S-3ASR

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 2006

Registration No. 333-            

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

MARYLAND	52-1964611
(State of Incorporation)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

MARYLAND	52-0280210
(State of Incorporation)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

E. Follin Smith

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

750 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

(410) 783-3014

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Principal Executive Offices and Agent for Service for each Registrant)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  After the effective date of this Registration Statement as determined by market conditions.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  x

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED	AMOUNT TO BE REGISTERED/ PROPOSED MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE PER UNIT/ PROPOSED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE/ AMOUNT OF REGISTRATION FEE
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Unsecured Debt Securities
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Common Stock
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Preferred Stock	(1)
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Warrants
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Stock Purchase Contracts
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Units
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Unsecured Debt Securities
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Preferred Stock

(1) There are being registered hereunder such presently indeterminate number, principal amount or liquidation amount of (a) Unsecured Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts and Units which may be sold from time to time by Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and (b) Unsecured Debt Securities and Preferred Stock which may be sold from time to time by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. In addition, there are being registered hereunder an indeterminate number of (c) Unsecured Debt Securities and shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock issuable by Constellation Energy Group, Inc. upon conversion or exchange of any Unsecured Debt Securities and Preferred Stock that provide for conversion or exchange into other securities or upon exercise of Warrants for such securities and (d) shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, to be issuable upon settlement of Stock Purchase Contracts. The Registrants are deferring payment of all of the registration fee in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), except for (A) $112,451 that has already been paid with respect to $2,000,000,000 aggregate initial offering price of securities that were previously registered pursuant to Constellation Energy Group, Inc.’s Registration Statement No. 333-102723 filed on January 24, 2003, and were not sold thereunder, and (B) $18,400 that has already been paid with respect to $400,000,000 aggregate initial offering price of unsecured debt securities that were previously registered pursuant to Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s Registration Statement No. 333-102432 filed on January 9, 2003, and were not sold thereunder.

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

750 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

(410) 783-2800

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

Unsecured Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts and Units

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

Unsecured Debt Securities and Preferred Stock

PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may, from time to time, sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CEG.”

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus.

There are risks involved with purchasing these securities. Please refer to the “ RISK FACTORS” discussion beginning on page 4 of this prospectus.

We urge you to carefully read this prospectus and the prospectus supplement, which will describe the specific terms of the offering, together with additional information described under the heading “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION” before you make your investment decision.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is July 24, 2006.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS	1
THE REGISTRANTS	3
RISK FACTORS	4
USE OF PROCEEDS	4
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED AND PREFERENCE DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS	5
DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES	6
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK	17
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS	20
DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS	21
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS	22
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION	23
VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES	25
EXPERTS	25
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION	25

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. This document may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this prospectus is accurate only as of its date.

As used in this prospectus, “Constellation Energy” or the “Company” refers to Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and “BGE” refers to Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. “We,” “us” and “our” refer to Constellation Energy Group, Inc. with respect to securities issued by Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company with respect to securities issued by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

We make statements in this prospectus and may make statements in any prospectus supplement that are considered forward looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Sometimes these statements will contain words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans” and other similar words. These statements are not guarantees of our future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause our actual performance or achievements to be materially different from those we project. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to:

• the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices and volatilities for energy and energy-related products including coal, natural gas, oil, electricity, nuclear fuel and emission allowances;

• the liquidity and competitiveness of wholesale markets for energy commodities;

• the effect of weather and general economic and business conditions on energy supply, demand and prices;

• the ability to attract and retain customers in our competitive supply activities and to adequately forecast their energy usage;

• the timing and extent of deregulation of, and competition in, the energy markets, and the rules and regulations adopted in those markets;

• uncertainties associated with estimating natural gas reserves, developing properties and extracting natural gas;

• regulatory or legislative developments that affect deregulation, the price of energy, transmission or distribution rates and revenues, demand for energy or increases in costs, including costs related to nuclear power plants, safety or environmental compliance;

• the inability of BGE to recover all its costs associated with providing electric residential customers service;

• the conditions of the capital markets, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, availability of credit facilities to support business requirements and general economic conditions, as well as Constellation Energy’s and BGE’s ability to maintain their current credit ratings;

• the effectiveness of Constellation Energy’s and BGE’s risk management policies and procedures and the ability and willingness of our counterparties to satisfy their financial and performance commitments;

• operational factors affecting commercial operations of our generating facilities (including nuclear facilities) and BGE’s transmission and distribution facilities, including catastrophic weather-related damages, unscheduled outages or repairs, unanticipated changes in fuel costs or availability, unavailability of coal or gas transportation or electric transmission services, workforce issues, terrorism, liabilities associated with catastrophic events and other events beyond our control;

• the actual outcome of uncertainties associated with assumptions and estimates using judgment when applying critical accounting policies and preparing financial statements, including factors that are estimated in determining the fair value of energy contracts, such as the ability to obtain market prices and, in the absence of verifiable market prices, the appropriateness of models and model inputs (including, but not limited to, estimated contractual load obligations, unit availability, forward commodity prices, interest rates, correlation and volatility factors);

• changes in accounting principles or practices;

• losses on the sale or write down of assets due to impairment events or changes in management intent with regard to either holding or selling certain assets;

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• cost and other effects of legal and administrative proceedings that may not be covered by insurance, including environmental liabilities; and

• the likelihood and timing of the completion of the pending merger with FPL Group, Inc. (FPL Group), the terms and conditions of any required regulatory approvals of the pending merger, and potential diversion of management’s time and attention from our ongoing business during this time period.

THESE FACTORS AND THE OTHER RISK FACTORS DISCUSSED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, INCLUDING UNDER THE HEADING “RISK FACTORS,” ARE NOT NECESSARILY ALL OF THE IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE CONSTELLATION ENERGY’S OR BGE’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE EXPRESSED IN ANY OF THEIR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. OTHER UNKNOWN OR UNPREDICTABLE FACTORS ALSO COULD HAVE MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS ON OUR FUTURE RESULTS. GIVEN THESE UNCERTAINTIES, YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. PLEASE SEE CONSTELLATION ENERGY’S AND BGE’S PERIODIC REPORTS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, OR SEC, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE FACTORS. THE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT ARE MADE ONLY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR SUCH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.

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THE REGISTRANTS

Constellation Energy is an energy company which includes a merchant energy business and BGE, a regulated electric and gas public utility in central Maryland. Constellation Energy was incorporated in Maryland on September 25, 1995. On April 30, 1999, Constellation Energy became the holding company for BGE and its subsidiaries.

Our merchant energy business is a competitive provider of energy solutions for a variety of customers. It has electric generation assets located in various regions of the United States and provides energy solutions to meet customers’ needs. Our merchant energy business focuses on serving the full energy and capacity requirements (load-serving) of, and providing other energy products and risk management services for, various customers.

Our merchant energy business includes:

• a generation operation that owns, operates and maintains fossil, nuclear and hydroelectric generating facilities and holds interests in qualifying facilities, fuel processing facilities and power projects in the United States,

• a wholesale marketing and risk management operation that primarily provides energy products and services to distribution utilities, power generators and other wholesale customers,

• an electric and natural gas retail operation that provides energy products and services to commercial, industrial and governmental customers, and

• a generation operations and maintenance services operation.

BGE is a regulated electric transmission and distribution utility company and a regulated gas distribution utility company with a service territory that covers the City of Baltimore and all or part of ten counties in central Maryland. BGE was incorporated in Maryland in 1906.

Our other nonregulated businesses:

• design, construct and operate heating, cooling and cogeneration facilities for commercial, industrial and governmental customers throughout North America, and

• provide home improvements, service heating, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical and indoor air quality systems, and provide natural gas to residential customers in central Maryland.

On December 18, 2005, Constellation Energy entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with FPL Group. For further information concerning the pending merger, please see Note 15 to Consolidated Financial Statements of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Prior to completion of the merger, which is subject to shareholder and various regulatory approvals, Constellation Energy and FPL Group will continue to operate as separate companies.

The information above concerning Constellation Energy, BGE and, if applicable, their respective subsidiaries is only a summary and does not purport to be comprehensive. For additional information about these companies, you should refer to the information described in “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.”

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in our securities involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 3, 2006, and in Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, filed with the SEC on May 9, 2006, and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, as well as the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement hereto before making a decision to invest in our securities. See “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.”

USE OF PROCEEDS

Except as otherwise provided in a prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the securities will be used for general corporate purposes. If we do not use the net proceeds immediately, we may temporarily invest them in short-term, interest-bearing obligations.

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RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED AND PREFERENCE DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS

Constellation Energy

Constellation Energy’s Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for each of the periods indicated is as follows:

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2006	TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
2.86	3.38	3.02	2.90	3.31	1.39

For current information on the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges, please see our most recent report on Form 10-Q. See “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.”

BGE

BGE’s Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for each of the periods indicated is as follows:

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2006	TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
5.83	4.22	3.75	3.36	2.66	1.99

BGE’s Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred and Preference Dividend Requirements for each of the periods indicated is as follows:

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2006	TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
4.77	3.45	3.08	2.82	2.31	1.75

For current information on the Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred and Preference Dividend Requirements, please see our most recent report on Form 10-Q. See “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.”

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DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES

General

This section summarizes terms of the debt securities that we may offer with this prospectus. Most of the specific terms of a series of debt securities will be described in a prospectus supplement attached to this prospectus and may vary from the terms described herein. For a complete description of the terms of a particular offering of debt securities, you should read both this prospectus and the prospectus supplement relating to that particular offering.

Constellation Energy will issue the debt securities under an indenture, which is a contract between Constellation Energy and the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, dated as of July 24, 2006. BGE will issue the debt securities under an indenture, which is a contract between BGE and the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, dated as of July 24, 2006. The trustee has two main roles. First, the trustee can enforce the rights of holders of the debt securities against us if we default. There are some limitations on the extent to which the trustee acts on your behalf, described later in this section under “Events of Default.” Second, the trustee performs certain administrative duties for the holders of debt securities, such as sending interest payments and notices, and implementing transfers of debt securities.

Copies of the indentures have been filed with the SEC and are exhibits to the registration statement which contains this prospectus. See “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION” to find out how to locate our filings with the SEC. The indentures and the debt securities are governed by New York law.

The indentures are summarized below. Because it is a summary, it does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read the indentures to get a complete understanding of your rights and our obligations under the provisions described in this section under “Events of Default,” “Supplemental Indentures” and “Consolidation, Merger or Sale.” This summary is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to all the provisions of the indentures. We include references in parentheses to certain sections of the indentures. This summary also is subject to, and qualified by, reference to the description of the particular terms of each series of debt securities described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The indentures do not limit the amount of debt securities that may be issued. There are existing series of debt securities outstanding under our other existing indentures. For current information on our debt outstanding, see our most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. See “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.”

The debt securities are unsecured and will rank equally with all our unsecured indebtedness unless expressly subordinated. The debt securities will be subordinated to all of our secured indebtedness, if any. The indentures do not limit the amount of indebtedness that our subsidiaries may incur. This subsidiary debt effectively ranks senior to any debt securities we may issue. For current information on our subsidiary debt outstanding, see our most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. See “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.”

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe whether the debt securities will be subject to any conversion, amortization, or sinking or similar fund. It is anticipated that the debt securities will be “book-entry,” represented by a permanent global debt security registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), or its nominee. However, we reserve the right to issue debt securities in certificated form registered in the name of the debt security holders.

Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, we may from time to time, without the consent of the applicable existing note holders, create and issue further notes of each series ranking equally with the other notes of the series having the same terms and conditions as the notes of such series being offered hereby in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and if applicable, the first payment of interest therein. Additional notes issued in this manner will form a single series with the previously outstanding notes of that series.

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In the discussion that follows, whenever we talk about paying principal on the debt securities, we mean at maturity, redemption or repurchase. Also, in discussing the time for notices and how the different interest rates are calculated, all times are New York City time, unless otherwise noted.

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms for the debt securities including:

• title of the securities,

• any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series,

• maturity date,

• interest rate or rates (or the method to calculate such rate)

• remarketing provisions,

• redemption or repurchase provisions,

• if other than the principal amount, the portion of the principal amount payable upon maturity (known as discounted debt securities),

• whether, and on what terms and at what prices, the debt securities may be converted into or exercised or exchanged for our common stock, preferred stock or any other type of security, and

• any other provisions.

Ownership of the Debt Securities

Direct Securityholders

Only registered holders of debt securities will have rights under the indentures. As noted below, we do not have obligations to you if you hold in “street name” or other indirect means, either because you choose to hold debt securities in that manner or because the debt securities are issued in the form of global debt securities as described below. For example, once we make payment to the registered securityholder, we have no further responsibility for the payment even if that securityholder is legally required to pass the payment along to you as a “street name” customer but does not do so.

“Street Name” and Other Indirect Holders

Investors who hold debt securities in accounts at banks or brokers will generally not be recognized by us as legal securityholders. This is called holding in “street name.” Instead, we recognize only the bank or broker, or the financial institution the bank or broker uses to hold its debt securities. These intermediary banks, brokers and other financial institutions pass along principal, interest and other payments on the debt securities to their customers. If you hold debt securities in “street name,” you should check with your own institution to find out:

• how it handles securities payments and notices,

• whether it imposes fees or charges,

• how it would handle voting if ever required,

• whether and how you can instruct it to send you debt securities registered in your own name so you can be a direct securityholder as described below to the extent permitted, and

• how it would pursue rights under the debt securities if there were a default or other event triggering the need for securityholders to act to protect their interests.

Global Securities

A global security is a special type of indirectly held security. This means that we will not issue certificates to each beneficial owner. If we choose to issue debt securities in the form of global debt securities, the ultimate beneficial owners can only be indirect holders. We do this by requiring that the global debt security be registered in the name of a financial institution which we select and by requiring that the debt securities included in the

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global debt security not be transferred to the name of any other direct securityholder unless the special circumstances described below occur. The financial institution that acts as the sole direct securityholder of the global debt securities is called the “depositary.” Any person wishing to own a debt security must do so indirectly by virtue of an account with a broker, bank or other financial institution that in turn is a participant with the depositary. The applicable prospectus supplement will indicate whether your series of debt securities will be issued only in the form of global debt securities.

An indirect holder’s rights relating to a global debt security will be governed by the account rules of the investor’s financial institution and the depositary, as well as general laws relating to securities transfers. We do not recognize this type of investor as a securityholder and instead deal only with the depositary.

An investor should be aware that if debt securities are issued only in the form of global debt securities:

• the investor cannot get debt securities registered in his or her own name, and

• the investor cannot receive physical certificates for his or her interest in the debt securities. This means these securities may not be pledged as security under the laws of some jurisdictions.

DTC has provided us the following information: DTC is a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York State banking law and a registered clearing agency with the SEC. DTC holds securities that its participants (“Direct Participants”) deposit with DTC. DTC also records the settlement among Direct Participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through computerized records for Direct Participants’ accounts. This eliminates the need to exchange certificates. Direct Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations.

DTC’s book-entry system is also used by other organizations such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies that work through a Direct Participant. The rules that apply to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC.

DTC is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, which in turn is owned by its principal users—major banks, broker/dealers and other companies within the financial services industry, including the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

When applicable, we will wire principal and interest payments to DTC’s nominee. We and the trustee will treat DTC’s nominee as the owner of the global securities for all purposes. Accordingly, we, the trustee and any paying agent will have no direct responsibility or liability to pay amounts due on the global securities to owners of beneficial interests in the global securities.

It is DTC’s current practice, upon receipt of any payment of principal or interest, to credit Direct Participants’ accounts on the payment date according to their respective holdings of beneficial interests in the global securities as shown on DTC’s records. In addition, it is DTC’s current practice to assign any consenting or voting rights to Direct Participants whose accounts are credited with debt securities on a record date, by using an omnibus proxy. Payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in the global securities, and voting by participants, will be governed by the customary practices between the participants and owners of beneficial interests, as is the case with debt securities held for the account of customers registered in “street name.” However, payments will be the responsibility of the participants and not of DTC, the trustee or us.

Global securities will be exchangeable for certificated debt securities with the same terms in authorized denominations only if:

• the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or if it ceases to be a clearing agency registered under applicable law and a successor depositary is not appointed by us within 90 days;

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• an event of default with respect to the debt securities of that series has occurred and has not been cured (see “Events of Default”); or

• we determine not to have the debt securities of a series to be represented by a global debt security and notify the trustee of our decision. (Section 3.04)

The applicable prospectus supplement may also list additional situations for requiring a global debt security to be exchanged for a certificated security that would apply only to the particular series of debt securities covered by that prospectus supplement. When a global debt security terminates, the depositary (and not we or the trustee) is responsible for deciding the names of the institutions that will be the initial direct securityholders. (Section 3.04)

In the remainder of this description “you” means direct securityholders and not “street name” or other indirect holders.

Additional Mechanics

Form, Exchange and Transfer

In the absence of any contrary provision described in the prospectus supplement for any specific series of debt securities, the debt securities will be issued:

• in registered form;

• without interest coupons; and

• in denominations that are multiples of $1,000. (Section 3.02)

You may have your debt securities exchanged into more debt securities of smaller denominations, with a minimum of $1,000, or combined into fewer debt securities of larger denominations, as long as the total principal amount is not changed. (Section 3.04) This is called an “exchange.”

You may exchange or transfer debt securities at the office of the trustee or at an agency to be maintained by us for such purpose. The trustee acts as our agent for registering debt securities in the names of securityholders and transferring debt securities. We may change this appointment to another entity or perform it ourselves. The entity performing the role of maintaining the list of registered holders is called the “security registrar.” It will also perform transfers. (Section 3.04)

The rules for exchange described above apply to exchange of debt securities for other debt securities of the same series and kind. If a debt security is convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into or for a different kind of security, such as one that we have not issued, or for other property, the rule governing that type of conversion, exercise or exchange will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

You will not be required to pay a service charge to transfer or exchange debt securities, but you may be required to pay for any tax or other governmental charge associated with the exchange or transfer. The transfer or exchange will only be made if we and the security registrar are satisfied with your proof of ownership. (Section 3.04)

Payment and Paying Agents

We will pay interest to you if you are a securityholder listed in the trustee’s records at the close of business on a particular day in advance of each due date for interest, even if you no longer own the debt security on the interest due date. That particular day, usually about two weeks in advance of the interest due date, is called the “record date” and is stated in the prospectus supplement. (Sections 3.02 and 5.01) Securityholders buying and selling debt securities must work out between them how to compensate for the fact that we will pay all the interest for an interest period to the one who is the registered securityholder on the regular record date. The most common manner is to adjust the sales price of the debt securities to pro rate interest fairly between buyer and seller.

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We have appointed the trustee as paying agent, and we will pay interest, principal and any other money due on the debt securities at the principal office of the trustee in New York City. That office is currently located at 60 Wall Street, 27^th Floor, MS: NYC60-2710, New York, NY 10005. We may also have additional payment offices or change them, or act as our own paying agent. (Section 5.02)

Single holders of over $5 million in principal amount of debt securities can request that payment of principal and interest be wired to them by contacting the paying agent at the address set forth above at least three (3) business days prior to the payment date. Otherwise, payments will be made by check. (Section 3.02)

“Street name” and other indirect holders should consult their banks or brokers for information on how they will receive payments.

Remarketing

We may issue debt securities with remarketing features that allow securityholders the option to sell their debt securities back to us. In turn, we may have the option to retire those debt securities or remarket and sell them to new holders.

Redemption

We may have the right to redeem or otherwise repurchase debt securities at our option. If the debt securities are redeemable, except as otherwise set forth in the note for such series, we may partially redeem the debt securities only in multiples of $1,000. (Section 4.01) Notice of redemption will be provided at least 30, but no more than 60, days prior to the date of redemption. (Section 4.04) If we do not redeem all debt securities in a series at one time, the trustee will select the debt securities to be redeemed in a manner it determines to be appropriate and fair. (Section 4.03) If a debt security is only partially redeemed, we will issue a new debt security of the same series in an amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the debt security. (Section 4.06)

Repurchase

If the debt securities are subject to a repurchase option, the debt securityholder may have the right to cause us to repurchase the debt securities.

For global debt securities, unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, participants, on behalf of the owners of beneficial interests in the global debt securities, may exercise the repurchase option by delivering written notice to our paying agent, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, at least 30, but no more than 60, days prior to the date of repurchase (at 60 Wall Street, 27^th Floor, MS: NYC60-2710, New York, NY 10005). The paying agent must receive notice by 5:00 p.m. on the last day for giving notice. Procedures for the owners of beneficial interests in global debt securities to notify their participants of their desire to have their debt security repurchased will be governed by the customary practices of the participant. The written notice to the paying agent must state the principal amount to be repurchased. It is irrevocable, and a duly authorized officer of the participant (with signatures guaranteed) must sign it.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, debt securityholders who hold their securities directly and who desire to exercise their repurchase option must notify the paying agent at least 30, but not more than 45, days prior to the repayment date by providing the paying agent:

• the certificated debt security, with the section entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of the debt security completed; or

• a fax or letter (first class, postage prepaid) from a member of a national securities exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers, or a bank or trust company in the United States which states the following:

• the name of the holder;

• the principal amount of the debt security and the amount to be repurchased;

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• the certificate number or the maturity and a description of the terms of the security;

• a statement that you wish to sell all or a portion of your note; and

• a guaranty that the debt security with the section entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of the debt security completed will be received by the paying agent within 5 business days.

The debt security and form must be received by the paying agent by such 5th business day. Your notice of repurchase is irrevocable.

If you sell a portion of a debt security, the old debt security will be canceled and a new debt security for the remaining principal amount will be issued to you.

Interest Rate

The following terms will apply to any issue of debt securities unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. The interest rate on the debt securities will either be fixed or floating as indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. The interest paid will include interest accrued to, but excluding, the date of maturity, redemption or repurchase. Interest is generally payable to the person in whose name the debt security is registered at the close of business on the record date applicable to each interest payment date. Interest payable at maturity, redemption or repurchase, however, will be payable to the person to whom principal is payable.

The interest payment on any debt security originally issued between a record date and interest payment date or on an interest payment date will be made on the interest payment date after the next record date. Interest payments, other than those payable at maturity, redemption or repurchase, will be paid, at our option, by check or wire transfer.

Events of Default

An “Event of Default” with respect to a series of securities means any of the following:

• we fail to pay the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any debt security of that series when due and payable;

• we fail to pay any interest on any debt security of that series for 30 days after such is due;

• we fail to observe or perform any other covenants or agreements set forth in the debt securities of that series, or in the indentures in regard to such debt securities, continuously for 60 days after notice (which must be sent either by the Trustee or holders of at least 33% of the principal amount of the affected series);

• we file for bankruptcy or certain other events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization occur; or

• any other event of default described in the prospectus supplement.

An Event of Default for a particular series of debt securities does not necessarily mean that an Event of Default has occurred for any other series of debt securities issued under the indentures. If an Event of Default has occurred and has not been cured, the trustee or the holders of not less than 33% of the principal amount of the debt securities of the affected series may declare the entire principal of the debt securities of such series due and payable immediately. Subject to certain conditions, if we deposit with the trustee enough money to remedy the default and there is no default continuing, this acceleration of payment may be rescinded by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of the series. (Section 7.01)

The trustee must within 90 days after a default occurs, notify the holders of the debt securities of the series of the default if we have not remedied it (default is defined to include the events specified above without the grace periods or notice). The trustee may withhold notice to the holders of such debt securities of any default (except in the payment of principal or interest) if it in good faith considers such withholding in the interest of the holders. (Section 7.08) We are required to file an annual certificate with the trustee, signed by an officer, stating any default by us under any provisions of the indentures. (Section 5.06)

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Prior to any declaration of acceleration of maturity, the holders holding a majority of the principal amount of the debt securities of the particular series affected, on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series, may waive any past default or Event of Default. We cannot, however, obtain a waiver of a payment default. (Section 7.07)

Except in cases of default, where the trustee has some special duties, the trustee is not required to take any action under the indentures at the request of any holders unless such holders offer the trustee reasonable indemnity. (Section 8.02(d)) Subject to the provisions for indemnification and certain other limitations, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the trustee with respect to such debt securities. (Section 7.07)

In order to bypass the trustee and take steps to enforce your rights or protect your interests relating to the debt securities, the following must occur:

• you must give the trustee written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured;

• the holders of 25% of the principal amount of all outstanding debt securities of the relevant series must make a written request that the trustee take action because of the default, and must offer reasonable indemnity to the trustee against the cost and other liabilities of taking that action; and

• the trustee must have not taken action for 60 days after receipt of the above notice and offer of indemnity.

However, you are entitled at any time to bring a lawsuit for the payment of money due on your debt security on or after its due date. (Section 7.04)

“Street name” and other indirect holders should consult their banks or brokers for information on how to give notice or direction to, or make a request of, the trustee and to make or cancel a declaration of acceleration.

Supplemental Indentures

There are three types of changes we can make to the indentures and the debt securities.

Changes Requiring Each Holder’s Approval. The following changes require the approval of each holder of debt securities:

• extend the fixed maturity of any debt security;

• reduce the interest rate (or change the method used to establish the interest rate) or extend the time of payment of interest;

• reduce any premium payable upon redemption;

• reduce the principal amount;

• reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of a discounted debt security following default;

• change the currency of payment on a debt security; or

• reduce the percentage of securityholders whose consent is required to modify or amend the indentures (Section 11.02)

Changes Not Requiring Holder Approval. These types of changes are limited to those changes specified in the indentures, including those which are of an administrative nature or are changes that would not adversely affect holders of the debt securities. (Section 11.01)

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Changes Requiring 66-2/3% of all Holders to Approve. A vote in favor by securityholders owning not less than 66-2/3% of the principal amount of the debt securities of the particular series affected is required for any other matter listed in the indentures or in a particular security. (Section 11.02)

“Street name” and other indirect holders should consult their banks or brokers for information on how approval may be granted or denied if we seek to change the indentures or the debt securities or request a waiver.

Consolidation, Merger or Sale

We may not merge or consolidate with any corporation or sell substantially all of our assets as an entirety unless:

• we are the continuing corporation or the successor corporation expressly assumes the payment of principal, and premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities and the performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of the indentures binding on us (Section 12.01); and

• we, or the successor corporation, are not immediately after the merger, consolidation or sale in default in the performance of a covenant or condition in the indentures. (Section 12.02)

Discharge

The indentures provide that we can discharge and satisfy all of our obligations under any series of notes that are payable within one year, or under any series of notes that we deliver to the trustee (and that have not already been cancelled), by depositing with the trustee or any paying agent, enough funds to pay the principal and interest due or to become due on the notes until their maturity date. (Section 13.01)

Conversion

General

Constellation Energy may issue debt securities that may be converted into or exercised or exchanged for its common stock, preferred stock or any of its other securities. Debt securities will not be convertible unless the applicable prospectus supplement expressly so states. We refer to these securities as convertible debt securities. The discussion that follows contemplates that the debt securities we may issue will be convertible into common stock. The applicable prospectus supplement will discuss the terms of any debt securities that may be convertible into any other type of security.

The applicable prospectus supplement for any series of convertible debt securities will set forth the terms of the convertible debt securities, including the conversion rate at which the holder of any convertible debt security of that series may initially convert that security into common stock. The conversion rate for any series of outstanding convertible debt securities will be expressed as a number of shares per $1,000 principal amount of convertible debt securities, and will be adjusted in certain circumstances as described in “Adjustment of Conversion Rate” below. The right to convert a convertible debt security called for redemption or delivered for repurchase will terminate at the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the redemption date for that security, unless we default in making the payment due upon redemption. (Section 16.01)

Exercise of Conversion Privilege

Securityholders may convert all or part of any convertible debt security by delivering the convertible debt security at an office or agency maintained for that purpose. Unless the applicable prospectus supplement for a series of convertible debt securities states otherwise, that office will be the corporate trust office of the trustee at 60 Wall Street, 27^th Floor, MS: NYC60-2710, New York, NY 10005, and the trustee will serve as conversion agent. The convertible debt security surrendered for conversion must be accompanied by a duly signed and completed conversion notice, a copy of which may be obtained from the trustee. The conversion date will be the date on which the convertible debt security and the duly signed and completed conversion notice are so delivered. (Section 16.02)

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As promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date, we will issue and deliver to the trustee a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share. The certificates will then be sent by the trustee to the conversion agent for delivery to the holder of the convertible debt security being converted. The shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the convertible debt securities will be fully paid and nonassessable and will rank equally with the other shares of our common stock. (Sections 16.02 and 16.03)

“Street name” and other indirect holders should consult their banks or brokers for information on how to exercise their conversion privilege.

Interest and Other Payments in connection with Convertible Debt Securities

If a securityholder surrenders a convertible debt security for conversion on a date that is not an interest payment date, that securityholder will not be entitled to receive any interest for the period from the preceding interest payment date to the conversion date, except as described below. However, a securityholder of a convertible debt security on a regular record date, including a convertible debt security surrendered for conversion after the regular record date, will receive the interest payable on such convertible debt security on the next interest payment date. Thus to correct for this overpayment of interest, any convertible debt security surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on a regular record date to the opening of business on the next interest payment date must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such interest payment date on the principal amount of convertible debt securities being surrendered for conversion. However, a securityholder will not be required to make that payment if he or she is converting a convertible debt security, or a portion of a convertible debt security, that we have called for redemption if such securityholder’s conversion right would terminate because of the redemption between the regular record date and the close of business on the next interest payment date. (Section 16.02)

No other payment or adjustment for interest, or for any dividends in respect of our common stock, will be made upon conversion. Holders of our common stock issued upon conversion will not be entitled to receive any dividends payable to holders of our common stock as of any record time or date before the close of business on the conversion date. We will not issue fractional shares upon conversion. Instead, we will pay cash in lieu of fractional shares based on the market price of our common stock at the close of business on the conversion date. (Section 16.03)

If a securityholder delivers a convertible debt security for conversion, the securityholder will not be required to pay any taxes or duties in respect of the issue or delivery of common stock on conversion. However, the securityholder will be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of the common stock in a name other than that of the holder of the convertible debt security. We will not issue or deliver certificates representing shares of common stock unless the person requesting the issuance or delivery has paid to us the amount of any such tax or duty or has established to our satisfaction that such tax or duty has been paid. (Section 16.08)

“Street name” and other indirect holders should consult their banks or brokers for information on how they will receive payments.

Adjustment of Conversion Rate

The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment for, among other things:

• dividends and other distributions payable in our common stock on shares of our capital stock;

• the issuance to all holders of our common stock of rights, options or warrants entitling them to subscribe for or purchase our common stock at less than the then current market price of such common stock as of the record date for stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants;

• subdivisions, combinations and reclassifications of our common stock;

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• distributions to all holders of our common stock of evidences of our indebtedness, shares of capital stock, cash or assets, including securities, but excluding:

• those dividends, rights, options, warrants and distributions referred to above;

• dividends and distributions paid exclusively in cash, subject to certain exceptions; and

• distributions upon mergers or consolidations discussed below;

• distributions consisting exclusively of cash, excluding cash distributed upon a merger or consolidation discussed below, to all holders of our common stock in an aggregate amount that, combined together with:

• other all-cash distributions made within the preceding 365-day period in respect of which no adjustment has been made; and

• any cash and the fair market value of other consideration payable in connection with any tender offer by us or any of our subsidiaries for our common stock concluded within the preceding 365-day period in respect of which no adjustment has been made,

exceeds 10% of our market capitalization on the record date for the distribution, being the product of the current market price per share of our common stock on the record date for such distribution and the number of shares of common stock then outstanding; and

• the completion of a tender offer made by us or any of our subsidiaries for our common stock which involves an aggregate consideration that, together with:

• any cash and the fair market value of other consideration payable in a tender offer by us or any of our subsidiaries for our common stock expiring within the 365-day period preceding the expiration of that tender offer in respect of which no adjustments have been made; and

• the aggregate amount of any cash distributions to all holders of our common stock within the 365-day period preceding the expiration of that tender offer in respect of which no adjustments have been made,

exceeds 10% of our market capitalization on the expiration of such tender offer.

We reserve the right to effect such increases in the conversion rate in addition to those required by the foregoing provisions as we consider to be advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of our common stock resulting from certain dividends, distributions or issuances of rights or warrants. We will not be required to make any adjustment to the conversion rate until the cumulative adjustments amount to 1% or more of the conversion rate. (Section 16.04)

To the extent permitted by law, we may increase the conversion rate for any period of at least 20 days if the increase is irrevocable during such period and our board of directors determines that the increase would be in our best interest. The board of directors’ determination in this regard will be conclusive. We will give holders of convertible debt securities at least 15 days’ notice of such an increase in the conversion rate. (Section 16.04(12))

We will compute all adjustments to the conversion rate and will give notice by mail to holders of the registered convertible debt securities of any adjustments. (Section 16.05)

Provision in case of Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets

If we consolidate or merge with or into another entity or another entity is merged into us, or in case of any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of our assets, each convertible debt security then outstanding will become convertible only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by a holder of the number of shares of common stock into which the convertible debt securities were convertible immediately prior to the consolidation, merger, sale or transfer. This calculation will be made on the assumption that the holder of common stock failed to exercise any rights of

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election that the holder may have to select a particular type of consideration. This paragraph will not apply to a merger or sale of all or substantially all of our assets that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of the common stock. (Section 16.11)

Our Relationship with the Trustee

The trustee under the indentures, and/or one or more of its affiliates, may be lenders under our, or our subsidiaries’ and affiliates’, credit agreements and may provide other commercial banking, investment banking and other services to us and/or our subsidiaries and affiliates. The trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions with us and/or our subsidiaries and affiliates. However, if the trustee acquires any conflicting interest, as defined in the Trust Indenture Act, it must eliminate the conflict or resign.

The trustee will perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in the indentures, unless an event of default occurs and is continuing. In case of default, the trustee will exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The following briefly summarizes the provisions of Constellation Energy’s and BGE’s charter and bylaws. The following description may not be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the terms and provisions of their charter and bylaws. See “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.”

Authorized Common Stock

Constellation Energy’s authorized capital stock includes 250,000,000 shares of common stock without par value. As of May 31, 2006, 204,461,200 shares have either been issued and are now outstanding or have been reserved for issuance, and 45,538,800 shares are authorized but unissued and unreserved.

Authorized Preferred Stock

Constellation Energy’s board of directors can, without further action by its shareholders, establish from the 25,000,000 undesignated shares of preferred stock, $0.01 per share par value, authorized by its charter one or more series of preferred stock. As of May 31, 2006, none of Constellation Energy’s preferred stock is issued or reserved for issuance.

BGE’s board of directors can, without further action by Constellation Energy, its sole shareholder, establish from the 1,000,000 undesignated shares of preferred stock, $100 per share par value, authorized by its charter one or more series of preferred stock. As of May 31, 2006, none of BGE’s preferred stock is issued or reserved for issuance.

Description of Common Stock

Dividend Rights

We will pay dividends on our common stock when declared by our board of directors. However, we must first pay all dividends and any redemption payments due on any outstanding shares of our preferred stock before paying common stock dividends.

Voting Rights

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters on which shareholders vote. There are no cumulative voting rights.

Liquidation

If we liquidate or dissolve, common stockholders will share equally in any assets remaining after full payment of liabilities to our creditors and the liquidation value per share plus accrued dividends due to holders of any outstanding shares of our preferred stock.

General

Holders of our common stock do not have any preemptive or special rights to purchase any shares of common stock we may issue at a later date. In addition, as holders of common stock, you have no redemption, conversion or sinking fund rights. When issued to you, the common stock will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

Description of Preferred Stock

We may issue preferred stock in one or more series, as described below. The following briefly summarizes the provisions of our charter that would be important to holders of our preferred stock. The following description may not be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the terms and provisions of our charter. See “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.”

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The description of most of the financial and other specific terms of each series will be in the prospectus supplement in connection with the offering of that series. Those terms may vary from the terms described herein.

As you read this section, please remember that the specific terms of each series of preferred stock as described in the applicable prospectus supplement will supplement and, if applicable, may modify or replace the general terms described in this section. If there are differences between the prospectus supplement and this prospectus, the prospectus supplement will control. Thus, the statements we make in this section may not apply to every series of preferred stock.

Reference to a series of preferred stock means all of the shares of preferred stock issued as part of the same series under articles supplementary filed as part of our charter. Reference to the applicable prospectus supplement means the prospectus supplement describing the specific terms of that offering of preferred stock you purchase. The terms used in your prospectus supplement will have the meanings described in this prospectus, unless otherwise specified.

The prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of preferred stock will contain a description of the specific terms of that series as fixed by our board of directors, including, as applicable:

• the number of shares;

• the designation;

• the voting powers;

• votes per share (which cannot be greater than one vote per share);

• liquidation preferences;

• relative participating, optional or other rights;

• conversion or exchange rights;

• redemption rights;

• put and sinking fund provisions;

• dividend rights;

• the terms or conditions of redemption; and

• any other applicable terms.

In some cases, the issuance of preferred stock could delay a change in control of Constellation Energy and make it harder to remove present management. Under certain circumstances, preferred stock could also restrict dividend payments to holders of our common stock.

When we issue and receive payment for the preferred stock, the shares will be fully paid and nonassessable. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the preferred stock will rank on a parity in all respects with any outstanding shares of our preferred stock and will have priority over our common stock as to dividends and distributions of assets. Therefore, the rights of any preferred stock that may subsequently be issued may limit the rights of the holders of our common stock and preferred stock.

The transfer agent, registrar, and dividend disbursement agent for a series of preferred stock will be named in a prospectus supplement. The registrar for shares of preferred stock will send notices to shareholders of any meetings at which holders of the preferred stock have the right to elect directors or to vote on any other matter.

The applicable prospectus supplement relating to any series of preferred stock that is convertible, exercisable or exchangeable will state the terms on which shares of that series are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of common stock, another series of preferred stock or other securities of Constellation Energy or BGE, or debt or equity securities of third parties.

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Maryland General Corporation Law and the Charter and Bylaws

Constellation Energy and BGE are Maryland corporations. Provisions of Maryland’s General Corporation Law (“Maryland Law”), in addition to provisions of our charter and bylaws, address corporate governance issues, including the rights of shareholders. Some of these provisions could hinder management changes while others could have an anti-takeover effect. This anti-takeover effect may, in some circumstances, reduce the control premium that might otherwise be reflected in the value of our stock.

We have summarized the key provisions of Maryland Law and our charter and bylaws below. Because it is a summary, it does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read our charter and bylaws (see “WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION”), and the relevant sections of Maryland Law to get a complete understanding of your rights. This summary is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to all the provisions of our charter, bylaws and Maryland Law.

Business Combination Statute. Subject to certain exceptions, Maryland Law prohibits certain business combinations between a corporation and an interested stockholder for five years after the most recent date on which the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, and thereafter imposes special appraisal rights and special stockholder voting requirements. The statute requires a business combination which is not excepted and which takes place after the five-year moratorium to be approved by the affirmative vote of at least (1) 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by the outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation, voting together as a group; and (2) two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock other than the interested stockholder who is a party to the combination, voting together as a group. An interested stockholder is defined as a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of ten percent or more of the voting power of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation. However, a person is not an interested stockholder if, prior to the most recent time at which such person would otherwise have become an interested stockholder, the board of directors of the corporation approved the transaction which otherwise would have resulted in the person’s becoming an interested stockholder (which approval may be made subject to compliance at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by the board, e.g., a standstill requirement). Maryland Law allows companies to opt out of this provision. We have not opted out.

Control Share Statute. Maryland Law provides, with certain exceptions, that control shares (generally, shares with more than one-tenth, one-third and a majority of the power to vote generally in the election of directors) of a corporation acquired in a control share acquisition have no voting rights except to the extent approved by the stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding interested shares. If the stockholders do not accord voting rights to the control shares, the corporation may redeem the control shares under certain circumstances. Unless the charter or bylaws provide otherwise, if voting rights are approved, and as a result the interested stockholder becomes entitled to exercise a majority or more of the voting power of all shares of the corporation, non-interested stockholders will have dissenters’ rights. Maryland Law allows companies to opt out of this provision. Constellation Energy has opted out, but can opt back in at its option.

Corporate Governance. Shareholders of Constellation Energy may remove directors only for cause upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the combined voting powers of the classes of capital stock entitled to vote in the election of directors. The number of directors may be fixed only by vote of the board of directors and vacancies on the board may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors in office. Directors have staggered terms of office and each director is elected for a three-year term. Shareholder proposals and nominations are subject to specified restrictions and procedures contained in our bylaws. The effect of these provisions could be to delay the shareholders’ ability to elect a majority of new directors.

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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

General

We may issue warrants to purchase debt securities, preferred stock, common stock or any combination of these securities and these warrants may be issued by us independently or together with any underlying securities and may be attached to or separate from the underlying securities. We will issue each series of warrants under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent. The warrant agent will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants of the series for which it is appointed and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency for or with holders or beneficial owners of warrants of that series.

The following outlines some of the general terms and provisions of the warrants. Further terms of the warrants and the applicable warrant agreement will be stated in the applicable prospectus supplement. The following description and any description of the warrants in a prospectus supplement may not be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to the terms and provisions of the warrant agreement, a form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement which contains this prospectus.

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any warrants that we may offer, including the following:

• the title of the warrants;

• the total number of warrants;

• the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued;

• the currency or currencies investors may use to pay for the warrants;

• the designation and terms of the underlying securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants;

• the price at which and the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which investors may purchase the underlying securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants;

• the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and the date on which the right will expire;

• whether the warrants will be issued in registered form or bearer form;

• information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;

• if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of warrants which may be exercised at any one time;

• if applicable, the designation and terms of the underlying securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each underlying security;

• if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related underlying securities will be separately transferable;

• if applicable, a discussion of material United States federal income tax considerations;

• the identity of the warrant agent;

• the procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of the warrants; and

• any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants.

Warrant certificates may be exchanged for new warrant certificates of different denominations, and warrants may be exercised at the warrant agent’s corporate trust office or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. Prior to the exercise of their warrants, holders of warrants exercisable for debt securities

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will not have any of the rights of holders of the debt securities purchasable upon such exercise and will not be entitled to payments of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the debt securities purchasable upon such exercise. Prior to the exercise of their warrants, holders of warrants exercisable for shares of preferred stock or common stock will not have any rights of holders of the preferred stock or common stock and will not be entitled to dividend payments, if any, or voting rights of the preferred stock or common stock.

Exercise of Warrants

A warrant will entitle the holder to purchase for cash an amount of securities at an exercise price that will be stated in, or that will be determinable as described in, the applicable prospectus supplement. The exercise price for the warrants will be subject to adjustment in accordance with the applicable prospectus supplement. Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Upon receipt of payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If less than all of the warrants represented by such warrant certificate are exercised, a new warrant certificate will be issued for the remaining warrants.

Enforceability of Rights

The holders of warrants, without the consent of the warrant agent, may, on their own behalf and for their own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against us to enforce their rights to exercise and receive the securities purchasable upon exercise of their warrants.

DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS

We may issue stock purchase contracts, representing contracts obligating holders to purchase from or sell to us, and obligating us to purchase from or sell to the holders, a specified number of shares of our common stock or preferred stock, as applicable, at a future date or dates. The price per share of common stock or preferred stock, as applicable, may be fixed at the time the stock purchase contracts are issued or may be determined by reference to a specific formula contained in the stock purchase contracts. We may issue stock purchase contracts in such amounts and in as many distinct series as we wish. The stock purchase contracts may be issued separately or as part of units consisting of a stock purchase contract and beneficial interests in debt securities, preferred stock or debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. treasury securities, securing the holders’ obligations to purchase the common stock under the stock purchase contracts, which we refer to in this prospectus as units. The stock purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders of the stock purchase units or vice versa, and these payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The stock purchase contracts may require holders to secure their obligations under those contracts in a specified manner.

The applicable prospectus supplement may contain, where applicable, the following information about the stock purchase contracts issued under it:

• whether the stock purchase contracts obligate the holder to purchase or sell, or both purchase and sell, our common stock or preferred stock, as applicable, and the nature and amount of each of those securities, or the method of determining those amounts;

• whether the stock purchase contracts are to be prepaid or not;

• whether the stock purchase contracts are to be settled by delivery, or by reference or linkage to the value, performance or level of our common stock or preferred stock;

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• any acceleration, cancellation, termination or other provisions relating to the settlement of the stock purchase contracts;

• whether the stock purchase contracts will be issued in fully registered or global form; and

• any other terms of the stock purchase contracts.

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

We may, from time to time, issue units comprised of one or more of the other securities described in this prospectus in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date.

The applicable prospectus supplement may describe:

• the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately;

• any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the units; and

• whether the units will be issued in fully registered or global form.

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any units. The preceding description and any description of units in the applicable prospectus supplement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by, reference to the relevant unit agreement and, if applicable, collateral arrangements and depositary arrangements relating to such units.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the securities offered (a) through agents; (b) by underwriters or dealers; (c) directly to one or more purchasers; or (d) through a combination of any of these methods of sale.

In some cases we may also repurchase the securities and reoffer them to the public by one or more of the methods described above.

This prospectus may be used in connection with any offering of securities through any of these methods or other methods described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Any underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of the securities will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.

By Agents

Offered securities may be sold on a one time or a continuing basis by agents designated by us. The agents agree to use their reasonable efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment under the terms of an agency agreement between the agents and us.

By Underwriters or Dealers

If underwriters are used in the sale, the underwriters may be designated by us or selected through a bidding process. The securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Underwriters may sell the securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities of the series offered if any of the securities are purchased. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

Only underwriters named in the applicable prospectus supplement are deemed to be underwriters in connection with the securities offered hereby.

If dealers are utilized in the sale of the securities, we will sell the securities to the dealers as principals. The dealers may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealers at the time of resale. The names of the dealers and the terms of the transaction will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Direct Sales

We may also sell securities directly to the public. In this case, no underwriters or agents would be involved.

General Information

We may authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase securities from us at the public offering price pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a later date or dates, all as described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Each delayed delivery contract will be for an amount not less than, and the aggregate amount of the securities shall be not less nor more than, the respective amounts stated in the prospectus supplement. Institutions with whom the delayed delivery contracts, when authorized, may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension

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funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions, and other institutions, but will in all cases be subject to our approval. The delayed delivery contracts will not be subject to any conditions except:

• the purchase by an institution of the securities covered by its delayed delivery contract shall not, at any time of delivery, be prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction in the United States to which such jurisdiction is subject; and

• if the securities are being sold to underwriters, we shall have sold to those underwriters the total amount of the securities less the amount thereof covered by the delayed delivery contracts. The underwriters will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of the delayed delivery contracts.

Unless otherwise specified in the related prospectus supplement, each series of the securities will be a new issue with no established trading market, other than the common stock. Any common stock sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement or issuable upon conversion of another offered security will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance. We may elect to list any of the other securities on an exchange, but are not obligated to do so. It is possible that one or more underwriters may make a market in a series of the securities, but no underwriter will be obligated to do so and any underwriter may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We cannot predict the activity of trading in, or liquidity of, our securities.

In connection with sales by an agent or in an underwritten offering, the SEC rules permit the underwriters or agents to engage in transactions that stabilize the price of the securities. These transactions may include short sales, stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters or agents of a greater number of securities than they are required to purchase in an offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the securities while an offering is in progress.

The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the underwriters have repurchased securities sold by or for the account of that underwriter in stabilizing or short-covering transactions.

These activities by the underwriters may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the securities. As a result, the price of the securities may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If these activities are commenced, they may be discontinued by the underwriters at any time. These transactions may be effected on an exchange or automated quotation system, if the securities are listed on that exchange or admitted for trading on that automated quotation system, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

We may from time to time, without the consent of the existing security holders, create and issue further securities having the same terms and conditions as the securities being offered hereby in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and if applicable, the first payment of interest or dividends therein or other terms as noted in the applicable prospectus supplement. Additional securities issued in this manner will be consolidated with, and will form a single series with, the previously outstanding securities.

Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act of 1933, and any discounts or commissions received by them from us and any profit on the resale of the securities by them may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.

We may have agreements with the underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute with respect to payments which the underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make.

Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us or our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their businesses.

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VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES

Unless otherwise noted in the applicable prospectus supplement, one of our lawyers will issue an opinion regarding the validity of the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus. Our lawyer may rely as to matters of New York law on the opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York.

EXPERTS

The financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2005 and the financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company for the year ended December 31, 2005 have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

Constellation Energy files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. BGE files annual, quarterly and current reports, and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document filed by BGE or Constellation Energy at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. The SEC maintains an internet site at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information, regarding companies (including Constellation Energy and BGE) that file documents with the SEC electronically. Constellation Energy’s and BGE’s SEC filings may also be obtained from our web site at http://www.constellation.com.

The addresses for both the SEC’s and Constellation Energy’s web site are inactive textual references only and the contents of those sites (other than the documents incorporated by reference as set forth below) are not a part of this prospectus.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC. In addition, the SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from now until the time the registration becomes effective and thereafter until we sell all the securities.

Constellation Energy

• Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, as amended by Form 10-K/A filed on May 1, 2006.

• Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.

• Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2006, February 9, 2006, February 28, 2006, May 31, 2006, June 6, 2006, June 16, 2006 and June 23, 2006.

• Description of the Common Stock under the caption “Proposal No. 1, Approval of the Share Exchange and Formation of the Holding Company—Constellation Energy Capital Stock” in the Proxy Statement and Prospectus contained in Amendment No. 1 to Constellation Energy’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Reg. No. 33-64799), including any amendments or reports filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating this description.

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BGE

• Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

• Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.

• Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2006.

Any person, including any beneficial owner, may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

Investor Relations

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

750 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

410-783-3647

You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus or any supplement. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents.

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Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

Unsecured Debt Securities, Common Stock,

Preferred Stock, Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts and Units

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

Unsecured Debt Securities and Preferred Stock

PROSPECTUS

Dated July 24, 2006

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee	$  *
Services of Independent Accountants	**
Trustee Fees and Expenses	**
Legal Fees and Expenses	**
Debt Securities Rating Fees	**
Printing and Delivery Expenses	**
Listing Fees	**
Transfer Agent and Fees	**
Miscellaneous Expenses	**
Total	$**

* To be deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b) and calculated in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement pursuant to Rule 457(r).

** Estimated expenses not presently known.

ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

The following description of indemnification allowed under Maryland statutory law is a summary rather than a complete description. Reference is made to Section 2-418 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Maryland Annotated Code, which is incorporated herein by reference, and the following summary is qualified in its entirety by such reference.

By a Maryland statute, a Maryland corporation may indemnify any director who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he is a present or former director of the corporation and any person who, while a director of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise, or employee benefit plan (“Director”). Such indemnification may be against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by him in connection with the Proceeding unless it is proven that (a) the act or omission of the Director was material to the matter giving rise to the Proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith, or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; or (b) the Director actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property, or services; or (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the Director had reasonable cause to believe his act or omission was unlawful. However, the corporation may not indemnify any Director in connection with a Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation if the Director has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation. A Director who has been successful in the defense of any Proceeding described above shall be indemnified against reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the Proceeding. The corporation may not indemnify a Director in respect of any Proceeding charging improper personal benefits to the Director in which the Director was adjudged to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. The corporation may not indemnify a Director or advance expenses for a Proceeding brought by the Director against the corporation except if the Proceeding is brought to enforce indemnification by the corporation or if the corporation’s charter or by-laws, a board resolution or contract provides otherwise. Notwithstanding the above provisions, a court of appropriate jurisdiction, upon application of the Director, may order indemnification if it determines that in view of all the relevant circumstances, the Director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification; however, indemnification with respect to any Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation or in which liability was

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adjudged on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received shall be limited to expenses. A corporation may advance reasonable expenses to a Director under certain circumstances, including a written undertaking by or on behalf of such Director to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation has not been met.

A corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation to the same extent that it may indemnify Directors under the statute.

The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by statute is not exclusive of any other rights, by indemnification or otherwise, to which a Director or officer may be entitled under the charter, by-laws, a resolution of shareholders or directors, an agreement or otherwise.

A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director or officer, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify a Director or officer against liability under the provision of this section of Maryland law. Further, a corporation may provide similar protection, including a trust fund, letter of credit or surety bond, not inconsistent with the statute.

Constellation Energy

Article Eighth of Constellation Energy’s Charter reads as follows:

“(a)(i) The Corporation shall indemnify

(A) Its Directors and Officers, whether serving the Corporation or at its request any other entity, to the full extent required or permitted by the general laws of the State of Maryland, now or hereafter in force, including the advance of expenses, under the procedures and to the full extent permitted by law, and

(B) other employees and agents, to such extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors or the Corporation’s by-laws and be permitted by law.

(ii) The foregoing rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled.

(iii) The Board of Directors may take such action as is necessary to carry out these indemnification provisions and is expressly empowered to adopt, approve and amend from time to time such by-laws, resolutions or contracts implementing such provisions or such further indemnification arrangements as may be permitted by law. No amendment of the Charter of the Corporation or repeal of any of its provisions shall limit or eliminate the right to indemnification provided hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Maryland statutory or decisional law, as amended or interpreted, no Director or Officer of this Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for money damages. No amendment of the Charter of the Corporation or repeal of any of its provisions shall limit or eliminate the limitation on liability provided to Directors and Officers hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.”

Article V of Constellation Energy’s By-Laws reads as follows:

“The Corporation shall indemnify all Directors, Officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the general laws of the State of Maryland and shall provide indemnification expenses in advance to the extent permitted thereby. The Corporation will follow the procedures required by applicable law in determining persons eligible for indemnification and in making indemnification payments and advances.

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The Indemnification and advance of expenses provided by the Charter and these by-laws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advance of expenses may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), or any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested Directors or other provision that is consistent with law, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, shall continue in respect of all events occurring while a person was a Director or Officer after such person has ceased to be a Director or Officer, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of such person. All rights to indemnification and advance of expenses under the Charter of the Corporation and hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director or Officer of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this by-law is in effect. Nothing herein shall prevent the amendment of this by-law, provided that no such amendment shall diminish the rights of any person hereunder with respect to events occurring or claims made before its adoption or as to claims made after its adoption in respect of events occurring before its adoption. Any repeal or modification of this by-law shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification or advance of expenses of such Director or Officer or the obligations of the Corporation arising hereunder with respect to events occurring, or claims made, while this by-law or any provision hereof is in force.”

The Directors and officers of the Company are covered by insurance indemnifying them against certain liabilities which might be incurred by them in their capacities as such, including certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933. The premium for this insurance is paid by the Company.

BGE

Article V of BGE’s Charter reads as follows:

“A director or officer of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages except (i) to the extent that it is proved that the person actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property, or services for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property, or services actually received or (ii) to the extent that a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the person is entered in a proceeding based on a finding in the proceeding that the person’s action or failure to act was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding. It is the intent of this Article that the liability of directors and officers shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time.

Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the stockholders of the corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.”

Article IV of BGE’s By-Laws reads as follows:

“Each person made or threatened to be made party to an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company, or, at its request, is or was a director or officer of another corporation, shall be indemnified by the Company (to the extent indemnification is not otherwise provided by insurance) against the liabilities, costs and expenses of every kind actually and reasonably incurred by him as a result of such action, suit or proceeding, or any threat thereof or any appeal thereon, but in each case only if and to the extent permissible under applicable common or statutory law, state or federal. The foregoing indemnity shall not be inclusive of other rights to which such person may be entitled.”

Also, see indemnification provisions in the Forms of Purchase Agreements, incorporated herein by reference as Exhibits 1(a), 1(b) and 1(e).

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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.

Reference is made to the Exhibit Index filed as a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.

(a) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement;

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrants pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the Registration Statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(A) Each prospectus filed by the Registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the Registration Statement; and

(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the Registration Statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the securities in the Registration Statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement or made in a

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document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of the Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrants pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrants will be sellers to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrants;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrants or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrants; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrants to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrants’ annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake (1) to use their best efforts to distribute prior to the opening of bids, to prospective bidders, underwriters, and dealers, a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus which at that time meets the requirements of section 10(a) of the Act, and relating to the securities offered at competitive bidding, as contained in the Registration Statement, together with any supplements thereto, and (2) to file an amendment to the Registration Statement reflecting the results of bidding, the terms of the reoffering and related matters to the extent required by the applicable form, not later than the first use, authorized by the issuer after the opening of bids, of a prospectus relating to the securities offered at competitive bidding, unless no further public offering of such securities by the issuer and no reoffering of such securities by the purchasers is proposed to be made.

(d) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to Directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrants pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, or otherwise, the Registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a Director, officer or controlling person of the Registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such Director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Constellation Energy Group, Inc., the Registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland on the 24th day of July, 2006.

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.
(Registrant)
By:	/s/    MAYO A. SHATTUCK III
	Mayo A. Shattuck III
	Chairman of the Board of Directors,
	President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints E. Follin Smith and Charles A. Berardesco as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement or amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933) thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and conforming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
Principal executive officer and director:
/s/    MAYO A. SHATTUCK III         Mayo A. Shattuck III	Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director	July 24, 2006
Principal financial and accounting officer:
/s/    E. FOLLIN SMITH         E. Follin Smith	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer	July 24, 2006
Directors:
/s/    DOUGLAS L. BECKER         Douglas L. Becker	Director	July 24, 2006
/s/    JAMES T. BRADY         James T. Brady	Director	July 24, 2006

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Signature	Title	Date
/s/    EDWARD A. CROOKE         Edward A. Crooke	Director	July 24, 2006
/s/    JAMES R. CURTISS         James R. Curtiss	Director	July 24, 2006
/s/    FREEMAN A. HRABOWSKI, III         Freeman A. Hrabowski, III	Director	July 24, 2006
/s/    NANCY LAMPTON         Nancy Lampton	Director	July 24, 2006
/s/    ROBERT J. LAWLESS         Robert J. Lawless	Director	July 24, 2006
/s/    LYNN M. MARTIN         Lynn M. Martin	Director	July 24, 2006
/s/    MICHAEL D. SULLIVAN         Michael D. Sullivan	Director	July 24, 2006

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, the Registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland on the 24th day of July, 2006.

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Registrant)
By:	/s/    KENNETH W. DEFONTES, JR.
	Kenneth W. DeFontes, Jr.
	President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints E. Follin Smith and Charles A. Berardesco as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement or amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933) thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and conforming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
Principal executive officer and director:
/s/    KENNETH W. DEFONTES, JR.         Kenneth W. DeFontes, Jr.	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director	July 24, 2006
Principal financial and accounting officer:
/s/    E. FOLLIN SMITH         E. Follin Smith	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director	July 24, 2006
Directors:
/s/    MAYO A. SHATTUCK III         Mayo A. Shattuck III	Director	July 24, 2006

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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NUMBER
1(a)	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Purchase Agreement, including Standard Purchase Provisions for Unsecured Debt Securities.
1(b)	—	Form of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Purchase Agreement, including Standard Purchase Provisions for Unsecured Debt Securities.
1(c)*	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Purchase Agreement, including Standard Purchase Provisions for Convertible Debt Securities.
1(d)*	—	Form of Agency Agreement.
1(e)	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Purchase Agreement, including Standard Purchase Provisions for Common Stock.
1(f)*	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Purchase Agreement, including Standard Purchase Provisions for Preferred Stock.
1(g)*	—	Form of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Purchase Agreement, including Standard Purchase Provisions for Preferred Stock.
1(h)*	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Purchase Agreement, including Standard Purchase Provisions for Stock Purchase Contracts.
1(i)*	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Purchase Agreement, including Standard Purchase Provisions for Units.
3(a)	—	Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Charter of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. as of April 30, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Form 8-K dated April 30, 1999, File No. 1-1910.)
3(b)	—	Articles Supplementary to the Charter of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. as of July 19, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Form 10-Q dated August 13, 1999, File No. 1-12869.)
3(c)	—	Certificate of Correction to the Charter of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. as of September 13, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(c) to Form 10-K dated March 20, 2000, File No. 1-12869.)
3(d)	—	Articles Supplementary to the Charter of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. as of November 20, 2001. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(e) to Form 10-K dated March 29, 2002, File No. 1-12869.)
3(e)	—	Bylaws of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. as amended to February 27, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Form 10-Q dated May 7, 2004, File No. 1-12869.)
3(f)	—	Charter of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, restated as of August 16, 1996. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to Form 10-Q dated November 14, 1996, File No. 1-1910.)
3(g)	—	Bylaws of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company as amended to October 16, 1998. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to Form 10-Q dated November 13, 1998, File No. 1-1910.)
4(a)	—	Indenture dated as of July 24, 2006 between Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
4(b)	—	Indenture dated as of July 24, 2006, between Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
4(c)	—	Common Stock certificate. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to Form S-3, Reg. Nos. 333-59601 and 33-57658 filed March 25, 1999.)
4(d)*	—	Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Preferred Stock certificate.

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EXHIBIT NUMBER
4(e)*	—	Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Preferred Stock certificate.
4(f)*	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Warrant Agreement.
4(g)	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Unsecured Debt Security (Fixed Rate) (Included in Exhibit 4(a).)
4(h)	—	Form of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Unsecured Debt Security (Fixed Rate) (Included in Exhibit 4(b).)
4(i)	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Unsecured Debt Security (Floating Rate) (Included in Exhibit 4(a).)
4(j)	—	Form of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Unsecured Debt Security (Floating Rate) (Included in Exhibit 4(b).)
4(k)*	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Interest Calculation Agency Agreement.
4(l)*	—	Form of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Interest Calculation Agency Agreement.
4(m)*	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Stock Purchase Contract, including form of security certificate.
4(n)*	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Unit Agreement, including form of security certificate.
4(o)*	—	Form of Pledge Agreement.
4(p)*	—	Form of Remarketing Agreement.
4(q)*	—	Form of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Convertible Debt Security.
5(a)	—	Opinion of Company Counsel.
5(b)	—	Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York.
12(a)	—	Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12(a) to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, filed May 9, 2006, File No. 1-12869.)
12(b)	—	Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred and Preference Dividend Requirements for Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12(b) to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, filed May 9, 2006, File No. 1-1910.)
23(a)	—	Consent of Company Counsel (included in Exhibit 5(a)).
23(b)	—	Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York (included in Exhibit 5(b)).
23(c)	—	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24	—	Powers of Attorney (included in signature pages).
25	—	Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (Form T-1) of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Trustee.
26*	—	Invitation for Competitive Bids.

* To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated by reference herein in connection with an offering of the securities.

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EX-1.(A)

Exhibit 1(a)

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

Unsecured Debt Securities

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                    , 2006

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

750 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Dear Sirs:

Referring to the Unsecured Debt Securities of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (the “Company”) covered by the registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-                    ), (such registration statement, including (i) the prospectus included therein (the “Base Prospectus”), and (ii) all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”). The Base Prospectus as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated                      specifically relating to the Purchased Notes in the form first filed under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (or in the form first made available to the Purchasers by the Company to meet the requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” and the preliminary form of the Prospectus is hereinafter called the “Preliminary Prospectus”. For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus together with the free writing prospectus, if any, each identified in Schedule B hereto.

On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the purchaser or purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (the “Purchasers”) agree to purchase, severally, and the Company agrees to sell to the Purchasers, severally, the respective principal amounts of the Company’s         % Notes due                      having the terms described below (the “Purchased Notes”) set forth opposite the name of each Purchaser on Schedule A hereto.

The price at which the Purchased Notes shall be purchased from the Company by the Purchasers shall be         % of the principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from                      to the date of delivery. The initial public offering price shall be         % of the principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from                      to the date of delivery. The

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Purchased Notes will be offered by the Purchasers as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Purchased Notes.

The Purchased Notes will have the following terms:

Principal Amount:	____________
Fixed Interest rate:	____________	%
Interest Payment Dates:	____________
Stated Maturity:	____________
Redeemable by the Company at its option	____________
Optional Make-Whole Redemption Provisions as described in the Prospectus Discount Rate Spread over Treasury Yield:	____________	%
The “Closing Date” shall be:	____________

The place to which the

Purchased Notes may be

checked, packaged and

delivered shall be:

_____________________

Notices to the Purchasers shall be sent to the following address(es) or telecopier number(s):

______________________

With a copy to :

______________________

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If we are acting as Representative(s) for the several Purchasers named in Schedule A hereto, we represent that we are authorized to act for such several Purchasers in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, and that, if there are more than one of us, any action under this Agreement taken by any of us will be binding upon all the Purchasers.

All of the provisions contained in the document entitled “Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Standard Purchase Provisions”, a copy of which has been previously furnished to us, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the several Purchasers in accordance with its terms.

	Very truly yours,
[Purchaser’s Name]
	By:
	Name:
	Title:
	Acting on behalf of and as Representative(s) of the several Purchasers named in Schedule A hereto.

The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed as of the date first above written

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

By:

Name:

Title:

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SCHEDULE A

Name of Purchaser	Amount
_______________________________________
Total

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SCHEDULE B

Free Writing Prospectus

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CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

STANDARD PURCHASE PROVISIONS

From time to time, Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Company”) may enter into purchase agreements that provide for the sale of designated securities to the purchaser or purchasers named therein. The standard provisions set forth herein may be incorporated by reference in any such purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”). The Purchase Agreement, including the provisions incorporated therein by reference, is herein sometimes referred to as “this Agreement.” Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

1. Introductory. The Company proposes to issue and sell from time to time its Unsecured Debt Securities (“Notes”) registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(a). The Notes will be issued under an Indenture, dated as of July __, 2006, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (the “Indenture”). The Notes will be sold to the Purchasers for resale in accordance with the terms of the offering determined at the time of the sale. The Notes involved in any such offering are hereinafter referred to as the “Purchased Notes,” and the firm or firms, as the case may be, which agree to purchase the same are hereinafter referred to as the “Purchasers” of such Purchased Notes. The terms “you” and “your” refer to those Purchasers who sign the Purchase Agreement either on behalf of themselves only or on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several Purchasers named in Schedule A thereto, as the case may be.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each Purchaser that:

(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-                    ) covering an indeterminate amount of the securities of the Company (including the Purchased Notes), including a prospectus has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) and has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. The Company is a well known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)) eligible to use the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement and the Company has not received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement. The terms Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

(b) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule B to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

(c) The Registration Statement conforms in all respects to the requirements of the Act, and the pertinent published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (“33

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Act Rules and Regulations”) and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (“Trust Indenture Act”), and does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date, the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplement by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 of the Act, at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and the pertinent published rules and regulations thereunder (“Exchange Act Rules and Regulations”). Any additional documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, will, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

3. Delivery and Payment. The Company will deliver the Purchased Notes to you for the accounts of the Purchasers, at the offices of the Trustee (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement) against payment of the purchase price by wire transfer to an account specified by the Company or by certified or official bank check or checks in same day or New York or Baltimore Clearing House funds drawn to the order of the Company, at the office of the Company, 750 E. Pratt Street, 16^th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland, at the time set forth in this Agreement or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as you and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” The Purchased Notes to be delivered will be in definitive fully registered form registered in such denominations, of $1,000 or multiples thereof, and in such names as you request in writing not later than 3:00 p.m., New York Time, on the third full business day prior to the Closing Date, or, if no such request is received, in the names of the respective Purchasers in the amounts agreed to be purchased by them pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall make the Purchased Notes available for checking and packaging at the offices of the Trustee (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement) prior to the Closing Date and, unless prevented from doing so by circumstances beyond its control, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York Time, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date. If you request that any Purchased Notes be issued in a name or names other than that of the Purchaser agreeing to purchase such Purchased Notes hereunder, the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting therefrom. The Notes may also be represented by a permanent global Note or Notes, registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as depositary (the “Depositary”), or a nominee of the Depositary (each such Note represented by a permanent global Note being referred to herein as a

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“Book- Entry Note”). Beneficial interests in Book-Entry Notes will only be evidenced by, and transfers thereof will only be effected through, records maintained by the Depositary’s participants.

4. Offering by the Purchasers. The several Purchasers propose to offer the Purchased Notes for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.

5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Purchasers that:

(a) It will promptly cause the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as required by Rule 424.

(b) It will furnish to each Purchaser a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Purchasers reasonably object.

(c) It will not take any action that would result in a Purchaser or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of a Purchaser that otherwise would not have been required to be filed thereunder.

(d) For as long as a prospectus relating to the Purchased Notes is required to be delivered under the Act, if any event relating to or affecting the Company or of which the Company shall be advised in writing by the Purchasers shall occur which, in the Company’s opinion, should be set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Time of Sale Prospectus in order either to make the Time of Sale Prospectus comply with the requirements of the Act or which would require the making of any change in the Time of Sale Prospectus so that as thereafter delivered to purchasers such Time of Sale Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus by either (i) preparing and filing with the Commission supplement(s) or amendment(s) to the Time of Sale Prospectus, or (ii) making an appropriate filing pursuant to the Exchange Act, which will supplement or amend the Time of Sale Prospectus so that, as supplemented or amended, the Time of Sale Prospectus when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser will comply with the Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Prior to any such filing, the Company shall give oral notice to the Purchasers.

(e) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including at the option of the Company Rule 158).

(f) The Company will furnish to you copies of the following documents, in each case as soon as available after filing and in such quantities as you reasonably request (i) the Registration Statement relating to the Notes as originally filed and all pre-effective amendments thereto (at least one of which will be signed and will include all exhibits except those incorporated by reference to previous filings with the Commission); (ii) each

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prospectus relating to the Purchased Notes; and (iii) during the time when a prospectus relating to the Purchased Notes is required to be delivered under the Act, all post-effective amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, respectively (except supplements relating to securities that are not Purchased Notes).

(g) The Company will take such action as the Purchasers may reasonably request to obtain the qualification of the Purchased Notes for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution, provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file any consent to service of process under the laws of any jurisdiction or to comply with any other requirements deemed by the Company to be unduly burdensome.

(h) During the period of five years after the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to you, and upon request, to each of the other Purchasers (unless such reports are available electronically on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website or the Company’s website): (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to shareholders for such year, (ii) as soon as available, a copy of each report or definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to shareholders, and (iii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as you may reasonably request.

(i) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and will reimburse the Purchasers for any expenses (including Blue Sky fees not exceeding $6,000 and disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with qualification of the Purchased Notes for sale and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and the printing or reproduction of memoranda relating thereto, for any filing fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Purchased Notes, for any expenses incurred in connection with listing the Purchased Notes on a national securities exchange and for expenses incurred in distributing prospectuses to the Purchasers, except that if this Agreement is terminated by the Purchasers under Section 7(c) hereof, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse the Purchasers for any of the foregoing expenses.

(j) The Company will not offer or sell any of its other debt securities which are substantially similar to the Purchased Notes prior to ten business days after the Closing Date, without the consent of the Purchasers.

(k) The Company will prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Purchased Notes, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Purchased Notes or the offering in a form consented to by the Purchasers, and to file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Act following the date the final terms have been established for the offering of the Purchased Notes.

6. Covenants of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser severally covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Purchaser that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but the for the action of the Purchaser.

7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Purchasers. The obligations of the several Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Purchased Notes will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the

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statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) Subsequent to the signing of this Agreement, you shall have received a letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated the Closing Date, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations, and stating in effect that:

(i) In their opinion, the consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules audited by them which are included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended                      (“Form 10-K”), which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement comply in form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations;

(ii) On the basis of procedures specified in such letter (but not an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards), including reading the minutes of meetings of the shareholders, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Company since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K as set forth in the minute books through a specified date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date, performing procedures specified in Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if any, and reading the latest available unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company, and making inquiries of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters as to whether the latest available financial statements not incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement are prepared on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial statements incorporated in the Registration Statement, nothing has come to their attention that has caused them to believe that (1) any unaudited consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement do not comply in form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations or any material modifications should be made to those unaudited consolidated financial statements for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) at the date of the latest available balance sheet not incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement there was any change in the capital stock, change in long-term debt or decrease in consolidated net assets or common shareholders’ equity as compared with the amounts shown in the latest balance sheet incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or for the period from the closing date of the latest income statement incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement to the closing date of the latest available income statement read by them there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, in operating revenues, operating income, net income, or in earnings per share of common stock except in all instances for changes or decreases that the Registration Statement discloses have occurred or may occur, or which are described in such letter; or (3) at a specified date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date, there was any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or, at such date, there was any decrease in net assets of the Company as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or for the period from the closing date of the latest income statement incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement to a specified date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date, there were any

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decreases as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, in operating revenues, operating income, net income or in earnings applicable to common stock, except in all cases for changes or decreases which the Registration Statement discloses have occurred or may occur, or which are described in such letter; and

(iii) Certain specified procedures have been applied to certain financial or other statistical information (to the extent such information was obtained from the general accounting records of the Company) set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and that such procedures have not revealed any disagreement between the financial and statistical information so set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the underlying general accounting records of the Company, except as described in such letter.

(b) Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued, no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted, or to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission and the Company has not received a notice of objection to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement.

(c) Subsequent to the date of this Agreement, (i) there shall not have occurred any change or any development involving a prospective change not contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Purchasers including you, materially impairs the investment quality of the Purchased Notes, (ii) no rating of any of the Company’s debt securities shall have been lowered by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g) and (iii) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall not have been suspended nor limited, other than a temporary suspension in trading to provide for an orderly market, nor shall minimum prices have been established on such Exchange, a banking moratorium shall not have been declared either by New York State or Federal authorities and there shall not have occurred an outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved or other substantial national or international calamity or crisis (including one caused by a terrorist act), the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Purchased Notes.

(d) You shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of a counsel for the Company to the effect that:

(i) The Company, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BGE”), Constellation Generation Group, LLC (“CGG”), Constellation Enterprises, Inc. (“CEI”) and CEG Acquisition, LLC (“CEGA”) have been duly incorporated or formed, and are validly existing as corporations or limited liability companies, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own their respective properties and conduct their respective businesses as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus; the Company owns all of the outstanding shares of common stock of BGE and CEI and all of the membership interests of CGG and CEGA; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties requires such qualification and the failure to do so would have a material and adverse impact on its financial condition;

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(ii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid instrument, legally binding on the Company and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity;

(iii) The issuance and sale of the Purchased Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. The Purchased Notes (assuming that they have been duly authenticated by the Trustee or a duly designated Authentication Agent under the Indenture, which fact counsel need not verify by an inspection of the Purchased Notes), have been duly issued and constitute legal, valid, and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, and are entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture except as such enforceability or entitlement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity;

(iv) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and, (a) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act; (b) the Registration Statement (as of its effective date) and the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (as of the date of the Purchase Agreement) and any amendments or supplements thereto, as of their respective dates, appeared to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Form S-3 under the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent applicable; (c) such counsel has no reason to believe that (1) any part of the Registration Statement when such part became effective contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (2) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus on the date of this Agreement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (3) the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement or as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading or (4) the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading; (d) the descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; (e) and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus which are not described as required, or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described or filed as required; it being understood that such counsel, in addressing the matters covered in this paragraph (iv) need express no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial and statistical information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or incorporated therein or attached as an exhibit thereto or as to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-l of the Trustee under the Indenture.

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(v) Counsel knows of no approval of any regulatory authority which is legally required for the valid offering, issuance, sale and delivery of the Purchased Notes by the Company under this Agreement (except that such opinion need not pass upon the requirements of state securities acts);

(vi) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge and belief, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the compliance by the Company with all the terms of the Indenture did not and will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Company’s Charter or By-Laws or any indenture, mortgage or deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party;

(vii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(viii) The Indenture is duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and

(ix) The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of the Debt Securities,” and on the cover page of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Indenture and the Purchased Notes, are accurate and fair summaries of the matters set forth therein.

(e) The Purchasers shall have received from Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel for the Purchasers, an opinion dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters referred to in paragraph 7(d) subheadings (ii), (iii), (viii) and (ix) and such other matters as the Purchasers shall reasonably request and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass on such matters.

In rendering such opinion, Davis Polk & Wardwell may rely, as to the incorporation of the Company and all other matters governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, upon the opinion of Counsel for the Company referred to above.

In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers, counsel and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and representatives of the Purchasers at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed; and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (except as to the matters referred to in their opinion rendered pursuant to subheading (ix) above), on the basis of the foregoing (relying as to materiality to a large extent upon the opinions of officers, counsel and other representatives of the Company), no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead such counsel to believe that either the Registration Statement (as of its effective date), the Time of Sale Prospectus (as of the date of this Agreement) or the Prospectus (as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date), and any subsequent amendments or supplements thereto, as of their respective dates, and as of the Closing Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make such statements therein not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need make no comment with respect to the financial statements and other financial and statistical data included in the Registration

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Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus or incorporated therein or as to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-l of the Trustee under the Indenture).

(f) You shall have received a certificate of the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such officers shall state, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, and relying on opinions of counsel to the extent that legal matters are involved, that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission, and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements set forth or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or in the financial results of operation of the Company except as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus.

(g) The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request.

In case any such condition shall not have been satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by you upon notice in writing or by telecopy to the Company without liability or obligation on the part of the Company or any Purchaser, except as set forth in Section 11 hereof.

8. Conditions of the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the Purchased Notes are subject to the following condition precedent:

Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

If any such condition shall not have been satisfied, then the Company shall be entitled, by notice in writing or by telecopy to you, to terminate this Agreement without any liability on the part of the Company or any Purchaser, except as set forth in Section 11 hereof.

9. Indemnification.

(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any Purchaser within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Purchaser or such controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse each Purchaser and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable to such Purchaser or controlling person in any such case to the extent that any

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such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser or such controlling person specifically for use therein, provided, further, that the foregoing indemnity with respect to any Time of Sale Prospectus or any Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Purchaser from whom the person asserting any losses, claims, damages or liabilities otherwise covered by this paragraph purchased Purchased Notes, or to the benefit of any person controlling such Purchaser, if a copy of the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus (as then amended and supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Purchaser to such person if required so to have been delivered, at or prior to the entry into the contract of sale of Purchased Notes with such person, and if the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Act, or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser specifically for use therein; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Purchaser may otherwise have.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under (a) and (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section, except to the extent the indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such omission. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who may, with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party) and who shall not be counsel to any other indemnified party who may have interests conflicting with those of such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses

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subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.

(d) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Section, for any reason other than as specified therein, the parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses, except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of the Act. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, there shall be considered the relative benefits received by each party from the offering of the Purchased Notes (taking into account the portion of the proceeds of the offering realized by each), the parties’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The Company and the Purchasers and such controlling persons agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation (even if the Purchasers and such controlling persons were treated as one entity for such purpose). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser or controlling person shall be required to make contribution hereunder which in the aggregate exceeds the total public offering price of the Purchased Notes, purchased by the Purchaser under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages which such Purchaser or such controlling person has otherwise been required to pay in respect of the same claim or any substantially similar claim. The Purchasers’ obligations to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

10. Default of Purchasers. If any Purchaser or Purchasers default in their obligations to purchase Purchased Notes hereunder and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Notes which such defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase is 10% of the principal amount of Purchased Notes or less, the non-defaulting Purchasers may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Notes by other persons, including any of the Purchasers, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date the non-defaulting Purchasers shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Purchased Notes which such defaulting Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase. If any Purchaser or Purchasers so default and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Notes with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than the above percentage and arrangements reasonably satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Notes by other persons are not made within seventy-two hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Purchaser or the Company, except as provided in Section 11. In the event that any Purchaser or Purchasers default in their obligation to purchase Purchased Notes hereunder, the Company may, by prompt written notice to the non-defaulting Purchasers, postpone the Closing Date for a period of not more than seven full business days in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents, and the Company will promptly file any amendments to the Registration Statement or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus which may thereby be made necessary. As used in this Agreement, the term “Purchaser” includes any person substituted for a Purchaser under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.

11. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties, and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Purchaser or the Company or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Purchased Notes. If this

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Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, 8 or 10 or if for any reason the purchase of the Purchased Notes by the Purchasers is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5(g). In addition, in such event the respective obligations of the Company and the Purchasers pursuant to Section 9 shall remain in effect; provided, however, that each Purchaser will use its best efforts to promptly notify each other Purchaser and each dealer and prospective customer to whom such Purchaser has delivered a Prospectus for the Purchased Notes by telephone or telegraph, confirmed by letter in either case, of such termination or failure to consummate, including in such notice instructions regarding the continued use of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto.

12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing, and, if sent to the Purchasers will be delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the address furnished in writing for the purpose of such communications hereunder, or, if sent to the Company, will be delivered or telecopied and confirmed to it, attention of Treasurer at 750 E. Pratt Street, 16^th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, telecopier (410) 783-3619.

13. Successors. This Purchase Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 9, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

14. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Purchased Notes, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Purchasers with respect to the preparation of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Purchased Notes.

(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Purchased Notes: (i) the Purchasers have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Purchasers owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Purchasers may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Purchasers arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Purchased Notes.

15. Construction. This Purchase Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland.

16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and it is not necessary that the signatures of all parties appear on the same counterpart, but such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.

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EX-1.(B)

Exhibit 1(b)

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

Unsecured Debt Securities

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                        , 2006

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

750 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Dear Sirs:

Referring to the Unsecured Debt Securities of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (the “Company”) covered by the registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-                    ), (such registration statement, including (i) the prospectus included therein (the “Base Prospectus”), and (ii) all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”). The Base Prospectus as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated                          specifically relating to the Purchased Notes in the form first filed under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (or in the form first made available to the Purchasers by the Company to meet the requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” and the preliminary form of the Prospectus is hereinafter called the “Preliminary Prospectus”. For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus together with the free writing prospectus, if any, each identified in Schedule B hereto.

On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the purchaser or purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (the “Purchasers”) agree to purchase, severally, and the Company agrees to sell to the Purchasers, severally, the respective principal amounts of the Company’s             % Notes due              having the terms described below (the “Purchased Notes”) set forth opposite the name of each Purchaser on Schedule A hereto.

The price at which the Purchased Notes shall be purchased from the Company by the Purchasers shall be             % of the principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from                              to the date of delivery. The initial public offering price shall be             % of the principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from                          to the date of delivery. The

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Purchased Notes will be offered by the Purchasers as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Purchased Notes.

The Purchased Notes will have the following terms:

Principal Amount:	______________
Fixed Interest rate:	______________	%
Interest Payment Dates:	______________
Stated Maturity:	______________
Redeemable by the Company at its option	______________
Optional Make-Whole Redemption Provisions as described in the Prospectus
Discount Rate Spread over Treasury Yield:	______________	%
The “Closing Date” shall be:	______________
The place to which the Purchased Notes may be checked, packaged and delivered shall be:	_____________

Notices to the Purchasers shall be sent to the following address(es) or telecopier number(s):

	____________________________
With a copy to :
	____________________________

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If we are acting as Representative(s) for the several Purchasers named in Schedule A hereto, we represent that we are authorized to act for such several Purchasers in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, and that, if there are more than one of us, any action under this Agreement taken by any of us will be binding upon all the Purchasers.

All of the provisions contained in the document entitled “Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Standard Purchase Provisions”, a copy of which has been previously furnished to us, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the several Purchasers in accordance with its terms.

	Very truly yours,
[Purchaser’s Name]

By:

Name:

Title:

Acting on behalf of and as Representative(s) of the

several Purchasers named in Schedule A hereto.

The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed as of the date first above written

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

By:   

Name:

Title:

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SCHEDULE A

Name of Purchaser	Amount
____________________________	_______________________
Total

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SCHEDULE B

Free Writing Prospectus

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BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

STANDARD PURCHASE PROVISIONS

From time to time, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation (“Company”) may enter into purchase agreements that provide for the sale of designated securities to the purchaser or purchasers named therein. The standard provisions set forth herein may be incorporated by reference in any such purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”). The Purchase Agreement, including the provisions incorporated therein by reference, is herein sometimes referred to as “this Agreement.” Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

1. Introductory. The Company proposes to issue and sell from time to time its Unsecured Debt Securities (“Notes”) registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(a). The Notes will be issued under an Indenture, dated as of July __, 2006, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (the “Indenture”). The Notes will be sold to the Purchasers for resale in accordance with the terms of the offering determined at the time of the sale. The Notes involved in any such offering are hereinafter referred to as the “Purchased Notes,” and the firm or firms, as the case may be, which agree to purchase the same are hereinafter referred to as the “Purchasers” of such Purchased Notes. The terms “you” and “your” refer to those Purchasers who sign the Purchase Agreement either on behalf of themselves only or on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several Purchasers named in Schedule A thereto, as the case may be.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each Purchaser that:

(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-                    ) covering an indeterminate amount of the securities of the Company’s parent, Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (“Constellation”) and of the unsecured debt securities and preferred stock of the Company (including the Purchased Notes), including a prospectus has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) and has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. Each of the Company and Constellation is a well known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)) eligible to use the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement and neither the Company nor Constellation has not received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement. The terms Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

(b) Neither the Company nor Constellation is an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule B to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

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(c) The Registration Statement conforms in all respects to the requirements of the Act, and the pertinent published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (“33 Act Rules and Regulations”) and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (“Trust Indenture Act”), and does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date, the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplement by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 of the Act, at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and the pertinent published rules and regulations thereunder (“Exchange Act Rules and Regulations”). Any additional documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, will, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

3. Delivery and Payment. The Company will deliver the Purchased Notes to you for the accounts of the Purchasers, at the offices of the Trustee (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement) against payment of the purchase price by wire transfer to an account specified by the Company or by certified or official bank check or checks in same day or New York or Baltimore Clearing House funds drawn to the order of the Company, at the office of the Company, 750 E. Pratt Street, 16^th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland, at the time set forth in this Agreement or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as you and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” The Purchased Notes to be delivered will be in definitive fully registered form registered in such denominations, of $1,000 or multiples thereof, and in such names as you request in writing not later than 3:00 p.m., New York Time, on the third full business day prior to the Closing Date, or, if no such request is received, in the names of the respective Purchasers in the amounts agreed to be purchased by them pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall make the Purchased Notes available for checking and packaging at the offices of the Trustee (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement) prior to the Closing Date and, unless prevented from doing so by circumstances beyond its control, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York Time, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date. If you request that any Purchased Notes be issued in a name or names other than that of the Purchaser agreeing to purchase such Purchased Notes hereunder, the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting therefrom. The Notes may also be represented by a permanent global Note or Notes, registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as depositary (the “Depositary”), or a nominee of the Depositary

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(each such Note represented by a permanent global Note being referred to herein as a “Book-Entry Note”). Beneficial interests in Book-Entry Notes will only be evidenced by, and transfers thereof will only be effected through, records maintained by the Depositary’s participants.

4. Offering by the Purchasers. The several Purchasers propose to offer the Purchased Notes for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.

5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Purchasers that:

(a) It will promptly cause the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as required by Rule 424.

(b) It will furnish to each Purchaser a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Purchasers reasonably object.

(c) It will not take any action that would result in a Purchaser or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of a Purchaser that otherwise would not have been required to be filed thereunder.

(d) For as long as a prospectus relating to the Purchased Notes is required to be delivered under the Act, if any event relating to or affecting the Company or of which the Company shall be advised in writing by the Purchasers shall occur which, in the Company’s opinion, should be set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Time of Sale Prospectus in order either to make the Time of Sale Prospectus comply with the requirements of the Act or which would require the making of any change in the Time of Sale Prospectus so that as thereafter delivered to purchasers such Time of Sale Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus by either (i) preparing and filing with the Commission supplement(s) or amendment(s) to the Time of Sale Prospectus, or (ii) making an appropriate filing pursuant to the Exchange Act, which will supplement or amend the Time of Sale Prospectus so that, as supplemented or amended, the Time of Sale Prospectus when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser will comply with the Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Prior to any such filing, the Company shall give oral notice to the Purchasers.

(e) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including at the option of the Company Rule 158).

(f) The Company will furnish to you copies of the following documents, in each case as soon as available after filing and in such quantities as you reasonably request (i) the Registration Statement relating to the Notes as originally filed and all pre-effective amendments thereto (at least one of which will be signed and will include all exhibits

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except those incorporated by reference to previous filings with the Commission); (ii) each prospectus relating to the Purchased Notes; and (iii) during the time when a prospectus relating to the Purchased Notes is required to be delivered under the Act, all post-effective amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, respectively (except supplements relating to securities that are not Purchased Notes).

(g) The Company will take such action as the Purchasers may reasonably request to obtain the qualification of the Purchased Notes for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution, provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file any consent to service of process under the laws of any jurisdiction or to comply with any other requirements deemed by the Company to be unduly burdensome.

(h) During the period of five years after the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to you, and upon request, to each of the other Purchasers (unless such reports are available electronically on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website or the Company’s website): (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to shareholders for such year, (ii) as soon as available, a copy of each report or definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to shareholders, and (iii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as you may reasonably request.

(i) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and will reimburse the Purchasers for any expenses (including Blue Sky fees not exceeding $6,000 and disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with qualification of the Purchased Notes for sale and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and the printing or reproduction of memoranda relating thereto, for any filing fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Purchased Notes, for any expenses incurred in connection with listing the Purchased Notes on a national securities exchange and for expenses incurred in distributing prospectuses to the Purchasers, except that if this Agreement is terminated by the Purchasers under Section 7(c) hereof, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse the Purchasers for any of the foregoing expenses.

(j) The Company will not offer or sell any of its other debt securities which are substantially similar to the Purchased Notes prior to ten business days after the Closing Date, without the consent of the Purchasers.

(k) The Company will prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Purchased Notes, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Purchased Notes or the offering in a form consented to by the Purchasers, and to file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Act following the date the final terms have been established for the offering of the Purchased Notes.

6. Covenants of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser severally covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Purchaser that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but the for the action of the Purchaser.

7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Purchasers. The obligations of the several Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Purchased Notes will be subject to the accuracy of

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the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) Subsequent to the signing of this Agreement, you shall have received a letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated the Closing Date, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations, and stating in effect that:

(i) In their opinion, the consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules audited by them which are included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended                      (“Form 10-K”), which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement comply in form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations;

(ii) On the basis of procedures specified in such letter (but not an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards), including reading the minutes of meetings of the shareholders, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Company since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K as set forth in the minute books through a specified date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date, performing procedures specified in Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if any, and reading the latest available unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company, and making inquiries of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters as to whether the latest available financial statements not incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement are prepared on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial statements incorporated in the Registration Statement, nothing has come to their attention that has caused them to believe that (1) any unaudited consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement do not comply in form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations or any material modifications should be made to those unaudited consolidated financial statements for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) at the date of the latest available balance sheet not incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement there was any change in the capital stock, change in long-term debt or decrease in consolidated net assets or common shareholders’ equity as compared with the amounts shown in the latest balance sheet incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or for the period from the closing date of the latest income statement incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement to the closing date of the latest available income statement read by them there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, in operating revenues, operating income, net income, or in earnings per share of common stock except in all instances for changes or decreases that the Registration Statement discloses have occurred or may occur, or which are described in such letter; or (3) at a specified date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date, there was any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or, at such date, there was any decrease in net assets of the Company as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or for the period from the closing date of the latest income statement incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement to a

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specified date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date, there were any decreases as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, in operating revenues, operating income, net income or in earnings applicable to common stock, except in all cases for changes or decreases which the Registration Statement discloses have occurred or may occur, or which are described in such letter; and

(iii) Certain specified procedures have been applied to certain financial or other statistical information (to the extent such information was obtained from the general accounting records of the Company) set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and that such procedures have not revealed any disagreement between the financial and statistical information so set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the underlying general accounting records of the Company, except as described in such letter.

(b) Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued, no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted, or to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission and the Company has not received a notice of objection to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement.

(c) Subsequent to the date of this Agreement, (i) there shall not have occurred any change or any development involving a prospective change not contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Purchasers including you, materially impairs the investment quality of the Purchased Notes, (ii) no rating of any of the Company’s debt securities shall have been lowered by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g) and (iii) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall not have been suspended nor limited, other than a temporary suspension in trading to provide for an orderly market, nor shall minimum prices have been established on such Exchange, a banking moratorium shall not have been declared either by New York State or Federal authorities and there shall not have occurred an outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved or other substantial national or international calamity or crisis (including one caused by a terrorist act), the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Purchased Notes.

(d) You shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of a counsel for the Company to the effect that:

(i) The Company has been duly incorporated or formed, and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties requires such qualification and the failure to do so would have a material and adverse impact on its financial condition;

(ii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid instrument, legally binding on the Company and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other

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laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity;

(iii) The issuance and sale of the Purchased Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. The Purchased Notes (assuming that they have been duly authenticated by the Trustee or a duly designated Authentication Agent under the Indenture, which fact counsel need not verify by an inspection of the Purchased Notes), have been duly issued and constitute legal, valid, and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, and are entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture except as such enforceability or entitlement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity;

(iv) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and, (a) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act; (b) the Registration Statement (as of its effective date) and the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (as of the date of the Purchase Agreement) and any amendments or supplements thereto, as of their respective dates, appeared to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Form S-3 under the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent applicable; (c) such counsel has no reason to believe that (1) any part of the Registration Statement when such part became effective contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (2) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus on the date of this Agreement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (3) the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement or as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading or (4) the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading; (d) the descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; (e) and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus which are not described as required, or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described or filed as required; it being understood that such counsel, in addressing the matters covered in this paragraph (iv) need express no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial and statistical information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or incorporated therein or attached as an exhibit thereto or as to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-l of the Trustee under the Indenture.

(v) Counsel knows of no approval of any regulatory authority which is legally required for the valid offering, issuance, sale and delivery of the Purchased Notes by

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the Company under this Agreement (except that such opinion need not pass upon the requirements of state securities acts);

(vi) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge and belief, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the compliance by the Company with all the terms of the Indenture did not and will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Company’s Charter or By-Laws or any indenture, mortgage or deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party;

(vii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(viii) The Indenture is duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and

(ix) The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of the Debt Securities,” and on the cover page of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Indenture and the Purchased Notes, are accurate and fair summaries of the matters set forth therein.

(e) The Purchasers shall have received from Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel for the Purchasers, an opinion dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters referred to in paragraph 7(d) subheadings (ii), (iii), (viii) and (ix) and such other matters as the Purchasers shall reasonably request and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass on such matters.

In rendering such opinion, Davis Polk & Wardwell may rely, as to the incorporation of the Company and all other matters governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, upon the opinion of Counsel for the Company referred to above.

In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers, counsel and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and representatives of the Purchasers at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed; and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (except as to the matters referred to in their opinion rendered pursuant to subheading (ix) above), on the basis of the foregoing (relying as to materiality to a large extent upon the opinions of officers, counsel and other representatives of the Company), no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead such counsel to believe that either the Registration Statement (as of its effective date), the Time of Sale Prospectus (as of the date of this Agreement) or the Prospectus (as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date), and any subsequent amendments or supplements thereto, as of their respective dates, and as of the Closing Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make such statements therein not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need make no comment with respect to the financial statements and other financial and statistical data included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus or incorporated therein or as to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-l of the Trustee under the Indenture).

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(f) You shall have received a certificate of the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such officers shall state, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, and relying on opinions of counsel to the extent that legal matters are involved, that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission, and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements set forth or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or in the financial results of operation of the Company except as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus.

(g) The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request.

In case any such condition shall not have been satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by you upon notice in writing or by telecopy to the Company without liability or obligation on the part of the Company or any Purchaser, except as set forth in Section 11 hereof.

8. Conditions of the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the Purchased Notes are subject to the following condition precedent:

Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

If any such condition shall not have been satisfied, then the Company shall be entitled, by notice in writing or by telecopy to you, to terminate this Agreement without any liability on the part of the Company or any Purchaser, except as set forth in Section 11 hereof.

9. Indemnification.

(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any Purchaser within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Purchaser or such controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse each Purchaser and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable to such Purchaser or controlling person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by

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such Purchaser or such controlling person specifically for use therein, provided, further, that the foregoing indemnity with respect to any Time of Sale Prospectus or any Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Purchaser from whom the person asserting any losses, claims, damages or liabilities otherwise covered by this paragraph purchased Purchased Notes, or to the benefit of any person controlling such Purchaser, if a copy of the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus (as then amended and supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Purchaser to such person if required so to have been delivered, at or prior to the entry into the contract of sale of Purchased Notes with such person, and if the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Act, or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser specifically for use therein; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Purchaser may otherwise have.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under (a) and (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section, except to the extent the indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such omission. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who may, with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party) and who shall not be counsel to any other indemnified party who may have interests conflicting with those of such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.

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(d) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Section, for any reason other than as specified therein, the parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses, except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of the Act. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, there shall be considered the relative benefits received by each party from the offering of the Purchased Notes (taking into account the portion of the proceeds of the offering realized by each), the parties’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The Company and the Purchasers and such controlling persons agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation (even if the Purchasers and such controlling persons were treated as one entity for such purpose). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser or controlling person shall be required to make contribution hereunder which in the aggregate exceeds the total public offering price of the Purchased Notes, purchased by the Purchaser under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages which such Purchaser or such controlling person has otherwise been required to pay in respect of the same claim or any substantially similar claim. The Purchasers’ obligations to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

10. Default of Purchasers. If any Purchaser or Purchasers default in their obligations to purchase Purchased Notes hereunder and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Notes which such defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase is 10% of the principal amount of Purchased Notes or less, the non-defaulting Purchasers may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Notes by other persons, including any of the Purchasers, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date the non-defaulting Purchasers shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Purchased Notes which such defaulting Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase. If any Purchaser or Purchasers so default and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Notes with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than the above percentage and arrangements reasonably satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Notes by other persons are not made within seventy-two hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Purchaser or the Company, except as provided in Section 11. In the event that any Purchaser or Purchasers default in their obligation to purchase Purchased Notes hereunder, the Company may, by prompt written notice to the non-defaulting Purchasers, postpone the Closing Date for a period of not more than seven full business days in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents, and the Company will promptly file any amendments to the Registration Statement or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus which may thereby be made necessary. As used in this Agreement, the term “Purchaser” includes any person substituted for a Purchaser under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.

11. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties, and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Purchaser or the Company or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Purchased Notes. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, 8 or 10 or if for any reason the purchase of the Purchased Notes by the Purchasers is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5(g). In addition, in such

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event the respective obligations of the Company and the Purchasers pursuant to Section 9 shall remain in effect; provided, however, that each Purchaser will use its best efforts to promptly notify each other Purchaser and each dealer and prospective customer to whom such Purchaser has delivered a Prospectus for the Purchased Notes by telephone or telegraph, confirmed by letter in either case, of such termination or failure to consummate, including in such notice instructions regarding the continued use of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto.

12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing, and, if sent to the Purchasers will be delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the address furnished in writing for the purpose of such communications hereunder, or, if sent to the Company, will be delivered or telecopied and confirmed to it, attention of Treasurer at 750 E. Pratt Street, 16^th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, telecopier (410) 783-3619.

13. Successors. This Purchase Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 9, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

14. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Purchased Notes, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Purchasers with respect to the preparation of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Purchased Notes.

(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Purchased Notes: (i) the Purchasers have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Purchasers owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Purchasers may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Purchasers arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Purchased Notes.

15. Construction. This Purchase Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland.

16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and it is not necessary that the signatures of all parties appear on the same counterpart, but such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.

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EX-1.(E)

Exhibit 1(e)

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

COMMON STOCK

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                    , 2006

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

750 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Dear Sirs:

Referring to the shares of common stock of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (the “Company”), without par value (the “Common Stock”), covered by the registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-                     ), (such registration statement, including (i) the prospectus included therein (the “Base Prospectus”), and (ii) all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”). The Base Prospectus as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated                          specifically relating to the Purchased Stock in the form first filed under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (or in the form first made available to the Purchasers by the Company to meet the requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” and the preliminary form of the Prospectus is hereinafter called the “Preliminary Prospectus”. For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus together with the free writing prospectus, if any, each identified in Schedule B hereto.

On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the purchaser or purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (the “Purchasers”) agree to purchase, severally, and the Company agrees to sell to the Purchasers, severally, the respective number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Purchased Stock”) for the price described below set forth opposite the name of each Purchaser on Schedule A hereto.

The price at which the Purchased Stock shall be purchased from the Company by the Purchasers shall be $             per share. The Purchased Stock will be offered by the Purchasers as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Purchased Stock.

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The Closing Date for the sale of the Purchase Stock shall be [date].

The place to which the Purchased Stock may be checked, packaged and delivered shall be:

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

or such other place as the Purchasers shall designate.

Notices to the Purchasers shall be sent to the following address(es) or telecopier number(s):

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

With a copy to :

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If we are acting as Representative(s) for the several Purchasers named in Schedule A hereto, we represent that we are authorized to act for such several Purchasers in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, and that, if there are more than one of us, any action under this Agreement taken by any of us will be binding upon all the Purchasers.

All of the provisions contained in the document entitled “Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Standard Purchase Provisions”, a copy of which has been previously furnished to us, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the several Purchasers in accordance with its terms.

	Very truly yours,
[Purchaser’s Name]

By:

Name:

Title:

Acting on behalf of and as Representative(s) of the several Purchasers named in Schedule A hereto.

The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed as of the date first above written

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

By:

Name:

Title:

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SCHEDULE A

Name of Purchaser	Number of Shares
____________________________	_______________________
Total

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SCHEDULE B

Free Writing Prospectus

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CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

STANDARD PURCHASE PROVISIONS

From time to time, Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Company”) may enter into purchase agreements that provide for the sale of designated securities to the purchaser or purchasers named therein. The standard provisions set forth herein may be incorporated by reference in any such purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”). The Purchase Agreement, including the provisions incorporated therein by reference, is herein sometimes referred to as “this Agreement.” Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

1. Introductory. The Company proposes to issue and sell from time to time its Common Stock (without par value) (“Stock”) registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(a). The Stock sold by the Company is hereinafter referred to as the “Purchased Stock,” and the firm or firms, as the case may be, which agree to purchase the same are hereinafter referred to as the “Purchasers” of such Purchased Stock. The Purchase Stock will be sold to the Purchasers for resale in accordance with the terms of the offering determined at the time of the sale. The terms “you” and “your” refer to those Purchasers who sign the Purchase Agreement either on behalf of themselves only or on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several Purchasers named in Schedule A thereto, as the case may be.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each Purchaser that:

(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-                    ) covering an indeterminate amount of the securities of the Company (including the Purchased Stock), including a prospectus has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) and has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. The Company is a well known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)) eligible to use the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement and the Company has not received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement. The terms Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

(b) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule B to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

(c) The Registration Statement conforms in all respects to the requirements of the Act, and the pertinent published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (“33 Act Rules and Regulations”), and does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the

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statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date, the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplement by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 of the Act, at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and the pertinent published rules and regulations thereunder (“Exchange Act Rules and Regulations”). Any additional documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, will, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

3. Delivery and Payment. The Company will deliver the Purchased Stock to you for the accounts of the Purchasers, at the offices of the Transfer Agent/Registrar (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement) against payment of the purchase price by wire transfer to an account specified by the Company or by certified or official bank check or checks in same day or New York or Baltimore Clearing House funds drawn to the order of the Company, at the office of the Company, 750 E. Pratt Street, 16^th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland, at the time set forth in this Agreement or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as you and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” The Purchased Stock to be delivered will be in registered form registered in such names and amounts as you request in writing not later than 3:00 p.m., New York Time, on the third full business day prior to the Closing Date, or, if no such request is received, in the names of the respective Purchasers in the amounts agreed to be purchased by them pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall make the Purchased Stock available for checking and packaging at the offices of the Transfer Agent/Registrar (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement) prior to the Closing Date and, unless prevented from doing so by circumstances beyond its control, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York Time, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date. If you request that any Purchased Stock be issued in a name or names other than that of the Purchaser agreeing to purchase such Purchased Stock hereunder, the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting therefrom.

4. Offering by the Purchasers. The several Purchasers propose to offer the Purchased Stock for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.

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5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Purchasers that:

(a) It will promptly cause the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as required by Rule 424.

(b) It will furnish to each Purchaser a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Purchasers reasonably object.

(c) It will not take any action that would result in a Purchaser or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of a Purchaser that otherwise would not have been required to be filed thereunder.

(d) For as long as a prospectus relating to the Purchased Stock is required to be delivered under the Act, if any event relating to or affecting the Company or of which the Company shall be advised in writing by the Purchasers shall occur which, in the Company’s opinion, should be set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Time of Sale Prospectus in order either to make the Time of Sale Prospectus comply with the requirements of the Act or which would require the making of any change in the Time of Sale Prospectus so that as thereafter delivered to purchasers such Time of Sale Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus by either (i) preparing and filing with the Commission supplement(s) or amendment(s) to the Time of Sale Prospectus, or (ii) making an appropriate filing pursuant to the Exchange Act, which will supplement or amend the Time of Sale Prospectus so that, as supplemented or amended, the Time of Sale Prospectus when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser will comply with the Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Prior to any such filing, the Company shall give oral notice to the Purchasers.

(e) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including at the option of the Company Rule 158).

(f) The Company will furnish to you copies of the following documents, in each case as soon as available after filing and in such quantities as you reasonably request (i) the Registration Statement relating to the Common Stock as originally filed and all pre-effective amendments thereto (at least one of which will be signed and will include all exhibits except those incorporated by reference to previous filings with the Commission); (ii) each prospectus relating to the Purchased Stock; and (iii) during the time when a prospectus relating to the Purchased Stock is required to be delivered under the Act, all post-effective amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, respectively (except supplements relating to securities that are not Purchased Stock).

(g) The Company will take such action as the Purchasers may reasonably request to obtain the qualification of the Purchased Stock for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will

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continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution, provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file any consent to service of process under the laws of any jurisdiction or to comply with any other requirements deemed by the Company to be unduly burdensome.

(h) During the period of five years after the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to you, and upon request, to each of the other Purchasers (unless such reports are available electronically on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website or the Company’s website): (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to shareholders for such year, (ii) as soon as available, a copy of each report or definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to shareholders, and (iii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as you may reasonably request.

(i) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and will reimburse the Purchasers for any expenses (including Blue Sky fees not exceeding $6,000 and disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with qualification of the Purchased Stock for sale and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and the printing or reproduction of memoranda relating thereto, for any expenses incurred in connection with listing the Purchased Stock on a national securities exchange and for expenses incurred in distributing prospectuses to the Purchasers, except that if this Agreement is terminated by the Purchasers under Section 7(c) hereof, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse the Purchasers for any of the foregoing expenses.

(j) The Company will not offer or sell any additional shares of its Common Stock, other than the Purchased Stock, prior to ten business days after the Closing Date (other than pursuant to employee stock or option plans, dividend reinvestment plans and similar plans or any warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding prior to the date of the Purchase Agreement), without the consent of the Purchasers.

(k) The Company will prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Purchased Stock, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Purchased Stock or the offering in a form consented to by the Purchasers, and to file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Act following the date the final terms have been established for the offering of the Purchased Stock.

6. Covenants of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser severally covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Purchaser that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but the for the action of the Purchaser.

7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Purchasers. The obligations of the several Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Purchased Stock will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) Subsequent to the signing of this Agreement, you shall have received a letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated the Closing Date, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations, and stating in effect that:

(i) In their opinion, the consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules audited by them which are included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended              (“Form 10-K”), which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement comply in form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations;

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(ii) On the basis of procedures specified in such letter (but not an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards), including reading the minutes of meetings of the shareholders, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Company since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K as set forth in the minute books through a specified date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date, performing procedures specified in Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if any, and reading the latest available unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company, and making inquiries of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters as to whether the latest available financial statements not incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement are prepared on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial statements incorporated in the Registration Statement, nothing has come to their attention that has caused them to believe that (1) any unaudited consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement do not comply in form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations or any material modifications should be made to those unaudited consolidated financial statements for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) at the date of the latest available balance sheet not incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement there was any change in the capital stock, change in long-term debt or decrease in consolidated net assets or common shareholders’ equity as compared with the amounts shown in the latest balance sheet incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or for the period from the closing date of the latest income statement incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement to the closing date of the latest available income statement read by them there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, in operating revenues, operating income, net income, or in earnings per share of common stock except in all instances for changes or decreases that the Registration Statement discloses have occurred or may occur, or which are described in such letter; or (3) at a specified date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date, there was any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or, at such date, there was any decrease in net assets of the Company as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or for the period from the closing date of the latest income statement incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement to a specified date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date, there were any decreases as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, in operating revenues, operating income, net income or in earnings applicable to common stock, except in all cases for changes or decreases which the Registration Statement discloses have occurred or may occur, or which are described in such letter; and

(iii) Certain specified procedures have been applied to certain financial or other statistical information (to the extent such information was obtained from the

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general accounting records of the Company) set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and that such procedures have not revealed any disagreement between the financial and statistical information so set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the underlying general accounting records of the Company, except as described in such letter.

(b) Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued, no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted, or to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission and the Company has not received a notice of objection to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement.

(c) Subsequent to the date of this Agreement, (i) there shall not have occurred any change or any development involving a prospective change not contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Purchasers including you, materially impairs the investment quality of the Purchased Stock and (ii) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall not have been suspended nor limited, other than a temporary suspension in trading to provide for an orderly market, nor shall minimum prices have been established on such Exchange, a banking moratorium shall not have been declared either by New York State or Federal authorities and there shall not have occurred an outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved or other substantial national or international calamity or crisis (including one caused by a terrorist act), the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Purchased Stock.

(d) You shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of a counsel for the Company to the effect that:

(i) The Company, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BGE”), Constellation Generation Group, LLC (“CGG”), Constellation Enterprises, Inc. (“CEI”) and CEG Acquisition, LLC (“CEGA”) have been duly incorporated or formed, and are validly existing as corporations or limited liability companies, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own their respective properties and conduct their respective businesses as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus; the Company owns all of the outstanding shares of common stock of BGE and CEI and all of the membership interests of CGG and CEGA; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties requires such qualification and the failure to do so would have a material and adverse impact on its financial condition;

(ii) (a) The issuance and sale of the Purchased Stock have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, (b) the Purchased Stock when issued and paid for in accordance with this Agreement will be fully paid and nonassessable, and (c) there are no preemptive rights to purchase the Purchased Stock;

(iii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and, (a) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have

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been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act; (b) the Registration Statement (as of its effective date) and the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (as of the date of the Purchase Agreement) and any amendments or supplements thereto, as of their respective dates, appeared to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Form S-3 under the Act and the 33 Act Rules and Regulations, to the extent applicable; (c) such counsel has no reason to believe that (1) any part of the Registration Statement when such part became effective contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (2) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus on the date of this Agreement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (3) the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement or as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading or (4) the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading; (d) the descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; (e) and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus which are not described as required, or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described or filed as required; it being understood that such counsel, in addressing the matters covered in this paragraph (iv) need express no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial and statistical information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or incorporated therein or attached as an exhibit thereto.

(iv) Counsel knows of no approval of any regulatory authority which is legally required for the valid offering, issuance, sale and delivery of the Purchased Stock by the Company under this Agreement (except that such opinion need not pass upon the requirements of state securities acts);

(v) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge and belief, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement did not and will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Company’s Charter or By-Laws or any indenture, mortgage or deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party;

(vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; and

(vii) The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital Stock,” and on the cover page of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Purchased Stock, are accurate and fair summaries of the matters set forth therein.

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(e) The Purchasers shall have received from Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel for the Purchasers, an opinion dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters referred to in paragraph 7(d) subheadings (ii) and (vii) and such other matters as the Purchasers shall reasonably request and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass on such matters.

In rendering such opinion, Davis Polk & Wardwell may rely, as to the incorporation of the Company and all other matters governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, upon the opinion of Counsel for the Company referred to above.

In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers, counsel and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and representatives of the Purchasers at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed; and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (except as to the matters referred to in their opinion rendered pursuant to subheading (vii) above), on the basis of the foregoing (relying as to materiality to a large extent upon the opinions of officers, counsel and other representatives of the Company), no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead such counsel to believe that either the Registration Statement (as of its effective date), the Time of Sale Prospectus (as of the date of this Agreement) or the Prospectus (as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date), and any subsequent amendments or supplements thereto, as of their respective dates, and as of the Closing Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make such statements therein not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need make no comment with respect to the financial statements and other financial and statistical data included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus or incorporated therein).

(f) You shall have received a certificate of the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such officers shall state, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, and relying on opinions of counsel to the extent that legal matters are involved, that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission, and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements set forth or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or in the financial results of operation of the Company except as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus.

(g) The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request.

(h) The New York Stock Exchange shall have approved for listing, upon official notice of issuance, the Purchased Stock.

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In case any such condition shall not have been satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by you upon notice in writing or by telecopy to the Company without liability or obligation on the part of the Company or any Purchaser, except as set forth in Section 11 hereof.

8. Conditions of the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the Purchased Stock are subject to the following condition precedent:

Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

If any such condition shall not have been satisfied, then the Company shall be entitled, by notice in writing or by telecopy to you, to terminate this Agreement without any liability on the part of the Company or any Purchaser, except as set forth in Section 11 hereof.

9. Indemnification.

(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any Purchaser within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Purchaser or such controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse each Purchaser and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable to such Purchaser or controlling person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser or such controlling person specifically for use therein, provided, further, that the foregoing indemnity with respect to any Time of Sale Prospectus or any Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Purchaser from whom the person asserting any losses, claims, damages or liabilities otherwise covered by this paragraph purchased Purchased Stock, or to the benefit of any person controlling such Purchaser, if a copy of the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus (as then amended and supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Purchaser to such person if required so to have been delivered, at or prior to the entry into the contract of sale of Purchased Stock with such person, and if the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Act, or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities

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(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser specifically for use therein; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Purchaser may otherwise have.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under (a) and (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section, except to the extent the indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such omission. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who may, with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party) and who shall not be counsel to any other indemnified party who may have interests conflicting with those of such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.

(d) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Section, for any reason other than as specified therein, the parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses, except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of the Act. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, there shall be considered the relative benefits received by each party from the offering of the Purchased Stock (taking into account the portion of the proceeds of the offering realized by each), the parties’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The Company and the Purchasers and such controlling persons agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation (even if the Purchasers and such controlling persons were treated as one entity for such purpose). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser or controlling person shall be required to make contribution hereunder which in the aggregate exceeds the total public offering price of the Purchased Stock, purchased by the Purchaser under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages which such Purchaser or such controlling person has otherwise been required to pay in respect of the

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same claim or any substantially similar claim. The Purchasers’ obligations to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

10. Default of Purchasers. If any Purchaser or Purchasers default in their obligations to purchase Purchased Stock hereunder and the number of shares of Purchased Stock which such defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase is 10% of the number of shares of Purchased Stock or less, the non-defaulting Purchasers may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Stock by other persons, including any of the Purchasers, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date the non-defaulting Purchasers shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Purchased Stock which such defaulting Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase. If any Purchaser or Purchasers so default and the aggregate number of shares of Purchased Stock with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than the above percentage and arrangements reasonably satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Stock by other persons are not made within seventy-two hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Purchaser or the Company, except as provided in Section 11. In the event that any Purchaser or Purchasers default in their obligation to purchase Purchased Stock hereunder, the Company may, by prompt written notice to the non-defaulting Purchasers, postpone the Closing Date for a period of not more than seven full business days in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents, and the Company will promptly file any amendments to the Registration Statement or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus which may thereby be made necessary. As used in this Agreement, the term “Purchaser” includes any person substituted for a Purchaser under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.

11. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties, and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Purchaser or the Company or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Purchased Stock. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, 8 or 10 or if for any reason the purchase of the Purchased Stock by the Purchasers is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5(g). In addition, in such event the respective obligations of the Company and the Purchasers pursuant to Section 9 shall remain in effect; provided, however, that each Purchaser will use its best efforts to promptly notify each other Purchaser and each dealer and prospective customer to whom such Purchaser has delivered a Prospectus for the Purchased Stock by telephone or telegraph, confirmed by letter in either case, of such termination or failure to consummate, including in such notice instructions regarding the continued use of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto.

12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing, and, if sent to the Purchasers will be delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the address furnished in writing for the purpose of such communications hereunder, or, if sent to the Company, will be delivered or telecopied and confirmed to it, attention of Treasurer at 750 E. Pratt Street, 16^th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, telecopier (410) 783-3619.

13. Successors. This Purchase Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 9, and no other person will have any right or obligation

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hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any purchaser of any Purchased Stock merely because of such purchase.

14. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Purchased Stock, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Purchasers with respect to the preparation of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Purchased Stock.

(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Purchased Stock: (i) the Purchasers have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Purchasers owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Purchasers may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Purchasers arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Purchased Stock.

15. Construction. This Purchase Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland.

16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and it is not necessary that the signatures of all parties appear on the same counterpart, but such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.

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EX-4.(A)

Exhibit 4(a)

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

AND

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

AS TRUSTEE

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF JULY 24, 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
	ARTICLE I
	DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01.	Definitions	1
SECTION 1.02.	Rules of Construction	6
	ARTICLE II
	THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01.	Forms of Securities	6
SECTION 2.02.	Authentication Agent and Form of Certificate of Authentication	7
SECTION 2.03.	Global Securities	7
	ARTICLE III
	ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01.	Title, Amount and Terms of Securities	8
SECTION 3.02.	Denominations, Dates, Interest Payment and Record Dates, and Place of Payment	9
SECTION 3.03.	Execution of Securities	10
SECTION 3.04.	Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities	10
SECTION 3.05.	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities	12
SECTION 3.06.	Temporary Securities	12
SECTION 3.07.	Cancellation of Securities Paid, etc.	13
SECTION 3.08.	CUSIP Numbers	13
	ARTICLE IV
	REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.01.	Applicability of This Article	13
SECTION 4.02.	Election to Redeem: Notices to Trustee	14
SECTION 4.03.	Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed	14
SECTION 4.04.	Notice of Redemption	14
SECTION 4.05.	Deposit of Redemption Price	15
SECTION 4.06.	Payment of Securities Called for Redemption	15
SECTION 4.07.	Delegation of Duties by Trustee	16

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	ARTICLE V
	COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01.	Payment of Principal and Interest	16
SECTION 5.02.	Maintenance of Office or Agency	16
SECTION 5.03.	To Fill a Vacancy in the Office of Trustee	17
SECTION 5.04.	Appointment of Paying Agents; Money for Security Payments to Be Set Aside in Trust; Transfer or Moneys Held by Paying Agents	17
SECTION 5.05.	Maintenance of Corporate Existence, Rights and Franchises	18
SECTION 5.06.	Certificate as to No Default	18
SECTION 5.07.	Calculation of Original Issue Discount	18
	ARTICLE VI
	SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.01.	Securityholder Lists	18
SECTION 6.02.	Intentionally Omitted	19
SECTION 6.03.	Reports by the Corporation	19
SECTION 6.04.	Reports by the Trustee	19
	ARTICLE VII
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 7.01.	Events of Default	20
SECTION 7.02.	Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor	22
SECTION 7.03.	Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee	23
SECTION 7.04.	Proceedings by Securityholders	24
SECTION 7.05.	Proceedings by Trustee	24
SECTION 7.06.	Remedies Cumulative and Continuing	24
SECTION 7.07.	Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults By Majority of Securityholders	25
SECTION 7.08.	Notice of Defaults	25
SECTION 7.09.	Undertaking to Pay Costs	25
	ARTICLE VIII
	TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01.	Duties of Trustee	26
SECTION 8.02.	Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.	27

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SECTION 8.03.	No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.	28
SECTION 8.04.	Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar May Own Securities	28
SECTION 8.05.	Moneys to Be Held in Trust	29
SECTION 8.06.	Compensation and Expenses of Trustee	29
SECTION 8.07.	Officers’ Certificate as Evidence	29
SECTION 8.08.	Conflicting Interest of Trustee	29
SECTION 8.09.	Eligibility of Trustee	30
SECTION 8.10.	Resignation or Removal of Trustee	30
SECTION 8.11.	Acceptance by Successor Trustee	31
SECTION 8.12.	Succession by Merger, etc.	32
SECTION 8.13.	Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Corporation	32
SECTION 8.14.	Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Corporation	33
	ARTICLE IX
	CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 9.01.	Action by Securityholders	33
SECTION 9.02.	Proof of Execution by Securityholders	33
SECTION 9.03.	Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners	33
SECTION 9.04.	Corporation-Owned Securities Disregarded	34
SECTION 9.05.	Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound	34
	ARTICLE X
	SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
SECTION 10.01.	Purposes of Meetings	35
SECTION 10.02.	Call of Meetings by Trustee	35
SECTION 10.03.	Call of Meetings by Corporation or Securityholders	35
SECTION 10.04.	Qualifications for Voting	35
SECTION 10.05.	Regulations	36
SECTION 10.06.	Voting	36
SECTION 10.07.	Written Consent in Lieu of Meeting	37
	ARTICLE XI
	SUPPLEMENT INDENTURES
SECTION 11.01.	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders	37
SECTION 11.02.	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders	38
SECTION 11.03.	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental Indenture	39
SECTION 11.04.	Notation on Securities	39

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SECTION 11.05.	Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee	39
	ARTICLE XII
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE
SECTION 12.01.	Corporation May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms	39
SECTION 12.02.	Successor Corporation to Be Substituted	40
SECTION 12.03.	Opinion of Counsel to Be Given To Trustee	40
	ARTICLE XIII
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 13.01.	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	40
SECTION 13.02.	Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust by Trustee	41
SECTION 13.03.	Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held	41
SECTION 13.04.	Return of Unclaimed Moneys	41
	ARTICLE XIV
	IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 14.01.	Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations	42
	ARTICLE XV
	SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 15.01.	General	42
SECTION 15.02.	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	42
SECTION 15.03.	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	43
	ARTICLE XVI
	CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 16.01.	Conversion Privilege and Conversion Rate	43
SECTION 16.02.	Exercise of Conversion Privilege	43
SECTION 16.03.	Fractions of Shares	45
SECTION 16.04.	Adjustment of Conversion Rate	45
SECTION 16.05.	Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Rate	50
SECTION 16.06.	Notice of Certain Corporate Action	51
SECTION 16.07.	Corporation to Reserve Common Stock; Registration; Listing	52
SECTION 16.08.	Taxes on Conversions	52
SECTION 16.09.	Covenant as to Common Stock	52

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SECTION 16.10.	Cancellation of Converted Securities	52
SECTION 16.11.	Provision in Case of Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets	52
SECTION 16.12.	Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions	53
	ARTICLE XVII
	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 17.01.	Provisions Binding on Corporation’s Successors	54
SECTION 17.02.	Official Acts by Successor Corporation	54
SECTION 17.03.	Notices	54
SECTION 17.04.	Communication by Securityholders with Other Securityholders	55
SECTION 17.05.	Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent	55
SECTION 17.06.	Governing Law	56
SECTION 17.07.	Trust Indenture Act to Control	56
SECTION 17.08.	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	56
SECTION 17.09.	Severability	56
SECTION 17.10.	Counterpart Originals	56
SECTION 17.11.	Table of Contents, Headings, etc.	56
SECTION 17.12.	USA Patriot Act	56

Exhibits:
Exhibit A	Form of Fixed Rate Unsecured Debt Securities	A-1
Exhibit B	Form of Floating Rate Unsecured Debt Securities	B-1

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

TIA Section	Indenture Section
310 (a)(1)	8.09
(a)(2)	8.09
(a)(3)	N/A
(a)(4)	N/A
(b)	8.08; 8.10
(c)	N/A
311 (a)	8.14
(b)	8.14
(c)	N/A
312 (a)	6.01
(b)	17.04
(c)	17.04
313 (a)	6.04
(b)(1)	N/A
(b)(2)	6.04
(c)	6.04
(d)	6.04
314 (a)	6.03
(b)	N/A
(c)(1)	6.03, 17.05
(c)(2)	6.03, 17.05
(c)(3)	6.03, 17.05
(d)	N/A
(e)	17.05
(f)	N/A
315 (a)	8.01
(b)	7.08
(c)	8.01
(d)	8.01
(e)	7.09
316 (a) (last sentence)	9.04
(a)(1)(A)	7.07
(a)(1)(B)	7.07
(a)(2)	N/A
(b)	7.04
317 (a)(1)	7.02
(a)(2)	7.02
(b)	5.04
318 (a)	17.07

N/A means Not Applicable

Note:   This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

THIS INDENTURE, dated as of July 24, 2006 between CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC. a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (as further defined below, the “Corporation”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee, a New York banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (as further defined below, the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Corporation has duly authorized the issue of its unsecured debt securities from time to time in series (all such series of debt securities are herein collectively called the “Securities”), unlimited as to principal amount and, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Corporation has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to constitute these presents a valid agreement according to its terms have been done and performed, and the execution and delivery of this Indenture have in all respects been duly authorized, and the Corporation proposes to do all acts and things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Corporation and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, as in this Indenture provided, and issued, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Corporation;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Securities by the holders thereof, the Corporation covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, of the respective holders from time to time of the Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed.

“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 specified 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; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving Convertible Securities of any series issued in global form or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such series, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee thereof or any directors or officers of the Corporation to whom such Board of Directors or such committee shall have duly delegated its authority to act hereunder.

“Board Resolution” means a resolution of the Board of Directors or of any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors or the written declaration of any director or officer of the Corporation to whom the Board of Directors or such committee shall have duly delegated its authority to act with respect to the matter covered by such declaration, a copy of which has been certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, such committee, or such director or officer, as the case may be, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, which certification shall, in the case of any action taken by any such duly authorized committee, director or officer, include a copy of the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, and/or committee thereof, establishing the authority of the committee, director or officer with respect to the action taken.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

“Closing Price Per Share” means, with respect to the Common Stock, for any day, (i) the last reported sale price regular way on such day or, if no such sale takes place on such date, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices regular way of such Common Stock, in each case on the principal national securities exchange on which such Common Stock is listed, if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, or the National Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or, if the Common Stock is not quoted or admitted to trading on such quotation system, on the principal quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or quoted, or, if not listed or admitted to trading or quoted on any national securities exchange or quotation system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the day in question as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated, or a similarly generally accepted reporting service, or, if not so available in such manner, as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm selected from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation for that purpose or, if not so available in such manner, as otherwise determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

“Common Stock” means the Common Stock, no par value, of the Corporation authorized at the date of this instrument as originally executed or as such stock may be constituted from time to time (including upon a change in the par value of such securities). Subject to the provisions of Section 16.11 of this Indenture, shares issuable on conversion of Convertible Securities shall include only shares of Common Stock or shares of any class or classes of common stock resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof; provided, however, that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares so issuable on conversion of Convertible Securities shall include shares of all such

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classes, and the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

“Conversion Agent” means any person authorized by the Corporation to convert Convertible Securities in accordance with Article Sixteen hereof. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to the Board Resolution establishing any series of Convertible Securities, the Corporation initially appoints the Trustee to act as Conversion Agent.

“Conversion Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 16.01 of this Indenture.

“Convertible Securities” means any series of Securities convertible into Common Stock.

“Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 17.03 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Corporation.

“Corporation” means Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and any successor thereto.

“Corporation Request” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Corporation by (i) its Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President or the Treasurer and by (ii) its principal financial officer, Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in global form, the person specified in Section 3.01(10) as the Depositary with respect thereto, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

“Discounted Security” means any Security which provides for an amount (excluding any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest thereon) less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01.

“Event of Default” means any event specified in Section 7.01, continued for the period of time, if any, and after the giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.

“Federal Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code.

“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and shall include the form of each particular series of Securities established as provided in Section 2.01.

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“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions in New York State or The City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. 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 on such payment for the intervening period.

“Officer” means, with respect to the Corporation, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President of the Corporation.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Corporation by two Officers of the Corporation, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Corporation, that meets the requirements of Section 17.05.

“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel that includes the statements provided for in Section 17.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Corporation.

“Outstanding”, when used with reference to Securities and subject to the provisions of Section 9.04, means, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(2) Securities or portions thereof, for the payment of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Corporation) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Corporation (if the Corporation shall act as its own paying agent); and

(3) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 3.05, or which shall have been paid, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Securities are held by any person in whose hands any of such Securities is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation.

In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discounted Security shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01.

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When used with respect to Convertible Securities, the term “Outstanding” shall have the same meaning as provided above, except that Securities converted into Common Stock pursuant to Article Sixteen of this Indenture shall not be considered Outstanding.

“Prospectus” means a prospectus, filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which sets forth the terms of the Securities described therein.

“Record Date Period” means the period from the close of business of any regular record date next preceding any interest payment date to the opening of business on such interest payment date.

“Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Convertible Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to Article Four of the Indenture.

“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, including any managing director, director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Security” or “Securities” means any debt security or debt securities, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture in temporary or permanent form and global or definitive form.

“Securityholder” or “holder of Securities” or other similar terms, means any person in whose name at the time a particular Security is registered on the books of the Corporation kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Series” when used with respect to the Securities shall mean all Securities described in a Board Resolution as being part of any particular series.

“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Corporation and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock or other similar interests in the corporation which ordinarily has or have voting power for the election of directors, or persons performing similar functions, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock or other interests has or have such voting power by reason of any contingency.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; except as provided in Section 11.03.

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“Trustee” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas until a successor replaces Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

“Yield to Maturity”, when used with respect to any Discounted Security shall mean the yield to maturity, if any, set forth in the Prospectus relating thereto, which shall be equal to the yield to maturity, if any, set forth on the face of such Security.

SECTION 1.02. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(2) “or” is not exclusive and “including” means “including without limitation”;

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

(4) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted from time to time;

(5) references to any statute, law, rule or regulation shall be deemed to refer to the same as from time to time amended and in effect and to any successor statute, law, rule or regulation; and

(6) any transaction or event shall be considered “permitted by” or made “in accordance with” or “in compliance with” this Indenture or any particular provision thereof if such transaction or event is not expressly prohibited by this Indenture or such provision, as the case may be.

ARTICLE II

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01. Forms of Securities. The Securities shall be in such form or forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements imprinted thereon as the officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval).

Prior to the delivery of a Security in any such form to the Trustee for authentication, the Corporation shall deliver to the Trustee the following:

(1) a written order of the Corporation requesting the Trustee’s authentication and delivery of the Securities;

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(2) the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Security has been approved, and, if a form of security is to be approved by officer action pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officers’ Certificate describing the action taken;

(3) an Officers’ Certificate dated the date such certificate is delivered to the Trustee, stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of Securities in such form have been complied with; and

(4) an Opinion of Counsel stating that Securities in such form when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Corporation to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture within the authorization as to aggregate principal amount established from time to time by the Board of Directors, and sold in the manner specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as, such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of holders of such Securities.

The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or otherwise in any manner as determined by the officers executing the same (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval).

SECTION 2.02. Authentication Agent and Form of Certificate of Authentication. The Corporation hereby appoints the Trustee as an authentication agent for the Securities. The Corporation may designate one or more additional authentication agent(s) for all of the Securities or for one or more series of the Securities; provided that the Trustee must consent in writing to such designation.

The following shall be the form of Certificate of Authentication provided by the Trustee or any authentication agent.

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein issued under the Indenture described herein.

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

By

Authorized Signatory

Dated:

SECTION 2.03. Global Securities. If the Corporation shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01(10) that the Securities of all or part of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of a global Security, such global Security shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such global Security or the nominee of such Depositary and shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions.

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ARTICLE III

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

SECTION 3.01. Title, Amount and Terms of Securities. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this Indenture is not limited. The Securities may be issued in an aggregate principal amount up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series, the terms of each of which shall be determined in or pursuant to a Board Resolution. With respect to each series of Securities, the following terms shall be specified in the Board Resolution relating thereto, or in an Officers’ Certificate detailing any actions taken pursuant to the Board Resolutions relating thereto:

(1) the title of the Securities (including cusip numbers) of that series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that series from Securities of all other series);

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 4.06 or 11.04);

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

(4) the rate or rates, or the method to be used in establishing the rate or rates, at which the Securities of that series shall bear interest (if any), the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable, the record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date and any other terms of payment of interest on the Securities of that series;

(5) if other than as provided in this Indenture, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of that series shall be payable;

(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of that series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation, if such Securities are to be subject to redemption;

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

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(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof are to be authorized. the denominations in which Securities of that series shall be issuable;

(9) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of that series which shall be payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01;

(10) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form, (i) when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form; (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the same series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination, and the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur, if other than in the manner specified in Section 3.04 hereof, and (iii) the name of the Depositary with respect to any global Security, provided that a Depositary must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable statute or regulation; and

(11) any other terms of that series.

SECTION 3.02. Denominations, Dates, Interest Payment and Record Dates, and Place of Payment. In the absence of any provision to the contrary with respect to the Securities of any particular series, the Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities without coupons in the denominations of $1,000 and any multiple of $1,000. Every Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest, if any, from the date specified in the Board Resolution authorizing the issuance thereof.

The person in whose name any Security is registered at the close of business on any record date (as hereinafter in this Section 3.02 defined) with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such interest payment date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Security upon any registration of transfer or exchange subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date; provided, however, that if and to the extent the Corporation shall Default in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date, such defaulted interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names outstanding Securities are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Corporation to the holders of Securities not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date, such record date to be not less than five days preceding the date of payment of such defaulted interest. As used in this Section 3.02, the term “record date” for the interest payable on any Security on any interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) shall mean the date, if any, specified in such Security as the “record date” for the interest payable on such Security on any interest payment date for such Security (except a date for payment of defaulted interest on such Security).

In the absence of any provision to the contrary with respect to the Securities of any particular series, payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of all series shall be made at the Corporate Office of the Trustee, or at any agency to be maintained by the Corporation for such purpose; provided, however, that payments of installments of interest, if any, on such Securities may be made at the option of the Corporation

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by check mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled thereto as such addresses appear in the Security register provided for in Section 3.04.

SECTION 3.03. Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be signed in facsimile in the name and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, President or any Vice President of the Corporation, under its corporate seal (which may be printed, engraved or otherwise reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise), attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.02, executed by the Trustee, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by the Corporation shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

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

SECTION 3.04. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities. Securities of any series may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations of the same series. Securities to be exchanged shall be surrendered at the Corporate Office of the Trustee or at any agency to be maintained by the Corporation for such purpose, as provided in Section 5.02, and the Corporation shall execute and register, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities which the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.

The Corporation shall keep at the Corporate Office of the Trustee a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Corporation shall provide for registration of Securities and registration of transfers of Securities as in this Article Three provided. Such register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times with reasonable prior notice such register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee and the Corporation. The Trustee is hereby appointed Security registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and registering the transfers of Securities as herein provided. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security of a particular series at such office or agency and compliance in full with the conditions of this Section 3.04, the Corporation shall execute, the Security registrar shall register, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series for an equal aggregate principal amount.

All Securities presented for registration of transfer or for exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Corporation or the Security registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by

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a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Security registrar duly executed by, the holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

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

Unless otherwise specified with respect to the Securities of a specific series as contemplated by Section 3.01(10), if at any time a Depositary for any Securities of a series issued in global form notifies the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Securities or if at any time a Depositary for any Securities of such series issued in global form shall no longer be eligible under the last clause of Section 3.01(10), the Corporation shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for such Securities is not appointed by the Corporation within 90 calendar days after the Corporation receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, or if an Event of Default with respect to such Securities has occurred and is continuing, such Securities shall, notwithstanding the terms of the Securities of such series established pursuant to Section 3.01(10), no longer be issued in global form and the Corporation will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Corporation’s written order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, in exchange for such global Security from the Depositary, Securities of such series in definitive form in authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of each global Security previously delivered to such Depositary and having like terms and conditions.

The Corporation may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any series issued in the form of a global Security shall no longer be represented by such global Security. In such event the Corporation will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Corporation’s written order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticated and deliver, in exchange for such global Security, Securities of such series in definitive form in authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Securities no longer to be represented by such global Security and having like terms and conditions.

If specified by the Corporation with respect to a series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01(10), the Depositary for any Securities of such series represented by a global Security may surrender such global Security in exchange in whole or in part for definitive Securities of such series having like terms and conditions and in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Corporation and such Depositary. At such Depositary’s request the Corporation shall thereupon execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, (i) to each person specified by such Depositary a new definitive Security or Securities of the same series, having like terms and conditions and in any authorized denomination as requested by such person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such person’s beneficial interest in the global Security so surrendered and (ii) to such Depositary a new global Security which is of like terms and conditions and in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered global Security and the aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities delivered to each such person as provided in clause(i).

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Such Securities in definitive form issued pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 3.04 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants, or otherwise, shall instruct the Corporation. After authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such definitive Securities to the persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

SECTION 3.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. In case any temporary or permanent Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Corporation in its discretion may execute, and upon the Corporation’s written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Corporation, to the Security registrar, any paying agent and to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Corporation, to the Security registrar, to any paying agent and to the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

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

Every substituted Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.05 by virtue of the fact that any Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Corporation, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be enforceable at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude to the extent permitted by law any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

SECTION 3.06. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of permanent Securities of any series, the Corporation may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities (printed or lithographed) of such series. Temporary Securities of

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any series shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the permanent Securities of such series, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities of such series, all as may be determined by the Corporation. Every such temporary Security shall be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the permanent Securities of such series. Without unreasonable delay the Corporation will execute and deliver to the Trustee permanent Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefore at the Corporate Office of the Trustee or at any agency to be maintained by the Corporation for such purpose as provided in Section 5.02, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of permanent Securities of such series. Such exchange shall be made by the Corporation at its own expense and without any charge therefore except that the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under, and be subject to the terms and conditions of, this Indenture as permanent Securities of the same series authenticated and delivered hereunder.

SECTION 3.07. Cancellation of Securities Paid, etc. All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Corporation or any agent for exchange and registration of transfer, be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation and promptly cancelled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such cancelled securities in its customary manner. If the Corporation shall acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 3.08. CUSIP Numbers. The Corporation in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE IV

REDEMPTION

SECTION 4.01. Applicability of This Article. Redemption of Securities (whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) as permitted or required by any form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such form of Security and this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any such form of Security

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shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern. Except as otherwise set forth in the form of Security for such series, each Security shall be subject to partial redemption only in the amount of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000.

SECTION 4.02. Election to Redeem: Notices to Trustee. The election of the Corporation to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Corporation of less than all of the Securities of any particular series, the Corporation shall, at least 45 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) notify the Trustee of such date and of the principal amount of Securities of that series to be redeemed.

SECTION 4.03. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of a particular series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair (which may be by lot), the Securities or portions thereof of such series to be redeemed. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Corporation 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 Security 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.

If any Convertible Security selected for partial redemption by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 is converted in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Convertible Security so selected, the converted portion of such Convertible Security will be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Convertible Securities which have been converted during a selection of Convertible Securities to be redeemed may be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such Conversion.

SECTION 4.04. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than the thirtieth day, and not earlier than the sixtieth day, prior to the date fixed for redemption, to each holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address as it appears on the registry books of the Corporation.

With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice of redemption shall state:

(1) the identity of the securities, including cusip numbers;

(2) the date fixed for redemption for Securities of such series;

(3) the redemption price at which Securities of such series are to be redeemed;

(4) if less than all outstanding Securities of such particular series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;

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(5) that on the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price at which such Securities are to be redeemed will become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date;

(6) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price at which such Securities are to be redeemed; and

(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Corporation shall be given by the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Corporation. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. In any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.

In addition to the requirements provided above, each notice of redemption with respect to Convertible Securities of each series to be redeemed must state the Conversion Rate, the date on which the right to convert the Convertible Securities to be redeemed will terminate and the places where such Convertible Securities may be surrendered for conversion.

SECTION 4.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to or on the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in Section 4.04, the Corporation will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities so called for redemption at the applicable redemption price, such deposit will be made before the deadline with which the Trustee or any paying agent must settle with the Depository Trust Company, if applicable.

When the Corporation deposits the redemption price of Securities called for redemption with the Trustee or paying agent on or prior to the redemption date as required above, the Corporation will not deposit the redemption price of those Convertible Securities called for redemption which have been converted prior to the date of deposit.

If any Convertible Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Convertible Security shall be paid to the Corporation on Corporation Request.

SECTION 4.06. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If any notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 4.04, the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Corporation at the applicable redemption price.

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Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations. in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.

SECTION 4.07. Delegation of Duties by Trustee. Except in regard to Section 4.03, any reference in this Article to the Trustee with respect to its duties in regard to the redemption of any Securities shall be deemed to also include any entity designated by the Corporation with the written consent of the Trustee to act as its agent for the performance of all or any of its duties under this Article.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS

SECTION 5.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Corporation will duly and punctually pay, or cause to be paid, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on each and every Security at the times and place and in the manner provided herein and in such Securities. Interest upon Securities shall be payable without presentment of such Securities, and only to or upon the written order of the registered holders thereof determined as provided in Section 3.02. The Corporation shall have the right to require a Securityholder, in connection with the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on a Security, to present at the office or agency of the Corporation at which such payment is made a certificate, in such form as the Corporation may from time to time prescribe, to enable the Corporation to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes, assessments or governmental charges which it may be required to deduct or withhold therefrom under any present or future law of the United States of America or of any state, county, municipality or taxing or withholding authority therein, and the Corporation shall be entitled to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to such deduction or withholding on the basis of information contained in such certificate or, if no such certificate shall be so presented, on the basis of any presumption created by any such law, and shall be entitled to act in accordance with such determination.

SECTION 5.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. So long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Corporation will maintain an office or agency where the Securities may be presented for payment, where the Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange as in this Indenture provided and where notices or demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the Securities or of this Indenture may be served. The Corporation hereby initially appoints the Trustee as its agent for all such purposes until otherwise designated by the Corporation in a written notice to the Trustee, the office or agency for all such purposes shall be the Corporate Office of the Trustee. In case the Corporation shall at any time designate a different office or agency for such purposes, but shall fail to maintain such office or agency, or shall fail to give notice to the Trustee of any change in the location thereof, presentation and demand may be made and notices may be served, in respect of the Securities or of this Indenture, at the Principal Office of the Trustee, and the Corporation hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

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In addition to any such office or agency the Corporation may from time to time constitute and appoint one or more paying agents for the payment of such Securities, in one or more other cities, and may from time to time rescind such appointments, as the Corporation may deem desirable or expedient.

SECTION 5.03. To Fill a Vacancy in the Office of Trustee. The Corporation, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Article Eight, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

SECTION 5.04. Appointment of Paying Agents; Money for Security Payments to Be Set Aside in Trust; Transfer or Moneys Held by Paying Agents. (a) If as to any series of Securities, the Corporation shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such paying agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 5.04:

(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such paying agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Securities in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities entitled thereto, or for the benefit of the Trustee, as the case may be, until such sums shall be paid out to such holders or otherwise as herein provided;

(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Corporation in the making of any deposit with such paying agent for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Securities which shall have become payable and of any Default by the Corporation in making any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities when the same shall be due and payable, and

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

(b) If the Corporation shall act as its own paying agent as to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Securities, set aside and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of such Securities entitled thereto a sum sufficient (together with any sums deposited with any other paying agent for such purpose) to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due and will notify in writing the Trustee of any, failure by it to take such action. Whenever the Corporation shall have one or more paying agents with respect to any particular series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest if any on the Securities, deposit with a paying agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sums to be held in trust for the benefit of the holders of such Securities entitled thereto, and (unless the paying agent is the Trustee) the Corporation will notify in writing the Trustee of failure by it to take such action.

(c) Anything in this Section 5.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other purpose, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Corporation or

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any paying agent as required by this Section 5.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.

(d) Anything in this Section 5.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 5.04 is subject to the provisions of Sections 13.03 and 13.04.

SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Corporate Existence, Rights and Franchises. So long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding, the Corporation will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises to carry on its business; provided that nothing in this Section 5.05 shall prevent (i) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation, or any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all its property and assets, permitted by Article Twelve, or (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation after a sale or conveyance of all or substantially all its property and assets permitted by Article Twelve.

SECTION 5.06. Certificate as to No Default. The Corporation hereby agrees to deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation, an Officers’ Certificate, which need not comply with the provisions of Section 17.05, to the effect that, to the knowledge of the signers thereof, the Corporation is in compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder, as required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 5.07. Calculation of Original Issue Discount. If the Corporation has any Outstanding Securities issued with original issue discount that are outstanding during any calendar year, the Corporation shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

ARTICLE VI

SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.01. Securityholder Lists. The Corporation covenants and agrees that, with respect to each series of Securities, it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, (a) semiannually, not less than 45 days nor more than 60 days after (i) each record date for the payment of interest on any interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) in the case of interest-bearing Securities or (ii) the last business day of each June and December in the case of non-interest-bearing Securities, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Corporation of any such request, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the holders of Securities of such series as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such

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information is furnished; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall be the Security registrar, such list shall not be required to be furnished.

SECTION 6.02. Intentionally Omitted.

SECTION 6.03. Reports by the Corporation. (a) The Corporation covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee within 30 days after the Corporation is required to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as said Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Corporation may be required to file with said Commission pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Corporation is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then to file with the Trustee and said Commission in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations; delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained there or determinable from information contained therein including the Corporation’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates.)

(b) The Corporation covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Corporation with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained there or determinable from information contained therein, including the Corporation’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates.)

(c) The Corporation covenants and agrees to transmit by mail to all holders of Securities, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the registry books of the Corporation, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Corporation pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 6.03 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SECTION 6.04. Reports by the Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after each September 1 beginning with the September 1 following the date hereof, and for so long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Securityholders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act (but if no event described in Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act has occurred within the twelve

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months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with Section 313(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Securityholders shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed in accordance with Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Corporation shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof.

ARTICLE VII

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. Each of the following is an “Event of Default” with respect to any particular series of Securities:

(1) default in the due and punctual payment of any installments of interest upon any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(2) default in the due and punctual payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, by declaration as authorized by this Indenture, or otherwise; or

(3) failure on the part of the Corporation duly to observe or perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Corporation set forth in the Securities of that series or in this Indenture (other than those set forth exclusively in the terms of Securities of any series other than that series) continued for a period of sixty days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Corporation by the Trustee, or to the Corporation and the Trustee by the holders of at least thirty-three percent in principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time outstanding, a written notice specifying such failure and requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(4) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises granting relief in respect of the Corporation in an involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code adjudging the Corporation a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Corporation under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, custodian, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Corporation, or of any substantial part of the respective properties of either, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of either, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 120 days; or

(5) the institution by the Corporation of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Corporation to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Corporation of a petition or answer or

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consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by the Corporation to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Corporation, or of any substantial part of the respective properties of either, or the making by the Corporation of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Corporation in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Corporation in furtherance of any such action.

In case one or more of the Events of Default specified above shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to any particular series of Securities, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all of the Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than thirty-three percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Corporation (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the principal or, in the case of Discounted Securities, such amount of principal as may be provided for in such Securities, of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities of that series contained to the contrary notwithstanding. This provision, however, is subject to the condition that if, at any time after such principal or such amount of principal, as the case may be, shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Corporation shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that series which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of interest (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) and on such principal (and premium, if any) at the rate of interest (or, in the case of Discounted Securities, at the Yield to Maturity) borne by such Securities, to the date of such payment or deposit) and the expenses of the Trustee, and any and all Defaults under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of the series, other than the nonpayment of principal of (and premium, if any) and accrued interest on the Securities of that series which shall have become due by acceleration shall have been remedied-then and in every such case the holder of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then outstanding, by written notice to the Corporation and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

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

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SECTION 7.02. Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor. The Corporation covenants that (a) in case Default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of any series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such Default shall have continued for a period of thirty days, or (b) in case Default shall be made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of any series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, whether at maturity of the Securities of that series or by declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Corporation will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of such Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate of interest (or the Yield to Maturity in the case of Discounted Securities) borne by the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses or liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee hereunder other than through its negligence or willful misconduct.

In case the Corporation shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Corporation or any other obligor on such Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Corporation or any other obligor on such Securities wherever situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable. In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Corporation or any other obligor on the Securities of any series under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, custodian or trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Corporation or such other obligor, or in the case of any similar judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation or other obligor upon such Securities, or to the creditors or property of the Corporation or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of such Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims, for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any owing and unpaid in respect of such Securities, and in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of such Securities allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation or any other obligor on such Securities, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of its charges and expenses; and any receiver, custodian, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any

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amount due it for compensation and expenses, including counsel fees incurred by it up to the date of such distribution.

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

SECTION 7.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee. Any moneys collected by the Trustee shall be applied in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or willful misconduct;

SECOND: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest, if any, on such Securities, in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate of interest (or the Yield to Maturity in the case of Discounted Securities) borne by such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto;

THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, with interest on the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate of interest (or the Yield to Maturity in the case of Discounted Securities) borne by such Securities; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon such Securities, then to the payment of such principal (and premium, if any) and interest without preference or priority of principal (and premium, if any) over interest, or of interest over principal (and premium, if any) or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any such Security over any other such Security, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (and premium, if any) and accrued and unpaid interest; and,

FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Corporation, its successors or assigns, or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

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SECTION 7.04. Proceedings by Securityholders. No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee written notice of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the holders of not less than twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable security or indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for sixty days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding, it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security with every other taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of that series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the right of any other holder of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities of that series.

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to institute 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 7.05. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default hereunder the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

SECTION 7.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. All powers and remedies given by this Article Seven to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, every power and remedy given by this Article Seven or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be

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exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

SECTION 7.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults By Majority of Securityholders. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 9.04 shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of that series; provided, however, that (subject to the provisions of Section 8.01) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by a trust committee of Responsible Officers shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Securities of any series, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities determined in accordance with Section 9.04 of that series at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all Securities of that series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series. Upon any such waiver the Corporation, the Trustee and the holders of such Securities shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 7.07, said Default or Event of Default shall for all Purposes of the Securities of such series and this Indenture with respect to such Securities be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing.

SECTION 7.08. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within ninety days after the occurrence of a Default with respect to the Securities of any series, mail to all holders of such Securities, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the registry books of the Corporation, notice of all Defaults actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such Defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term “Defaults” for the purpose of this Section 7.08 being hereby defined to be the events specified in clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of Section 7.01, not including periods of grace, if any, provided for therein and irrespective of the giving of the notice specified in clause (3) of Section 7.01); provided that, except in the case of Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any such Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of Responsible Officers in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of such Securities.

SECTION 7.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good

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faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 7.09 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in principal amount of the Securities outstanding of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security against the Corporation on or after the due date expressed in such Security.

The provisions of this Section 7.09 will not apply to any suit instituted by a Securityholder for the enforcement of the right to convert any Convertible Security in accordance with Article Sixteen of this Indenture.

ARTICLE VIII

TRUSTEE

SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee. With respect to the Securities of any particular series the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived) with respect to the Securities of any particular series the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

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

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

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

(2) in the absence of willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein);

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

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any particular series at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 9.04 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.

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.

Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 8.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01

(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(2) any request, direction, order or demand of the Corporation mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a Board Resolution;

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

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

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(5) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

(6) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any particular series hereunder and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series then outstanding; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against such expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding;

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

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

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

SECTION 8.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Corporation, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Corporation of any Securities or the proceeds of any Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

SECTION 8.04. Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar May Own Securities. The Trustee or any paying agent, Conversion Agent or Security registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent, Conversion Agent or Security registrar.

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SECTION 8.05. Moneys to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 13.04, all moneys received by the Trustee or any paying agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Neither the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be under any liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree in writing with the Corporation to pay thereon. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time to time upon the written order of the Corporation, signed by an Officer of the Corporation.

SECTION 8.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Corporation covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation as shall be agreed upon from time to time in writing (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and the Corporation will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or willful misconduct. The Corporation also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Corporation under this Section 8.06 to compensate the Trustee, to indemnify and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall have a prior claim to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities The provisions of this section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

SECTION 8.07. Officers’ Certificate as Evidence. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Officers’ Certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

SECTION 8.08. Conflicting Interest of Trustee. If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest with respect to the Securities of any series, as defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of that series in the manner and with the effect prescribed by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

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SECTION 8.09. Eligibility of Trustee. The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million dollars and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.09, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.09, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.10.

SECTION 8.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may at any time resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice of such resignation to the Corporation and by mailing notice thereof to the holders of Securities of such series at their addresses as they shall appear on the registry books of the Corporation. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Corporation shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees with respect to the Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to each successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within sixty days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Securityholders of such series, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 7.09, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

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

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 8.08 after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months, or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any such Securityholder, or

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

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then, in any such case, the Corporation may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities and appoint a successor trustee or trustees by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to each successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 7.09, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee or trustees. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee or trustees.

(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to such series and nominate a successor trustee.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and any appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.11.

SECTION 8.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. In the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all Securities, any successor trustee so appointed as provided in Section 8.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Corporation and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein: nevertheless, on the written request of the Corporation or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Corporation, the predecessor trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to vest in, or confirm to, each successor trustee all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the predecessor trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates, (2) if the predecessor trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the predecessor trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the predecessor trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or

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removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the predecessor trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Corporation or any successor trustee, such predecessor trustee shall, upon payment of any amounts then due pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held by such predecessor trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Corporation shall execute any and all instruments in writing in order more fully and certainly to vest in and confirm to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the two preceding sentences. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.06.

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 8.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 8.09.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 8.11, the Corporation shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to all holders of Securities of the series affected as the names and addresses of such holders appear on the registry books of the Corporation. If the Corporation fails to mail such notice in the prescribed manner within 30 days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Corporation.

SECTION 8.12. Succession by Merger, etc. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

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

SECTION 8.13. Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Corporation. The Trustee may apply in writing, sent by registered or certified mail, for instructions from the

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Corporation regarding actions to be taken or omitted under the Indenture, and as part of the application, the Trustee may set forth the action proposed to be taken or omitted by it, and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any Officer of the Corporation actually receives such application, unless any such Officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

SECTION 8.14. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Corporation. The Trustee is subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of such Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE IX

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

SECTION 9.01. Action by Securityholders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action) the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced, subject to Section 10.07, (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by holders of such Securities in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the holders of such Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of holders of such Securities duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Ten, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of holders of such Securities.

SECTION 9.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 10.05, proof of the execution of any instruments by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the registry books of the Corporation or by a certificate of the Security registrar. The record of any Securityholders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 10.06.

SECTION 9.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. The Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security registrar may deem the person in whose name any Securities shall be registered upon the registry books of the Corporation to be, and may treat such person as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Corporation nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security registrar shall be affected by

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any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any holder for the time being, or upon his order shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effective to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Security. No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent, any Security registrar and any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent or any Security registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records related to such beneficial ownership interests.

SECTION 9.04. Corporation-Owned Securities Disregarded. In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned by the Corporation or any other obligor on the Securities or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Corporation or any other obligor on the Securities shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 9.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Securities and that the pledge is not a person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Corporation or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee.

SECTION 9.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 9.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its principal office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 9.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security and of any Security issued in exchange or substitution therefore, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security.

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ARTICLE X

SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

SECTION 10.01. Purposes of Meetings. A meeting of holders of Securities of one or more series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten for any of the following purposes:

(1) to give any notice to the Corporation or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by such Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Seven;

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

(3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.02; or

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

SECTION 10.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of holders of Securities of one or more series to take any action specified in Section 10.01, to be held at such time and at such place, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every such meeting of the Securityholders, setting forth the time and place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed to holders of Securities of each series affected at their addresses as they shall appear on the registry books of the Corporation. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

SECTION 10.03. Call of Meetings by Corporation or Securityholders. In case at any time the Corporation, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the holders of at least ten percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of one or more series then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders of Securities of such series, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Corporation or such Securityholders may determine the time and the place in said City of Baltimore for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 10.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 10.02.

SECTION 10.04. Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of holders of Securities of any series a person shall (a) be a holder of one or more Securities of such series or (b) be a person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of one or more Securities of such series. The only persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the persons entitled to vote at such

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meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Corporation and its counsel.

SECTION 10.05. Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as are necessary or as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Corporation or by the Securityholders as provided in Section 10.03, in which case the Corporation or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the meeting.

Subject to the provisions of Section 9.04, at any meeting each Securityholder or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (in the case of Discounted Securities, such principal amount to be determined as provided in the definition of the term “Outstanding”) of Securities held or represented by such Securityholder; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by him or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the person to vote on behalf of other Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02 or 10.03 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of those present. whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

SECTION 10.06. Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Securityholders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the holders of Securities or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amount of the Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 10.02. The record shall show the principal amount of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Corporation and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

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SECTION 10.07. Written Consent in Lieu of Meeting. The written authorization or consent of the requisite percentage of Securityholders herein provided, entitled to vote at any such meeting, evidenced as provided in Article Nine and filed with the Trustee shall be effective in lieu of a meeting of Securityholders, with respect to any matter provided for in this Article Ten.

ARTICLE XI

SUPPLEMENT INDENTURES

SECTION 11.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders. The Corporation, when authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:

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

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

(3) to provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Securities in coupon form (including Securities registrable as to principal only) and to provide for exchangeability of such Securities with the Securities of the same series issued hereunder in fully registered form and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose;

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

(5) to add to the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth, other conditions, limitations and restrictions thereafter to be observed;

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(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the Trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 8.11 hereof; or

(7) to provide for conversion rights of Securityholders pursuant to Section 16.11 of this Indenture.

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

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 11.01 may be executed by the Corporation and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 11.02.

SECTION 11.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 9.01) of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture (voting as one class) at the time outstanding, the Corporation, when authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities of each such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall extend the fixed maturity of any Security, or reduce the rate or change the method to be used in establishing the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discounted Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01, or make the principal thereof or premium or interest thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in such Securities, without the consent of the holder of each Security so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of all Securities of the series affected then outstanding. 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 this Indenture of the holders of Securities of any other series.

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execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section 11.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 11.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as then in effect. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Corporation and the holders of Securities of the series affected shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

SECTION 11.04. Notation on Securities. Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Corporation shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture, may be prepared and executed by the Corporation, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities then outstanding.

SECTION 11.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 8.01 and 8.02, shall receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article Eleven.

ARTICLE XII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE

SECTION 12.01. Corporation May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the Corporation), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Corporation or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property of the Corporation to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Corporation) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, and the Corporation hereby covenants and agrees, that upon any such

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consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all of the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Corporation, shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the corporation (if other than the Corporation) formed by such consolidation, or into which the Corporation shall have been merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired such property.

SECTION 12.02. Successor Corporation to Be Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all of the Securities and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Corporation, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Corporation, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Corporation. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Corporation and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation instead of the Corporation and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Corporation to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities of a particular series so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent the Corporation from merging into itself any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Corporation) or acquiring by purchase or otherwise all or any part of the property of any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Corporation), provided that, immediately after such merger or acquisition, the Corporation shall not be in Default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by it.

SECTION 12.03. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given To Trustee. The Trustee, subject to Sections 8.01 and 8.02, shall receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and any such assumption complies with the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE XIII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 13.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. When (a) the Corporation shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities theretofore authenticated

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(other than any Securities which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.05) and not theretofore cancelled, or (b) all the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year and the Corporation shall deposit with the Trustee or any paying agent, in trust, funds sufficient to pay at maturity all of the Securities (other than any Securities which shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.05) not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, due or to become due to such date of maturity, but excluding, however, the amount of any moneys for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities (1) theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent and repaid by the Trustee or any paying agent to the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.04, or (2) paid to any State or to the District of Columbia pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar laws, and if in either case the Corporation shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Corporation, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee, on demand of the Corporation accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as required by Section 17.05 and at the cost and expense of the Corporation, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture. The Corporation, however, hereby agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Securities.

SECTION 13.02. Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust by Trustee. All moneys deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent pursuant to Section 13.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Corporation if acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular Securities for the payment of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, or any paying agent, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any) and interest. All moneys deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent pursuant to Section 13.01 for the payment of Convertible Securities subsequently converted will be returned to the Corporation upon Corporation Request.

SECTION 13.03. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys then held by any paying agent of the Securities (other than the Trustee) shall, upon demand of the Corporation, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.

SECTION 13.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on Securities of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the holders of such Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Securities, as the case may be, shall have become due and payable, shall on written request of the Corporation be repaid to the Corporation by the Trustee; and the holder of any of such Securities shall thereafter look only to the Corporation for any payment which such holder may be entitled to collect. Any reference to the Trustee in this Section 13.04 shall be deemed to also include any

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entity designated by the Corporation with the consent of the Trustee to act as its agent for the performance of all or any of its duties under this Section.

ARTICLE XIV

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

SECTION 14.01. Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Corporation in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or in any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Corporation or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Corporation or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.

ARTICLE XV

SINKING FUNDS

SECTION 15.01. General. Any redemption of Securities of any series under any sinking fund as required or permitted by the terms of any Securities duly issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such terms and this Article Fifteen.

The Securities of any series may be subject to redemption pursuant to a sinking fund, in whole or in part, as set forth in the form of Security for such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 15.02 hereof. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

SECTION 15.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Corporation (1) may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Corporation pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited

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for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

SECTION 15.03. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than sixty days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series as permitted by Section 15.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered if not theretofore delivered. The Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 4.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 4.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 4.05 and 4.06.

ARTICLE XVI

CONVERSION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 16.01. Conversion Privilege and Conversion Rate. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article, at the option of the Securityholder thereof, any Convertible Security may be converted into fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate, determined as hereinafter provided, in effect at the time of conversion. Such conversion right shall commence for each series of Convertible Securities at the opening of business on and expire at the close of business on the dates set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution establishing the terms of that series, and specified in an Officers’ Certificate if not so specified in a Board Resolution, subject, in the case of any Convertible Security issued in global form, to any Applicable Procedures. In case a Convertible Security or portion thereof is called for redemption, such conversion right in respect of the Convertible Security, or portion thereof so called, shall expire at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date for Convertible Securities of that series, unless the Corporation defaults in making the payment due upon redemption (subject as aforesaid to any Applicable Procedures with respect to Convertible Security issued in global form).

Convertible Securities of any series may be converted initially at a conversion rate (the “Conversion Rate”) set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution establishing the terms of that series and specified in an Officers’ Certificate if not so specified in a Board Resolution. The Conversion Rate for each outstanding series will be adjusted in certain instances as provided in Section 16.04.

SECTION 16.02. Exercise of Conversion Privilege. In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Securityholder of any Convertible Security to be converted shall surrender such Convertible Security, duly endorsed in blank, at any office or agency of the Corporation maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Indenture, accompanied by a duly signed conversion notice substantially in the form established by or pursuant to the

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Board Resolution establishing the terms of such series stating that the Securityholder elects to convert such Security or, if less than the entire principal amount thereof is to be converted, the portion thereof to be converted. Each Convertible Security surrendered for conversion (in whole or in part) during the Record Date Period (except in the case of any Convertible Security or portion thereof which has been called for redemption on a Redemption Date occurring within such Record Date Period and, as a result, the right to convert such Convertible Security would otherwise terminate in such period if not exercised) be accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds acceptable to the Corporation of an amount equal to the interest payable on such interest payment date on the initial principal amount of such Convertible Security (or part thereof, as the case may be) being surrendered for conversion. The interest so payable on such interest payment date with respect to any Convertible Security (or portion thereof, if applicable) that is surrendered for conversion during the Record Date Period shall be paid to the Securityholder of such Convertible Security as of such regular record date in an amount equal to the interest that would have been payable on such Convertible Security if such Convertible Security had been converted as of the close of business on such interest payment date. Interest payable on any interest payment date in respect of any Convertible Security surrendered for conversion on or after such interest payment date shall be paid to the Securityholder of such Convertible Security as of the regular record date next preceding such interest payment date, notwithstanding the exercise of the right of conversion. Except as provided in this paragraph, no cash payment or adjustment shall be made upon any conversion on account of any interest accrued from the interest payment date next preceding the conversion date, in respect of any Convertible Security (or part thereof, as the case may be) surrendered for conversion, or on account of any dividends on the securities issued upon conversion. The Corporation’s delivery to the Securityholder of the number of shares of Common Stock (and cash in lieu of fractions thereof, as provided in this Indenture) into which a Convertible Security is convertible will be deemed to satisfy the Corporation’s obligation to pay the principal amount of the Convertible Security.

Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the day of surrender of such Convertible Securities for conversion in accordance with the foregoing provisions, and at such time the rights of the Securityholders of such Convertible Securities as Securityholders shall cease, and the person or persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such securities at such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date, the Corporation shall issue and deliver to the Trustee, for delivery to the Securityholder (unless a different person is indicated on the Conversion Notice), a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 16.03.

In the case of any Convertible Security which is converted in part only, upon such conversion the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Securityholder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation, a new Convertible Security or Securities of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the principal amount of such Security. A Security may be converted in part, but only if the principal amount of such Security to be converted is any integral multiple of

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U.S. $1,000 and the principal amount of such security to remain Outstanding after such conversion is equal to U.S. $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

SECTION 16.03. Fractions of Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of any Convertible Security or Securities. If more than one Convertible Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Securityholder, the number of full shares which shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Securities (or specified portions thereof) so surrendered. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Convertible Security or Securities (or specified portions thereof), the Corporation shall calculate and pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price Per Share at the close of business on the day of conversion.

SECTION 16.04. Adjustment of Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate shall be subject to adjustments from time to time as follows:

(1) In case the Corporation shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution on shares of any class of capital stock payable in shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be increased by dividing the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such date by a fraction:

(i) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and

(ii) the denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution.

Such increase will become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination. If, after any such date fixed for determination, any dividend or distribution is not in fact paid, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would have been in effect if such determination date had not been fixed. For the purposes of this paragraph (1), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Corporation but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Corporation will not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Corporation.

(2) Subject to the last sentence of paragraph (7) of this Section 16.04, in case the Corporation shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of its Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the current market price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section 16.04) of the Common Stock on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants (other than any rights, options or warrants that by their terms will

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also be issued to any Securityholder upon conversion of a Convertible Security into shares of Common Stock without any action required by the Corporation or any other person), the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination shall be increased by dividing the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such date by a fraction:

(i) the numerator of which will be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock that the aggregate of the offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such current market price and

(ii) the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase.

Such increase will become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination. If, after any such date fixed for determination, any such rights, options or warrants are not in fact issued, or are not exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date such rights, options or warrants expire, or the date the Board of Directors determines not to issue such rights, options or warrants, to the Conversion Rate that would have been in effect if the unexercised rights, options or warrants had never been granted or such determination date had not been fixed, as the case may be. For the purposes of this paragraph (2), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Corporation but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Corporation will not issue any rights, options or warrants in respect of shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Corporation.

(3) In case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately increased, and, conversely, in case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such combination becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, such increase or reduction, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.

(4) Subject to the last sentence of paragraph (7) of this Section 16.04, in case the Corporation shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness, shares of any class of capital stock or rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of any class of capital stock (other than any rights, options or warrants that by their terms will also be issued to any Securityholder upon conversion of a Convertible Security into shares of Common Stock without any action required by the

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Corporation or any other person) or other property (including cash or assets or securities, but excluding (i) any rights, options or warrants referred to in paragraph (2) of this Section, (ii) any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash, other than those referred to in paragraphs (5) and (6) below, (iii) any dividend or distribution referred to in paragraph (1) of this Section and (iv) any consideration distributed in any merger or consolidation to which Section 16.11 applies), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by dividing the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction:

(i) the numerator of which will be the current market price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section 16.04) of the Common Stock on the date fixed for such determination less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution filed with the Trustee) of the portion of the assets, shares or evidences of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock and

(ii) the denominator shall be such current market price per share of the Common Stock.

Such adjustment will become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution. If after any such date fixed for determination, any such distribution is not in fact made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date that the Board of Directors determines not to make such distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would have been in effect if such determination date had not been fixed.

(5) In case the Corporation shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its Common Stock cash (excluding cash distributed upon a merger or consolidation to which Section 16.11 applies) in an aggregate amount that, combined together with (I) the aggregate amount of any other all-cash distributions to all holders of its Common Stock made exclusively in cash within the 365-day period preceding the date of payment of such distribution and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (5) or paragraph (6) of this Section 16.04 has been made and (II) the aggregate of any cash plus the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of any non-cash consideration payable in respect of any tender offer by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries for all or any portion of the Common Stock concluded within the 365-day period preceding the date of payment of such distribution and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to paragraph (6) of this Section 16.04 has been made (the “combined cash and tender amount”) exceeds 10% of the product of the current market price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section 16.04) of the Common Stock on the date for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution times the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date (the “aggregate current market price”), then, and in each such case, immediately after the close of business on such date for determination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by dividing the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to

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the close of business on the date fixed for determination of the stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction:

(i) the numerator of which shall be equal to the current market price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section 16.04) of the Common Stock on the date fixed for such determination less an amount equal to the quotient of (x) the excess of such combined cash and tender amount over 10% of such aggregate current market price divided by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date for determination and

(ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the current market price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section 16.04) of the Common Stock on such date fixed for determination.

(6) In case a tender offer made by the Corporation or any Subsidiary for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and such tender offer (as amended upon the expiration thereof) shall require the payment to stockholders (based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender offer) of Purchased Shares (as defined below)) of an aggregate consideration having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) that combined together with (I) the aggregate of the cash plus the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution), as of the expiration of such tender offer, of any non-cash consideration payable in respect of any other tender offer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary for all or any portion of the Common Stock expiring within the 365-day period preceding the expiration of such tender offer and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (6) or paragraph (5) of this Section 16.04 has been made and (II) the aggregate amount of any cash distributions to all holders of the Common Stock within 365-day period preceding the expiration of such tender offer and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to paragraph (5) of this Section 16.04 has been made (the “combined tender and cash amount”) exceeds 10% of the product of the current market price per share of the Common Stock (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section 16.04) as of the last time (the “Expiration Time”) tenders could have been made pursuant to such tender offer (as it may be amended) times the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) as of the Expiration Time, then, and in each such case immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after the date of the Expiration Time, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by dividing the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by a fraction

(i) the numerator of which shall be equal to (A) the product of (I) the current market price per share of the Common Stock (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section 16.04) on the date of the Expiration Time multiplied by (II) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) on the date of the Expiration Time less (B) the combined tender and cash amount, and

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(ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of (A) the current market price per share of the Common Stock (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section 16.04) on the date of the Expiration Time multiplied by (B) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) as of the Expiration Time less the number of all shares validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted up to any such maximum, being referred to as the “Purchased Shares”).

(7) The reclassification of Common Stock into securities other than Common Stock (other than any reclassification upon a consolidation or merger to which Section 16.11 applies) shall be deemed to involve (a) a distribution of such securities other than Common Stock to all holders of Common Stock (and the effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be “the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution” and “the date fixed for such determination” within the meaning of paragraph (4) of this Section 16.04), and (b) a subdivision or combination, as the case may be, of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such reclassification into the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately thereafter (and the effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be “the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective” or “the day upon which such combination becomes effective,” as the case may be, and “the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective” within the meaning of paragraph (3) of this Section 16.04). Rights, options or warrants issued by the Corporation to all holders of its Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of capital stock of the Corporation, which rights, options or warrants (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock, (ii) are not exercisable and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of shares of capital stock, in each case in clauses (i) through (iii) until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Event”), shall for purposes of this Section 16.04 not be deemed issued or distributed until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event.

(8) For the purpose of any computation under paragraphs (2), (4), (5) or (6) of this Section 16.04, the current market price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be calculated by the Corporation and be the average of the daily Closing Prices Per Share for the five consecutive Trading Days selected by the Corporation commencing not more than 10 Trading Days before, and ending not later than the earlier of the day in question and the day before the “ex date” with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “ex date,” when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way in the applicable securities market or on the applicable securities exchange without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.

(9) No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required unless such adjustment (plus any adjustments not previously made by reason of this paragraph (9)) would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent in such rate; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this paragraph (9) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Article shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may be.

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(10) The Corporation may make such increases in the Conversion Rate, for the remaining term of the Securities or any shorter term, in addition to those required by paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of this Section 16.04, as it considers to be advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holders of shares of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock or issuance of rights or warrants to purchase or subscribe for stock or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes. The Corporation shall have the power to resolve any ambiguity or correct any error in this paragraph (10) and its actions in so doing shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive.

(11) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, no adjustment of the Conversion Rate shall be required to be made (a) upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan for the reinvestment of dividends, (b) upon a change in the par value of the Common Stock or (c) because of a tender or exchange offer of the character described in Rule 13e-4(h)(5) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor rule thereto.

(12) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least 20 days, the increase is irrevocable during such period, and the Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such increase would be in the best interests of the Corporation, which determination shall be conclusive. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall give notice of the increase to the Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 17.03 hereof at least 15 days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.

SECTION 16.05. Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Rate. Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided:

(1) the Corporation shall compute the adjusted Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 16.04 hereof and shall prepare a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of the Corporation setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate shall promptly be filed with the Trustee and with each Conversion Agent; and

(2) upon each such adjustment, a notice stating that the Conversion Rate has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate shall be required, and as soon as practicable after it is required, such notice shall be provided by the Corporation to all Securityholders of Convertible Securities in accordance with Section 17.03.

Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any duty or responsibility with respect to any such certificate or the information and calculations contained therein, except to exhibit the same to any holder of Securities desiring inspection thereof at its office during normal business hours, and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment in the Conversion Rate unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received such a certificate. Until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives such a certificate, the Trustee and

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each Conversion Agent may assume without inquiry that the last Conversion Rate of which the Trustee has knowledge remains in effect.

SECTION 16.06. Notice of Certain Corporate Action. In case:

(1) the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common Stock payable (i) otherwise than exclusively in cash or (ii) exclusively in cash in an amount that would require any adjustment pursuant to Section 16.04; or

(2) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all or substantially all of the holders of its Common Stock of rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any other rights; or

(3) of any reclassification of the Common Stock, or of any consolidation, merger or share exchange to which the Corporation is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Corporation is required, or of the conveyance, sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation; or

(4) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation;

then the Corporation shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of Securities pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Indenture, and shall cause to be provided to all Securityholders in accordance with Section 17.03 hereof, at least 20 days (or 10 days in any case specified in clause (1) or (2) above) prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, rights, options or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights, options or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale, lease, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale, lease, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Neither the failure to give such notice or the notice referred to in the following paragraph nor any defect therein shall affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in clauses (1) through (4) of this Section 16.06. If at the time the Trustee shall not be the Conversion Agent, a copy of such notice shall also forthwith be filed by the Corporation with the Trustee.

The Corporation shall cause to be filed at the principal office of the Trustee and each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of Convertible Securities pursuant to Section 5.02 of this Indenture, and shall cause to be provided to all Securityholders in accordance with Section 17.03 hereof, notice of any tender offer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary for all or any portion of the Common Stock at or about the time that such notice of tender offer is provided to the public generally.

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SECTION 16.07. Corporation to Reserve Common Stock; Registration; Listing.

(1) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of Convertible Securities, the full number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon the conversion of all Outstanding Convertible Securities.

(2) The Corporation covenants that so long as the Common Stock shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Corporation will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange, list and keep listed all Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Securities, and the Corporation will endeavor to list the shares of Common Stock required to be delivered upon conversion of the Convertible Securities prior to such delivery upon any other national securities exchange upon which the outstanding Common Stock is listed at the time of such delivery.

SECTION 16.08. Taxes on Conversions. Except as provided in the next sentence, the Corporation will pay all stamp taxes and other duties that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Convertible Securities pursuant hereto. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable in respect of (i) income of the Securityholder, or (ii) any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Securityholder of the Convertible Security or Securities to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or duty, or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax or duty has been paid.

SECTION 16.09. Covenant as to Common Stock. The Corporation agrees that all shares of Common Stock that may be delivered upon conversion of Convertible Securities, upon such delivery, will have been duly authorized and validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable and, except as provided in Section 16.08 hereof, the Corporation will pay all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.

SECTION 16.10. Cancellation of Converted Securities. All Convertible Securities delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the Trustee or its agent to be canceled by or at the direction of the Trustee, which shall dispose of the same as provided in Section 3.07 of this Indenture.

SECTION 16.11. Provision in Case of Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets. In case of any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other person or any merger of another person with or into the Corporation (other than a merger that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock ) or any conveyance, sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (other than a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock), the person formed by such consolidation or resulting from such merger or which acquires such assets, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a

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supplemental indenture providing that the Securityholder of each Convertible Security then Outstanding shall have the right thereafter, during the period such Convertible Security shall be convertible as specified in Section 16.01 hereof, to convert such Convertible Security only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer or lease by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Convertible Security might have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer or lease, assuming such holder of Common Stock (i) is not (A) a person with which the Corporation consolidated or merged with or into or which merged into or with the Corporation or to which such conveyance, sale, transfer or lease was made, as the case may be (a “Constituent Person”), or (B) an Affiliate of a Constituent Person and (ii) failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer or lease (provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer, or lease is not the same for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer or lease by others than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate thereof and in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised (“Non-electing Share”), then for the purpose of this Section 16.11 the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer or lease by the holders of each Non-electing Share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the Non-electing Shares). Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments that, for events subsequent to the effective date of such supplemental indenture, shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article. The above provisions of this Section 16.11 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, conveyances, sales, transfers or leases.

Notice of the execution of such a supplemental indenture shall be given by the Corporation to the Securityholder of each Convertible Security as provided in Section 17.03 hereof promptly upon such execution.

Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or other securities or property or cash receivable by Securityholders upon the conversion of their Convertible Securities after any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale or lease or to any such adjustment, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel with respect thereto, which the Corporation shall cause to be furnished to the Trustee upon request.

SECTION 16.12. Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 hereof, and any Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Securityholder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same, or whether a supplemental indenture need be entered into. Neither the Trustee, subject to the

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provisions of Section 8.01 hereof, nor any Conversion Agent shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Stock, or of any other securities or property or cash, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Convertible Security; and it or they do not make any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 hereof, nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Corporation to make or calculate any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or share certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of conversion; and the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 hereof, and any Conversion Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Corporation to comply with any of the covenants of the Corporation contained in this Article.

ARTICLE XVII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 17.01. Provisions Binding on Corporation’s Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by the Corporation shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 17.02. Official Acts by Successor Corporation. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Corporation shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Corporation.

SECTION 17.03. Notices. Any notice or communication by the Corporation or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the other’s address: If to the Corporation:

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

750 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Attention: Treasurer

If to the Trustee:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 27^th Floor

MS: NYC60-2710

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Trust and Securities Services

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With a copy to:

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

25 De Forest Avenue

Second Floor, MS 50M01-0105

Summit, New Jersey 07801

Attention: Trust and Securities Services

Tel: 908-608-3191

Fax: 732-578-4635

The Corporation or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

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

Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any person described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders.

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

If the Corporation mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time.

SECTION 17.04. Communication by Securityholders with Other Securityholders. Securityholders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or any series of Securities. The Corporation, the Trustee and anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 17.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. Upon any application or demand by the Corporation to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Corporation shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

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Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture 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 opinion 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.

SECTION 17.06. Governing Law. THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

SECTION 17.07. Trust Indenture Act to Control. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, such required provision shall control.

SECTION 17.08. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Corporation, its subsidiaries or of any other person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 17.09. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or any Security, as the case may be, shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 17.10. Counterpart 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 17.11. Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions.

SECTION 17.12. USA Patriot Act. The Corporation acknowledges that, in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that opens an account. The Corporation agrees that it will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions herein above set forth.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Constellation Energy Group, Inc. has caused this Indenture to be signed in its corporate name and acknowledged by its duly authorized officer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Trustee, has caused this Indenture to be signed by one of its authorized signatories, as of the day and year first written above.

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.
By:	/s/ Jeanne M. Blondia
	Name:	Jeanne M. Blondia
	Title:	Treasurer

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:	/s/ Richard L. Buckwalter
	Name: Richard L. Buckwalter
	Title: Vice President
By:	/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan
	Name: Annie Jaghatspanyan
	Title: Assistant Vice President

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR INDENTURE

EXHIBIT A

FRONT

REGISTERED REGISTERED

CUSIP

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND

[title]

If this Note is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) (55 Water Street, New York, New York) or its nominee, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary unless and until this Note is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive form. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary 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 such other name as requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co. has an interest herein.

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

INTEREST RATE:

STATED MATURITY:

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:

ISSUE PRICE:

Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture, as hereinafter defined), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                              on the Stated Maturity shown above and to pay interest on said principal sum from                     , at the fixed rate per annum shown above, semi-annually on                      (the “Interest Payment Date(s)”) of each year beginning                      until the Stated Maturity or upon redemption or repurchase of this Note. Each payment of interest payable on each Interest Payment Date and at Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase shall include interest to, but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date and the date of Stated Maturity or redemption, respectively. Said interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event this Note is issued between a Record Date (the                      and                      next preceding the

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                     Interest Payment Dates) and an Interest Payment Date or on an Interest Payment Date, the first day that interest shall be payable will be on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Record Date. In the event of a Default in the payment of interest, interest will be payable as provided in that certain Indenture dated as of July 24, 2006 (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture).

The Company has the option to redeem all or any part of the Note at any time prior to the Stated Maturity. The Company shall give notice by mail of any redemption at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, before a redemption date. [insert make whole provisions if any] The Company shall pay a redemption price [insert information on redemption price]

Pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will maintain an agency at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in The City of New York, New York (the “Bank”), or at such other agencies as may from time to time be designated, where the Notes may be presented for payment, for registration of transfer and exchange, and where notices or demands to, or upon, the Company may be served.

The interest so payable on any                      will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the                      and                      next preceding the                      and                      Interest Payment Dates; provided, however, that interest payable at Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase, shall be payable to the person to whom principal shall be payable. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the Bank in U.S. dollars; provided, however, that payments of interest (other than any interest payable at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or repurchase) may be made at the option of the Company (i) by checks mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the register of the Notes or (ii) by wire transfer to persons who are holders of record at such other addresses that have been filed with the Bank on or prior to the Record Date.

Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest payable at Stated Maturity, or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase, on this Note will be made in immediately available funds at the request of the holder provided that this Note is presented to the Bank in time for the Bank to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or a duly designated authentication agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under said Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Constellation Energy Group, Inc. has caused this instrument to be executed in its corporate name with the manual or facsimile signature of its President or a Vice President and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon, attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Dated:

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

By:

ATTEST:                                                           [SEAL]

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein issued under the Indenture described herein.

Dated:

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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(REVERSE)

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

[title]

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities (the “Securities”) of the Company, of a series designated as its              Notes due                      (herein called the “Notes”), limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to                     , issued and to be issued under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all relevant indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Bank and the Securityholders and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities, of which the Notes constitute a series, may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the definitions assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Note may not be redeemed by the Company prior to Stated Maturity unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof. Notwithstanding Section 4.03 of the Indenture, pursuant to Section 4.01 thereof, and if so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note may be redeemed at the option of the Company on any date on or after the date set forth on the face hereof in whole or in part in increments of $1,000, at a redemption price or prices designated on the face hereof to be redeemed together with interest thereon payable to the date fixed for redemption. This Note may be so redeemed in whole or in part whether or not other Notes of the same series are redeemed.

Notice of redemption by the Company will be given by the Company by mail to holders of the Notes to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. The Bank may carry out the responsibilities to be performed by the Trustee required by Article Four of the Indenture.

The Company is not required to repurchase Notes from holders prior to Stated Maturity unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof. If so indicated on the face hereof, this Note may be repurchased by the Company at the option of the holder on the dates and at the prices designated thereon, in whole or in part in increments of $1,000, together with interest payable to the repurchase date. For book-entry notes, unless otherwise specified on the face of this Note, holders must deliver written notice to the Bank at least 30, but no more than 60, days prior to the date of repurchase, but no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last day for giving notice. The written notice must specify the principal amount to be repurchased and must be signed by a duly authorized officer of the Depositary participant (signature guaranteed). For definitive notes, unless otherwise specified on the face of this Note, holders must complete the “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of this Note and then deliver this Note to the

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Bank at least 30, but no more than 45, days prior to the date of repurchase, but no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last day for giving notice. All notices are irrevocable.

In the event of redemption or repurchase of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series, having the same Stated Maturity, optional redemption or repurchase provisions, Interest Rate and other terms and provisions of this Note, in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

The Notes will not be subject to conversion, amortization or any sinking fund.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the register of the Notes, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Bank, or at such other agencies as may be designated pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee or the Bank duly executed by, the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes are issuable only as registered Notes without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations having the same interest rate, Stated Maturity, optional redemption or repurchase provisions, if any, and Original Issue Date, as requested by the Securityholder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

The Company, the Trustee, the Bank, the Security registrar and any agent of the Company, the Trustee, the Bank, or the Security registrar may treat the Securityholder in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, the Bank, the Security registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

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 Securities of any series under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the consent of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected (voting as one class). The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of Securities of any series for certain purposes specified in the Indenture, including the

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making of such other provisions in regard to matters arising under the Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interest of the holders of such Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all the Securities of such series, 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 Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

The Indenture provides that no holder of any Security of any series may enforce any remedy with respect to such series under the Indenture except in the case of refusal or neglect of the Trustee to act after notice of a continuing Event of Default and after written request by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and the offer to the Trustee of reasonable indemnity; provided, however, that such provision shall not prevent the holder hereof from enforcing payment of the principal of or interest on this Note.

No reference 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 of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

Assignee’s Social Security or Tax I. D. Number:                                                                                                                                

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or Type Assignee’s Name, Address and Zip Code)

the within Note of the Company and hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoint

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Signature of Assignor

(Sign exactly as name appears on the face of the Note)

Dated:                                                          

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EXHIBIT B

[FRONT]

REGISTERED REGISTERED

No. FLR         

[CUSIP]

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND

FORM OF FLOATING RATE DEBT SECURITIES

[If this Note is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) (55 Water Street, New York, New York) or its nominee, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary unless and until this Note is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive form. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary 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 such other name as requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co. has an interest herein.]

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:                                     

INITIAL INTEREST RATE:                                     

STATED MATURITY:                                     

INDEX MATURITY:                                     

SPREAD:                                     

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:                                     

SPREAD MULTIPLIER:                                     %

ISSUE PRICE:                                     

MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:                                     %

MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:                                     %

CALCULATION AGENT:                                     

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:

(Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually or Annually)                                     

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INTEREST RESET DATES:

(Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually or Annually)                                     

INTEREST DETERMINATION DATES:                                     

CALCULATION DATES:                                     

INTEREST RATE BASIS (Check One):

¨ CD Rate

¨ Commercial Paper Rate

¨ LIBOR ( ¨ Reuters ¨ Telerate)

¨ Treasury Rate

¨ Federal Funds Effective Rate

¨ Prime Rate

¨ CMT Rate (¨ Telerate 7055) (¨ Telerate 7052)

REDEEMABLE AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY ON OR AFTER	REDEMPTION PRICES (% OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT)
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________________________________	________________________________
________________________________	________________________________
SUBJECT TO REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER ON	REPURCHASE PRICES (% OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT)
________________________________	________________________________
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________________________________	________________________________
________________________________	________________________________

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[Remarketing provisions, if any, to be included here]

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. a Maryland corporation (herein called the “Company” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture, as hereinafter defined), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                                                                                                DOLLARS on the Stated Maturity shown above and to pay interest on said principal sum from the Original Issue Date shown above if interest has not been paid on this Note or from the most recent Interest Payment Date for which interest has been paid or duly provided for until Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase at the rate per annum determined in accordance with the provisions on the reverse hereof, depending on the Interest Rate Basis and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, specified above. Interest will be payable on each Interest Payment Date and at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or repurchase. Each payment of interest payable at Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase shall include interest to, but excluding the date of Stated Maturity or redemption or repurchase. In the event this Note is issued between a Record Date (the date 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date whether or not such day shall be a Business Day) and an Interest Payment Date or on an Interest Payment Date, the first day that interest shall be payable will be on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Record Date. In the event of a Default in the payment of interest, interest will be payable as provided in that certain Indenture dated as of July 24, 2006 (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture).

Pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will maintain an agency at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in The City of New York, New York (the “Bank”), or at such other agencies as may from time to time be designated, where the Notes may be presented for payment, for registration of transfer and exchange, and where notices or demands to, or upon, the Company may be served.

The interest so payable on the dates specified above will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the date 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date whether or not such day shall be a Business Day; provided, however, that interest payable at Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase, shall be payable to the person to whom principal shall be payable. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the Bank in U.S. dollars; provided, however, that payments of interest (other than any interest payable at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or repurchase) may be made at the option of the Company (i) by checks mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the register of the Notes or (ii) by wire transfer to persons who are holders of record at such other addresses that have been filed with the Bank on or prior to the Record Date.

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Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest payable at Stated Maturity, or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase, on this Note will be made in immediately available funds at the request of the holder provided that this Note is presented to the Bank in time for the Bank to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or a duly designated authentication agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under said Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Constellation Energy Group, Inc. has caused this instrument to be executed in its corporate name with the manual or facsimile signature of its President or a Vice President and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon, attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Dated:

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

By:

ATTEST: [SEAL]

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein issued under the Indenture described herein.

Dated:

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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(REVERSE)

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

SERIES             , due                             

(FLOATING RATE NOTE)

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities (the “Securities”) of the Company, of a series designated as its Series         , due                          (herein called the “Notes”), limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to $                    , issued and to be issued under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all relevant indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Bank and the Securityholder and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities, of which the Notes constitute a series, may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the definitions assigned to them in the Indenture.

Commencing with the applicable Interest Reset Date first following the Original Issue Date specified on the face hereof, the rate at which interest on this Note is payable shall be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually as shown on the face hereof. The interest rate per annum for each interest reset period shall be calculated on the applicable Interest Determination Date specified on the face hereof and shall be the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof, determined in accordance with the provisions of the applicable heading below, adjusted by adding or subtracting a Spread and/or multiplying by a Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date with respect to this Note will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately prior to the Stated Maturity or redemption or repurchase will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption or repurchase. Each such adjusted rate shall be applicable on and after the Interest Reset Date to which it relates, to, but not including, the next succeeding Interest Reset Date or until the Stated Maturity, or the date of redemption or repurchase, as the case may be. If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (as defined below), except that if the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is LIBOR, and if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Subject to provisions of applicable law and except as specified herein, on each Interest Reset Date the rate of interest on this Note shall be the rate determined in accordance with the provisions of the applicable heading below.

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

DETERMINATION OF CD RATE.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the CD Rate, the CD Rate with respect to this Note shall equal the rate on each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof as published in H.15(519) under the heading “CDs (Secondary Market).” In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date designated on the face hereof pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the CD Rate will be the rate on such Interest Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity as published in Composite Quotations under the heading “Certificates of Deposit.” If such rate was neither published in H.15(519) by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date nor in Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date, the CD Rate for that CD Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates, as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, of three leading nonbank dealers of negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for negotiable certificates of deposit of major United States money market banks with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity in a denomination of $5,000,000; provided, however, that if fewer than three dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the CD Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

The CD Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof, and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

DETERMINATION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the Commercial Paper Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate with respect to this Note shall equal the Money Market Yield (calculated as described below) of the rate on each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof for commercial paper having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof as published in H.15(519) under the heading “Commercial Paper.” In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date designated on the face hereof pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield of the rate on such Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity as published in Composite Quotations under the heading “Commercial

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Paper.” If such rate was neither published in H.15(519) by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date nor in Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date, the Commercial Paper Rate for that Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of commercial paper in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is “AA,” or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating agency; provided, however, that if fewer than three dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Commercial Paper Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

“Money Market Yield” shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one-hundred thousandth of a percentage point) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

Money Market Yield =	D x 360	x 100
	360 - (D x M)

where “D” refers to the per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal; and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated.

The Commercial Paper Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

DETERMINATION OF LIBOR.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is LIBOR, LIBOR with respect to this Note will be determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) With respect to any Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be determined by either (i) the arithmetic mean of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof, commencing on the second Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date, which appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that Interest Determination Date, if at least two such offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, or (ii) the rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof, commencing on the second Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date, that appears on the Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date. If neither Reuters Screen LIBO Page nor Telerate Page 3750 is specified on the face hereof, LIBOR will be determined as if Telerate Page 3750 had been specified.

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(b) With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which fewer than two offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page or no rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 for the applicable Index Maturity as described in (a) above, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date at which deposits in U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof are offered to prime banks in the London interbank market by four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent commencing on the second Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount not less than $1,000,000 that in the Calculation Agent’s judgment is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time (a “Representative Amount”). The Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR for such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR for such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date by three major banks in The City of New York, selected by the Calculation Agent, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having the specified Index Maturity commencing on the second Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a Representative Amount; provided, however, that if fewer than three banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as LIBOR as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

LIBOR determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS EFFECTIVE RATE.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the Federal Funds Effective Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate with respect to this Note shall equal with respect to each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof the rate on such date for Federal Funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading “Federal Funds (Effective)” or, if not so published prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date designated on the face hereof pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the Federal Funds Effective Rate will be the rate on such Interest Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading “Federal Funds/Effective Rate.” If such rate was neither published in H.15(519) by 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date nor in Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, for the last transaction in overnight Federal Funds arranged by three leading brokers of Federal Funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent; provided, however, that

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if fewer than three brokers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Federal Funds Effective Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

The Federal Funds Effective Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

DETERMINATION OF PRIME RATE.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the Prime Rate, the Prime Rate with respect to the Note shall equal with respect to each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof the rate set forth on such date in H.15(519) under the heading “Bank Prime Loan.” In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date designated on the face hereof pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the Prime Rate will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one-hundred thousandth of a percentage point) of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appear on the Reuters Screen USPRIMEONE Page as such bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for that Interest Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates but more than one such rate appear on the Reuters Screen USPRIMEONE Page for the Interest Determination Date, the Prime Rate will be the arithmetic mean of the prime rates (quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year) as of the close of business on such Interest Determination Date by four major money center banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent. If fewer than two quotations are provided, the Prime Rate shall be determined on the basis of the rates furnished in The City of New York by the appropriate number of substitute banks or trust companies organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, having total equity capital of at least $500 million and being subject to supervision or examination by a Federal or State authority, selected by the Calculation Agent to provide such rate or rates; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Prime Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

The Prime Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

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DETERMINATION OF TREASURY RATE.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the Treasury Rate, the Treasury Rate with respect to this Note shall equal with respect to each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof the rate for the most recent auction of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury bills”) having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof as published in H.15(519) under the heading, “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction Average (Investment)” or, if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date designated on the face hereof pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the auction average rate (expressed as a bond equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) for such auction as otherwise announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that the results of the auction of Treasury bills having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof are neither published in H.15(519) by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, nor otherwise published or reported as provided above by 3:00 P.M., New York City time on such date, or if no such auction is held in a particular week, then the Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield to maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury bills with a remaining maturity closest to the specified Index Maturity; provided, however, that if fewer than three dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Treasury Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

The Treasury Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

DETERMINATION OF CMT RATE

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the CMT Rate, the CMT Rate with respect to this Note shall equal with respect to each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof the rate displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page under the caption “...Treasury Constant Maturities.. Federal Reserve Board Release H.15... Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.,” under the column for the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof (i) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7055, the rate for the applicable Interest Determination Date and (ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the week, or the month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which the Interest Determination Date occurs. If no page is specified on the face hereof, the Designated CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052, for the most recent week. If such rate is no longer displayed on the relevant page, or if not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be such Treasury Constant Maturity rate for the Index Maturity

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designated on the face hereof as published in the relevant H.15 (519). If such rate is no longer published, or if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be such Treasury Constant Maturity rate for the Index Maturity on the face hereof (or other United States Treasury rate for such Index Maturity for that Interest Determination Date with respect to such Interest Reset Date) as may then be published by either the Federal Reserve Board or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in the relevant H.15(519). If such information is not provided by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for that Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market closing offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M. (New York City time) on that Interest Determination Date reported, according to their written records, by three leading primary United States government securities dealers (each, a “Reference Dealer”) in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States (“Treasury Note”) with an original maturity of approximately the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof and a remaining term to maturity of not less than such Index Maturity minus one year. If two Treasury Notes with an original maturity as described in the preceding sentence have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof, the quotes for the Treasury Note with the shorter remaining term to maturity will be used. If the Calculation Agent cannot obtain three such Treasury Note quotations, the CMT Rate for that Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M. (New York City time) on that Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in The City of New York (from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for Treasury Notes with an original maturity of the number of years that is the next highest to the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof and a remaining term to maturity closest to such Index Maturity and in an amount of at least $100 million. If three or four (and not five) of such Reference Dealers are quoting as described above, then the CMT Rate will be based on the arithmetic mean of the offer prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotes will be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described herein, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the CMT Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period.

The CMT Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (ii) the

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interest rate, in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, shown on the face hereof. The Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate on this Note in accordance with the foregoing on each Interest Determination Date.

The Interest Rate on this Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by Maryland law as the same may be modified by the United States law of general applicability.

The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of the Holder of this Note provide to such Holder the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if different, the interest rate which will become effective as of the next applicable Interest Reset Date.

If any Interest Payment Date specified on the face hereof would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, except that if (i) the rate of interest on this Note shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the heading “Determination of LIBOR” above, and (ii) such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday that (a) is not a day on which banking institutions in the State of Maryland, or in New York, New York, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed, and (b) with respect to LIBOR Notes only, is a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

Interest payments for this Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Dates; provided, however, that if the Interest Reset Dates with respect to this Note are daily or weekly, interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, other than interest payable on any date on which principal hereof is payable, will include interest accrued to and including the Record Date next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Accrued interest hereon from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest hereon has been paid, as the case may be, shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the face amount hereof by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest shall have been paid, as the case may be, to the date for which accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor (expressed as a decimal rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) for each such day shall be computed by dividing the interest rate (expressed as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) applicable to each such day by 360, in the case of the Commercial Paper Rate, CD Rate, LIBOR, Federal Funds Effective Rate or Prime Rate, or by the actual number of days in the year in the case of the Treasury Rate or the CMT Rate.

This Note may not be redeemed by the Company prior to Stated Maturity unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof. Notwithstanding Section 4.03 of the Indenture, pursuant to Section 4.01 thereof, and if so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note may be redeemed at

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the option of the Company, on any date on or after the date set forth on the face hereof in whole or in part in increments of $1,000, at a redemption price or prices designated on the face hereof to be redeemed together with interest thereon payable to the date fixed for redemption. This Note may be so redeemed in whole or in part whether or not other Notes of the same series are redeemed.

Notice of redemption or repurchase will be given by the Company by mail to holders of the Notes to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. The Bank may carry out the responsibilities to be performed by the Trustee required by Article Four of the Indenture.

The Company is not required to repurchase Notes from holders prior to Stated Maturity unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof. If so indicated on the face hereof, this Note may be repurchased by the Company at the option of the holder on the dates and at the prices designated thereon, in whole or in part in increments of $1,000, together with interest payable to the repurchase date. For book-entry notes, unless otherwise specified on the face of this Note, holders must deliver written notice to the Bank at least 30, but no more than 60, days prior to the date of repurchase, but no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last day for giving notice. The written notice must specify the principal amount to be repurchased and must be signed by a duly authorized officer of the Depositary participant (signature guaranteed). For definitive notes, unless otherwise specified on the face of this Note, holders must complete the “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of this Note and then deliver this Note to the Bank at least 30, but no more than 45, days prior to the date of repurchase, but no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last day for giving notice. All notices are irrevocable.

In the event of redemption or repurchase of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series, having the same Stated Maturity, optional redemption or repurchase provisions, Interest Rate and other terms and provisions of this Note, in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

[Remarketing provisions, if any, to be included here]

The Notes will not be subject to conversion, amortization or any sinking fund.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the register of the Notes, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Bank, or at such other agencies as may be designated pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee or the Bank duly executed by, the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes are issuable only as registered Notes without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations

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having the same Interest Rate, Stated Maturity, optional redemption or repurchase provisions, if any, and Original Issue Date, as requested by the Securityholder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Company, the Trustee, the Bank, the Security registrar and any agent of the Company, the Trustee, the Bank, or the Security registrar may treat the Securityholder in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, the Bank, the Security registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

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 Securities of any series under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the consent of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding to be affected (voting as one class). The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of Securities of any series for certain purposes specified in the Indenture, including the making of such other provisions in regard to matters arising under the Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interest of the holders of such Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all the Securities of such series, 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 Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

The Indenture provides that no holder of any Security of any series may enforce any remedy with respect to such series under the Indenture except in the case of refusal or neglect of the Trustee to act after notice of a continuing Event of Default and after written request by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series and the offer to the Trustee of reasonable indemnity; provided, however, that such provision shall not prevent the holder hereof from enforcing payment of the principal of or interest on this Note.

No reference 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 of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

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

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

Assignee’s Social Security or Tax I. D. Number:                                                                      

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(Print or Type Assignee’s Name, Address and Zip Code)

the within Note of the Company and hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoint

Attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Signature of Assignor

(Sign exactly as name appears on the face of the Note)

Dated: ____________

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[HOLDER’S OPTION TO ELECT REPURCHASE]

[IN THE CASE OF CERTIFICATED NOTES ONLY]

The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repurchase the within or attached Note (or portion thereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a price equal to         % of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest, if any, to the repurchase date, to the undersigned, at                                                                                                                       

(Print or type name, address and phone number of the undersigned)

For the within or attached Note to be repurchased on the repurchase date, the Bank must receive at least 30, but not more than 45, days prior to the date of repurchase, but no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last day for giving notice, (i) this Note with the “Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States of America setting forth the name, address and telephone number of the holder of such Note, the principal amount of such Note, the amount of the Note to be repurchased, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being made thereby and a guarantee that the Note to be repaid with the form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of such Note duly completed will be received by the Bank not later than five Business Days after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter, and such Note and form are received by the Bank by such fifth Business Day.

If less than the entire principal amount of the within or attached Note is to be repurchased, specify the portion to be repurchased: $                      and specify the denomination or denominations of the Note or Notes to be issued to the holder for the portion of the Note not being repurchased (in the absence of specific instruction, one such Note will be issued): $                    .

NOTICE: The signature to this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the names as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

Signature of Assignor

(Sign exactly as name appears on the face of the Note)

Dated: _______________

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EX-4.(B)

Exhibit 4(b)

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

AND

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

AS TRUSTEE

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF JULY 24, 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01.	Definitions	1
SECTION 1.02.	Rules of Construction	4
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01.	Forms of Securities	5
SECTION 2.02.	Authentication Agent and Form of Certificate of Authentication	5
SECTION 2.03.	Global Securities	6
ARTICLE III
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01.	Title, Amount and Terms of Securities	6
SECTION 3.02.	Denominations, Dates, Interest Payment and Record Dates, and Place of Payment	7
SECTION 3.03.	Execution of Securities	8
SECTION 3.04.	Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities	8
SECTION 3.05.	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities	10
SECTION 3.06.	Temporary Securities	11
SECTION 3.07.	Cancellation of Securities Paid, etc.	11
SECTION 3.08.	CUSIP Numbers	12
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.01.	Applicability of This Article	12
SECTION 4.02.	Election to Redeem: Notices to Trustee	12
SECTION 4.03.	Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed	12
SECTION 4.04.	Notice of Redemption	12
SECTION 4.05.	Deposit of Redemption Price	13
SECTION 4.06.	Payment of Securities Called for Redemption	13
SECTION 4.07.	Delegation of Duties by Trustee	13

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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01.	Payment of Principal and Interest	14
SECTION 5.02.	Maintenance of Office or Agency	14
SECTION 5.03.	To Fill a Vacancy in the Office of Trustee	15
SECTION 5.04.	Appointment of Paying Agents; Money for Security Payments to Be Set Aside in Trust; Transfer or Moneys Held by Paying Agents	15
SECTION 5.05.	Maintenance of Corporate Existence, Rights and Franchises	16
SECTION 5.06.	Certificate as to No Default	16
SECTION 5.07.	Calculation of Original Issue Discount	16
ARTICLE VI
SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.01.	Securityholder Lists	16
SECTION 6.02.	Intentionally Omitted	16
SECTION 6.03.	Reports by the Corporation	16
SECTION 6.04.	Reports by the Trustee	17
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 7.01.	Events of Default	18
SECTION 7.02.	Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor	19
SECTION 7.03.	Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee	21
SECTION 7.04.	Proceedings by Securityholders	21
SECTION 7.05.	Proceedings by Trustee	22
SECTION 7.06.	Remedies Cumulative and Continuing	22
SECTION 7.07.	Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults By Majority of Securityholders	22
SECTION 7.08.	Notice of Defaults	23
SECTION 7.09.	Undertaking to Pay Costs	23
ARTICLE VIII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01.	Duties of Trustee	24
SECTION 8.02.	Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.	25
SECTION 8.03.	No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.	26

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SECTION 8.04.	Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar May Own Securities	26
SECTION 8.05.	Moneys to Be Held in Trust	26
SECTION 8.06.	Compensation and Expenses of Trustee	26
SECTION 8.07.	Officers’ Certificate as Evidence	27
SECTION 8.08.	Conflicting Interest of Trustee	27
SECTION 8.09.	Eligibility of Trustee	27
SECTION 8.10.	Resignation or Removal of Trustee	28
SECTION 8.11.	Acceptance by Successor Trustee	29
SECTION 8.12.	Succession by Merger, etc.	30
SECTION 8.13.	Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Corporation	30
SECTION 8.14.	Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Corporation	30
ARTICLE IX
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 9.01.	Action by Securityholders	31
SECTION 9.02.	Proof of Execution by Securityholders	31
SECTION 9.03.	Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners	31
SECTION 9.04.	Corporation-Owned Securities Disregarded	31
SECTION 9.05.	Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound	32
ARTICLE X
SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
SECTION 10.01.	Purposes of Meetings	32
SECTION 10.02.	Call of Meetings by Trustee	33
SECTION 10.03.	Call of Meetings by Corporation or Securityholders	33
SECTION 10.04.	Qualifications for Voting	33
SECTION 10.05.	Regulations	33
SECTION 10.06.	Voting	34
SECTION 10.07.	Written Consent in Lieu of Meeting	34
ARTICLE XI
SUPPLEMENT INDENTURES
SECTION 11.01.	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders	34
SECTION 11.02.	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders	35
SECTION 11.03.	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental Indenture	36
SECTION 11.04.	Notation on Securities	36
SECTION 11.05.	Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee	37

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ARTICLE XII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE
SECTION 12.01.	Corporation May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms	37
SECTION 12.02.	Successor Corporation to Be Substituted	37
SECTION 12.03.	Opinion of Counsel to Be Given To Trustee	38
ARTICLE XIII
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 13.01.	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	38
SECTION 13.02.	Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust by Trustee	38
SECTION 13.03.	Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held	39
SECTION 13.04.	Return of Unclaimed Moneys	39
ARTICLE XIV
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 14.01.	Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations	39
ARTICLE XV
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 15.01.	General	39
SECTION 15.02.	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	40
SECTION 15.03.	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	40
ARTICLE XVI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 16.01.	Provisions Binding on Corporation’s Successors	40
SECTION 16.02.	Official Acts by Successor Corporation	40
SECTION 16.03.	Notices	41
SECTION 16.04.	Communication by Securityholders with Other Securityholders	42
SECTION 16.05.	Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent	42
SECTION 16.06.	Governing Law	42
SECTION 16.07.	Trust Indenture Act to Control	42
SECTION 16.08.	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	42
SECTION 16.09.	Severability	43
SECTION 16.10.	Counterpart Originals	43
SECTION 16.11.	Table of Contents, Headings, etc.	43
SECTION 16.12.	USA Patriot Act	43

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Exhibits:

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Exhibit A	Form of Fixed Rate Unsecured Debt Securities	A-1
Exhibit B	Form of Floating Rate Unsecured Debt Securities	B-1

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

TIA Section	Indenture Section
310 (a)(1)	8.09
(a)(2)	8.09
(a)(3)	N/A
(a)(4)	N/A
(b)	8.08; 8.10
(c)	N/A
311 (a)	8.14
(b)	8.14
(c)	N/A
312 (a)	6.01
(b)	16.04
(c)	16.04
313 (a)	6.04
(b)(1)	N/A
(b)(2)	6.04
(c)	6.04
(d)	6.04
314 (a)	6.03
(b)	N/A
(c)(1)	6.03, 16.05
(c)(2)	6.03, 16.05
(c)(3)	6.03, 16.05
(d)	N/A
(e)	16.05
(f)	N/A
315 (a)	8.01
(b)	7.08
(c)	8.01
(d)	8.01
(e)	7.09
316 (a) (last sentence)	9.04
(a)(1)(A)	7.07
(a)(1)(B)	7.07
(a)(2)	N/A
(b)	7.04
317(a)(1)	7.02
(a)(2)	7.02
(b)	5.04
318 (a)	16.07

N/A means Not Applicable

Note:   This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

THIS INDENTURE, dated as of July 24, 2006 between BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (as further defined below, the “Corporation”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee, a New York banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (as further defined below, the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Corporation has duly authorized the issue of its unsecured debt securities from time to time in series (all such series of debt securities are herein collectively called the “Securities”), unlimited as to principal amount and, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Corporation has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to constitute these presents a valid agreement according to its terms have been done and performed, and the execution and delivery of this Indenture have in all respects been duly authorized, and the Corporation proposes to do all acts and things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Corporation and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, as in this Indenture provided, and issued, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Corporation;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Securities by the holders thereof, the Corporation covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, of the respective holders from time to time of the Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed.

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee thereof or any directors or officers of the Corporation to whom such Board of Directors or such committee shall have duly delegated its authority to act hereunder.

“Board Resolution” means a resolution of the Board of Directors or of any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors or the written declaration of any director or officer of the Corporation to whom the Board of Directors or such committee shall have duly delegated its authority to act with respect to the matter covered by such declaration, a copy of

which has been certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, such committee, or such director or officer, as the case may be, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, which certification shall, in the case of any action taken by any such duly authorized committee, director or officer, include a copy of the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, and/or committee thereof, establishing the authority of the committee, director or officer with respect to the action taken.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

“Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 16.03 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Corporation.

“Corporation” means Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation, and any successor thereto.

“Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in global form, the person specified in Section 3.01(10) as the Depositary with respect thereto, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

“Discounted Security” means any Security which provides for an amount (excluding any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest thereon) less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01.

“Event of Default” means any event specified in Section 7.01, continued for the period of time, if any, and after the giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.

“Federal Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code.

“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and shall include the form of each particular series of Securities established as provided in Section 2.01.

“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions in New York State or The City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. 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 on such payment for the intervening period.

“Officer” means, with respect to the Corporation, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant

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Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President of the Corporation.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Corporation by two Officers of the Corporation, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Corporation, that meets the requirements of Section 16.05.

“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel that includes the statements provided for in Section 16.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Corporation.

“Outstanding”, when used with reference to Securities and subject to the provisions of Section 9.04, means, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(2) Securities or portions thereof, for the payment of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Corporation) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Corporation (if the Corporation shall act as its own paying agent); and

(3) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 3.05, or which shall have been paid, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Securities are held by any person in whose hands any of such Securities is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation.

In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discounted Security shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01.

“Prospectus” means a prospectus, filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which sets forth the terms of the Securities described therein.

“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, including any managing director, director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

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“Security” or “Securities” means any debt security or debt securities, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture in temporary or permanent form and global or definitive form.

“Securityholder” or “holder of Securities” or other similar terms, means any person in whose name at the time a particular Security is registered on the books of the Corporation kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Series” when used with respect to the Securities shall mean all Securities described in a Board Resolution as being part of any particular series.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; except as provided in Section 11.03.

“Trustee” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas until a successor replaces Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

“Yield to Maturity”, when used with respect to any Discounted Security shall mean the yield to maturity, if any, set forth in the Prospectus relating thereto, which shall be equal to the yield to maturity, if any, set forth on the face of such Security.

SECTION 1.02. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(2) “or” is not exclusive and “including” means “including without limitation”;

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

(4) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted from time to time;

(5) references to any statute, law, rule or regulation shall be deemed to refer to the same as from time to time amended and in effect and to any successor statute, law, rule or regulation; and

(6) any transaction or event shall be considered “permitted by” or made “in accordance with” or “in compliance with” this Indenture or any particular provision thereof if such transaction or event is not expressly prohibited by this Indenture or such provision, as the case may be.

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ARTICLE II

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01. Forms of Securities. The Securities shall be in such form or forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements imprinted thereon as the officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval).

Prior to the delivery of a Security in any such form to the Trustee for authentication, the Corporation shall deliver to the Trustee the following:

(1) a written order of the Corporation requesting the Trustee’s authentication and delivery of the Securities;

(2) the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Security has been approved, and, if a form of security is to be approved by officer action pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officers’ Certificate describing the action taken;

(3) an Officers’ Certificate dated the date such certificate is delivered to the Trustee, stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of Securities in such form have been complied with; and

(4) an Opinion of Counsel stating that Securities in such form when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Corporation to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture within the authorization as to aggregate principal amount established from time to time by the Board of Directors, and sold in the manner specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as, such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of holders of such Securities.

The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or otherwise in any manner as determined by the officers executing the same (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval).

SECTION 2.02. Authentication Agent and Form of Certificate of Authentication. The Corporation hereby appoints the Trustee as an authentication agent for the Securities. The Corporation may designate one or more additional authentication agent(s) for all of the Securities or for one or more series of the Securities; provided that the Trustee must consent in writing to such designation

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The following shall be the form of Certificate of Authentication provided by the Trustee or any authentication agent.

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein issued under the Indenture described herein.

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

By

Authorized Signatory

Dated:

SECTION 2.03. Global Securities. If the Corporation shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01(10) that the Securities of all or part of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of a global Security, such global Security shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such global Security or the nominee of such Depositary and shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions.

ARTICLE III

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

SECTION 3.01. Title, Amount and Terms of Securities. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this Indenture is not limited. The Securities may be issued in an aggregate principal amount up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series, the terms of each of which shall be determined in or pursuant to a Board Resolution. With respect to each series of Securities, the following terms shall be specified in the Board Resolution relating thereto, or in an Officers’ Certificate detailing any actions taken pursuant to the Board Resolutions relating thereto:

(1) the title of the Securities (including cusip numbers) of that series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that series from Securities of all other series);

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 4.06 or 11.04);

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

(4) the rate or rates, or the method to be used in establishing the rate or rates, at which the Securities of that series shall bear interest (if any), the date or dates from which such

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interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable, the record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date and any other terms of payment of interest on the Securities of that series;

(5) if other than as provided in this Indenture, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of that series shall be payable;

(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of that series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation, if such Securities are to be subject to redemption;

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

(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof are to be authorized. the denominations in which Securities of that series shall be issuable;

(9) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of that series which shall be payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01;

(10) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form, (i) when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form; (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the same series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination, and the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur, if other than in the manner specified in Section 3.04 hereof, and (iii) the name of the Depositary with respect to any global Security, provided that a Depositary must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable statute or regulation; and

(11) any other terms of that series.

SECTION 3.02. Denominations, Dates, Interest Payment and Record Dates, and Place of Payment. In the absence of any provision to the contrary with respect to the Securities of any particular series, the Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities without coupons in the denominations of $1,000 and any multiple of $1,000. Every Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest, if any, from the date specified in the Board Resolution authorizing the issuance thereof.

The person in whose name any Security is registered at the close of business on any record date (as hereinafter in this Section 3.02 defined) with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such interest payment date notwithstanding the

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cancellation of such Security upon any registration of transfer or exchange subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date; provided, however, that if and to the extent the Corporation shall Default in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date, such defaulted interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names outstanding Securities are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Corporation to the holders of Securities not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date, such record date to be not less than five days preceding the date of payment of such defaulted interest. As used in this Section 3.02, the term “record date” for the interest payable on any Security on any interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) shall mean the date, if any, specified in such Security as the “record date” for the interest payable on such Security on any interest payment date for such Security (except a date for payment of defaulted interest on such Security).

In the absence of any provision to the contrary with respect to the Securities of any particular series, payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of all series shall be made at the Corporate Office of the Trustee, or at any agency to be maintained by the Corporation for such purpose; provided, however, that payments of installments of interest, if any, on such Securities may be made at the option of the Corporation by check mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled thereto as such addresses appear in the Security register provided for in Section 3.04.

SECTION 3.03. Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be signed in facsimile in the name and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, President or any Vice President of the Corporation, under its corporate seal (which may be printed, engraved or otherwise reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise), attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.02, executed by the Trustee, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by the Corporation shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

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

SECTION 3.04. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities. Securities of any series may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations of the same series. Securities to be exchanged shall be surrendered at the Corporate Office of the Trustee or at any agency to be maintained by the Corporation for such purpose, as provided in Section 5.02, and the Corporation shall execute and

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register, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities which the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.

The Corporation shall keep at the Corporate Office of the Trustee a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Corporation shall provide for registration of Securities and registration of transfers of Securities as in this Article Three provided. Such register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times with reasonable prior notice such register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee and the Corporation. The Trustee is hereby appointed Security registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and registering the transfers of Securities as herein provided. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security of a particular series at such office or agency and compliance in full with the conditions of this Section 3.04, the Corporation shall execute, the Security registrar shall register, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series for an equal aggregate principal amount.

All Securities presented for registration of transfer or for exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Corporation or the Security registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Security registrar duly executed by, the holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

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

Unless otherwise specified with respect to the Securities of a specific series as contemplated by Section 3.01(10), if at any time a Depositary for any Securities of a series issued in global form notifies the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Securities or if at any time a Depositary for any Securities of such series issued in global form shall no longer be eligible under the last clause of Section 3.01(10), the Corporation shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for such Securities is not appointed by the Corporation within 90 calendar days after the Corporation receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, or if an Event of Default with respect to such Securities has occurred and is continuing, such Securities shall, notwithstanding the terms of the Securities of such series established pursuant to Section 3.01(10), no longer be issued in global form and the Corporation will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Corporation’s written order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, in exchange for such global Security from the Depositary, Securities of such series in definitive form in authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of each global Security previously delivered to such Depositary and having like terms and conditions.

The Corporation may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any series issued in the form of a global Security shall no longer be represented by such global Security. In such event the Corporation will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Corporation’s written order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticated and deliver, in exchange for such global Security, Securities of such

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series in definitive form in authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Securities no longer to be represented by such global Security and having like terms and conditions.

If specified by the Corporation with respect to a series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01(10), the Depositary for any Securities of such series represented by a global Security may surrender such global Security in exchange in whole or in part for definitive Securities of such series having like terms and conditions and in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Corporation and such Depositary. At such Depositary’s request the Corporation shall thereupon execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, (i) to each person specified by such Depositary a new definitive Security or Securities of the same series, having like terms and conditions and in any authorized denomination as requested by such person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such person’s beneficial interest in the global Security so surrendered and (ii) to such Depositary a new global Security which is of like terms and conditions and in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered global Security and the aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities delivered to each such person as provided in clause(i).

Such Securities in definitive form issued pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 3.04 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants, or otherwise, shall instruct the Corporation. After authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such definitive Securities to the persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

SECTION 3.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. In case any temporary or permanent Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Corporation in its discretion may execute, and upon the Corporation’s written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Corporation, to the Security registrar, any paying agent and to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Corporation, to the Security registrar, to any paying agent and to the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

The Trustee may authenticate any substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the Corporation. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security, the Corporation may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses, including counsel fees of the Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent or Security registrar connected therewith. In case any Security which has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Corporation may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Corporation, to the Security registrar, any paying agent and to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be

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required by them to save each of them harmless and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Corporation, the Security registrar and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

Every substituted Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.05 by virtue of the fact that any Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Corporation, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be enforceable at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude to the extent permitted by law any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

SECTION 3.06. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of permanent Securities of any series, the Corporation may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities (printed or lithographed) of such series. Temporary Securities of any series shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the permanent Securities of such series, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities of such series, all as may be determined by the Corporation. Every such temporary Security shall be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the permanent Securities of such series. Without unreasonable delay the Corporation will execute and deliver to the Trustee permanent Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor at the Corporate Office of the Trustee or at any agency to be maintained by the Corporation for such purpose as provided in Section 5.02, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of permanent Securities of such series. Such exchange shall be made by the Corporation at its own expense and without any charge therefor except that the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under, and be subject to the terms and conditions of, this Indenture as permanent Securities of the same series authenticated and delivered hereunder.

SECTION 3.07. Cancellation of Securities Paid, etc. All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Corporation or any agent for exchange and registration of transfer, be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation and promptly cancelled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such cancelled securities in its customary manner. If the Corporation shall acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.

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SECTION 3.08. CUSIP Numbers. The Corporation in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE IV

REDEMPTION

SECTION 4.01. Applicability of This Article. Redemption of Securities (whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) as permitted or required by any form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such form of Security and this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any such form of Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern. Except as otherwise set forth in the form of Security for such series, each Security shall be subject to partial redemption only in the amount of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000.

SECTION 4.02. Election to Redeem: Notices to Trustee. The election of the Corporation to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Corporation of less than all of the Securities of any particular series, the Corporation shall, at least 45 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) notify the Trustee of such date and of the principal amount of Securities of that series to be redeemed.

SECTION 4.03. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of a particular series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair (which may be by lot), the Securities or portions thereof of such series to be redeemed. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Corporation 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 Security 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 4.04. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than the thirtieth day, and not earlier than the sixtieth day, prior to the date fixed for redemption, to each holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address as it appears on the registry books of the Corporation.

With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice of redemption shall state:

(1) the identity of the securities, including cusip numbers;

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(2) the date fixed for redemption for Securities of such series;

(3) the redemption price at which Securities of such series are to be redeemed;

(4) if less than all outstanding Securities of such particular series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;

(5) that on the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price at which such Securities are to be redeemed will become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date;

(6) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price at which such Securities are to be redeemed; and

(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Corporation shall be given by the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Corporation. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. In any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.

SECTION 4.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to or on the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in Section 4.04, the Corporation will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities so called for redemption at the applicable redemption price, such deposit will be made before the deadline with which the Trustee or any paying agent must settle with the Depository Trust Company, if applicable.

SECTION 4.06. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If any notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 4.04, the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Corporation at the applicable redemption price.

Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations. in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.

SECTION 4.07. Delegation of Duties by Trustee. Except in regard to Section 4.03, any reference in this Article to the Trustee with respect to its duties in regard to the

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redemption of any Securities shall be deemed to also include any entity designated by the Corporation with the written consent of the Trustee to act as its agent for the performance of all or any of its duties under this Article.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS

SECTION 5.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Corporation will duly and punctually pay, or cause to be paid, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on each and every Security at the times and place and in the manner provided herein and in such Securities. Interest upon Securities shall be payable without presentment of such Securities, and only to or upon the written order of the registered holders thereof determined as provided in Section 3.02. The Corporation shall have the right to require a Securityholder, in connection with the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on a Security, to present at the office or agency of the Corporation at which such payment is made a certificate, in such form as the Corporation may from time to time prescribe, to enable the Corporation to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes, assessments or governmental charges which it may be required to deduct or withhold therefrom under any present or future law of the United States of America or of any state, county, municipality or taxing or withholding authority therein, and the Corporation shall be entitled to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to such deduction or withholding on the basis of information contained in such certificate or, if no such certificate shall be so presented, on the basis of any presumption created by any such law, and shall be entitled to act in accordance with such determination.

SECTION 5.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. So long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Corporation will maintain an office or agency where the Securities may be presented for payment, where the Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange as in this Indenture provided and where notices or demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the Securities or of this Indenture may be served. The Corporation hereby initially appoints the Trustee as its agent for all such purposes until otherwise designated by the Corporation in a written notice to the Trustee, the office or agency for all such purposes shall be the Corporate Office of the Trustee. In case the Corporation shall at any time designate a different office or agency for such purposes, but shall fail to maintain such office or agency, or shall fail to give notice to the Trustee of any change in the location thereof, presentation and demand may be made and notices may be served, in respect of the Securities or of this Indenture, at the Principal Office of the Trustee, and the Corporation hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

In addition to any such office or agency the Corporation may from time to time constitute and appoint one or more paying agents for the payment of such Securities, in one or more other cities, and may from time to time rescind such appointments, as the Corporation may deem desirable or expedient.

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SECTION 5.03. To Fill a Vacancy in the Office of Trustee. The Corporation, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Article Eight, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

SECTION 5.04. Appointment of Paying Agents; Money for Security Payments to Be Set Aside in Trust; Transfer or Moneys Held by Paying Agents. (a) If as to any series of Securities, the Corporation shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such paying agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 5.04:

(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such paying agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Securities in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities entitled thereto, or for the benefit of the Trustee, as the case may be, until such sums shall be paid out to such holders or otherwise as herein provided;

(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Corporation in the making of any deposit with such paying agent for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Securities which shall have become payable and of any Default by the Corporation in making any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities when the same shall be due and payable, and

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

(b) If the Corporation shall act as its own paying agent as to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Securities, set aside and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of such Securities entitled thereto a sum sufficient (together with any sums deposited with any other paying agent for such purpose) to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due and will notify in writing the Trustee of any, failure by it to take such action. Whenever the Corporation shall have one or more paying agents with respect to any particular series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest if any on the Securities, deposit with a paying agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sums to be held in trust for the benefit of the holders of such Securities entitled thereto, and (unless the paying agent is the Trustee) the Corporation will notify in writing the Trustee of failure by it to take such action.

(c) Anything in this Section 5.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other purpose, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Corporation or any paying agent as required by this Section 5.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.

(d) Anything in this Section 5.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 5.04 is subject to the provisions of Sections 13.03 and 13.04.

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SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Corporate Existence, Rights and Franchises. So long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding, the Corporation will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises to carry on its business; provided that nothing in this Section 5.05 shall prevent (i) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation, or any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all its property and assets, permitted by Article Twelve, or (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation after a sale or conveyance of all or substantially all its property and assets permitted by Article Twelve.

SECTION 5.06. Certificate as to No Default. The Corporation hereby agrees to deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation, an Officers’ Certificate, which need not comply with the provisions of Section 16.05, to the effect that, to the knowledge of the signers thereof, the Corporation is in compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder, as required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 5.07. Calculation of Original Issue Discount. If the Corporation has any Outstanding Securities issued with original issue discount that are outstanding during any calendar year, the Corporation shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

ARTICLE VI

SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.01. Securityholder Lists. The Corporation covenants and agrees that, with respect to each series of Securities, it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, (a) semiannually, not less than 45 days nor more than 60 days after (i) each record date for the payment of interest on any interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) in the case of interest-bearing Securities or (ii) the last business day of each June and December in the case of non-interest-bearing Securities, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Corporation of any such request, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the holders of Securities of such series as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such information is furnished; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall be the Security registrar, such list shall not be required to be furnished.

SECTION 6.02. Intentionally Omitted.

SECTION 6.03. Reports by the Corporation. (a) The Corporation covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee within 30 days after the Corporation is required to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the

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information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as said Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Corporation may be required to file with said Commission pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Corporation is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then to file with the Trustee and said Commission in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations; delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained there or determinable from information contained therein including the Corporation’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates.)

(b) The Corporation covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Corporation with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained there or determinable from information contained therein, including the Corporation’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates.)

(c) The Corporation covenants and agrees to transmit by mail to all holders of Securities, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the registry books of the Corporation, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Corporation pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 6.03 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SECTION 6.04. Reports by the Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after each September 1 beginning with the September 1 following the date hereof, and for so long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Securityholders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act (but if no event described in Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with Section 313(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Securityholders shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed in accordance with Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Corporation shall

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promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof.

ARTICLE VII

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. Each of the following is an “Event of Default” with respect to any particular series of Securities:

(1) default in the due and punctual payment of any installments of interest upon any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(2) default in the due and punctual payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, by declaration as authorized by this Indenture, or otherwise; or

(3) failure on the part of the Corporation duly to observe or perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Corporation set forth in the Securities of that series or in this Indenture (other than those set forth exclusively in the terms of Securities of any series other than that series) continued for a period of sixty days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Corporation by the Trustee, or to the Corporation and the Trustee by the holders of at least thirty-three percent in principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time outstanding, a written notice specifying such failure and requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(4) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises granting relief in respect of the Corporation in an involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code adjudging the Corporation a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Corporation under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, custodian, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Corporation, or of any substantial part of the respective properties of either, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of either, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 120 days; or

(5) the institution by the Corporation of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Corporation to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Corporation of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by the Corporation to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Corporation, or of any substantial part of the respective properties of either, or the making by the Corporation of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Corporation in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally

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as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Corporation in furtherance of any such action.

In case one or more of the Events of Default specified above shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to any particular series of Securities, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all of the Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than thirty-three percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Corporation (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the principal or, in the case of Discounted Securities, such amount of principal as may be provided for in such Securities, of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities of that series contained to the contrary notwithstanding. This provision, however, is subject to the condition that if, at any time after such principal or such amount of principal, as the case may be, shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Corporation shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that series which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of interest (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) and on such principal (and premium, if any) at the rate of interest (or, in the case of Discounted Securities, at the Yield to Maturity) borne by such Securities, to the date of such payment or deposit) and the expenses of the Trustee, and any and all Defaults under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of the series, other than the nonpayment of principal of (and premium, if any) and accrued interest on the Securities of that series which shall have become due by acceleration shall have been remedied-then and in every such case the holder of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then outstanding, by written notice to the Corporation and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

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

SECTION 7.02. Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor. The Corporation covenants that (a) in case Default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of any series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such Default shall have continued for a period of thirty days, or (b) in case Default shall be made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of any series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, whether at maturity of the Securities of that series or by declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the

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Corporation will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of such Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate of interest (or the Yield to Maturity in the case of Discounted Securities) borne by the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses or liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee hereunder other than through its negligence or willful misconduct.

In case the Corporation shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Corporation or any other obligor on such Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Corporation or any other obligor on such Securities wherever situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable. In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Corporation or any other obligor on the Securities of any series under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, custodian or trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Corporation or such other obligor, or in the case of any similar judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation or other obligor upon such Securities, or to the creditors or property of the Corporation or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of such Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims, for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any owing and unpaid in respect of such Securities, and in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of such Securities allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation or any other obligor on such Securities, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of its charges and expenses; and any receiver, custodian, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for compensation and expenses, including counsel fees incurred by it up to the date of such distribution.

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

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recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

SECTION 7.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee. Any moneys collected by the Trustee shall be applied in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or willful misconduct;

SECOND: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest, if any, on such Securities, in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate of interest (or the Yield to Maturity in the case of Discounted Securities) borne by such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto;

THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, with interest on the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate of interest (or the Yield to Maturity in the case of Discounted Securities) borne by such Securities; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon such Securities, then to the payment of such principal (and premium, if any) and interest without preference or priority of principal (and premium, if any) over interest, or of interest over principal (and premium, if any) or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any such Security over any other such Security, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (and premium, if any) and accrued and unpaid interest; and,

FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Corporation, its successors or assigns, or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

SECTION 7.04. Proceedings by Securityholders. No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee written notice of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the holders of not less than twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of

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that series then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable security or indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for sixty days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding, it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security with every other taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of that series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the right of any other holder of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities of that series.

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to institute 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 7.05. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default hereunder the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

SECTION 7.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. All powers and remedies given by this Article Seven to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, every power and remedy given by this Article Seven or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

SECTION 7.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults By Majority of Securityholders. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 9.04 shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with

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respect to the Securities of that series; provided, however, that (subject to the provisions of Section 8.01) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by a trust committee of Responsible Officers shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Securities of any series, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities determined in accordance with Section 9.04 of that series at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all Securities of that series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series. Upon any such waiver the Corporation, the Trustee and the holders of such Securities shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 7.07, said Default or Event of Default shall for all Purposes of the Securities of such series and this Indenture with respect to such Securities be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing.

SECTION 7.08. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within ninety days after the occurrence of a Default with respect to the Securities of any series, mail to all holders of such Securities, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the registry books of the Corporation, notice of all Defaults actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such Defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term “Defaults” for the purpose of this Section 7.08 being hereby defined to be the events specified in clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of Section 7.01, not including periods of grace, if any, provided for therein and irrespective of the giving of the notice specified in clause (3) of Section 7.01); provided that, except in the case of Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any such Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of Responsible Officers in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of such Securities.

SECTION 7.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 7.09 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in principal amount of the Securities outstanding of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security against the Corporation on or after the due date expressed in such Security.

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ARTICLE VIII

TRUSTEE

SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee. With respect to the Securities of any particular series the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived) with respect to the Securities of any particular series the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

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

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

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

(2) in the absence of willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein);

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

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any particular series at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 9.04 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.

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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.

Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 8.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01

(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(2) any request, direction, order or demand of the Corporation mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a Board Resolution;

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

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

(5) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

(6) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any particular series hereunder and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series then outstanding; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably

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assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against such expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding;

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

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

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

SECTION 8.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Corporation, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Corporation of any Securities or the proceeds of any Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

SECTION 8.04. Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar May Own Securities. The Trustee or any paying agent or Security registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security registrar.

SECTION 8.05. Moneys to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 13.04, all moneys received by the Trustee or any paying agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Neither the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be under any liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree in writing with the Corporation to pay thereon. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time to time upon the written order of the Corporation, signed by an Officer of the Corporation.

SECTION 8.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Corporation covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation as shall be agreed upon from time to time in writing (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and the Corporation will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable

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expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or willful misconduct. The Corporation also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Corporation under this Section 8.06 to compensate the Trustee, to indemnify and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall have a prior claim to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities The provisions of this section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

SECTION 8.07. Officers’ Certificate as Evidence. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Officers’ Certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

SECTION 8.08. Conflicting Interest of Trustee. If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest with respect to the Securities of any series, as defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of that series in the manner and with the effect prescribed by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

SECTION 8.09. Eligibility of Trustee. The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million dollars and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.09, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.09, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.10.

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SECTION 8.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may at any time resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice of such resignation to the Corporation and by mailing notice thereof to the holders of Securities of such series at their addresses as they shall appear on the registry books of the Corporation. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Corporation shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees with respect to the Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to each successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within sixty days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Securityholders of such series, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 7.09, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

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

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 8.08 after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months, or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any such Securityholder, or

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

then, in any such case, the Corporation may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities and appoint a successor trustee or trustees by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to each successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 7.09, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee or trustees. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee or trustees.

(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to such series and nominate a successor trustee.

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(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and any appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.11.

SECTION 8.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. In the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all Securities, any successor trustee so appointed as provided in Section 8.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Corporation and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein: nevertheless, on the written request of the Corporation or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Corporation, the predecessor trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to vest in, or confirm to, each successor trustee all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the predecessor trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates, (2) if the predecessor trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the predecessor trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the predecessor trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the predecessor trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Corporation or any successor trustee, such predecessor trustee shall, upon payment of any amounts then due pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held by such predecessor trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Corporation shall execute any and all instruments in writing in order more fully and certainly to vest in and confirm to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the two preceding sentences. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.06.

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No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 8.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 8.09.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 8.11, the Corporation shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to all holders of Securities of the series affected as the names and addresses of such holders appear on the registry books of the Corporation. If the Corporation fails to mail such notice in the prescribed manner within 30 days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Corporation.

SECTION 8.12. Succession by Merger, etc. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

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

SECTION 8.13. Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Corporation. The Trustee may apply in writing, sent by registered or certified mail, for instructions from the Corporation regarding actions to be taken or omitted under the Indenture, and as part of the application, the Trustee may set forth the action proposed to be taken or omitted by it, and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any Officer of the Corporation actually receives such application, unless any such Officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

SECTION 8.14. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Corporation. The Trustee is subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of such Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.

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ARTICLE IX

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

SECTION 9.01. Action by Securityholders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action) the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced, subject to Section 10.07, (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by holders of such Securities in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the holders of such Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of holders of such Securities duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Ten, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of holders of such Securities.

SECTION 9.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 10.05, proof of the execution of any instruments by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the registry books of the Corporation or by a certificate of the Security registrar. The record of any Securityholders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 10.06.

SECTION 9.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. The Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security registrar may deem the person in whose name any Securities shall be registered upon the registry books of the Corporation to be, and may treat such person as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Corporation nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any holder for the time being, or upon his order shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effective to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Security. No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent, any Security registrar and any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent or any Security registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records related to such beneficial ownership interests.

SECTION 9.04. Corporation-Owned Securities Disregarded. In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned by the

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Corporation or any other obligor on the Securities or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Corporation or any other obligor on the Securities shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 9.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Securities and that the pledge is not a person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Corporation or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee.

SECTION 9.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 9.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its principal office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 9.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security and of any Security issued in exchange or substitution therefore, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security.

ARTICLE X

SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

SECTION 10.01. Purposes of Meetings. A meeting of holders of Securities of one or more series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten for any of the following purposes:

(1) to give any notice to the Corporation or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by such Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Seven;

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

(3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.02; or

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

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SECTION 10.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of holders of Securities of one or more series to take any action specified in Section 10.01, to be held at such time and at such place, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every such meeting of the Securityholders, setting forth the time and place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed to holders of Securities of each series affected at their addresses as they shall appear on the registry books of the Corporation. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

SECTION 10.03. Call of Meetings by Corporation or Securityholders. In case at any time the Corporation, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the holders of at least ten percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of one or more series then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders of Securities of such series, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Corporation or such Securityholders may determine the time and the place in said City of Baltimore for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 10.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 10.02.

SECTION 10.04. Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of holders of Securities of any series a person shall (a) be a holder of one or more Securities of such series or (b) be a person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of one or more Securities of such series. The only persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Corporation and its counsel.

SECTION 10.05. Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as are necessary or as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Corporation or by the Securityholders as provided in Section 10.03, in which case the Corporation or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the meeting.

Subject to the provisions of Section 9.04, at any meeting each Securityholder or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (in the case of Discounted Securities, such principal amount to be determined as provided in the definition of the term “Outstanding”) of Securities held or represented by such Securityholder; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the

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meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by him or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the person to vote on behalf of other Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02 or 10.03 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of those present. whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

SECTION 10.06. Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Securityholders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the holders of Securities or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amount of the Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 10.02. The record shall show the principal amount of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Corporation and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

SECTION 10.07. Written Consent in Lieu of Meeting. The written authorization or consent of the requisite percentage of Securityholders herein provided, entitled to vote at any such meeting, evidenced as provided in Article Nine and filed with the Trustee shall be effective in lieu of a meeting of Securityholders, with respect to any matter provided for in this Article Ten.

ARTICLE XI

SUPPLEMENT INDENTURES

SECTION 11.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders. The Corporation, when authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:

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

(2) to add to the covenants of the Corporation such further covenants, restrictions or conditions for the protection of the holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for the protection of the holders of Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a Default in any of such additional

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covenants, restrictions or conditions a Default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, however, that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction or condition such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after Default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other Defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such Default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such Default;

(3) to provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Securities in coupon form (including Securities registrable as to principal only) and to provide for exchangeability of such Securities with the Securities of the same series issued hereunder in fully registered form and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose;

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

(5) to add to the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth, other conditions, limitations and restrictions thereafter to be observed; or

(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the Trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 8.11 hereof.

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

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 11.01 may be executed by the Corporation and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 11.02.

SECTION 11.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 9.01) of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture (voting as one class) at the time outstanding, the Corporation, when authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any

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supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities of each such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall extend the fixed maturity of any Security, or reduce the rate or change the method to be used in establishing the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discounted Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01, or make the principal thereof or premium or interest thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in such Securities, without the consent of the holder of each Security so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of all Securities of the series affected then outstanding. 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 this Indenture of the holders of Securities of any other series.

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

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section 11.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 11.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as then in effect. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Corporation and the holders of Securities of the series affected shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

SECTION 11.04. Notation on Securities. Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Corporation shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture, may be prepared and executed by

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the Corporation, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities then outstanding.

SECTION 11.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 8.01 and 8.02, shall receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article Eleven.

ARTICLE XII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE

SECTION 12.01. Corporation May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the Corporation), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Corporation or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property of the Corporation to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Corporation) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, and the Corporation hereby covenants and agrees, that upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all of the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Corporation, shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the corporation (if other than the Corporation) formed by such consolidation, or into which the Corporation shall have been merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired such property.

SECTION 12.02. Successor Corporation to Be Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all of the Securities and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Corporation, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Corporation, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Corporation. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Corporation and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation instead of the Corporation and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Corporation to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities of a particular series so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the

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Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent the Corporation from merging into itself any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Corporation) or acquiring by purchase or otherwise all or any part of the property of any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Corporation), provided that, immediately after such merger or acquisition, the Corporation shall not be in Default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by it.

SECTION 12.03. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given To Trustee. The Trustee, subject to Sections 8.01 and 8.02, shall receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and any such assumption complies with the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE XIII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 13.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. When (a) the Corporation shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.05) and not theretofore cancelled, or (b) all the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year and the Corporation shall deposit with the Trustee or any paying agent, in trust, funds sufficient to pay at maturity all of the Securities (other than any Securities which shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.05) not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, due or to become due to such date of maturity, but excluding, however, the amount of any moneys for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities (1) theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent and repaid by the Trustee or any paying agent to the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.04, or (2) paid to any State or to the District of Columbia pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar laws, and if in either case the Corporation shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Corporation, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee, on demand of the Corporation accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as required by Section 16.05 and at the cost and expense of the Corporation, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture. The Corporation, however, hereby agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Securities.

SECTION 13.02. Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust by Trustee. All moneys deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent pursuant to Section 13.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the

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Corporation if acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular Securities for the payment of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, or any paying agent, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any) and interest.

SECTION 13.03. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys then held by any paying agent of the Securities (other than the Trustee) shall, upon demand of the Corporation, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.

SECTION 13.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on Securities of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the holders of such Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Securities, as the case may be, shall have become due and payable, shall on written request of the Corporation be repaid to the Corporation by the Trustee; and the holder of any of such Securities shall thereafter look only to the Corporation for any payment which such holder may be entitled to collect. Any reference to the Trustee in this Section 13.04 shall be deemed to also include any entity designated by the Corporation with the consent of the Trustee to act as its agent for the performance of all or any of its duties under this Section.

ARTICLE XIV

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

SECTION 14.01. Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Corporation in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or in any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Corporation or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Corporation or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.

ARTICLE XV

SINKING FUNDS

SECTION 15.01. General. Any redemption of Securities of any series under any sinking fund as required or permitted by the terms of any Securities duly issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such terms and this Article Fifteen.

The Securities of any series may be subject to redemption pursuant to a sinking fund, in whole or in part, as set forth in the form of Security for such series.

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The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 15.02 hereof. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

SECTION 15.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Corporation (1) may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Corporation pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

SECTION 15.03. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than sixty days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series as permitted by Section 15.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered if not theretofore delivered. The Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 4.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 4.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 4.05 and 4.06.

ARTICLE XVI

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 16.01. Provisions Binding on Corporation’s Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by the Corporation shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 16.02. Official Acts by Successor Corporation. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Corporation shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Corporation.

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SECTION 16.03. Notices. Any notice or communication by the Corporation or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the other’s address: If to the Corporation:

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

750 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Attention: Treasurer

If to the Trustee:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 27^th Floor

MS: NYC60-2710

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Trust and Securities Services

With a copy to:

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

25 De Forest Avenue

Second Floor, MS 50M01-0105

Summit, New Jersey 07801

Attention: Trust and Securities Services

Tel: 908-608-3191

Fax: 732-578-4635

The Corporation or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

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

Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any person described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. 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.

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

If the Corporation mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time.

SECTION 16.04. Communication by Securityholders with Other Securityholders. Securityholders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or any series of Securities. The Corporation, the Trustee and anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 16.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. Upon any application or demand by the Corporation to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Corporation shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture 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 opinion 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.

SECTION 16.06. Governing Law. THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

SECTION 16.07. Trust Indenture Act to Control. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, such required provision shall control.

SECTION 16.08. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Corporation, its subsidiaries or of any other person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

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SECTION 16.09. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or any Security, as the case may be, shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 16.10. Counterpart 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 16.11. Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions.

SECTION 16.12. USA Patriot Act. The Corporation acknowledges that, in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that opens an account. The Corporation agrees that it will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions herein above set forth.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company has caused this Indenture to be signed in its corporate name and acknowledged by its duly authorized officer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Trustee, has caused this Indenture to be signed by one of its authorized signatories, as of the day and year first written above.

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
By:	/s/ Jeanne M. Blondia
	Name:	Jeanne M. Blondia
	Title:	Treasurer
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:	/s/ Richard L. Buckwalter
	Name:	Richard L. Buckwalter
	Title:	Vice President
By:	/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan
	Name:	Annie Jaghatspanyan
	Title:	Assistant Vice President

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR INDENTURE

EXHIBIT A

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REGISTERED REGISTERED

CUSIP

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND

[title]

If this Note is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) (55 Water Street, New York, New York) or its nominee, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary unless and until this Note is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive form. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary 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 such other name as requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co. has an interest herein.

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

INTEREST RATE:

STATED MATURITY:

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:

ISSUE PRICE:

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture, as hereinafter defined), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                                          on the Stated Maturity shown above and to pay interest on said principal sum from                 , at the fixed rate per annum shown above, semi-annually on                             (the “Interest Payment Date(s)”) of each year beginning                      until the Stated Maturity or upon redemption or repurchase of this Note. Each payment of interest payable on each Interest Payment Date and at Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase shall include interest to, but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date and the date of Stated Maturity or redemption, respectively. Said interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event this Note is issued between a Record Date (the              and              next

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preceding the                      Interest Payment Dates) and an Interest Payment Date or on an Interest Payment Date, the first day that interest shall be payable will be on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Record Date. In the event of a Default in the payment of interest, interest will be payable as provided in that certain Indenture dated as of July 24, 2006 (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture).

The Company has the option to redeem all or any part of the Note at any time prior to the Stated Maturity. The Company shall give notice by mail of any redemption at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, before a redemption date. [insert make whole provisions if any] The Company shall pay a redemption price [insert information on redemption price]

Pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will maintain an agency at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in The City of New York, New York (the “Bank”), or at such other agencies as may from time to time be designated, where the Notes may be presented for payment, for registration of transfer and exchange, and where notices or demands to, or upon, the Company may be served.

The interest so payable on any                      will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the                  and                  next preceding the                  and                  Interest Payment Dates; provided, however, that interest payable at Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase, shall be payable to the person to whom principal shall be payable. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the Bank in U.S. dollars; provided, however, that payments of interest (other than any interest payable at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or repurchase) may be made at the option of the Company (i) by checks mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the register of the Notes or (ii) by wire transfer to persons who are holders of record at such other addresses that have been filed with the Bank on or prior to the Record Date.

Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest payable at Stated Maturity, or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase, on this Note will be made in immediately available funds at the request of the holder provided that this Note is presented to the Bank in time for the Bank to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or a duly designated authentication agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under said Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company has caused this instrument to be executed in its corporate name with the manual or facsimile signature of its President or a Vice President and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon, attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Dated:

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

By:

ATTEST: [SEAL]

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein issued under the Indenture described herein.

Dated:

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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(REVERSE)

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

[title]

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities (the “Securities”) of the Company, of a series designated as its              Notes due                          (herein called the “Notes”), limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to                 , issued and to be issued under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all relevant indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Bank and the Securityholders and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities, of which the Notes constitute a series, may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the definitions assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Note may not be redeemed by the Company prior to Stated Maturity unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof. Notwithstanding Section 4.03 of the Indenture, pursuant to Section 4.01 thereof, and if so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note may be redeemed at the option of the Company on any date on or after the date set forth on the face hereof in whole or in part in increments of $1,000, at a redemption price or prices designated on the face hereof to be redeemed together with interest thereon payable to the date fixed for redemption. This Note may be so redeemed in whole or in part whether or not other Notes of the same series are redeemed.

Notice of redemption by the Company will be given by the Company by mail to holders of the Notes to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. The Bank may carry out the responsibilities to be performed by the Trustee required by Article Four of the Indenture.

The Company is not required to repurchase Notes from holders prior to Stated Maturity unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof. If so indicated on the face hereof, this Note may be repurchased by the Company at the option of the holder on the dates and at the prices designated thereon, in whole or in part in increments of $1,000, together with interest payable to the repurchase date. For book-entry notes, unless otherwise specified on the face of this Note, holders must deliver written notice to the Bank at least 30, but no more than 60, days prior to the date of repurchase, but no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last day for giving notice. The written notice must specify the principal amount to be repurchased and must be signed by a duly authorized officer of the Depositary participant (signature guaranteed). For definitive notes, unless otherwise specified on the face of this Note, holders must complete the “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of this Note and then deliver this Note to the

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Bank at least 30, but no more than 45, days prior to the date of repurchase, but no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last day for giving notice. All notices are irrevocable.

In the event of redemption or repurchase of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series, having the same Stated Maturity, optional redemption or repurchase provisions, Interest Rate and other terms and provisions of this Note, in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

The Notes will not be subject to conversion, amortization or any sinking fund.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the register of the Notes, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Bank, or at such other agencies as may be designated pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee or the Bank duly executed by, the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes are issuable only as registered Notes without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations having the same interest rate, Stated Maturity, optional redemption or repurchase provisions, if any, and Original Issue Date, as requested by the Securityholder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

The Company, the Trustee, the Bank, the Security registrar and any agent of the Company, the Trustee, the Bank, or the Security registrar may treat the Securityholder in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, the Bank, the Security registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

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 Securities of any series under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the consent of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected (voting as one class). The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of Securities of any series for certain purposes specified in the Indenture, including the

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making of such other provisions in regard to matters arising under the Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interest of the holders of such Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all the Securities of such series, 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 Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

The Indenture provides that no holder of any Security of any series may enforce any remedy with respect to such series under the Indenture except in the case of refusal or neglect of the Trustee to act after notice of a continuing Event of Default and after written request by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and the offer to the Trustee of reasonable indemnity; provided, however, that such provision shall not prevent the holder hereof from enforcing payment of the principal of or interest on this Note.

No reference 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 of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

Assignee’s Social Security or Tax I. D. Number: ____________________________________________________________________

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or Type Assignee’s Name, Address and Zip Code)

the within Note of the Company and hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoint

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Signature of Assignor

(Sign exactly as name appears on the face of the Note)

Dated:                                     

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EXHIBIT B

[FRONT]

REGISTERED REGISTERED

No. FLR ______

[CUSIP]

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND

FORM OF FLOATING RATE DEBT SECURITIES

[If this Note is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) (55 Water Street, New York, New York) or its nominee, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary unless and until this Note is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive form. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary 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 such other name as requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co. has an interest herein.]

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: ____________________

INITIAL INTEREST RATE: ____________________

STATED MATURITY: ____________________

INDEX MATURITY: ____________________

SPREAD: ____________________

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: ____________________

SPREAD MULTIPLIER: ____________________%

ISSUE PRICE: ____________________

MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: ____________________ %

MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: ____________________ %

CALCULATION AGENT: ____________________

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:

(Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually or Annually) __________________________________

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INTEREST RESET DATES:

(Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually or Annually) _______________

INTEREST DETERMINATION DATES: _________________

CALCULATION DATES: ____________

INTEREST RATE BASIS (Check One):

¨ CD Rate

¨ Commercial Paper Rate

¨ LIBOR ( ¨ Reuters ¨ Telerate)

¨ Treasury Rate

¨ Federal Funds Effective Rate

¨ Prime Rate

¨ CMT Rate ( ¨ Telerate 7055) ( ¨ Telerate 7052)

REDEEMABLE AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY ON OR AFTER	REDEMPTION PRICES (% OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT)
___________________________________	___________________________________
___________________________________	___________________________________
___________________________________	___________________________________
___________________________________	___________________________________
SUBJECT TO REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER ON	REPURCHASE PRICES (% OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT)
___________________________________	___________________________________
___________________________________	___________________________________
___________________________________	___________________________________
___________________________________	___________________________________

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[Remarketing provisions, if any, to be included here]

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation (herein called the “Company” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture, as hereinafter defined), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                                                                                                    DOLLARS on the Stated Maturity shown above and to pay interest on said principal sum from the Original Issue Date shown above if interest has not been paid on this Note or from the most recent Interest Payment Date for which interest has been paid or duly provided for until Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase at the rate per annum determined in accordance with the provisions on the reverse hereof, depending on the Interest Rate Basis and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, specified above. Interest will be payable on each Interest Payment Date and at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or repurchase. Each payment of interest payable at Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase shall include interest to, but excluding the date of Stated Maturity or redemption or repurchase. In the event this Note is issued between a Record Date (the date 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date whether or not such day shall be a Business Day) and an Interest Payment Date or on an Interest Payment Date, the first day that interest shall be payable will be on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Record Date. In the event of a Default in the payment of interest, interest will be payable as provided in that certain Indenture dated as of July 24, 2006 (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture).

Pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will maintain an agency at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in The City of New York, New York (the “Bank”), or at such other agencies as may from time to time be designated, where the Notes may be presented for payment, for registration of transfer and exchange, and where notices or demands to, or upon, the Company may be served.

The interest so payable on the dates specified above will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the date 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date whether or not such day shall be a Business Day; provided, however, that interest payable at Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase, shall be payable to the person to whom principal shall be payable. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the Bank in U.S. dollars; provided, however, that payments of interest (other than any interest payable at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or repurchase) may be made at the option of the Company (i) by checks mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the register of the Notes or (ii) by wire transfer to persons who are holders of record at such other addresses that have been filed with the Bank on or prior to the Record Date.

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Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest payable at Stated Maturity, or, if applicable, upon redemption or repurchase, on this Note will be made in immediately available funds at the request of the holder provided that this Note is presented to the Bank in time for the Bank to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or a duly designated authentication agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under said Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company has caused this instrument to be executed in its corporate name with the manual or facsimile signature of its President or a Vice President and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon, attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Dated:

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

By:

ATTEST: [SEAL]

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein issued under the Indenture described herein.

Dated:

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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(REVERSE)

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

SERIES             , due                     

(FLOATING RATE NOTE)

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities (the “Securities”) of the Company, of a series designated as its Series         , due                      (herein called the “Notes”), limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to $                    , issued and to be issued under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all relevant indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Bank and the Securityholder and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities, of which the Notes constitute a series, may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the definitions assigned to them in the Indenture.

Commencing with the applicable Interest Reset Date first following the Original Issue Date specified on the face hereof, the rate at which interest on this Note is payable shall be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually as shown on the face hereof. The interest rate per annum for each interest reset period shall be calculated on the applicable Interest Determination Date specified on the face hereof and shall be the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof, determined in accordance with the provisions of the applicable heading below, adjusted by adding or subtracting a Spread and/or multiplying by a Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date with respect to this Note will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately prior to the Stated Maturity or redemption or repurchase will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption or repurchase. Each such adjusted rate shall be applicable on and after the Interest Reset Date to which it relates, to, but not including, the next succeeding Interest Reset Date or until the Stated Maturity, or the date of redemption or repurchase, as the case may be. If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (as defined below), except that if the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is LIBOR, and if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Subject to provisions of applicable law and except as specified herein, on each Interest Reset Date the rate of interest on this Note shall be the rate determined in accordance with the provisions of the applicable heading below.

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

DETERMINATION OF CD RATE.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the CD Rate, the CD Rate with respect to this Note shall equal the rate on each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof as published in H.15(519) under the heading “CDs (Secondary Market).” In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date designated on the face hereof pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the CD Rate will be the rate on such Interest Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity as published in Composite Quotations under the heading “Certificates of Deposit.” If such rate was neither published in H.15(519) by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date nor in Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date, the CD Rate for that CD Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates, as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, of three leading nonbank dealers of negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for negotiable certificates of deposit of major United States money market banks with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity in a denomination of $5,000,000; provided, however, that if fewer than three dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the CD Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

The CD Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof, and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

DETERMINATION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the Commercial Paper Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate with respect to this Note shall equal the Money Market Yield (calculated as described below) of the rate on each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof for commercial paper having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof as published in H.15(519) under the heading “Commercial Paper.” In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date designated on the face hereof pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield of the rate on such Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity as published in Composite Quotations under the heading “Commercial

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Paper.” If such rate was neither published in H.15(519) by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date nor in Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date, the Commercial Paper Rate for that Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of commercial paper in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is “AA,” or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating agency; provided, however, that if fewer than three dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Commercial Paper Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

“Money Market Yield” shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one-hundred thousandth of a percentage point) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

Money Market Yield =	D x 360	x 100
	360 - (D x M)

where “D” refers to the per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal; and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated.

The Commercial Paper Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

DETERMINATION OF LIBOR.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is LIBOR, LIBOR with respect to this Note will be determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) With respect to any Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be determined by either (i) the arithmetic mean of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof, commencing on the second Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date, which appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that Interest Determination Date, if at least two such offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, or (ii) the rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof, commencing on the second Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date, that appears on the Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date. If neither Reuters Screen LIBO Page nor Telerate Page 3750 is specified on the face hereof, LIBOR will be determined as if Telerate Page 3750 had been specified.

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(b) With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which fewer than two offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page or no rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 for the applicable Index Maturity as described in (a) above, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date at which deposits in U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof are offered to prime banks in the London interbank market by four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent commencing on the second Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount not less than $1,000,000 that in the Calculation Agent’s judgment is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time (a “Representative Amount”). The Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR for such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR for such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date by three major banks in The City of New York, selected by the Calculation Agent, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having the specified Index Maturity commencing on the second Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a Representative Amount; provided, however, that if fewer than three banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as LIBOR as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

LIBOR determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS EFFECTIVE RATE.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the Federal Funds Effective Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate with respect to this Note shall equal with respect to each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof the rate on such date for Federal Funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading “Federal Funds (Effective)” or, if not so published prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date designated on the face hereof pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the Federal Funds Effective Rate will be the rate on such Interest Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading “Federal Funds/Effective Rate.” If such rate was neither published in H.15(519) by 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date nor in Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, for the last transaction in overnight Federal Funds arranged by three leading brokers of Federal Funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent; provided, however, that

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if fewer than three brokers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Federal Funds Effective Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

The Federal Funds Effective Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

DETERMINATION OF PRIME RATE.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the Prime Rate, the Prime Rate with respect to the Note shall equal with respect to each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof the rate set forth on such date in H.15(519) under the heading “Bank Prime Loan.” In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date designated on the face hereof pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the Prime Rate will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one-hundred thousandth of a percentage point) of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appear on the Reuters Screen USPRIMEONE Page as such bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for that Interest Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates but more than one such rate appear on the Reuters Screen USPRIMEONE Page for the Interest Determination Date, the Prime Rate will be the arithmetic mean of the prime rates (quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year) as of the close of business on such Interest Determination Date by four major money center banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent. If fewer than two quotations are provided, the Prime Rate shall be determined on the basis of the rates furnished in The City of New York by the appropriate number of substitute banks or trust companies organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, having total equity capital of at least $500 million and being subject to supervision or examination by a Federal or State authority, selected by the Calculation Agent to provide such rate or rates; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Prime Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

The Prime Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

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DETERMINATION OF TREASURY RATE.

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the Treasury Rate, the Treasury Rate with respect to this Note shall equal with respect to each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof the rate for the most recent auction of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury bills”) having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof as published in H.15(519) under the heading, “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction Average (Investment)” or, if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date designated on the face hereof pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the auction average rate (expressed as a bond equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) for such auction as otherwise announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that the results of the auction of Treasury bills having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof are neither published in H.15(519) by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, nor otherwise published or reported as provided above by 3:00 P.M., New York City time on such date, or if no such auction is held in a particular week, then the Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield to maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury bills with a remaining maturity closest to the specified Index Maturity; provided, however, that if fewer than three dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Treasury Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding interest reset period.

The Treasury Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

DETERMINATION OF CMT RATE

If the Interest Rate Basis on this Note is the CMT Rate, the CMT Rate with respect to this Note shall equal with respect to each Interest Determination Date designated on the face hereof the rate displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page under the caption “…Treasury Constant Maturities.. Federal Reserve Board Release H.15… Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.,” under the column for the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof (i) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7055, the rate for the applicable Interest Determination Date and (ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the week, or the month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which the Interest Determination Date occurs. If no page is specified on the face hereof, the Designated CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052, for the most recent week. If such rate is no longer displayed on the relevant page, or if not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be such Treasury Constant Maturity rate for the Index Maturity

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designated on the face hereof as published in the relevant H.15 (519). If such rate is no longer published, or if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be such Treasury Constant Maturity rate for the Index Maturity on the face hereof (or other United States Treasury rate for such Index Maturity for that Interest Determination Date with respect to such Interest Reset Date) as may then be published by either the Federal Reserve Board or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in the relevant H.15(519). If such information is not provided by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for that Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market closing offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M. (New York City time) on that Interest Determination Date reported, according to their written records, by three leading primary United States government securities dealers (each, a “Reference Dealer”) in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States (“Treasury Note”) with an original maturity of approximately the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof and a remaining term to maturity of not less than such Index Maturity minus one year. If two Treasury Notes with an original maturity as described in the preceding sentence have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof, the quotes for the Treasury Note with the shorter remaining term to maturity will be used. If the Calculation Agent cannot obtain three such Treasury Note quotations, the CMT Rate for that Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M. (New York City time) on that Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in The City of New York (from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for Treasury Notes with an original maturity of the number of years that is the next highest to the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof and a remaining term to maturity closest to such Index Maturity and in an amount of at least $100 million. If three or four (and not five) of such Reference Dealers are quoting as described above, then the CMT Rate will be based on the arithmetic mean of the offer prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotes will be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described herein, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the CMT Rate as adjusted for the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period.

The CMT Rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the applicable Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (ii) the

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interest rate, in effect for the ten days immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such Stated Maturity or redemption.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, shown on the face hereof. The Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate on this Note in accordance with the foregoing on each Interest Determination Date.

The Interest Rate on this Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by Maryland law as the same may be modified by the United States law of general applicability.

The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of the Holder of this Note provide to such Holder the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if different, the interest rate which will become effective as of the next applicable Interest Reset Date.

If any Interest Payment Date specified on the face hereof would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, except that if (i) the rate of interest on this Note shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the heading “Determination of LIBOR” above, and (ii) such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday that (a) is not a day on which banking institutions in the State of Maryland, or in New York, New York, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed, and (b) with respect to LIBOR Notes only, is a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

Interest payments for this Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Dates; provided, however, that if the Interest Reset Dates with respect to this Note are daily or weekly, interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, other than interest payable on any date on which principal hereof is payable, will include interest accrued to and including the Record Date next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Accrued interest hereon from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest hereon has been paid, as the case may be, shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the face amount hereof by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest shall have been paid, as the case may be, to the date for which accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor (expressed as a decimal rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) for each such day shall be computed by dividing the interest rate (expressed as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) applicable to each such day by 360, in the case of the Commercial Paper Rate, CD Rate, LIBOR, Federal Funds Effective Rate or Prime Rate, or by the actual number of days in the year in the case of the Treasury Rate or the CMT Rate.

This Note may not be redeemed by the Company prior to Stated Maturity unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof. Notwithstanding Section 4.03 of the Indenture, pursuant to Section 4.01 thereof, and if so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note may be redeemed at

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the option of the Company, on any date on or after the date set forth on the face hereof in whole or in part in increments of $1,000, at a redemption price or prices designated on the face hereof to be redeemed together with interest thereon payable to the date fixed for redemption. This Note may be so redeemed in whole or in part whether or not other Notes of the same series are redeemed.

Notice of redemption or repurchase will be given by the Company by mail to holders of the Notes to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. The Bank may carry out the responsibilities to be performed by the Trustee required by Article Four of the Indenture.

The Company is not required to repurchase Notes from holders prior to Stated Maturity unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof. If so indicated on the face hereof, this Note may be repurchased by the Company at the option of the holder on the dates and at the prices designated thereon, in whole or in part in increments of $1,000, together with interest payable to the repurchase date. For book-entry notes, unless otherwise specified on the face of this Note, holders must deliver written notice to the Bank at least 30, but no more than 60, days prior to the date of repurchase, but no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last day for giving notice. The written notice must specify the principal amount to be repurchased and must be signed by a duly authorized officer of the Depositary participant (signature guaranteed). For definitive notes, unless otherwise specified on the face of this Note, holders must complete the “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of this Note and then deliver this Note to the Bank at least 30, but no more than 45, days prior to the date of repurchase, but no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last day for giving notice. All notices are irrevocable.

In the event of redemption or repurchase of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series, having the same Stated Maturity, optional redemption or repurchase provisions, Interest Rate and other terms and provisions of this Note, in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

[Remarketing provisions, if any, to be included here]

The Notes will not be subject to conversion, amortization or any sinking fund.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the register of the Notes, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Bank, or at such other agencies as may be designated pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee or the Bank duly executed by, the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes are issuable only as registered Notes without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations

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having the same Interest Rate, Stated Maturity, optional redemption or repurchase provisions, if any, and Original Issue Date, as requested by the Securityholder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Company, the Trustee, the Bank, the Security registrar and any agent of the Company, the Trustee, the Bank, or the Security registrar may treat the Securityholder in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, the Bank, the Security registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

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 Securities of any series under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the consent of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding to be affected (voting as one class). The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of Securities of any series for certain purposes specified in the Indenture, including the making of such other provisions in regard to matters arising under the Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interest of the holders of such Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all the Securities of such series, 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 Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

The Indenture provides that no holder of any Security of any series may enforce any remedy with respect to such series under the Indenture except in the case of refusal or neglect of the Trustee to act after notice of a continuing Event of Default and after written request by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series and the offer to the Trustee of reasonable indemnity; provided, however, that such provision shall not prevent the holder hereof from enforcing payment of the principal of or interest on this Note.

No reference 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 of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

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

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

Assignee’s Social Security or Tax I. D. Number:                                                                                       

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(Print or Type Assignee’s Name, Address and Zip Code)

the within Note of the Company and hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoint

Attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Signature of Assignor

(Sign exactly as name appears on the face of the Note)

Dated:________________

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[HOLDER’S OPTION TO ELECT REPURCHASE]

[IN THE CASE OF CERTIFICATED NOTES ONLY]

The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repurchase the within or attached Note (or portion thereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a price equal to         % of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest, if any, to the repurchase date, to the undersigned, at                                                                                                                       

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type name, address and phone number of the undersigned)

For the within or attached Note to be repurchased on the repurchase date, the Bank must receive at least 30, but not more than 45, days prior to the date of repurchase, but no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last day for giving notice, (i) this Note with the “Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States of America setting forth the name, address and telephone number of the holder of such Note, the principal amount of such Note, the amount of the Note to be repurchased, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being made thereby and a guarantee that the Note to be repaid with the form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of such Note duly completed will be received by the Bank not later than five Business Days after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter, and such Note and form are received by the Bank by such fifth Business Day.

If less than the entire principal amount of the within or attached Note is to be repurchased, specify the portion to be repurchased: $                 and specify the denomination or denominations of the Note or Notes to be issued to the holder for the portion of the Note not being repurchased (in the absence of specific instruction, one such Note will be issued): $                .

NOTICE: The signature to this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the names as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

Signature of Assignor

(Sign exactly as name appears on the face of the Note)

Dated:___________________

B-17

EX-5.(A)

Exhibit 5(a)

[Letterhead of Constellation Energy Group, Inc.]

July 24, 2006

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

750 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am Associate General Counsel for Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Constellation Energy”), and the parent company of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation (“BGE”), and am furnishing this opinion in connection with the registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof (as such registration statement may be amended or supplemented, the “Registration Statement”), pursuant to which (1) Constellation Energy proposes to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), an indeterminate amount of unsecured debt securities; convertible debt securities; preferred stock; common stock, without par value; warrants; stock purchase contracts and units (the unsecured debt securities, the convertible debt securities, the preferred stock, the common stock, the warrants, the stock purchase contracts and the units, collectively, referred to herein as the “Constellation Securities”) of Constellation Energy and (2) BGE proposes to register under the Act an indeterminate amount of unsecured debt securities and preferred stock of BGE.

In connection with this opinion, I have considered such records and documents, and made such examinations of law, as I have deemed relevant. For purposes of this opinion, I have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to me as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to me as copies. I have also assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto other than Constellation Energy or BGE and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto other than Constellation Energy or BGE.

Upon the basis of such examination, I advise you that, in my opinion:

(1) Constellation Energy Debt Securities. The indenture dated as of July 24, 2006 between Constellation Energy and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “CEG Indenture”), relating to the unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities of Constellation Energy, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Constellation Energy and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of Constellation Energy, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of both (i) the unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities to be issued under the CEG Indenture

and (ii) their issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with the CEG Indenture so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon Constellation Energy and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Constellation Energy, (3) the unsecured debt securities and the convertible debt securities have been duly authorized, executed and authenticated in accordance with the CEG Indenture, and (4) the unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities have been issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, then the unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of Constellation Energy, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities that may be issued upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Constellation Securities.

(2) BGE Debt Securities. The indenture dated as of July 24, 2006 between BGE and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “BGE Indenture”), relating to the unsecured debt securities of BGE, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by BGE and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of BGE, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of both (i) the unsecured debt securities to be issued under the BGE Indenture and (ii) their issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with the BGE Indenture so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon BGE and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over BGE, (3) the unsecured debt securities have been duly authorized, executed and authenticated in accordance with the BGE Indenture, and (4) the unsecured debt securities have been issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, then the unsecured debt securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of BGE, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(3) Preferred Stock. When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of the preferred stock and of its issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with Constellation Energy’s or BGE’s charter, as the case may be, so as not to violate any applicable law or result in default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon Constellation Energy or BGE and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Constellation Energy or BGE, (3) appropriate articles supplementary with respect to the preferred stock to be issued and sold has been duly filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland and (4) the preferred stock has been duly authorized, issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement and when appropriate certificates representing the

preferred stock are duly countersigned and registered by Constellation Energy’s or BGE’s transfer agent/registrar, the preferred stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The preferred stock covered by the opinion in this paragraph includes any preferred stock that may be issued upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Constellation Securities.

(4) Common Stock. When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of the common stock and of its issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with Constellation Energy’s charter so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon Constellation Energy and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Constellation Energy, and (3) the common stock has been duly authorized, issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement and when appropriate certificates representing the common stock are duly countersigned and registered by Constellation Energy’s transfer agent/registrar, the common stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The common stock covered by the opinion in this paragraph includes any common stock that may be issued upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Constellation Securities.

(5) Warrants. When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of the warrant agreement under which the warrants are to be issued have been duly established, (3) the warrant agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, (4) the terms of such warrants and of their issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with the warrant agreement so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon Constellation Energy and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Constellation Energy, and (5) such warrants have been duly authorized, executed and authenticated in accordance with the warrant agreement and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, then such warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of Constellation Energy, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The warrants covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any warrants that may be issued pursuant to the terms of any other Constellation Securities.

(6) Stock Purchase Contracts. When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of the stock purchase contract agreement under which the stock purchase contracts are to be issued have been duly established, (3) the stock purchase contract agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, (4) the terms of the stock purchase contracts and of their issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with the stock purchase contract agreement so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon Constellation Energy and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Constellation Energy, and (5) the stock purchase contracts have been duly authorized, executed and authenticated in accordance with the stock purchase contract agreement and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, then the stock purchase contracts will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of Constellation Energy, subject to

bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The stock purchase contracts covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any stock purchase contracts that may be issued pursuant to the terms of any other Constellation Securities.

(7) Units. When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of the unit agreement under which the units are to be issued have been duly established, (3) the unit agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, (4) the terms of the units and of their issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with the unit agreement so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon Constellation Energy and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Constellation Energy, and (5) the units have been duly authorized, executed and authenticated in accordance with the unit agreement and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, then the units will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of Constellation Energy, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The units covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any units that may be issued upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Constellation Securities.

I note that, as of the date of this opinion, a judgment for money in an action based on a security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit in a Federal or state court in the United States ordinarily would be enforced in the United States only in United States dollars. The date used to determine the rate of conversion of the foreign currency or currency unit in which a particular security is denominated into United States dollars will depend upon various factors, including which court renders judgment. In the case of a security denominated in a foreign currency, a state court in the State of New York rendering a judgment on such security would be required under Section 27 of the New York Judiciary Law to render such judgment in the foreign currency in which the security is denominated, and such judgment would be converted into United States dollars at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of entry of the judgment.

I express no opinion as to the law of any jurisdiction other than the law of the States of Maryland and New York. With respect to all matters of New York law, I have relied solely upon the opinion, dated the date hereof, of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and my opinion is subject to the same assumptions, qualifications and limitations with respect to such matters as are contained in such opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. I did not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion, and accordingly I do not purport to cover herein, the application of the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the various states. I undertake no responsibility to update or supplement this opinion in response to changes in law or future events or circumstances. The opinion expressed herein concerns only the effect of the law (excluding the principles of conflicts of law) of the States of Maryland and New York as currently in effect.

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement, other than as to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein.

This opinion is rendered solely for your benefit and may not be used, circulated, quoted relied upon or otherwise referred to by any other person for any other purpose without my prior written consent.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this opinion in the Registration Statement in the section “Validity of the Securities”. In giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am an “expert” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Charles A. Berardesco

Charles A. Berardesco

Associate General Counsel

EX-5.(B)

Exhibit 5(b)

July 24, 2006

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

750 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as special counsel to (i) Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Constellation Energy”) and (ii) its subsidiary Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation (“BGE”), and are furnishing this opinion in connection with the registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof (as such registration statement may be amended or supplemented, the “Registration Statement”), pursuant to which (i) Constellation Energy proposes to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), an indeterminate amount of unsecured debt securities; convertible debt securities; preferred stock; common stock, without par value; warrants; stock purchase contracts and units (the unsecured debt securities, the convertible debt securities, the preferred stock, the common stock, the warrants, the stock purchase contracts and the units, collectively, referred to herein as the “Constellation Securities”) of Constellation Energy and (ii) BGE proposes to register under the Act an indeterminate amount of unsecured debt securities and preferred stock.

In connection with this opinion, we have considered such records and documents, and made such examinations of law, as we have deemed relevant. For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto.

Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that, in our opinion:

(1) Constellation Energy Debt Securities. The indenture relating to the unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities, dated as of July 24, 2006 (the “Constellation Indenture”), between Constellation Energy and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of Constellation Energy, enforceable against Constellation Energy in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of both (i) the unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities to be issued under the Constellation Indenture and (ii) their issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with the Constellation Indenture so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or

instrument binding upon Constellation Energy and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Constellation Energy, (3) the unsecured debt securities and the convertible debt securities have been duly authorized, executed and authenticated in accordance with the Constellation Indenture, and (4) the unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities have been issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, then the unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of Constellation Energy, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any unsecured debt securities and convertible debt securities that may be issued upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Constellation Securities.

(2) BGE Debt Securities. The indenture relating to the unsecured debt securities, dated as of July 24, 2006 (the “BGE Indenture”), between BGE and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of BGE, enforceable against BGE in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of both (i) the unsecured debt securities to be issued under the BGE Indenture and (ii) their issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with the BGE Indenture so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon BGE and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over BGE, (3) the unsecured debt securities have been duly authorized, executed and authenticated in accordance with the BGE Indenture, and (4) the unsecured debt securities have been issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, then the unsecured debt securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of BGE, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(3) Warrants. When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of the warrant agreement under which the warrants are to be issued have been duly established, (3) the warrant agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, (4) the terms of such warrants and of their issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with the warrant agreement so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon Constellation Energy and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Constellation Energy, and (5) such warrants have been duly authorized, executed and authenticated in accordance with the warrant agreement and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, then such warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of Constellation Energy, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement

generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The warrants covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any warrants that may be issued pursuant to the terms of any other Constellation Securities.

(4) Stock Purchase Contracts. When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of the stock purchase contract agreement under which the stock purchase contracts are to be issued have been duly established, (3) the stock purchase contract agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, (4) the terms of the stock purchase contracts and of their issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with the stock purchase contract agreement so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon Constellation Energy and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Constellation Energy, and (5) the stock purchase contracts have been duly authorized, executed and authenticated in accordance with the stock purchase contract agreement and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, then the stock purchase contracts will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of Constellation Energy, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The stock purchase contracts covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any stock purchase contracts that may be issued pursuant to the terms of any other Constellation Securities.

(5) Units. When (1) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, provided that such effectiveness shall not have been terminated, (2) the terms of the unit agreement under which the units are to be issued have been duly established, (3) the unit agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, (4) the terms of the units and of their issuance and sale have been duly established by all necessary corporate action in conformity with the unit agreement so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon Constellation Energy and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Constellation Energy, and (5) the units have been duly authorized, executed and authenticated in accordance with the unit agreement and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, then the units will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of Constellation Energy, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and rules of law affecting the enforcement generally of creditors’ rights and remedies and the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The units covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any units that may be issued upon exercise or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Constellation Securities.

We note that, as of the date of this opinion, a judgment for money in an action based on a security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit in a Federal or state court in the United States ordinarily would be enforced in the United States only in United States dollars. The date used to determine the rate of conversion of the foreign currency or currency unit in which a particular security is denominated into United States dollars will depend upon various factors, including which court renders judgment. In the case of a security denominated in a foreign currency, a state court in the State of New York rendering a judgment on such security would be required under Section 27 of the New York Judiciary Law to render such judgment in the foreign

currency in which the security is denominated, and such judgment would be converted into United States dollars at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of entry of the judgment.

This opinion does not cover the law of any jurisdiction other than the law of the State of New York. We did not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion, and accordingly we do not purport to cover herein, the application of the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the various states. We undertake no responsibility to update or supplement this opinion in response to changes in law or future events or circumstances. The opinion expressed herein concerns only the effect of the law (excluding the principles of conflicts of law) of the State of New York as currently in effect.

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement, other than as to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein.

This opinion is rendered solely for your benefit and may not be used, circulated, quoted relied upon or otherwise referred to by any other person for any other purpose without our prior written consent.

We have relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of Constellation Energy and BGE and other sources believed by us to be responsible and we have assumed that the Constellation Indenture and the BGE Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and that all signatures thereon are genuine, assumptions which we have not independently verified.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this opinion in the Registration Statement in the section “Validity of the Securities.” In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are “experts” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

EX-23.(C)

Exhibit 23(c)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 1, 2006 relating to the financial statements, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, of Constellation Energy Group, Inc., which appears in Constellation Energy Group, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 1, 2006 relating to the financial statements of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, which appears in Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, Maryland

July 24, 2006

EX-25

Exhibit 25

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

NEW YORK	13-4941247
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization if not a U.S. national bank)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification no.)
60 WALL STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK	10005
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Attention: Lynne Malina

Legal Department

60 Wall Street, 37th Floor

New York, New York 10005

(212) 250 – 0677

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Maryland	52-1964611
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Baltimore Gas And Electric Company

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Maryland	52-0280210
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

E. Follin Smith

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

750 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

(410) 783-3014

(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)

Debt Securities

(Title of the Indenture securities)

Item 1. General Information.

Furnish the following information as to the trustee.

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District)	New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department	Albany, NY

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

Item 3.-15.  Not Applicable

To the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, the obligor is not in default under an Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.

Item 16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibit 1 -	Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 6, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 16, 1998, and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated February 27, 2002, copies attached.
Exhibit 2 -	Certificate of Authority to commence business - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047.
Exhibit 3 -	Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047.
Exhibit 4 -	Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company, as amended on April 15, 2002. Copy attached.

Exhibit 5 -	Not applicable.
Exhibit 6 -	Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act. - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 22-18864.
Exhibit 7 -	The latest report of condition of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas dated as of March 31, 2006. Copy attached.
Exhibit 8 -	Not Applicable.
Exhibit 9 -	Not Applicable.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 21^st day of July, 2006.

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
	/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan
By:	Annie Jaghatspanyan
	Assistant Vice President

State of New York,

Banking Department

I, MANUEL KURSKY, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law,” dated September 16, 1998, providing for an increase in authorized capital stock from $3,001,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $3,501,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 25th day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.

/s/ Manuel Kursky

Deputy Superintendent of Banks

RESTATED

ORGANIZATION

CERTIFICATE

OF

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

Under Section 8007

Of the Banking Law

Bankers Trust Company

1301 6^th Avenue, 8^th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10019

Counterpart Filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks, State of New York, August 31, 1998

RESTATED ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF

BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8007 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and an Assistant Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of the corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on March 5, 1903.

3. The text of the organization certificate, as amended heretofore, is hereby restated without further amendment or change to read as herein-set forth in full, to wit:

“Certificate of Organization

of

Bankers Trust Company”

Know All Men By These Presents That we, the undersigned, James A. Blair, James G. Cannon, E. C. Converse, Henry P. Davison, Granville W. Garth, A. Barton Hepburn, Will Logan, Gates W. McGarrah, George W. Perkins, William H. Porter, John F. Thompson, Albert H. Wiggin, Samuel Woolverton and Edward F. C. Young, all being persons of full age and citizens of the United States, and a majority of us being residents of the State of New York, desiring to form a corporation to be known as a Trust Company, do hereby associate ourselves together for that purpose under and pursuant to the laws of the State of New York, and for such purpose we do hereby, under our respective hands and seals, execute and duly acknowledge this Organization Certificate in duplicate, and hereby specifically state as follows, to wit:

I. The name by which the said corporation shall be known is Bankers Trust Company.

II. The place where its business is to be transacted is the City of New York, in the State of New York.

III. Capital Stock: The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,001,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

(a) Common Stock

1. Dividends: Subject to all of the rights of the Series Preferred Stock, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Stock out of any assets or funds of the corporation legally available for the payment of dividends.

2. Voting Rights: Except as otherwise expressly provided with respect to the Series Preferred Stock or with respect to any series of the Series Preferred Stock, the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes, each holder of the Common Stock being entitled to one vote for each share thereof held.

3. Liquidation: Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, and after the holders of the Series Preferred Stock of each series shall have been paid in full the amounts to which they respectively shall be entitled, or a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, the remaining net assets of the corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock in accordance with their respective rights and interests, to the exclusion of the holders of the Series Preferred Stock.

4. Preemptive Rights: No holder of Common Stock of the corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash or other consideration, or by way of dividend or other distribution.

(b) Series Preferred Stock

1. Board Authority: The Series Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the Board of Directors as herein provided in one or more series. The designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Series Preferred Stock, and particularly of the shares of each series thereof, may, to the extent permitted by law, be similar to or may differ from those of any other series. The Board of Directors of the corporation is hereby expressly granted authority, subject to the provisions of this Article III, to issue from time to time Series Preferred Stock in one or more series and to fix from time to time before issuance thereof, by filing a certificate pursuant to the Banking Law, the number of shares in each such series of such class and all designations, relative rights (including the right, to the extent permitted by law, to convert into shares of any class or into shares of any series of any class), preferences and limitations of the shares in each such series, including, buy without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

(i) The number of shares to constitute such series (which number may at any time, or from time to time, be increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, notwithstanding that shares of the series may be outstanding at the time of such increase or decrease, unless the Board of Directors shall have otherwise provided in creating such series) and the distinctive designation thereof;

(ii) The dividend rate on the shares of such series, whether or not dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative, and the date or dates, if any, from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative;

(iii) Whether or not the share of such series shall be redeemable, and, if redeemable, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, the amount or amounts per share (which shall be, in the case of each share, not less than its preference upon involuntary liquidation, plus an amount equal to all dividends thereon accrued and unpaid, whether or not earned or declared) payable thereon in the case of the redemption thereof, which amount may vary at different redemption dates or otherwise as permitted by law;

(iv) The right, if any, of holders of shares of such series to convert the same into, or exchange the same for, Common Stock or other stock as permitted by law, and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, as well as provisions for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(v) The amount per share payable on the shares of such series upon the voluntary and involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation;

(vi) Whether the holders of shares of such series shall have voting power, full or limited, in addition to the voting powers provided by law and, in case additional voting powers are accorded, to fix the extent thereof; and

(vii) Generally to fix the other rights and privileges and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such rights and privileges of such series, provided, however, that no such rights, privileges, qualifications, limitations or restrictions shall be in conflict with the organization certificate of the corporation or with the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of any series of which there are shares outstanding.

All shares of Series Preferred Stock of the same series shall be identical in all respects, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to dates, if any, from which dividends thereon may accumulate. All shares of Series Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank and shall be identical in all respects except that to the extent not otherwise limited in this Article III any series may differ from any other series with respect to any one or more of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations described or referred to in subparagraphs (I) to (vii) inclusive above.

2. Dividends: Dividends on the outstanding Series Preferred Stock of each series shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment before any dividends shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment on the Common Stock with respect to the same quarterly dividend period. Dividends on any shares of Series Preferred Stock shall be cumulative only if and to the extent set forth in a certificate filed pursuant to law. After dividends on all shares of Series Preferred Stock (including cumulative dividends if and to the extent any such shares shall be entitled thereto) shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to any quarterly dividend period, then and not otherwise so long as any shares of Series Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to the same quarterly dividend period on the Common Stock out the assets or funds of the corporation legally available therefor.

All Shares of Series Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank, preference and priority as to dividends irrespective of whether or not the rates of dividends to which the same shall be entitled shall be the same and when the stated dividends are not paid in full, the shares of all series of the Series Preferred Stock shall share ratably in the payment thereof in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such shares if all dividends were paid in full, provided, however, that any two or more series of the Series Preferred Stock may differ from each other as to the existence and extent of the right to cumulative dividends, as aforesaid.

3. Voting Rights: Except as otherwise specifically provided in the certificate filed pursuant to law with respect to any series of the Series Preferred Stock, or as otherwise provided by law, the Series Preferred Stock shall not have any right to vote for the election of directors or for any other purpose and the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes.

4. Liquidation: In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each series of Series Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment of the amount to which each outstanding series of Series Preferred Stock shall be entitled in accordance with the provisions thereof and each holder of Series Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid in full such amount, or have a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, before any payments shall be made to the holders of the Common Stock. If, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, the assets of the corporation or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the shares of all series of the Series Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among such holders ratably in accordance with the respective amounts which would be payable if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. After the payment to the holders of Series Preferred Stock of all such amounts to which they are entitled, as above provided, the remaining assets and funds of the corporation shall be divided and paid to the holders of the Common Stock.

5. Redemption: In the event that the Series Preferred Stock of any series shall be made redeemable as provided in clause (iii) of paragraph 1 of section (b) of this Article III, the corporation, at the option of the Board of Directors, may redeem at any time or times, and from time to time, all or any part of any one or more series of Series Preferred Stock outstanding by paying for each share the then applicable redemption price fixed by the Board of Directors as provided herein, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption, upon such notice and terms as may be specifically provided in the certificate filed pursuant to law with respect to the series.

6. Preemptive Rights: No holder of Series Preferred Stock of the corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter or right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash or other consideration, or by way of dividend.

(c) Provisions relating to Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A. (Liquidation value $1,000,000 per share.)

1. Designation: The distinctive designation of the series established hereby shall be “Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A” (hereinafter called “Series A Preferred Stock”).

2. Number: The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall initially be 250 shares. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued Series Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.

3. Dividends:

(a) Dividend Payments Dates. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive non-cumulative cash dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the corporation, out of funds legally available therefor, from the date of original issuance of such shares (the “Issue Date”) and such dividends will be payable on March 28, June 28, September 28 and December 28 of each year (“Dividend Payment Date”) commencing September 28, 1990, at a rate per annum as determined in paragraph 3(b) below. The period beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the day preceding the first Dividend Payment Date and each successive period beginning on a Dividend Payment Date and ending on the date preceding the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is herein called a “Dividend Period”. If any Dividend Payment Date shall be, in The City of New York, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close, then payment will be postponed to the next succeeding business day with the same force and effect as if made on the Dividend Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue for such Dividend Period after such Dividend Payment Date.

(b) Dividend Rate. The dividend rate from time to time payable in respect of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Dividend Rate”) shall be determined on the basis of the following provisions:

(i) On the Dividend Determination Date, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date, as such rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 A.M. London time, on such Dividend Determination Date. If at least two such offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Dates will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of such offered rates. If fewer than those offered rates appear, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be determined as described in paragraph (ii) below.

(ii) On any Dividend Determination Date on which fewer than those offered rates for the applicable maturity appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as specified in paragraph (I) above, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time are offered by three major banks in the London interbank market selected by the corporation at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date to prime banks in the London market. The corporation will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York City selected by the corporation at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Dividend Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the corporation are not quoting as aforementioned in this sentence, then, with respect to such Dividend Period, LIBOR for the preceding Dividend Period will be continued as LIBOR for such Dividend Period.

(iii) The Dividend Rate for any Dividend Period shall be equal to the lower of 18% or 50 basis points above LIBOR for such Dividend Period as LIBOR is determined by sections (I) or (ii) above.

As used above, the term “Dividend Determination Date” shall mean, with respect to any Dividend Period, the second London Business Day prior to the commencement of such Dividend Period; and the term “London Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that, in New York City, is not a day on which banking institutions generally are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and that is a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

4. Voting Rights: The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the voting power and rights set forth in this paragraph 4 and shall have no other voting power or rights except as otherwise may from time to time be required by law.

So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the votes of the Series Preferred Stock entitled to vote outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution adopted at a meeting at which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (alone or together with the holders of one or more other series of Series Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote) vote separately as a class, alter the provisions of the Series Preferred Stock so as to materially adversely affect its rights; provided, however, that in the event any such materially adverse alteration affects the rights of only the Series A Preferred Stock, then the alteration may be effected with the vote or consent of at least a majority of the votes of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, further, that an increase in the amount of the authorized Series Preferred Stock and/or the creation and/or issuance of other series of Series Preferred Stock in accordance with the organization certificate shall not be, nor be deemed to be, materially adverse alterations. In connection with the exercise of the voting rights contained in the preceding sentence, holders of all series of Series Preferred Stock which are granted such voting rights (of which the Series A Preferred Stock is the initial series) shall vote as a class (except as specifically provided otherwise) and each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have one vote for each share of stock held and each other series shall have such number of votes, if any, for each share of stock held as may be granted to them.

The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, in connection with the matters specified, provision is made for the redemption or retirement of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock.

5. Liquidation: Subject to the provisions of section (b) of this Article III, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment out of the assets of the corporation or proceeds thereof, whether from capital or surplus, of $1,000,000 per share (the “liquidation value”) together with the amount of all dividends accrued and unpaid thereon, and after such payment the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to no other payments.

6. Redemption: Subject to the provisions of section (b) of this Article III, Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed, at the option of the corporation in whole or part, at any time or from time to time at a redemption price of $1,000,000 per share, in each case plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption.

At the option of the corporation, shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed or otherwise acquired may be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Series Preferred Stock.

In the case of any redemption, the corporation shall give notice of such redemption to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed in the following manner: a notice specifying the shares to be redeemed and the time and place of redemption (and, if less than the total outstanding shares are to be redeemed, specifying the certificate numbers and number of shares to be redeemed) shall be mailed by first class mail, addressed to the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses as the same shall appear upon the books of the corporation, not more than sixty (60) days and not less than thirty (30) days previous to the date fixed for redemption. In the event such notice is not given to any shareholder such failure to give notice shall not affect the notice given to other shareholders. If less than the whole amount of outstanding Series A Preferred Stock is to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata in any manner determined by resolution of the Board of Directors to be fair and proper. From and after the date fixed in any such notice as the date of redemption (unless default shall be made by the corporation in providing moneys at the time and place of redemption for the payment of the redemption price) all dividends upon the Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and all rights of the holders of said Series A Preferred Stock as stockholders in the corporation, except the right to receive the redemption price (without interest) upon surrender of

the certificate representing the Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption, duly endorsed for transfer, if required, shall cease and terminate. The corporation’s obligation to provide moneys in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be deemed fulfilled if, on or before the redemption date, the corporation shall deposit with a bank or trust company (which may be an affiliate of the corporation) having an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, having a capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000 funds necessary for such redemption, in trust with irrevocable instructions that such funds be applied to the redemption of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption. Any interest accrued on such funds shall be paid to the corporation from time to time. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of two (2) years from such redemption date shall be released or repaid to the corporation, after which the holders of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall look only to the corporation for payment of the redemption price.

IV. The name, residence and post office address of each member of the corporation are as follows:

Name	Residence	Post Office Address
James A. Blair	9 West 50th Street, Manhattan, New York City	33 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City
James G. Cannon	72 East 54th Street, Manhattan New York City	14 Nassau Street, Manhattan, New York City
E. C. Converse	3 East 78th Street, Manhattan, New York City	139 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City
Henry P. Davison	Englewood, New Jersey	2 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City
Granville W. Garth	160 West 57th Street, Manhattan, New York City	33 Wall Street Manhattan, New York City
A. Barton Hepburn	205 West 57th Street Manhattan, New York City	83 Cedar Street Manhattan, New York City
William Logan	Montclair, New Jersey	13 Nassau Street Manhattan, New York City
George W. Perkins	Riverdale, New York	23 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City
William H. Porter	56 East 67th Street Manhattan, New York City	270 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City
John F. Thompson	Newark, New Jersey	143 Liberty Street, Manhattan, New York City
Albert H. Wiggin	42 West 49th Street, Manhattan, New York City	214 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City
Samuel Woolverton	Mount Vernon, New York	34 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City
Edward F.C. Young	85 Glenwood Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey	1 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey

V. The existence of the corporation shall be perpetual.

VI. The subscribers, the members of the said corporation, do, and each for himself does, hereby declare that he will accept the responsibilities and faithfully discharge the duties of a director therein, if elected to act as such, when authorized accordance with the provisions of the Banking Law of the State of New York.

VII. The number of directors of the corporation shall not be less than 10 nor more than 25.”

4. The foregoing restatement of the organization certificate was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation at a meeting held on July 21, 1998.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 6^th day of August, 1998.

/s/ James T. Byrne, Jr.

James T. Byrne, Jr.

Managing Director and Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

State of New York	)
	)	ss:
County of New York	)

Lea Lahtinen, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 6th day of August, 1998.

Sandra L. West

Notary Public

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York

No. 31-4942101

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 1998

State of New York,

Banking Department

I, MANUEL KURSKY, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “RESTATED ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8007 of the Banking Law,” dated August 6, 1998, providing for the restatement of the Organization Certificate and all amendments into a single certificate.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 31st day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.

Manuel Kursky

Deputy Superintendent of Banks

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.

3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in conformity therewith.

4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding, which reads as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,001,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”

is hereby amended to read as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Five Hundred One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,501,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”

5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 25th day of September, 1998

/s/ James T. Byrne, Jr.

James T. Byrne, Jr.

Managing Director and Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

State of New York	)
	)	ss:
County of New York	)

Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 25^th day of September, 1998

Sandra L. West

Notary Public

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York

No. 31-4942101

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 2000

State of New York,

Banking Department

I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law,” dated December 16, 1998, providing for an increase in authorized capital stock from $3,501,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $3,627,308,670 consisting of 212,730,867 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 18th day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.

/s/ P. Vincent Conlon

Deputy Superintendent of Banks

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF BANKERS TRUST

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.

3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in conformity therewith.

4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding, which reads as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Five Hundred One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,501,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”

is hereby amended to read as follows:

“III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Six Hundred Twenty-Seven Million, Three Hundred Eight Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,627,308,670), divided into Two Hundred Twelve Million, Seven Hundred Thirty Thousand, Eight Hundred Sixty-Seven (212,730,867) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.”

5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 16th day of December, 1998

/s/ James T. Byrne, Jr.

James T. Byrne, Jr.

Managing Director and Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

State of New York	)
	) ss.:
County of New York	)

Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 16^th day of December, 1998

/s/ Sandra L. West

Notary Public

SANDRA L. WEST

Notary Public State of New York

No. 31-4942101

Qualified in New York County

Commission Expires September 19, 2000

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

I, Lea Lahtinen, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, the United States of America, do hereby certify that attached copy of the Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company, dated February 27, 2002, providing for a change of name of Bankers Trust Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and approved by the New York State Banking Department on March 14, 2002 to effective on April 15, 2002, is a true and correct copy of the original Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company on file in the Banking Department, State of New York.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Bankers Trust Company this 4th day of April, 2002.

[SEAL]

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen, Vice President and Assistant Secretary

Bankers Trust Company

State of New York	)
	) ss.:
County of New York	)

On the 4th day of April in the year 2002 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said state, personally appeared Lea Lahtinen, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person on behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

/s/ Sonja K. Olsen

Notary Public

SONJA K. OLSEN
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 01OL4974457
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires November 13, 2002

State of New York,

Banking Department

I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled “CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY under Section 8005 of the Banking Law” dated February 27, 2002, providing for a change of name of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY to DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS.

Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York, this 14th day of March two thousand and two.

/s/ P. Vincent Conlon

Deputy Superintendent of Banks

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE

OF

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law

We, James T. Byrne Jr., and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively the Secretary, and Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:

1. The name of corporation is Bankers Trust Company.

2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th day of March, 1903.

3. Pursuant to Section 8005 of the Banking Law, attached hereto as Exhibit A is a certificate issued by the State of New York, Banking Department listing all of the amendments to the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company since its organization that have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks.

4. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to change the name of Bankers Trust Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to be effective on April 15, 2002.

5. The first paragraph number 1 of the organization of Bankers Trust Company with the reference to the name of the Bankers Trust Company, which reads as follows:

“1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.”

is hereby amended to read as follows effective on April 15, 2002:

“1. The name of the corporation is Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.”

6. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 27th day of February, 2002.

/s/ James T. Byrne Jr.

James T. Byrne Jr.

Secretary

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

State of New York	)
	) ss.:
County of New York	)

Lea Lahtinen, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements therein contained are true.

/s/ Lea Lahtinen

Lea Lahtinen

Sworn to before me this 27th day of February, 2002

/s/ Sandra L. West

Notary Public

SANDRA L. WEST
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 01WE4942401
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires September 19, 2002

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EXHIBIT A

State of New York

Banking Department

I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:

THAT, the records in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks indicate that BANKERS TRUST COMPANY is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York as a trust company, pursuant to Article III of the Banking Law; and

THAT, the Organization Certificate of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY was filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks on March 5, 1903, and such corporation was authorized to commence business on March 24, 1903; and

THAT, the following amendments to its Organization Certificate have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks as of the dates specified:

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on January 14, 1905

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on August 4, 1909

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on February 1, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on June 17, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on August 8, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on August 8, 1911

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on March 21, 1912

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a decrease in number of directors - filed on January 15, 1915

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Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a decrease in number of directors - - filed on December 18, 1916

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on April 20, 1917

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on April 20, 1917

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 28, 1918

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 4, 1919

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on January 15, 1926

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on June 12, 1928

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on April 4, 1929

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed on January 11, 1934

Certificate of Extension to perpetual - filed on January 13, 1941

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed on January 13, 1941

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 11, 1944

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed January 30, 1953

Restated Certificate of Incorporation - filed November 6, 1953

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on April 8, 1955

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Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 1, 1960

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on July 14, 1960

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on September 30, 1960

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on January 26, 1962

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on September 9, 1963

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 7, 1964

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 24, 1965

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a decrease in capital stock - filed January 24, 1967

Restated Organization Certificate - filed June 1, 1971

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed October 29, 1976

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 22, 1977

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed August 5, 1980

Restated Organization Certificate - filed July 1, 1982

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1984

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 18, 1986

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Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed January 22, 1990

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - - filed June 28, 1990

Restated Organization Certificate - filed August 20, 1990

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 26, 1992

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 28, 1994

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 23, 1995

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1995

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 21, 1996

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1996

Certificate of Amendment to the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 27, 1997

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 26, 1997

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 29, 1997

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 26, 1998

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 23, 1998

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Restated Organization Certificate - filed August 31, 1998

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 25, 1998

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 18, 1998; and

Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a change in the number of directors - filed September 3, 1999; and

THAT, no amendments to its Restated Organization Certificate have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks except those set forth above; and attached hereto; and

I DO FURTHER CERTIFY THAT, BANKERS TRUST COMPANY is validly existing as a banking organization with its principal office and place of business located at 130 Liberty Street, New York, New York.

WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York this 16th day of October in the Year Two Thousand and One.

/s/ P. Vincent Conlon

Deputy Superintendent of Banks

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

BY-LAWS

APRIL 15, 2002

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

New York

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BY-LAWS

of

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

ARTICLE I

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this Company shall be held at the office of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, in January of each year, for the election of directors and such other business as may properly come before said meeting.

SECTION 2. Special meetings of stockholders other than those regulated by statute may be called at any time by a majority of the directors. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President to call such meetings whenever requested in writing to do so by stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock.

SECTION 3. At all meetings of stockholders, there shall be present, either in person or by proxy, stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the Company, in order to constitute a quorum, except at special elections of directors, as provided by law, but less than a quorum shall have power to adjourn any meeting.

SECTION 4. The Chairman of the Board or, in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, the senior officer present, shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and shall direct the proceedings and the order of business. The Secretary shall act as secretary of such meetings and record the proceedings.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The affairs of the Company shall be managed and its corporate powers exercised by a Board of Directors consisting of such number of directors, but not less than seven nor more than fifteen, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors then in office, or by the stockholders. In the event of any increase in the number of directors, additional directors may be elected within the limitations so fixed, either by the stockholders or within the limitations imposed by law, by a majority of directors then in office. One-third of the number of directors, as fixed from time to time, shall constitute a quorum. Any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any Committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or Committee thereof by means of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communications equipment which allows all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such a meeting.

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All directors hereafter elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and have qualified.

No Officer-Director who shall have attained age 65, or earlier relinquishes his responsibilities and title, shall be eligible to serve as a director.

SECTION 2. Vacancies not exceeding one-third of the whole number of the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and the directors so elected shall hold office for the balance of the unexpired term.

SECTION 3. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors. In his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence the President or any Co-President or, in their absence such other director as the Board of Directors from time to time may designate shall preside at such meetings.

SECTION 4. The Board of Directors may adopt such Rules and Regulations for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the affairs of the Company as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of New York, or these By-Laws, and all officers and employees shall strictly adhere to, and be bound by, such Rules and Regulations.

SECTION 5. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held from time to time provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall hold a regular meeting not less than six times a year, provided that during any three consecutive calendar months the Board of Directors shall meet at least once, and its Executive Committee shall not be required to meet at least once in each thirty day period during which the Board of Directors does not meet. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called upon at least two day’s notice whenever it may be deemed proper by the Chairman of the Board or, the Chief Executive Officer or, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, by such other director as the Board of Directors may have designated pursuant to Section 3 of this Article, and shall be called upon like notice whenever any three of the directors so request in writing.

SECTION 6. The compensation of directors as such or as members of committees shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

COMMITTEES

SECTION 1. There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board consisting of not less than five directors who shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Executive Committee. In his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, such other member of the Committee as the Committee from time to time may designate shall preside at such meetings.

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The Executive Committee shall possess and exercise to the extent permitted by law all of the powers of the Board of Directors, except when the latter is in session, and shall keep minutes of its proceedings, which shall be presented to the Board of Directors at its next subsequent meeting. All acts done and powers and authority conferred by the Executive Committee from time to time shall be and be deemed to be, and may be certified as being, the act and under the authority of the Board of Directors.

A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, but the Committee may act only by the concurrent vote of not less than one-third of its members, at least one of who must be a director other than an officer. Any one or more directors, even though not members of the Executive Committee, may attend any meeting of the Committee, and the member or members of the Committee present, even though less than a quorum, may designate any one or more of such directors as a substitute or substitutes for any absent member or members of the Committee, and each such substitute or substitutes shall be counted for quorum, voting, and all other purposes as a member or members of the Committee.

SECTION 2. There shall be an Audit Committee appointed annually by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors which shall consist of such number of directors, who are not also officers of the Company, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. The Chairman shall be designated by the Board of Directors, who shall also from time to time fix a quorum for meetings of the Committee. Such Committee shall conduct the annual directors’ examinations of the Company as required by the New York State Banking Law; shall review the reports of all examinations made of the Company by public authorities and report thereon to the Board of Directors; and shall report to the Board of Directors such other matters as it deems advisable with respect to the Company, its various departments and the conduct of its operations.

In the performance of its duties, the Audit Committee may employ or retain, from time to time, expert assistants, independent of the officers or personnel of the Company, to make studies of the Company’s assets and liabilities as the Committee may request and to make an examination of the accounting and auditing methods of the Company and its system of internal protective controls to the extent considered necessary or advisable in order to determine that the operations of the Company, including its fiduciary departments, are being audited by the General Auditor in such a manner as to provide prudent and adequate protection. The Committee also may direct the General Auditor to make such investigation as it deems necessary or advisable with respect to the Company, its various departments and the conduct of its operations. The Committee shall hold regular quarterly meetings and during the intervals thereof shall meet at other times on call of the Chairman.

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint any other Committees as may seem necessary, and from time to time to suspend or continue the powers and duties of such Committees. Each Committee appointed pursuant to this Article shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

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ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall elect from among their number a Chairman of the Board and a Chief Executive Officer; and shall also elect a President, or two or more Co-Presidents, and may also elect, one or more Vice Chairmen, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Managing Directors, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Directors, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more General Managers, a Secretary, a Controller, a Treasurer, a General Counsel, a General Auditor, a General Credit Auditor, who need not be directors. The officers of the corporation may also include such other officers or assistant officers as shall from time to time be elected or appointed by the Board. The Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, in their absence, the President or any Co-President, or any Vice Chairman, may from time to time appoint assistant officers. All officers elected or appointed by the Board of Directors shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the Board of Directors, and all assistant officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, in their absence, the President, or any Co-President or any Vice Chairman. The Board of Directors may require any and all officers and employees to give security for the faithful performance of their duties.

SECTION 2. The Board of Directors shall designate the Chief Executive Officer of the Company who may also hold the additional title of Chairman of the Board, or President, or any Co-President, and such person shall have, subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, all of the powers vested in such Chief Executive Officer by law or by these By-Laws, or which usually attach or pertain to such office. The other officers shall have, subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or, the Chief Executive Officer, the powers vested by law or by these By-Laws in them as holders of their respective offices and, in addition, shall perform such other duties as shall be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

The General Auditor shall be responsible, through the Audit Committee, to the Board of Directors for the determination of the program of the internal audit function and the evaluation of the adequacy of the system of internal controls. Subject to the Board of Directors, the General Auditor shall have and may exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties usual to such office and shall have such other powers as may be prescribed or assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors or vested in him by law or by these By-Laws. He shall perform such other duties and shall make such investigations, examinations and reports as may be prescribed or required by the Audit Committee. The General Auditor shall have unrestricted access to all records and premises of the Company and shall delegate such authority to his subordinates. He shall have the duty to report to the Audit Committee on all matters concerning the internal audit program and the adequacy of the system of internal controls of the Company which he deems advisable or which the Audit Committee may request. Additionally, the General Auditor shall have the duty of reporting independently of all officers of the Company to the Audit Committee at least quarterly on any matters concerning the internal audit program and the adequacy of the system of internal controls of the Company that should be brought to the attention of the directors except those matters responsibility for which has been vested in the General Credit Auditor.

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Should the General Auditor deem any matter to be of special immediate importance, he shall report thereon forthwith to the Audit Committee. The General Auditor shall report to the Chief Financial Officer only for administrative purposes.

The General Credit Auditor shall be responsible to the Chief Executive Officer and, through the Audit Committee, to the Board of Directors for the systems of internal credit audit, shall perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe, and shall make such examinations and reports as may be required by the Audit Committee. The General Credit Auditor shall have unrestricted access to all records and may delegate such authority to subordinates.

SECTION 3. The compensation of all officers shall be fixed under such plan or plans of position evaluation and salary administration as shall be approved from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. The Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any person authorized for this purpose by the Chief Executive Officer, shall appoint or engage all other employees and agents and fix their compensation. The employment of all such employees and agents shall continue during the pleasure of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or any such authorized person; and the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any such authorized person may discharge any such employees and agents at will.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

SECTION 1. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 7018 of the New York Banking Law, indemnify any person who is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, whether involving any actual or alleged breach of duty, neglect or error, any accountability, or any actual or alleged misstatement, misleading statement or other act or omission and whether brought or threatened in any court or administrative or legislative body or agency, including an action by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor and an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the Company is servicing or served in any capacity at the request of the Company by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is serving or served such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, and costs, charges and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, or any appeal therein; provided, however, that no indemnification shall be provided to any such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that (i) his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.

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SECTION 2. The Company may indemnify any other person to whom the Company is permitted to provide indemnification or the advancement of expenses by applicable law, whether pursuant to rights granted pursuant to, or provided by, the New York Banking Law or other rights created by (i) a resolution of stockholders, (ii) a resolution of directors, or (iii) an agreement providing for such indemnification, it being expressly intended that these By-Laws authorize the creation of other rights in any such manner.

SECTION 3. The Company shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance to any person referred to in Section 1 the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with any action or proceeding referred to in Section 1, upon receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount(s) if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that (i) his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.

SECTION 4. Any director or officer of the Company serving (i) another corporation, of which a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of its directors is held by the Company, or (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any corporation referred to in clause (i) in any capacity shall be deemed to be doing so at the request of the Company. In all other cases, the provisions of this Article V will apply (i) only if the person serving another corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise so served at the specific request of the Company, evidenced by a written communication signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President, and (ii) only if and to the extent that, after making such efforts as the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President shall deem adequate in the circumstances, such person shall be unable to obtain indemnification from such other enterprise or its insurer.

SECTION 5. Any person entitled to be indemnified or to the reimbursement or advancement of expenses as a matter of right pursuant to this Article V may elect to have the right to indemnification (or advancement of expenses) interpreted on the basis of the applicable law in effect at the time of occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the action or proceeding, to the extent permitted by law, or on the basis of the applicable law in effect at the time indemnification is sought.

SECTION 6. The right to be indemnified or to the reimbursement or advancement of expense pursuant to this Article V (i) is a contract right pursuant to which the person entitled thereto may bring suit as if the provisions hereof were set forth in a separate written contract between the Company and the director or officer, (ii) is intended to be retroactive and shall be available with respect to events occurring prior to the adoption hereof, and (iii) shall continue to exist after the rescission or restrictive modification hereof with respect to events occurring prior thereto.

SECTION 7. If a request to be indemnified or for the reimbursement or advancement of expenses pursuant hereto is not paid in full by the Company within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled also to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such claim. Neither the failure of the

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Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of or reimbursement or advancement of expenses to the claimant is proper in the circumstance, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant is not entitled to indemnification or to the reimbursement or advancement of expenses, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant is not so entitled.

SECTION 8. A person who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of a civil or criminal action or proceeding of the character described in Section 1 shall be entitled to indemnification only as provided in Sections 1 and 3, notwithstanding any provision of the New York Banking Law to the contrary.

ARTICLE VI

SEAL

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall provide a seal for the Company, the counterpart dies of which shall be in the charge of the Secretary of the Company and such officers as the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary may from time to time direct in writing, to be affixed to certificates of stock and other documents in accordance with the directions of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.

SECTION 2. The Board of Directors may provide, in proper cases on a specified occasion and for a specified transaction or transactions, for the use of a printed or engraved facsimile seal of the Company.

ARTICLE VII

CAPITAL STOCK

SECTION 1. Registration of transfer of shares shall only be made upon the books of the Company by the registered holder in person, or by power of attorney, duly executed, witnessed and filed with the Secretary or other proper officer of the Company, on the surrender of the certificate or certificates of such shares properly assigned for transfer.

ARTICLE VIII

CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 1. The masculine gender, when appearing in these By-Laws, shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.

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ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or added to by the Board of Directors at any meeting, or by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting, provided notice thereof has been given.

I, Annie Jaghatspanyan, Assistant Vice President, of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, New York, New York, hereby certify that the foregoing is a complete, true and correct copy of the By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and that the same are in full force and effect at this date.

/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan

Assistant Vice President

DATED AS OF: July 21, 2006

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS		FFIEC 031
Legal Title of Bank		Page RC-1
NEW YORK		13
City
NY	10005-2858
State FDIC Certificate Number: 00623	Zip Code

Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial

and State-Chartered Savings Banks for March 31, 2006

All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter.

Schedule RC—Balance Sheet

Dollar Amounts in Thousands			RCFD	Tril | Bil | Mil | Thou
ASSETS
1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin (1)			0081	2,696,000	1.a
b. Interest-bearing balances (2)			0071	290,000	1.b
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)			1754	0	2.a
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)			1773	1,643,000	2.b
3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:			RCON
a. Federal funds sold in domestic offices			B987	188,000	3.a
			RCFD
b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell (3)			B989	4,645,000	3.b
4. Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C):
a. Loans and leases held for sale			5369	390,000	4.a
b. Loans and leases, net of unearned income	B528	7,173,000			4.b
c. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses	3123	101,000			4.c
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance (item 4.b minus 4.c)			B529	7,072,000	4.d
5. Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)			3545	13,758,000	5
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)			2145	161,000	6
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)			2150	1,000	7
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)			2130	8,000	8
9. Not applicable
10. Intangible assets:
a. Goodwill			3163	0	10.a
b. Other intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)			0426	38,000	10.b
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)			2160	5,144,000	11
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)			2170	36,034,000	12

(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.

(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.

(3) Includes all securities resale agreements in domestic and foreign offices, regardless of maturity.

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS	FFIEC 031
Legal Title of Bank	Page RC-2
FDIC Certificate Number: 00623	14

Schedule RC—Continued

Dollar Amounts in Thousands				Bil | Mil | Thou
LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I)			RCON 2200	9,216,000		13.a
(1) Noninterest-bearing (1)	6631	3,544,000				13.a.1
(2) Interest-bearing	6636	5,672,000				13.a.2
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E, part II)			RCFN 2200	7,080,000		13.b
(1) Noninterest-bearing	6631	2,030,000				13.b.1
(2) Interest-bearing	6636	5,050,000				13.b.2
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:			RCON
a. Federal funds purchased in domestic offices (2)			B993	6,900,000		14.a
b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (3)			RCFD B995	0		14.b
15. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)			3548	457,000		15
16. Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) (from Schedule RC-M)			3190	403,000		16
17. and 18. Not applicable
19. Subordinated notes and debentures (4)			3200	8,000		19
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)			2930	3,623,000		20
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)			2948	27,687,000		21
22. Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries			3000	442,000		22
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus			3838	1,500,000		23
24. Common stock			3230	2,127,000		24
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)			3839	584,000		25
26. a. Retained earnings			3632	3,697,000		26.a
b. Accumulated other comprehensive income (5)			B530	(3,000	)	26.b
27. Other equity capital components (6)			A130	0		27
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27)			3210	7,905,000		28
29. Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)			3300	36,034,000		29

Memorandum

1.	To be reported with the March Report of Condition. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 2005	RCFD	Number
		6724	1	M.1
1 =	Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which submits a report on the bank
2 =	Independent audit of the bank’s parent holding company conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by certified public accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the bank separately)
3 =	Attestation on bank management’s assertion on the effectiveness of the bank’s internal control over financial reporting by a certified public accounting firm
4 =	Directors’ examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by state chartering authority)
5 =	Directors’ examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may be required by state chartering authority)
6 =	Review of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors
7 =	Completion of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors
8 =	Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
9 =	No external audit work

(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits.

(2) Report overnight Federal Home Loan Bank advances in Schedule RC, item 16, “Other borrowed money.”

(3) Includes all securities repurchase agreements in domestic and foreign offices, regardless of maturity.

(4) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.

(5) Includes net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, and minimum pension liability adjustments.

(6) Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.

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