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Exhibit 10.9

 

Bank of America, N.A.

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Attn: John Servidio

Telephone:  646-855-6770

Facsimile:  704-208-2869

 

	 	March 14, 2013

 

	
To:

	
Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.

	
  

	
26255 American Drive

	
  

	
Southfield, MI  48034

	 	
Attention:

	
Chief Financial Officer

	 	
Telephone No.:

	
(248) 204-8178

	 	
Facsimile No.:

	
(248) 358-1614

 

Re:           Additional Warrants

 

The purpose of this letter agreement (this “Confirmation”) is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Warrants issued by Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. (“Company”) to Bank of America, N.A. (“Dealer”) as of the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”).  This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below.  This Confirmation shall replace any previous agreements and serve as the final documentation for the Transaction.

 

The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity Definitions”), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”), are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any inconsistency between the Equity Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern.

 

Each party is hereby advised, and each such party acknowledges, that the other party has engaged in, or refrained from engaging in, substantial financial transactions and has taken other material actions in reliance upon the parties’ entry into the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates on the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

1.           This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Company as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates.  This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if Dealer and Company had executed an agreement in such form (but without any Schedule except for the election of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law (without reference to choice of law doctrine)) on the Trade Date.  In the event of any inconsistency between provisions of that Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates.  The parties hereby agree that no Transaction other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement.

 

2.           The Transaction is a Warrant Transaction, which shall be considered a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions.  The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

 

General Terms.

 

	
  

	
Trade Date:

	
March 14, 2013

 

	
  

	
Effective Date:

	
The third Exchange Business Day immediately prior to the Premium Payment Date

 

	
  

	
Warrants:

	
Equity call warrants, each giving the holder the right to purchase a number of Shares equal to the Warrant Entitlement at a price per Share equal to the Strike Price, subject to the terms set forth under the caption “Settlement Terms” below.  For the purposes of the Equity Definitions, each reference to a Warrant herein shall be deemed to be a reference to a Call Option.

 

  

  

  

 

	
  

	
Warrant Style:

	
European

 

	
  

	
Seller:

	
Company

 

	
  

	
Buyer:

	
Dealer

 

	
  

	
Shares:

	
The common stock of Company, par value USD 0.01 per Share (Exchange symbol “MIG”)

 

	
  

	
Number of Warrants:

	
522,591.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Number of Warrants shall be reduced by any Warrants exercised or deemed exercised hereunder.  In no event will the Number of Warrants be less than zero.

 

	
  

	
Warrant Entitlement:

	
One Share per Warrant

 

	
  

	
Maximum Number of Shares:

	
For any day, 3,176,816 Shares, minus the aggregate number of Shares delivered prior to such day pursuant to (i) this Confirmation and (ii) any other substantially similar confirmation for Warrants sold by Company to Dealer with a trade date within 30 days of the Trade Date and with expiration dates the same as the Expiration Dates.

 

	
  

	
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, this Confirmation or the Equity Definitions, in no event shall the Maximum Number of Shares be subject to adjustment, except for any adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Confirmation and the Equity Definitions in connection with a Potential Adjustment Event (as defined in Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions and without any amendment thereto pursuant to the terms of this Confirmation).

 

	
  

	
Strike Price:

	
USD 11.69

 

	
  

	
Premium:

	
USD 145,070

 

	
  

	
Premium Payment Date:

	
March 18, 2013

 

	
  

	
Exchange:

	
The New York Stock Exchange

 

	
  

	
Related Exchange(s):

	
All Exchanges

 

Procedures for Exercise.

 

	
  

	
Expiration Time:

	
The Valuation Time

 

	
  

	
Expiration Dates:

	
Each Scheduled Trading Day during the period from, and including, the First Expiration Date to, but excluding, the 125th Scheduled Trading Day following the First Expiration Date shall be an “Expiration Date” for a number of Warrants equal to the Daily Number of Warrants on such date; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, if any such date is a Disrupted Day, the Calculation Agent shall make adjustments, if applicable, to the Daily Number of Warrants or shall reduce such Daily Number of Warrants to zero for which such day shall be an Expiration Date and shall designate a Scheduled Trading Day or a number of Scheduled Trading Days as the Expiration Date(s) for the remaining Daily Number of Warrants or a portion thereof for the originally scheduled Expiration Date; and providedfurther that if such Expiration Date has not occurred pursuant to this clause as of the eighth Scheduled Trading Day following the last scheduled Expiration Date under the Transaction, the Calculation Agent shall have the right to declare such Scheduled Trading Day to be the final Expiration Date and the Calculation Agent shall determine its good faith estimate of the fair market value for the Shares as of the Valuation Time on that eighth Scheduled Trading Day or on any subsequent Scheduled Trading Day, as the Calculation Agent shall determine using commercially reasonable means.

 

  

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First Expiration Date:

	
June 15, 2020 (or if such day is not a Scheduled Trading Day, the next following Scheduled Trading Day), subject to Market Disruption Event below.

 

	
  

	
Daily Number of Warrants:

	
For any Expiration Date, the Number of Warrants that have not expired or been exercised as of such day, divided by the remaining number of Expiration Dates (including such day), rounded down to the nearest whole number, subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisos to “Expiration Dates”.

 

	
  

	
Automatic Exercise:

	
Applicable; and means that for each Expiration Date, a number of Warrants equal to the Daily Number of Warrants for such Expiration Date will be deemed to be automatically exercised at the Expiration Time on such Expiration Date; provided that all references in Section 3.4(b) of the Equity Definitions to “Physical Settlement” shall be read as references to “Net Share Settlement”.

 

	
  

	
Market Disruption Event:

	
Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing clause (ii) in its entirety with “(ii) an Exchange Disruption, or” and inserting immediately following clause (iii) the phrase “; in each case that the Calculation Agent determines is material.”

 

	
  

	
Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the words “Scheduled Closing Time” in the fourth line thereof.

 

Valuation Terms.

 

	
  

	
Valuation Time:

	
Scheduled Closing Time; provided that if the principal trading session is extended, the Calculation Agent shall determine the Valuation Time in its reasonable discretion.

 

	
  

	
Valuation Date:

	
Each Exercise Date.

 

Settlement Terms.

 

	
  

	
Settlement Method:

	
Net Share Settlement.

 

	
  

	
Net Share Settlement:

	
On the relevant Settlement Date, Company shall deliver to Dealer a number of Shares equal to the Share Delivery Quantity for such Settlement Date to the account specified herein free of payment through the Clearance System, and Dealer shall be treated as the holder of record of such Shares at the time of delivery of such Shares or, if earlier, at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Settlement Date, and Company shall pay to Dealer cash in lieu of any fractional Share based on the Settlement Price on the relevant Valuation Date.

 

  

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Share Delivery Quantity:

	
For any Settlement Date, a number of Shares, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Net Share Settlement Amount for such Settlement Date divided by the Settlement Price on the Valuation Date for such Settlement Date; provided that in no event shall the Share Delivery Quantity for any Settlement Date exceed the Maximum Number of Shares for such Settlement Date, minus the Share Delivery Quantity (as defined in the letter agreement dated March 12, 2013 between Dealer and Company regarding Base Warrants (the “Base Warrant Confirmation”)), if any, for such Settlement Date.

 

	
  

	
Net Share Settlement Amount:

	
For any Settlement Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the number of Warrants exercised or deemed exercised on the relevant Exercise Date, (ii) the Strike Price Differential for the relevant Valuation Date and (iii) the Warrant Entitlement.

 

	
  

	
Settlement Price:

	
For any Valuation Date, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page MIG <equity> AQR (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from the scheduled opening time of the Exchange to the Scheduled Closing Time on such Valuation Date (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one Share on such Valuation Date, as determined by the Calculation Agent).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) any Expiration Date is a Disrupted Day and (ii) the Calculation Agent determines that such Expiration Date shall be an Expiration Date for fewer than the Daily Number of Warrants, as described above, then the Settlement Price for the relevant Valuation Date shall be the volume-weighted average price per Share on such Valuation Date on the Exchange, as determined by the Calculation Agent based on such sources as it deems appropriate using a volume-weighted methodology, for the portion of such Valuation Date for which the Calculation Agent determines there is no Market Disruption Event.

 

	
  

	
Settlement Dates:

	
As determined pursuant to Section 9.4 of the Equity Definitions, subject to Section 9(k)(i) hereof.

 

	
  

	
Other Applicable Provisions:

	
The provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-settled” shall be read as references to “Net Share Settled.” “Net Share Settled” in relation to any Warrant means that Net Share Settlement is applicable to that Warrant.

 

	
  

	
Representation and Agreement:

	
Notwithstanding Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions, the parties acknowledge that any Shares delivered to Dealer may be, upon delivery, subject to restrictions and limitations arising from Company’s status as issuer of the Shares under applicable securities laws.

 

  

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3.

	
Additional Terms applicable to the Transaction.

 

	
  

	
Adjustments applicable to the Transaction:

 

	
  

	
Method of Adjustment:

	
Calculation Agent Adjustment.  For the avoidance of doubt, in making any adjustments under the Equity Definitions, the Calculation Agent may make adjustments, if any, to any one or more of the Strike Price, the Number of Warrants, the Daily Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any cash dividends or distributions on the Shares, whether or not extraordinary, shall be governed by Section 9(f) of this Confirmation in lieu of Article 10 or Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions.

 

	
 

	
Extraordinary Events applicable to the Transaction:

 

	
  

	
New Shares:

	
Section 12.1(i) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended (a) by deleting the text in clause (i) thereof in its entirety (including the word “and” following clause (i)) and replacing it with the phrase “publicly quoted, traded or listed (or whose related depositary receipts are publicly quoted, traded or listed) on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors)” and (b) by inserting immediately prior to the period the phrase “and (iii) of an entity or person that is a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that also becomes Company under the Transaction following such Merger Event or Tender Offer”.

 

	
  

	
Consequence of Merger Events:

 

	
  

	
Merger Event:

	
Applicable; provided that if an event occurs that constitutes both a Merger Event under Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions and an Additional Termination Event under Section 9(h)(ii)(B) of this Confirmation, Dealer may elect, in its commercially reasonable judgment, whether the provisions of Section 12.2 of the Equity Definitions or Section 9(h)(ii)(B) will apply.

 

	
  

	
Share-for-Share:

	
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

 

	
  

	
Share-for-Other:

	
Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination)

 

	
  

	
Share-for-Combined:

	
Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that Dealer may elect, in its commercially reasonable judgment, Component Adjustment (Calculation Agent Determination) for all or any portion of the Transaction.

 

	
  

	
Consequence of Tender Offers:

 

	
  

	
Tender Offer:

	
Applicable; provided that if an event occurs that constitutes both a Tender Offer under Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions and Additional Termination Event under Section 9(h)(ii)(A) of this Confirmation, Dealer may elect, in its commercially reasonable judgment, whether the provisions of Section 12.3 of the Equity Definitions or Section 9(h)(ii)(A) will apply.

 

  

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Share-for-Share:

	
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

 

	
  

	
Share-for-Other:

	
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

 

	
  

	
Share-for-Combined:

	
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

 

	
  

	
Announcement Event:

	
If an Announcement Date occurs in respect of a Merger Event (for the avoidance of doubt, determined without regard to the language in the definition of “Merger Event” following the definition of “Reverse Merger” therein) or Tender Offer (such occurrence, an “Announcement Event”), then on the earliest of the Expiration Date, Early Termination Date or other date of cancellation (the “Announcement Event Adjustment Date”) in respect of each Warrant, the Calculation Agent will determine the economic effect on such Warrant of the Announcement Event (regardless of whether the Announcement Event actually results in a Merger Event or Tender Offer, and taking into account such factors as the Calculation Agent may determine, including, without limitation, changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to the Shares or the Transaction whether prior to or after the Announcement Event or for any period of time, including, without limitation, the period from the Announcement Event to the relevant Announcement Event Adjustment Date).  If the Calculation Agent determines that such economic effect on any Warrant is material, then on the Announcement Event Adjustment Date for such Warrant, the Calculation Agent may make such adjustment to the exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of such Warrant as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for such economic effect, which adjustment shall be effective immediately prior to the exercise, termination or cancellation of such Warrant, as the case may be.

 

	
  

	
Announcement Date:

	
The definition of “Announcement Date” in Section 12.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the words “a firm” with the word “any” in the second and fourth lines thereof, (ii) replacing the word “leads to the” with the words “, if completed, would lead to a” in the third and the fifth lines thereof, (iii) replacing the words “voting shares” with the word “Shares” in the fifth line thereof, and (iv) inserting the words “by any entity” after the word “announcement” in the second and the fourth lines thereof.

 

	
  

	
Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:

	
Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it will also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors), such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange.

 

	
  

	
Additional Disruption Events:

 

	
  

	
Change in Law:

	
Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the word “Shares” with the phrase “Hedge Positions” in clause (X) thereof and (ii) inserting the parenthetical “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)” at the end of clause (A) thereof.

 

  

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Failure to Deliver:

	
Not Applicable

 

	
  

	
Insolvency Filing:

	
Applicable

 

	
  

	
Hedging Disruption:

	
Applicable; provided that:

 

	
  

	
(i)

	
Section 12.9(a)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (a) inserting the following words at the end of clause (A) thereof:  “in the manner contemplated by the Hedging Party on the Trade Date” and (b) inserting the following two phrases at the end of such Section:

 

	
  

	
“For the avoidance of doubt, the term “equity price risk” shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, stock price and volatility risk. And, for the further avoidance of doubt, any such transactions or assets referred to in phrases (A) or (B) above must be available on commercially reasonable pricing terms.”; and

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
Section 12.9(b)(iii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting in the third line thereof,  after the words “to terminate the Transaction”, the words “or a portion of the Transaction affected by such Hedging Disruption”.

 

	
  

	
Increased Cost of Hedging:

	
Applicable

 

	
  

	
Loss of Stock Borrow:

	
Applicable

 

	
  

	
Maximum Stock Loan Rate:

	
200 basis points

 

	
  

	
Increased Cost of Stock Borrow:

	
Applicable

 

	
  

	
Initial Stock Loan Rate:

	
25 basis points

 

	
  

	
Hedging Party:

	
For all applicable Additional Disruption Events, Dealer.

 

	
  

	
Determining Party:

	
For all applicable Extraordinary Events, Dealer.

 

	
  

	
Non-Reliance:

	
Applicable.

 

	
  

	

Agreements and Acknowledgments

Regarding Hedging Activities:

	
 

Applicable

 

	
  

	
Additional Acknowledgments:

	
Applicable

 

	
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Calculation Agent.

	
Dealer

 

	
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Account Details.

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
Account for payments to Company:

	 

 

To Be Provided.

 

  

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Account for delivery of Shares from Company:

 

To Be Provided.

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
Account for payments to Dealer:

 

Bank of America, N.A.

New York, NY

SWIFT: BOFAUS3N

Bank Routing: 026-009-593

Account Name: Bank of America

Account No. : 0012334-61892

Account for delivery of Shares to Dealer:

To Be Provided.

 

	
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Offices.

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
The Office of Company for the Transaction is:  Inapplicable, Company is not a Multibranch Party.

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is: New York

 

Bank of America, N.A.

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

	 	
Attention: 

	
John Servidio

	 	
Telephone: 

	
646-855-7127

	 	
Facsimile: 

	
704-208-2869

 

	
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Notices.

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
Address for notices or communications to Company:

 

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.

26255 American Drive

Southfield, MI  48034

	 	
Attention: 

	
Chief Financial Officer

	 	
Telephone No.:

	
(248) 204-8178

	 	
Facsimile No.:

	
(248) 358-1614

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
Address for notices or communications to Dealer:

 

	 	
To: 

	
Bank of America, N.A.

	 	
 

	
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

	 	
 

	
One Bryant Park

	 	
 

	
New York, NY 10036

	 	
Attn: 

	
John Servidio

	 	
Telephone: 

	
646-855-7127

	 	
Facsimile: 

	
704-208-2869

 

	
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Representations and Warranties of Company.

 

Each of the representations and warranties of Company set forth in Section 3 of the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of March 12, 2013, between Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the Initial Purchasers party thereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), are true and correct and are hereby deemed to be repeated to Dealer as if set forth herein.  Company hereby further represents and warrants to Dealer (x) on the date hereof (except in the case of clause (d)(ii) below), (y) on and as of the Premium Payment Date and (z) in the case of the representations in Section 8(d), at all times following the Premium Payment Date until termination of the Transaction, that:

 

  

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(a)

	
Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in respect of the Transaction; such execution, delivery and performance have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on Company’s part; and this Confirmation has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Company and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except that rights to indemnification and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
Neither the execution and delivery of this Confirmation nor the incurrence or performance of obligations of Company hereunder will conflict with or result in a breach of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or any equivalent documents) of Company, or any applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority or agency, or any agreement or instrument to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any lien under, any such agreement or instrument.

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Company of this Confirmation, except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or state securities laws.

 

	
  

	
(d)

	
(i) A number of Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Shares (the “Warrant Shares”) have been reserved for issuance by all required corporate action of Company.  The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and, when delivered against payment therefor (which may include Net Share Settlement in lieu of cash) and otherwise as contemplated by the terms of the Warrants following the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Warrant Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.  (ii) The Warrant Shares have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.

 

	
  

	
(e)

	
Company is not and, after consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will not be required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

	
  

	
(f)

	
Company is an “eligible contract participant” (as such term is defined in Section 1a(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, other than a person that is an eligible contract participant under Section 1a(18)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act).

 

	
  

	
(g)

	
Company and each of its affiliates is not, on the date hereof, in possession of any material non-public information with respect to Company or the Shares.

 

	
  

	
(h)

	
No state or local (including any non-U.S. jurisdiction’s) law, rule, regulation or regulatory order applicable to the Shares would give rise to any reporting, consent, registration or other requirement (including without limitation a requirement to obtain prior approval from any person or entity) as a result of Dealer or its affiliates owning or holding (however defined) Shares, except as previously notified by Company to Dealer in writing.

 

	
  

	
(i)

	
Company (A) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (B) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing; and (C) has total assets of at least $50 million.

 

  

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Other Provisions.

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
Opinions.  Company shall deliver to Dealer an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Premium Payment Date, with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 8(a) through (c) and (d)(i) of this Confirmation.  Delivery of such opinion to Dealer shall be a condition precedent for the purpose of Section 2(a)(iii) of the Agreement with respect to each obligation of Dealer under Section 2(a)(i) of the Agreement.

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
Repurchase Notices.  Company shall, on any day on which Company effects any repurchase of Shares, promptly give Dealer a written notice of such repurchase (a “Repurchase Notice”) on such day if following such repurchase, the number of outstanding Shares on such day, subject to any adjustments provided herein, is (i) less than 48,261,917 (in the case of the first such notice) or (ii) thereafter more than 1,523,474 less than the number of Shares included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice.  Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Dealer and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all commercially reasonable losses (including losses relating to Dealer’s commercially reasonable hedging activities as a consequence of becoming, or of the risk of becoming, a Section 16 “insider”, including without limitation, any forbearance from hedging activities or cessation of hedging activities and any losses in connection therewith with respect to the Transaction), claims, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), joint or several, which an Indemnified Person actually may become subject to, as a result of Company’s failure to provide Dealer with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this paragraph, and to reimburse, within 30 days, upon written request, each of such Indemnified Persons for any commercially reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, providing testimony or other evidence in connection with or defending any of the foregoing.  If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against the Indemnified Person, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify Company in writing, and Company, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others Company may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the commercially reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding.  Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, Company agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any commercially reasonable loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.  Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person.  If the indemnification provided for in this paragraph is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then Company under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities.  The remedies provided for in this paragraph are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.  The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this paragraph shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of the Transaction.

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
Regulation M.  Company is not on the Trade Date engaged in a distribution, as such term is used in Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of any securities of Company, other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exception set forth in Rules 101(b)(10) and 102(b)(7) of Regulation M.  Company shall not, until the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date, engage in any such distribution.

 

	
  

	
(d)

	
No Manipulation.  Company is not entering into the Transaction to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.

 

  

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(e)

	
Transfer or Assignment.  Company may not transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Transaction without the prior written consent of Dealer.  Dealer may transfer or assign all or any part of its rights or obligations under the Transaction (x) without Company’s consent, to any affiliate of Dealer or to any other recognized dealer in over-the-counter equity derivatives in the United States or (y) for the purpose of avoiding an Excess Ownership Position, with Company’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to any third party.  If at any time at which (A) the Section 16 Percentage exceeds 7.5%, (B) the Warrant Equity Percentage exceeds 15.9%, or (C) the Share Amount exceeds the Applicable Share Limit (if any applies) (any such condition described in clauses (A), (B) or (C), an “Excess Ownership Position”), Dealer is unable after using its commercially reasonable efforts to effect a transfer or assignment of Warrants to a third party reasonably acceptable to Company on pricing terms reasonably acceptable to Dealer such that no Excess Ownership Position exists, with such consent of Company being granted and such transfer or assignment occurring, in each case, within a time period reasonably acceptable to Dealer, then Dealer may designate any Exchange Business Day as an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction (the “Terminated Portion”), such that following such partial termination no Excess Ownership Position exists.  In the event that Dealer so designates an Early Termination Date with respect to a Terminated Portion, a payment shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction and a Number of Warrants equal to the number of Warrants underlying the Terminated Portion, (2) Company were the sole Affected Party with respect to such partial termination and (3) the Terminated Portion were the sole Affected Transaction (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 9(j) shall apply to any amount that is payable by Company to Dealer pursuant to this sentence).  The “Section 16 Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that Dealer and each person subject to aggregation of Shares with Dealer under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder directly or indirectly beneficially own (as defined under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding.  The “Warrant Equity Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the sum of (1) the product of the Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement and (2) the aggregate number of Shares underlying any other warrants purchased by Dealer from Company, and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding.  The “Share Amount” as of any day is the number of Shares that Dealer and any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer (Dealer or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under any insurance or other law, rule, regulation, regulatory order or organizational documents or contracts of Company that are, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (including, without limitation, state insurance regulations) (“Applicable Restrictions”), owns, beneficially owns, constructively owns, controls, holds the power to vote or otherwise meets a relevant definition of ownership under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by Dealer in its reasonable discretion.  The “Applicable Share Limit” means a number of Shares equal to (A) the minimum number of Shares that could give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval from any person or entity) of a Dealer Person, or could result in an adverse effect on a Dealer Person, under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by Dealer in its reasonable discretion, minus (B) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities, or make or receive any payment in cash, to or from Company, Dealer may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such Shares or other securities, or make or receive such payment in cash, and otherwise to perform Dealer’s obligations in respect of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations.  Dealer shall be discharged of its obligations to Company to the extent of any such performance.

 

	
  

	
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Dividends.  If at any time during the period from and including the Effective Date, to and including the last Expiration Date, (i) an ex-dividend date for a cash dividend occurs with respect to the Shares (an “Ex-Dividend Date”), and that dividend differs from the Regular Dividend on a per Share basis or (ii) if no Ex-Dividend Date for a cash dividend occurs with respect to the Shares in any quarterly dividend period of Company, then the Calculation Agent will adjust any of the Strike Price, Number of Warrants, Daily Number of Warrants and/or any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction to preserve the fair value of the Warrants after taking into account such dividend or lack thereof.  “Regular Dividend” shall mean for any calendar quarter, USD 0.02 for the first cash dividend or distribution on the Shares for which the Ex-Dividend Date falls within such calendar quarter, and zero for any subsequent dividend or distribution on the Shares for which the Ex-Dividend Date falls within the same calendar quarter.

 

  

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Additional Provisions.

 

	
  

	
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Amendments to the Equity Definitions:

 

	
  

	
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Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “an”; and adding the phrase “or Warrants” at the end of the sentence.

 

	
  

	
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Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (w) replacing the words “a diluting or concentrative” with “an” in the fifth line thereof, (x) adding the phrase “or Warrants” after the words “the relevant Shares” in the same sentence, (y) deleting the words “diluting or concentrative” in the sixth to last line thereof and (z) deleting the phrase “(provided that no adjustments will be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares)” and replacing it with the phrase “(and, for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments may be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares).”

 

	
  

	
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Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the word “a material”; and adding the phrase “or Warrants” at the end of the sentence.

 

	
  

	
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Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) deleting from the fourth line thereof the word “or” after the word “official” and inserting a comma therefor, and (2) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting the following words therefor “or (C) the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 5(a)(vii) (1) through (9) of the ISDA Master Agreement with respect to that Issuer.”

 

	
  

	
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Section 12.9(b)(iv) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:

 

	
  

	
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deleting (1) subsection (A) in its entirety, (2) the phrase “or (B)” following subsection (A) and (3) the phrase “in each case” in subsection (B); and

 

	
  

	
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replacing the phrase “neither the Non-Hedging Party nor the Lending Party lends Shares” with the phrase “such Lending Party does not lend Shares” in the penultimate sentence.

 

	
  

	
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Section 12.9(b)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:

 

	
  

	
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adding the word “or” immediately before subsection “(B)” and deleting the comma at the end of subsection (A); and

 

	
  

	
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(1) deleting subsection (C) in its entirety, (2) deleting the word “or” immediately preceding subsection (C), (3) deleting the penultimate sentence in its entirety and replacing it with the sentence “The Hedging Party will determine the Cancellation Amount payable by one party to the other.” and (4) deleting clause (X) in the final sentence.

 

	
  

	
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, upon the occurrence of one of the following events, with respect to the Transaction, (1) Dealer shall have the right to designate such event an Additional Termination Event and designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement, (2) Company shall be deemed the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the Transaction, or, at the election of Dealer in its sole discretion, any portion of the Transaction, shall be deemed the sole Affected Transaction; provided that if Dealer so designates an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction, (a) a payment shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction and a Number of Warrants equal to the number of Warrants included in the terminated portion of the Transaction, and (b) for the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction shall remain in full force and effect except that the Number of Warrants shall be reduced by the number of Warrants included in such terminated portion:

 

  

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A “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than Company, its subsidiaries and its and their employee benefit plans, has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the common equity of Company representing more than 50% of the voting power of such common equity.

 

	
  

	
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Consummation of (I) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Shares (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which the Shares would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets or (II) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of Company pursuant to which the Shares will be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets or (III) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person other than one of Company’s subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transaction or transactions set forth in this clause (B) shall not constitute an Additional Termination Event if (x) at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of the Shares, excluding cash payments for fractional Shares, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions, and (y) as a result of such transaction or transactions, the Shares will consist of such consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional Shares.

 

	
  

	
(C)If (I) the directors who were members of Company’s board of directors on the Trade Date (as defined in the Base Warrant Confirmation) and (II) the directors who become members of Company’s board of directors subsequent to that date and whose election, appointment or nomination for election by Company stockholders is duly approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors on Company’s board of directors at the time of such approval, either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by Company on behalf of its entire board of directors in which such individual is named as nominee for director (the directors described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, “Continuing Directors”), cease to constitute at least a majority of Company’s board of directors.

 

	
  

	
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The Company consolidates with, merges with or into, or sells, conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, in each case, any corporation and such corporation is organized and existing under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

	
  

	
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Default by Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $10 million (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of Company and/or any such subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise.

 

  

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A final judgment for the payment of $10 million (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) rendered against Company or any of its subsidiaries, which judgment is not discharged or stayed within 60 days after (I) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (II) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished.

 

	
  

	
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Dealer, despite using commercially reasonable efforts, is unable or reasonably determines that it is illegal, to effect a commercially reasonable hedge of its exposure with respect to the Transaction in the public market without registration under the Securities Act or as a result of any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by Dealer).

 

	
 

	
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On any day during the period from and including the Trade Date, to and including the final Expiration Date, (I) the Notional Unwind Shares (as defined below) as of such day exceeds a number of Shares equal to 60% of the Maximum Number of Shares, or (II) Company makes a public announcement of any transaction or event that, in the reasonable opinion of Dealer would, upon consummation of such transaction or upon the occurrence of such event, as applicable, and after giving effect to any applicable adjustments hereunder, cause the Notional Unwind Shares immediately following the consummation of such transaction or the occurrence of such event to exceed a number of Shares equal to 60% of the Maximum Number of Shares.  The “Notional Unwind Shares” as of any day is a number of Shares equal to (1) the amount that would be payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement (determined as of such day as if an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of the Transaction and as if the Company were the sole Affected Party and the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction), divided by (2) the Settlement Price (determined as if such day were a Valuation Date).  For the purposes of determining the number of Notional Unwind Shares pursuant to this clause (H), the Share Delivery Quantity shall be deemed to include the “Share Delivery Quantity” (as defined in the Base Warrant Confirmation) and the terms set forth above for determining the Share Delivery Quantity shall apply mutatis mutandis for the purposes of determining the “Share Delivery Quantity” for purposes of the provision analogous to this clause (H) in the Base Warrant Confirmation.

 

	
  

	
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No Collateral or Setoff.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Company hereunder are not secured by any collateral.  Obligations under the Transaction shall not be set off by Company against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise.  Any provision in the Agreement with respect to the satisfaction of Company’s payment obligations to the extent of Dealer’s payment obligations to Company in the same currency and in the same Transaction (including, without limitation Section 2(c) thereof) shall not apply to Company and, for the avoidance of doubt, Company shall fully satisfy such payment obligations notwithstanding any payment obligation to Company by Dealer in the same currency and in the same Transaction. In calculating any amounts under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, (1) separate amounts shall be calculated as set forth in such Section 6(e) with respect to (a) the Transaction and (b) all other Transactions, and (2) such separate amounts shall be payable pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in this Section 9(i), in the event of bankruptcy or liquidation of either Company or Dealer, neither party shall have the right to set off any obligation that it may have to the other party under the Transaction against any obligation such other party may have to it, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation or any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise.

 

  

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Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events.

 

	
  

	
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If, in respect of the Transaction, an amount is payable by Company to Dealer, (A) pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or (B) pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (any such amount, a “Payment Obligation”), Company shall satisfy the Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below), unless (a) Company gives irrevocable telephonic notice to Dealer, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day, no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Merger Date, Tender Offer Date, Announcement Date (in the case of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting), Early Termination Date or date of cancellation, as applicable, of its election that the Share Termination Alternative shall not apply, (b) Company remakes the representation set forth in Section 8(g) as of the date of such election and (c) Dealer agrees, in its sole discretion, to such election, in which case the provisions of Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions, or the provisions of Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply.

 

	
  

	
Share Termination Alternative:

	
If applicable, Company shall deliver to Dealer the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date (the “Share Termination Payment Date”) on which the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable, subject to Section 9(k)(i) below, in satisfaction, subject to Section 9(k)(ii) below, of the relevant Payment Obligation, in the manner reasonably requested by Dealer free of payment.

 

	
  

	

Share Termination Delivery

Property:

	
A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the relevant Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price.  The Calculation Agent shall adjust the amount of Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price (without giving effect to any discount pursuant to Section 9(k)(i).

 

	
  

	
Share Termination Unit Price:

	
The value of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means.  In the case of a Private Placement of Share Termination Delivery Units that are Restricted Shares (as defined below), as set forth in Section 9(k)(i) below, the Share Termination Unit Price shall be determined by the discounted price applicable to such Share Termination Delivery Units.  In the case of a Registration Settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units that are Restricted Shares (as defined below) as set forth in Section 9(k)(ii) below, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Share Termination Unit Price shall be the Settlement Price on the Merger Date, Tender Offer Date, Announcement Date (in the case of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting), Early Termination Date or date of cancellation, as applicable.  The Calculation Agent shall notify Company of the Share Termination Unit Price at the time of notification of such Payment Obligation to Company or, if applicable, at the time the discounted price applicable to the relevant Share Termination Units is determined pursuant to Section 9(k)(i).

 

  

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One Share or, if the Shares have changed into cash or any other property or the right to receive cash or any other property as the result of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event (any such cash or other property, the “Exchange Property”), a unit consisting of the type and amount of Exchange Property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event.  If such Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event involves a choice of Exchange Property to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash.

 

	
  

	
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Other applicable provisions:

	
If Share Termination Alternative is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 and 9.12 (as modified above) of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-settled” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Settled” and all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units”.  “Share Termination Settled” in relation to the Transaction means that the Share Termination Alternative is applicable to the Transaction.

 

	
  

	
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, any Payment Obligation under this Confirmation shall, for all purposes, be calculated as if the deemed amendments set forth in clauses (i), (iv) and (v) of Section 9(q) had been made, but any deliveries under Section 9(j)(i) shall be limited to the Maximum Number of Shares as defined in Section 2 hereof.

 

	
  

	
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Registration/Private Placement Procedures.  If, in the reasonable opinion of Dealer, following any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property to Dealer hereunder, such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property would be in the hands of Dealer subject to any applicable restrictions with respect to any registration or qualification requirement or prospectus delivery requirement for such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities law (including, without limitation, any such requirement arising under Section 5 of the Securities Act as a result of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property being “restricted securities”, as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or as a result of the sale of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property being subject to paragraph (c) of Rule 145 under the Securities Act) (such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property, “Restricted Shares”), then delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be effected pursuant to either clause (i) or (ii) below at the election of Company, unless Dealer waives the need for registration/private placement procedures set forth in (i) and (ii) below.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely in respect of any Daily Number of Warrants exercised or deemed exercised on any Expiration Date, Company shall elect, prior to the first Settlement Date for the first applicable Expiration Date, a Private Placement Settlement or Registration Settlement for all deliveries of Restricted Shares for all such Expiration Dates which election shall be applicable to all remaining Settlement Dates for such Warrants and the procedures in clause (i) or clause (ii) below shall apply for all such delivered Restricted Shares on an aggregate basis commencing after the final Settlement Date for such Warrants.  The Calculation Agent shall make reasonable adjustments to settlement terms and provisions under this Confirmation to reflect a single Private Placement or Registration Settlement for such aggregate Restricted Shares delivered hereunder.

 

  

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If Company elects to settle the Transaction pursuant to this clause (i) (a “Private Placement Settlement”), then delivery of Restricted Shares by Company shall be effected in customary private placement procedures with respect to such Restricted Shares reasonably acceptable to Dealer; provided that Company may not elect a Private Placement Settlement if, on the date of its election, it has taken, or caused to be taken, any action that would make unavailable either the exemption pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the sale by Company to Dealer (or any affiliate designated by Dealer) of the Restricted Shares or the exemption pursuant to Section 4(1) or Section 4(3) of the Securities Act for resales of the Restricted Shares by Dealer (or any such affiliate of Dealer).  The Private Placement Settlement of such Restricted Shares shall include customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to Dealer, due diligence rights (for Dealer or any designated buyer of the Restricted Shares by Dealer), opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for private placement agreements for private placements of similar size, all reasonably acceptable to Dealer.  In the case of a Private Placement Settlement, the Calculation Agent shall determine the appropriate discount to the Share Termination Unit Price (in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 9(j) above) or any Settlement Price (in the case of settlement of Shares pursuant to Section 2 above) applicable to such Restricted Shares in a commercially reasonable manner and appropriately adjust the number of such Restricted Shares to be delivered to Dealer hereunder, which discount shall take into account the illiquidity resulting from the fact that the Restricted Shares will not be registered for resale.  Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary in the Agreement or this Confirmation, the date of delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be the Exchange Business Day following notice by Dealer to Company, of such applicable discount and the number of Restricted Shares to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i).  For the avoidance of doubt, delivery of Restricted Shares shall be due as set forth in the previous sentence and not be due on the Share Termination Payment Date (in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 9(j) above) or on the Settlement Date for such Restricted Shares (in the case of settlement in Shares pursuant to Section 2 above).

 

	
  

	
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If Company elects to settle the Transaction pursuant to this clause (ii) (a “Registration Settlement”), then Company shall promptly (but in any event no later than the beginning of the Resale Period) file and use its reasonable best efforts to make effective under the Securities Act a registration statement or supplement or amend an outstanding registration statement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, to cover the resale of such Restricted Shares in accordance with customary resale registration procedures, including covenants, conditions, representations, underwriting discounts (if applicable), commissions (if applicable), indemnities due diligence rights, opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for equity resale underwriting agreements for underwritten offerings of similar size, all reasonably acceptable to Dealer.  If Dealer, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with such procedures and documentation Private Placement Settlement shall apply.  If Dealer is satisfied with such procedures and documentation, it shall sell the Restricted Shares pursuant to such registration statement during a period (the “Resale Period”) commencing on the Exchange Business Day following delivery of such Restricted Shares (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be (x) the Share Termination Payment Date in case of settlement in Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 9(j) above or (y) the Settlement Date in respect of the final Expiration Date for all Daily Number of Warrants) and ending on the earliest of (i) the Exchange Business Day on which Dealer completes the sale of all Restricted Shares in a commercially reasonable manner or, in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units, a sufficient number of Restricted Shares so that the realized net proceeds of such sales equals or exceeds the Payment Obligation (as defined above), (ii) the date upon which all Restricted Shares have been sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (or similar provisions then in force) or Rule 145(d)(2) (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act and (iii) the date upon which all Restricted Shares may be sold or transferred by a non-affiliate pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) or Rule 145(d)(2) (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act.  If the Payment Obligation exceeds the realized net proceeds from such resale, Company shall transfer to Dealer by the open of the regular trading session on the Exchange on the Exchange Trading Day immediately following such resale the amount of such excess (the “Additional Amount”) in cash or in a number of Shares (“Make-whole Shares”) in an amount that, based on the Settlement Price on such day (as if such day was the “Valuation Date” for purposes of computing such Settlement Price), has a dollar value equal to the Additional Amount.  The Resale Period shall continue to enable the sale of the Make-whole Shares.  If Company elects to pay the Additional Amount in Shares, the requirements and provisions for Registration Settlement shall apply.  This provision shall be applied successively until the Additional Amount is equal to zero.

 

  

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Company agrees that (A) any Restricted Shares delivered to Dealer may be transferred by and among Dealer and its affiliates and Company shall effect such transfer without any further action by Dealer and (B) after the period of 6 months from the Trade Date (or 1 year from the Trade Date if, at such time, informational requirements of Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act are not satisfied with respect to Company) has elapsed in respect of any Restricted Shares delivered to Dealer, Company shall promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Restricted Shares to remove, any legends referring to any such restrictions or requirements from such Restricted Shares upon request by Dealer (or such affiliate of Dealer) to Company or such transfer agent, without any requirement for the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by Dealer (or such affiliate of Dealer). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act or any successor rule are amended, or the applicable interpretation thereof by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any court change after the Trade Date, the agreements of Company herein shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary, in the opinion of outside counsel of Company, to comply with Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as in effect at the time of delivery of the relevant Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property.

 

	
  

	
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If the Private Placement Settlement or the Registration Settlement shall not be effected as set forth in clauses (i) or (ii), as applicable, then failure to effect such Private Placement Settlement or such Registration Settlement shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to which Company shall be the Defaulting Party.

 

	
  

	
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Limit on Beneficial Ownership.  Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, Dealer may not exercise any Warrant hereunder or be entitled to take delivery of any Shares deliverable hereunder, and Automatic Exercise shall not apply with respect to any Warrant hereunder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such receipt of any Shares upon the exercise of such Warrant or otherwise hereunder and after taking into account any Shares deliverable to Dealer under the Base Warrant Confirmation), (i) the Section 16 Percentage would exceed 7.5%, or (ii) the Share Amount would exceed the Applicable Share Limit.  Any purported delivery hereunder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such delivery and after taking into account any Shares deliverable to Dealer under the Base Warrant Confirmation, (i) the Section 16 Percentage would exceed 7.5%, or (ii) the Share Amount would exceed the Applicable Share Limit. If any delivery owed to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Company’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Company shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Company that, after such delivery, (i) the Section 16 Percentage would not exceed 7.5%, and (ii) the Share Amount would not exceed the Applicable Share Limit. For the avoidance of doubt, Company shall not owe any cash payment to Dealer pursuant to, or on account of, this Section 9(l).

 

	
  

	
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Share Deliveries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Company agrees that any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property shall be effected by book-entry transfer through the facilities of DTC, or any successor depositary, if at the time of delivery, such class of Shares or class of Share Termination Delivery Property is in book-entry form at DTC or such successor depositary.

 

  

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Waiver of Jury Trial.   Each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to the Transaction.  Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of the other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party have been induced to enter into the Transaction, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications provided herein.

 

	
  

	
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Tax Disclosure.  Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Company and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Company relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

 

	
  

	
(p)

	
Maximum Share Delivery.

 

	
  

	
(i)

	
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation, the Agreement or the Equity Definitions, in no event will Company at any time be required to deliver a number of Shares greater than the Maximum Number of Shares to Dealer in connection with the Transaction after taking into account any Shares deliverable to Dealer under the Base Warrant Confirmation.

 

	
  

	
(ii)

	
In the event Company shall not have delivered to Dealer the full number of Shares or Restricted Shares otherwise deliverable by Company to Dealer pursuant to the terms of the Transaction because Company has insufficient authorized but unissued Shares (such deficit, the “Deficit Shares”), Company shall be continually obligated to deliver, from time to time, Shares or Restricted Shares, as the case may be, to Dealer until the full number of Deficit Shares have been delivered pursuant to this Section 9(p)(ii), when, and to the extent that, (A) Shares are repurchased, acquired or otherwise received by Company or any of its subsidiaries after the Trade Date (whether or not in exchange for cash, fair value or any other consideration), (B) authorized and unissued Shares previously reserved for issuance in respect of other transactions become no longer so reserved or (C) Company additionally authorizes any unissued Shares that are not reserved for other transactions; provided that in no event shall Company deliver any Shares or Restricted Shares to Dealer pursuant to this Section 9(p)(ii) to the extent that such delivery would cause the aggregate number of Shares and Restricted Shares delivered to Dealer to exceed the Maximum Number of Shares.  For the avoidance of doubt, Company shall not owe any cash payment to Dealer pursuant to, or on account of, this Section 9(p)(ii). Company shall immediately notify Dealer of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events (including the number of Shares subject to clause (A), (B) or (C) and the corresponding number of Shares or Restricted Shares, as the case may be, to be delivered) and promptly deliver such Shares or Restricted Shares, as the case may be, thereafter.

 

	
  

	
(iii)

	
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, this Confirmation or the Equity Definitions, the Maximum Number of Shares shall not be adjusted on account of any event that (x) constitutes a Potential Adjustment Event solely on account of Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions and (y) is not an event within Company’s control.

 

	
  

	
(q)

	
Shareholder Approval.  If, at any time during the term of the Transaction, Company obtains approval from its shareholders, in accordance with the requirements of Rule 312.03(c) of The New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual or any successor rule, for the issuance pursuant to the Transaction of a number of Shares equal to two times the product of the Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement (without regard to the limitations on adjustment set forth in the second paragraph opposite the caption “Maximum Number of Shares” in Section 2), then upon such approval and without any further action by either party, (i) the provisions set forth opposite the caption “Maximum Number of Shares” in Section 2 shall be deemed to be replaced in their entirety with the phrase “A number of Shares equal to two times the product of the Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement,” (ii) the Additional Termination Event set forth in Section 9(h)(ii)(H) shall no longer be applicable, (iii) the provisions set forth in Section 9(j)(ii) shall be deleted in their entirety, (iv) the provisions opposite the caption “Share Delivery Quantity” in Section 2 shall be replaced in their entirety with the sentence “For any Settlement Date, a number of Shares, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Net Share Settlement Amount for such Settlement Date divided by the Settlement Price on the Valuation Date for such Settlement Date” and (v) the phrase “after taking into account any Shares deliverable to Dealer under the Base Warrant Confirmation” in Section 9(p)(i) shall be deleted in its entirety.

 

  

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(r)

	
Right to Extend.  Dealer may postpone or add, in whole or in part, any Expiration Date or any other date of valuation or delivery with respect to some or all of the relevant Warrants (in which event the Calculation Agent shall make appropriate adjustments to the Daily Number of Warrants with respect to one or more Expiration Dates) if Dealer determines, in its commercially reasonable judgment, that such extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate to preserve Dealer’s hedging or hedge unwind activity hereunder in light of existing liquidity conditions or to enable Dealer to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder in a manner that would, if Dealer were Issuer or an affiliated purchaser of Issuer, be in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related policies and procedures applicable to Dealer; provided that no such Expiration Date or other date of valuation or delivery may be postponed or added more than 60 Trading Days after the final scheduled Expiration Date or original other date of valuation or delivery, as the case may be.  “Trading Day” means a Scheduled Trading Day that is not a Disrupted Day.

 

	
  

	
(s)

	
Status of Claims in Bankruptcy.  Dealer acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to Dealer rights against Company with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders of Company in any United States bankruptcy proceedings of Company; provided that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealer’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Company of its obligations and agreements with respect to the Transaction; provided, further, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealer’s rights in respect of any transactions other than the Transaction.

 

	
  

	
(t)

	
Securities Contract; Swap Agreement.  The parties hereto intend for (i) the Transaction to be a “securities contract” and a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 546(e), 546(g), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) a party’s right to liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” as described in the Bankruptcy Code, and (iii) each payment and delivery of cash, securities or other property hereunder to constitute a “margin payment” or “settlement payment” and a “transfer” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.

 

	
  

	
(u)

	
Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act.  In connection with Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“WSTAA”), the parties hereby agree that neither the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, nor any requirement under WSTAA or an amendment made by WSTAA, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s otherwise applicable rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement this Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions incorporated herein, or the Agreement (including, but not limited to, rights arising from Change in Law, Hedging Disruption, Increased Cost of Hedging, an Excess Ownership Position, or Illegality (as defined in the Agreement)).

 

	
  

	
(v)

	
Agreements and Acknowledgements Regarding Hedging. Company understands, acknowledges and agrees that: (A) at any time on and prior to the last Expiration Date, Dealer and its affiliates may buy or sell Shares or other securities or buy or sell options or futures contracts or enter into swaps or other derivative securities in order to adjust its hedge position with respect to the Transaction;  (B) Dealer and its affiliates also may be active in the market for Shares other than in connection with hedging activities in relation to the Transaction; (C) Dealer shall make its own determination as to whether, when or in what manner any hedging or market activities in securities of Issuer shall be conducted and shall do so in a manner that it deems appropriate to hedge its price and market risk with respect to the Settlement Prices; and (D) any market activities of Dealer and its affiliates with respect to Shares may affect the market price and volatility of Shares, as well as the Settlement Prices, each in a manner that may be adverse to Company.

 

  

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(w)

	
Early Unwind. In the event the sale of the “Option Securities” (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) is not consummated with the Initial Purchasers for any reason, or Company fails to deliver to Dealer opinions of counsel as required pursuant to Section 9(a), in each case by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Premium Payment Date, or such later date as agreed upon by the parties (the Premium Payment Date or such later date the “Early Unwind Date”), the Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”), on the Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of Dealer and Company under the Transaction shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date; provided that Company shall purchase from Dealer on the Early Unwind Date all Shares purchased by Dealer or one or more of its affiliates in connection with the Transaction at the then prevailing market price.  Each of Dealer and Company represents and acknowledges to the other that, subject to the proviso included in this Section 9(w), upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

 

	
  

	
(x)

	
Payment by Dealer. In the event that (i) an Early Termination Date occurs or is designated with respect to the Transaction as a result of a Termination Event or an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising under Section 5(a)(ii) or 5(a)(iv) of the Agreement) and, as a result, Dealer owes to Company an amount calculated under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, or (ii) Dealer owes to Company, pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions, an amount calculated under Section 12.8 of the Equity Definitions, such amount shall be deemed to be zero.

 

	
  

	
(y)

	
Determinations.  Dealer shall deliver to Company, within five Exchange Business Days after a written request by Company, a written explanation describing in reasonable detail any calculation, adjustment or determination made by it (including the methodology, interest rates, quotations, market data (including volatility) and information from internal sources used in making such calculation, adjustment or determination, but without disclosing any proprietary models or other information that Dealer is not permitted to disclose to Company under applicable law, rule, regulation or agreement with third party).

 

	
  

	
(z)

	
Adjustments.  For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the Calculation Agent or Determining Party is called upon to make an adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Confirmation or the Equity Definitions to take into account the effect of an event (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 9(f), the Calculation Agent or Determining Party shall make such adjustment by reference to the effect of such event on the Hedging Party, assuming that the Hedging Party maintains a commercially reasonable hedge position.

 

  

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Company hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by Dealer) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement between Dealer and Company with respect to the Transaction, by manually signing this Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to John Servidio, Facsimile No. 704-208-2869.

 

Very truly yours,

 

	 	 	 	

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	
By:

	/s/ Christopher A. Hutmaker	 
	 	 	 	
Authorized Signatory

	 
	 	 	 	
Name: Christopher A. Hutmaker

	 
	 	 	 	Managing Director	 
	Accepted and confirmed	 	 	 	 
	
as of the Trade Date:

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
By:

	/s/ Michael G. Costello	 	 	 	 
	
Authorized Signatory

	 	 	 	 
	
Name: Michael G. CostelloExhibit 4.8

 

LADENBURG THALMANN FINANCIAL SERVICES
INC.

 

——————————————

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of ___________

 

——————————————

 

[___________________________]

 

Trustee

 

 

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	 	 	Page
	 	 	 
	Article I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	1
	Section 1.1.	Definitions.	1
	Section 1.2.	Other Definitions.	4
	Section 1.3.	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.	5
	Section 1.4.	Rules of Construction.	5
	 	 	 
	Article II THE SECURITIES	5
	Section 2.1.	Issuable in Series.	5
	Section 2.2.	Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.	6
	Section 2.3.	Execution and Authentication.	8
	Section 2.4.	Registrar and Paying Agent.	9
	Section 2.5.	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.	10
	Section 2.6.	Securityholder Lists.	10
	Section 2.7.	Transfer and Exchange.	10
	Section 2.8.	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.	11
	Section 2.9.	Outstanding Securities.	11
	Section 2.10.	Treasury Securities.	12
	Section 2.11.	Temporary Securities.	12
	Section 2.12.	Cancellation.	12
	Section 2.13.	Defaulted Interest.	13
	Section 2.14.	Global Securities.	13
	Section 2.15.	CUSIP Numbers.	14
	 	 	 
	Article III REDEMPTION	14
	Section 3.1.	Notice to Trustee.	14
	Section 3.2.	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.	15
	Section 3.3.	Notice of Redemption.	15
	Section 3.4.	Effect of Notice of Redemption.	16
	Section 3.5.	Deposit of Redemption Price.	16
	Section 3.6.	Securities Redeemed in Part.	17
	 	 	 
	Article IV COVENANTS	17
	Section 4.1.	Payment of Principal and Interest.	17
	Section 4.2.	SEC Reports.	17
	Section 4.3.	Compliance Certificate.	18
	Section 4.4.	Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.	18
	Section 4.5.	Corporate Existence.	18
	 	 	 
	Article V SUCCESSORS	18
	Section 5.1.	When Company May Merge, Etc.	18
	Section 5.2.	Successor Corporation Substituted.	19

 

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	Article VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	19
	Section 6.1.	Events of Default.	19
	Section 6.2.	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.	20
	Section 6.3.	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.	21
	Section 6.4.	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.	22
	Section 6.5.	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.	22
	Section 6.6.	Application of Money Collected.	23
	Section 6.7.	Limitation on Suits.	23
	Section 6.8.	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.	24
	Section 6.9.	Restoration of Rights and Remedies.	24
	Section 6.10.	Rights and Remedies Cumulative.	24
	Section 6.11.	Delay or Omission Not Waiver.	24
	Section 6.12.	Control by Holders.	24
	Section 6.13.	Waiver of Past Defaults.	25
	Section 6.14.	Undertaking for Costs.	25
	 	 	 
	Article VII TRUSTEE	26
	Section 7.1.	Duties of Trustee.	26
	Section 7.2.	Rights of Trustee.	27
	Section 7.3.	Individual Rights of Trustee.	28
	Section 7.4.	Trustee’s Disclaimer.	28
	Section 7.5.	Notice of Defaults.	29
	Section 7.6.	Reports by Trustee to Holders.	29
	Section 7.7.	Compensation and Indemnity.	29
	Section 7.8.	Replacement of Trustee.	30
	Section 7.9.	Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.	31
	Section 7.10.	Eligibility; Disqualification.	31
	Section 7.11.	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.	31
	 	 	 
	Article VIII SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE	31
	Section 8.1.	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.	31
	Section 8.2.	Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.	32
	Section 8.3.	Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.	33
	Section 8.4.	Covenant Defeasance.	35
	Section 8.5.	Repayment to Company.	36
	Section 8.6.	Reinstatement.	36
	 	 	 
	Article IX AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS	36
	Section 9.1.	Without Consent of Holders.	36
	Section 9.2.	With Consent of Holders.	37
	Section 9.3.	Limitations.	37
	Section 9.4.	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.	38
	Section 9.5.	Revocation and Effect of Consents.	38
	Section 9.6.	Notation on or Exchange of Securities.	39
	Section 9.7.	Trustee Protected.	39
	 	 	 
	Article X MISCELLANEOUS	39
	Section 10.1.	Trust Indenture Act Controls.	39

 

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	Section 10.2.	Notices.	39
	Section 10.3.	Communication by Holders with Other Holders.	40
	Section 10.4.	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.	40
	Section 10.5.	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.	41
	Section 10.6.	Rules by Trustee and Agents.	41
	Section 10.7.	Legal Holidays.	41
	Section 10.8.	No Recourse Against Others.	41
	Section 10.9.	Counterparts.	41
	Section 10.10.	Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver.	42
	Section 10.11.	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.	42
	Section 10.12.	Successors.	42
	Section 10.13.	Severability.	42
	Section 10.14.	Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.	42
	Section 10.15.	Securities in a Foreign Currency.	42
	Section 10.16.	Judgment Currency.	43
	Section 10.17.	Force Majeure.	43
	Section 10.18.	U.S.A	44
	 	 	 
	Article XI SINKING FUNDS	44
	Section 11.1.	Applicability of Article.	44
	Section 11.2.	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.	45
	Section 11.3.	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.	45

 

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LADENBURG THALMANN FINANCIAL SERVICES
INC.

 

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 and

Indenture, dated as of ____________

 

	§ 310(a)(1)	7.10
	(a)(2)	7.10
	(a)(3)	Not Applicable
	(a)(4)	Not Applicable
	(a)(5)	7.10
	(b)	7.10
	§ 311(a)	7.11
	(b)	7.11
	(c)	Not Applicable
	§ 312(a)	2.6
	(b)	10.3
	(c)	10.3
	§ 313(a)	7.6
	(b)(1)	7.6
	(b)(2)	7.6
	(c)(1)	7.6
	(d)	7.6
	§ 314(a)	4.2, 10.5
	(b)	Not Applicable
	(c)(1)	10.4
	(c)(2)	10.4
	(c)(3)	Not Applicable
	(d)	Not Applicable
	(e)	10.5
	(f)	Not Applicable
	§ 315(a)	7.1
	(b)	7.5
	(c)	7.1
	(d)	7.1
	(e)	6.14
	§ 316(a)	2.10
	(a)(1)(A)	6.12
	(a)(1)(B)	6.13
	(b)	6.8
	§ 317(a)(1)	6.3
	(a)(2)	6.4
	(b)	2.5
	§ 318(a)	10.1

 

 

Note:   This reconciliation and tie shall
not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

 

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Indenture dated as of
__________, between LADENBURG THALMANN FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida (“Company”),
and [___________________] (“Trustee”).

 

Each party agrees as
follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under
this Indenture.

 

Article
I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section
1.1.          Definitions.

 

“Additional
Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein
or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified herein or therein and which are
owing to such Holders.

 

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

 

“Agent”
means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent.

 

“Board of Directors”
means the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.

 

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

 

“Business Day”
means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular
Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York (or in connection with any payment, the place
of payment) on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

“Capital Stock”
means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock.

 

“Company”
means the party named as such above until a successor, which duly assumes the obligations under the Indenture, replaces it and
thereafter means the successor.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

“Company Order”
means a written order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer.

 

“Corporate Trust
Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business related to this
Indenture shall be principally administered.

 

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

 

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

 

“Discount Security”
means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration
of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.2.

 

“Dollars”
and “$” means the currency of The United States of America.

 

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

 

“Foreign Currency”
means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of The United States of America.

 

“Foreign Government
Obligations” means, with respect to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, direct obligations
of, or obligations guaranteed by, the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations
its full faith and credit is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

 

“GAAP”
means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of
the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant
segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect as of the date of determination.

 

“Global Security”
or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant
to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such Series or its nominee,
and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.

 

“Holder”
or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered.

 

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“Indenture”
means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of
Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

 

“interest”
means, with respect to any Security, any interest on such Security, and with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

 

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

 

“Officer”
means the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary
or any Assistant Secretary, and any Vice President of the Company.

 

“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

 

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

 

“principal”
of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in
respect of, the Security.

 

“Responsible
Officer” means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office having responsibility for administration of this
Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter
is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility
for the administration of this Indenture.

 

“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Securities”
means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

“Series”
or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created
pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 hereof.

 

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

 

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“Subsidiary”
of any specified person means any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof.

 

“TIA”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to
the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so amended.

 

“Trustee”
means the person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall
mean or include each person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee”
as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.

 

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

 

Section
1.2.          Other Definitions.

 

	Term	 	Defined in Section
	“Bankruptcy Law”	 	6.1
	“Custodian”	 	6.1
	“Event of Default”	 	6.1
	“Judgment Currency”	 	10.16
	“Legal Holiday”	 	10.7
	“mandatory sinking fund payment”	 	11.1
	“Market Exchange Rate”	 	10.15
	“New York Banking Day”	 	10.16
	“Notice Agent”	 	2.4
	“optional sinking fund payment”	 	11.1
	“Paying Agent”	 	2.4
	“Registrar”	 	2.4
	“Required Currency”	 	10.16
	“successor person”	 	5.1

 

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Section
1.3.          Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

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

 

“Commission”
means the SEC.

 

“indenture securities”
means the Securities.

 

“indenture security
holder” means a Securityholder.

 

“indenture to
be qualified” means this Indenture.

 

“indenture trustee”
or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

 

“obligor” on
the indenture securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities.

 

All other terms used
in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.

 

Section
1.4.          Rules of Construction.

 

Unless the context otherwise
requires:

 

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

 

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

 

(c)          “or”
is not exclusive;

 

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

 

(e)          provisions
apply to successive events and transactions.

 

Article
II

THE SECURITIES

 

Section
2.1.          Issuable in Series.

 

The aggregate principal
amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in
one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth or determined in the manner provided
in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof
pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the
Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to
authority granted under a Board Resolution may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity
date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect
of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

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Section
2.2.          Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.

 

At or prior to the issuance
of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection
2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2
through ________) by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate:

 

2.2.1      the
title (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series) and ranking (including
the terms of any subordination provisions) of the Series;

 

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

 

2.2.3      any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities
of the Series pursuant to Sections 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);

 

2.2.4      the
date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;

 

2.2.5      the
rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including,
but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series
shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on which such
interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;

 

2.2.6      the
place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, where the Securities
of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be delivered, and the method of such payment, if by wire transfer,
mail or other means;

 

2.2.7      if
applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities
of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

 

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

 

2.2.9      the
dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the
option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations;

 

2.2.10    if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall
be issuable;

 

2.2.11    the
forms of the Securities of the Series and whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities;

 

2.2.12    if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.2;

 

2.2.13    the
currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, and if such currency of
denomination is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;

 

2.2.14    the
designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities
of the Series will be made;

 

2.2.15    if
payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to
such payments will be determined;

 

2.2.16    the
manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined,
if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity
index, stock exchange index or financial index;

 

2.2.17    the
provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the Series;

 

2.2.18    any
addition to, deletion of or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the
right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant
to Section 7.2;

 

2.2.19    any
addition to, deletion of or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;

 

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2.2.20   any
Depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of
such Series if other than those appointed herein;

 

2.2.21   the
provisions, if any, relating to conversion or exchange of any Securities of such Series, including if applicable, the conversion
or exchange price, the conversion or exchange period, the securities or other property into which the Securities will be convertible,
provisions as to whether conversion or exchange will be mandatory, at the option of the Holders thereof or at the option of the
Company, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price or exchange price and provisions affecting conversion or exchange
if such Series of Securities are redeemed;

 

2.2.22   any
other terms of the Series (which may supplement, modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such
Series), including any terms that may be required under applicable law or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing
of Securities of that Series; and

 

2.2.23   whether
any of the Company’s direct or indirect Subsidiaries will guarantee the Securities of that Series, including the terms of
subordination, if any, of such guarantees.

 

All Securities of any
one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture,
if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate referred to
above.

 

Section
2.3.          Execution and Authentication.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The Trustee shall at
any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Each Security shall
be dated the date of its authentication.

 

The aggregate principal
amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such
Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section
2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8.

 

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Prior to the issuance
of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 9.2) shall be fully protected in conclusively
relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section
2.2 establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities
of that Series or of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officer’s Certificate complying with Section _______, and (c)
an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section _______.

 

The Trustee shall have
the right, but not the obligation, to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, determines that such action may not be taken lawfully; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith determines that
such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.

 

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

 

Section
2.4.          Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Company shall maintain,
with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section
2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”),
where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be delivered
(“Notice Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their
transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the
name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints
the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

The Company may also
from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional notice agents and may from time to
time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve
the Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Notice Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section
2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional
notice agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes
any additional paying agent; and the term “Notice Agent” includes any additional notice agent. The Company or
any of its Affiliates may serve as Registrar or Paying Agent.

 

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

 

Section
2.5.          Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Company shall require
each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders
of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on
the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While
any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any
time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent
(if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary
of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of
any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect
to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Securities.

 

Section
2.6.          Securityholder Lists.

 

The Trustee shall preserve
in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders
of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request
in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Securityholders
of each Series of Securities.

 

Section
2.7.          Transfer and Exchange.

 

Where Securities of a
Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal
principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements
for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at
the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise
expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental
charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges
pursuant to Sections 2.11, _______ or _______).

 

Neither the Company nor
the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning
at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series
selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities
selected, called or being called for redemption in part.

 

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Section
2.8.          Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

 

If any mutilated Security
is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

If there shall be delivered
to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such
security or indemnity bond as may be required by each of them to hold itself and any of its agents harmless, then, in the absence
of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed,
lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.

 

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

 

Upon the issuance of
any new Security under this Section, 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 (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.

 

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

 

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

 

Section
2.9.          Outstanding Securities.

 

The Securities outstanding
at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by the Registrar, those delivered to
it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions
hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding.

 

If a Security is replaced
pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced
Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

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If the Paying Agent (other
than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money
sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding
and interest on them ceases to accrue.

 

The Company may purchase
or otherwise acquire the Securities, whether by open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise. A Security does not
cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.

 

In determining whether
the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such
purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.2.

 

Section
2.10.         Treasury Securities.

 

In determining whether
the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, Securities of a Series owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded, except
that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in conclusively relying on any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded
if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to deliver any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver with respect to the Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

 

Section
2.11.         Temporary Securities.

 

Until definitive Securities
are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order. Temporary
Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate
for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order
shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so
exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.

 

Section
2.12.         Cancellation.

 

The Company at any time
may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee, shall forward to
the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all
Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement, conversion or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled
Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act and the Trustee) in accordance with its customary procedures
and deliver a certificate of such cancellation to the Company upon written request of the Company. The Company may not issue new
Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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Section
2.13.         Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Company defaults
in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it may pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any
interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record
date. The Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 10 days before the special record date, the Company shall
mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and
the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

 

Section
2.14.         Global Securities.

 

2.14.1         Terms
of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate shall establish whether
the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary
for such Global Security or Securities.

 

2.14.2         Transfer
and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto,
any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders
other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary registered as a clearing agency
under the Exchange Act within 90 days of such event or (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant
to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.

 

Except as provided in
this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global
Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary
or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.

 

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

 

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“This Security
is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary
or a nominee of the Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the
Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of
the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.”

 

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

 

2.14.5         Payments.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment
of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.

 

2.14.6         Consents,
Declaration and Directions. The Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount
of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary
or by the applicable procedures of such Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents,
declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Section
2.15.         CUSIP Numbers.

 

The Company in issuing
the 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 Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation
is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption
and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption
shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Trustee shall have no liability for any defect in the “CUSIP”
numbers as they appear on any Security, notice or elsewhere. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change
in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

Article
III

REDEMPTION

 

Section
3.1.          Notice to Trustee.

 

The Company may, with
respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and
pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided
for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated
Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee
in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice
to the Trustee at least 15 days before the redemption date, unless a shorter period is satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

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Section
3.2.          Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.

 

Unless otherwise indicated
for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, if less than
all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any
manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate, including selecting pro rata, by lot or other method, unless otherwise
required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements, subject, in the case of Global Securities, to the applicable rules and
procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called
for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that have denominations
larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of
$1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum
principal denomination for each Series and the authorized integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to
Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption.

 

Section
3.3.          Notice of Redemption.

 

Unless otherwise indicated
for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, at least 15 days
but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder
whose Securities are to be redeemed.

 

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

 

(a)          the
redemption date;

 

(b)          the
redemption price;

 

(c)          the
name and address of the Paying Agent and, if applicable, the conversion Agent;

 

(d)          for
convertible Securities, the conversion price;

 

(e)          if
any Securities are being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed and that, after
the redemption date and upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the original Security shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security;

 

(f)          that
Securities of the Series (or portion thereof) called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption
price;

 

(g)         that
interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date unless the Company
defaults in the deposit of the redemption price;

 

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(h)          the
CUSIP number, if any, and state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed
in the SEC’s notice or printed on the Securities; and

 

(i)          any
other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.

 

At the Company’s
request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense, provided, however, that
the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 10 days (unless a shorter time shall be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to
the notice date, an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information
to be stated in such notice.

 

Section
3.4.          Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption
is mailed as provided in Section 4.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption
date and at the redemption price. Except as otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officer’s
Certificate for a Series, a notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall
be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date other than Securities or portions of Securities called
for redemption which have been delivered by the Company to the Registrar for cancellation. The Paying Agent shall return to the
Company any money not required for that purpose because of conversion of Securities. The Paying Agent shall return to the Company
any money not required for that purpose because of conversion of Securities.

 

Unless the Company shall
default in the payment of Securities (and accrued interest) called for redemption, interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue
after the redemption date. Convertible Securities called for redemption shall cease to be convertible after the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the redemption date (unless the redemption date is also a record date for an interest
payment, in which event they may be converted through the redemption date), unless the Company shall default in the payment of
such Securities on the redemption date, in which event the Securities shall remain convertible until paid (together with accrued
interest).

 

Failure to give notice
of any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of notice to any Holder other than Securities or portions
of Securities called for redemption which have been delivered by the Company to the Registrar for cancellation.

 

Section
3.5.          Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

On or before 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption
price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.

 

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Section
3.6.          Securities Redeemed in Part.

 

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

 

Article
IV

COVENANTS

 

Section
4.1.          Payment of Principal and Interest.

 

The Company covenants
and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and
interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. On or before
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable payment date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient
to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of each Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities
and this Indenture. Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent holds in accordance with
this Indenture on that date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Paying Agent is not prohibited
from paying such money to the Holders on such date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

Section
4.2.          SEC Reports.

 

To the extent any Securities
of a Series are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of
the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as
the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA § 314(a). Reports, information and documents
filed with the SEC via the EDGAR system will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for
purposes of this Section 4.2; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether
or not such information, documents or reports have been filed via EDGAR.

 

Delivery of reports,
information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.2 are for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s
receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable
from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which
the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

 

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Section
4.3.          Compliance Certificate.

 

To the extent any Securities
of a Series are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company, an Officer’s Certificate from its principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting
officer stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made
under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to
the best of his/her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this
Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if
a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which the Officer may have
knowledge).

 

Section
4.4.          Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

The Company covenants
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which
may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully
do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law,
hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every
such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

Section
4.5.          Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to Article V,
the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence
and rights (charter and statutory); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right if the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

 

Article
V

SUCCESSORS

 

Section
5.1.          When Company May Merge, Etc.

 

The Company shall not
consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to, any person (a “successor
person”) unless:

 

(a)          the
Company is the surviving corporation or the successor person (if other than the Company) is a corporation organized and validly
existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Company’s obligations on the Securities
and under this Indenture; and

 

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

 

The Company shall deliver
to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officer’s Certificate to the foregoing effect and
an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and any supplemental indenture comply with Section 5.1 of this
Indenture.

 

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Notwithstanding the above,
any Subsidiary of the Company may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties to the Company. Neither
an Officer’s Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered in connection therewith.

 

Section
5.2.          Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation
or merger, or any conveyance, transfer, or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section
5.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance,
transfer, or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture and the Securities with the same effect as if such successor person has been named as the Company herein; provided,
however, that the predecessor Company in the case of a conveyance or transfer (other than a lease) shall be released from
all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

Article
VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section
6.1.          Events of Default.

 

“Event of Default,”
wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing
Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officer’s Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit
of said Event of Default:

 

(a)          default
in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the 30th day of such period); or

 

(b)          default
in the payment of principal of any Security of that Series at its Maturity; or

 

(c)          default
in the performance or breach of any covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than defaults pursuant to paragraphs (a) or
(b) above or pursuant to a covenant that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other
than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 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 at least 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that Series 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)          the
Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(i)          commences
a voluntary case,

 

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

 

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

 

(iv)        makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.

 

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

 

(i)          is
for relief against the Company in an involuntary case,

 

(ii)         appoints
a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or

 

(iii)        orders
the liquidation of the Company,

 

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

 

(f)          any
other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.18.

 

The term “Bankruptcy
Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

The Company will, so
long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days of becoming aware of any Default or Event
of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section
6.2.          Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

 

If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred
to in Section 6.1(d) or (e)) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the
Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d)
or (e) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding
Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of
the Trustee or any Holder.

 

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At any time after such
a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money
due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration
and its consequences if all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal
and interest, if any, of Securities of that Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.

 

No such rescission shall
affect any subsequent Default.

 

Section
6.3.          Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Trustee.

 

The Company covenants
that if

 

(a)          default
is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for
a period of 30 days, or

 

(b)          default
is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or

 

(c)          default
is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, if any, when and as due by the terms of a Security,

 

then, the Company will, upon demand
of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities
for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and any overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

If the Company fails
to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute
a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree
and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or deemed
to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated.

 

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If an Event of Default
with respect to any Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement
in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

Section
6.4.          Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

In case of the pendency
of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relating to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor
or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for
the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

 

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

 

(b)          to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same,

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder
to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to
the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.

 

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

 

Section
6.5.          Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

 

All rights of action
and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment
of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

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Section
6.6.          Application of Money Collected.

 

Any money or property
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee
and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities
and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

First:To the payment
of all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.7; and

 

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

 

Third:To the Company.

 

Section
6.7.          Limitation on Suits.

 

No Holder of any Security
of any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

 

(a)          such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
Series;

 

(b)          the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

(c)          such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request;

 

(d)          the
Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding;
and

 

(e)          no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series;

 

it being understood, intended and expressly
covenanted by the Holder of every Security with every other Holder and the Trustee that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all
such Holders of the applicable Series; provided, however, that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether
or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.

 

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Section
6.8.          Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and
Interest.

 

Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment
of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Maturity of such Security, including the Stated Maturity expressed
in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section
6.9.          Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

 

If the Trustee or any
Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject
to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively
to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though
no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

Section
6.10.         Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

 

Except as otherwise provided
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy,
and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy
given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not, to the extent permitted by law, prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.

 

Section
6.11.         Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

 

No delay or omission
of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy
given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

Section
6.12.         Control by Holders.

 

The Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series 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 the Securities of such Series, provided that

 

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(a)          such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

 

(b)          the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction,

 

(c)          subject
to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee
in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee
in personal liability, and

 

(d)          prior
to taking any action as directed under this Section 6.12, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnity satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

Section
6.13.         Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

The Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities
of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment
of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment
default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default.

 

Section
6.14.         Undertaking for Costs.

 

All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Security by his 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, suffered 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,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such
party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted
by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment
of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the Maturity of such Security, including the Stated Maturity expressed
in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).

 

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Article
VII

TRUSTEE

 

Section
7.1.          Duties of Trustee.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(ii)         In
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming
to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel
which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officer’s
Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not
confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(iii)        The
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities
of any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of such Series 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 with respect to the Securities of such Series
in accordance with Section 6.12.

 

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

 

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(e)          The
Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in performing such duty or exercising such right or power.

 

(f)          The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(g)          No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance
of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if adequate indemnity against such risk is not assured
to the Trustee in its satisfaction.

 

(h)          The
Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the protections and immunities as are set forth in
paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of this Section and in Section 9.2, each with respect to the Trustee.

 

Section
7.2.          Rights of Trustee.

 

(a)          The
Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document (whether in its original or facsimile
form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate
any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

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

 

(c)          The
Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
No Depositary shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depositary.

 

(d)          The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within
its rights or powers, provided that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.

 

(e)          The
Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder without willful misconduct or
negligence, and in reliance thereon.

 

(f)          The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders of Securities unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to
it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

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(g)          The
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

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

 

(i)           In
no event shall the Trustee be liable to any person for special, punitive, indirect, consequential or incidental loss or damage
of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such
loss or damage.

 

(j)           The
permissive right of the Trustee to take the actions permitted by this Indenture shall not be construed as an obligation or duty
to do so.

 

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

 

(l)           The
Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

 

(m)         The
Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized
at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Section
7.3.          Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual
or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of
the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the
Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

Section
7.4.          Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

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

 

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Section
7.5.          Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event
of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series notice of a Default or Event of
Default within 60 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or
Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security of
any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in
the interests of Securityholders of that Series.

 

Section
7.6.          Reports by Trustee to Holders.

 

Within 60 days after
May 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register
kept by the Registrar, a brief report dated as of such reporting date, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA
§ 313.

 

A copy of each report
at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each national securities exchange on
which the Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when Securities of any
Series are listed on any national securities exchange or of any delisting thereof.

 

Section
7.7.          Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Company shall pay
to the Trustee from time to time compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree upon
in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.
The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall
include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

The Company shall indemnify
each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any cost, expense or liability,
including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it except as
set forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify
the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve
the Company of its obligations hereunder, unless and to the extent that the Company is materially prejudiced thereby. The Company
shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have one separate counsel and the Company
shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent,
which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders
and agents of the Trustee.

 

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The Company need not
reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee,
shareholder or agent of the Trustee through willful misconduct or negligence.

 

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

 

When the Trustee incurs
expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) occurs, the expenses and
the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

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

 

Section
7.8.          Replacement of Trustee.

 

A resignation or removal
of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance
of appointment as provided in this Section.

 

The Trustee may resign
with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying the Company at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed
resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect
to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one
or more Series if:

 

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

 

(b)          the
Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy
Law;

 

(c)          a
Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d)          the
Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns
or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

If a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities of
the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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A successor Trustee shall
deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring
Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section
7.7, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the
rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this
Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series. Notwithstanding
replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof
shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it for actions taken
or omitted to be taken in accordance with its rights, powers and duties under this Indenture prior to such replacement.

 

Section
7.9.          Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates
with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the
successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee, if such successor corporation is eligible and qualified
under Section 7.10.

 

Section
7.10.         Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

This Indenture shall
always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall
comply with TIA § 310(b).

 

Section
7.11.         Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

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

 

Article
VIII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

 

Section
8.1.          Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

This Indenture shall
upon Company Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee,
at the expense of the Company, shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

 

(a)          either

 

(i)          all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.8) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

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

 

		(1)	have become due and payable, or

 

		(2)	will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or

 

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

 

		(4)	are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3,
as applicable;

 

and the Company, in the case of (1), (2)
or (3) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount of money or
U.S. Government Obligations sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities
which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the
case may be;

 

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

 

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

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have
been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2 and 8.5 shall
survive.

 

Section
8.2.          Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.

 

(a)          Subject
to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1,
all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3
or 8.4 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including
the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments
or analogous payments as contemplated by Section 8.3 or 8.4.

 

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(b)          The
Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government
Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal
received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.

 

(c)          The
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Order any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government
Obligations or money held by it as provided in Section 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent certified public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which
such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not
authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held under this Indenture.

 

Section
8.3.          Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.

 

Unless this Section
8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section 2.2, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of any Series on the 91st day after
the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding
Securities of such Series, shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon receipt of
a Company Order, execute instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:

 

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

 

(b)          the
provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.5; and

 

(c)          the
rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith;

 

provided that, the following conditions
shall have been satisfied:

 

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(d)          the
Company shall have deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee
as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely
to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars
and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than
a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on
such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking
fund payments in respect of all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and such
sinking fund payments are due;

 

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

 

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

 

(g)          the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution
of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income
tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and
discharge had not occurred;

 

(h)          the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company
with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and

 

(i)          the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

 

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Section
8.4.          Covenant Defeasance.

 

Unless this Section
8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company may omit
to comply with respect to the Securities of any Series with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2,
4.3, 4.4, 4.5, and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants specified in a supplemental indenture for
such Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 (and
the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to such Series under
Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board
Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.18 and designated as an Event of Default
shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that the
following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(a)          With
reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section
8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated
in Dollars, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in
a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of
interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no
tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in
cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or investment bank
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and
interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments
of interest or principal and such sinking fund payments are due;

 

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

 

(c)          No
Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
such deposit;

 

(d)          The
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such Series will
not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and covenant defeasance and will
be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred;

 

(e)          The
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with
the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and

 

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

 

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Section
8.5.         Repayment to Company.

 

Subject to applicable
abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment
of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to
the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

 

Section
8.6.         Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or the
Paying Agent is unable to apply any money deposited with respect to Securities of any Series in accordance with Section 8.1
by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of
such Series and under the Securities of such Series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant
to Section 8.1 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with
Section 8.1; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on or
any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the
Trustee or Paying Agent after payment in full to the Holders.

 

Article
IX

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

Section
9.1.         Without Consent of Holders.

 

The Company and the Trustee
may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:

 

(a)         to
add guarantees with respect to any Series of Securities or secure any Series of Securities;

 

(b)         to
surrender any of the Company’s rights or powers under this Indenture;

 

(c)         to
add covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Securityholders of any Series of Securities;

 

(d)         to
comply with the applicable procedures of the Depositary;

 

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

 

(f)          to
comply with Article V;

 

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

 

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

 

(i)          to
provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;

 

(j)          to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more Series 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; or

 

(k)         to
comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.

 

Section
9.2.         With Consent of Holders.

 

The Company and the Trustee
may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), 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 Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series by written notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any
provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.

 

It shall not be necessary
for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture
or waiver under this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby, a notice
briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect
therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

Section
9.3.         Limitations.

 

Without the consent of
each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

 

(a)          reduce
the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(b)          reduce
the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security;

 

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(c)          reduce
the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment
of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;

 

(d)          reduce
the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;

 

(e)          waive
a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration
of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such
Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(f)          make
the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;

 

(g)          make
any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13 or 9.3 (this sentence); or

 

(h)          waive
a redemption payment with respect to any Security, provided that such redemption is made at the Company’s option.

 

Section
9.4.          Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

 

Every amendment to this
Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the
TIA as then in effect.

 

Section
9.5.         Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

Until an amendment is
set forth in a supplemental indenture or a waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing
consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting
Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder
may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the written notice of revocation before
the date of the supplemental indenture or the date the waiver becomes effective.

 

Any amendment or waiver
once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described
in any of clauses (a) through (h) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security
who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the
consenting Holder’s Security.

 

The Company may, but
shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take
any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then
notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated
proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or take any
such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective
for more than 120 days after such record date.

 

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Section
9.6.          Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

 

The Company or the Trustee
may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company
in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series
that reflect the amendment or waiver.

 

Section
9.7.          Trustee Protected.

 

In executing, or accepting
the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts
created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in conclusively
relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both complying with Section 10.4 and stating that
the supplemental indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, subject to customary exceptions. The Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures upon delivery of such an Officer’s
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel or both, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental indenture that adversely affects
its rights.

 

Article
X

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section
10.1.        Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If any provision of this
Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by
the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.

 

Section
10.2.        Notices.

 

Any notice or communication
by the Company or the Trustee to the other, or by a Holder to the Company or the Trustee, is duly given if in writing and delivered
in person or mailed by first-class mail:

 

if to the Company:

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial
Services Inc.

4400 Biscayne Blvd., 12th
Floor,

Miami, Florida 33137

 

with a copy to:

 

if to the Trustee:

 

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

 

Any notice or communication
to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to
mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect
to other Securityholders of that or any other Series.

 

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

 

If the Company mails
a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or any Security, where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event (including any
notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Security (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given
to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary.

 

Section
10.3.        Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

 

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

 

Section
10.4.        Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

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

 

(a)          an
Officer’s 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

 

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

 

Section
10.5.        Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or opinion
with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant
to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:

 

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(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 has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him 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
10.6.        Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make
reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set
reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section
10.7.        Legal Holidays.

 

Unless otherwise provided
by Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, a “Legal Holiday”
is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that
place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

Section
10.8.        No Recourse Against Others.

 

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

 

Section
10.9.        Counterparts.

 

This Indenture may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall
be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies
of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of
this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties
hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

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Section
10.10.      Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver.

 

THIS INDENTURE AND
THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES, SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof other than Section 5-1401 of the
General Obligations Law).

 

EACH
OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT
TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.

 

Section
10.11.         No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

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

 

Section
10.12.         Successors.

 

All agreements of the
Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind
its successor.

 

Section
10.13.         Severability.

 

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

 

Section
10.14.         Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

The Table of Contents,
Cross Reference Table, 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
10.15.         Securities in a Foreign Currency.

 

Unless otherwise specified
in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2
of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be
taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all Series affected
by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated
more than one currency, then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the
purpose of taking such action shall be determined by converting any such other currency into a currency that is designated upon
issuance of any particular Series of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto
or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series
of Securities, such conversion shall be at the spot rate for the purchase of the designated currency as published in The Financial
Times in the “Currency Rates” section (of, if The Financial Times is no longer published, or if such information
is no longer available in The Financial Times, such source as may be selected in good faith by the Company) on any date of determination.
The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a Series
denominated in currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture.

 

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All decisions and determinations
provided for in the preceding paragraph shall, in the absence of manifest error, to the extent permitted by law, be conclusive
for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Trustee and all Holders.

 

Section
10.16.         Judgment Currency.

 

The Company agrees, to
the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any
Series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment
Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee
could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable
judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day, then the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment
Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations
under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery
pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency,
except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required
Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of
action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short
of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained
for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any
day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required
by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

Section
10.17.         Force Majeure.

 

In no event shall the
Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused
by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts
of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, it being understood that the Trustee shall
use reasonable best efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon
as practicable under the circumstances.

 

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Section 10.18.         U.S.A Patriot Act.

 

The parties hereto acknowledge
that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help
fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each
person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree
that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements
of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

 

Article
XI

SINKING FUNDS

 

Section
11.1.          Applicability of Article.

 

The provisions of this
Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series if so provided by the terms of
such Securities pursuant to Section 2.2 and except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series
issued pursuant to this Indenture.

 

The minimum amount of
any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a “mandatory
sinking fund payment” and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred
to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash
amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall
be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.

 

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Section
11.2.          Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

 

The Company may, in satisfaction
of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of
such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than
any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as credit Securities of such Series
to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been repurchased by the Company or redeemed either at the election
of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities,
provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together
with an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins
the process of selecting Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified
in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2,
the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than
$100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such
action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking
fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a
Company Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery
by the Company to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to
the cash payment required to be released to the Company.

 

Section
11.3.          Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

 

Not less than 45 days
(unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate in respect of
a particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company will deliver
to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that
Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2,
and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the Company shall
thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution,
Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking
fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified
in Section 3.2 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in
the manner provided in Section 4.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made
upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

	 	LADENBURG THALMANN FINANCIAL

                    SERVICES INC.

	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 
	 	[___________________________], as Trustee
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:

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