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Exhibit 10.8

KEITH M. ROSELAND

Employment Agreement

     This Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into as
of October    , 2003 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Centrue Bank, an
Illinois state bank with its main office in Kankakee, Illinois (the
“Employer”), and Keith M. Roseland (the “Executive”).

Recitals

     A. The Executive is currently employed as an executive of the Employer.

     B. The Employer and the Executive have made commitments to each other on a
variety of important issues concerning Executive’s employment, including the
performance that will be expected of Executive, the compensation the Executive
will be paid, how long and under what circumstances Executive will remain
employed and the financial details relating to any decision that either the
Employer or the Executive might ever make to terminate this Agreement.

     C. The Employer recognizes that circumstances may arise in which a change
of control of the Employer through acquisition or otherwise may occur thereby
causing uncertainty of employment without regard to the competence or past
contributions of the Executive which uncertainty may result in the loss of
valuable services of the Executive and the Employer and the Executive wish to
provide reasonable security to the Executive against changes in the employment
relationship in the event of any such change of control.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and
agreements hereinafter contained, it is covenanted and agreed by and between
the parties hereto as follows:

Agreements

     Section 1. Term. The term of this Agreement and the Executive’s
employment hereunder shall be for a term of one (1) year commencing as of the
Effective Date.

     Section 2. Position and Duties. The Employer hereby employs the Executive
as the President, Centrue West of the Employer or in such other senior
executive capacity or capacities as shall be mutually agreed between the
Employer and the Executive. During the period of the Executive’s employment
hereunder, the Executive shall devote his best efforts and full business time,
energy, skills and attention to the business and affairs of the Employer, its
parent company, Centrue Financial Corporation (the “Holding Company”) and the
other direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Holding Company (together with
the Employer, the “Subsidiaries” or “Subsidiary”). The Executive’s duties and
authority shall consist of and include all duties and authority customarily
performed and held by persons holding equivalent positions with business
organizations similar in nature and size to the Employer, as such duties and
authority are reasonably defined, modified and delegated from time to time by
the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Employer to whom the Executive
shall report during the term of this Agreement (the “Board”). The Executive
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assigned to him and shall be provided such supporting services, staff,
secretarial and other assistance, office space and accoutrements as shall be
reasonably necessary and appropriate in the light of such assigned duties.

     Section 3. Compensation. As compensation for the services to be provided
by the Executive hereunder, the Executive shall receive the following
compensation, expense reimbursement and other benefits:

          (a) Base Compensation. The Executive shall receive an aggregate annual
minimum Base Salary of one hundred and ten thousand dollars ($110,000) payable
in installments in accordance with the regular payroll schedule of the Employer
(“Base Salary”). Such Base Salary shall be subject to review annually
commencing in 2004 and shall be maintained or increased during the term of this
Agreement in accordance with the Employer’s established management compensation
policies and plans.

          (b) Performance Bonus. The Executive shall be eligible to receive an
annual performance bonus, payable within sixty (60) days after the end of the
fiscal year of the Employer, in an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent
(25%) of the Executive’s Base Salary for the applicable year. The amount, if
any, shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Employer (the
“Board”), or the appropriate committee thereof, and shall generally be based on
a combination of organization-wide and individual performance criteria.

          (c) Stock Option Grant. At the Effective Date, the Board of Directors of
the Holding Company, or the appropriate committee thereof, shall grant the
Executive an option to purchase two thousand five hundred (2,500) shares of
common stock of the Employer (the “Stock Option”) pursuant to the terms of the
Centrue Financial Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Stock Incentive
Plan”). The Stock Option shall (i) have an exercise price per share equal to
the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Stock Incentive Plan) of the shares on
the date of grant; (ii) have a term of ten (10) years; (iii) be an “Incentive
Stock Option” (as defined in the Stock Incentive Plan), and (iv) vest twenty
percent (20%) on each anniversary of the date of grant (fully vested on the
fifth anniversary of the Effective Date).

          (d) Reimbursement of Expenses. The Executive shall be reimbursed, upon
submission of appropriate vouchers and supporting documentation, for all
travel, entertainment and other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably and
necessarily incurred by the Executive in the performance of his duties
hereunder and shall be entitled to attend seminars, conferences and meetings
relating to the business of the Employer consistent with the Employer’s
established policies in that regard.

          (e) Other Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to all benefits
specifically established for him and, when and to the extent he is eligible
therefor, to participate in all plans and benefits generally accorded to senior
executives of the Employer, including, but not limited to, pension,
profit-sharing, supplemental retirement, incentive compensation, bonus,
disability income, group life medical and hospitalization insurance, and
similar or comparable plans, and also to perquisites extended to similarly
situated senior executives, provided, however, that such plans, benefits and
perquisites shall be no less than those made available to all other employees
of the Employer.

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          (f) Withholding. The Employer shall be entitled to withhold from amounts
payable to the Executive hereunder, any federal, state or local withholding or
other taxes which it is from time to time required to withhold. The Employer
shall be entitled to rely upon the opinion of its legal counsel with regard to
any question concerning the amount or requirement of any such withholding.

     Section 4. Confidentiality and Loyalty. The Executive acknowledges that
during the course of his employment he may produce and have access to material,
records, data, trade secrets and information not generally available to the
public regarding the Employer, the Holding Company and the Subsidiaries
(collectively, “Confidential Information”). Accordingly, during and subsequent
to termination of this Agreement, the Executive shall hold in confidence and
not directly or indirectly disclose, use, copy or make lists of any such
Confidential Information, except to the extent that such information is or
thereafter becomes lawfully available from public sources, or such disclosure
is authorized in writing by the Employer, required by a law or any competent
administrative agency or judicial authority, or otherwise as reasonably
necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance by the Executive of
his duties hereunder. All records, files, documents and other materials or
copies thereof relating to the business of the Employer, the Holding Company
and the Subsidiaries which the Executive shall prepare or use, shall be and
remain the sole property of the Employer, shall not be removed from the
premises of the Employer, the Holding Company or the Subsidiaries, as the case
may be, without the written consent of the Employer’s Chairman of the Board,
except as reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the
performance by the Executive of his duties hereunder, and shall be promptly
returned to the Employer upon termination of the Executive’s employment
hereunder. The Executive agrees to abide by the reasonable policies of the
Employer, as in effect from time to time, respecting avoidance of interests
conflicting with those of the Employer, the Holding Company and the
Subsidiaries.

     Section 5. Termination.

          (a) Termination Without Cause. Either the Employer or the Executive may
terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder for any
reason by delivering written notice of termination to the other party no less
than thirty (30) days before the effective date of termination, which date will
be specified in the notice of termination.

          (b) Voluntary Termination by Executive. If the Executive voluntarily
terminates his employment under this Agreement other than pursuant to Section
5(d) (Constructive Discharge) or Section 5(h) (Termination Upon Change of
Control), then the Employer shall only be required to pay the Executive such
Base Salary as shall have accrued through the effective date of such
termination plus the amount of any expense reimbursements for expenses incurred
prior to the effective date of such termination, provided that Executive shall
have submitted all reimbursement requests within ten (10) business days of the
effective date of such termination. After payment of the foregoing, neither
the Employer nor any of the Subsidiaries shall have any further obligations to
the Executive.

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          (c) Premature Termination.

               (i) In the event of the termination of this Agreement by the Employer
prior to the last day of the then current term for any reason other than a
termination in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(e) (Termination for
Cause), then notwithstanding any mitigation of damages by the Executive, the
Employer shall pay the Executive a sum equal to one (1) times the amount of the
Executive’s then-current annual Base Salary. In addition, the Employer shall
reimburse the Executive for continued coverage (COBRA continuation coverage)
for the Executive and the Executive’s dependents (if applicable) under the
health insurance programs maintained by the Employer for the twelve (12) month
period immediately following the Executive’s termination of employment;
provided, however, that the continued payment of these amounts by the Employer
shall not offset or diminish any compensation or benefits accrued as of the
date of termination.

               (ii) Payment to the Executive will be made on a monthly basis over the
twelve (12) month period immediately following the Executive’s termination of
employment. At the election of the Employer, payments may be made in a lump
sum. Payment of the amounts due under Section 5(c)(i) shall not be reduced in
the event the Executive obtains other employment following the termination of
employment by the Employer.

               (iii) If the Employer is not in compliance with its minimum capital
requirements or if the payments required under subsection (i) above would cause
the Employer’s capital to be reduced below its minimum capital requirements,
such payments shall be deferred until such time as the Employer is in capital
compliance.

          (d) Constructive Discharge. If at any time during the term of this
Agreement, except in instances where Employer has valid grounds to terminate
Executive’s employment pursuant to Section 5(e) (Termination for Cause), the
Executive is Constructively Discharged (as hereinafter defined), then the
Executive shall have the right, by written notice given to the Employer not
later than ninety (90) days after such Constructive Discharge, to terminate his
services hereunder, effective as of thirty (30) days after the date of such
notice, and the Executive shall have no rights or obligations under this
Agreement other than as provided in this Section 5(d), Section 4
(Confidentiality and Loyalty) and Section 6 (Non-Competition Covenant). In
such event, the Executive shall be entitled to an amount equal to the aggregate
cash payments due to the Executive under Section 5(c)(i) and reimbursement of
COBRA premiums as if such termination of his employment were pursuant to
Section 5(c) (Premature Termination). Payment to the Executive will be made on
a monthly basis over the twelve (12) month period immediately following the
Executive’s termination of employment.

For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive shall be “Constructively
Discharged” upon the occurrence of any one of the following events:

               (i) The Executive is removed from the position with the Employer set forth
in Section 2 (Position and Duties);

               (ii) There is a substantial diminution in the Executive’s responsibilities
as the Employer’s President, Centrue West to which the Executive has not
consented, provided

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that such diminution shall constitute a Constructive Discharge only if the
Executive submits a written statement to the Chairman of the Board in which the
Executive specifies the reasons that constitute such diminution and the written
statement is provided to the Chairman of the Board within thirty (30) days of
the action or actions alleged to constitute substantial diminution; or

               (iii) The Employer changes the primary employment location of the
Executive without the Executive’s consent to a place that is more than fifty
(50) miles from the main office of the Employer; or

               (iv) The Employer otherwise commits a material breach of its obligations
under this Agreement.

          (e) Termination for Cause. This Agreement may be terminated for Cause as
hereinafter defined. “Cause” shall mean: (i) the Executive’s death; (ii) the
Executive’s Permanent Disability, which shall mean the Executive’s inability,
as a result of physical or mental incapacity, substantially to perform his
duties hereunder for a period of six (6) consecutive months; (iii) a material
violation by the Executive of any applicable material law or regulation
respecting the business of the Employer, the Holding Company or the
Subsidiaries; (iv) the Executive being found guilty of a felony or an act of
dishonesty in connection with the performance of his duties as an officer of
the Employer, or which disqualifies the Executive from serving as an officer or
director of the Employer, the Holding Company or any one of the Subsidiaries;
(v) the willful or negligent failure of the Executive to perform his duties
hereunder in any material respect; (vi) the Executive engages in one or more
violations of Employer’s policies or procedures or directives of the Board and
that have a material financial adverse effect on the Employer or any one of the
Subsidiaries; or (vii) the Executive is removed or suspended from banking
pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (the
“FDIA”), or any other applicable state or federal law. The Executive shall be
entitled to at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of the Employer’s
intention to terminate his employment for any cause (except the Executive’s
death) specifying the grounds for such termination and shall be provided a
reasonable opportunity to present to the Board his position regarding any
dispute relating to the existence of such cause. In the event of a dispute
regarding the Executive’s Permanent Disability, each of the Executive and the
Employer shall choose a physician who together will choose a third physician to
make a final determination thereof. Upon a termination of the Executive’s
employment with the Employer for Cause, the Executive shall be entitled to
receive from the Employer only such payments as are due and owing to the
Executive as of the effective date of such termination. If the Executive’s
employment is terminated for Cause pursuant to this Section, then the Employer
shall only be required to pay the Executive such Base Salary as shall have
accrued through the effective date of such termination and neither the Employer
nor any of the Subsidiaries shall have any further obligations to the
Executive.

          (f) Payments Upon Death. In the event payments are due and owing under
this Agreement at the death of the Executive, payment shall be made to such
beneficiary as the Executive may designate in writing, or failing such
designation, to the executor of his estate, in full settlement and satisfaction
of all claims and demands on behalf of the Executive.

          (g) Payments Prior to Permanent Disability. The Executive shall be
entitled to the compensation and benefits provided for under this Agreement for
any period

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during the term of this Agreement and prior to the establishment of the Executive’s
Permanent Disability during which the Executive is unable to work due to a
physical or mental infirmity. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary, until the date specified in a notice of termination
relating to the Executive’s Permanent Disability, the Executive shall be
entitled to return to his position with the Employer as set forth in this
Agreement in which event no Permanent Disability of the Executive will be
deemed to have occurred.

          (h) Termination Upon Change of Control.

               (i) In the event of a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Employer
or the Holding Company and the termination of the Executive’s employment under
either A or B below, subject to Section 5(h)(iii) below, the Executive shall be
entitled to receive in lieu of any other payments provided for in this
Agreement an amount equal to one (1) times the amount of the Executive’s then
current Base Salary. In addition, the Employer shall reimburse the Executive
for continued coverage (COBRA continuation coverage) for the Executive and the
Executive’s dependents (if applicable) under the health insurance programs
maintained by the Employer for the twelve (12) month period immediately
following the Executive’s termination of employment upon a Change of Control;
provided, however, that the continued payment of these amounts by the Employer
shall not offset or diminish any compensation or benefits accrued as of the
date of termination. Payment to the Executive will be made on a monthly basis
over the twelve (12) month period immediately following the Executive’s
termination of employment. Either of the following shall constitute
termination of the Executive’s employment within the meaning of this Section
5(h):

                    A. The Executive voluntarily terminates his employment within the six (6)
month period immediately following the Change of Control.

                    B. The Executive’s employment is terminated by the Employer or its
successor within the one (1) year period immediately following the Change of
Control.

          (ii) For purposes of this Section, the term “Change of Control” shall mean
the following:

               A. The consummation of the acquisition by any person (as such term is
defined in Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “1934 Act”)) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Holding
Company; or

               B. Consummation of: (1) a merger or consolidation to which the Holding
Company is a party if the stockholders immediately before such merger or
consolidation do not, as a result of such merger or consolidation, own,
directly or indirectly, more than sixty-seven percent (67%) of the combined
voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the entity resulting
from such merger or consolidation in substantially the same proportion as their
ownership of the combined voting power of the Holding Company’s voting
securities outstanding immediately before such merger or consolidation; or (2)
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liquidation or dissolution or an agreement for the sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Employer or the
Holding Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to occur
solely because fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the
Holding Company’s then outstanding securities is acquired by: (1) a trustee or
other fiduciary holding securities under one or more employee benefit plans
maintained for employees of the entity or its subsidiaries; or (2) any
corporation which, immediately prior to such acquisition, is owned directly or
indirectly by the stockholders in the same proportion as their ownership of
stock immediately prior to such acquisition.

               (iii) It is the intention of the Employer and the Executive that no
portion of any payment under this Agreement, or payments to or for the benefit
of the Executive under any other agreement or plan, be deemed to be an “Excess
Parachute Payment” as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”), or its successors. It is agreed that the
present value of and payments to or for the benefit of the Executive in the
nature of compensation, receipt of which is contingent on the Change of Control
of the Employer, and to which Section 280G of the Code applies (in the
aggregate “Total Payments”) shall not exceed an amount equal to one dollar
($1.00) less than the maximum amount which the Employer may pay without loss of
deduction under Section 280G(a) of the Code. Present value for purposes of
this Agreement shall be calculated in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the
Code. Within ninety (90) days following the earlier of (A) the giving of the
notice of termination or (B) the giving of notice by the Employer to the
Executive of its belief that there is a payment or benefit due the Executive
which will result in an excess parachute payment as defined in Section 280G of
the Code, the Executive and the Employer, at the Employer’s expense, shall
obtain the opinion of such legal counsel and certified public accountants as
the Executive may choose (notwithstanding the fact that such persons have acted
or may also be acting as the legal counsel or certified public accountants for
the Employer), which opinions need not be unqualified, which sets forth (I) the
amount of the Base Period Income of the Executive, (II) the present value of
Total Payments and (III) the amount and present value of any excess parachute
payments. In the event that such opinions determine that there would be an
excess parachute payment, the payment hereunder or any other payment determined
by such counsel to be includable in Total Payments shall be modified, reduced
or eliminated as specified by the Executive in writing delivered to the
Employer within sixty (60) days of the Executive’s receipt of such opinions or,
if the Executive fails to so notify the Employer, then as the Employer shall
reasonably determine, so that under the bases of calculation set forth in such
opinions there will be no excess parachute payment. The provisions of this
subparagraph, including the calculations, notices and opinions provided for
herein shall be based upon the conclusive presumption that (y) the compensation
and benefits provided for in Section 3 hereof and (z) any other compensation
earned by the Executive pursuant to the Employer’s compensation programs which
would have been paid in any event, are reasonable compensation for services
rendered, even though the timing of such payment is triggered by the Change of
Control; provided, however, that in the event such legal counsel so requests in
connection with the opinion required by this subparagraph, the Executive and
the Employer shall obtain, at the Employer’s expense, and the legal counsel may
rely on in providing the opinion, the advice of a firm of recognized executive
compensation consultants as to the reasonableness of any item of compensation
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Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code are repealed without succession, this
subparagraph shall be of no further force or effect.

          (i) Regulatory Suspension and Termination.

               (i) If the Executive is suspended from office and/or temporarily
prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Employer’s affairs by a
notice served under Section 8(e)(3) (12 U.S.C. § 1818(e)(3)) or 8(g) (12 U.S.C.
§ 1818(g)) of the FDIA, the Employer’s obligations under this contract shall be
suspended as of the date of service, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings.
If the charges in the notice are dismissed, the Employer may in its discretion
(A) pay the Executive all or part of the compensation withheld while their
contract obligations were suspended and (B) reinstate (in whole or in part) any
of the obligations which were suspended.

               (ii) If the Executive is removed and/or permanently prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the Employer’s affairs by an order issued under
Section 8(e) (12 U.S.C. § 1818(e)) or 8(g) (12 U.S.C. § 1818(g)) of the FDIA,
all obligations of the Employer under this contract shall terminate as of the
effective date of the order, but vested rights of the contracting parties shall
not be affected.

               (iii) If the Employer is in default as defined in Section 3(x) (12 U.S.C.
§ 1813(x)(1)) of the FDIA, all obligations of the Employer under this contract
shall terminate as of the date of default, but this paragraph shall not affect
any vested rights of the contracting parties.

               (iv) All obligations of the Employer under this contract shall be
terminated, except to the extent determined that continuation of the contract
is necessary for the continued operation of the institution by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”), at the time the FDIC enters into an
agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Employer under the
authority contained in Section 13(c) (12 U.S.C. § 1823(c)) of the FDIA, or when
the Employer is determined by the FDIC to be in an unsafe or unsound condition.
Any rights of the parties that have already vested, however, shall not be
affected by such action.

     Section 6. Non-Competition Covenant.

          (a) Restrictive Covenant. The Employer and the Executive have jointly
reviewed the customer lists and operations of the Employer and the Subsidiaries
and have agreed that the primary service area of the Employer’s, the Holding
Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ lending and deposit taking functions in which
the Employer, the Holding Company and the Subsidiaries have and will actively
participate extends separately to each area which encompasses the counties in
which the Employer, the Holding Company and the Subsidiaries have an office or
branch and the area within twenty-five (25) miles of the border of each such
county (the “Restrictive Area”). Therefore, as an essential ingredient of and
in consideration of this Agreement and the payment of the amounts described in
Section 3, the Executive hereby agrees that, except with the express prior
written consent of the Employer, for a period of one (1) year after the
termination of the Executive’s employment with the Employer (the “Restrictive
Period”):

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               (i) The Executive will not, directly or indirectly, engage or invest in,
own, manage, operate, finance, control, or participate in the ownership,
management, operation or control of, be employed by, associated with, or in any
manner connected with, lend the Executive’s name or any similar name to, lend
the Executive’s credit to, or render services or advice to, any person, firm,
partnership, corporation or trust which owns or operates, a bank, savings and
loan association, credit union or similar financial institution (a “Financial
Institution”) within the Restrictive Area; provided however, that the ownership
by the Executive of shares of the capital stock which are listed on a
securities exchange or quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation System which do not represent more than five percent (5%)
of the outstanding capital stock of any Financial Institution, shall not
violate any terms of this Agreement.

               (ii) The Executive will not, directly or indirectly, either for himself,
or any other Financial Institution: (A) induce or attempt to induce any
employee of the Employer or the Subsidiaries to leave the employ of the
Employer or the Subsidiaries; (B) in any way interfere with the relationship
between Employer or the Subsidiaries and any employee of Employer or the
Subsidiaries; (C) employ, or otherwise engage as an employee, independent
contractor or otherwise, any employee of Employer or the Subsidiaries; or (D)
induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee, or business
relation of Employer or the Subsidiaries to cease doing business with the
Employer or the Subsidiaries or in any way interfere with the relationship
between any customer, supplier, licensee or business relation of Employer or
the Subsidiaries.

               (iii) The Executive will not, directly or indirectly, either for himself,
or any other Financial Institution, solicit the business of any person or
entity known to the Executive to be a customer of the Employer or the
Subsidiaries, whether or not such Executive had personal contact with such
person or entity, with respect to products or activities which compete in whole
or in part with the products or activities of the Employer or the Subsidiaries.

               (iv) The Executive will not, directly or indirectly, serve as the agent,
broker or representative of, or otherwise assist, any person or entity in
obtaining services or products from any Financial Institution within the
Restrictive Area.

               (v) The Executive expressly agrees that the covenants contained in this
Section 6(a) are reasonable with respect to their duration, geographical area,
and scope.

          (b) Violation of Restrictive Covenant. If the Executive violates the
restrictions contained in Section 6(a) and the Employer brings legal action for
injunctive or other relief, the Employer shall not, as a result of the time
involved in obtaining such relief, be deprived of the benefit of the full
period of the Restrictive Period. Accordingly, the Restrictive Period shall be
deemed to have the duration specified in Section 6(a) computed from the date
the relief is granted but reduced by the time between the period when the
Restrictive Period began to run and the date of the first violation of the
restrictions contained in Section 6(a) by the Executive. In the event that a
successor assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement, the restrictions
contained in Section 6(a) shall continue to apply only to the primary service
area of the Employer as it existed immediately before such assumption and shall
not apply to any of the successor’s other offices.

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          (c) Remedies for Breach of Restrictive Covenant. The Executive
acknowledges that the restrictions contained in Sections 4 and 6(a) of this
Agreement are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the legitimate
business interests of the Employer, that any violation of these restrictions
would cause substantial injury to the Employer and such interests, that the
Employer would not have entered into this Agreement with the Executive without
receiving the additional consideration offered by the Executive in binding
himself to these restrictions and that such restrictions were a material
inducement to the Employer to enter into this Agreement. In the event of any
violation or threatened violation of these restrictions, the Employer, in
addition to and not in limitation of, any other rights, remedies or damages
available to the Employer under this Agreement or otherwise at law or in
equity, shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to
prevent or restrain any such violation by the Executive and any and all persons
directly or indirectly acting for or with him, as the case may be.

     Section 7. Intercorporate Transfers. If the Executive shall be
voluntarily transferred to a Subsidiary, such transfer shall not be deemed to
terminate or modify this Agreement and the employing corporation to which the
Executive shall have been transferred shall, for all purposes of this
Agreement, be construed as standing in the same place and stead as the Employer
as of the date of such transfer, provided however, that this Section 7 shall
not modify Employer’s obligations under Section 2, 3 and 5 hereof.

     Section 8. Interest in Assets. Neither the Executive nor his estate shall
acquire hereunder any rights in funds or assets of the Employer, otherwise than
by and through the actual payment of amounts payable hereunder; nor shall the
Executive or his estate have any power to transfer, assign, anticipate,
hypothecate or otherwise encumber in advance any of said payments; nor shall
any of such payments be subject to seizure for the payment of any debt,
judgment, alimony, separate maintenance or be transferable by operation of law
in the event of bankruptcy, insolvency or otherwise of the Executive.

     Section 9. Indemnification. The Employer shall provide the Executive
(including his heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators)
for the term of this Agreement with coverage under a standard directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policy at its expense.

     Section 10. General Provisions.

          (a) Successors; Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Executive, his heirs, legatees and personal
representatives, the Employer and its successors and assigns, and any successor
or assign of the Employer shall be deemed the “Employer” hereunder. The
Employer shall require any successor to all or substantially all of the
business and/or assets of the Employer, whether directly or indirectly, by
purchase, merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock, or otherwise, by an
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, expressly to
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent as the Employer would be required to perform if no such succession had
taken place.

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          (b) Entire Agreement; Modifications. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties respecting the subject matter hereof, and
supersedes all prior negotiations, undertakings, agreements and arrangements
with respect thereto, whether written or oral. Except as otherwise explicitly
provided herein, this Agreement may not be amended or modified except by
written agreement signed by the Executive and the Employer.

          (c) Survival. The provisions of Sections 4 and 6 and the payment
obligations of Section 5 shall survive the expiration or termination of this
Agreement, in each case for the period set forth in such section.

          (d) Enforcement and Governing Law. The provisions of this Agreement shall
be regarded as divisible and separate; if any of said provisions should be
declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected
thereby. This Agreement shall be construed and the legal relations of the
parties hereto shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of
Illinois without reference to the law regarding conflicts of law.

          (e) Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in
connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration,
conducted before a panel of three arbitrators sitting in a location selected by
the Executive within twenty-five (25) miles from the location of the main
office of the Employer, in accordance with the employment rules of the American
Arbitration Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on the
arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction; provided, however, that
the Executive shall be entitled to seek specific performance of his right to be
paid through the date of termination during the pendency of any dispute or
controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

          (f) Legal Fees. All reasonable legal fees paid or incurred by the
Executive pursuant to any dispute or question of interpretation relating to
this Agreement shall be paid or reimbursed by the Employer if the Executive is
successful on the merits pursuant to a legal judgment, arbitration or
settlement.

          (g) Waiver. No waiver by either party at any time of any breach by the
other party of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this
Agreement to be performed by the other party, shall be deemed a waiver of any
similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same time or any prior or
subsequent time.

          (h) Notices. Notices pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed given when received; and, if mailed, shall be mailed by United
States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid;
and if to the Employer, addressed to the principal headquarters of the
Employer, attention: Chairman of the Board; or, if to the Executive, to the
address set forth below the Executive’s signature on this Agreement, or to such
other address as the party to be notified shall have given to the other.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CENTRUE BANK	 	KEITH M. ROSELAND
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
	 	

	

	 	Its:
	 	 	 	Address:	 	 
	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

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Exhibit 10.9

KANKAKEE BANCORP INC.

as Issuer

INDENTURE

Dated as of April 10, 2002

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

as Trustee

FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES DUE 2032

 

 

 Exhibit 10.9

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page

	Parties
	 	 	1	 
	Recitals
	 	 	1	 
	Authorization of Indenture
	 	 	1	 
	Compliance with Legal Requirements
	 	 	1	 
	Purpose of and Consideration for Indenture
	 	 	1	 
	ARTICLE I
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 1.01. Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	Additional Interest
	 	 	1	 
	Authenticating Agent
	 	 	1	 
	Bankruptcy Law
	 	 	1	 
	Board of Directors
	 	 	1	 
	Board Resolution
	 	 	2	 
	Business Day
	 	 	2	 
	Calculation Agent
	 	 	2	 
	Capital Securities
	 	 	2	 
	Capital Securities Guarantee
	 	 	2	 
	Capital Treatment Event
	 	 	2	 
	Certificate
	 	 	2	 
	Common Securities
	 	 	2	 
	Company
	 	 	3	 
	Comparable Treasury Issue
	 	 	3	 
	Comparable Treasury Price
	 	 	3	 
	Debt Security or Debt Securities
	 	 	3	 
	Debt Security Register
	 	 	3	 
	Declaration
	 	 	3	 
	Default
	 	 	3	 
	Defaulted Interest
	 	 	3	 
	Deferred Interest
	 	 	3	 
	Event of Default
	 	 	3	 
	Extension Period
	 	 	3	 
	Federal Reserve
	 	 	3	 
	Indenture
	 	 	4	 
	Institutional Trustee
	 	 	4	 
	Interest Payment Date
	 	 	4	 
	Interest Rate
	 	 	4	 
	Investment Company Event
	 	 	4	 
	LIBOR
	 	 	4	 
	LIBOR Banking Day
	 	 	4	 
	LIBOR Business Day
	 	 	4	 
	LIBOR Determination Date
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	Liquidation Amount
	 	 	4	 
	Maturity Date
	 	 	4	 
	Officers’ Certificate
	 	 	4	 
	Opinion of Counsel
	 	 	4	 
	outstanding
	 	 	5	 
	Person
	 	 	5	 
	Predecessor Security
	 	 	5	 
	Primary Treasury Dealer
	 	 	5	 
	Principal Office of the Trustee
	 	 	5	 
	Quotation Agent
	 	 	5	 
	Redemption Date
	 	 	5	 
	Redemption Price
	 	 	6	 
	Reference Treasury Dealer
	 	 	6	 
	Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
	 	 	6	 
	Remaining Life
	 	 	6	 
	Responsible Officer
	 	 	6	 
	Securityholder, holder of Debt Securities
	 	 	6	 
	Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	6	 
	Special Event
	 	 	7	 
	Special Redemption Date
	 	 	7	 
	Special Redemption Price
	 	 	7	 
	Subsidiary
	 	 	7	 
	Tax Event
	 	 	7	 
	Treasury Rate
	 	 	8	 
	Trust
	 	 	8	 
	Trust Securities
	 	 	8	 
	Trustee
	 	 	8	 
	United States
	 	 	8	 
	U.S. Person
	 	 	8	 
	ARTICLE II
	 	 	 	 
	DEBT SECURITIES
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 2.01. Authentication and Dating
	 	 	9	 
	    SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	9	 
	    SECTION 2.03. Form and Denomination of Debt Securities
	 	 	9	 
	    SECTION 2.04. Execution of Debt Securities
	 	 	10	 
	    SECTION 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities
	 	 	10	 
	    SECTION 2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities
	 	 	13	 
	    SECTION 2.07. Temporary Debt Securities
	 	 	14	 
	    SECTION 2.08. Payment of Interest
	 	 	14	 
	    SECTION 2.09. Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc
	 	 	15	 
	    SECTION 2.10. Computation of Interest
	 	 	16	 
	    SECTION 2.11. Extension of Interest Payment Period
	 	 	17	 
	    SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	18	 

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	ARTICLE III
	 	 	 	 
	PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the Debt Securities
	 	 	18	 
	    SECTION 3.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc
	 	 	19	 
	    SECTION 3.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
	 	 	19	 
	    SECTION 3.04. Provision as to Paying Agent
	 	 	20	 
	    SECTION 3.05. Certificate to Trustee
	 	 	21	 
	    SECTION 3.06. Additional Interest
	 	 	21	 
	    SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions
	 	 	21	 
	    SECTION 3.08. Limitation on Dividends
	 	 	21	 
	    SECTION 3.09. Covenants as to the Trust
	 	 	22	 
	ARTICLE IV
	 	 	 	 
	LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 4.01. Securityholders’ Lists
	 	 	22	 
	    SECTION 4.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists
	 	 	23	 
	ARTICLE V
	 	 	 	 
	REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 5.01. Events of Default
	 	 	24	 
	    SECTION 5.02. Payment of Debt Securities on Default; Suit Therefor
	 	 	26	 
	    SECTION 5.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee
	 	 	27	 
	    SECTION 5.04. Proceedings by Securityholders
	 	 	28	 
	    SECTION 5.05. Proceedings by Trustee
	 	 	28	 
	    SECTION 5.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing
	 	 	28	 
	    SECTION 5.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Securityholders
	 	 	29	 
	    SECTION 5.08. Notice of Defaults
	 	 	29	 
	    SECTION 5.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs
	 	 	30	 
	ARTICLE VI
	 	 	 	 
	CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 6.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
	 	 	30	 
	    SECTION 6.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc
	 	 	31	 
	    SECTION 6.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.
	 	 	32	 
	    SECTION 6.04. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or Registrar May Own Debt Securities
	 	 	32	 
	    SECTION 6.05. Moneys to be Held in Trust
	 	 	33	 
	    SECTION 6.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee
	 	 	33	 
	    SECTION 6.07. Officers’ Certificate as Evidence
	 	 	34	 

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	    SECTION 6.08. Eligibility of Trustee
	 	 	34	 
	    SECTION 6.09. Resignation or Removal of Trustee
	 	 	34	 
	    SECTION 6.10. Acceptance by Successor Trustee
	 	 	36	 
	    SECTION 6.11. Succession by Merger, etc
	 	 	37	 
	    SECTION 6.12. Authenticating Agents
	 	 	37	 
	ARTICLE VII
	 	 	 	 
	CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 7.01. Action by Securityholders
	 	 	38	 
	    SECTION 7.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders
	 	 	39	 
	    SECTION 7.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners
	 	 	39	 
	    SECTION 7.04. Debt Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding
	 	 	39	 
	    SECTION 7.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound
	 	 	40	 
	ARTICLE VIII
	 	 	 	 
	SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 8.01. Purposes of Meetings
	 	 	40	 
	    SECTION 8.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee
	 	 	41	 
	    SECTION 8.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders
	 	 	41	 
	    SECTION 8.04. Qualifications for Voting
	 	 	41	 
	    SECTION 8.05. Regulations
	 	 	41	 
	    SECTION 8.06. Voting
	 	 	42	 
	    SECTION 8.07. Quorum; Actions
	 	 	42	 
	ARTICLE IX
	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders
	 	 	43	 
	    SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders
	 	 	45	 
	    SECTION 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	46	 
	    SECTION 9.04. Notation on Debt Securities
	 	 	46	 
	    SECTION 9.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to Trustee
	 	 	46	 
	ARTICLE X
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 10.01. Optional Redemption
	 	 	46	 
	    SECTION 10.02. Special Event Redemption
	 	 	46	 
	    SECTION 10.03. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities
	 	 	47	 
	    SECTION 10.04. Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption
	 	 	47	 

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	ARTICLE XI
	 	 	 	 
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 11.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
	 	 	48	 
	    SECTION 11.02. Successor Entity to be Substituted
	 	 	48	 
	    SECTION 11.03. Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee
	 	 	49	 
	ARTICLE XII
	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 12.01. Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	49	 
	    SECTION 12.02. Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee
	 	 	50	 
	    SECTION 12.03. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held
	 	 	50	 
	    SECTION 12.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys
	 	 	50	 
	ARTICLE XIII
	 	 	 	 
	IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 13.01. Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations

	 	 	51	 
	ARTICLE XIV
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 14.01. Successors
	 	 	51	 
	    SECTION 14.02. Official Acts by Successor Entity
	 	 	51	 
	    SECTION 14.03. Surrender of Company Powers
	 	 	51	 
	    SECTION 14.04. Addresses for Notices, etc.
	 	 	51	 
	    SECTION 14.05. Governing Law
	 	 	52	 
	    SECTION 14.06. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
	 	 	52	 
	    SECTION 14.07. Non-Business Days
	 	 	52	 
	    SECTION 14.08. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
	 	 	53	 
	    SECTION 14.09. Execution in Counterparts
	 	 	53	 
	    SECTION 14.10. Separability
	 	 	53	 
	    SECTION 14.11. Assignment
	 	 	53	 
	    SECTION 14.12. Acknowledgment of Rights
	 	 	53	 
	ARTICLE XV
	 	 	 	 
	SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES
	 	 	 	 
	    SECTION 15.01. Agreement to Subordinate
	 	 	54	 
	    SECTION 15.02. Default on Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	54	 
	    SECTION 15.03. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy
	 	 	55	 
	    SECTION 15.04. Subrogation
	 	 	56	 
	    SECTION 15.05. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination
	 	 	57	 
	    SECTION 15.06. Notice by the Company
	 	 	57	 
	    SECTION 15.07. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness
	 	 	58	 
	    SECTION 15.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired
	 	 	58	 

EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A FORM OF DEBT SECURITY

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Exhibit 10.9

          THIS INDENTURE, dated as of April 10, 2002, between Kankakee Bancorp Inc.,
a savings and loan holding company incorporated in Delaware (hereinafter
sometimes called the “Company”), and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware
banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter sometimes called the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

          WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly
authorized the issuance of its Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities due 2032 (the “Debt Securities”) under this Indenture and to
provide, among other things, for the execution and authentication, delivery and
administration thereof, the Company has duly authorized the execution of this
Indenture.

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

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

          SECTION 1.01. Definitions.

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

          “Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.06.

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

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

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

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

 

 

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

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

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

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

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

          “Capital Treatment Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust
of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a
result of (a) any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of
the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein, or any
rules, guidelines or policies of an applicable regulatory authority for the
Company or (b) any official or administrative pronouncement or action or
decision interpreting or applying such laws, rules or regulations, which
amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement, action or decision is
announced on or after the date of original issuance of the Debt Securities,
there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Company will not, within 90
days of the date of such opinion, be entitled to treat an amount equal to the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities as “Tier 1 Capital” (or
its then equivalent if the Company were subject to such capital requirement)
applied as if the Company (or its successors) were a bank holding company for
purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve (or any
successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies),
or any capital adequacy guidelines as then in effect and applicable to the
Company, provided, however, that the distribution of the Debt Securities in
connection with the liquidation of the Trust by the Company shall not in and of
itself constitute a Capital Treatment Event unless such liquidation shall have
occurred in connection with a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event.

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

          “Common Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust which are designated as “Common Securities” and rank pari passu with
Capital Securities

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issued by the Trust; provided, however, that if an Event of Default (as
defined in the Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the rights of
holders of such Common Securities to payment in respect of distributions and
payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the
rights of holders of such Capital Securities.

          “Company” means Kankakee Bancorp Inc., a savings and loan holding company
incorporated in Delaware, and, subject to the provisions of Article XI, shall
include its successors and assigns.

          “Comparable Treasury Issue” means with respect to any Special Redemption
Date, the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as
having a maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at
the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
Remaining Life. If no United States Treasury security has a maturity which is
within a period from three months before to three months after April 22, 2007,
the two most closely corresponding United States Treasury securities shall be
used as the Comparable Treasury Issue, and the Treasury Rate shall be
interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest
month using such securities.

          “Comparable Treasury Price” means (a) the average of five Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Special Redemption Date, after excluding
the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the
Quotation Agent receives fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

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

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

          “Declaration” means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the
Trust dated as of April 10, 2002, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          “Interest Payment Date” means April 22 and October 22 of each year,
commencing on October 22, 2002, during the term of this Indenture.

          “Interest Rate” means a per annum rate of interest, reset semi-annually,
equal to LIBOR, as determined on the LIBOR Determination Date immediately
preceding each Interest Payment Date, plus 3.70%; provided, that the applicable
Interest Rate may not exceed 11.00% through the Interest Payment Date in April
2007.

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

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

          “LIBOR Banking Day” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b)(1).

          “LIBOR Business Day” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b)(1).

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

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

          “Maturity Date” means April 22, 2032.

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

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

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          “OTS” means the Office of Thrift Supervision.

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

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

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

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

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

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

          “Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary United States Government
securities dealer in New York City.

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

          “Quotation Agent” means Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and its successors;
provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury
Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

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

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          “Redemption Price” means 100% of the principal amount of the Debt
Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Debt
Securities to the Redemption Date or, in the case of a redemption due to the
occurrence of a Special Event, to the Special Redemption Date if such Special
Redemption Date is on or after April 22, 2007.

          “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) the Quotation Agent and (ii) any
other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Trustee after consultation with
the Company.

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

          “Remaining Life” means, with respect to any Debt Security, the period from
the Special Redemption Date for such Debt Security to April 22, 2007.

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

          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time-to-time, or any successor legislation.

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

          “Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company, (i) the
principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of the
Company for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities,
debentures, notes, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company;
(ii) all capital lease obligations of the Company; (iii) all obligations of the
Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all
conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company
under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable
arising in the ordinary course of business); (iv) all obligations of the
Company for the reimbursement of any letter of credit, any banker’s acceptance,
any security purchase facility, any repurchase agreement or similar
arrangement, any interest rate swap, any other hedging arrangement, any
obligation under options or any similar credit or other transaction; (v) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above of other
Persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as
obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and (vi) all obligations of the type

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referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of other Persons secured by
any lien on any property or asset of the Company (whether or not such
obligation is assumed by the Company), whether incurred on or prior to the date
of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, unless, with the prior approval of
the OTS if not otherwise generally approved, in the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is
provided that such obligations are not superior or are pari passu in right of
payment to the Debt Securities.

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

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

          “Special Redemption Price” means (1) if the Special Redemption Date is
before April 22, 2007, the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the
Debt Securities being redeemed pursuant to Section 10.02 or (b) as determined
by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the principal amount
payable as part of the Redemption Price with respect to a redemption as of
April 22, 2007, together with the present value of interest payments calculated
at a fixed per annum rate of interest equal to 9.95% over the Remaining Life of
such Debt Securities, discounted to the Special Redemption Date on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate plus 0.50%, plus, in the case of either (a) or (b),
accrued and unpaid interest on such Debt Securities to the Special Redemption
Date and (2) if the Special Redemption Date is on or after April 22, 2007, the
Redemption Price for such Special Redemption Date.

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

          “Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an opinion
of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any
amendment to or change (including any announced prospective change) in the laws
or any regulations thereunder of the United States or any political subdivision
or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any official
administrative pronouncement (including any private letter ruling, technical
advice memorandum, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (an
“Administrative Action”)) or judicial decision interpreting or applying such
laws or regulations, regardless of whether such Administrative Action or
judicial decision is issued to or in connection with a proceeding involving the
Company or the Trust and whether or not subject to review or appeal, which
amendment, clarification, change, Administrative Action or decision is enacted,
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announced, in each case on or after the date of original issuance of the
Debt Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that: (i) the Trust
is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United
States federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the
Debt Securities; (ii) interest payable by the Company on the Debt Securities is
not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by
the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax
purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such
opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes (including
withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other governmental charges.

          “Treasury Rate” means (i) the yield, under the heading which represents
the average for the week immediately prior to the date of calculation,
appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15
(519) or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal
Reserve and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant
Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Remaining Life (if no
maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for
the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Remaining Life
shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated
from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or
(ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the
week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate
per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Special Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate
shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Special Redemption
Date.

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

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

          “Trust Securities” means Common Securities and Capital Securities of
Kankakee Capital Trust I.

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

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

          “U.S. Person” has the meaning given to United States Person as set forth
in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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ARTICLE II

DEBT SECURITIES

     SECTION 2.01. Authentication and Dating.

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

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

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

     SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

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

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

          WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as
trustee

	 	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	
	 	 
	

	 	Authorized Officer	 	 

     SECTION 2.03. Form and Denomination of Debt Securities.

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

     SECTION 2.04. Execution of Debt Securities.

          The Debt Securities shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the
Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Vice Chairman, President or Chief Financial Officer or one of its
Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents, under its
corporate seal which may be affixed thereto or printed, engraved or otherwise
reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise, and which need not be attested.
Only such Debt Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form herein before recited, executed by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of an authorized officer, shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent upon any
Debt Security executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the
Debt Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

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

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

     SECTION 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities.

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

          Debt Securities to be exchanged may be surrendered at the Principal Office
of the Trustee or at any office or agency to be maintained by the Company for
such purpose as provided in Section 3.02, and the Company shall execute, the
Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor
the Debt Security or Debt Securities which the Securityholder making the
exchange shall be entitled to receive. Upon due presentment for registration
of transfer of any Debt Security at the Principal Office of the Trustee or at
any office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose as provided in
Section 3.02, the Company shall

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execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in the
name of the transferee or transferees a new Debt Security for a like aggregate
principal amount. Registration or registration of transfer of any Debt Security
by the Trustee or by any agent of the Company appointed pursuant to Section
3.02, and delivery of such Debt Security, shall be deemed to complete the
registration or registration of transfer of such Debt Security.

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

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

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

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

          THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY
ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT
OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN
THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF
SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF AN
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR
OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR (D)

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PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER,
SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (C) OR (D) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE
COMPANY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES THAT IT
WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

          THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES, REPRESENTS
AND WARRANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ENGAGE IN HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS
SECURITY UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

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

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

          THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING
A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000 AND

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MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF. ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY IN A BLOCK HAVING A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000 SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER. ANY SUCH PURPORTED
TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ANY
PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS
SECURITY, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO INTEREST
WHATSOEVER IN THIS SECURITY.

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

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

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

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

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     SECTION 2.07. Temporary Debt Securities.

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

     SECTION 2.08. Payment of Interest.

          Each Debt Security will bear interest at the then applicable Interest Rate
from and including each Interest Payment Date or, in the case of the first
interest period, the original date of issuance of such Debt Security to, but
excluding, the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or, in the case of the
last interest period, the Redemption Date, Special Redemption Date or Maturity
Date, as applicable, on the principal thereof, on any overdue principal and (to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law)
on Deferred Interest and on any overdue installment of interest (including
Defaulted Interest), payable (subject to the provisions of Article XII) on each
Interest Payment Date commencing on October 22, 2002. Interest and any
Deferred Interest on any Debt Security that is payable, and is punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person
in whose name said Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such
interest installment, except that interest and any Deferred Interest payable on
the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. In
the event that any Debt Security or portion thereof is called for redemption
and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to
any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on
such Debt Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Debt
Security.

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

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

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

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

     SECTION 2.09. Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc.

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

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     SECTION 2.10. Computation of Interest.

          (a) The amount of interest payable for any interest period will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed
in the relevant interest period; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of
a Special Event Redemption pursuant to Section 10.02 the amounts payable
pursuant to this Indenture shall be calculated as set forth in the definition
of Special Redemption Price.

          (b) LIBOR shall be determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with
the following provisions:

     (1) On the second LIBOR Business Day (provided, that on such
day commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in
foreign currency deposits) in London (a “LIBOR Banking Day”), and
otherwise the next preceding LIBOR Business Day that is also a
LIBOR Banking Day) prior to May 1 and November 1 (except, with
respect to the first interest payment period, on April 8, 2002),
(each such day, a “LIBOR Determination Date”), LIBOR shall equal
the rate, as obtained by the Calculation Agent for six-month U.S.
Dollar deposits in Europe, which appears on Telerate Page 3750 (as
defined in the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
Inc. 1991 Interest Rate and Currency Exchange Definitions) or such
other page as may replace such Telerate Page 3750, as of 11:00
a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination Date, as reported by
Bloomberg Financial Markets Commodities News; provided, however,
that in the case of the first interest payment period, LIBOR will
be interpolated from LIBOR for six-month U.S. Dollar deposits in
Europe and LIBOR for seven month U.S. Dollar deposits in Europe on
a straight-line basis. “LIBOR Business Day” means any day that is
not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking
institutions in New York, New York or Wilmington, Delaware are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed. If
such rate is superseded on Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate
before 12:00 noon (London time) on the same LIBOR Determination
Date, the corrected rate as so substituted will be the applicable
LIBOR for that LIBOR Determination Date.

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

     (3) If the Calculation Agent is required but is unable to
determine a rate in accordance with at least one of the procedures
provided above, LIBOR shall be LIBOR in effect on the previous
LIBOR Determination Date (whether or not LIBOR for such period was
in fact determined on such LIBOR Determination Date).

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

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

     SECTION 2.11. Extension of Interest Payment Period.

          So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company
shall have the right, from time to time and without causing an Event of
Default, to defer payments of interest on the Debt Securities by extending the
interest payment period on the Debt Securities at any time and from time to
time during the term of the Debt Securities, for up to ten consecutive
semi-annual periods (each such extended interest payment period, an “Extension
Period”), during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable
(except any Additional Interest that may be due and payable). No Extension
Period may end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. During any
Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debt Securities, and
interest on such accrued interest (such accrued interest and interest thereon
referred to herein as “Deferred Interest”) will accrue, at the Interest Rate,
compounded semi-annually from the date such Deferred Interest would have been
payable were it not for the Extension Period, both to the extent permitted by
law. No interest or Deferred Interest shall be due and payable during an
Extension Period, except at the end thereof. At the end of any such Extension
Period the Company shall pay all Deferred Interest then accrued and unpaid on
the Debt Securities; provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend
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Date; and provided further, however, that during any such Extension
Period, the Company shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section
3.08 of this Indenture. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the
Company may further extend such period, provided, that such period together
with all such previous and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not
exceed ten consecutive semi-annual periods, or extend beyond the Maturity Date.
Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all
Deferred Interest, the Company may commence a new Extension Period, subject to
the foregoing requirements. The Company must give the Trustee notice of its
election to begin such Extension Period at least one Business Day prior to the
earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which interest on the Debt
Securities would have been payable except for the election to begin such
Extension Period or (ii) the date such interest is payable, but in any event
not later than the related regular record date. The Trustee shall give notice
of the Company’s election to begin a new Extension Period to the
Securityholders.

     SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers.

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

ARTICLE III

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

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

          (a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay
or cause to be paid the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the
Debt Securities at the place, at the respective times and in the manner
provided in this Indenture and the Debt Securities. At the option of the
Company, each installment of interest on the Debt Securities may be paid (i) by
mailing checks for such interest payable to the order of the holders of Debt
Securities entitled thereto as they appear on the Debt Security Register or
(ii) by wire transfer to any account with a banking institution located in the
United States designated by such Person to the paying agent no later than the
related record date.

          (b) The Company will treat the Debt Securities as indebtedness, and the
interest payable in respect of such Debt Securities as interest, for all U.S.
federal income tax purposes. All payments in respect of such Debt Securities
will be made free and clear of U.S. withholding tax to any beneficial owner
thereof that has provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN (or any
substitute or successor form) establishing its non-U.S. status for U.S. federal
income tax purposes.

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

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

     SECTION 3.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.

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

          In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time to
time designate one or more offices or agencies outside Wilmington, Delaware or
Kankakee, Illinois where the Debt Securities may be presented for registration
of transfer and for exchange in the manner provided in this Indenture, and the
Company may from time to time rescind such designation, as the Company may deem
desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain any such office or agency in Wilmington, Delaware or in Kankakee,
Illinois for the purposes above mentioned. The Company will give to the
Trustee prompt written notice of any such designation or rescission thereof.

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

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

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     SECTION 3.04. Provision as to Paying Agent.

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

     (1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for
the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest,
if any, on the Debt Securities (whether such sums have been paid to
it by the Company or by any other obligor on the Debt Securities)
in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities;

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

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

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

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

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

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

          (e) The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee to act as paying
agent.

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     SECTION
3.05. Certificate to Trustee.

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

     SECTION 3.06. Additional Interest.

          If and for so long as the Trust is the holder of all Debt Securities and
is subject to any additional taxes (including withholding taxes), duties,
assessments or other governmental charges as a result of a Tax Event, the
Company will pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Interest”) on the
Debt Securities as shall be required so that the net amounts received and
retained by the Trust after paying taxes, duties, assessments or other
governmental charges will be equal to the amounts the Trust would have received
if no such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges had been
imposed. Whenever in this Indenture or the Debt Securities there is a
reference in any context to the payment of principal of or interest on the Debt
Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of payments of the
Additional Interest provided for in this paragraph to the extent that, in such
context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable in respect thereof
pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph and express mention of the payment
of Additional Interest (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be
construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where
such express mention is not made, provided, however, that the deferral of the
payment of interest during an Extension Period pursuant to Section 2.11 shall
not defer the payment of any Additional Interest that may be due and payable.

     SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.

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

     SECTION 3.08. Limitation on Dividends.

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

     SECTION 3.09. Covenants as to the Trust.

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

ARTICLE IV

LISTS AND REPORTS

BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

     SECTION 4.01. Securityholders’ Lists.

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

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

          (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30
days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished;

except that no such lists need be furnished under this Section 4.01 so long as
the Trustee is in possession thereof by reason of its acting as Debt Security
registrar.

     SECTION 4.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

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

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

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

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

       If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such
information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants,
mail to each Securityholder of Debt Securities whose name and address appear in
the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02 a copy of the form of proxy
or other communication which is specified in such request with reasonable
promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of
payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing,
unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such
applicants and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, if permitted
or required by applicable law, together with a copy of the material to be
mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee,
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to the best interests of the holders of all Debt
Securities, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law.
Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If said
Commission, as permitted or required by applicable law, after opportunity for a
hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall
enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the
entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, said Commission
shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections
so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee
shall mail copies of such material to all such Securityholders with reasonable
promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender;
otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such
applicants respecting their application.

          (c) Each and every holder of Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any paying agent shall be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the holders
of Debt Securities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this
Section 4.02, regardless of the source from which such information was derived,
and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any
material pursuant to a request made under said subsection (b).

ARTICLE V

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

     SECTION 5.01. Events of Default.

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

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

          (b) the Company defaults in the payment of all or any part of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities as and when the same
shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by
declaration of acceleration or otherwise; or

          (c) the Company defaults in the performance of, or breaches, any of its
covenants or agreements in Sections 3.06, 3.07, 3.08 and 3.09 of this Indenture
(other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose
breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance
of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given,
by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities, a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

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

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

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

          If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Debt
Securities, then, and in each and every such case, unless the principal of the
Debt Securities shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee
or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and
to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal
of the Debt Securities and the interest accrued, but unpaid, thereon, if any,
to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall
become immediately due and payable.

          The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if,
at any time after the principal of the Debt Securities shall have been so
declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of
the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, (i)
the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
all matured installments of interest upon all the Debt Securities and the
principal of and premium, if any, on the Debt Securities which shall have
become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal
and premium, if any, and Deferred Interest, to the extent permitted by law) and
such amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and all other amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06, if
any, and (ii) all Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the
non-payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on Debt Securities which
shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or
otherwise remedied as provided herein, then and in every such case the holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then
outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all
defaults and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no
such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

          In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the
holders of the Debt Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any
holders of the Debt Securities parties to any such proceedings.

     SECTION 5.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee.

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

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

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

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

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

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     SECTION 5.04. Proceedings by Securityholders.

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

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

     SECTION 5.05. Proceedings by Trustee.

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

     SECTION 5.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing.

          Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.06, all powers and remedies
given by this Article V to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other
powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Debt
Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or
otherwise established with respect to the Debt Securities, and no delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Debt Securities to
exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and
continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be
construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and,
subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, every power and remedy given by this
Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be exercised
from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or
by the Securityholders.

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

          The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities affected (voting as one class) at the time outstanding shall have
the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
on the Trustee with respect to such Debt Securities; provided, however, that
(subject to the provisions of Section 6.01) the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee shall determine that the
action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the holders not taking part
in such direction or if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that
the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall determine that the action or
proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior
to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Debt Securities, the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at
the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all of the Debt Securities
waive (or modify any previously granted waiver of) any past default or Event of
Default and its consequences, except a default (a) in the payment of principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Debt Securities, (b) in respect
of covenants or provisions hereof which cannot be modified or amended without
the consent of the holder of each Debt Security affected, or (c) in respect of
the covenants contained in Section 3.09; provided, however, that if the Debt
Securities are held by the Trust or a trustee of such trust, such waiver or
modification to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders of a
majority in liquidation preference of the Trust Securities of the Trust shall
have consented to such waiver or modification to such waiver; provided,
further, that if the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt Security is
required, such waiver shall not be effective until each holder of the Trust
Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver. Upon any such
waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all
purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the
Debt Securities shall be restored to their former positions and rights
hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Whenever any default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as
permitted by this Section 5.07, said default or Event of Default shall for all
purposes of the Debt Securities and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured
and to be not continuing.

     SECTION 5.08. Notice of Defaults.

          The Trustee shall, within 90 days after a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall have actual knowledge or received written notice of the
occurrence of a default with respect to the Debt Securities, mail to all
Securityholders, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the
Debt Security Register, notice of all defaults with respect to the Debt
Securities known to the Trustee, unless such defaults shall have been cured
before the giving of such notice (the term “defaults” for the purpose of this
Section 5.08 being hereby defined to be the events specified in subsections
(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 5.01, not including periods of grace, if
any, provided for therein); provided, that, except in the case of default in
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Debt Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if
and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines
that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders.

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     SECTION 5.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs.

          All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Debt Security
by such holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any
right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for
any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant
in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such
court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having
due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such
party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.09 shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder,
or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
principal amount of the Debt Securities outstanding, or to any suit instituted
by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security against the Company on or
after the same shall have become due and payable.

ARTICLE VI

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     SECTION 6.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.

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

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

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

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

          (2) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and

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conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case
of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture;

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

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

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

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

     SECTION 6.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.

          Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     SECTION 6.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.

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

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

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

     SECTION 6.05. Moneys to be Held in Trust.

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

     SECTION 6.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.

          The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time,
and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed to
in writing between the Company and the Trustee (which shall not be limited by
any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust), and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its written
request for all documented reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of
this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable
expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in
its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance that arises from
its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify each of
the Trustee (including in its individual capacity) and any predecessor Trustee
(and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it
harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense
including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee), except
to the extent such loss, damage, claim, liability or expense results from the
negligence or bad faith of such indemnitee, arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in the premises.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.06 to compensate and
indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for documented
expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness
hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to
that of the Debt Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by
the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders
of particular Debt Securities.

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

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

     SECTION 6.07. Officers’ Certificate as Evidence.

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

     SECTION 6.08. Eligibility of Trustee.

          The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a U.S. Person that is a
banking corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America or any state thereof or of the District of Columbia and
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars
($50,000,000) and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, or
District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section 6.08 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
records of condition so published.

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

          In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 6.08, the Trustee shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.09.

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

     SECTION 6.09. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

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

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

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

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

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

then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the
Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee, or, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.09, if no successor Trustee shall have been so
appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days of the occurrence of any
of (1),(2) or (3) above, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of
a Debt Security or Debt Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of
himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it
may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
Trustee.

          (c) Upon prior written notice to the Company and the Trustee, the holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time
outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate a successor
Trustee, which shall be deemed appointed as successor Trustee unless within ten
Business Days after such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case
or in the case of a failure by such holders to nominate a successor Trustee,
the Trustee so removed or any Securityholder, upon the terms and conditions and
otherwise as in
subsection (a) of this Section 6.09 provided, may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor.

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          (d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.09 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee as
provided in Section 6.10.

     SECTION 6.10. Acceptance by Successor Trustee.

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

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

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

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

          Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in this
Section 6.10, the Company shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee
hereunder to the holders of Debt Securities at their addresses as they shall
appear on the Debt Security Register. If the Company fails to mail such notice
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appointment by the successor
Trustee, the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Company.

     SECTION 6.11. Succession by Merger, etc.

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

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

     SECTION 6.12. Authenticating Agents.

          There may be one or more Authenticating Agents appointed by the Trustee
upon the request of the Company with power to act on its behalf and subject to
its direction in the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities issued upon
exchange or registration of transfer thereof as fully to all intents and
purposes as though any such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized
to authenticate and deliver Debt Securities; provided, that the Trustee shall
have no liability to the Company for any acts or omissions of the
Authenticating Agent with respect to the authentication and delivery of Debt
Securities. Any such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any
state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such
laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of
at least $50,000,000 and being subject to supervision or examination by
federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or
the requirements of such authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.12
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect herein specified in this Section.

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          Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the
successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation
is otherwise eligible under this Section 6.12 without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such
Authenticating Agent.

          Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice
of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent with respect to the Debt
Securities by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent
and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible under this Section 6.12, the Trustee may, and upon the request of the
Company shall, promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent eligible under
this Section 6.12, shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company
and shall mail notice of such appointment to all holders of Debt Securities as
the names and addresses of such holders appear on the Debt Security Register.
Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with
respect to the Debt Securities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect
as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein.

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

ARTICLE VII

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

     SECTION 7.01. Action by Securityholders.

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

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

     SECTION 7.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders.

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

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

     SECTION 7.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners.

          Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debt
Security, the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent,
any transfer agent and any Debt Security registrar may deem the Person in whose
name such Debt Security shall be registered upon the Debt Security Register to
be, and may treat such Person as, the absolute owner of such Debt Security
(whether or not such Debt Security shall be overdue) for the purpose of
receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on such Debt Security and for all other purposes; and neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any paying agent nor
any transfer agent nor any Debt Security registrar shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any
holder for the time being or upon such holder’s order shall be valid, and,
to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge
the liability for moneys payable upon any such Debt Security.

     SECTION 7.04. Debt Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding.

          In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal
amount of Debt Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver
under this Indenture, Debt Securities which are owned by the Company or any
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any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination;
provided, that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Debt
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so
owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this
Section 7.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee
the pledgee’s right to vote such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not
the Company or any such other obligor or Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Company or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such
right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be
full protection to the Trustee.

     SECTION 7.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound.

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

ARTICLE VIII

SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

     SECTION 8.01. Purposes of Meetings.

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

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

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

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

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

     SECTION 8.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee.

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

     SECTION 8.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders.

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

     SECTION 8.04. Qualifications for Voting.

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

     SECTION 8.05. Regulations.

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

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

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

     SECTION 8.06. Voting.

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

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

     SECTION 8.07. Quorum; Actions.

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

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

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

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders.

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

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

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

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

          (d) to add to, delete from, or revise the terms of Debt Securities,
including, without limitation, any terms relating to the issuance, exchange,
registration or transfer of Debt Securities, including to provide for transfer
procedures and restrictions substantially similar to those applicable to the
Capital Securities, as required by Section 2.05 (for purposes of assuring that
no registration of Debt Securities is required under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended); provided, that any such action shall not adversely affect
the interests of the holders of the Debt Securities then outstanding (it being
understood, for purposes of this proviso, that transfer restrictions on Debt
Securities substantially similar to those applicable to Capital Securities
shall not be deemed to adversely affect the holders of the Debt Securities);

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

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

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

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

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

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     SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.

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

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

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

          It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof.

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     SECTION 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

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

     SECTION 9.04. Notation on Debt Securities.

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

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

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

ARTICLE X

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     SECTION 10.01. Optional Redemption.

          At any time the Company shall have the right, subject to the receipt by
the Company of prior approval from the OTS, if then required under applicable
capital guidelines or policies of the OTS, to redeem the Debt Securities, in
whole or in part, on any April 22 or October 22 on or after April 22, 2007 (the
“Redemption Date”), at the Redemption Price.

     SECTION 10.02. Special Event Redemption.

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

     SECTION 10.03. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities.

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

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

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

          The Company will give the Trustee notice not less than 45 nor more than 60
days prior to the redemption date as to the redemption price at which the Debt
Securities are to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Debt
Securities to be redeemed and the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in
its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Debt Securities or
portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000) to be redeemed.

     SECTION 10.04. Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption.

          If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 10.03, the
Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities with respect to which such
notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date or
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may be) and at the place or places
stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after said
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of such Debt Securities at the redemption price,
together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Debt Securities or
portions of Debt Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue. On
presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities at a place of payment
specified in said notice, such Debt Securities or the specified portions
thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable redemption
price, together with interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date or the
Special Redemption Date (as the case may be).

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

ARTICLE XI

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

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

          Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall
prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other
corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or
successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or
successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition of the property or capital stock of the Company
or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety,
to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company, or its
successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided,
however, that the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such
consolidation, merger (where the Company is not the surviving corporation),
sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all of the Debt
Securities in accordance with their terms, according to their tenor, and the
due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions
of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company, shall be expressly
assumed by supplemental indenture reasonably satisfactory in form to the
Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such
consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the
entity which shall have acquired such property or capital stock.

     SECTION 11.02. Successor Entity to be Substituted.

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

     SECTION 11.03. Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee.

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

ARTICLE XII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

     SECTION 12.01. Discharge of Indenture.

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

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

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

     SECTION 12.03. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held.

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

     SECTION 12.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys.

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

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ARTICLE XIII

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

     SECTION 13.01. Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate
Obligations.

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

ARTICLE XIV

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SECTION 14.01. Successors.

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

     SECTION 14.02. Official Acts by Successor Entity.

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

     SECTION 14.03. Surrender of Company Powers.

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

     SECTION 14.04. Addresses for Notices, etc.

          Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required
or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Securityholders on
the Company may be given or served in writing by being deposited postage
prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed
(until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee for such
purpose) to the Company at:

310 S. Schuyler, P.O. Box 552

Kankakee, IL 60901

Attention: Larry D. Huffman

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          Any notice, direction, request or demand by any Securityholder or the
Company to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given
or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the office of
Wilmington Trust Company at:

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

     SECTION 14.05. Governing Law.

          This Indenture and each Debt Security shall be deemed to be a contract
made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State, without
regard to conflict of laws principles thereof.

     SECTION 14.06. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.

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

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

     SECTION 14.07. Non-Business Days.

          In any case where the date of payment of interest on or principal of the
Debt Securities is not a Business Day, the payment of such interest on or
principal of the Debt Securities need not be made on such date but may be made
on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made
on the date of payment and no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after such date, except if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar
year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

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     SECTION 14.08. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

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

     SECTION 14.09. Execution in Counterparts.

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

     SECTION 14.10. Separability.

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

     SECTION 14.11. Assignment.

          Subject to Article 11, the Company will have the right at all times to
assign any of its rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or
indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided, that, in the event
of any such assignment, the Company will remain liable for all such
obligations. Subject to the foregoing, this Indenture is binding upon and
inures to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties thereto.

     SECTION 14.12. Acknowledgment of Rights.

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

ARTICLE XV

SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES

     SECTION 15.01. Agreement to Subordinate.

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

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

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

     SECTION 15.02. Default on Senior Indebtedness.

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

          In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be
received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the preceding
paragraph of this Section 15.02, such payment shall, subject to Section 15.06,
be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to
the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such
Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may
appear, but only to the extent that the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or
their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in
writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the
Senior Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the
Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

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     SECTION 15.03. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.

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

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

          For purposes of this Article XV, the words “cash, property or securities”
shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or
readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for
by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is
subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article XV with respect to
the Debt Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company,
that may at the time be outstanding, provided, that (a) such Senior
Indebtedness is
assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any such
reorganization or readjustment, and (b) the rights of the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by
such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or
the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or
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Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property
as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon
the terms and conditions provided for in Article IX of this Indenture shall not
be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the
purposes of this Section 15.03 if such other corporation shall, as a part of
such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions
stated in Article IX of this Indenture. Nothing in Section 15.02 or in this
Section 15.03 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 6.06 of this Indenture.

     SECTION 15.04. Subrogation.

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

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

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

     SECTION 15.05. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.

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

     SECTION 15.06. Notice by the Company.

          The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee of any fact known to the
Company that would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the
Trustee in respect of the Debt Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Article XV. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XV or any other
provision of this Indenture or any Additional Provisions, the Trustee shall not
be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the
making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debt
Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV, unless and until a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of
Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any
such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of
this Indenture, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts
exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the
notice provided for in this Section 15.06 at least two Business Days prior to
the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security), then, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power
and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for
which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary that may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such
date.

          The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture,
shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written
notice by a Person representing himself or herself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company (or a trustee or representative on behalf of such
holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness or a trustee or representative on behalf of any such holder or
holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant
to this Article XV, the Trustee may request such Person to
furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the
amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which
such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any
other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article XV, and,
if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such
Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive
such payment.

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     SECTION 15.07. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness.

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

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

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

     SECTION 15.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired.

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

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

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

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Exhibit 10.9

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	KANKAKEE BANCORP INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Exhibit 10.9

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITY DUE 2032

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

          THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY
ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT
OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN
THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF
SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF AN
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR
OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (C) OR (D) TO
REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, A COPY OF
WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

          THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES, REPRESENTS
AND WARRANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ENGAGE IN HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS
SECURITY UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

          THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES,
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE

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

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

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

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

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Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt Security due 2032

of

KANKAKEE BANCORP INC.

          Kankakee Bancorp Inc., a savings and loan holding company incorporated in
Delaware (the “Company”), for value received promises to pay to Wilmington
Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Institutional
Trustee for Kankakee Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the
“Holder”) or registered assigns, the principal sum of Ten Million Three Hundred
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,310,000) on April 22, 2032, and to pay interest on
said principal sum from April 10, 2002, or from the most recent interest
payment date (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually (subject to deferral as set forth
herein) in arrears on April 22 and October 22 of each year commencing October
22, 2002, at a variable per annum rate equal to LIBOR (as defined in the
Indenture) plus 3.70% (the “Interest Rate”) (provided, that the applicable
Interest Rate may not exceed 11.00% through the Interest Payment Date in April
2007) until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any
overdue principal and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of
such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment
of interest at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate in effect for each
such Extension Period compounded semi-annually. The amount of interest payable
on any Interest Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
and the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant interest period. In the
event that any date on which the principal or interest is payable on this Debt
Security is not a Business Day, then payment payable on such date will be made
on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day
is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on such date. The interest installment so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Debt Security (or one
or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at
the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment,
except that interest and any Deferred Interest payable on the Maturity Date
shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any such interest
installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to
be payable to the registered holders on such regular record date and may be
paid to the Person in whose name this Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor
Debt Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record
date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest,
notice whereof shall be given to the registered holders of the Debt Securities
not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. The principal of and interest on this Debt Security
shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee (or other paying agent
appointed by the Company) maintained for that purpose in any coin or currency
of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of
interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the
registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Debt Security Register
or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the holder
hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of this Debt
Security is the Institutional Trustee, the payment of the principal of and

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interest on this Debt Security will be made in immediately available funds
at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Trustee.

          So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company
shall have the right, from time to time and without causing an Event of
Default, to defer payments of interest on the Debt Securities by extending the
interest payment period on the Debt Securities at any time and from time to
time during the term of the Debt Securities, for up to 10 consecutive
semi-annual periods (each such extended interest payment period, an “Extension
Period”), during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable
(except any Additional Interest that may be due and payable). During any
Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debt Securities, and
interest on such accrued interest (such accrued interest and interest thereon
referred to herein as “Deferred Interest”) will accrue, at the Interest Rate,
compounded semi-annually from the date such Deferred Interest would have been
payable were it not for the Extension Period, both to the extent permitted by
law. No Extension Period may end on a date other than an Interest Payment
Date. At the end of any such Extension Period the Company shall pay all
Deferred Interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debt Securities; provided,
however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date and
provided, further, however, during any such Extension Period, the Company may
not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase,
acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s
capital stock or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium,
if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company
that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debt
Securities (other than (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of
shares of capital stock of the Company (A) in connection with any employment
contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of
one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, (B) in connection
with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or (C) in
connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Company (or securities
convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock), as consideration in an
acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period,
(b) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company)
for any class or series of the Company’s capital stock or of any class or
series of the Company’s indebtedness for any class or series of the Company’s
capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of
such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholder’s rights plan, or
the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholder’s rights
plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, or (e) any
dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the
dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or
other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or
ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock). Prior to the termination of
any Extension Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided,
that such period together with all such previous and further consecutive
extensions thereof shall not exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, or
extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period
and upon the payment of all Deferred Interest, the Company may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest or
Deferred Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except
at the end thereof, but each installment of interest that would otherwise have
been due and payable during such Extension Period shall bear Deferred Interest.

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The Company must give the Trustee notice of its election to begin such Extension Period at
least one Business Day prior to the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on
which interest on the Debt Securities would have been payable except for the
election to begin such Extension Period or (ii) the date such interest is
payable, but in any event not later than the related regular record date.

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

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

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

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

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	KANKAKEE BANCORP INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

     Dated:                    , 2002

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its

individual capacity but solely as the

Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 		 
	 

Dated:                    , 2002

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Exhibit 10.9

[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

          This Debt Security is one of a duly authorized series of Debt Securities
of the Company, all issued or to be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the
“Indenture”), dated as of April 10, 2002, duly executed and delivered between
the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for
a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Debt
Securities (referred to herein as the “Debt Securities”) of which this Debt
Security is a part. The summary of the terms of this Debt Security contained
herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the
Indenture.

          Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event, an Investment Company
Event or a Capital Treatment Event, this Debt Security may become due and
payable, in whole but not in part, at any time, within 90 days following the
occurrence of such Tax Event, Investment Company Event or Capital Treatment
Event (the “Special Redemption Date”), as the case may be, at the Special
Redemption Price. The Company shall also have the right to redeem this Debt
Security at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on any April 22 or
October 22 on or after April 22, 2007 (a “Redemption Date”), at the Redemption
Price.

          Any redemption pursuant to the preceding paragraph will be made, subject
to the receipt by the Company of prior approval from the Office of Thrift
Supervision (the “OTS”) if then required under applicable capital guidelines or
policies of the OTS, upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice.
If the Debt Securities are only partially redeemed by the Company, the Debt
Securities will be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized
by the Trustee.

          “Redemption Price” means 100% of the principal amount of the Debt
Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Debt
Securities to the Redemption Date or, in the case of a redemption due to the
occurrence of a Special Event, to the Special Redemption Date if such Special
Redemption Date is on or after April 22, 2007.

          “Special Redemption Price” means (1) if the Special Redemption Date is
before April 22, 2007, the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the
Debt Securities being redeemed pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Indenture or
(b) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the
principal amount payable as part of the Redemption Price with respect to a
redemption as of April 22, 2007, together with the present value of interest
payments calculated at a fixed per annum rate of interest equal to 9.95% over
the Remaining Life of such Debt Securities, discounted to the Special
Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 0.50%, plus, in the case of
either (a) or (b), accrued and unpaid interest on such Debt Securities to the
Special Redemption Date and (2) if the Special Redemption Date is on or after
April 22, 2007, the Redemption Price for such Special Redemption Date.

          “Comparable Treasury Issue” means with respect to any Special Redemption
Date, the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as
having a maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at
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accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of
corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life. If no
United States Treasury security has a maturity which is within a period from
three months before to three months after April 22, 2007, the two most closely
corresponding United States Treasury securities shall be used as the Comparable
Treasury Issue, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated on
a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month using such securities.

          “Comparable Treasury Price” means (a) the average of five Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Special Redemption Date, after excluding
the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the
Quotation Agent receives fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

          “Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary United States Government
securities dealer in New York City.

          “Quotation Agent” means Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and its successors;
provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury
Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

          “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) the Quotation Agent and (ii) any
other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Trustee after consultation with
the Company.

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

          “Treasury Rate” means (i) the yield, under the heading which represents
the average for the week immediately prior to the date of calculation,
appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15
(519) or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal
Reserve and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant
Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Remaining Life (if no
maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for
the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Remaining Life
shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated
from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or
(ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the
week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate
per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Special Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate
shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Special Redemption
Date.

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          In the event of redemption of this Debt Security in part only, a new Debt
Security or Debt Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

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

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

          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debt
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on this Debt Security at the time and place and
at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and
therein set forth, this Debt Security is transferable by the registered holder
hereof on the Debt Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this
Debt Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the
Trustee in Wilmington, Delaware accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly
executed by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debt Securities of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be

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made for any such registration of transfer, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in relation thereto.

          Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Debt
Security, the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent,
any transfer agent and the Debt Security registrar may deem and treat the
registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Debt
Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or
writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal hereof and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and
neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any paying
agent nor any transfer agent nor any Debt Security registrar shall be affected
by any notice to the contrary.

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

          The Debt Securities are issuable only in registered certificated form
without coupons. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations herein and therein set forth, Debt Securities are exchangeable for
a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

          All terms used in this Debt Security that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

          THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE AND THE DEBT
SECURITIES, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

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