EX-4.1 4 dex41.txt FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibit 4.1 NVR, INC. AND U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, Trustee 5% Senior Notes due 2010 FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of June 17, 2003 TO INDENTURE Dated as of April 14, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I. CREATION OF THE NOTES Section 1.01 Designation of Series........................................1 Section 1.02 Form of Notes................................................2 Section 1.03 Limit on Amount of Series....................................2 Section 1.04 Certificate of Authentication................................2 ARTICLE II. APPOINTMENT OF THE TRUSTEE FOR THE NOTES Section 2.01 Appointment of Trustee.......................................2 Section 2.02 Rights, Powers, Duties and Obligations of the Trustee........2 ARTICLE III. DEFINITIONS ARTICLE IV. EVENTS OF DEFAULT Section 4.01 Events of Default............................................8 Section 4.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment...........9 ARTICLE V. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY Section 5.01 Restrictions on Secured Debt................................10 Section 5.02 Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions..............10 Section 5.03 Payments for Consent........................................11 ARTICLE VI. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS ARTICLE VII. REDEMPTION Section 7.01 Redemption..................................................12 Section 7.02 Selection and Notice........................................13 ARTICLE VIII. GUARANTEES ARTICLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS Section 9.01 Discharge; Defeasance.......................................13 Section 9.02 Application of Fourth Supplemental Indenture................13 Section 9.03 Benefits of Fourth Supplemental Indenture...................13 Section 9.04 Defined Terms...............................................13 Section 9.05 Effective Date..............................................13 Section 9.06 Governing Law...............................................13 Section 9.07 Counterparts................................................14 Section 9.08 Satisfaction and Discharge..................................14 Section 9.09 Supplemental Indentures.....................................14 FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 17, 2003, between NVR, INC., a Virginia corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal office at 7601 Lewinsville Road, Suite 300, McLean, Virginia, 22102 and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the "Trustee"), having a Corporate Trust Office at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Base Indenture (as defined). RECITALS WHEREAS, the Company and The Bank of New York have as of April 14, 1998 entered into an Indenture (the "Base Indenture") providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its senior debt securities evidencing its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness (the "Securities"); WHEREAS, the Company previously issued Securities under the Base Indenture pursuant to a First Supplemental Indenture, dated April 14, 1998, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York (as amended by a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 27, 2001 and a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2002), $145,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company's 8% Senior Notes due 2005; WHEREAS, the Company desires under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to issue the Notes (as defined in Article III hereof) and has duly authorized the creation of the Notes and the execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to modify and supplement the Base Indenture and provide certain additional provisions as hereinafter described; WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 901(7) of the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee are authorized and permitted to amend and supplement the Base Indenture as set forth herein, without the consent of any Holder, and all requirements set forth in Article Nine of the Base Indenture to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture effective have been satisfied; and WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee deem it advisable to enter into this Fourth Supplemental Indenture for the purposes of establishing the terms of the Notes and for providing for the rights, obligations and duties of the Trustee with respect to the Notes; NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the mutual premises and agreements herein contained, the Company and the Trustee covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows: ARTICLE I. CREATION OF THE NOTES Section 1.01 Designation of Series. Pursuant to the terms hereof and Sections 201 and 301 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby creates a series of its Notes known as the "5% Senior Notes due 2010," which shall be deemed "Securities" for all purposes under the Base Indenture. Section 1.02 Form of Notes. The definitive form of the Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto which is incorporated herein and made part hereof. The Notes shall bear interest, be payable and have such other terms as are stated in the form of definitive Note or in the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Section 1.03 Limit on Amount of Series. The principal amount of Notes issued under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be $200,000,000. Section 1.04 Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee's certificate of authentication to be borne on the Notes shall be substantially as provided in the Base Indenture. ARTICLE II. APPOINTMENT OF THE TRUSTEE FOR THE NOTES Section 2.01 Appointment of Trustee. Pursuant and subject to the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee hereby constitute the Trustee as Trustee to act on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, and as the principal Paying Agent and Security Registrar for the Notes, effective upon execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. By execution, acknowledgment and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee hereby accepts appointment as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar with respect to the Notes, and agrees to perform such trusts upon the terms and conditions in the Base Indenture and in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture set forth. Section 2.02 Rights, Powers, Duties and Obligations of the Trustee. Any rights, powers, duties and obligations by any provisions of the Base Indenture conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall, insofar as permitted by law, be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee with respect to the Notes. ARTICLE III. DEFINITIONS So long as any of the Notes are Outstanding, the following definitions shall be applicable to the Notes, be included as defined terms for all purposes under the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes and, to the extent inconsistent with the definition of such term contained in Section 101 of the Base Indenture, shall replace such definition for purposes of the Notes: "Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to: (i) the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date, plus (ii) 50 basis points. "Attributable Debt" in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP. "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. "Base Indenture" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 2 "Capital Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP. "Capital Stock" means: (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person. "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes. "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date: (1) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities", or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such Business Day, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations. "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the total amount of assets which would be included on a combined balance sheet of the Restricted Subsidiaries (not including the Company) together with the total amount of assets that would be included on the Company's balance sheet, not including the Company's Subsidiaries, under GAAP (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom: (1) all short-term liabilities, except for liabilities payable by their terms more than one year from the date of determination (or renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor for a period ending more than one year after such date) and liabilities in respect of retiree benefits other than pensions for which the Restricted Subsidiaries are required to accrue pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106; (2) investments in Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries; and 3 (3) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount, unamortized expense incurred in the issuance of debt and other intangible assets. "Credit Facility" means the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Company and the banks named therein and BankBoston as agent, dated as of September 30, 1998, and as amended from time to time thereafter, providing for revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith. "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. "Default" means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default. "Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01 hereof. "Financial Services Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary engaged in mortgage banking (including mortgage origination, loan servicing, tax service, mortgage brokerage and title and escrow businesses), master servicing and related activities, including, without limitation, a Subsidiary which facilitates the financing of mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities and the securitization of mortgage-backed bonds and other related activities. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, which are in effect on the Issue Date. "Guarantee" means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness. "Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under: (1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates. "Holder" means the person in whose name a Note is registered on the register for the Notes. "Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent: (1) in respect of borrowed money; 4 (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof); (3) in respect of banker's acceptances; (4) representing Capital Lease Obligations; (5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or (6) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term "Indebtedness" includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be: (1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and (2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness. "Independent Investment Banker" means the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company. "Intercompany Note" means a note agreement or other evidence of indebtedness between the Company and a Financial Services Subsidiary. "Issue Date" means June 17, 2003, the date of original issuance of the Notes. "Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction. "Non-Recourse Indebtedness" means the Company's or any of the Company's Subsidiaries' Indebtedness or other obligations secured by a Lien on property to the extent that the liability for the Indebtedness or other obligation is limited to the security of the property without liability for any deficiency, including liability by reason of any agreement between the Company or any of the Company's Subsidiaries to provide additional capital or maintain the financial condition of or otherwise support the credit of the Subsidiary incurring the Indebtedness. "Non-Recourse Land Financing" means any of the Company's Indebtedness or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary for which the holder of such Indebtedness has no recourse, directly or indirectly, to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary for the principal of, premium, if any, 5 and interest on such Indebtedness, and for which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is not, directly or indirectly, obligated or otherwise liable for the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Indebtedness, except pursuant to mortgages, deeds of trust or other Security Interests or other recourse, obligations or liabilities in respect of specific land or other real property interests of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that recourse, obligations or liabilities of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary solely for indemnities, covenants or breaches of warranty representation or covenant in respect of any Indebtedness will not prevent Indebtedness from being classified as Non-Recourse Land Financing. "Notes" means the 5% Senior Notes due 2010 issued hereunder, as supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. "Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company or, as applicable, any Restricted Subsidiary. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity. "Reference Treasury Dealer" means Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, provided that it continues to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), or any other Primary Treasury Dealer designated by the Company in a notice to the Trustee. "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date. "Remaining Scheduled Payments" means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related redemption date but for such redemption; provided, however, that, if such redemption date is not an interest payment date on the Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on the Notes to be redeemed will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on those Notes to such redemption date. "Restricted Subsidiary" means any of the Company's Subsidiaries which is not a Financial Services Subsidiary. "Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means a sale or transfer made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (except a sale or transfer made to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) of any property (but not including model homes) which exceeds 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date of determination, if such sale or transfer is made with the agreement, commitment or intention of leasing such property to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary. "Securities" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 6 "Secured Debt" means any Indebtedness which is secured by (i) a Security Interest in any of the Company's property or the property of any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) a Security Interest in shares of stock owned directly or indirectly by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a corporation, or in equity interests owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a partnership or other entity not organized as a corporation or in the Company's rights or the rights of a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness of a corporation, partnership or other entity in which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary has an equity interest; provided that "Secured Debt" shall not include Non-Recourse Land Financing that consists exclusively of "land under development," "land held for future development" or "improved lots and parcels," as such categories of assets are determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or any Non-Recourse Indebtedness. The securing in the foregoing manner of any such Indebtedness which immediately prior thereto was not Secured Debt shall be deemed to be the creation of Secured Debt at the time security is given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Secured Debt" shall not include Indebtedness under the Credit Facility and under any initial or successive amendments, modifications, restatements, supplements, renewals, replacements, extensions, refinancings or refundings, in whole or in part (including, in each case, any increase in principal amount), of the Credit Facility, which Indebtedness is secured by pledge(s) of or other Liens on Intercompany Notes and/or Capital Stock of one or more Financial Services Subsidiaries. "Security Interest" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or other security interest which secures the payment or performance of an obligation. "Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on (including interest accruing after the occurrence of an Event of Default or after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding pursuant to any bankruptcy law whether or not such interest is an allowable claim in any such proceeding) and other amounts due on or in connection with any of the Company's Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the debt securities under the indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Senior Indebtedness" shall not include (1) the Company's Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to any of the Company's Senior Indebtedness, (2) the Company's Indebtedness that by operation of law is subordinate to any of the Company's general unsecured obligations, (3) the Company's Indebtedness to any Subsidiary, (4) Indebtedness incurred in violation of the restrictions described under Section 5.01 and Section 5.02 hereof, (5) to the extent it might constitute Indebtedness, any liability for federal, state or local taxes or other taxes, owed or owing by the Company, and (6) to the extent it might constitute Indebtedness, trade account payables owed or owing by the Company. "Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof. "Subsidiary" means, with respect to any specified Person: (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and 7 (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof). "Trustee" means the party named as such in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and as successor to The Bank of New York pursuant to the Base Indenture, and any successor appointed in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture and serving as the Trustee under the Base Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. "Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any specified Person means a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares) will at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person. ARTICLE IV. EVENTS OF DEFAULT Section 4.01 Events of Default. Pursuant to Section 301(15) of the Base Indenture, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company covenants and agrees that "Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the following events, which are applicable to the Notes instead of the Events of Default specified in Section 501 of the Base Indenture: (a) default in the payment of interest on the Notes as and when the same becomes due and payable and the continuance of any such failure for 30 days; (b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal, or premium, if any, on the Notes when and as the same become due and payable at maturity, redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise; (c) failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to comply with Article VI hereof; (d) default in the observance or performance of, or breach of, any of the other agreements in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, a written notice specifying such default or breach, requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; (e) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the Issue Date, if that default: (1) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness within the grace period provided in such Indebtedness and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such unpaid Indebtedness is $25.0 million or more; or 8 (2) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness (in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness and after giving effect to any applicable grace period set forth in the documents governing such Indebtedness) prior to its express maturity and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such accelerated Indebtedness is $25.0 million or more; (f) a decree, judgment, or order by a court of competent jurisdiction shall have been entered adjudging the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition in an involuntary case or proceeding seeking reorganization of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries under any bankruptcy or similar law, or a decree, judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction directing the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, trustee, or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or of the property of any such Person, or the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of any such Person, shall have been entered, and the continuance of any such decree, judgment or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; and (g) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt (including conversion of an involuntary proceeding into a voluntary proceeding), or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or any of its assets or property, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or shall, within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, become insolvent, or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due. Section 4.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. The following shall replace Section 502 of the Base Indenture in its entirety: If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default specified in sub-clauses (f) or (g) above relating to the Company), then in each such case, unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders) (an "Acceleration Notice"), may declare all principal, determined as set forth below, including in each case accrued interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in sub-clauses (f) or (g) above occurs relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, all principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be immediately due and payable on all Outstanding Notes without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding by written notice to the Trustee and the Company may waive any Default or Event of Default (other than any Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest) on the Notes under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequence (except an acceleration due to nonpayment of principal or interest on the Notes) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (other than the non-payment of accelerated principal) have been cured or waived. 9 ARTICLE V. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY Pursuant to Section 301(15) of the Base Indenture, so long as any of the Notes are Outstanding, the Company covenants and agrees, in addition to the covenants and agreements contained in Article Ten of the Base Indenture, as follows: Section 5.01 Restrictions on Secured Debt. The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit a Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or guarantee any Secured Debt unless the Notes will be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Debt, with certain exceptions. This restriction does not prohibit the creation, incurrence, assumption or guarantee of Secured Debt which is secured by: (a) Security Interests on model homes, homes held for sale, homes that are under contract for sale, contracts for the sale of homes, land (improved or unimproved), manufacturing plants, warehouses or office buildings and fixtures and equipment located thereat, or thereon; (b) Security Interests on property at the time of its acquisition by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, which Security Interests secure obligations assumed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or on the property of a corporation or other entity at the time it is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Secured Debt created in contemplation of the acquisition of such property or the consummation of such a merger or where the Security Interest attaches to or affects the Company's property or the property of a Restricted Subsidiary prior to such transaction); (c) Security Interests arising from conditional sales agreements or title retention agreements with respect to property acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; and (d) Security Interests securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary that is wholly-owned (directly or indirectly) by the Company. Additionally, such permitted Secured Debt includes any amendments, modifications, restatements, supplements, renewals, replacements, extensions, refinancings or refundings, in whole or in part, including, in each case, any increase in the principal amount, of Secured Debt permitted at the time of the original incurrence thereof. In addition, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may create, incur, assume or guarantee Secured Debt, without equally or ratably securing the Notes, if immediately thereafter the sum of (1) the aggregate principal amount of all Secured Debt outstanding (excluding Secured Debt permitted under clauses (a) through (d) above and any Secured Debt in relation to which the Notes have been secured equally and ratably (or prior to)) and (2) all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions (excluding Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) under Section 5.02 hereof) as of the date of determination would not exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. Section 5.02 Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, unless: 10 (a) notice is promptly given to the Trustee of the Sale and Leaseback Transaction; (b) fair value is received by the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary for the property sold (as determined in good faith by the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary and so certified in an Officer's certificate delivered to the Trustee); and (c) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, within 365 days after the completion of the Sale and Leaseback Transaction, apply an amount equal to the net proceeds therefrom either: (i) to the redemption, repayment or retirement of debt securities of any series under the indenture (including the cancellation by the Trustee of any debt securities of any series delivered by the Company to the Trustee) or the Company's Senior Indebtedness, or (ii) to the purchase by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of property substantially similar to the property sold or transferred. In addition, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into a Sale and Leaseback Transaction if immediately thereafter the sum of (1) the aggregate principal amount of all Secured Debt outstanding (excluding Secured Debt permitted under clauses (a) through (d) of Section 5.01 hereof or Secured Debt in relation to which the Notes have been secured equally and ratably (or prior to)) and (2) all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions (excluding Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above) as of the date of determination would not exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. Section 5.03 Payments for Consent. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of the Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any terms or provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered and paid to all Holders of the Notes that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement. ARTICLE VI. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS Pursuant to Section 301(15) of the Base Indenture, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the following provision shall replace Section 801 of the Base Indenture for purposes of the Notes: The Company shall not: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company's and the Company's Subsidiaries' assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless: 11 (1) either: (a) the Company is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia; (2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made assumes all of the Company's obligations under the Notes and pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and (3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists. Upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or disposition, the successor corporation will be substituted for the Company under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. The successor corporation may then exercise every power and right of the Company under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and the Company will be released from all of its liabilities and obligations in respect of the Notes and the Indenture. If the Company leases all or substantially all of its assets, the lessee corporation will be the successor to the Company and may exercise every power and right of the Company under the Indenture, but the Company will not be released from its obligations to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Notes. Section 801 of the Base Indenture, as amended and made applicable to the Notes pursuant to this Article VI shall not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. ARTICLE VII. REDEMPTION Section 7.01 Redemption The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time at the Company's option upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or (2) as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable date of redemption. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed is deposited with the Trustee on or before the redemption date, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption and such Notes will cease to be outstanding. 12 Section 7.02 Selection and Notice Selection of the Notes or portions thereof for redemption pursuant to the foregoing shall be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed, if any, or, if the Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange, pro rata or by lot. No Notes of $1,000 or less can be redeemed in part. Notice of redemption shall be mailed via first class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at the registered address of such Holder, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note will state the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of such Note upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption and such Notes will cease to be Outstanding. ARTICLE VIII. GUARANTEES Pursuant to Section 301(23) of the Base Indenture, the Notes will not be guaranteed or otherwise supported by any of the Company's Subsidiaries or any other Person. ARTICLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS Section 9.01 Discharge; Defeasance. Articles 4 and 13 of the Base Indenture relating to Satisfaction and Discharge and to Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance, respectively, shall be applicable to the Notes issued under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Section 9.02 Application of Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Each and every term and condition contained in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture that modifies, amends or supplements the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture shall apply only to the Notes created hereby and not to any prior or future series of Securities established under the Base Indenture. Section 9.03 Benefits of Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Nothing contained in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall or shall be construed to confer upon any person other than a Holder of the Notes, the Company and the Trustee any right or interest to avail itself or himself, as the case may be, of any benefit under any provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Section 9.04 Defined Terms. All capitalized terms which are used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Base Indenture and are used herein with the same meanings as in the Base Indenture. Section 9.05 Effective Date. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be effective as of the date first above written and upon the execution and delivery hereof by each of the parties hereto. Section 9.06 Governing Law. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York. 13 Section 9.07 Counterparts. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Section 9.08 Satisfaction and Discharge. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall cease to be of further force and effect upon compliance with Section 401 of the Indenture with respect to the Notes created hereby. Section 9.09 Supplemental Indentures Article 9 of the Base Indenture, relating to supplemental indentures, shall be applicable to the Notes issued under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture; provided, however, that: (a) in addition to the matters referred to in Section 901 of the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holders of the Notes, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution; and the Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto to conform the text of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to any provision of the Description of Notes set forth in the Prospectus Supplement dated June 12, 2003 with respect to the Notes to the extent that such provision in said Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture or the Notes; and (b) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 902 of the Base Indenture, any supplemental indenture referred to in the first sentence of such Section 902 prior to the proviso in such sentence shall require the consent of Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Notes affected by such supplemental indenture, in addition to any other consent(s) that may be required by Section 902 with respect to such supplemental indenture. 14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written. Dated: June 17, 2003 NVR, INC. /s/ Dwight C. Schar By: __________________________________________ Name: Dwight C. Schar Title: Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer /s/ Paul C. Saville By: __________________________________________ Name: Paul C. Saville Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Attest: U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association as Trustee /s/ Stacey A. Pagliaro By: __________________________________________ Name: Stacey A. Pagliaro Title: Trust Officer EXHIBIT A NVR, INC. 5% Senior Notes due 2010 No. Principal Amount $200,000,000 CUSIP No. 62944TAC9 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF 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. NVR, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the "Company," which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Two Hundred Million Dollars on June 15, 2010 (the "Maturity Date"), and to pay interest thereon from June 17, 2003 (or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for), semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing on December 15, 2003, and on the Maturity Date, at a rate of 5% per annum, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on an Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the "Regular Record Date" for such payment, which will be the June 1 and December 1 (regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as defined below)) next preceding such payment date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date for the payment of such defaulted interest (which shall not be less than five Business Days prior to the date of the payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail or by on behalf of the Company to the Holders of the Notes not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date. Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date will be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York. The Company hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in New York, New York as the office to be maintained by it where Notes may be presented for payment, registration of transfer, or exchange and where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes or the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof may be served. Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, will be the amount of interest accrued during the applicable Interest Period (as defined below). An "Interest Period" is each period from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including June 17, 2003, in the case of the initial Interest Period) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. If any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, any amounts payable on such Interest Payment Date will be paid on the succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were paid on the date such payment was due. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, principal and interest payable on the Maturity Date will be paid on the succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if paid on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after the Maturity Date. Payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or with respect to any Note not held in global form, by a U.S. dollar check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds) in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. Capitalized terms used herein, including on the reverse hereof, and not defined herein or on the reverse hereof shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Indenture. This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under such Indenture. 17 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers. Dated: June 17, 2003 NVR, INC., as Company By:_______________________________________ Name: Dwight C. Schar Its: Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer By:_______________________________________ Name: Paul C. Saville Its: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. Dated: June 17, 2003 U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association By:_______________________________________ Authorized Signatory 18 [REVERSE OF NOTE] NVR, INC. 5% Senior Notes due 2010 This security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (hereinafter called the "Securities") of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of April 14, 1998, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Base Indenture"), as supplemented from time to time. This Security is one of a series of Securities designated as the 5% Senior Notes due 2010 of the Company (the "Notes"), limited in aggregate principal amount to $200,000,000 and issued under and pursuant to the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 17, 2003 between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking association, as successor trustee (the Base Indenture, as supplemented by such Fourth Supplemental Indenture, herein called the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the Company to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note is a part), to which Indenture and all Indentures supplemental thereto that are applicable to the Notes reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof and premium (if any) may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. Each of the following is an "Event of Default": (i) default in the payment of interest on the Notes as and when the same becomes due and payable and the continuance of any such failure for 30 days; (ii) default in payment of all or any part of the principal or premium, if any, on the Notes when and as the same become due and payable at maturity, redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise; (iii) failure by the Company or any Subsidiary, to comply with Article VI of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture; (iv) default in the observance or performance of, or breach of, any of the other agreements in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, a written notice specifying such default or breach, requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; (v) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the Issue Date, if that default (1) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Indebtedness within the grace period provided in such Indebtedness and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such unpaid Indebtedness is $25.0 million or more; or (2) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness (in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness and after giving effect to any applicable grace period set forth in the documents governing such Indebtedness) prior to its express maturity and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such accelerated Indebtedness is $25.0 million or more; (vi) a decree, judgment, or order by a court of competent jurisdiction shall have been entered adjudging the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition in an involuntary case or proceeding seeking reorganization of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries under any bankruptcy or similar law, or a decree, judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction directing the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, trustee, or assignee in bankruptcy or 19 insolvency of the Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or of the property of any such Person, or the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of any such Person, shall have been entered, and the continuance of any such decree, judgment or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; and (vii) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt (including conversion of an involuntary proceeding into a voluntary proceeding), or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of a Custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or any of its assets or property, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or shall, within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, become insolvent, or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default specified in sub-clauses (vi) or (vii) above relating to the Company), then in each such case, unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders) (an "Acceleration Notice"), may declare all principal, determined as set forth below, including in each case accrued interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in sub-clauses (vi) or (vii) above occurs relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, all principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be immediately due and payable on all Outstanding Notes without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding by written notice to the Trustee and the Company may waive any Default or Event of Default (other than any Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest) on the Notes under the Indenture. Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequence (except an acceleration due to nonpayment of principal or interest on the Notes) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (other than the non-payment of accelerated principal) have been cured or waived. The Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the redemption date. Selection of the Notes or portions thereof for redemption pursuant to the foregoing shall be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed, if any, or, if the Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange, pro rata or by lot. No Notes of $1,000 or less can be redeemed in part. Notice of redemption shall be mailed via first class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at the registered address of such Holder, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption and such Notes will cease to be Outstanding. The covenants set forth in Article V of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be fully applicable to the Notes. 20 The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture with respect to the Notes or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Note so affected, among other things (i) change the final maturity of any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium thereon, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of any interest thereof, or impair or affect the rights of any Holder to institute suit for the payment on any Note, or (ii) reduce the percentage of Notes, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, (iii) reduce the percentage of Notes, the Holders of which are required to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture with respect to the Notes or any waiver of certain defaults thereunder or (iv) modify the ranking or priority of the Notes. It is also provided in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding the Notes, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Notes, or, subject to certain conditions, may rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences with respect to the Notes. The preceding sentence shall not, however, apply to a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and any securities that may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other securities. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless (a) such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, (b) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and (c) the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof, premium, if any, or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. No references herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed. This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Company in New York, New York, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith. This Note is not subject to a sinking fund requirement. 21 Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of Notes at the office or agency of the Company in New York, New York, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture, in any Security or coupon appertaining thereto, or because of any indebtedness evidenced hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, any obligation or indebtedness relating to the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest or any other amounts due, or claimed to be due, on this Note), or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any promoter, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof. Prior to due presentation of a Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, and any authorized agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and premium, if any, and subject to the provisions herein and on the face hereof; interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. THE INDENTURE AND THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused "CUSIP" numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon. 22 ASSIGNMENT FORM AND CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER To assign this Note fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to ________________________________________________________________________________ (Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number, if any) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code) Your signature:_________________________________________________________________ (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) Date:_________________________ Signature Guarantee:____________________________________________ Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Trustee, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 23