begin or extend an
Extension Period no later than the close of business on the fifteenth Business Day prior to the
applicable Interest Payment Date.

          The indebtedness evidenced by this Debt Security is, to the extent provided in the Indenture,
subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness
(as defined in the Indenture), and this Debt Security is issued subject to the provisions of the
Indenture with respect thereto. Each holder of this Debt Security, by accepting the same, (a)
agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on such
holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate
the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee such holder’s attorney-in-fact for any
and all such purposes. Each holder hereof, by such holder’s acceptance hereof, hereby waives all
notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by
each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives
reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.

          The Company waives diligence, presentment, demand for payment, notice of nonpayment, notice of
protest, and all other demands and notices.

          This Debt Security shall not be entitled -to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to and shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

          The provisions of this Debt Security are continued on the reverse side hereof and such
continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this
place.

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          This Debt Security may contain more than one counterpart of the signature page and this Debt
Security may be executed and authenticated by the affixing of the signature of a proper officer of
the Company, and the signature of the Trustee providing authentication, to any of such counterpart
signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they
shall have the same force and effect as though the Company had executed, and the Trustee had
authenticated, a single signature page.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this certificate.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EverBank Financial Corp

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Dated: __________________, ____

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

          This certificate represents Debt Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

     not in its individual capacity but solely

     as the Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

Dated: __________________, ____

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

          This Debt Security is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities of the Company
(collectively, the “Debt Securities”), all issued or to be issued pursuant to an Indenture
(the “Indenture”), dated as of May 25, 2005, duly executed and delivered between the
Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company
and the holders of the Debt Securities of which this Debt Security is a part.

          Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event or a Capital
Treatment Event (each, a “Special Event”), the Company shall have the right to redeem this
Debt Security, at its option, in whole with all other Debt Securities but not in part, at any time,
within 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event (the “Special Redemption
Date”) at the Special Redemption Price (as defined herein).

          The Company shall also have the right to redeem this Debt Security at its option, in whole or
(provided that all accrued and unpaid interest has been paid on all Debt Securities for all
Interest Periods terminating on or prior to such date) from time to time in part, on any Interest
Payment Date on or after August 23, 2010 (each, an “Optional Redemption Date”), at the
Optional Redemption Price (as defined herein).

          Any redemption pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs will be made, subject to receipt by
the Company of prior approval from the Office of Thrift Supervision (the “OTS”) if then
required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the OTS, upon not less than 30 days’
nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice. If the Debt Securities are only partially redeemed by
the Company, the Debt Securities will be redeemed pro rata or by any other method utilized by the
Trustee. In the event of redemption of this Debt Security in part only, a new Debt Security or
Debt Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the holder hereof
upon the cancellation hereof.

          “Optional Redemption Price” means an amount in cash equal to 100% of the principal
amount of this Debt Security being redeemed plus unpaid interest accrued thereon to the related
Optional Redemption Date.

          “Special Redemption Price” means, with respect to the redemption of this Debt Security
following a Special Event, an amount in cash equal to 104.00% of the principal amount of this Debt
Security to be redeemed prior to August 23, 2006 and thereafter equal to the percentage of the
principal amount of this Debt Security that is specified below for the Special Redemption Date
plus, in each case, unpaid interest accrued thereon to the Special Redemption Date:

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	Special Redemption During the	 	 
	12-Month Period Beginning	 	 
	August 23,	 	Percentage of Principal Amount
	2006
	 	103.20%
	2007
	 	102.40%
	2008
	 	101.60%
	2009
	 	100.84%
	2010 and thereafter
	 	100.00%

          In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be
continuing, the principal of all of the Debt Securities may be declared, and, in certain cases,
shall ipso facto become, due and payable, and upon any such declaration of
acceleration shall become due and payable, in each case, in the manner, with the effect and subject
to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

          The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of
the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time
outstanding affected thereby, as specified in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the
rights of the holders of the Debt Securities; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, among other things, without the consent of the holders of each Debt
Security then outstanding and affected thereby (i) change the Maturity Date of any Debt Security,
or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium thereon, or reduce the rate or manner of
calculation of the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce (other than as
a result of the maturity or earlier redemption of any such .Debt Security in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture and such Debt Security) or increase the aggregate principal amount of Debt
Securities then outstanding, or change any of the redemption provisions, or make the principal
thereof or any interest or premium thereon payable in any coin or currency other than United States
Dollars, or impair or affect the right of any holder to institute suit for payment thereof, or (ii)
reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debt Securities the holders of which are required to consent to
any such supplemental indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time outstanding, on behalf
of the holders of all the Debt Securities, to waive any past default in the performance of any of
the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture, and its
consequences, except (a) a default in payments due in respect of any of the Debt Securities, (b) in
respect of covenants or provisions of the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the holder of each Debt Security affected, or (c) in respect of the covenants of the
Company relating to its ownership of Common Securities of the Trust. Any such consent or waiver by
the holder of this Debt Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive
and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Debt Security and of
any Debt Security issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of
transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Debt Security.

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          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debt Security or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to make all payments due on this Debt Security at the time and place and at the rate and in the
money herein prescribed.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth,
this Debt Security is transferable by the holder hereof on the Debt Security Register (as defined
in the Indenture) of the Company, upon surrender of this Debt Security for registration of transfer
at the office or agency of the Trustee in Wilmington, Delaware, or at any other office or agency of
the. Company in Wilmington, Delaware or Jacksonville, Florida, accompanied by a written instrument
or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the
holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Debt Securities of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such
registration of transfer, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax, fee or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto as specified in the
Indenture.

          Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Debt Security, the Company, the
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any transfer agent and the Debt Security
registrar may deem and treat the holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this
Debt Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon) for
the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Debt
Security and for all other purposes, and none of the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating
Agent, any Paying Agent, any transfer agent or any Debt Security registrar shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth,
Debt Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of
different authorized denominations, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

          The Debt Securities are issuable only in registered certificated form without coupons.

          No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest
on this Debt Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on
or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee
or agent, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor
corporation of the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and
released.

          All terms used but not defined in this Debt Security shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture.

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          THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES OF SAID STATE OTHER THAN SECTION
5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

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