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EXHIBIT 4.2  

 
 

BYLAWS
  OF
  DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. (DELAWARE)
  
    (A DELAWARE CORPORATION)    
  

ARTICLE I

OFFICES  

    Section 1.  Registered Office.  The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware
shall be in the City of Dover, County of Kent. 

    Section 2.  Other Offices.  The corporation shall also have and maintain an office or principal
place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may
from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require. 

ARTICLE II

CORPORATE SEAL  

    Section 3.  Corporate Seal.  The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal. The corporate seal
shall consist of a die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription, "Corporate Seal—Delaware." Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or
affixed or reproduced or otherwise. 

ARTICLE III

STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS  

    Section 4.  Place of Meetings.  Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be held at
such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the
meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as provided under the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"). 

    Section 5.  Annual Meetings.  

    (a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such
other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders: (i) pursuant to the corporation's
notice of meeting of stockholders; (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of
giving of notice provided for in the following paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in Section 5. 

    (b) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought
before the meeting. For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 5(a) of these 

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Bylaws, (i) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation, (ii) such other business must be a proper matter for stockholder action
under the DGCL, (iii) if the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, has provided the corporation with a Solicitation Notice (as defined in
this Section 5(b)), such stockholder or beneficial owner must, in the case of a proposal, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the
corporation's voting shares required under applicable law to carry any such proposal, or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a
percentage of the corporation's voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such
stockholder, and must, in either case, have included in such materials the Solicitation Notice, and (iv) if no Solicitation Notice relating thereto has been timely provided pursuant to this
section, the stockholder or beneficial owner proposing such business or nomination must not have solicited a number of proxies sufficient to have required the delivery of such a Solicitation Notice
under this Section 5. To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the
ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the mailing date of the preceding year's annual meeting proxy
statement; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than thirty (30) days after the
anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to
such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public
announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder's
notice as described above. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposed to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information
relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 ACT") and Rule 14a-11 thereunder (including such person's written consent to being named in
the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the
business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if
any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the
name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation's books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned
beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and (iii) whether either such stockholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to
holders of, in the case of the proposal, at least the percentage of the corporation's voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations,
a sufficient number of holders of the corporation's voting shares to elect such nominee or nominees (an affirmative statement of such intent, a "SOLICITATION NOTICE"). 

    (c) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 5(b) of these Bylaws to the contrary, in the event
that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is
increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the corporation at least 

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one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, a stockholder's notice required by this Section 5 shall also be considered timely, but only
with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of
business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation. 

    (d) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5 shall be
eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 5. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the
meeting was made, or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to
declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded. 

    (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, in order to include information with respect to a
stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholders' meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act. Nothing in
these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act. 

    (f)  For purposes of this Section 5, "public announcement" shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by
the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act. 

    Section 6.  Special Meetings.  

    (a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by
(i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, (iii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of
authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption), or
(iv) stockholder(s) holding twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the corporation entitled to vote. 

    (b) If a special meeting is properly called by any person or persons other than the Board of Directors, the request
shall be in writing, specifying the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by
telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Secretary of the corporation. No business may be transacted at such special
meeting otherwise than specified in such notice. The Board of Directors shall determine the time and place of such special meeting, which shall be held not less than thirty-five
(35) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the receipt of the request. Upon determination of the time and place of the meeting, the officer receiving the request
shall cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of these Bylaws. If the notice is not given within one hundred
(100) days after the receipt of the request, the person or persons properly requesting the meeting may set the time and place of the meeting and give the notice. Nothing contained in this
paragraph (b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held. 

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    (c) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at
which directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporation's notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the corporation who
is a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice provided for in these Bylaws who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 6(c). In the event the corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate
a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the corporation's notice of meeting, if the stockholder's notice required by Section 5(b) of these
Bylaws shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of
the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of a special meeting
commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described above. 

    Section 7.  Notice of Meetings.  Except as otherwise provided by law, notice, given in writing or
by electronic transmission, of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder
entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the place, if any, date and hour in case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes of the meeting, and the means of remote communications,
if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at any such meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage
prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder's address as it appears on the records of the corporation. Notice of the time, place, if any, and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be
waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof, or by electronic transmission by such person, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by his
attendance thereat in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting,
to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in
all respects as if due notice thereof had been given. 

    Section 8.  Quorum.  At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute
or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time,
either by the chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders present at
a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
Except as otherwise provided by statute or by applicable stock exchange or Nasdaq rules, or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the
meeting and entitled to vote generally on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, directors
shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the
election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where 

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otherwise provided by the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person, by remote
communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. Except where otherwise provided by
the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of shares of such class or classes or
series present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting, shall be the act of such class or classes or series. 

    Section 9.  Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings.  Any meeting of stockholders, whether
annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or
represented by proxy at the meeting. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, if any, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof are
announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the
adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. 

    Section 10.  Voting Rights.  For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at
any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date, as provided in
Section 12 of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every person entitled to vote shall have the right to do so either in person, by remote communication, if
applicable, or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance with Delaware law. An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted after three
(3) years from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period. 

    Section 11.  Joint Owners of Stock.  If shares or other securities having voting power stand of
record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or
more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order
appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect: (a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds all;
(b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; (c) if
more than one (1) votes, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery
for relief as provided in the DGCL, Section 217(b). If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for
the purpose of subsection (c) shall be a majority or even-split in interest. 

    Section 12.  List of Stockholders.  The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten
(10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and
the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, (a) on a reasonably
accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the
principal place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure
that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. The list shall be open to examination by any stockholder during the time of the meeting as provided by law. 

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    Section 13.  Action Without Meeting.  Following the effective date of the merger of this
corporation with Dot Hill Systems Corp., a New York corporation, no action shall be taken by the stockholders except at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called in accordance with these
Bylaws and no action shall be taken by the stockholders by written consent. 

    Section 14.  Organization.  

    (a) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed
or is absent, the Vice Chairman, or, if a Vice Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive Officer is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen
by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall act as chairman. The Secretary, or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the
Chief Executive Officer, shall act as secretary of the meeting. 

    (b) The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of
meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the
right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of
the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present,
limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized
and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to
questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. The date and time of the opening and closing
of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of
the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure. 

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS  

    Section 15.  Number and Term of Office.  The authorized number of directors of the corporation
shall be fixed in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation. If for any cause, the directors shall not
have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws. 

    Section 16.  Powers.  The powers of the corporation shall be exercised, its business conducted and
its property controlled by the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. 

    Section 17.  Classes of Directors.  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the directors shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III,
respectively. Directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. At the first annual meeting of stockholders following the
adoption and filing of the Certificate of Incorporation providing for a classified Board of Directors, the term of office of the Class III directors shall expire and Class III directors
shall be elected for a full term of three years. At the second annual meeting of 

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stockholders following the adoption and filing of the Certificate of Incorporation providing for a classified Board of Directors, the term of office of the Class I directors shall expire and
Class I directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At the third annual meeting of stockholders following the adoption and filing of the Certificate of Incorporation providing
for a classified Board of Directors, the term of office of the Class II directors shall expire and Class II directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At each succeeding
annual meeting of stockholders, directors shall be elected for a full term of three years to succeed the directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the
number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. 

    Section 18.  Vacancies.  

    (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to the rights of the holders of any series
of Preferred Stock, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase
in the number of directors shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold
office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director's successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the
Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Section 18 in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director. 

    (b) If at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall
constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Delaware Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders
holding at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such
vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in offices as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by Section 211 of the DGCL. 

    Section 19.  Resignation.  Any director may resign at any time by delivering his or her notice in
writing or by electronic transmission to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a
future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation
or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall
have been duly elected and qualified. 

    Section 20.  Removal.  

    (a) Neither the Board of Directors nor any individual director may be removed without cause. 

    (b) Subject to any limitation imposed by law, any individual director or directors may be removed with cause by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors. 

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    Section 21.  Meetings.  

    (a)  Annual Meetings.  The annual meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be held immediately before or after the annual meeting of stockholders and at the place where such meeting is held. No notice of an annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be
necessary and such meeting shall be held for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may lawfully come before it. 

    (b)  Regular Meetings.  Unless otherwise restricted by
the Certificate of Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or date and at any place within or without the State of Delaware that has been designated by the
Board of Directors and publicized among all directors, either orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice-messaging system or other system designed to record and communicate messages,
facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means. No further notice shall be required for regular meetings of the Board of Directors. 

    (c)  Special Meetings.  Unless otherwise restricted by
the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer or any two of the directors. 

    (d)  Telephone Meetings.  Any member of the Board of
Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can
hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. 

    (e)  Notice of Meetings.  Notice of the time and place of
all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate
messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means, during normal business hours, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of
the meeting, or sent in writing to each director by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing, or
by electronic transmission, at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the meeting for the express purpose of
objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. 

    (f)  Waiver of Notice.  The transaction of all business
at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a
meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present who did not receive notice shall sign a written
waiver of notice or shall waive notice by electronic transmission. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. 

    Section 22.  Quorum and Voting.  

    (a) Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number and except with respect to indemnification
questions arising under Section 43 hereof, for which a quorum shall be one-third of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time in accordance with the Certificate of
Incorporation, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Certificate of
Incorporation; provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular
meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting. 

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    (b) At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be
determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. 

    Section 23.  Action Without Meeting.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the
Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, or by electronic transmission, and such writing or writings or transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes
of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in
electronic form. 

    Section 24.  Fees and Compensation.  Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their
services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each
regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the
corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor. 

    Section 25.  Committees.  

    (a)  Executive Committee.  The Board of Directors may
appoint an Executive Committee to consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution of the
Board of Directors shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of
the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the
stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw of the corporation. 

    (b)  Other Committees.  The Board of Directors may, from
time to time, appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law. Such committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors
and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees, but in no event shall any such committee have the powers denied to
the Executive Committee in these bylaws. 

    (c)  Term.  Each member of a committee of the Board of
Directors shall serve a term on the committee coexistent with such member's term on the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, subject to any requirements of any outstanding series of Preferred
Stock and the provisions of subsection (a) of this Bylaw, may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of
a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove any
individual committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. The Board of
Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, and, in addition, in the absence
or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a 

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quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. 

    (d)  Meetings.  Unless the Board of Directors shall
otherwise provide, regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee appointed pursuant to this Section 25 shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board
of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings
of any such committee may be held at any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon notice to the
members of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of written notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of
special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and
will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of
any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolutions authorizing creation of the committee, a majority of the
authorized number of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of such committee. 

    Section 26.  Organization.  At every meeting of the directors, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the Vice Chairman, or, if the Vice Chairman is absent, the Chief Executive Officer (if a director), or if the Chief Executive Officer
is absent, the President (if a director), or if the President is absent, the most senior Vice President (if a director), or, in the absence of any such person, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a
majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in his absence, any Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the Chief Executive Officer, shall act as secretary of
the meeting. 

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS  

    Section 27.  Officers Designated.  The officers of the corporation shall include, if and when
designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer and the Controller, all of whom shall be elected at the annual organizational meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries,
Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary. The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles to one
or more of the officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and
other compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of Directors. 

    Section 28.  Tenure and Duties of Officers.  

    (a)  General.  All officers shall hold office at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be
removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors. 

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    (b)  Duties of Chairman of The Board of Directors.  The
Chairman of the Board of Directors, when present, or the Vice Chairman of the Board if the Chairman is not present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The
Chairman or Vice Chairman, as the case may be, of the Board of Directors shall perform other duties commonly incident to his or her office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other
powers, as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. 

    (c)  Duties of The Chief Executive Officer.  The Chief
Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors has been appointed and
is present. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation, and shall perform other duties commonly incident to his
office and such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. If there is no Chief Executive Officer, then the Board of Directors shall designate
a Chief Executive Officer pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 28. 

    (d)  Duties of President.  The President shall assist the
Chief Executive Officer with the performance of the duties prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Section 28, and shall perform such duties commonly incident thereto and shall also perform
such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time. 

    (e)  Duties of Vice Presidents.  The Vice Presidents may
assume and perform the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President or whenever the office of President is vacant. The Vice Presidents shall perform other duties commonly
incident to their office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time. 

    (f)  Duties of Secretary.  The Secretary shall attend all
meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall cause to have recorded all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary shall cause notice to
be given in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all
other duties given him in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors shall designate
from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant
Secretary shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall
designate from time to time. 

    (g)  Duties of Chief Financial Officer.  The Chief
Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such
form and as often as required by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds
and securities of the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the
Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer may direct the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Controller or any Assistant
Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and each Controller
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shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time. 

    Section 29.  Delegation of Authority.  The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the
powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof. 

    Section 30.  Resignations.  Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by
electronic transmission to the Board of Directors or to the Chief Executive Officer or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such
notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any
such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning officer. 

    Section 31.  Removal.  Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or without
cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time (excluding the director who is also the officer subject to such removal, as the case may be), or by the unanimous
written consent of the directors in office at the time, or by any committee or superior officers upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board of Directors. 

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS

AND

VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION  

    Section 32.  Execution of Corporate Instruments.  The Board of Directors may, in its discretion,
determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of
the corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature
shall be binding upon the corporation. 

    All
checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the corporation or in special accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or
persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do. 

    Unless
authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the
corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount. 

    Section 33.  Voting of Securities Owned by The Corporation.  All stock and other securities of
other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized
so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice
President. 

ARTICLE VII

SHARES OF STOCK  

    Section 34  Form and Execution of Certificates.  Certificates for the shares of stock of the
corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by
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the President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any or all of
the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased
to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
Each certificate shall state upon the face or back thereof, in full or in summary, all of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights, and the limitations or restrictions of the shares
authorized to be issued or shall, except as otherwise required by law, set forth on the face or back a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests
the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of
such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing
the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this section or otherwise required by law or with respect to this section a statement that the corporation will
furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof
and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates
representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical. 

    Section 35.  Lost Certificates.  A new certificate or certificates shall be issued in place of any
certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate
of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed
certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to agree to indemnify the corporation in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount as
it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed. 

    Section 36.  Transfers.  

    (a) Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof,
in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like number of shares. 

    (b) The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one
or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the
DGCL. 

    Section 37.  Fixing Record Dates.  

    In
order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may
fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, subject
to applicable law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is
waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to 

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vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record
date for the adjourned meeting. 

    Section 38.  Registered Stockholders.  The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the
exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware. 

ARTICLE VIII

OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION  

    Section 39.  Execution of Other Securities.  All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities
of the corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section 34), may be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice
President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer; provided, however, that where any such
bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond,
debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted
facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case
any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be
such officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the
corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation. 

ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS  

    Declaration of Dividends.  Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in
shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. 

    Dividend Reserve.  Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available
for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or
for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors
may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. 

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ARTICLE X

FISCAL YEAR  

    Section 40.  Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the
Board of Directors. 

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION  

    Section 41.  Indemnification of Directors, Executive Officers, Other Officers, Employees and Other
Agents.  

    (a)  Directors and Executive Officers.  The corporation
shall indemnify its directors and executive officers (for the purposes of this Article XI, "executive officers" shall have the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under
the 1934 Act) to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or any other applicable law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the
extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and executive officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not
be required to indemnify any director or executive officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to
be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion,
pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under the DGCL, or any other applicable law or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under subsection (d). 

    (b)  Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents.  The
corporation shall have power to indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the DGCL or any other applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to delegate
the determination of whether indemnification shall be given to any such person (except executive officers) to such officers or other persons as the Board of Directors shall determine. 

    (c)  Expenses.  The corporation shall advance to any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director or executive officer, of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or executive officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or executive officer
in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts if it should be determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be
indemnified under this Section 43 or otherwise. 

    Notwithstanding
the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 43, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an executive
officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director of the corporation in which event this
paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Board of
Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly 

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and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. 

    (d)  Enforcement.  Without the necessity of entering into
an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and executive officers under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as
if provided for in a contract between the corporation and the director or executive officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Section 43 to a director or executive
officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in
part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be
entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting his claim. In connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the
claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the DGCL or any other applicable law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. In connection
with any claim by an executive officer of the corporation (except in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such executive
officer is or was a director of the corporation) for advances, the corporation shall be entitled to raise a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such person acted in bad
faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding that such person acted
without reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was lawful. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL
or any other applicable law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such
applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by a director or executive
officer to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, the burden of proving that the director or executive officer is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such
advancement of expenses, under this Section 43 or otherwise shall be on the corporation. 

    (e)  Non-Exclusivity of Rights.  The rights
conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any applicable statute, provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office.
The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with
any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or by any other
applicable law. 

    (f)  Survival of Rights.  The rights conferred on any
person by this Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
person. 

    (g)  Insurance.  To the fullest extent permitted by the
DGCL or any other applicable law, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this
Section 43. 

    (h)  Amendments.  Any repeal or modification of this
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any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation. 

    (i)  Saving Clause.  If this Bylaw or any portion hereof
shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and executive officer to the full extent not prohibited by
any applicable portion of this Section 43 that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law. If this Section 43 shall be invalid due to the application of the
indemnification provisions of another jurisdiction, then the corporation shall indemnify each director and executive officer to the full extent under any other applicable law. 

    (j)  Certain Definitions.  For the purposes of this
Bylaw, the following definitions shall apply: 

    (1) The term "proceeding" shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation,
preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative. 

    (2) The term "expenses" shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys' fees,
witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding. 

    (3) The term the "corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation
(including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors,
officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this
Section 43 with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. 

    (4) References to a "director," "executive officer," "officer," "employee," or "agent" of the corporation shall include,
without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. 

    (5) References to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any
excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and
a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this Section 43. 

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   ARTICLE XII

NOTICES  

    Section 42. Notices.   

     (a)  Notice to
Stockholders.  Written notice to stockholders of stockholder meetings shall be given as provided in Section 7 herein. Without limiting the manner by which
notice may otherwise be given effectively to stockholders under any agreement or contract with such stockholder and except as otherwise required by law, written notice to stockholders for purposes
other than stockholder meetings may be by United States mail, facsimile, telegraph or telex or by electronic mail or other electronic means. 

    (b)  Notice To Directors.  Any notice required to be
given to any director may be given by the method stated in subsection (a), or by overnight delivery service, facsimile, telex or telegram, except that such notice other than one which is delivered
personally shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such director. 

    (c)  Affidavit of Mailing.  An affidavit of mailing,
executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, specifying the name and address or the names and
addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud,
be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained. 

    (d)  Time Notices Deemed Given.  All notices given by
mail or by overnight delivery service, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given as at the time of mailing, and all notices given by facsimile, telex or telegram shall be deemed to have
been given as of the sending time recorded at time of transmission. 

    (e)  Methods of Notice.  It shall not be necessary that
the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all recipients of notice, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one
or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others. 

    (f)  Failure to Receive Notice.  The period or limitation
of time within which any stockholder may exercise any option or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or within which any director may exercise any power or right, or enjoy
any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by the failure of such stockholder or such director to receive such notice. 

    (g)  Notice to Person with Whom Communication Is
Unlawful.  Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any person
with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit
to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if
such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate shall state,
if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful. 

    (h)  Notice to Person with Undeliverable
Address.  Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any
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of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such person during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by
first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve-month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at his address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been
returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to such person shall have the same force and
effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such person shall deliver to the corporation a written notice setting forth his then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such
person shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate need not state that
notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to this paragraph. 

ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENTS  

    Section 43.  Amendments.  Subject to paragraph (h) of Section 43 of the Bylaws, the
Bylaws may be altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock of the
corporation entitled to vote. The Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws pursuant to Sections 22 and 23 of these Bylaws. 

ARTICLE XIV

LOANS TO OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS  

    Section 44.  Loans to Officers.  The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation
of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is a Director of the corporation or its subsidiaries, whenever,
in the judgment of the Board of Directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guarantee or other assistance may be with or without
interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in these Bylaws
shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute. 

    Section 45.  Loans to Directors.  The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation
of, or otherwise assist any Director, who is not an officer or employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, such loan, guarantee or
assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation and provided such loan, guarantee or assistance is approved by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of all
of the then outstanding shares of the voting stock of the corporation entitled to vote. The loan, guarantee or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such
a manner as the Board of Directors, and a majority of voting shares entitled to vote (as provided in this Section 47), shall approve, including without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock
of the corporation. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to deny, limit, or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute. 

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MICROVISION, INC.,
  
    as Issuer
  
    and
  

                                       

    as Trustee
  

                                       

    INDENTURE
  
    dated as of                         , 200        

 
 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS    
  

	 
	 	Page

	ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	 	1
	 	

Section 1.01 Certain Definitions.	
 	

1
	 	

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.	
 	

5
	 	

Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.	
 	

5
	 	

Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.	
 	

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ARTICLE 2 THE SECURITIES	
 	

6
	 	

Section 2.01 Unlimited In Amount, Issuable In Series, Form and Dating.	
 	

6
	 	

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.	
 	

8
	 	

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.	
 	

8
	 	

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.	
 	

9
	 	

Section 2.05 Securityholder Lists.	
 	

9
	 	

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.	
 	

10
	 	

Section 2.07 Replacement Securities.	
 	

10
	 	

Section 2.08 Outstanding Securities.	
 	

11
	 	

Section 2.09 Temporary Securities.	
 	

11
	 	

Section 2.10 Cancellation.	
 	

11
	 	

Section 2.11 Defaulted Interest.	
 	

12
	 	

Section 2.12 Special Record Dates.	
 	

12
	 	

Section 2.13 Global Securities.	
 	

12
	 	

Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers.	
 	

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ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION	
 	

14
	 	

Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.	
 	

14
	 	

Section 3.02 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.	
 	

14
	 	

Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.	
 	

15
	 	

Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.	
 	

16
	 	

Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.	
 	

16
	 	

Section 3.06 Securities Redeemed in Part.	
 	

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ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS	
 	

16
	 	

Section 4.01 Payment of Securities.	
 	

16
	 	

Section 4.02 Commission Reports.	
 	

16
	 	

Section 4.03 Compliance Certificate.	
 	

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ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS	
 	

17
	 	

Section 5.01 When Company May Merge, etc.	
 	

17
	 	

Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.	
 	

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ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	
 	

18
	 	

Section 6.01 Events of Default.	
 	

18
	 	

Section 6.02 Acceleration.	
 	

19
	 	

Section 6.03 Other Remedies.	
 	

20
	 	

Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.	
 	

20
	 	

Section 6.05 Control by Majority.	
 	

20
	 	

Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.	
 	

21
	 	

Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.	
 	

21
	 	

Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.	
 	

21
	 	

Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.	
 	

22
	 	

Section 6.10 Priorities.	
 	

22
	 	

Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.	
 	

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ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE	
 	

23
	 	

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.	
 	

23
	 	

Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.	
 	

24
	 	

Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.	
 	

25
	 	

Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.	
 	

25
	 	

Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.	
 	

25
	 	

Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders.	
 	

25
	 	

Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.	
 	

26
	 	

Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.	
 	

26
	 	

Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.	
 	

28
	 	

Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.	
 	

28
	 	

Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.	
 	

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ARTICLE 8 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE	
 	

28
	 	

Section 8.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.	
 	

28
	 	

Section 8.02 Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.	
 	

29
	 	

Section 8.03 Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.	
 	

30
	 	

Section 8.04 Covenant Defeasance.	
 	

32
	 	

Section 8.05 Repayment to Company.	
 	

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ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTS, AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS	
 	

33
	 	

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders.	
 	

33
	 	

Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders.	
 	

34
	 	

Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents.	
 	

35
	 	

Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.	
 	

35
	 	

Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.	
 	

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ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS	
 	

35
	 	

Section 10.01 Indenture Subject to Trust Indenture Act.	
 	

35
	 	

Section 10.02 Notices.	
 	

36
	 	

Section 10.03 Communication By Holders With other Holders.	
 	

36
	 	

Section 10.04 Certificate and opinion as to Conditions Precedent.	
 	

37
	 	

Section 10.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.	
 	

37
	 	

Section 10.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.	
 	

37
	 	

Section 10.07 Legal Holidays.	
 	

38
	 	

Section 10.08 No Recourse Against Others.	
 	

38
	 	

Section 10.09 Counterparts.	
 	

38
	 	

Section 10.10 Governing Law.	
 	

38
	 	

Section 10.11 Severability.	
 	

38
	 	

Section 10.12 Effect of Headings, Table of Contents, etc.	
 	

38
	 	

Section 10.13 Successors and Assigns.	
 	

38
	 	

Section 10.14 No Interpretation of Other Agreements.	
 	

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*    
  

	Trust Indenture Act Section
 
	 	Indenture Section

	310	(a)(1)	 	7.10
	 	(a)(2)	 	7.10
	 	(a)(3)	 	N.A.
	 	(a)(4)	 	N.A.
	 	(a)(5)	 	7.10
	 	(b)	 	7.03, 7.08; 7.10
	 	(c)	 	N.A.
	311	(a)	 	7.11
	 	(b)	 	7.11
	 	(c)	 	N.A.
	312	(a)	 	2.05
	 	(b)	 	10.03
	 	(c)	 	10.03
	313	(a)	 	7.06
	 	(b)	 	7.06
	 	(c)	 	7.06; 10.02
	 	(d)	 	7.06
	314	(a)	 	4.02; 10.02
	 	(b)	 	N.A.
	 	(c)(1)	 	10.04
	 	(c)(2)	 	10.04
	 	(c)(3)	 	N.A.
	 	(d)	 	N.A.
	 	(e)	 	10.05
	 	(f)	 	N.A.
	315	(a)	 	7.01(b)(ii), 7.02
	 	(b)	 	7.02, 7.05; 10.02
	 	(c)	 	7.01(a), 7.02
	 	(d)	 	7.01(d), 7.02
	 	(e)	 	6.11
	316	(a)(last sentence)	 	2.13(f)
	 	(a)(1)(A)	 	6.05
	 	(a)(1)(B)	 	6.04
	 	(a)(2)	 	N.A.
	 	(b)	 	6.07
	 	(c)	 	2.12; 9.03
	317	(a)(1)	 	6.08
	 	(a)(2)	 	6.09
	 	(b)	 	2.04
	318	(a)	 	10.01
	 	(b)	 	N.A.
	 	(c)	 	10.01

N.A.
means not applicable. 

This
Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture. 

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    INDENTURE
dated as of            , 20  between Microvision, Inc., a Washington corporation (the "Company"), and            ,
a            ,
as Trustee (the "Trustee"). 

    The
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
to be issued in one or more series (the "Securities"), as herein provided, up to such principal amount as may from time to time be authorized in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of
Directors or by supplemental indenture. 

    Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of each series of the Securities: 

 
 

ARTICLE 1
  DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
  BY REFERENCE    
  

Section 1.01 Certain Definitions.  

    "Affiliate" means any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company. For purposes of
this definition, "control,, (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by agreement or
otherwise. 

    "Agent"
means any Registrar, Paying Agent, authenticating agent or co-Registrar. 

    "Board
of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or any authorized committee thereof. 

    "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 or pursuant to
authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification (and delivered to the Trustee, if appropriate). 

    "Closing
Date" means the date on which the Securities of a particular series were originally issued under this Indenture. 

    "Commission"
means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

    "Company"
means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means the successor. 

    "Company
Order" means a written order signed in the name of the Company by two officers, one of whom must be the Company's principal executive officer, principal financial officer or
principal accounting officer. 

    "Company
Request" means a written request signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, a President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee. 

    "Corporate
Trust Office" shall mean the corporate trust office of the Trustee, which shall initially be 

    "Default"
means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default. 

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    "Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as
Depositary for such series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, "Depositary" as used
with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. 

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

    "GAAP"
means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the Closing Date. 

    "Global
Security" shall mean a Security issued to evidence all or a part of any series of Securities that is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to
a Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instructions, all in accordance with this Indenture and pursuant to Section 2.01, which shall be registered as to principal and interest in the
name of such Depositary or its nominee. 

    "Holder"
or "Securityholder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the register of Securities kept by the Registrar. 

    "Indenture"
means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time. 

    "Interest"
when used with respect to an original Issue Discount Security that by its terms bears interest only after maturity, means interest payable after maturity. 

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

    "Officer"
means the Chairman of the Board, a Co-Chief Executive officer, the President, the Chief operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any
Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company. 

    "Officers,
Certificate,, means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer
of the Company. 

    "Opinion
of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the
Trustee. 

    "Original
Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides that an amount less than its principal amount is due and payable upon acceleration after an Event of Default. 

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

    "Principal"
of a Security means the principal amount due on the stated maturity of the Security plus the premium, if any, on the Security. 

    "Securities"
means the Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. 

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

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

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    "Subsidiary" means any corporation, partnership or limited liability company of which the Company, or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries, or any one or more Subsidiaries,
directly or indirectly owns or own (i) in the case of a corporation, voting securities entitling the holders thereof to elect a majority of the directors, either at all times or so long as
there is no default or contingency which permits the holders of any other class of securities to vote for the election of one or more directors, (ii) in the case of a partnership, at least a
majority of the general partnership interests and at least a majority of total outstanding partnership interests or (iii) in the case of a limited liability company, at least a majority of the
membership interests. 

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

    "Trustee"
means the party named as such above until a successor becomes such pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means or includes each party who is then a trustee hereunder,
and if at any time there is more than one such party, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series means the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. If Trustees with
respect to different series of Securities are trustees under this Indenture, nothing herein shall constitute the Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, and each Trustee shall be the
trustee of a trust separate and apart from any trust administered by any other Trustee with respect to a different series of Securities. 

    "Trust
Officer" means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters. 

    "U.S.
Government Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or
(ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation by the United States of America that is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or
trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. 

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.  

	Term
 
	 	Defined in Section

	"Bankruptcy Law"	 	6.01
	"Custodian"	 	6.01
	"Event of Default"	 	6.01
	"Legal Holiday"	 	10.07
	"Paying Agent"	 	2.03
	"Place of Payment"	 	2.01
	"Redemption price"	 	3.03
	"Registrar"	 	2.03

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Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.  

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

    "indenture
securities" means the Securities. 

    "indenture
securityholder" means a Securityholder. 

    "indenture
to be qualified" means this Indenture. 

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

    "obligor"
on the Securities means the Company and any successor obligor on the Securities. 

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

Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.  

    Unless the context otherwise requires: 

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

    (ii) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP; 

    (iii) "or"
is not exclusive; 

    (iv) words
in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; and 

    (v) provisions
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ARTICLE 2
  THE SECURITIES    
  

Section 2.01 Unlimited In Amount, Issuable In Series, Form and Dating.  

    The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or
more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a
Board Resolution or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series: 

    (a) the
title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other securities); 

    (b) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to this Article 2); 

    (c) the
price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the series will be issued; 

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

    (e) the
rate or rates that may be fixed or variable at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the manner in which such rate or rates shall
be determined, the date or dates from 

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which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable and the record dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable; 

    (f)  the
place or places where the principal of and any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, if other than as provided herein; 

    (g) the
price or prices at which (if any), the period or periods within which (if any) and the terms and conditions upon which (if other than as provided herein)
Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option, or as an obligation, of the Company; 

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

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

    (j)  if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration
of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof; 

    (k) any
addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article 4 that applies to Securities of the series; 

    (l)  any
Events of Default with respect to the Securities of a particular series, if not set forth herein; 

    (m) the
Trustee for the series of Securities; 

    (n) whether
the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities; the terms and conditions, if any, upon
which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual securities, and the Depositary for such Global Security and Securities; 

    (o) the
provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the series; 

    (p) whether
and upon what terms the series of Securities will be convertible into equity or debt securities of the Company; 

    (q) any
other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, but which may modify or delete any provision of this
Indenture with respect to such series; provided, however, that no such term may modify or delete any provision hereof if imposed by the TIA; and provided, further, that any modification or deletion of
the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee hereunder shall have been consented to in writing by the Trustee). 

    All
Securities of any series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or Officers'
Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. 

    The
principal of and any interest on the Securities shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company designated in the form of Security for the series (each such place herein
called the "Place of Payment,,); provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the register of Securities referred to in Section 2.03 hereof. 

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    Each Security shall be in one of the forms approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Officers, Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto. Prior to the delivery of a Security to the Trustee for authentication in any form approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or officers, Certificate, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee the Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate by or pursuant to which such form of Security has been approved, which Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate shall have attached
thereto a true and correct copy of the form of Security that has been approved by or pursuant thereto. 

    The
Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.  

    Two officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. 

    If
an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid. 

    A
Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or facsimile signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture. 

    The
Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue upon a Company Order. 

    The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do
so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company. 

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.  

    The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities of a particular series may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the
"Registrar") and an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented for payment (a "Paying Agent"). The Registrar for a particular series of Securities shall keep a register of the
Securities of that series and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents for each series of Securities. The
term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without prior notice to any Securityholder. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. 

    If
the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent for any series of Securities, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent,
Registrar or co-Registrar. 

    The
Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar and Paying Agent for each series of Securities unless another Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, is appointed
prior to the time Securities of that series are first issued. 

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.  

    Whenever the Company has one or more Paying Agents it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on, any Securities, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons 

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entitled to such principal or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 

    The
Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders of the
particular series for which it is acting, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal or interest on the Securities of such series, and that such Paying Agent will
notify the Trustee of any Default by the Company or any other obligor of the series of Securities in making any such payment and at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. If the Company or an Affiliate acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a
separate trust fund for the benefit of the Securityholders of the particular series for which it is acting all money held by it as Paying Agent. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon so doing, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) shall have no further liability for such money. Upon any bankruptcy
or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Securities. 

Section 2.05 Securityholder Lists.  

    The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Securityholders, separately by series, and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven business
days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of Securityholders, separately by series, relating to such interest payment date or request, as the case may be. 

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.  

    Where Securities of a series are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an
equal principal amount of Securities of the same series of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are
met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request. 

    No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental
charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.09, 2.13, 3.06 or 9.04). 

    The
Company need not issue, and the Registrar or co-Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of, (i) any Security of a particular series during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Securities of that series for redemption under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day
of selection, or (ii) any security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security of that series being redeemed in part. 

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Section 2.07 Replacement Securities.  

    If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of same series if the Company's and the Trustee's requirements are met. The Trustee or the Company may require an
indemnity bond to be furnished which is sufficient in the judgment of both to protect the Company, the Trustee, and any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The
Company may charge such Holder for its expenses in replacing a Security. 

    Every
replacement Security is an obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all the benefit of the Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of
the same series. 

Section 2.08 Outstanding Securities.  

    The Securities of any series outstanding at any time are all the Securities of that series authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those
delivered to it for cancellation, and those described in this Section as not outstanding. 

    If
a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a
bona fide purchaser. 

    If
Securities are considered paid under Section 4.01, they cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue. 

    Except
as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate holds the Security. 

    For
each series of Original Issue Discount Securities, the principal amount of such Securities that shall be deemed to be outstanding and used to determine whether the necessary
Holders have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver shall be the principal amount of
such Securities that could be declared to be due and payable upon acceleration upon an Event of Default as of the date of such determination. When requested by the Trustee, the Company shall advise
the Trustee of such amount, showing its computations in reasonable detail. 

Section 2.09 Temporary Securities.  

    Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a written order of the
Company signed by one Officer of the Company. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for
temporary Securities. without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. 

    Holders
of temporary securities shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture. 

Section 2.10 Cancellation.  

    The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation
and shall return such canceled Securities to the Company at the Company's written request. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or that have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation. 

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Section 2.11 Defaulted Interest.  

    If the Company fails to make a payment of interest on any series of Securities, it shall pay such defaulted interest plus (to the extent lawful) any interest
payable on the defaulted interest, in any lawful manner. It may elect to pay such defaulted interest, plus any such interest payable on it, to the Persons who are Holders of such Securities on which
the interest is due on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each such Security. The Company
shall fix any such record date and payment date for such payment. At least 15 days before any such record date, the Company shall mail to Securityholders affected thereby a notice that states
the record date, payment date, and amount of such interest to be paid. 

Section 2.12 Special Record Dates.  

    (a) The
Company may, but shall not be obligated to, set a record date for the purpose of determining the identity of Holders entitled to consent to any supplement,
amendment or waiver permitted by this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of Securities of that series outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to consent
to such supplement, amendment or waiver or revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No consent shall be valid or effective for more than
90 days after such record date unless consents from Holders of the principal amount of Securities of that series required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective shall have also
been given and not revoked within such 90-day period. 

    (b) The
Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of any series of Securities entitled to join
in the giving or making of any notice of Default, any declaration of acceleration, any request to institute proceedings or any other similar direction. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of
Securities of that series outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided, however, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the date 90 days after such record date. 

Section 2.13 Global Securities.  

    (a)  Terms of Securities.  A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an officers,
Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security or
Securities. 

    (b)  Transfer and Exchange.  Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in
Section 2.06 of this Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.06 of this Indenture for securities registered in the names of
Holders other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within
90 days of such event or (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall
be so exchangeable. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms. 

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Except as provided in this paragraph (b) of this Section, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such
Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor
Depositary. 

    (c)  Legend.  Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form: 

"Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), New York, New York, to the issuer or its agent for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any
payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as may be 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." "Transfer of this Global Security shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to
nominees of DTC or to a successor thereof or such successor's nominee and limited to transfers made in accordance with the restrictions set forth in the Indenture referred to herein." 

    (d)  Acts of Holders.  The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize
participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under this Indenture. 

    (e)  Payments.  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.01 hereof, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Person specified therein. 

    (f)  Consents, Declaration and Directions.  Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section,
the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a Person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a
written statement of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this
Indenture. 

Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers.  

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

 
 

ARTICLE 3
  REDEMPTION    
  

Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.  

    If the Company elects to redeem Securities of any series pursuant to any optional redemption provisions thereof, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption
date and the principal amount of Securities of that series to be redeemed. 

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    The Company shall give the notice provided for in this Section at least 45 days before the redemption date (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), which notice shall specify the provisions of such Security pursuant to which the Company elects to redeem such Securities. 

    If
the Company elects to reduce the principal amount of Securities of any series to be redeemed pursuant to mandatory redemption provisions thereof, it shall notify the Trustee of the
amount of, and the basis for, any such reduction. If the Company elects to credit against any such mandatory redemption Securities it has not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, it
shall deliver such Securities with such notice. 

Section 3.02 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.  

    If less than all the securities of any series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of that series to be redeemed by a method that
complies with the requirements of any exchange on which the Securities of that series are listed, or, if the Securities of that series are not listed on an exchange, by lot or by such other method as
the Trustee deems appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection not more than 75 days and not less than 30 days before the redemption date from Securities of that series outstanding
and not previously called for redemption. Except as otherwise provided as to any particular series of Securities, Securities and portions thereof that the Trustee selects shall be in amounts equal to
the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of the series to be redeemed or any integral multiple thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply
to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly in writing of the Securities or portions of Securities to be called for redemption. 

Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.  

    Except as otherwise provided as to any particular series of Securities, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the
Company shall mail a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed. 

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

    (1) the
redemption date; 

    (2) the
redemption price; 

    (3) if
any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date, upon surrender
of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued; 

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

    (5) that
Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; 

    (6) that,
unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption
date; and 

    (7) the
CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities to be redeemed. 

    At
the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company's name and at its expense. The notice 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 of the Holder of any Security
shall not affect the validity of the proceeding for the redemption of any other Security. 

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Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.  

    Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption
date for the redemption price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities will be paid at the Redemption Price. 

Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.  

    On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any Affiliate is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and
hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of all Securities called for redemption on that date other than Securities that have previously been delivered by the Company to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Paying Agent shall return to the Company any money not required for that purpose. 

Section 3.06 Securities Redeemed in Part.  

    Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company
a new Security of same series equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered. 

 
 

ARTICLE 4
  COVENANTS    
  

Section 4.01 Payment of Securities.  

    The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in this Indenture and the
Securities. Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or an Affiliate, holds on that date immediately available funds designated
for and sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due. 

    To
the extent lawful, the Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by the applicable series of Securities. 

Section 4.02 Commission Reports.  

    The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the Commission copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company is required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however the Company shall not be required to deliver to the Trustee any materials for which the Company has sought and received
confidential treatment by the Commission. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a). 

Section 4.03 Compliance Certificate.  

    The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers' 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 failure by the Company to comply with all conditions, or default by the
Company with respect to any covenants, under this Indenture, and further stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such failure or default and, if so, specifying each such failure or default
and the nature thereof. For purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided for in this Indenture. The certificate
need not comply with Section 10.04 hereof. 

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    The Company shall, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate
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ARTICLE 5
  SUCCESSORS    
  

Section 5.01 When Company May Merge, etc.  

    Unless the terms of the Securities of a series provide otherwise, the Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the
surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to any Person unless: 

    (1) the
Company is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia; 

    (2) the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and 

    (3) immediately
prior to and after giving effect to the transaction no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. 

    The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee on or prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers' Certificate to the foregoing effect and an opinion of Counsel stating
that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture. 

Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.  

    Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer by the Company (other than by lease) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance
with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for,
and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein. In the event of any such
transfer, the predecessor Company shall be released and discharged from all liabilities and obligations in respect of the Securities and the Indenture, and the predecessor Company may be dissolved,
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ARTICLE 6
  DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES    
  

Section 6.01 Events of Default.  

    An "Event of Default" occurs with respect to Securities of any particular series if, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or
supplemental indenture hereto, it is provided that such series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default: 

    (1) the
Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable and the Default continues for a period of
30 days; 

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    (2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise; 

    (3) an
Event of Default, as defined in the Securities of that series, occurs and is continuing, or the Company fails to comply with any of its other agreements in the
Securities of that series or in this
Indenture with respect to that series and the Default continues for the period and after the notice specified below; 

    (4) the
Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: 

    (A) commences
a voluntary case; 

    (B) consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; 

    (C) consents
to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; 

    (D) makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or 

    (E) admits
in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as the same become due. 

    (5) a
court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: 

    (A) is
for relief against the Company in an involuntary case; 

    (B) appoints
a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property; or 

    (C) orders
the liquidation of the Company; 

and
the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days. 

    (6) any
other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series which is specified in a Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental
indenture establishing that series of Securities. 

    The
term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee,
liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. 

    A
Default under clause (3) above is not an Event of Default with respect to a particular series of Securities until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 50% in principal
amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must
specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a "Notice of Default.,, Such notice shall be given by the Trustee if so requested in writing by the Holders of 50% of the
principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series. 

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Section 6.02 Acceleration.  

    If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (other than an Event of Default specified in clauses (4) and (5) of
Section 6.01) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 50% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series by notice to
the Company and the Trustee, may declare the unpaid principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, such lesser amount as may be provided for in such Securities) of and any accrued
interest on all the Securities of that series to be due and payable on the Securities of that series. Upon such declaration the principal (or such lesser amount) and interest shall be due and payable
immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or (5) of Section 6.01 occurs, all of such amount shall become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series by notice to the Trustee may rescind
an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default with respect to that series have been cured or waived except
nonpayment of principal (or such lesser amount) or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration. 

Section 6.03 Other Remedies.  

    If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of
principal or interest on the Securities of that series or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of that series or this Indenture. 

    The
Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any
Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies
are cumulative to the extent permitted by law. 

Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.  

    Subject to Section 9.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series, by notice to the Trustee, may
waive an existing Default or Event of Default with respect to that series and its consequences except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal (including any mandatory sinking
fund or like payment) of or interest on any Security of that
series (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related
payment default that resulted from such acceleration). 

Section 6.05 Control by Majority.  

    The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy with respect to that series available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts
with law or this Indenture, that is unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder of Securities of that series, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability. The Trustee may take any
other action which it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction. 

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Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.  

    A Holder of Securities of any series may not pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless: 

    (1) the
Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to that series; 

    (2) the
Holders of at least 50% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy; 

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

    (4) the
Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and 

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

    No
Holder of any series of Securities may use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of Securities of that series or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of Securities of that series. 

Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.  

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and interest, if any, on the
Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of the Holder. 

Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.  

    If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(l) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee
may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal (or such portion of the principal as may be specified as due upon
acceleration at that time in the terms of that series of Securities) and interest, if any, remaining unpaid on the Securities of that series then outstanding, together with (to the extent lawful)
interest on overdue principal and interest, and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and, to the extent lawful, expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. 

Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.  

    The Trustee may 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 and the
Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled to and empowered to collect
and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Holder to
make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. Nothing contained herein shall be
deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, 

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adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding. 

Section 6.10 Priorities.  

    If the Trustee collects any money with respect to Securities of any series pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money in the following order: 

	

First:	

to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
	

Second:	

to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities of such series for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities of such series for principal
and interest, respectively; and
	

Third:	

to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

    The
Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Securities of any series pursuant to this Section. The Trustee shall notify the Company in writing
reasonably in advance of any such record date and payment date. 

Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.  

    In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a
Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defense made by the party litigant. This
Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities
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ARTICLE 7
  TRUSTEE    
  

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.  

    (a) If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 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 man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. 

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

     (i) the
duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture or the TIA and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture or the TIA and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and 

    (ii) in
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine 

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whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein). 

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

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

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

    (iii) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to
Section 6.05 hereof. 

    (d) Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and
(c) of this Section. 

    (e) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or
exercise any right or power unless it receives security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. 

    (f)  The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Absent written instruction
from the Company, the Trustee shall not be required to invest any such money. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 

Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.  

    Subject to TIA Section 315(a) through (d): 

    (a) The
Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee shall not be
bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit. 

    (b) Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an officers, Certificate or an opinion of Counsel, or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers, Certificate or opinion of Counsel. 

    (c) The
Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. 

    (d) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers under the
Indenture, unless the Trustee's conduct constitutes negligence. 

    (e) Unless
otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an officer of
the Company. 

    (f)  The
Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and may rely upon the advice of such counsel or any opinion of Counsel. 

The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event that is in
fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice 

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references the Securities generally or the Securities of a particular series, as the case may be, and this Indenture. 

Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.  

    The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the company or an Affiliate with
the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311. 

Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.  

    The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company's use of
the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication. 

Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.  

    If a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
mail to all Holders of Securities of that series a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in
payment on any such Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of such
Securityholders. 

Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders.  

    Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall mail to Holders of Securities of that series
as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (if such report is required by TIA Section 313(a)). The
Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313(b). 

    A
copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which any of the Securities
are listed, as required by TIA Section 313(d). The Company shall notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange, and of any delisting thereof. 

Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.  

    The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed upon in writing for its services hereunder. The Company shall
reimburse the Trustee upon written request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and
out-of-pocket expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel. 

    The
Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee for any loss, liability, damage, claims or expenses, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured
by or determined
by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it, without negligence or bad faith on its part, in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture and its duties hereunder. The Trustee
shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel
and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent. 

    To
secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee in its
capacity as Trustee, 

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except money or property held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Securities. Such lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. 

    If
the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the
services will be intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law. 

    This
Section 7.07 shall survive the termination of this Indenture. 

Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.  

    A resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to one or more or all series of Securities and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective
only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section. 

    The
Trustee may resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee as to that series by so notifying the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company's consent. The Company may
remove the Trustee with respect to one or more or all series of Securities if: 

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

    (2) the
Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent; 

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

    (4) the
Trustee becomes incapable of acting. 

    If,
as to any series of Securities, the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee for that series. Within one year after the successor Trustee with respect to any series takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that
series may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If a successor Trustee as to a particular series does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 

    If
the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof with respect to any series, any Holder of Securities of that series who satisfies the requirements of TIA
Section 310(b) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee for that series. 

    A
successor Trustee as to any series of Securities shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the
retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee (subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof), the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture as to that series. The successor Trustee shall mail
a notice of its succession to the Holders of Securities of that series. 

    Notwithstanding
replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the
retiring trustee. 

    In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor
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to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and that (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee; provided, however, that nothing herein or in such supplemental Indenture shall constitute such Trustee co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust hereunder separate and apart from any trust hereunder administered by any other such Trustee. 

    Upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental Indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. 

Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.  

    If the Trustee as to any series of Securities consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to,
another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee as to that series. 

Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.  

    Each series of Securities shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee as to any
series of Securities shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee is subject to TIA
Section 310(b). 

Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.  

    The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein. 

 
 

ARTICLE 8
  SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE    
  

Section 8.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.  

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

    (a) either 

     (i) all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or 

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    (ii) all such securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation 

    (A) have
become due and payable, or 

    (B) will
become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year, or 

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

    (D) are
deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.03, as applicable; 

and
the Company, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and
discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that
have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the stated maturity or redemption date, as the case may be; 

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

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

Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof, and, if money shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this section or if money or obligations shall have been deposited with or received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03 hereof, the obligations of
the Trustee under Sections 8.02 and 8.05 hereof shall survive. 

Section 8.02 Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.  

    (a) Subject
to the provisions of Section 8.05 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof, all money and U.S. Government
Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such
money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by Sections 8.03 and 8.04 hereof. 

    (b) The
Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations deposited
pursuant to Sections 8.03 or 8.04 hereof or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders. 

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    (c) The
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any U.S. Government obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections
8.03 or 8.04 hereof that, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in
excess of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall
not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government obligations held under this Indenture. 

Section 8.03 Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.  

    Unless this Section 8.03 is otherwise specified to be inapplicable to Securities of any series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged
the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of any such series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this
Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such series, shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon Company Request, execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except as to: 

    (a) the
rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal
of an each installment of principal of or interest on the outstanding Securities of such series on the stated maturity of such principal of or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory
sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such
series; 

    (b) the
Company's obligations with respect to such Securities of such series under Sections 2.03, 2.06 and 2.07 hereof; and 

    (c) the
rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the duties of the Trustee under Section 8.02 hereof and the duty of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued on registration of transfer of exchange; 

provided
that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied: 

    (d) the
Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, cash in U.S. Dollars and/or U.S. Government obligations which through the payment of
interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day
before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and interest, if any, on all the Securities of such
series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due; 

    (e) such
deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound; 

    (f)  no
Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period
ending on the 91st day after such date; 

    (g) the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers, Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Company has received from, or
there has been published by, the 

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Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that,
and based thereon such opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such
deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and
discharge had not occurred; 

    (h) the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers, Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the
Holders of the Securities of such series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; 

    (i)  such
deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended), or such trust shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and 

    (j)  the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for
relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with. 

Section 8.04 Covenant Defeasance.  

    Unless this Section 8.04 is otherwise inapplicable to Securities of any series, on and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in
subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.02, 4.03 and 5.01 hereof as well as any additional covenants contained
in a supplemental indenture hereto for a particular series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(n) hereof (and the failure to
comply with any such provisions shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof) and the occurrence of any event described in clause (e) of
Section 6.01 hereof shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that the following conditions shall have been
satisfied: 

    (a) With
reference to this Section 8.04, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.03 hereof) with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, cash in U.S. Dollars and/or U.S. Government
Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed
on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the Securities of such series
on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due; 

    (b) Such
deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound; 

    (c) No
Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period
ending on the 91st day after such date; 

    (d) The
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or
loss for federal income tax 

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purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit
and defeasance had not occurred; 

    (e) The
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers, Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders
of the Securities of such series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and 

    (f)  The
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with. 

Section 8.05 Repayment to Company.  

    The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon the Company's request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that
remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such payment shall have become due. After payment to the Company, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment
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ARTICLE 9
  SUPPLEMENTS, AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS    
  

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders.  

    The Company and the Trustee as to any series of Securities may supplement or amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or the consent of any
Securityholder: 

    (1) to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; 

    (2) to
comply with Article 5; 

    (3) to
comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; 

    (4) to
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; 

    (5) to
add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided, however, that any such addition,
change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such
provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no outstanding Security of any
series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision; 

    (6) to
make any change that does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Securityholders of any series; or 

    (7) to
establish additional series of Securities as permitted by Section 2.01 hereof. 

Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders.  

    Subject to Section 6.07, the Company and the Trustee as to any series of Securities may amend this Indenture or the Securities of that series with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of each series affected by the amendment, with each such series voting as a separate class. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then 

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outstanding Securities of any series may also waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture with respect to that series or the Securities of that
series; provided, however, that without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not: 

    (1) reduce
the percentage of the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment or waiver; 

    (2) reduce
the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous provision; 

    (3) reduce
the rate of, or change the time for payment of interest on, any Security; 

    (4) reduce
the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Security or waive a redemption payment or alter the redemption provisions with respect thereto; 

    (5) make
any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security (including defaulted interest); 

    (6) reduce
the principal amount of original Issue Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof; 

    (7) make
any change in Section 6.04, 6.07 or 9.02 (this sentence); or 

    (8) waive
a default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Security, except to the extent otherwise provided for in Section 6.02 hereof. 

    An
amendment or waiver under this Section that waives, changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture that has expressly been included solely for the benefit
of one or more particular series of Securities, or that modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect
the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. 

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

    The
Company shall mail supplemental indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or
affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver. 

Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents.  

    Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of
a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security; provided, however, that unless a
record date shall have been established pursuant to Section 2.12(a) hereof, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the amendment or waiver becomes effective. An amendment or waiver shall become effective on receipt by the Trustee of consents from
the Holders of the requisite percentage principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series, and thereafter shall bind every Holder of Securities of that series. 

Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.  

    If an amendment or waiver changes the terms of a Security: (a) the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee, the
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Company and at the Company's expense, place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder and the Trustee may place an appropriate notation on any
Security thereafter authenticated; or (b) if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security
that reflects the changed terms. 

Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.  

    The Trustee shall receive an opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment or waiver proposed pursuant to this Article is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall sign such amendment or waiver if the same does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of
the Trustee. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise. 

 
 

ARTICLE 10
  MISCELLANEOUS    
  

Section 10.01 Indenture Subject to Trust Indenture Act.  

    This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of this Indenture, and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions. 

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Section 10.02 Notices.  

    Any notice or communication is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or sent by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt
requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, addressed as follows: 

	 	If to the Company:	 	 
	

 	

 	

Microvision, Inc.

19910 North Creek Parkway

Bothell, WA 98011-3008

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Telephone: (425) 415-6847

Facsimile: (425) 481-1625	
 	

 
	

 	

If to the Trustee:	
 	

 
	

 	

 	

	
 	

 
	 	 	
	 	 
	 	 	
	 	 
	 	 	
	 	 
	 	 	Attention:	 	 	 
	 	 	 	
	 	 
	 	 	Telephone:	 	 	 
	 	 	 	
	 	 
	 	 	Facsimile:	 	 	 
	 	 	 	
	 	 

    The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. 

    All
notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next business day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next-day delivery. 

    Any
notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or
communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time. 

    If
a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it. 

Section 10.03 Communication By Holders With other Holders.  

    Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c). 

Section 10.04 Certificate and opinion as to Conditions Precedent.  

    Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee: 

    (a) 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 

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

Section 10.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.  

    Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate provided for in
Section 4.03 hereof) shall include: 

    (1) a
statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; 

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

    (3) 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 

    (4) a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters
of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an officer's certificate or certificates of public officials. 

Section 10.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.  

    The Trustee as to Securities of any series may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders of Securities of that series. The Registrar and
any Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for their functions. 

Section 10.07 Legal Holidays.  

    A "Legal Holiday" is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in Seattle, Washington, are not required to be open. If a payment date is a
Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. 

Section 10.08 No Recourse Against Others.  

    A past, present or future director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under any series of Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each
Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration of issuance of the Securities. 

Section 10.09 Counterparts.  

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

Section 10.10 Governing Law.  

    The laws of the State of Washington shall govern this Indenture and the Securities, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. 

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Section 10.11 Severability.  

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

Section 10.12 Effect of Headings, Table of Contents, etc.  

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

Section 10.13 Successors and Assigns.  

    All covenants and agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the securities shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successor. 

Section 10.14 No Interpretation of Other Agreements.  

    This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture. 

[signature
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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written. 

	 	 	MICROVISION, INC.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
 as Trustee
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 	 	

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MICROVISION, INC., as Issuer and as Trustee INDENTURE dated as of , 200

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

ARTICLE 2 THE SECURITIES

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS

ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE

ARTICLE 8 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTS, AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS

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