EXHIBIT 4.A

Colorado Interstate Gas Company

and

Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 27, 1997

Senior Debt Securities

TABLE OF CONTENTS		Page
Recitals of the Company		1
ARTICLE 1 Definitions And Incorporation By Reference
Section 1.01	Definitions.	1
Section 1.02	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.	7
Section 1.03	Rules of Construction.	7
ARTICLE 2 The Securities
Section 2.01	Form of Securities.	8
Section 2.02	Title and Terms.	8
Section 2.03	Execution and Authentication.	11
Section 2.04	Registrar and Paying Agent.	13
Section 2.05	Paying Agent to Hold Money In Trust.	13
Section 2.06	Securityholder Lists.	13
Section 2.07	Transfer and Exchange.	14
Section 2.08	Replacement Securities.	15
Section 2.09	Outstanding Securities.	16
Section 2.10	Treasury Securities.	16
Section 2.11	Temporary Securities.	16
Section 2.12	Cancellation.	17
Section 2.13	Defaulted Interest.	17
Section 2.14	Persons Deemed Owners.	17
ARTICLE 3A Redemption
Section 3A.01.	Right of Redemption.	17
Section 3A.02.	Applicability of Article.	18
Section 3A.03.	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.	18
Section 3A.04.	Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.	18
Section 3A.05.	Notice of Redemption.	18
Section 3A.06.	Deposit of Redemption Price.	19
Section 3A.07.	Securities Payable on Redemption Date.	19
Section 3A.08.	Securities Redeemed in Part.	20

ARTICLE 3B Sinking Fund
Section 3B.01	Sinking Fund Payments.	20
Section 3B.01	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.	20
Section 3B.01	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.	20
ARTICLE 4 Covenants
Section 4.01	Payment of Securities.	21

Section 4.02	Maintenance of Office or Agency.	21
Section 4.03	Corporate Existence.	22
Section 4.04	Liquidation.	22
Section 4.05	Compliance Certificate.	23
Section 4.06	SEC Reports.	23
Section 4.07	Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.	23
Section 4.08	Restrictions on Liens.	24
Section 4.09	Restrictions on Sales and Leasebacks.	25
ARTICLE 5 Successor Corporation
Section 5.01	When Company May Merge, etc.	25
Section 5.02	Successor Corporation Substituted.	26
ARTICLE 6 Default And Remedies
Section 6.01	Events of Default.	26
Section 6.02	Acceleration.	27
Section 6.03	Other Remedies.	28
Section 6.04	Waiver of Past Defaults.	28
Section 6.05	Control by Majority.	29
Section 6.06	Limitation on Suits.	29
Section 6.07	Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.	29
Section 6.08	Collection Suit by Trustee.	29
Section 6.09	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.	30
Section 6.10	Priorities.	30
Section 6.11	Undertaking for Costs.	31

ARTICLE 7 Trustee
Section 7.01	Duties of Trustee.	31
Section 7.02	Rights of Trustee.	32
Section 7.03	Individual Rights of Trustee.	33
Section 7.04	Trustee’s Disclaimer.	33
Section 7.05	Notice of Defaults.	33
Section 7.06	Reports by Trustee to Holders.	33
Section 7.07	Compensation and Indemnity.	34
Section 7.08	Replacement of Trustee.	34
Section 7.09	Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.	35
Section 7.10	Eligibility; Disqualification.	35
Section 7.11	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.	35
ARTICLE 8 Discharge Of Indenture
Section 8.01	Termination of Company’s Obligations.	36
Section 8.02	Application of Trust Money.	37
Section 8.03	Repayment to Company.	37
Section 8.04	Reinstatement.	37
Section 8.05	Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations.	38

ARTICLE 9 Amendments, Supplements And Waivers
Section 9.01	Without Consent of Holders.	38
Section 9.02	With Consent of Holders.	39
Section 9.03	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.	40
Section 9.04	Revocation and Effect of Consents.	40
Section 9.05	Notation On or Exchange of Securities.	40
Section 9.06	Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.	40
ARTICLE 10 Miscellaneous
Section 10.01	Trust Indenture Act Controls.	41
Section 10.02	Notices.	41
Section 10.03	Communications by Holders With Other Holders.	42
Section 10.04	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.	42
Section 10.05	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.	42
Section 10.06	Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar.	42
Section 10.07	Legal Holidays.	43
Section 10.08	Governing Law.	43
Section 10.09	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.	43
Section 10.10	No Recourse Against Others.	43
Section 10.11	Successors.	43
Section 10.12	Duplicate Originals.	43
Section 10.13	Separability.	43
Section 10.14	Action of Holders when Securities are Denominated in Different Currencies.	43
Section 10.15	Monies of Different Currencies to be Segregated.	44
Section 10.16	Payment to be in Proper Currency.	44

Signatures 45

Exhibit A – Form of Security A-1

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NOTE: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture.

INDENTURE, dated as of June 27, 1997 between Colorado Interstate Gas Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

Recitals of the Company

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness (collectively, the “Securities”), to be issued from time to time in one or more series (a “Series”) as provided in this Indenture and as shall be provided, in respect of any Series, in or pursuant to the Authorizing Resolution hereinafter referred to and/or in the indenture supplemental hereto (if any) relating to such Series.

ARTICLE 1

Definitions And Incorporation By Reference

Section 1.01Definitions.

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

“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.

“Attributable Debt” means, with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction as of any particular time, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the terms of the lease) of the obligations of the lessee under such lease for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the Company, be extended).

“Authorizing Resolution” means a Board Resolution providing for the issuance of a Series of Securities.

“Bankruptcy Law” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

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

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee (except as provided in Section 2.03).

“Business Day” means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.

“Capital Stock” means, with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock of such person other than Mandatory Redemption Preferred Stock.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means Indebtedness represented by obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with such principles.

“Company” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

“Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers of the Company or by an Officer and the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee in respect of the Series to which the Company Request or Company Order shall relate.

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total assets appearing on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries less, without duplication: (i) current liabilities; (ii) reserves for estimated rate refunds pending the outcome of a rate proceeding to the extent such refunds have not been finally determined; (iii) all intangible assets; and (iv) deferred income tax assets.

“Consolidated Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary which for financial reporting purposes is accounted for by the Company as a consolidated subsidiary.

“Corporate Trust Office” or other similar term means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603; the Trustee will notify the Company of any change thereof.

“Custodian” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

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

“Depository” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depository by the Company pursuant to Section 2.02, initially The Depository Trust Company, until a successor Depository shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depository” shall mean or include each person who is then a Depository hereunder, and, if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depository” as used with respect to the Securities of any such Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Global Securities of such Series.

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

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“Extendible Securities” means Securities of any Series issued hereunder the final maturity of which is extendible for a stated period of time, as shall be provided in, or pursuant to, the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to such Series.

“Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, all Indebtedness directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all Indebtedness under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more, even though such Indebtedness may also conform to the definition of Short-Term Borrowing.

“Global Security” means a Security evidencing all or a part of a Series of Securities issued to and registered in the name of the Depository for such Series, or its nominee, in accordance with Section 2.02, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.03.

“Holder” or “Securityholder” means, with respect to any Security, the person in whose name such Security is registered on the Security Register.

“Indebtedness” means (i) any liability of any person (a) for borrowed money, (b) evidenced by a note, debenture or similar instrument (including a purchase money obligation) given in connection with the acquisition of any property or assets (other than inventory or similar property acquired in the ordinary course of business), including securities, or (c) for the payment of money relating to a Capitalized Lease Obligation; (ii) any guarantee by any person of any liability of others described in the preceding clause (i); and (iii) any amendment, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above.

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

“Interest Payment Date” means, for any Series of Securities issued and outstanding hereunder, the date or dates in each year on which any interest on such Series is paid or made available for payment.

“Legal Holiday” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.07.

“Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, or other security interest or encumbrance of any kind.

“Mandatory Redemption Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any person, any and all shares of preferred stock of such person now outstanding or hereafter issued, subject to mandatory redemption provisions.

“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.

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“Maturity Date” means the date specified in each Security on which the principal thereof is due and payable in full.

“Officer” means the Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer or Principal Accounting Officer of the Company.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. See Sections 10.04 and 10.05.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company. See Sections 10.04 and 10.05.

“Original Issue Date” means the date on which a Security is issued to the original purchaser thereof, as specified in such Security.

“Original Issue Discount Securities” means Securities which provide for an amount less than 100% of the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.

“Paying Agent” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.04, except that for the purposes of Article 8 and Section 4.04 the Paying Agent shall not be the Company or any Subsidiary.

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

“principal” of a debt security means the principal of the security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on. the security.

“Principal Domestic Property of the Company” shall mean any property, plant, equipment or facility of the Company which is located in the United States or any territory or political subdivision thereof, except any property which the Board of Directors or management of the Company shall determine to be not material to the business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

“Redeemable Securities” means Securities of any Series which may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, prior to the Stated Maturity thereof, on the terms specified in or pursuant to the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture relating to such Series and in accordance with Article 3A herein.

“Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security of any Series to be redeemed means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to the provisions of such Security, this Indenture and the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to such Security.

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“Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security of any Series to be redeemed means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the provisions of such Security, this Indenture and the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture relating to such Security.

“Registrar” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.04.

“Regular Record Date” means, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date in respect of any Series of Securities, except as provided in, or pursuant to, the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto, the day (whether or not a Business Day) that is fifteen days preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.

“Required Currency” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.16.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.09.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities” means the Securities, as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, of the Company of any Series that are issued under this Indenture.

“Security Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.04.

“Series” means, with respect to Securities issued hereunder, the Securities issued pursuant to any particular Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any), subject to the right of the Board of Directors to specify in such Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) that such Securities shall constitute more than one Series.

“Short-Term Borrowing” means all Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money maturing on demand or within one year from the date of the creation thereof and not directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof; provided,that Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money arising under a revolving credit or similar agreement which obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more shall constitute Funded Debt and not Short-Term Borrowing even though the same matures on demand or within one year from the date as of which such Short-Term Borrowing is to be determined.

“Significant Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary, including its Subsidiaries, which meets any of the following conditions:

(a) the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ investments in and advances to the Subsidiary exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of any two of the three most recently completed fiscal years; or

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(b) the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of the total assets of the Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of any two of the three most recently completed fiscal years; or

(c) the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles of the Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent of such income of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of any two of the three most recently completed fiscal years.

“Sinking Fund” means, with respect to any Sinking Fund Securities, a sinking fund provided for in Article 3B.

“Sinking Fund Securities” means Securities of any Series which are required to be redeemed from time to time prior to the Stated Maturity thereof in whole or in part under a Sinking Fund, on the terms specified in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to such Series and in accordance with Article 3B herein.

“Special Record Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.13.

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

“Subsidiary” means (i) a corporation a majority of whose Capital Stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company, by the Company and a Subsidiary (or Subsidiaries) of the Company or by a Subsidiary (or Subsidiaries) of the Company or (ii) any other person (other than a corporation) in which the Company, a Subsidiary (or Subsidiaries) of the Company or the Company and a Subsidiary (or Subsidiaries) of the Company, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof has at least majority ownership interest; provided, that no corporation shall be deemed a Subsidiary until the Company, a Subsidiary (or Subsidiaries) of the Company or the Company and a Subsidiary (or Subsidiaries) of the Company acquires more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock thereof and has elected a majority of its board of directors.

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture except as provided in Section 9.03.

“Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means and includes the person or 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.

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

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“U.S. Government Obligations” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.01.

“Yield to Maturity” means, with respect to any Series of Securities, the yield to maturity thereof, calculated at the time of issuance thereof, or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest thereon, and calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.

Section 1.02Incorporation 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; and

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Securities.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.

Section 1.03Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(2)an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States, and any other reference in this Indenture to “generally accepted accounting principles” refers to generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States;

(3)“or” is not exclusive;

(4)words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular,

(5)provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

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(6)“herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

(7)“include,” “included,” and “including” as used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

ARTICLE 2

The Securities

Section 2.01Form of Securities.

The Securities of each Series and the certificate of authentication thereon shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit A or in such other forms as shall be specified in, or pursuant to, the Authorizing Resolution and/or in the indenture supplemental hereto (if any) relating to such Series, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or the said Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any).

The definitive Securities of each Series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or, if they shall not be listed on any securities exchange, in any other manner consistent herewith, all as shall be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company shall approve the form of the Securities and any notation, legend or endorsement on them.

The terms and provisions contained in the Securities, annexed hereto as Exhibit A or such other forms as specified in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture.

Section 2.02Title and Terms.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. The terms of each Series shall be as provided in an Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) or shall be determined in the manner specified therein. The terms to be specified in respect of each Series in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any), or by such person and/or procedures as shall be provided therein, shall include the following:

(1)the title of the Securities of such Series, which shall distinguish such Series from all other Series;

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(2)any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities of such Series authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.11, 3A.08 or 9.05);

(3)the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of such Series is payable, and, if the Series shall be Extendible Securities, the terms on which the Company or any other person shall have the option to extend the Maturity of such Securities and the rights, if any, of the Holders to require payment of the Securities;

(4)the rate or rates at which the Securities of such Series shall bear interest, if any (whether floating or fixed), the provisions, if any, for determining such interest rate or rates and adjustments thereto, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the provisions, if any, for determining such date or dates, the Interest Payment Dates therefor and the Regular Record Dates (if different from those provided in the form of Security herein set forth) for the determination of Holders of the Securities of such Series to whom interest is payable and the basis upon which interest, if any, shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

(5)the place or places where the principal of and interest on Securities of such Series shall be payable (if other than as provided in Section 4.02), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served;

(6)the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of such Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, pursuant to a Sinking Fund or otherwise;

(7)the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of such Series, in whole or in part, pursuant to a Sinking Fund or otherwise or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such redemption, purchase or repayment shall be made;

(8)any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default provided for herein with respect to the Securities of such Series, and any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the covenants or obligations provided for herein of the Company to the Holders of the Securities of such Series;

(9)if less than 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of such Series is payable on acceleration under Section 6.02 or in bankruptcy under Section 6.09 at any time, a schedule of or the manner of computing the amounts which are so payable from time to time;

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(10)the form of the Securities of such Series (which may be, but which need not be, consistent with the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto), including whether the Securities of such Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depository with respect to such Global Security or Securities and the circumstances under which any Global Security may be registered for transfer or exchange, or authenticated and delivered, in the name of a Person other than such Depository or its nominee, if other than as set forth in Section 2.07;

(11)if other than United States dollars, the currency(ies) in which payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of such Series shall be payable;

(12)if the principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of such Series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;

(13)if the amount of payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of such Series may be determined with reference to an index based on a currency or currencies other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(14)whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay any additional amounts on the Securities of such Series in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem the Securities of such Series in lieu of making such payment;

(15)any provision relating to the issuing of the Securities of such Series as Original Issue Discount Securities (including, without limitation, the issue price thereof, the rate or rates at which such original issue discount shall accrue, if any, and the date or dates from or to which, or period or periods during which, such original issue discount shall accrue at such rate or rates;

(16)if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of such Series shall be issued; and

(17)any other terms of the Securities of such Series; provided, that such other terms shall not be inconsistent with any express terms of this Indenture or in conflict with any express terms of any other Series of Securities which shall be issued and outstanding.

All Securities of any one Series shall be substantially identical in form except as to denomination and except as may be otherwise provided in and pursuant to the Authorizing Resolutions and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto. All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to such Authorizing Resolutions and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto.

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Any such Authorizing Resolution with respect to the Securities of any Series filed with the Trustee on or before the initial issuance of the Securities of such Series shall be incorporated herein by reference with respect to Securities of such Series and shall thereafter be deemed to be a part of this Indenture for all purposes relating to the Securities of such Series as if such Authorizing Resolution were set forth herein in full.

Section 2.03Execution and Authentication.

Two Officers or an Officer and the Secretary of the Company shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. The Company’s seal shall be reproduced on the Securities and may be in facsimile form.

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

A Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any Series executed by the Company to the Trustee, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. The Company Order may provide that the Securities which are the subject thereof shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the telephonic, written or other order of persons designated in the Company Order, and that such persons are authorized to specify the terms and conditions of such Securities, to the extent permitted by the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto. The Trustee shall execute and deliver the supplemental indenture (if any) relating to said Securities and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver said Securities as specified in such Company Order, provided that, prior to authentication and delivery of the first Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received:

(1)a copy of the Authorizing Resolution, with a copy of the form of Security approved thereby attached thereto, or a supplemental indenture in respect of the issuance of the Series, executed on behalf of the Company;

(2)an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that the Securities of such Series comply or will comply with the requirements of this Indenture and the said Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any);

(3)an Opinion of Counsel (a) to the effect that (i) the Securities of such Series, the Authorizing Resolution and/or the supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto comply or will comply with the requirements of this Indenture, and (ii) the Securities of such Series, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with the said Company Order, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to (A) bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally as in effect from time to time, (B) limitations of generally applicable equitable principles and (C) other exceptions acceptable to the Trustee and its counsel; and (b) relating to such other matters as may reasonably be requested by the Trustee or its counsel; and

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(4)if the Securities to be issued are Original Issue Discount Securities, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the Yield to Maturity for the Securities or other information sufficient to compute amounts due on acceleration, or specifying the manner in which such amounts are to be determined, provided that such Yield to Maturity and other facts are not specified in the form of the Securities.

Subject to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon the documents delivered to it as provided above in connection with the issuance of any Series of Securities.

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under this Section 2.03 if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by a committee of its Trust Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to liability to Holders of previously issued and outstanding Securities.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise specified in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture relating thereto.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably 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

The Securities of each Series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, or in such other currencies or denominations as may be specified in, or pursuant to, the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to the Series.

If Securities of any Series are to be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall deliver such Global Security or Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Global Security or Securities, and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.03 and such Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Global Security or Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities of such Series to be issued in the form of such Global Security or Securities and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depository, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository’s instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Unless and until this Security is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or its nominee to a successor Depository or its nominee.”

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Each Depository designated must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depository, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable statute or regulation.

Section 2.04Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Company shall cause to be kept a register (the “Security Register”) at an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Company may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent and the Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Security Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof. If the Registrar shall not be the Trustee in respect of any Series, the Company shall promptly notify the Registrar as to the amounts and terms of each Security of such Series which shall be authenticated and delivered hereunder, and as to the names in which such Securities shall be registered. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07.

The Company initially appoints Bank of Montreal Trust Company as Registrar and Paying Agent.

Section 2.05Paying Agent to Hold Money In Trust.

Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities (whether such money has been paid to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities), and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities) in making any such payment. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money.

Section 2.06Securityholder Lists.

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list furnished to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee 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 Holders of Securities of any Series and the Company shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the TIA.

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The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the Registrar, the Company or such other Paying Agent, as the case may be, as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of any Series and the principal amounts and serial numbers of such Securities.

Section 2.07Transfer and Exchange.

When Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series and Stated Maturity of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made to any Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee 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 taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 3A.08 or 9.05 in which case such transfer taxes or similar governmental charges shall be paid by the Company).

The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security of any Series during a period beginning at the opening of the day which is 15 Business Days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of such Series selected for redemption under Section 3A.04 or 3B.01 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.07, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities, a Global Security representing all or part of the Securities of a Series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository for such Series to a nominee of such Depository or by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by such Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository for such Series or a nominee of such successor Depository.

If at any time the Depository for any Securities of a Series represented by one or more Global Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Series or if at any time the Depository for such Series shall no longer be eligible under Section 2.03, the Company shall appoint a successor Depository with respect to such Series. If a successor Depository for such Series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company’s election that the Securities be represented by one or more Global Securities pursuant to Section 2.02 shall no longer be effective and the Company shall deliver Securities of such Series executed by the Company to the Trustee, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.03 and such Company Order, authenticate and deliver Securities of such Series, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such Series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

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The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any Series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company shall deliver Securities of such Series executed by the Company to the Trustee, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.03 and such Company Order, authenticate and deliver Securities of such Series, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such Series, in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

If specified by the Company in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to the Securities of a Series represented by a Global Security, the Depository for such Series may surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of the same Series on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and the Depository. Thereupon, the Company shall deliver Securities of such Series executed by the Company to the Trustee, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.03 and such Company Order, authenticate and deliver, without charge,

(1)to the person specified by such Depository, a new Security or Securities of the same Series, in any authorized denominations as requested by such person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and

(2)to such Depository a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause (1) above.

Upon the exchange of a Global Security for the Securities of a Series represented thereby, in authorized denominations, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee or an Agent of the Company or the Trustee. Securities of a Series issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or an Agent of the Company or the Trustee. The Trustee or such Agent shall deliver at its office such Securities to or as directed by the persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

Section 2.08Replacement Securities.

If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of like tenor, Series and principal amount, bearing a number not assigned to any Security of the same Series then outstanding, if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for its expenses in replacing a Security.

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Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company.

Section 2.09Outstanding Securities.

Securities, or Securities of any particular Series, outstanding at any time are all such Securities that have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds the Security.

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) holds on the Maturity Date or Redemption Date money sufficient to pay Securities payable on such date, then on and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made.

Section 2.10Treasury Securities.

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of any Series have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent (a) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security, if any, of such Series that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount that would be due and payable as of the date of determination upon a declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 and (b) Securities of such Series owned by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities of such Series which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Upon the request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate identifying all Securities of such Series, if any, known by the Company to be owned by it or any of its Affiliates.

Section 2.11Temporary Securities.

Until definitive Securities of any Series are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and execute and, upon compliance with the requirements of Section 2.03, the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities of such Series. Temporary Securities of any Series shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities of such Series but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. In the case of Securities of any Series, such temporary Securities may be in global form. Except in the case of temporary Global Securities (which shall be exchanged as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise provided in or pursuant to an Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture, (if any), without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities for such Series in exchange for temporary Securities of such Series in an exchange pursuant to Section 2.07.

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Section 2.12Cancellation.

The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation or for credit against any Sinking Fund Payment in respect of such Series pursuant to Section 3B.02. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.13Defaulted Interest.

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities of any Series, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Holders of such Securities on a subsequent special record date (“Special Record Date”) and such term, as used in this Section 2.13 with respect to the payment of any defaulted interest, shall mean the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before the Special Record Date, the Company shall mail to each holder of such Securities a notice that states the Special Record Date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

Section 2.14Persons Deemed Owners.

The Company, the Trustee and any Agent may treat the person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to Section 2.13) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security shall have matured, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

ARTICLE 3A

Redemption

Section 3A.01Right of Redemption.

Redeemable Securities may be redeemed otherwise than through the operation of the Sinking Fund provided for in Article 3B at the election of the Company at the times, on the conditions and at the Redemption Prices specified therein, in (or pursuant to) the Authorizing Resolution relating thereto or in the supplemental indenture (if any) executed in connection with the issuance of such Securities to the extent provided therein, any Redemption Price to be accompanied by accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

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Section 3A.02Applicability of Article.

Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision referred to in Section 3A.01, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article.

Section 3A.03 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities of any Series shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or set forth in an Officers’ Certificate which states that such election has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Securities of such Series the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of the Series or the several Series, as the case may be, to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

Section 3A.04Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities of any Series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities of such Series to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the outstanding Securities of such Series not previously called for redemption, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Securities are listed or, if the Securities are not listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis or by lot, as the Trustee deems appropriate in its sole discretion. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination of the Series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than such minimum denomination. If the Company shall so specify, Securities held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be included in the Securities selected for redemption.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.

Section 3A.05Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

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All notices of redemption shall state:

(1)the Redemption Date;

(2)the Redemption Price;

(3)if less than all outstanding Securities of the Series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;

(4)that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security, and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;

(5)that the redemption is for a Sinking Fund, if such is the case; and

(6)the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Company.

Section 3A.06Deposit of Redemption Price.

On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.05) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) any accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

Section 3A.07Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price thereof and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant Regular or Special Record Date according to their terms and the provisions of such Security and Section 2.13.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, at a rate equal to the Yield to Maturity thereof.

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Section 3A.08 Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.02 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same Series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

ARTICLE 3B

Sinking Fund

Section 3B.01Sinking Fund Payments.

As and for a Sinking Fund for the retirement of Sinking Fund Securities, the Company will, until all such Securities are paid or payment thereof is duly provided for, deposit in accordance with Section 3A.06, at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be specified in the provisions of such Securities and the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto, such amounts in cash or such other Required Currency as shall be required or permitted under such provisions in order to redeem Securities on the specified Redemption Dates at a Redemption Price equal to their principal amounts, less in each such case the amount of any credit against such payment received by the Company under Section 3B.02. Each such Sinking Fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities on the specified Redemption Date as herein provided.

Section 3B.02  Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Company (1) may deliver Securities of the same Series (other than any Securities of such Series previously called for redemption pursuant to the Sinking Fund or theretofore applied as a credit against a Sinking Fund payment) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of the same Series redeemed at the election of the Company pursuant to Section 3A.01 or through the operation of the Sinking Fund in any period in excess of the minimum amount required for such period under Section 3B.01 and not theretofore applied as a credit against a Sinking Fund payment, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any Sinking Fund payment required to be made pursuant to Section 3B.01. Each such Security so delivered or applied shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at a Redemption Price equal to its principal amount or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, its then accreted value, and the required amount of such Sinking Fund payment in respect of such Series shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 3B.03  Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

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If in any year the Company shall elect to redeem in excess of the minimum principal amount of Securities of any Series required to be redeemed pursuant to Section 3B.01 or to satisfy all or any part of any Sinking Fund payment by delivering or crediting Securities of the same Series pursuant to Section 3B.02, then at least 45 days prior to the date on which the Sinking Fund payment in question shall be due, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the Sinking Fund payment and the portions thereof which are to be satisfied by payment of cash or such other Required Currency, by delivery of Securities of such Series or by crediting Securities of such Series, and, at least 45 days prior to the Sinking Fund payment date (or such shorter period as shall be approved by the Trustee), will also deliver to the Trustee the Securities of such Series to be so delivered. Such Officers’ Certificate shall also state that the Securities forming the basis of any such credit do not include any Securities which have been redeemed through the operation of the Sinking Fund in the minimum amount required under Section 3B.01 or previously credited against any Sinking Fund payment. The Trustee shall, upon the receipt of such Officers’ Certificate (or, if it shall not have received such an Officers’ Certificate at least 45 days prior to the Sinking Fund payment date, then following such 45th day), select the Securities of such Series to be redeemed upon the next Sinking Fund payment date, in the manner specified in Section 3A.04, 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 3A.05. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3A.06, 3A.07 and 3A.08.

ARTICLE 4

Covenants

Section 4.01Payment of Securities.

The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the Securities of each Series on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. An installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) holds on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the respective rates borne by such Securities or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, at rates equal to the respective Yields to Maturity thereof; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the respective rates borne by such Securities to the extent lawful.

Section 4.02Maintenance of Office or Agency.

Except as otherwise provided in the Authorizing Resolutions and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to any Series, the Company will maintain in The City of New York, an office or agency where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect to the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office.

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

The Company hereby initially designates Bank of Montreal Trust Company in The City of New York, as an agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04.

Section 4.03Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article 5 and Section 4.04, 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 the rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises of the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors or management of the Company 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 if the loss thereof is not, and will not be, adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 4.04Liquidation.

The Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Company may not adopt a plan of liquidation which provides for, contemplates or the effectuation of which is preceded by (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company otherwise than substantially as an entirety (Article 5 of this Indenture being the Article which governs any such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition substantially as an entirety) and (ii) the distribution of all or substantially all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition and of the remaining assets of the Company to the holders of Capital Stock of the Company, unless the Company shall in connection with the adoption of such plan make provisions for, or agree that prior to making any liquidating distributions it will make provisions for, the satisfaction of the Company’s obligations hereunder and under the Securities of each Series as to the payment of principal and interest. The Company shall be deemed to make provision for such payments only if (a) the Company delivers in trust to the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) (i) in the case of any Securities of any Series denominated in United States dollars, an amount of cash sufficient to pay principal of and interest on such outstanding securities at their respective Stated Maturities or U.S. Government Obligations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of such Securities and having maturities and interest payment dates that shall coincide, as nearly as may be practicable, with the dates that the principal of and interest on such Securities are due and (ii) in the case of any Securities of any Series denominated in any currency other than United States dollars, an amount of the Required Currency sufficient to pay principal of and interest on such outstanding Securities at their respective Stated Maturities or (b) there is an express assumption of the due and punctual payment of the Company’s obligations hereunder and under the Securities of each Series and the performance and observance of all covenants and conditions to be performed by the Company hereunder, by the execution and delivery of a supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee by a person which acquires or will acquire (otherwise than pursuant to a lease) a portion of the assets of the Company, and which person will have assets (immediately after the acquisition) and aggregate net earnings (for such person’s four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding the acquisition) equal to not less than the assets of the Company (immediately preceding the acquisition) and the aggregate net earnings of the Company (for its four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding such acquisition), respectively, and which is organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia; provided, however, that the Company shall not make any liquidating distribution until after the Company shall have certified to the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel at least five days prior to the making of any liquidating distribution that it has complied with the provisions of this Section 4.04.

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Section 4.05Compliance Certificate.

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company an Officers’ Certificate stating whether or not the signers know of the existence of any Default or Event of Default by the Company and whether all of the conditions and covenants of the Company are being complied with regardless of any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under the Indenture. If they do know of such a Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default, as the case may be, and its status. The first Officers’ Certificate to be delivered pursuant to this Section 4.05 shall be for the fiscal quarter ending immediately after the Original Issue Date.

Section 4.06SEC Reports.

The Company shall file with the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual and quarterly 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA § 314(a).

Section 4.07Waiver of Stay, Extension or 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 or extension law or any usury law or other law, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of and/or interest on the Securities of any Series as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not 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 had been enacted.

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Section 4.08Restrictions on Liens.

The Company will not incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable in respect of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien, or guarantee any Indebtedness with a guarantee which is secured by a Lien, on any Principal Domestic Property of the Company or any shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Significant Subsidiary, without effectively providing that the Securities of each Series (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of the Company then existing or thereafter created ranking equally with the Securities of each Series) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or, at the option of the Company, prior to) such secured Indebtedness, so long as such secured Indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, however, that this Section 4.08 shall not apply to Indebtedness secured by:

(1)Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;

(2)Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress, advance or other payments;

(3)Liens existing on property, shares of stock or Indebtedness at the time of acquisition thereof (including acquisition through lease, merger or consolidation) or Liens to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof or the cost of construction, installation, renovation, improvement or development thereon or thereof or to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 360 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of such construction, installation, renovation, improvement or development or the commencement of full operation of such property or within 360 days after the acquisition of such shares or Indebtedness for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof;

(4)Liens securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount which, at the time of incurrence and together with all outstanding Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by clause (y) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09, does not exceed ten percent of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company;

(5)Liens to secure Indebtedness other than Funded Debt; and

(6)any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) to (5) inclusive; provided, that such extension, renewal or replacement of such Lien is limited to all or any part of the same property, shares of stock or Indebtedness that secured the Lien extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property), and that such secured Indebtedness at such time is not increased.

If at any time the Company shall incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable in respect of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien, or guarantee any Indebtedness with a guarantee which is secured by a Lien, on any Principal Domestic Property of the Company or any shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Significant Subsidiary other than as permitted under clauses (1) through (6) of this Section 4.08, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Trustee (i) an Officers’ Certificate stating that the covenant of the Company to secure the Securities equally and ratably with such secured Indebtedness pursuant to this Section 4.08 has been complied with and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel that such covenant has been complied with and that any instruments executed by the Company in performance of such covenant comply with the requirements of such covenant.

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Section 4.09Restrictions on Sales and Leasebacks.

The Company will not sell or transfer any Principal Domestic Property of the Company, with the Company taking back a lease of such Principal Domestic Property of the Company (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”), unless (i) such Principal Domestic Property of the Company is sold within 360 days from the date of acquisition of such Principal Domestic Property of the Company or the date of the completion of construction or commencement of full operations on such Principal Domestic Property of the Company, whichever is later, or (ii) the Company, within 120 days after such sale, applies or causes to be applied to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than Funded Debt of the Company which by its terms or the terms of the instrument pursuant to which it was issued is subordinate in right of payment to the Securities of each Series) an amount not less than the greater of (A) the net proceeds of the sale of such Principal Domestic Property of the Company or (B) the fair value (as determined in any manner approved by the Board of Directors) of such Principal Domestic Property of the Company.

The provisions of this Section 4.09 shall not prevent a Sale and Leaseback Transaction (x) if the lease entered into by the Company in connection therewith is for a period, including renewals, of not more than 36 months or (y) if the Company would, at the time of entering into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, be entitled, without equally and ratably securing the Securities, to create or assume a Lien on such Principal Domestic Property of the Company securing Indebtedness in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction pursuant to clause (4) of Section 4.08.

ARTICLE 5

Successor Corporation

Section 5.01When Company May Merge, etc.

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other corporation or transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to any person, unless:

(1)either the Company shall be the continuing person, or the person (if, other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety are transferred shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities of each Series and this Indenture;

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(2)immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(3)the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge with or into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries.

Section 5.02Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein.

ARTICLE 6

Default And Remedies

Section 6.01Events of Default.

An “Event of Default” occurs if, with respect to any Series of Securities, unless it is either inapplicable to a particular Series or it is specifically deleted or modified in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) in respect of such Series, and upon any other events which may be specified as Events of Default in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) in respect of such Series:

(1)the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Securities of such Series when the same becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;

(2)the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any Securities of such Series when the same becomes due and payable at its Maturity or otherwise or defaults in the deposit of any Sinking Fund installment in respect of such Series, when and as payable by the terms of Section 3B.01 hereof;

(3)the Company fails to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Securities of such Series or this Indenture (other than an agreement relating exclusively to another Series of Securities) and the default continues for the period and after the notice specified below;

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

(A)commences a voluntary case or proceeding,

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

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

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

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

(A)is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding,

(B)appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of its properties, or

(C)orders the liquidation of the Company, and in each case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.

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, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

A Default under clause (3) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series notify the Company and the Trustee, of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” When a Default is cured, it ceases. Such notice shall be given by the Trustee if so requested by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of such Series then outstanding.

Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default unless written notice thereof shall have been given to a Trust Officer at the corporate trust office of the Trustee by the Company, the Paying Agent, any Holder or an agent of any Holder.

Section 6.02Acceleration.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5)) with respect to Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of such Securities of such Series then outstanding may, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, and the Trustee shall, upon the request of such Holders, declare all unpaid principal (or, if such Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may then be payable on acceleration as provided in the terms thereof) and accrued interest to the date of acceleration on all such Securities of such Series then outstanding (if not then due and payable) to be due and payable and, upon any such declaration, the same shall become and be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5) occurs, all unpaid principal (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may then be payable on acceleration as provided in the terms thereof) and accrued interest on all Securities of every Series then outstanding shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholder. Upon payment of such principal amount and interest, all of the Company’s obligations under such Securities of such Series and this Indenture with respect to such Securities of such Series, other than obligations under Section 7.07, shall terminate. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such Series then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Securities of such Series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid, (iii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (iv) all payments due to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 7.07 have been made. Anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event of any acceleration pursuant to this Section 6.02, the Company shall not be obligated to pay any premium in connection with any repayment arising from an Event of Default.

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Section 6.03Other Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities of the Series as to which the Event of Default shall have occurred or to enforce the performance of any provision of such Securities or the Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities of the Series as to which the Event of Default shall have occurred or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 6.04Waiver of Past Defaults.

Subject to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of a Series by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of principal of or interest on any such Security as specified in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 6.01. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases.

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Section 6.05Control by Majority.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of a Series (or, if more than one Series is affected, of all such Series voting as a single class) may 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 it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with any law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Securityholder, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided that the Trustee may take any other action, deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 6.06Limitation on Suits.

A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of the applicable Series unless:

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

(2)the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of the Series in respect of which the Event of Default has occurred make a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy;

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

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

(5)during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series do not give the Trustee a direction which, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request.

A Holder of Securities of any Series may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities of that Series or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Holders of Securities of that Series.

Section 6.07Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.

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

Section 6.08Collection Suit by Trustee.

If an Event of Default in payment of interest or principal specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of the Series in respect of which the Event of Default has occurred for the whole amount of principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest overdue on principal or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the then accreted value, and to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate per annum borne by such Securities or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, at a rate equal to the Yield to Maturity thereof, and 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.

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Section 6.09Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Securityholder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to 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 7.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any Series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.10Priorities.

If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to Securities of a Series, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order.

First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;

Second: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities of such Series in respect of which monies have been collected for principal and interest, 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.

The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

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Section 6.11Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by any Holder or a group of Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series (or, if the matter in issue does not relate to all Series of Securities, then the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series to which such issue relates) (treated as a single class).

ARTICLE 7

Trustee

Section 7.01Duties of Trustee.

(a)The Trustee, except during the continuance of an Event of Default known to it pursuant to Section 6.01, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. If an Event of Default known to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01 has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

(b)Except during the continuance of an Event of Default known to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01:

(1)the Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;

(2)in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

(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:

(1)this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 7.01;

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

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

(d)No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(e)Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01.

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

Section 7.02Rights of Trustee.

Subject to Section 7.01:

(a)the Trustee may rely on any document 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 Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to Section 10.05; the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion;

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

(d)the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers;

(e)the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel; and

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(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 the Holders, including, without limitation, the duties, rights and powers specified in Section 6.02 hereof, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request or action.

Section 7.03Individual Rights of Trustee.

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

Section 7.04Trustee’s Disclaimer.

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

Section 7.05Notice of Defaults.

If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect of any Series of Securities, and if it is actually known to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of the Securities of such Series notice of the Default or Event of Default within 75 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security or in the payment of any Sinking Fund installment, the Trustee may withhold such notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of Securityholders.

Section 7.06Reports by Trustee to Holders.

The Trustee shall transmit to the Holder such reports concerning, among other things, the Trustee and its action under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the TIA at the time and in compliance with TIA § 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2) and 313(c).

A copy of each such report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Securities of any Series are listed.

The Company shall notify the Trustee if the Securities of any Series become listed on any stock exchange.

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Section 7.07Compensation and Indemnity.

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Trustee. 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 disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

The Company shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any loss or liability incurred by it in connection with the administration of this trust and its duties hereunder, including the reasonable expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability arising hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through negligence or bad faith.

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of each Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Securities.

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

Section 7.08Replacement of Trustee.

The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series (voting as a single class) may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company’s consent. Pursuant to a Company Order, the Company may remove the Trustee if.

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

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

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

(4)the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If 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 Securities of all Series (voting as a single class) may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

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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, after payment of all sums then owing to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07, all property and documentation held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Securityholder.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series (voting as a single class) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. Any successor Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(a)(5).

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

Section 7.09Successor 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 resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

Section 7.10Eligibility; Disqualification.

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b), including the provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA § 310(b).

Section 7.11Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding from the operation of § 311(a) 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.

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ARTICLE 8

Discharge Of Indenture

Section 8.01Termination of Company’s Obligations.

The Company may terminate its obligations under the Securities of any Series and this Indenture with respect to such Series, except those obligations referred to in the immediately succeeding paragraph, (a) if all Securities of such Series previously authenticated and delivered (other than destroyed, lost or stolen Securities of such Series which have been replaced or paid or Securities of such Series for whose payment money or securities have theretofore been held in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, as provided in Section 8.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and the Company has paid all sums payable by it hereunder, or (b) if, following the date on which the Company shall have given notice to the Trustee of its intention to defease all of the Securities of such Series, the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary), under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and any such Paying Agent, as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders for that purpose, (i) in the case of any Securities of any Series denominated in United States dollars, an amount of cash sufficient to pay principal of and interest on such outstanding Securities at their respective Stated Maturities, or direct non-callable obligations of, or non-callable obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligation the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged, including but not limited to depository receipts issued by a bank as custodian with respect to any such security held by the custodian for the benefit of the holder of such depository receipt (“U.S. Government Obligations”), maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as are sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of such interest, to pay principal of and interest on such outstanding Securities at their respective Stated Maturities and (ii) in the case of any Securities of any Series denominated in any currency other than United States dollars, an amount of the Required Currency sufficient to pay principal of and interest on such outstanding Securities at their respective Stated Maturities; provided that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such cash, the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations or the Required Currency, as the case may be, to the payment of said principal and interest with respect to the Securities of such Series; and provided further, that if such irrevocable deposit in trust with the Trustee of cash, U.S. Government Obligations or the Required Currency, as the case may be, is made on or prior to one year from the Stated Maturity for payment of principal of the Securities of the applicable Series, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee either an Opinion of Counsel with no material qualifications in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that Holders of such Securities (i) will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit (and the defeasance contemplated in connection therewith) and (ii) will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred, or an applicable favorable ruling to that effect received from or published by the Internal Revenue Service.

Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.03 and 8.04, and except as otherwise provided in the Authorizing Resolution and/or the supplemental indenture (if any) in respect of any Series, shall survive until the Securities are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.03 and 8.04 shall survive.

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After any such irrevocable deposit the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s obligations under the Securities of the applicable Series and this Indenture with respect to such Series except for those surviving obligations specified above.

Section 8.02Application of Trust Money.

The Trustee or Paying Agent shall hold in trust cash, U.S. Government Obligations or the Required Currency, as the case may be, deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01, and shall apply the deposited cash, the money from U.S. Government Obligations or the Required Currency, as the case may be, in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities.

Section 8.03Repayment to Company.

Subject to Section 8.01, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess money held by them at any time. Subject to the provisions of applicable law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years; provided, however, the Trustee or such Paying Agent before being required to make any payment may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or mail to each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein which shall be at least 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money and Securityholders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

Section 8.04Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash, U.S. Government Obligations or the Required Currency, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 8.01 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 Company’s obligations under this Indenture (with respect to the applicable Series) and the Securities of the applicable Series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such cash, U.S. Government Obligations and Required Currency, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 8.01; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Securities of any Series 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 cash, U.S. Government Obligations or the Required Currency, as the case may be, held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

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Section 8.05Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations.

The Company shall pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee against, any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.01 or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

ARTICLE 9

Amendments, Supplements And Waivers

Section 9.01Without Consent of Holders.

The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of any Series without notice to or consent of any Securityholder.

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

(2)to comply with Article 5;

(3)to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to certificated Securities;

(4)to secure the Securities in connection with Section 4.08;

(5)to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder of such Series;

(6)to provide for the issuance and the terms of any particular Series of Securities, the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holders of the Securities of such Series, the form or forms of the Securities of such Series and such other matters in connection therewith as the Board of Directors of the Company shall authorize, including, without limitation, provisions for (a) additional or different covenants, restrictions or conditions applicable to such Series, (b) additional or different Events of Default in respect of such Series, (c) a longer or shorter period of grace and/or notice in respect of any provision applicable to such Series than is provided in Section 6.01, (d) immediate enforcement of any Event of Default in respect of such Series or (e) limitations upon the remedies available in respect of any Events of Default in respect of such Series or upon the rights of the holders of Securities of such Series to waive any such Event of Default; provided, that this paragraph (6) shall not be deemed to require the execution of a supplemental indenture to provide for the issuance of any Series of Securities unless the same shall be provided for in the Authorizing Resolution relating thereto; or

(7)to provide for a separate Trustee for one or more Series.

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Section 9.02With Consent of Holders.

Subject to Section 6.07, with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series affected thereby (voting as a single class), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or such Securities without notice to any Securityholder. Subject to Section 6.07, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series affected thereby (voting as a single class) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or such Securities without notice to any Securityholder, provided, that, only the holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of a particular Series may waive compliance with a provision of this Indenture or the Securities of such Series having applicability solely to such Series. However, without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:

(1)reduce the amount of Securities of such Series or all Series (voting as a single class), as the case may be, whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver,

(2)reduce the rate or change the Stated Maturity for payment of interest on any Security;

(3)reduce the principal or any premium payable upon the redemption of or change the Stated Maturity of any Security;

(4)waive a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security;

(5)make any changes in Section 6.04, 6.07 or the third sentence of this Section 9.02; or

(6)make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security.

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular Series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other Series.

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

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

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Section 9.03Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

Section 9.04Revocation and Effect of Consents.

Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of such Security or portion of such 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 in writing the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security. Such revocation shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver which shall be at least 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the last two sentences of 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 consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of a Security of such Series, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (6) of Section 9.02. In that case the amendment, supplement 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 of the same Series that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

Section 9.05Notation On or Exchange of Securities.

If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security of the same Series that reflects the changed terms.

Section 9.06Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

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ARTICLE 10

Miscellaneous

Section 10.01Trust Indenture Act Controls.

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

Section 10.02Notices.

Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:

if to the Company:

Colorado Interstate Gas Company

c/o The Coastal Corporation Coastal Tower

Nine Greenway Plaza

Houston, Texas 77046-0995

Attention:   Director, Financial Administration

if to the Trustee:

Harris Trust and Savings Bank

c/o Bank of Montreal Trust Company

77 Water Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention:   Therese Gaballah, Trust Officer

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 mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to him at his address as it appears on the Security Register and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. Except for a notice to the Trustee, which is deemed given only when received, if a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

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Section 10.03Communications by Holders With Other Holders.

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

Section 10.04Certificate 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:

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

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

Section 10.05Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture, other than the Officers’ Certificate required by Section 4.05, shall include:

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

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

(3)a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he 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

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

Section 10.06Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar.

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Securityholders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.

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Section 10.07Legal Holidays.

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

Section 10.08Governing Law.

THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

Section 10.09No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

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

Section 10.10No Recourse Against Others.

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, 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.

Section 10.11Successors.

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 10.12Duplicate Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

Section 10.13Separability.

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, and a Holder shall have no claim therefor against any party hereto.

Section 10.14Action of Holders when Securities are Denominated in Different Currencies.

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Whenever any action is to be taken hereunder by the Holders of two or more Series of Securities denominated in different currencies, then, for the purposes of determining the principal amount of Securities held by such Holders, the aggregate principal amount of the Securities denominated in a currency other than United States dollars shall be deemed to be that amount of United States dollars that could be obtained for such principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of exchange for such currency as determined by the Company or by an authorized exchange rate agent and evidenced to the Trustee by an Officers’ Certificate as of the date the taking of such action by the Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of the Securities is evidenced to the Trustee. An exchange rate agent may be authorized in advance or from time to time by the Company, and may be the Trustee or its Affiliate. Any such determination by the Company or by any such exchange rate agent shall be conclusive and binding on all Holders and the Trustee, and neither the Company nor such exchange rate agent shall be liable therefor in the absence of bad faith.

Section 10.15Monies of Different Currencies to be Segregated.

The Trustee shall segregate monies, funds, and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder in one currency from any monies, funds or accounts in any other currencies, notwithstanding any provision herein which would otherwise permit the Trustee to commingle such amounts.

Section 10.16Payment to be in Proper Currency.

Each reference in any Security, or in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture, if any, relating thereto, to any currency shall be of the essence. In the case of any Security denominated in any currency (the “Required Currency”) other than United States dollars, except as otherwise provided therein or in the related Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture, if any, the obligation of the Company to make any payment of principal of or interest thereon shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender by the Company, or recovery by the Trustee, in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the Trustee timely holding the full amount of the Required Currency. The costs and risks of any such exchange, including without limitations, the risks of delay and exchange rate fluctuation, shall be bore by the Company; the Company shall remain fully liable for any shortfall or delinquency in the full amount of Required Currency then due and payable, and in no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable therefor. The Company hereby waives any defense of payment based upon any such tender or recovery which is not in the Required Currency, or which, when exchanged for the Required Currency by the Trustee, is less than the full amount of Required Currency then due and payable.

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SIGNATURES

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the date first written above.

			COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY
[SEAL]
Attest:	/s/ Austin M.O’Toole	By:	/s/ Donald W. Gullquest
	Austin M. O’Toole Senior Vice President and Secretary		Donald H. Gullquist Senior Vice President
			HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
[SEAL]
Attest:	/s/ Amy Robert	By:	/s/Therese Gabullah

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EXHIBIT A

[Form Of Face Of Security]

[If the Holder of this Security (as indicated below) is The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or a nominee of DTC, this Security is a Global Security and the following two legends apply:

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DEBENTURES REGISTERED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL DEBENTURE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.]

[The following is to be included if the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security:]

[FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1273 AND 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED: (I) THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS SECURITY IS _______________; (II) THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS ____%; (III) THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT PER $ ____ FACE AMOUNT AT WHICH THE SECURITY IS ISSUED IS $______; AND (IV) THE [EXACT] [APPROXIMATE] METHOD HAS BEEN USED TO DETERMINE YIELD FOR THE ACCRUAL PERIOD BEGINNING _________ AND ENDING _________ AND THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT PER $____ FACE AMOUNT ALLOCABLE TO THE ACCRUAL PERIOD BEGINNING _______ AND ENDING ________ IS $_______].

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COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY

[Title Of Security]

Rate of Interest Maturity Date Original Issue Date

No. _____ $________

Colorado Interstate Gas Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum of on the Maturity Date shown above, and to pay interest thereon, at the annual rate of interest shown above, from the Original Issue Date shown above or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on and of each year and at maturity (an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on the first such date after the Original Issue Date, except that if the Original Issue Date is on or after a Regular Record Date but before the next Interest Payment Date, interest payments will commence on the second Interest Payment Date following the Original Issue Date.

[reference to currency[ies] of payment and currency exchange arrangements, if applicable.]

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this [name of Security] is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for any such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for, and any interest payable on such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful), will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid to the person in whose name this [name of Security] is registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Company, notice of which shall be given to Holders of [name of Series] not less than 15 days prior to such special record date. Payment of the principal of and interest on this [name of Security] will be made at the agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in [New York, New York or other place of payment] and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose, in [reference to United States dollars or other currency of payment]; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest, other than interest due on the Maturity Date, may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. [Include the following, if applicable:] Payments on the Maturity Date will be made in immediately available funds against presentment of this [name of Security].

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this [name of Security] set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this [name of Security] shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

In Witness Whereof, Colorado Interstate Gas Company has caused this instrument to be executed in its corporate name by the facsimile signature of its duly authorized officers and has caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

	COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY
Attest:	By:
[Assistant] Secretary	[Title of Officer]

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DATED:

Trustee’s Certificate Of Authentication

This is one of the [name of Series] referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee
By:	/s/
	Authorized Signatory
	Title

[REVERSE SIDE]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company

[Name Of Security]

This [name of Security] is one of a duly authorized issue of [name of Securities] of the Company (which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) designated as its [title of Series] (the “[name of Series]”), issued or to be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June 27, 1997 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture); and under [reference to Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to the Series]. The terms of this [name of Security] include those stated in the Indenture and [reference to Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to the Series] and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all [further] supplemental indentures thereto for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and of the terms upon which the [name of Security] are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

This [name of Series] is a Series of Securities issued or to be issued by the Company under the Indenture, and this Series is limited in aggregate principal amount to $ .  The Indenture provides that the Securities of the Company referred to therein (“Securities”), including the [name of Series], may be issued in one or more Series, which different Series may be issued in such aggregate principal amounts and on such terms (including, but not limited to, terms relating to interest rate or rates, provisions for determining such interest rate or rates and adjustments thereto, maturity, redemption (optional and mandatory), sinking fund, covenants and Events of Default) as may be provided in or pursuant to the Authorizing Resolutions and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to the several Series.

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[The following to be included if the Securities are not redeemable prior to maturity.]

This [name of Security] may not be redeemed prior to its Maturity Date.

[The following paragraph, or other appropriate redemption provisions, to be included if the Securities are Redeemable Securities:]

The [name of Series] are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, [the following clause to be included if there is a Sinking Fund:] [(1) on [annual Sinking Fund Redemption Date] in each year commencing with the year [year of first Sinking Fund payment] through operation of the Sinking Fund at a Redemption Price equal to their principal amount and (2)] [at any time or from time to time] in whole or in part, at the election of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the percentage set forth below of the principal amount to be redeemed for the respective twelve-month periods beginning of the years indicated:

[Schedule of Redemption Prices]

and thereafter at 100% of the principal amount thereof, together in each case with accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

[The following paragraph, or other appropriate Sinking Fund provision, to be included if there is a Sinking Fund for the Series:]

The Sinking Fund provides for the redemption on [first Sinking Fund Redemption Date] and on [annual Sinking Fund Redemption Date] in each year thereafter through [year of final Sinking Fund date] of not less than [minimum required Sinking Fund redemption amount] principal amount nor more than [maximum permitted Sinking Fund redemption amount] principal amount of [name of Series]. [name of Series] purchased, acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than by redemption through the Sinking Fund may be credited against Sinking Fund requirements to the extent not previously so credited.

[The following paragraph to be included if the Securities are Redeemable Securities or Sinking Fund Securities:]

If an event of redemption of this [name of Security] in part only, a new [name of Security] or [name of Series] for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

[The following paragraph to be included if the Securities are not Original Issue Discount Securities:]

If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture and in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to the [name of Series] (if there shall be any additional Events of Default specified in respect of the [name of Series]), shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the [name of Series] may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

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[If the Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, insert schedule as to amounts which are payable on acceleration under Section 6.02 and provable in bankruptcy under Section 6.09 from time to time.]

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the [name of Series] under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities affected thereby, voting as a single class (which may include the [name of Series]), at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this [name of Security] shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this [name of Security] and of any [name of Security] issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this [name of Security].

The Indenture provides that no Holder may pursue any remedy under the Indenture unless the Trustee shall have failed to act after notice of an Event of Default and written request by Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the [name of Securities] of the applicable Series and the offer to the Trustee of indemnity satisfactory to it; however, such provision does not affect the right to sue for enforcement of any overdue payment on any Security.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this [name of Security] or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this [name of Security] at the times, places and rates, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this [name of Security] is registrable in the Security Register upon surrender of this [name of Security] for registration of transfer at the agency of the Company provided for that purpose duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in substantially the form accompanying this [name of Security] duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new [name of Series], of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The [name of Series] are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of [currency and minimum denomination] and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the [name of Series] are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of [name of Series] of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 3A.08 or 9.05 in which case such transfer taxes or similar governmental charges shall be paid by the Company).

Prior to due presentment of this [name of Security] for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the person in whose name this [name of Security] is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this [name of Security] be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

[Reference to Foreign Currencies]

All terms used in this [name of Security] which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

Customary abbreviations may be used in. the name of a [name of Security] holder or any assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

The Company will furnish to any [name of Security] holder of record, upon written request, without charge, a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Colorado Interstate Gas Company, c/o The Coastal Corporation, Coastal Tower, Nine Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046-0995, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

If you the holder want to assign this [name of Security], fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed:

I or we assign and transfer this [name of Security] to:

(Print or type name, address and zip code and

social security or tax ID number of assignees)

and irrevocably appoint, ___________________________________ agent to transfer this [name of Security] on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Dated:	Signed:
	(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this [name of Security])

Signature Guarantee: ____________________________________________

Notice:  Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company.