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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-248084
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		19
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241029
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241031
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241031

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001130310
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				740694415
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31447
		FILM NUMBER:		241412219

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1111 LOUISIANA ST.
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7132073000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1111 LOUISIANA ST.
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RELIANT ENERGY REGCO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20001220
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<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">$500,000,000 6.700% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;29, 2024 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BofA Securities, Inc.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">One Bryant Park </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10036 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">388 Greenwich Street </P>
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28202 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">as the Representatives of the several Underwriters </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the Addressees: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a Texas
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No.&nbsp;2 to the Base Indenture to be dated as of October&nbsp;31, 2024 (the &#147;<B>Supplemental Indenture</B>&#148; and, together with the Base Indenture and any amendments or supplements thereto, the &#147;<B>Indenture</B>&#148;), between the
Company and the Trustee. The Company understands that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions contemplated by this Agreement and by the documents listed in Schedule&nbsp;III (such documents herein
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters, on and as of the date hereof and the Closing Date (as
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the Notes and other securities (File Nos. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-272025,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-272025-01</FONT></FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
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together with CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC and CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. Such registration statement, including a prospectus relating to the Notes, has become effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;<B>1933 Act</B>&#148;), and no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the 1933 Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or, to
the best knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission. The term &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;<B> </B>means such registration statement, as deemed revised pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(f)(1) under the 1933 Act on the date of such
registration statement&#146;s effectiveness for purposes of Section&nbsp;11 of the 1933 Act, as such section applies to the Company and the Underwriters for the Notes pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(f)(2) under the 1933 Act (the &#147;<B>Effective
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distribution arising from this Agreement (herein called the &#147;<B>Pricing Supplement</B>&#148;) and has previously advised the Underwriters of all the information to be set forth therein. The term &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>&#148;<B> </B>means the
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Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as applicable; any reference herein to the terms &#147;amend,&#148; &#147;amendment&#148; or &#147;supplement&#148; with respect to the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus shall be deemed
to refer to and include, without limitation, the filing of any document under the 1934 Act deemed to be incorporated therein by reference after the date of such Basic Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) The Registration Statement, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in
Section&nbsp;3(a)), the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus conform, and any amendments or supplements thereto will conform, in all material respects, to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
&#147;<B>TIA</B>&#148;), and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act and the TIA; and (A)&nbsp;the Registration Statement will not, as of the Effective Date, 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 not misleading, and (B) (i)&nbsp;the Pricing Disclosure Package does not, as of the Applicable Time, (ii)&nbsp;the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto will not, as of their dates, and (iii)&nbsp;the Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented pursuant to Section&nbsp;4 hereof, as of the Closing Date will not, contain an 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; <I>provided, however, </I>that this representation and warranty shall not apply to: (A)&nbsp;any statements or omissions
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information furnished in writing by, or through the Representatives on behalf of, any Underwriter for use therein, and (B)&nbsp;any Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">T-1</FONT> Statement of
Eligibility and Qualification included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) Each document filed, and to the extent such
document has been amended, as so amended, or to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act and incorporated by reference, or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (including, without limitation, any document
to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act which will be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) conformed or, when so filed, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and none of such documents included, and to the extent such document has been amended, as so amended, or, when so filed, will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or, when so filed, will omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) Any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (such term having the meaning assigned to it by Rule 433
under the 1933 Act (&#147;<B>Rule 433</B>&#148;)) does not include anything that conflicts with the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus; and any such
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when taken together with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, did not, when issued or filed pursuant to
Rule 433, and does 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; provided, that
this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information furnished in writing by, or through the Representatives on behalf of, any Underwriter for use therein; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) (A) At the time of filing of the Registration Statement, (B)&nbsp;at the time of the most recent amendment to the Registration Statement
for the purposes of complying with Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus) and (C)&nbsp;at
the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the 1933 Act) made any offer relating to the Notes in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the 1933 Act, the Company was a
&#147;well-known seasoned issuer&#148; (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act); </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) With respect to the Registration Statement, (A)&nbsp;the Registration Statement is an
&#147;automatic shelf registration statement&#148; (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act), (B) the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act objecting to the use of the automatic shelf
registration statement and (C)&nbsp;the conditions for use of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> have been, and continue to be, satisfied by the Company; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) At the determination date for purposes of the Notes within the meaning of Rule 164(h) under the 1933 Act, the Company was not an
&#147;ineligible issuer&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the 1933 Act; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ix) Each Significant Subsidiary (as defined in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Regulation&nbsp;S-X</FONT> under the 1933 Act) (each such
subsidiary, a &#147;<B>Significant Subsidiary</B>&#148;) of the Company has been duly formed, and each Significant Subsidiary is validly existing in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, with power and
authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except to the extent that the failure to be in good standing or to have such power or authority would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (&#147;<B>Material Adverse
Effect</B>&#148;); and each Significant Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease
of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the
issued and outstanding ownership interests of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the organizational documents of such Significant Subsidiary, except to the extent that the
failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the ownership interests of each Significant Subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries,
are owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi) The Notes and the Indenture have been duly authorized by the Company and, when the Supplemental Indenture has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company in accordance with its terms, and assuming the valid execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, the Indenture will constitute, and, in the case of the Notes, when they are delivered by the Company, paid for pursuant to
this Agreement and the Indenture and duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the Notes will, on the Closing Date, constitute, valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms,
subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization and other laws of </P>
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general applicability relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights and to general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law); the Notes, when delivered by the Company, paid for pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Notes and the Indenture conform to
the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the Indenture has been qualified under the TIA; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xii) The
issuance by the Company of the Notes, the compliance by the Company with all of the applicable provisions of this Agreement, the Notes and the Indenture, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated herein and therein
(a)&nbsp;will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any subsidiary is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject, which conflict, breach, violation, or default would individually, or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b)&nbsp;will not result in any violation of the provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation or the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company, the
charter, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> or other organizational documents of any subsidiary of the Company or any existing statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
the Company&#146;s or any of its or its subsidiaries&#146; properties; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issuance of the Notes or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture, except such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the issuance by the Company of the Notes and the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Underwriters;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiv) The Company and its subsidiaries possess certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct the business now operated by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xv) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal
or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, &#147;<B>Environmental Laws</B>&#148;), owns or operates any real property
contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, is liable for any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">off-site</FONT> disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any
Environmental Laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which has a reasonable possibility of leading to
such a claim; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvi) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Notes; and except
as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, contemplated; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvii) The financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and, except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis. The interactive
data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared
in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and guidelines applicable thereto; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xviii) Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
(a)&nbsp;there has been no material adverse change in the business, financial condition, prospects or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and (b)&nbsp;there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its equity interests (other than regular quarterly dividends on the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xix) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls and maintains disclosure controls and procedures in conformity with the
requirements of the 1934 Act and is otherwise in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xx) Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of each of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an
independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required
by the 1933 Act; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxi) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the
proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds,&#148; will not be an &#147;investment company&#148; as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;<B>Investment Company
Act</B>&#148;); </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxii) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and, since January&nbsp;1,
2006, have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the &#147;<B>Money Laundering Laws</B>&#148;) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator
involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxiii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or
affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (&#147;<B>OFAC</B>&#148;); and the Company will not directly or indirectly
use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, the principal amount of the Notes set forth in Schedule&nbsp;I opposite the name of such Underwriter (plus an additional amount of Notes that such Underwriter may become
obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;8 hereof) at a price equal to 99.000% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from October&nbsp;31, 2024 to the Closing Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Notes to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be represented by one or more registered global securities in book-entry form
which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company (&#147;<B>DTC</B>&#148;) or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Notes to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, acting on behalf of the Underwriters for
the account of each Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the amount therefor, as set forth above, by wire transfer of Federal (same day) funds to a commercial bank account located in the United States and designated in
writing at least forty-eight hours prior to the Closing Date by the Company to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, by causing DTC to credit the Notes to the account of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, at DTC. The Company will cause the global certificate
representing the Notes to be made available to BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint-book running managing underwriters
(together, the &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;), acting on behalf of the Underwriters, for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Closing Date at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the &#147;<B>Designated Office</B>&#148;).
The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on October&nbsp;31, 2024 or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date are herein called the
&#147;<B>Closing Date</B>.&#148; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The documents to be delivered on the Closing Date by or on behalf of the parties hereto
pursuant to Section&nbsp;6 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Notes and any additional certificates requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(h) hereof, will be delivered at such time and date at the offices of Baker Botts
L.L.P., 910 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002-4995 or such other location as the Representatives and the Company may agree in writing (the &#147;<B>Closing Location</B>&#148;), and the Notes will be delivered at the Designated Office, all on
the Closing Date. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 1:00 p.m., New York City time or at such other time as the Representatives and the Company may agree in writing, on the New York Business Day next preceding the Closing Date, at
which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section&nbsp;2, &#147;<B>New York Business Day</B>&#148;<B> </B>shall
mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Notes that would constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the 1933 Act, other than a free writing prospectus (which shall include the Pricing Term Sheet discussed in Section&nbsp;3(b) hereof
and as defined below), the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Representatives; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses listed
on Schedule IV hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives and the Company is herein called a &#147;<B>Permitted Free Writing Prospectus</B>&#148;; each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees
that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the 1933 Act,
other than a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or a free writing prospectus that is not required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company agrees to prepare a term sheet specifying the terms of the Notes not contained in the Preliminary Prospectus, substantially in
the form of Schedule&nbsp;II hereto and approved by the Representatives (the <B>&#147;Pricing Term Sheet&#148;</B>), and to file the Pricing Term Sheet pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433(d)&nbsp;under the 1933 Act within the time period prescribed by such
Rule. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Company and the Representatives have complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule&nbsp;433 under the 1933 Act
applicable to any free writing prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required and legending. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Company agrees that
if at any time following issuance of a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event has occurred that results in such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicting, or it
becomes known that such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts with the information in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or the Pricing Disclosure Package including
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof
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to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter a free writing prospectus or other document, the use of which has been
consented to by the Representatives, which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in the Pricing Disclosure Package made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by, or through the Representatives on behalf of, any Underwriter expressly for use therein. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company covenants and agrees with each of the Underwriters: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) That the Company will furnish without charge to the Underwriters a copy of the Registration Statement, including all documents
incorporated by reference therein and exhibits filed with the Registration Statement (other than exhibits which are incorporated by reference and have previously been so furnished), and, during the period mentioned in paragraph (c)&nbsp;below, as
many written and electronic copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein at or after the date thereof (including documents from which information has been so
incorporated) and any supplements and amendments thereto as each Underwriter may reasonably request; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) That the Company will cause the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus to be filed pursuant to, and in compliance with, Rule 424(b) and will promptly advise the Underwriters (i)&nbsp;when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed; provided, that, with
respect to documents filed pursuant to the 1934 Act and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, such notice shall only be required during such time as the Underwriters are required in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives,
based on advice of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act), (ii)&nbsp;of any request by the Commission for any amendment of the
Registration Statement, (iii)&nbsp;of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of
the 1933 Act against the Company or related to the offering, (iv)&nbsp;of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening
of any proceeding for such purpose, and (v)&nbsp;of the receipt by the Company of any notice from the Commission pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act. So long as any Underwriter is required in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives,
based on advice of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule&nbsp;173(a)&nbsp;under the 1933 Act), the Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus to which the Representatives or Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP shall have reasonably objected in writing and the Company shall furnish one copy of every such amendment or supplement to each of the Representatives
and to Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. If the Commission shall issue a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will take such steps to obtain the lifting of that order as promptly as practical. If the Company
receives a notice from the Commission pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act, the Company will promptly take such steps including, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at its own
expense, as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the Notes by the Underwriters (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement); </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) That if, at any time when in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives, based on
advice of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, the information in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule&nbsp;173(a)&nbsp;under the 1933 Act) is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or
a dealer, any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives, based on advice of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, or counsel for the Company, to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus or modify the information incorporated by reference therein in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing when the information in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof,
the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary in the reasonable opinion of any such counsel, to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
or modify such information to comply with law, the Company will forthwith (i)&nbsp;prepare and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Underwriters will furnish to the Company) to whom Notes
may have been sold by the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon reasonable request, either amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or (ii)&nbsp;file with the Commission documents incorporated by reference
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and Prospectus, which shall be so supplied to the Underwriters and such dealers, in either case so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as so amended, supplemented or modified will
not, in light of the circumstances when the information in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will comply with law; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) That the Company will endeavor to qualify, at its expense, the
Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters shall reasonably request and to pay all filing fees, reasonable expenses and legal fees in connection therewith and in connection with the
determination of the eligibility for investment of the Notes; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or a dealer in securities or to file any consents to service of process under the laws of any
jurisdiction; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) That the Company will make generally available to its security holders and the holders of the Notes as soon as
practicable an earnings statement of the Company covering a twelve-month period beginning after the Closing Date which shall satisfy the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(including Rule&nbsp;158 under the 1933 Act); and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) That during the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and continuing to
and including the Closing Date, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise distribute any notes, any security convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for notes or any other debt securities substantially similar to
the Notes (except for the Notes issued pursuant to this Agreement), without the prior written consent of the Representatives. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Expenses. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i)&nbsp;all
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto; (ii)&nbsp;the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company&#146;s counsel and accountants in
connection with the issue of the Notes and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Basic Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and any amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (iii)&nbsp;all reasonable expenses in connection with the
qualification of the Notes for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section&nbsp;4(d) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in
connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys; (iv)&nbsp;any fees charged by rating services for rating the Notes; (v)&nbsp;the cost of preparing the Notes; (vi)&nbsp;costs and expenses relating to investor presentations or any
&#147;road show&#148; in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company&#146;s officers and employees; (vii)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee
and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture; and (viii)&nbsp;all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in
this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections&nbsp;7 and 10 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including any advertising expenses connected with any offers they
may make and the fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Conditions of Underwriters&#146; Obligations. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to the accuracy, at and (except as otherwise stated herein) as of the date
hereof, at and as of the Applicable Time, and at and as of the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties made herein by the Company, to compliance at and as of the Closing Date by the Company with its covenants and agreements herein
contained and the other provisions hereof to be satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, and to the following additional conditions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) (i)&nbsp;No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose
or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the 1933 Act against the Company or related to the offering shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission and no notice from the Commission pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act shall have been
received, (ii)&nbsp;the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for filing by the rules and regulations under the 1933 Act and in accordance herewith and each
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall have been filed by the Company with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by, and otherwise in compliance with Rule&nbsp;433 under the 1933 Act to the extent so required
and (iii)&nbsp;the Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date, a certificate dated such date, signed by an executive officer (including, without limitation, the Treasurer) of the Company, to the foregoing effect (which
certificate may be to the best of such officer&#146;s knowledge after reasonable investigation). </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have
occurred (i)&nbsp;any change in the business, financial condition, prospects or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and
makes it impractical to proceed with completion of the offering or the sale of and payment for the Notes on the terms set forth herein; (ii)&nbsp;any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any &#147;nationally recognized
statistical rating organization&#148; (as defined under the 1934 Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has newly placed under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement
with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii)&nbsp;any material suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or on the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">over-the-counter</FONT></FONT> market or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">over-the-counter</FONT></FONT> market; (iv)&nbsp;any general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by U.S. Federal or New York State authorities; (v)&nbsp;any major disruption of settlements of securities or
clearance services in the United States or (vi)&nbsp;any act of terrorism in the United States, any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or
international calamity or crisis if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or crisis on the financial markets makes it impractical to proceed with completion of the
offering or sale of and payment for the Notes on the terms set forth herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel for the Underwriters,
shall have furnished to you such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them
to pass upon such matters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Monica Karuturi, Esq., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, shall have furnished
to you her written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The Company is
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas and has corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes, and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Each Significant Subsidiary of the Company is validly existing in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
formation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and each Significant Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the
failure to so qualify would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration with, any
governmental regulatory body (other than such as may be required under applicable state securities laws, as to which such counsel need not express an opinion) is required for the issuance and sale of the Notes being delivered at the Closing Date or
for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) To such
counsel&#146;s knowledge and other than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company is subject, which, individually or
in the aggregate, have a reasonable possibility of having a Material Adverse Effect; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement, the Indenture and the issuance and sale of the Notes, will not result in the breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, (a)&nbsp;the Restated Articles of Incorporation, the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws or
other organizational documents of the Company, each as amended to date, (b)&nbsp;any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument for borrowed money to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which its
property is subject or (c)&nbsp;any law, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or its property, in any manner which, in the case of clause (b), individually or in the aggregate,
would have a Material Adverse Effect; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) The description of statutes and regulations set forth in Part&nbsp;I of the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 under the captions &#147;Business&#151;Regulation&#148; and &#147;Business&#151;Environmental Matters,&#148; and those described
elsewhere in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, fairly describe in all material respects the portions of the statutes and regulations addressed thereby; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) Such counsel does not know of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, Pricing
Disclosure Package or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not so described or filed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Baker
Botts L.L.P., counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The statements set forth in (A)&nbsp;the Pricing Disclosure Package under the caption &#147;Description of Notes&#148; and those in the
Basic Prospectus under the caption &#147;Description of Our Debt Securities,&#148; taken together, and (B)&nbsp;the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Description of Notes&#148; and those in the Basic Prospectus under the caption &#147;Description
of Our Debt Securities,&#148; taken together, accurately summarize in all material respects the terms of the Notes; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) The Notes are in the form prescribed in or pursuant to the Indenture, have been duly
and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and, when duly executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the benefits afforded by the Indenture, except as such enforceability and entitlement are
subject to the effect of (a)&nbsp;any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent transfer or conveyance, moratorium, conservatorship and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights generally,
(b)&nbsp;general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c)&nbsp;principles of materiality and reasonableness and implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing (together, the &#147;<B>Enforceability
Exceptions</B>&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) The execution and delivery of the Indenture have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company; the Indenture has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company; the Indenture constitutes a valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability is subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the TIA; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act, and, to such counsel&#146;s knowledge, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the 1933 Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Notes have been instituted and
are pending by the Commission under the 1933 Act; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement has been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) The Company is not and, immediately after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds
therefrom as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an &#147;investment company&#148; as defined in the Investment Company Act; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii) Although the discussion set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the heading &#147;Material U.S. Federal Income
Tax Consequences&#148; does not purport to discuss all possible United States Federal tax consequences of the purchase, ownership, and disposition of the Notes, such discussion constitutes, in all material respects, a fair and accurate summary of
the United States Federal income tax consequences of the ownership of the Notes and the disposition of the Notes by the holders addressed therein, based upon current law and subject to the qualifications set forth therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the opinion shall contain a section or paragraph substantially to the following effect: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Such counsel has reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and has participated in conferences
with officers and other representatives of the Company, with representatives of the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm and with the Underwriters and their counsel, at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and related matters were discussed. The purpose </P>
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of their professional engagement was not to establish or confirm factual matters set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and they have not
undertaken to verify independently any of the factual matters in such documents. Moreover, many of the determinations required to be made in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus involve
matters of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-legal</FONT> nature. Accordingly, they are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained or included in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except to the extent stated in subparagraphs (i)&nbsp;and (viii) above). Subject to the foregoing and on the basis of the information they gained in the course of performing
the services referred to above, they advise the Underwriters that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I. the Registration Statement, as of the Effective
Time, the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the Applicable Time, the Pricing Term Sheet, as of its date, and the Prospectus, as of its date and the Closing Date, appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and each document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Time, and the Prospectus, as of its date and the Closing Date, as
originally filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, appears on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">II. nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted 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, or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Prospectus, as of its date or as of the Closing Date, included or includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted 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; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">it being understood that in each case they have not been asked to, and do not, express any belief with respect to (a)&nbsp;the financial statements and
schedules or other financial, accounting or statistical information contained or included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, (b)&nbsp;representations and warranties and other statements of fact contained in the exhibits to
the Registration Statement or documents incorporated by reference therein or (c)&nbsp;that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">T-1.</FONT> </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of such opinion, the term &#147;<B>Effective Time</B>&#148; shall mean the
earlier of the date the Prospectus is first used or the date and time of the first contract of sale for the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) At the time of
execution of this Agreement, Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP shall have furnished to you a letter dated the date of such execution, substantially in the form heretofore supplied and deemed satisfactory to you with respect to the audited and unaudited
consolidated financial statements and certain financial information of the Company included or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) At the Closing Date, Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP shall have furnished you a letter, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that such
accountants reaffirm, as of the Closing Date and as though made on the Closing Date, the statements made in the letter furnished by such accountants pursuant to paragraph (f)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;6, except that the specified date referred to in
such letter will be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The Company shall have furnished or caused to
be furnished to you at the Closing Date certificates of the President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall
state that (i)&nbsp;the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, (ii)&nbsp;the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at
or prior to the Closing Date, and (iii)&nbsp;subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the business, financial condition,
prospects or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (iv)&nbsp;as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any
governmental agency or body which would as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or the sale of the Notes; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other nature by any court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the
Closing Date which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) The Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through
DTC. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Indemnification and Contribution. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, the directors and officers of each Underwriter and
each person, if any, who controls each Underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (including the reasonable cost of investigating and defending against any claims
therefor and counsel fees incurred in connection therewith as such expenses are incurred), joint or several, which may be based upon either the 1933 Act, or the 1934 Act, or any other statute or at common law, on the ground or alleged ground that
the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or any such document, as from time to time
amended, or deemed to be amended, supplemented or modified) includes or allegedly includes an untrue statement of material fact or omits or allegedly omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading, unless such statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and in </P>
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conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by, or through the Representatives on behalf of, any Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information consists of the information described as such in subsection (b)&nbsp;below; provided that in no case is the Company to be liable with respect to any claims made against any Underwriter, or any such
affiliate, director, officer or controlling person unless such Underwriter or such affiliate, director, officer or controlling person shall have notified the Company in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process
giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such Underwriter or such affiliate, director, officer or controlling person, but failure to notify the Company of any such claim (i)&nbsp;shall not relieve the Company from
liability under this paragraph unless and to the extent the Company did not otherwise learn of such claim and such failure results in the forfeiture by the Company of substantial rights and defenses and (ii)&nbsp;shall not relieve the Company from
any liability which it may have to such Underwriter or such affiliate, director, officer or controlling person otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense, or, if it so elects, to assume the defense of any suit brought
to enforce any such liability, but, if the Company elects to assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it; provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters. In the event that
the Company elects to assume the defense of any such suit and retains such counsel, the Underwriter or Underwriters or affiliate or affiliates, director or directors, officer or officers controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in the
suit, may retain additional counsel but shall bear the fees and expenses of such counsel unless (i)&nbsp;the Company shall have specifically authorized the retaining of such counsel or (ii)&nbsp;the parties to such suit include the Underwriter or
Underwriters or affiliate or affiliates, director or directors, officer or officers, or controlling person or persons and the Underwriter or Underwriters or affiliate or affiliates, director or directors, officer or officers or controlling person or
persons and the Company have been advised by such counsel that one or more legal defenses may be available to it or them which may not be available to the Company, in which case the Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of such suit on
behalf of such Underwriter or Underwriters or affiliate or affiliates, director or directors, officer or officers or controlling person or persons, notwithstanding their obligation to bear the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel, it being
understood, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such suit or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (and not more than one local counsel) at any time for all such Underwriter or Underwriters or affiliate or affiliates, director or directors,
officer or officers or controlling person or persons, which firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify any person for any settlement of any such claim effected without the Company&#146;s
prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter or Underwriters or affiliate or affiliates, director or directors, officer or officers or
controlling person or persons, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any Underwriter or affiliate, director, officer or controlling person is
or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such Underwriter or affiliate, director, officer or controlling person, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of
such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (y)&nbsp;does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or affiliate, director, officer or controlling person. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company might otherwise have. </P>
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Company, each of the Company&#146;s directors, each of the Company&#146;s officers who have signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, against any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (including the reasonable cost of investigating and defending against any claims therefor and counsel fees incurred in connection therewith as such expenses are incurred), joint or several, which may be based
upon the 1933 Act, or any other statute or at common law, on the ground or alleged ground that the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or any such document, as from time to time amended, or deemed to be amended, supplemented or modified) includes or allegedly includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits or
allegedly omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, but only insofar as any such statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written
information furnished to the Company by, or through the Representatives on behalf of, such Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the following information in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus: the information in the third paragraph, the third and fourth sentences of the fifth paragraph, the sixth paragraph and the seventh paragraph under the heading
&#147;Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)&#148;; provided that in no case is such Underwriter to be liable with respect to any claims made against the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person unless the Company or any such
director, officer or controlling person shall have notified such Underwriter in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon the Company or
any such director, officer or controlling person, but failure to notify such Underwriter of any such claim (i)&nbsp;shall not relieve such Underwriter from liability under this paragraph unless and to the extent such Underwriter did not otherwise
learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by such Underwriter of substantial rights and defenses and (ii)&nbsp;shall not relieve such Underwriter from any liability which it may have to the Company or any such director, officer
or controlling person otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph. Such Underwriter will be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense, or, if it so elects, to assume the defense of any suit
brought to enforce any such liability, but, if such Underwriter elects to assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it; provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. In the event
that such Underwriter elects to assume the defense of any such suit and retain such counsel, the Company or such director, officer or controlling person, defendant or defendants in the suit, may retain additional counsel but shall bear the fees and
expenses of such counsel unless (i)&nbsp;such Underwriter shall have specifically authorized the retaining of such counsel or (ii)&nbsp;the parties to such suit include the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person and such
Underwriter and the Company or such director, officer or controlling person have been advised by such counsel that one or more legal defenses may be available to it or them which may not be available to such Underwriter, in which case such
Underwriter shall not be entitled to assume the defense of such </P>
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suit on behalf of the Company or such director, officer or controlling person, notwithstanding its obligation to bear the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel, it being understood,
however, that such Underwriter shall not, in connection with any one such suit or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (and not more than one local counsel) at any time for all of the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person, which firm shall
be designated in writing by the Company. Such Underwriter shall not be liable to indemnify any person for any settlement of any such claim effected without such Underwriter&#146;s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. No Underwriter shall, without the prior written consent of the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by the Company or director, officer or controlling person, unless such
settlement, compromise or consent (x)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of the Company or director, officer or controlling person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (y)&nbsp;does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such
Underwriter might otherwise have. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section&nbsp;7 is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
subsection (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Notes or (ii)&nbsp;if the
allocation provided by clause (i)&nbsp;above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;above but also the relative fault of the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters from the Company under this Agreement. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid
by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (c)&nbsp;shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (c). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (c), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Notes purchased by it were resold exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters&#146; obligations in
this subsection (c)&nbsp;to contribute are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations and not joint. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Substitution of Underwriters. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Notes which it has agreed to purchase hereunder and the aggregate principal
amount of such Notes which such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of Notes, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes by other persons, including any of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the
Closing Date, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Notes that such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to
purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall so default and the aggregate principal amount of Notes with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of Notes and arrangements satisfactory to the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters and the Company for the purchase of such Notes by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriter or Underwriters or substituted underwriter or underwriters are
required hereby or agree to take up all or part of the Notes of the defaulting Underwriter as provided in this Section&nbsp;8, (i)&nbsp;the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period of not more than five full business
days, in order that the Company may effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to promptly file any
amendments to the Registration Statement or supplements to the Prospectus which may thereby be made necessary, and (ii)&nbsp;the respective aggregate principal amount of Notes which the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT>
Underwriters or substituted purchaser or purchasers shall thereafter be obligated to purchase shall be taken as the basis of their underwriting obligation for all purposes of this Agreement. Nothing herein contained shall relieve any defaulting
Underwriter of its liability to the Company or the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters for damages occasioned by its default hereunder. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section&nbsp;8 shall be
without liability on the part of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters or the Company, other than as provided in Sections&nbsp;7 and 10. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Survival of Indemnities, Representations, Warranties, etc. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set
forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Notes. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Termination. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section&nbsp;8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not
consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section&nbsp;5 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section&nbsp;7 shall remain in effect. If the
purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section&nbsp;8 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii), (iv), (v)&nbsp;or
(vi)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;6(b), the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably
incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Notices. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to
act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All
statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and (i)&nbsp;if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, or facsimile transmission to the Underwriters in care of BofA Securities, Inc. 114 West 47th Street <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">NY8-114-07-01,</FONT></FONT></FONT> New York, NY 10036, Attention: High Grade Debt Capital Markets Transaction Management/Legal, Fax No.: (212) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">901-7881;</FONT> Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel, Fax No.: (646) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">291-1469;</FONT> J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383
Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 3rd Floor, Fax No. (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">834-6081;</FONT> Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention:
Investment Banking Division, Facsimile: (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">507-8999,</FONT> and; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: Transaction Management Department, <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">E-mail:</FONT> tmgcapitalmarkets@wellsfargo.com (ii)&nbsp;if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, email or facsimile transmission to the Company, 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Monica
Karuturi, Esq., <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">E-mail:</FONT> monica.karuturi@centerpointenergy.com, (Fax No.: (713) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">207-0141).</FONT> Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon
receipt thereof. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Successors. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the several Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and
the directors, officers and controlling persons referred to in Section&nbsp;7 of this Agreement. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the persons mentioned in the preceding
sentence any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions herein contained; this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be, and being, for the sole and exclusive
benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person; except that the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the person or persons, if
any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, and the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities of the several Underwriters shall also be for the benefit of each director of the
Company, each person who has signed the Registration Statement and the person or persons, if any, who control the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i)&nbsp;the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement is an <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">arm&#146;s-length</FONT> commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii)&nbsp;in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each
Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii)&nbsp;no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the
process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and
(iv)&nbsp;the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect,
or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Applicable Law. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby submits to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-exclusive</FONT> jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the
Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Waiver of Jury Trial. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Patriot Act. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">107-56</FONT> (signed into
law October&nbsp;26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the names and address of their respective clients, as
well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Counterparts. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or any other rapid transmission device designed to produce a written record
of the communication transmitted shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. </P>
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and words of like import in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Agreement shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including,
without limitation, &#147;pdf,&#148; &#147;tif&#148; or &#147;jpg&#148;) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation,
any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping
system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without
limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the
transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any
such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) In the event that any
Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted
to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) For purposes of this Section&nbsp;18, (A) the term &#147;BHC Act Affiliate&#148; has the meaning assigned to the term
&#147;affiliate&#148; in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. &#167; 1841(k); (B) the term &#147;Covered Entity&#148; means any of the following: (1)&nbsp;a &#147;covered entity&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in
accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 252.82(b); (2) a &#147;covered bank&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 47.3(b); or (3)&nbsp;a &#147;covered FSI&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted
in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 382.2(b); (C) the term &#147;Default Rights&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167;&#167; 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and
(D)&nbsp;the term &#147;U.S Special Resolution Regime&#148; means each of (1)&nbsp;the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (2)&nbsp;Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
and the regulations promulgated thereunder. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us the
enclosed duplicate hereof and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Company. It is understood
that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without
warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top">Sincerely,</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christopher A. Foster</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Christopher A. Foster</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mark Halmrast</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Name: Mark Halmrast</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Title: Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Adam D. Bordner</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Name: Adam D. Bordner</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Title: Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Som Bhattacharyya</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Name: Som Bhattacharyya</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Title: Executive Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Natalie Smithson</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Name: Natalie Smithson</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Title: Vice President</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Carolyn Hurley</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Name: Carolyn Hurley</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Title: Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Principal&nbsp;Amount&nbsp;of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Underwriters&#146; Notes</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">100,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">100,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BofA Securities, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BMO Capital Markets Corp.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">30,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">500,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PRICING TERM SHEET </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(to
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated October&nbsp;29, 2024) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This free writing prospectus relates only to the securities described
below and should be read together with CenterPoint Energy, Inc.&#146;s preliminary prospectus supplement dated October&nbsp;29, 2024 (the &#147;Preliminary Prospectus Supplement&#148;), the accompanying prospectus dated May&nbsp;17, 2023 and the
documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Issuer:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the &#147;Issuer&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Legal Format:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">SEC Registered</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Anticipated Ratings*:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Intentionally omitted in exhibit format</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Security:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">6.700% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series C, due 2055 (the &#147;Notes&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Principal Amount:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$500,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Maturity Date:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">May&nbsp;15, 2055</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Interest Payment Dates:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">May&nbsp;15 and November&nbsp;15 of each year, commencing May&nbsp;15, 2025</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Regular Record Dates</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">May&nbsp;1 and November&nbsp;1 of each year, immediately preceding any May&nbsp;15 and November&nbsp;15 interest payment date, as the case may be.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Ranking:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Notes will be the Issuer&#146;s unsecured obligations and will rank junior and subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Issuer&#146;s existing and future Senior Indebtedness (including (i)&nbsp;any
indebtedness the Issuer may incur in the future under the Issuer&#146;s Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated December&nbsp;6, 2022, by and among the Issuer, as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, the lenders
and other parties thereto (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the &#147;Credit Agreement&#148;), (ii) the Issuer&#146;s $1&nbsp;billion aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026,
(iii) the Issuer&#146;s $400&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2026, (iv) the Issuer&#146;s $500&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of 1.45% Senior Notes due 2026, (v) the Issuer&#146;s $150&nbsp;million
aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2028, (vi) the Issuer&#146;s $700&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of 5.40% Senior Notes due 2029, (vii) the Issuer&#146;s $400&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of 2.95% Senior Notes
due 2030, (viii) the Issuer&#146;s $500&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of 2.65% Senior Notes due 2031 and (ix)&nbsp;the Issuer&#146;s $300&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of 3.70% Senior Notes due 2049) as described in the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. The Notes will rank equally in right of payment with (a)&nbsp;the Issuer&#146;s 2.0% Zero-Premium Exchangeable Subordinated Notes due 2029, (b) the Issuer&#146;s $400&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of
7.000% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series A, due 2055, (c) the Issuer&#146;s $400&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of 6.850% <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series B, due 2055 and (d)&nbsp;any future unsecured indebtedness that the Issuer may incur from time to time if the terms
of such indebtedness provide that it ranks equally with the Notes in right of payment. See &#147;Description of Notes&#151;Ranking&#148; in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. For the definition of the term &#147;Senior Indebtedness,&#148; see
&#147;Description of Notes&#151;Subordination&#148; in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top">May&nbsp;15, 2030 (the &#147;First Reset Date&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Notes will bear interest (i)&nbsp;from and including October&nbsp;31, 2024 to, but excluding, the First Reset Date at rate of 6.700% and (ii)&nbsp;from and including the First Reset Date during each Interest Reset Period (as
defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) at rate equal to the Five-Year Treasury Rate (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus
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<TD VALIGN="top">Reset Period:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The period from and including the First Reset Date to but excluding the next following Reset Date and thereafter each period from and including a Reset Date to but excluding the next following Reset Date, or the maturity date, or
the date of redemption, as the case may be.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Reset Date:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The First Reset Date and May&nbsp;15 of every fifth year after 2030</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Optional Interest Deferral:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Cumulative deferral for one or more deferral periods of up to 20 consecutive semi-annual interest payment periods (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">In whole or in part on one or more occasions at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date (i)&nbsp;on any day in the period commencing on
the date falling 90 days prior to the First Reset Date and ending on and including the First Reset Date and (ii)&nbsp;after the First Reset Date, on any interest payment date.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top">In whole, but not in part, at 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, at any time within 120 days after the occurrence of a tax event with respect to the
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<TD VALIGN="top">In whole, but not in part, at 102% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, at any time within 120 days after the occurrence of a rating agency event with respect
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<TD VALIGN="top">15189T BP1 / US15189TBP12</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$1,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">October&nbsp;29, 2024</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Expected Settlement Date**:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">October&nbsp;31, 2024 (T+2)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BofA Securities, Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets
Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co.
LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BMO Capital Markets
Corp.</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The terms &#147;Interest Reset Period,&#148; &#147;Five-Year Treasury Rate,&#148; &#147;Reset Interest Determination
Date,&#148; &#147;Reset Date,&#148; &#147;Senior Indebtedness,&#148; &#147;interest payment periods,&#148; &#147;tax event&#148; and &#147;rating agency event&#148; have the meanings given in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. Other capitalized
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Issuer expects that delivery of the Notes offered hereby will be made against payment therefor on or about
October&nbsp;31, 2024, which will be the second business day following the date of pricing of the Notes (this settlement cycle being referred to as &#147;T+2&#148;). Under Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15c6-1</FONT> of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Notes on the initial
pricing date of the Notes will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially will settle in T+2, to specify alternative settlement arrangements at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own
advisors. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this
communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these
documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling BofA Securities,
Inc. toll-free at (800) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">294-1322</FONT> or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at (800) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">831-9146,</FONT> J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
collect at (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">834-4533,</FONT> Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC toll-free at (866) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">718-1649</FONT> or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll-free at (800)
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<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BETWEEN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AND </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TRUSTEE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DATED AS OF OCTOBER&nbsp;31, 2024 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6.700% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FIXED-TO-FIXED</FONT></FONT> RESET RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES,
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SERIES&nbsp;C, DUE 2055 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;I DEFINITIONS</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.01</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Definition of Terms</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;II GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Designation and Principal Amount</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Stated Maturity</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Form and Payment; Minimum Transfer Restriction</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>No Sinking Fund or Repayment at Option of the Holder</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;V FORM OF NOTE</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Form of Note</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;VI ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Original Issue of Notes</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Subordination</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Notice to Trustee of Facts Prohibiting Payments</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Application by Trustee of Moneys Deposited With It</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.04</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Subrogation</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.05</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of Company or Holders of Senior Indebtedness</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.06</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Not to Prevent Defaults (Including Events of Default)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.08</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Trustee&#146;s Rights to Compensation, Reimbursement of Expenses and Indemnification</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.09</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Article Applicable to Paying Agents</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">22</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.10</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">22</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;VIII SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">22</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.01</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">22</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.02</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Supplemental Indenture with Consent of Holders</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">23</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.03</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Conformity with Trust Indenture</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">24</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.04</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Effect of Supplemental Indentures</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">24</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.05</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Notation on Notes</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">24</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.06</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">24</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;IX SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Satisfaction and Discharge</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;X CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Successor Company to Be Substituted</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">26</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Officer&#146;s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">26</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Amendment to Section&nbsp;1.05 of the Base Indenture</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Amendment to Section&nbsp;1.12 of the Base Indenture</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Amendment to Section&nbsp;6.01 of the Base Indenture</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Amendment to Section&nbsp;6.02 of the Base Indenture</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Amendment to Section&nbsp;6.03 of the Base Indenture</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">29</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;XII TAX TREATMENT</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">31</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;12.01</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Tax Treatment</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">31</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;XIII THE TRUSTEE</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">31</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.01</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Appointment of Trustee</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">31</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.02</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Eligibility of Trustee</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.03</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Security Registrar and Paying Agent</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.04</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Concerning the Trustee</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Patriot Act Requirements of Trustee</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Notice upon Trustee</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;XIV MISCELLANEOUS</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;14.01</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Controls</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;14.02</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Recitals</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">33</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;14.03</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Separability</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">33</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">33</TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THIS <B>SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2</B>, dated as of October&nbsp;31, 2024 (this &#147;<U>Supplemental Indenture</U>&#148;), is between
CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, having its principal office at 1111 Louisiana, Houston, Texas 77002 (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, National Association, as trustee of the Securities established by this Supplemental Indenture, having a Corporate Trust Office at 601 Travis Street, 16th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002 (herein called the &#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore entered into a Junior Subordinated Indenture (the &#147;<U>Base Indenture</U>&#148;), dated as of
August&nbsp;14, 2024 between the Company and the Trustee; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Base Indenture is incorporated herein by this reference and the
Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture and any other amendments or supplements thereto, is herein called the &#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148;; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, under the Base Indenture, an unlimited amount of Securities in one or more series may at any time be established in accordance with
the provisions of the Base Indenture and the terms of such series may be described by a supplemental indenture executed by the Company and the Trustee; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Company proposes to create under the Base Indenture a new series of Securities and to appoint the Trustee as Trustee under the
Base Indenture with respect to such Securities; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture and all requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations
of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided
in the Base Indenture, the form and substance of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DEFINITIONS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.01 <U>Definition of Terms</U>. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Base Indenture or, if not defined in the Base Indenture; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the terms defined in this <U>Article I</U> have the meanings assigned to them in this
<U>Article I</U> and include the plural as well as the singular; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, whether directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) a reference to a
Section or Article is to a Section or Article of this Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise stated; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) a reference to a Section or
Article in the Base Indenture that has been replaced or amended in this Supplemental Indenture shall be construed for purposes of the Notes to refer to such Section or Article as replaced or amended in this Supplemental Indenture; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) the words &#147;herein,&#148; &#147;hereof&#148; and &#147;hereunder&#148; and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental
Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) headings are for convenience of reference only
and do not affect interpretation; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Business Day</U>&#148; means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Calculation
Agent</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.04</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Capital Stock</U>&#148; means
(i)&nbsp;in the case of a corporation or a company, corporate stock or shares; (ii)&nbsp;in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate
stock; (iii)&nbsp;in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (iv)&nbsp;any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of
the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Compound Interest</U>&#148; shall have the meaning
specified in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.04</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Default</U>&#148; means any event that is, or after notice or passage of
time, or both, would be, an Event of Default. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>DTC</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.06</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Event of Default</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.01</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Five-Year Treasury Rate</U>&#148; means, as of any Reset Interest Determination Date,
the average of the yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for five-year maturities, for the most recent five Business Days appearing under the caption &#147;Treasury Constant Maturities&#148; in
the most recent H.15. If the Five-Year Treasury Rate cannot be determined pursuant to the method described above, the Calculation Agent, after consulting such sources as it </P>
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deems comparable to any of the foregoing calculations, or any such source as it deems reasonable from which to estimate the Five-Year Treasury Rate, will determine the Five-Year Treasury Rate in
its sole discretion, <U>provided</U> that if the Calculation Agent determines there is an industry-accepted successor Five-Year Treasury Rate, then the Calculation Agent will use such successor rate. If the Calculation Agent has determined a
substitute or successor base rate in accordance with the foregoing, the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion may determine the business day convention, the definition of &#147;Business Day&#148; and the Reset Interest Determination Date to be
used and any other relevant methodology for calculating such substitute or successor base rate, including any adjustment factor needed to make such substitute or successor base rate comparable to the Five-Year Treasury Rate, in a manner that is
consistent with industry-accepted practices for such substitute or successor base rate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Guarantee</U>&#148; means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person (i)&nbsp;to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to
keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">take-or-pay,</FONT></FONT> or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii)&nbsp;entered into for
purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); <U>provided</U> that the term
&#147;Guarantee&#148; shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term &#147;Guarantee&#148; used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>H.15</U>&#148; means the daily statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication as determined by the Calculation
Agent in its sole discretion, published by the Federal Reserve Board, and &#147;most recent H.15&#148; means the H.15 published closest in time but prior to the close of business on the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Holder</U>&#148; means the Person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the books of the Trustee kept for that
purpose. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Indebtedness</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination (without duplication), (i) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (ii)&nbsp;all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or
businesses, (iii)&nbsp;all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or bankers&#146; acceptances or other similar instruments (or reimbursement obligations thereto) issued on the account of such Person, (iv)&nbsp;all obligations of
such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except Trade Payables, (v)&nbsp;all obligations of such Person as lessee under capitalized leases, (vi)&nbsp;all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; <U>provided</U> that, for purposes of determining the amount of any Indebtedness of the type described in this <U>clause</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(vi)</U>, if recourse with respect to
such Indebtedness is limited to such asset, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be limited to the lesser of the fair market value of such asset or the amount of such Indebtedness, (vii)&nbsp;all Indebtedness of others Guaranteed by such Person to
the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by such Person, and (viii)&nbsp;to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, all obligations of such Person for claims in respect of derivative products, including interest rate, foreign
exchange rate and commodity prices, forward contracts, options, swaps, collars and similar arrangements. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Interest Payment</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the
interest payment on the Notes due on such Interest Payment Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Interest Payment Date</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set
forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.04</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Interest Payment Period</U>&#148; means the semi-annual period from, and
including, an Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, except for the first Interest Payment Date, which shall be the period from, and including, October&nbsp;31, 2024 to, but excluding, May&nbsp;15, 2030.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Interest Period</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the period from and including the immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date (or if none, October&nbsp;31, 2024) to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Interest
Reset Period</U>&#148; means the period from and including May&nbsp;15, 2030 to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date and thereafter each period from and including each Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date or the
Maturity Date or date of redemption, as the case may be. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Lien</U>&#148; means, with respect to any property, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such property. For purposes of this Indenture, the Company shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any property which it has acquired or hold subject to the interest of a
vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such property. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Maturity Date</U>&#148; shall have the meaning specified in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.02</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148; shall have the meaning specified in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.01</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Optional Deferral Period</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;4.01</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Original Issue Date</U>&#148; means the date on which the Notes are originally issued. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Person</U>&#148; means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Rating Agency Event</U>&#148; means, as of any date, a change, clarification or
amendment in the methodology in assigning equity credit to securities such as the Notes published by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act (or any successor
provision thereto) that then publishes a rating for the Company (together with any successor thereto, a &#147;<U>Rating Agency</U>&#148;), (i) as such methodology was in effect on October&nbsp;29, 2024, in the case of any Rating Agency that
published a rating for the Company on October&nbsp;29, 2024, or (ii)&nbsp;as such methodology was in effect on the date such Rating Agency first published a rating for the Company, in the case of any Rating Agency that first publishes a rating for
the </P>
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Company on October&nbsp;29, 2024 (in the case of either <U>clause</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(i)</U> or <U>(ii)</U>, the &#147;<U>Current Methodology</U>&#148;), that results in (a)&nbsp;any shortening
of the length of time for which a particular level of equity credit pertaining to the Notes by such Rating Agency would have been in effect had the Current Methodology not been changed, clarified or amended or (b)&nbsp;a lower equity credit
(including up to a lesser amount) being assigned by such Rating Agency to the Notes as of the date of such change, clarification or amendment than the equity credit that would have been assigned to the Notes by such Rating Agency had the Current
Methodology not been changed, clarified or amended. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Regular Record Date</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.04</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Reset Date</U>&#148; means May&nbsp;15, 2030 and each date falling on the five-year
anniversary of the preceding Reset Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Reset Interest Determination Date</U>&#148; means, in respect of any Interest Reset
Period, the day falling two Business Days prior to the beginning of the applicable Interest Reset Period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Senior
Indebtedness</U>&#148; means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on and all other amounts due in connection with all Indebtedness of the Company whether created, incurred or assumed before, on or after the date of this Supplemental
Indenture; <U>provided</U> that such Senior Indebtedness shall not include (i)&nbsp;Indebtedness of us to any of the Company&#146;s Subsidiaries, (ii)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s Trade Payables, (iii)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s Indebtedness that, when
incurred and without respect to any election under Section&nbsp;1111(b) of Title&nbsp;11 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, was without recourse to the Company, and (iv)&nbsp;any other Indebtedness of the Company which by the terms of
the instrument creating or evidencing the same is specifically designated as being subordinated to or <I>pari passu</I> with the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Successor Company</U>&#148; shall have the meaning specified in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;10.01</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Tax Event</U>&#148; means receipt by the Company of a written opinion of a nationally recognized accounting firm or counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) any amendment to, clarification of, or change, including any
announced prospective change, in the laws or treaties of the United States or any of its political subdivisions or taxing authorities, or any regulations under those laws or treaties; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) an administrative action, which means any judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure,
notice or announcement, including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of any administrative action or judicial
decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to an administrative action or judicial decision that differs from the previously generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court,
governmental authority or regulatory body, regardless of the time or manner in which that amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known; or </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) a threatened challenge asserted in writing in connection with a tax audit of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, or a publicly-known threatened challenge asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the Notes, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">which amendment, clarification or change is effective or the administrative action is taken or judicial decision, interpretation or pronouncement is issued or
threatened challenge is asserted or becomes publicly known after October&nbsp;29, 2024, there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by the Company on the Notes is not deductible, or within 90 days would not be deductible, in whole
or in part, by the Company for United States federal income tax purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Tax Event Redemption Date</U>&#148; shall have the
meaning specified in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.06</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Trade Payables</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, any
accounts payable or any other indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person or any of its subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or
services. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The terms &#147;<U>Company</U>,&#148; &#147;<U>Trustee</U>,&#148; &#147;<U>Base Indenture</U>,&#148; and
&#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148; shall have the respective meanings set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GENERAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.01 <U>Designation and Principal Amount</U>. There are hereby authorized a new series
of Securities, to be designated the &#147;6.700% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series&nbsp;C, due 2055,&#148; (the &#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148;) in
the initial aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, which amount shall be set forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Notes pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.01 of the Base Indenture and
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.01</U> hereof. The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue an unlimited amount of additional Notes ranking equally with the Notes in all respects and having the same terms (except for the
price to public, the issue date and the initial interest accrual date and the first interest payment date, as applicable) as the Notes, so that such additional Notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with, and shall have the same terms
as to status, redemption or otherwise as, the Notes authenticated and delivered on the date hereof. Such additional Notes will have the same CUSIP number as the Notes being authenticated on the date hereof, provided that such additional Notes must
be part of the same issue as the Notes being authenticated on the date hereof for U.S. federal income tax purposes or, if they are not part of the same issue for such purposes, such additional Notes must be issued with a separate CUSIP number. No
additional Notes may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.02
<U>Stated Maturity</U>. The &#147;<U>Maturity Date</U>&#148; of the Notes is May&nbsp;15, 2055. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the Notes, the Maturity Date, refers only to the date on which principal is due and payable as set forth in
this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.02</U>. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.03 <U>Form and Payment; Minimum Transfer Restriction</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Except as provided in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.04</U>, the Notes shall be issued in fully registered definitive form without
coupons. Principal of the Notes will be payable (subject to the last clause of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.03(a)</U>), the transfer of such Notes will be registrable, and such Notes will be exchangeable for Notes of a like aggregate
principal amount bearing identical terms and provisions, at the Corporate Trust Office; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that, except as otherwise provided in the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;A, payment of interest will be made by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or, if such Person so requests and designates an account in writing to the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the relevant
Interest Payment Date, by wire transfer to such account, and <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that the Company, in its discretion may remove the Paying Agent and may appoint one or more additional Paying Agents (including the Company or any of its
affiliates). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.04 <U>Interest</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Notes bear interest (i)&nbsp;from and including the date of the original issuance to, but excluding, May&nbsp;15, 2030 at an annual
rate of 6.700% and (ii)&nbsp;from and including May&nbsp;15, 2030 during each Interest Reset Period at an annual rate equal to the Five-Year Treasury Rate as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date, plus 2.586%. Interest will accrue
from October&nbsp;31, 2024 and will, subject to the Company&#146;s right to defer Interest Payments (as described in <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;IV</U>), be payable semi-annually in arrears on May&nbsp;15 and November&nbsp;15 of each year (each,
an &#147;<U>Interest Payment Date</U>&#148;), beginning on May&nbsp;15, 2025. If Interest Payments are deferred or otherwise not paid, they will accrue and compound until paid at the same rate at which the Notes bear interest to the extent permitted
by law. As permitted by the terms of the Notes, if Interest Payments are deferred or otherwise not paid up to a redemption date that does not fall on an Interest Payment Date, they will accrue and compound until paid at the same rate at which the
Notes bear interest to the extent permitted by law. The amount of interest payable for any interest accrual period will be computed on the basis of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year consisting of twelve <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full semi-annual period for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of the number of days in the period using <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> calendar months. All references to &#147;interest&#148; on the Notes and, insofar as its relates to the Notes, this Indenture, shall be deemed to include any deferred interest pursuant to
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;IV</U> and interest on deferred interest (&#147;<U>Compound Interest</U>&#148;) that may accrue at the interest rate then-applicable to the Notes, to the extent permitted by law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Unless all of the Outstanding Notes have been redeemed, the Company will appoint a calculation agent (the &#147;<U>Calculation
Agent</U>&#148;) with respect to the Notes prior to the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date. The Company or any of its affiliates may assume the duties of the Calculation Agent. The applicable interest rate for each Interest Reset Period
will be determined by the Calculation Agent as of the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date. If the Company or one of its affiliates is not the Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent will notify the Company of the interest rate for the
relevant Interest Reset Period promptly upon such determination. The Company will notify the Trustee of such interest rate, promptly upon making </P>
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or being notified of such determination. The Calculation Agent&#146;s determination of any interest rate and its calculation of the amount of interest for any Interest Reset Period will be
conclusive and binding absent manifest error, will be made in the Calculation Agent&#146;s sole discretion and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the documentation relating to the Notes, will become effective without consent from any other
person or entity. Such determination of any interest rate and calculation of the amount of interest will be on file at the Company&#146;s principal offices and will be made available to any holder of the Notes upon request. In no event shall the
Trustee be the Calculation Agent (unless upon receiving reasonable advance notice it agrees to the appointment as Calculation Agent in writing), nor shall it have any liability for any determination made by or on behalf of such Calculation Agent.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If an Interest Payment Date, a redemption date or the Maturity Date of the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the
required payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such scheduled payment date, and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) So long as all of the Notes remain in book-entry only form, the record date for each Interest Payment Date will be the close of business
on May&nbsp;1 or November&nbsp;1 (whether or not such day is a Business Day) (each, a &#147;<U>Regular Record Date</U>&#148;) immediately preceding the applicable May&nbsp;15 or November&nbsp;15 Interest Payment Date. If any of the Notes do not
remain in book-entry only form, the record date for each Interest Payment Date will be the fifteenth calendar day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date whether or not a Business Day. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.05 <U>No Sinking Fund or Repayment at Option of the Holder</U>. The Notes shall not be subject to any sinking fund or analogous
provision and shall not be repayable at the option of a Holder thereof prior to the Maturity Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.06 <U>Optional
Redemption</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company may redeem the Notes in whole or in part upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days&#146; notice, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date (i)&nbsp;on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the first
Reset Date and ending on and including the first Reset Date and (ii)&nbsp;after the first Reset Date, on any Interest Payment Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)
If notice of redemption is given pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.06(a)</U> above, the Notes so to be redeemed will, on the redemption date (subject, in the case of a conditional redemption, to the satisfaction of all conditions
precedent), become due and payable at the redemption price together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and from and after such date (unless the Company has defaulted in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest) such Notes
shall cease to bear interest. If any Notes called for redemption shall not be paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the redemption date at the rate then applicable to the Notes. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In addition, the Notes may be redeemable, in whole but not in part, upon not less than
10 nor more than 60 days&#146; notice, following the occurrence of a Tax Event, at the redemption price equal to the sum of: (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus (2)&nbsp;accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to
the date fixed for redemption (the &#147;<U>Tax Event Redemption Date</U>&#148;). In such case, the Company will deliver a notice of redemption specifying the Tax Event Redemption Date, which shall be no later than 120 days following the Tax Event.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) If at the time notice of redemption is given pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.06(c)</U> above, the redemption moneys are
not on deposit with the Trustee, then the redemption shall be subject to their receipt on or before the Tax Event Redemption Date and such notice shall be of no effect unless such moneys are so received. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) In addition, the Notes may be redeemable, in whole but not in part, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days&#146; notice, for the
Notes following the occurrence of a Rating Agency Event, at 102% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) If, at the time a notice of redemption is given, (i)&nbsp;the Company has not effected satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of the
Notes as described in <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;IX</U> and (ii)&nbsp;such notice of redemption is not being given in connection with or in order to effect satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of the Notes, then, if the notice of redemption
so provides and at the Company&#146;s option, the redemption may be subject to the condition that the Trustee shall have received, on or before the applicable redemption date, monies in an amount sufficient to pay the redemption price and accrued
and unpaid interest on the Notes called for redemption to, but excluding, the redemption date. If monies in such amount are not received by the Trustee on or before such redemption date, such notice of redemption shall be automatically canceled and
of no force or effect, such proposed redemption shall be automatically canceled, and the Company shall not be required to redeem the Notes called for redemption on such redemption date. In the event that a redemption is canceled, the Company will,
not later than the Business Day immediately following the proposed redemption date, deliver, or cause to be delivered, notice of such cancellation to the registered Holders of the Notes called for redemption (which notice will also indicate that the
Notes or portions thereof surrendered for redemption shall be returned to the applicable Holders), and the Company will direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee will, promptly return the Notes or portions thereof that have been surrendered for
redemption to the applicable Holders. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price or the proposed redemption is canceled in accordance with the provisions set forth in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.06(f)</U>, on and after
the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) If less than all of the
Notes are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Notes or any portions thereof in integral multiples of $1,000 to be redeemed, by lot and, when the Notes are in the form of global securities, in accordance with the applicable procedures
of The Depository Trust Company (&#147;<U>DTC</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Subject to the foregoing and to applicable law (including, without
limitation, United States federal securities laws), the Company or its affiliates may, at any time and from time to time, purchase Outstanding Notes by tender, in the open market or by private agreement. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.07 <U>No Additional Amounts</U>. The Company will not pay any additional
amounts to any Holder in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;III </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article&nbsp;V of the Base Indenture is replaced in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.01 <U>Events of Default</U>. An &#147;<U>Event of Default</U>&#148; occurs with respect to the Notes if: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the Company does not pay any interest on the Notes when they become due and payable and such default continues for 30 days (regardless of
whether such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions under <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U>), except as a result of a deferral of Interest Payments in accordance with <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;IV</U>; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the Company does not pay any principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when they become due and payable (regardless of whether such
payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions under <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U>); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) the Company remains in breach of
any other covenant under this Indenture or the Notes for 60 days after there has been given to the Company a written notice of default (which notice must be sent by either the Trustee or registered Holders of at least 33% of the aggregate principal
amount of the then-Outstanding Notes) specifying such default or breach and requiring remedy of the default or breach; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) the Company
shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an
involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with
respect to the Company or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or any substantial
part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 30 consecutive days. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.02 <U>Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment</U>. If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with
respect to the Notes, then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.01(c)</U>), either the Trustee or the registered Holders of at least 33% of the aggregate principal amount of
the then-Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
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and shall automatically be immediately due and payable, anything contained in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.01(c)</U> occurs and is continuing, neither the Trustee nor the registered Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to declare the principal of the Notes, or accrued or unpaid interest thereon, to be due or payable
immediately; <U>provided</U> that the Trustee and the Holders may exercise the other rights and remedies available under this Indenture and under applicable law upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.01(c)</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The immediately preceding paragraph, however, is subject to the conditions that if, at any
time after the principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, and if (1)&nbsp;rescission would not
conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2)&nbsp;any and all existing Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes
that shall have become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.08</U>, then and in every such case (except as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence) the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then-Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Notes and rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences and such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any Default or Event of Default
resulting from (i)&nbsp;the nonpayment of the principal (including the redemption price, if applicable) of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, any Notes or (ii)&nbsp;a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article&nbsp;IX
of the Base Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of the Notes affected. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture and any provision of the Notes, the Company&#146;s valid utilization of an Optional Deferral Period pursuant to <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;IV</U> shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest giving rise to
an Event of Default. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.03 <U>Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor</U>. If an Event of Default described in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.01(a)</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.01(b)</U> shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole
amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on any overdue principal and interest, if any, at the rate borne by the Notes at such time and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section&nbsp;6.07 of the Base Indenture. If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may
institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys
adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization
of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes under Title&nbsp;11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar
official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the event of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Company or such other obligor upon
the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes 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 <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.03</U>, 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 accrued and unpaid interest, if any, in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take such other actions as it may deem necessary
or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of Notes allowed in such judicial
proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on such Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same
after the deduction of any amounts due to the Trustee under Section&nbsp;6.07 of the Base Indenture; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the
Holders of Notes to make such payments to the Trustee, as administrative expenses, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders of Notes, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including agents and counsel fees and expenses, and including any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section&nbsp;6.07 of the Base Indenture, incurred by it up to the date of such
distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be
paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property that the Holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or
otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting such Holder or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery
of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Notes parties to any such
proceedings. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been
discontinued or abandoned because of any waiver pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.08</U> or any rescission and annulment pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.08</U> or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to
the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers
of the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.04
<U>Application of Monies Collected by Trustee</U>. Any monies or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.04</U> with respect to the Notes shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed
by the Trustee for the distribution of such monies or property, upon presentation of the several Notes, and, with respect to any certificated Notes, stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>First</B>, to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee in all of its capacities under this Indenture; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Second</B>, in case the principal of the Outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on such
Notes in default in the order of the date due of the payments of such interest with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon such overdue payments at the rate of interest borne by the Notes at such time,
such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Third</B>, in case the principal of the Outstanding Notes shall have
become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid, to the payment of the whole amount (including, if applicable, the payment of the redemption price) then owing and unpaid upon such Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on the
overdue principal and, to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate of interest borne by such Notes at such time, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full
the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon such Notes, then to the payment of such principal (including, if applicable, the redemption price) and interest without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of interest over principal or of
any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (including, if applicable, the redemption price) and accrued and unpaid interest; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Fourth</B>, to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.05 <U>Proceedings by Holders</U>. Except to enforce the right to receive
payment of principal (including, if applicable, the redemption price) or interest when due, no Holder of the Notes shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes 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, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default for the Notes and of the continuance thereof;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Holders of at least 33% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then-Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee
to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
such security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, claim, liability or expense (including reasonable attorney&#146;s fees and expenses) to be incurred therein or thereby; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of such security or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused
to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) no direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such
written request shall have been given to the Trustee by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then-Outstanding within such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">60-day</FONT> period pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.08</U>, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every
other taker and Holder of Notes and the Trustee that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Holder, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of any other Holder or obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other 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 Notes (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.05</U>, each and every Holder of Notes and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law
or in equity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of the Notes, and subject to the Company&#146;s
right to defer the payment of interest on the Notes as provided in <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;IV</U>, each Holder shall have the right to receive payment of (x)&nbsp;the principal (including the redemption price, if applicable) of, and
(y)&nbsp;accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the Notes, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Notes or in this Indenture, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.06 <U>Proceedings by Trustee</U>. In case of an Event of Default, 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 are 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. </P>
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Section&nbsp;3.06 of the Base Indenture, all powers and remedies given by this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;III</U> to the Trustee or to the Holders 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 Notes, 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 such Notes to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or any
acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.05</U>, every power and remedy given by this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;III</U> or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.08 <U>Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of
Defaults by Majority of Holders</U>. The Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such Notes; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that (a)&nbsp;such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and (b)&nbsp;the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee and that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that it determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder (it being
understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any such direction is unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder) or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except any continuing defaults relating to (i)&nbsp;a default in the
payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or the principal (including any redemption price) of, the Notes when due that has not been cured pursuant to the provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.08</U>, or (ii)&nbsp;a default in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article&nbsp;IX of the Base Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of the Notes affected. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Event of Default hereunder shall have
been waived as permitted by this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.08</U>, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.09 <U>Notice of
Defaults</U>. If a Default occurs and is continuing and a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives written notice of such Default, the Trustee shall deliver to each Holder notice of the Default within 90 days after a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee receives such notice or obtains actual knowledge thereof, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; <U>provided</U> that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of
(including the redemption price, if applicable), or accrued and unpaid interest on, any of the Notes, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as it determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests
of the Holders. </P>
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each Holder of the Notes by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for
any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys&#146; fees
and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; <U>provided</U> that the provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.10</U> (to the
extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of Notes at the time Outstanding, or to any suit
instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes (including, but not limited to, the redemption price, if applicable) on or after the due date expressed or provided
for in such Note. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;IV </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OPTION TO DEFER INTEREST PAYMENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4.01 <U>Option to Defer Interest Payments</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company may, at its option, elect at one or more times to defer payment of interest on the Notes, from time to time, for one or more
consecutive Interest Periods (each, an &#147;<U>Optional Deferral Period</U>&#148;) of up to 20 consecutive Interest Payment Periods (each period commencing on the date that the first such Interest Payment would otherwise have been made on the
Notes); <U>provided</U> that the Company may not elect to defer payment of interest on the Notes if an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing; <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that the deferral of Interest Payments
cannot extend beyond the Maturity Date or end on a day other than the day immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company
may pay at any time all or any portion of the interest accrued to that point during an Optional Deferral Period. At the end of the Optional Deferral Period or on any redemption date, the Company will be obligated to pay all accrued and unpaid
interest. The Company may not pay current interest on the Notes until it has paid all accrued interest on the Notes from the previous Optional Deferral Period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Once all accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes has been paid, the Company again can defer Interest Payments on the Notes as described
above, <U>provided</U> that an Optional Deferral Period cannot extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Before the end of any
Optional Deferral Period that is shorter than 20 consecutive Interest Payment Periods, the Company may elect, at its option, to extend such Optional Deferral Period, so long as the entire Optional Deferral Period does not exceed 20 consecutive
Interest Payment Periods or extend beyond the Maturity Date. The Company may also elect, at its option, to shorten the length of any Optional Deferral Period. No Optional Deferral </P>
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Period (including as extended or shortened) may end on a day other than the day immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date. At the end of any Optional Deferral Period, if all amounts then due
on the Notes, including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including, without limitation and to the extent permitted by applicable law, any deferred interest and any Compound Interest), are paid, the Company may elect to begin a new Optional
Deferral Period; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that, without limitation of the foregoing, the Company may not begin a new Optional Deferral Period unless the Company has paid all accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes (including, without
limitation and to the extent permitted by applicable law, any deferred interest and any Compound Interest) from any previous Optional Deferral Period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) If the Company defers interest for a period of 20 consecutive Interest Payment Periods from the commencement of an Optional Deferral
Period, the Company will be required to pay all accrued and unpaid interest at the conclusion of the 20 consecutive Interest Payment Periods. If the Company fails to pay in full all accrued and unpaid interest at the conclusion of the 20 consecutive
Interest Payment Periods, and such failure continues for 30 days, an Event of Default that gives rise to acceleration of principal and interest on the Notes will occur under this Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) During an Optional Deferral Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Notes, and deferred Interest Payments will accrue additional
interest on a semi-annual basis at a rate equal to the interest rate then-applicable to the Notes (including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any Compound Interest). No interest will be due and payable on the Notes until the end of the
Optional Deferral Period except upon a redemption of the Notes during the Optional Deferral Period. The Interest Payment Date falling immediately after the last day of an Optional Deferral Period shall not be deemed to fall on a day during such
Optional Deferral Period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) No interest will be due or payable on the Notes during any Optional Deferral Period, except upon a
redemption pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.06</U> of the Notes on any redemption date during such optional deferral period (in which case all accrued and unpaid interest (including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any Compound
Interest) on the Notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, such redemption date will be due and payable on such redemption date), or unless the principal of and interest on the Notes shall have been declared due and payable as the result of an Event
of Default with respect to the Notes (in which case all accrued and unpaid interest, including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any Compound Interest, on the Notes shall become due and payable). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) During an Optional Deferral Period, the Company will not, and will cause its majority-owned subsidiaries, as applicable, not to: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on any shares of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to any shares of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) make any payment of principal of, or interest (to the extent such interest is deferrable) or premium, if any, on, or repay, repurchase
or redeem any of the Company&#146;s Indebtedness ranking on a parity with, or ranking junior to, the Notes in right of payment (including debt securities of other series); or </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) make any payments with respect to any guarantees by the Company of any Indebtedness if
such Guarantees rank on a parity with or junior to the Notes in right of payment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) However, the foregoing provisions of
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;4.01(h)</U> shall not prevent or restrict the Company from making: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) purchases, redemptions or other
acquisitions of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors, agents or consultants or a stock purchase, dividend
reinvestment or similar plan, or the satisfaction of its obligations pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred requiring it to purchase, redeem or acquire the Company&#146;s Capital Stock;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) any payment, repayment, redemption, purchase, acquisition or declaration of a dividend described in
<U>clause</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(h)(i)</U> above as a result of a reclassification of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock, or the exchange or conversion of all or a portion of one class or series of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock for another class or
series of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock
pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock or the security being converted or exchanged, or in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the payment of interest
is deferred; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) declaration or making of dividends, payments or distributions payable in the Company&#146;s Capital Stock (or rights
to acquire the Company&#146;s Capital Stock), or purchases, redemptions or acquisitions of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock in connection with the issuance or exchange of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock (or of securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock) and distributions in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) redemptions, exchanges, acquisitions or repurchases of, or with respect to, (A)&nbsp;any rights outstanding under any employment
contract, incentive plan, benefit plan or similar arrangement of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (B)&nbsp;in connection with a dividend reinvestment or stock purchase plan, in each case outstanding on the date that the payment of interest
is deferred or the declaration or payment thereunder of a dividend or distribution of or with respect to rights in the future; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi)
implementation of a shareholders rights plan, or issuance of rights, stock or other property under such plan, or redemption, repurchase of otherwise acquisition of any such rights pursuant thereto; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) settling conversions of any convertible notes that rank equally with the Notes. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) In the event that the Company elects to defer any Interest Payment, the Company shall
notify the Trustee and the Holders in writing of such election at least one Business Day prior to the Regular Record Date for the Interest Payment Date on which the Company intends to begin an Optional Deferral Period; <U>provided</U>,
<U>however</U>, that the Company&#146;s failure to pay the interest owed on a particular Interest Payment Date shall also constitute the commencement of an Optional Deferral Period, unless such interest is paid within five Business Days after such
Interest Payment Date, whether or not the Company provides a notice of deferral. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) In the event that the Company elects to defer any
Interest Payment, the Company will give DTC, the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee written notice of its election of, or any shortening or extension of, an Optional Deferral Period at least 15 Business Days prior to the earlier of (1)&nbsp;each
next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (2)&nbsp;the date upon which the Company is required to give notice to any applicable self-regulatory organization or to Holders of the Notes of the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or the regular record
date therefor. The record date for the payment of deferred interest and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any compound interest payable on the Interest Payment Date immediately following the last day of an optional deferral period will be
the regular record date with respect to such Interest Payment Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;V </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM OF NOTE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.01 <U>Form of </U><U>Note</U>. The Notes and the Trustee&#146;s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;A. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;VI </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.01 <U>Original Issue of </U><U>Notes</U>. The Notes in the initial aggregate principal amount of up to $500,000,000 may be
executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication by it, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes to or upon the written order of the Company, signed by any Officer of the Company, without any further
corporate action by the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;VII </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SUBORDINATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article&nbsp;XVI of the Base Indenture is replaced in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.01 <U>Subordination</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Notes will be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness. Accordingly, upon: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) any payment by, or distribution of the assets of, the Company upon its dissolution, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">winding-up,</FONT>
liquidation or reorganization, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) a failure to pay any interest, principal or other monetary amounts due on any Senior
Indebtedness when due and continuance of that default beyond any applicable grace periods; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) acceleration of the maturity of any
Senior Indebtedness as a result of a default; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">holders of all Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive: (A)&nbsp;in the case of
<U>clause</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(i)</U> above, payment of all amounts due or to become due on all Senior Indebtedness; or (B)&nbsp;in the case of <U>clauses</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(ii)</U> and <U>clause</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(iii)</U> above, payment of all
amounts due on all Senior Indebtedness, before Holders of the Notes are entitled to receive any payment. So long as any events in <U>clauses</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(i)</U>, <U>(ii)</U> or <U>(iii)</U>&nbsp;above has occurred and is continuing, any
amounts payable or assets distributable on the Notes will instead be paid or distributed, as the case may be, directly to holders of Senior Indebtedness to the extent necessary to pay, in the case of <U>clause</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(i)</U> above, all
amounts due or to become due upon all such Senior Indebtedness, or, in the case of <U>clauses</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(ii)</U> and <U>(iii)</U>&nbsp;above, all amounts due on all such Senior Indebtedness, and, if any such payment or distribution is
received by the Trustee or Holders of any of the Notes before all Senior Indebtedness due and to become due, as applicable, is paid, such payment or distribution must be paid over to holders of the unpaid Senior Indebtedness. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.02 <U>Notice to Trustee of Facts Prohibiting Payments</U>. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U> or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not at any time be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of funds to or by the Trustee
unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to its corporate trust division shall have received at the Corporate Trust Office written notice thereof from the Company or from one or more holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any
trustee therefor who shall have been certified by the Company or otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such a holder or trustee; and, prior to the receipt of such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Section&nbsp;6.01 of the Base Indenture, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; <U>provided</U> that if prior to the fifth Business Day preceding the date upon which by the terms hereof any such funds may
become payable, or if prior to the third Business Day preceding the date of the execution of instruments pursuant to <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;IX</U> acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not have received
with respect to such funds the notice provided for in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.02</U>, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys and/or apply
the same to the purpose for which they were received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it on or after such date; <U>provided</U> that no such application shall affect the obligations under this
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U> of the Persons receiving such moneys from the Trustee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.03 <U>Application by Trustee
of Moneys Deposited With It</U>. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any deposit of a sum by the Company with the Trustee or any agent (whether or not in trust) for any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on the Notes shall, except as provided in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.02</U>, be subject to the provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.01</U>. </P>
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become due in the case of <U>clause</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(i)</U> of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.01(a)</U> or Senior Indebtedness due in the case of <U>clauses</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(ii)</U> and <U>(iii)</U>&nbsp;of
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.01(a)</U>, the Holders of the Notes shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Company applicable to such Senior Indebtedness
until the Notes shall be paid in full, and none of the payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to which the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U> or of payments over, pursuant to the provisions of this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U>, to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by the Holders of such Notes or the Trustee shall, as among the Company,
its creditors other than the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of such Notes, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness; it being understood that the provisions of this
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U> are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Notes, on one hand, and the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.05 <U>Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of Company or Holders of Senior Indebtedness</U>. No right of any
present or future holders of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good
faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof with which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged. The holders of Senior
Indebtedness may, at any time or from time to time and in their absolute discretion, change the manner, place or terms of payment, change or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, any such Senior Indebtedness, or amend or supplement any
instrument pursuant to which any such Senior Indebtedness is issued or by which it may be secured, or release any security therefor, or exercise or refrain from exercising any other of their rights under the Senior Indebtedness including, without
limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, all without notice to or assent from the Holders or the Trustee and without affecting the obligations of the Company, the Trustee or the Holders under this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.06 <U>Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness</U>. The Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U> in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it in its individual capacity to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to
deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.07 <U>Not to Prevent Defaults (Including Events of Default)</U>.
The failure to make any payment pursuant to the terms of the Notes by reason of any provision in this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U> shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default (including an Event of Default, if any).
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.08 <U>Trustee</U><U>&#146;</U><U>s Rights to Compensation, Reimbursement of Expenses and Indemnification</U>. The
Trustee&#146;s rights to compensation, reimbursement of expenses and indemnification under Section&nbsp;6.07 of the Base Indenture are not subordinated to the payment of Senior Indebtedness. </P>
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&#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148; as used in this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U> shall (unless the context shall otherwise require) be construed as extending to and including each Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent and Security Registrar appointed
by the Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, and acting hereunder within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent or Security Registrar were named in this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U> in addition to
the Trustee; <U>provided</U> that <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.02</U> and <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.06</U> shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if the Company or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent or Security
Registrar. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.10 <U>Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness</U>. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Notes or to the Company or to any other person cash, property or
securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U> or otherwise. With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only
such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this <U>Article VII</U> and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;VIII </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article&nbsp;IX of the Base Indenture is replaced in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.01 <U>Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders</U>. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee,
at the Company&#146;s expense, 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: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture pursuant to
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;X</U>; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) to add guarantees with respect to the Notes; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) to secure the Notes; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)
to add to the covenants or Events of Default of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder as determined by the Company in good faith; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) to conform the provisions of this Indenture or the Notes to the &#147;Description of Notes&#148; section of the Company&#146;s prospectus
supplement, dated October&nbsp;29, 2024, as evidenced in an Officer&#146;s Certificate; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) to comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary, including DTC, so long as such
amendment does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) to appoint a successor Trustee with respect to
the Notes; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) to provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee, Security Registrar or Paying Agent to facilitate
the administration of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one trustee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee is
hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its
discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee&#146;s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.01</U> may be executed by the Company and the
Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.02</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.02 <U>Supplemental Indenture with Consent of Holders</U>. With the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, the Notes), the Company and the Trustee, at the Company&#146;s expense,
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, the Notes or any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that, without the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding Note affected, no such supplemental indenture shall: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) reduce the rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest on the Notes beyond the maximum time period of any permitt ed
deferral of interest pursuant to <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;IV</U> or to increase the maximum time period for any such interest deferral or to increase the maximum number of times the Company may defer such Interest Payment; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) reduce the principal of or extend the Maturity Date of the Notes; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) reduce the redemption price of the Notes or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders the Company&#146;s obligation to make
such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) make the Notes
payable in a currency, or at a place of payment, other than that stated in the Note; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) change the subordination provisions of the Notes
set forth in <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U> in a manner adverse to Holders; or </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) make any change in this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VIII</U> that requires each
Holder&#146;s consent or in the waiver provisions in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.02</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3.08</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the written request of the Company, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid and subject
to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.05</U>, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee&#146;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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders do not need under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.02</U> to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture.
It shall be sufficient if such Holders approve the substance thereof. After any such supplemental indenture becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders a notice (with a copy to the Trustee) briefly describing such supplemental
indenture. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee), or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the supplemental indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.03 <U>Conformity with Trust Indenture</U>. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this <U>Article VIII</U> shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.04 <U>Effect of Supplemental Indentures</U>. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VIII</U>, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights,
obligations, duties, indemnities, privileges and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders 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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.05 <U>Notation on Notes</U>. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to
the provisions of this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VIII</U> may, at the Company&#146;s expense, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so
determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Company&#146;s expense, be prepared and executed by the
Company, authenticated by the Trustee (or an Authenticating Agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.14 of the Base Indenture) upon receipt of an Officer&#146;s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and a Company Order and
delivered in exchange for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then outstanding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.06 <U>Evidence of
Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished</U>. In addition to the documents required by Section&nbsp;1.02 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall receive an Officer&#146;s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that
any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VIII</U> and is permitted or authorized by this Indenture; <U>provided</U> that such Opinion of Counsel shall include a
customary legal opinion stating that such supplemental indenture is the valid and binding obligation of the Company, subject to customary exceptions and qualifications. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for determining whether any amendment
or supplemental indenture will or may have an adverse effect on any Holder.<B> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article&nbsp;IV of the Base Indenture is replaced in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.01 <U>Satisfaction and Discharge</U>. (a)&nbsp;This Indenture and the Notes shall cease to be of further effect when
(i)&nbsp;all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (x)&nbsp;Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section&nbsp;3.06 of the Base Indenture and (y)&nbsp;Notes for whose
payment money has heretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section&nbsp;10.03 of the Base Indenture) have been delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii)&nbsp;the Company has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or delivered to Holders, as applicable, after the Notes have become due and payable, whether on the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date or otherwise,
cash sufficient, without consideration of reinvestment, to pay all of the Outstanding Notes and all other sums due and payable under this Indenture or the Notes by the Company; and (b)&nbsp;the Trustee upon request of the Company contained in an
Officer&#146;s Certificate and at the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments reasonably requested by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the Notes, when the Company has delivered to the Trustee
an Officer&#146;s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the Notes have been complied with. Notwithstanding the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section&nbsp;6.07 of the Base Indenture shall survive. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;X </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article&nbsp;VIII of the Base Indenture is replaced in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.01 <U>Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms</U>. Subject to the provisions of
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;10.02</U>, the Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, to another Person (other than any such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease to one or more of the Company&#146;s direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries) unless: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the &#147;<U>Successor Company</U>&#148;), if not the Company, shall be a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the
Company under the Notes and this Indenture; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;10.01</U>, the sale, conveyance, transfer
or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another Person, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially
all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to be the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.02 <U>Successor Company to Be Substituted</U>. In case of any
such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the Successor Company, 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 accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such Successor Company (if not the Company)
shall succeed to and, except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had
been named herein as the party of the first part, and may thereafter exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture. Such Successor Company thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of
the Company any or all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms,
conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to
the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under
this Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;X</U> the Person named as the &#147;Company&#148; in the first paragraph of this Indenture (or any successor that shall thereafter have
become such in the manner prescribed in this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;X</U>) may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and
maker of the Notes and from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes
thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.03 <U>Officer</U><U>&#146;</U><U>s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to
Be Given to Trustee</U>. No such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be effective unless the Trustee shall receive an Officer&#146;s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating and as conclusive evidence that any
such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with the provisions of this <U>Article
X</U>. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OTHER AMENDMENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.01 <U>Amendment to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1.05 of the Base Indenture</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.05 of the Base Indenture is replaced in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the
Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Institutional Trust Services, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to the attention of the Treasurer of the Company at the address of the Company&#146;s principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trustee shall have
the right to accept and act upon instructions (&#147;<U>Instructions</U>&#148;) given pursuant to this Indenture and delivered using Electronic Means (as defined below); <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Company shall provide to the Trustee
an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (&#147;<U>Authorized Officers</U>&#148;) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the
Company whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee&#146;s
understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Company understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that
directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers
transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Company and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt
by the Company. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee&#146;s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent
with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees: (i)&nbsp;to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized
Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii)&nbsp;that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more
secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company; (iii)&nbsp;that </P>
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the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs
and circumstances; and (iv)&nbsp;to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures. &#147;<U>Electronic Means</U>&#148; shall mean the following communications methods: <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-mail,</FONT> secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use
in connection with its services hereunder.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.02 <U>Amendment to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1.12 of the Base
Indenture</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.12 of the Base Indenture is replaced in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company irrevocably consents and submits, for itself and
in respect of any of its assets or property, to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-exclusive</FONT> jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York or any United States federal court sitting, in each case, in the Borough of Manhattan, the
City of New York, New York, United States of America, and any appellate court from any thereof in any suit, action or proceeding that may be brought in connection with this Indenture or the securities, and waives any immunity from the jurisdiction
of such courts. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to any such suit,
action or proceeding that may be brought in such courts whether on the grounds of venue, residence or domicile or on the ground that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.03 <U>Amendment to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.01 of the Base Indenture</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.01 of the Base Indenture is amended and restated in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company, each Holder by its acceptance of the Notes and the Trustee hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.04 <U>Amendment to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.02 of the Base Indenture</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.02 of the Base Indenture is amended and restated in its entirety as follows: </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any
series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that in the case of any default of the character specified in
Section&nbsp;3.01(c) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section&nbsp;6.02, the term &#147;<U>default</U>&#148; means any
event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trustee is not required to take notice or deemed to have notice of any Event of Default with respect to the Securities,
unless a Responsible Officer shall have received written notice of such Event of Default from the Company, any Subsidiary or the Holder of any Security. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee,
as applicable, will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person&#146;s own
affairs.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.05 <U>Amendment to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.03 of the Base Indenture</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.03 of the Base Indenture is amended and restated in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) &#147;the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may rely upon an Officers&#146; Certificate; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel, and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts
or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) 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 with due care by it hereunder;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) the Trustee is not required to give any bond or surety with respect to the performance of its duties or the exercise
of its powers under this Indenture; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) in the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and
indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Securities, each representing less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities Outstanding, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine what action, if any, shall be taken;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) the Trustee&#146;s immunities and protections from liability and its right to indemnification in connection with the
performance of its duties under this Indenture shall extend to the Trustee&#146;s officers, directors, agents and employees. Such immunities and protections and right to indemnification, together with the Trustee&#146;s right to compensation, shall
survive the Trustee&#146;s resignation or removal and final payment of the Securities; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) except for information
provided by the Trustee concerning the Trustee, the Trustee shall have no responsibility for any information in any prospectus supplement or other disclosure material distributed with respect to the Securities, and the Trustee shall have no
responsibility for compliance with any state or federal securities laws in connection with the Securities; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) delivery
of reports or other information by the Trustee shall not constitute actual or constructive knowledge or notice upon the Trustee; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted in good faith in accordance with directions received by the required Holders; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) The
delivery of any reports, information and documents to the Trustee (including pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.04</U>) is for informational purposes only and the Trustee&#146;s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company&#146;s compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers&#146;
Certificates or Opinions of Counsel, as applicable); </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special,
indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of
action. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from any action or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-action</FONT> based on its good faith reliance upon such opinion or advice or for any errors in judgment made in
good faith; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of
their obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or
natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, governmental action, wire, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r) In order to comply with applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and
interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) in effect from time to time (&#147;<U>Applicable Tax Law</U>&#148;) related to this Indenture, the Company agrees (i)&nbsp;to provide to the Trustee information about holders or other applicable
parties and/or transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) that is within the possession of the Company and reasonably requested by the Trustee so the Trustee can determine whether it has tax related obligations under
Applicable Tax Law and (ii)&nbsp;that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under this Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Tax Law for which the Trustee shall not have any
liability.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;XII </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TAX TREATMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;12.01 <U>Tax Treatment</U>. The Company agrees, and by acquiring an interest in a Note each Holder and beneficial owner of a Note
agrees, to treat the Notes as indebtedness for U.S.&nbsp;federal, state and local tax purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;XIII </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE TRUSTEE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.01 <U>Appointment of Trustee</U>. Pursuant to the Base Indenture and pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, the Company
hereby appoints the Trustee as Trustee under the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes, and by execution hereof the Trustee accepts such appointment. Pursuant to the Base Indenture, all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the Trustee under
the Base Indenture shall be vested in the Trustee with respect to the Notes and there shall continue to be vested in the Trustee all of its rights, powers, trusts and duties as Trustee under the Base Indenture with respect to all of the series of
Securities as to which it has served and continues to serve as Trustee. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.02 <U>Eligibility of Trustee</U>. The Trustee hereby represents that it is
qualified and eligible under Section&nbsp;6.09 of the Base Indenture and the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act to accept its appointment as Trustee with respect to the Notes under the Base Indenture and hereby accepts the appointment as such
Trustee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.03 <U>Security Registrar and Paying Agent</U>. Pursuant to the Base Indenture, the Company hereby appoints The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association as registrar and &#147;Paying Agent&#148; with respect to the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.04 <U>Concerning the Trustee</U>. The Trustee does not assume any duties, responsibilities or liabilities by reason of this
Supplemental Indenture other than as set forth in the Base Indenture or as expressly set forth herein and, in carrying out its responsibilities hereunder, shall have all of the rights, powers, privileges, protections, duties and immunities which it
possesses under the Base Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.05 <U>Patriot Act Requirements of Trustee</U>. The parties hereto acknowledge that in
order to help the United States government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, pursuant to Federal regulations that became effective on October&nbsp;1, 2003 (Section&nbsp;326 of the USA PATRIOT Act) all financial
institutions are required to obtain, verify, record and update information that identifies each person establishing a relationship or opening an account. The parties to this Supplemental Indenture agree that they will provide to the Trustee such
information as it may request, from time to time, in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, including but not limited to the name, address, tax identification number and other information that will allow it to
identify the individual or entity who is establishing the relationship or opening the account and may also ask for formation documents such as articles of incorporation or other identifying documents to be provided. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.06 <U>Notice upon Trustee</U>. Any notice, direction, request, demand, consent or waiver by the Company or any Holder to or
upon the Trustee, Security Registrar or Paying Agent for the Notes shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given, made or filed, for all purposes, if given, made or filed in writing at the Corporate Trust Office. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;XIV </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MISCELLANEOUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;14.01 <U>Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Controls</U>. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and (solely for
purposes of the Notes) amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. The
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall supersede the provisions of the Base Indenture to the extent the Base Indenture is inconsistent herewith with respect to the Notes only. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;14.02 <U>Recitals</U>. The recitals herein contained are made by the Company
only and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee does not assume any responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. All of the provisions contained in the
Base Indenture in respect of the rights, powers, privileges, protections, duties and immunities of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of the Notes and of this Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in
full. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;14.03 <U>Separability</U>. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in
the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes, but this
Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;14.04 <U>Counterparts</U>. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. This Supplemental Indenture and any ancillary documents may be signed by manual, facsimile or electronic signature, provided any
electronic signature is a true representation of the signer&#146;s actual signature. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM OF 6.700% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FIXED-TO-FIXED</FONT></FONT> RESET RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED
NOTES, SERIES&nbsp;C, DUE 2055 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE
(OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE 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) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY WILL BE ISSUED, AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED, ONLY IN DENOMINATIONS OF $2,000 AND ANY GREATER INTEGRAL MULTIPLE OF $1,000, EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF NOTES IN A DENOMINATION OF NOTES IN A DENOMINATION OF LESS THAN $1,000 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. ANY SUCH TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF SUCH NOTES FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE RECEIPT OF PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF SUCH NOTES, AND SUCH TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$ </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6.700% <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FIXED-TO-FIXED</FONT></FONT> RESET RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SERIES&nbsp;C, DUE 2055 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Dated: October&nbsp;31, 2024 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">NUMBER <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">R-1</FONT> CUSIP NO: 15189T BP1 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Registered Holder: CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. ISIN NO: US15189TBP12 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the state of Texas (herein referred to as the
&#147;<U>Company</U>,&#148; which term includes any successor person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Holder named above, the principal sum specified in the Schedule of
Increases or Decreases in this Note annexed hereto on May&nbsp;15, 2055 (the &#147;<U>Maturity Date</U>&#148;), and to pay (subject to deferral as set forth herein) interest thereon (i)&nbsp;from and including the date of the original issuance to,
but excluding, May&nbsp;15, 2030 at an annual rate of 6.700% and (ii)&nbsp;from and including May&nbsp;15, 2030 during each Interest Reset Period at an annual rate equal to the Five-Year Treasury Rate as of the most recent Reset Interest
Determination Date, plus 2.586%. Subject to the Company&#146;s right to defer interest payments as set forth in the Supplemental Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof), interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on May&nbsp;15 and
November&nbsp;15 of each year beginning on May&nbsp;15, 2025 (the &#147;<U>Interest Payment Dates</U>&#148;), until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. If interest payments are deferred or otherwise not paid, they will
accrue and compound until paid at the same rate at which the Notes (as defined on the reverse hereof) bear interest to the extent permitted by law. As permitted by the terms of the Notes, if interest payments are deferred or otherwise not paid up to
a redemption date that does not fall on an Interest Payment Date, they will accrue and compound until paid at the same rate at which the Notes bear interest to the extent permitted by law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year of
twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months, and with respect to any period less than a full calendar month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the period. The interest so payable on an Interest Payment Date
will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered, at the close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding such Interest Payment Date; <U>provided</U> that interest payable at Maturity Date will be paid to the Person to
whom principal is payable. Any such interest that is not so punctually paid or duly provided for, and that is not deferred as described below, will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid
(i)&nbsp;to the Person in whose name this Note (or any Note issued upon registration of transfer or exchange thereof) is registered at the close of business on the record date for the payment of such defaulted interest established in accordance with
Section&nbsp;3.07 of the Base Indenture or (ii)&nbsp;at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of the securities exchange, if any, on which the Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange. The &#147;<U>Regular Record Date</U>&#148; with respect to any Interest Payment Date for the Notes, will be the close of business on May&nbsp;1 or November&nbsp;1 (whether or not such day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the
applicable May&nbsp;15 or November&nbsp;15 Interest Payment Date. </P>
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is required to purchase the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the applicable payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue or be paid in respect of such delay. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Note may be presented for payment of principal and interest at the office of the Paying Agent, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
<U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that at the option of the Company, interest on this Note may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as the address shall appear on the Security Register, or by a wire transfer to an
account designated by the Person entitled thereto. Payment of the principal and interest on this Note shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Calculation Agent</U>&#148; means the Company, an affiliate of the Company selected by the Company, or any other firm
appointed by the Company, in each case, in the Company&#146;s sole discretion, acting as calculation agent in respect of the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Five-Year Treasury Rate</U>&#148; means, as of any Reset Interest Determination Date, the average of the yields on actively traded
U.S.&nbsp;Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for five-year maturities, for the most recent five Business Days appearing under the caption &#147;Treasury Constant Maturities&#148; in the Most Recent H.15. If the Five-Year Treasury
Rate cannot be determined pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Calculation Agent, after consulting such sources as it deems comparable to any of the foregoing calculations, or any such source as it deems reasonable from which to estimate the
Five-Year Treasury Rate, will determine the Five- Year Treasury Rate in its sole discretion, <U>provided</U> that if the Calculation Agent determines there is an industry-accepted successor Five-Year Treasury Rate, then the Calculation Agent will
use such successor rate. If the Calculation Agent has determined a substitute or successor base rate in accordance with the foregoing, the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion may determine the business day convention, the definition of
&#147;Business Day&#148; and the Reset Interest Determination Date to be used and any other relevant methodology for calculating such substitute or successor base rate, including any adjustment factor needed to make such substitute or successor base
rate comparable to the Five-Year Treasury Rate, in a manner that is consistent with industry-accepted practices for such substitute or successor base rate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>H.15</U>&#148; means the daily statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication as determined by the Calculation
Agent in its sole discretion, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Interest Payment
Period</U>&#148; means the semi-annual period from, and including, an Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, except for the first Interest Payment Date, which shall be the period from, and including,
October&nbsp;31, 2024 to, but excluding, May&nbsp;15, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Interest Reset Period</U>&#148; means the period from and including
May&nbsp;15, 2030 to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date and thereafter each period from and including each Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date or the Maturity Date or date of redemption, as the case may be. </P>
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the close of business on the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Reset Date</U>&#148; means May&nbsp;15, 2030 and each
date falling on the five-year anniversary of the preceding Reset Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Reset Interest Determination Date</U>&#148; means, in
respect of any Interest Reset Period, the day falling two Business Days prior to the beginning of the applicable Interest Reset Period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">So long as no Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right on one or more
occasions, to defer payment of all or part of the current and accrued interest otherwise due on this Security by extending the interest payment period for up to twenty (20)&nbsp;consecutive Interest Payment Periods (each period, commencing on the
date that the first such interest payment would otherwise have been made, an &#147;<U>Optional Deferral Period</U>&#148;). The Company may not elect to defer payment of interest if an Event of Default (as set forth in the Supplemental Indenture)
with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing; <U>provided</U> that the deferral of interest payments may not extend beyond the Maturity Date or end on a day other than the day immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date. As provided
in the Indenture, interest will continue to accrue on the Notes, and deferred interest payments will accrue additional interest on a semi-annual basis at a rate equal to the interest rate then-applicable to the Notes, including, to the extent
permitted by law, interest on the deferred interest (&#147;<U>Compound Interest</U>&#148;). No interest shall be due and payable during an Optional Deferral Period, except at the end of such Optional Deferral Period or upon a redemption of this Note
during such Optional Deferral Period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, prior to the termination of
any Optional Deferral Period, the Company may further defer the payment of interest by extending such Optional Deferral Period; <U>provided</U><I> </I>that such Optional Deferral Period together with all such previous and further deferrals of
interest payments shall not exceed twenty (20)&nbsp;consecutive Interest Payment Periods at any one time or extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Optional Deferral Period, which shall be an Interest Payment Date, the Company
shall pay all interest accrued and unpaid on this Note, including any Compound Interest, to the Person in whose name this Note is registered on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, <U>provided</U> that interest accrued and unpaid
on this Security, including any Compound Interest, payable at the Maturity Date or on any Tax Event Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. Once the Company pays all interest accrued and unpaid on this Note,
including any Compound Interest, it shall be entitled again to defer interest payments on this Note as described above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may
redeem the Notes in whole or in part upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days&#146; notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption
Date (i)&nbsp;on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the first Reset Date and ending on and including the first Reset Date and (ii)&nbsp;after the first Reset Date, on any Interest Payment Date. </P>
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Company, by a notice of redemption delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to the Indenture (except as otherwise set forth below), following the occurrence of a Tax Event (as defined below), at a redemption price equal to the sum of: (1)
100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus (2)&nbsp;accrued and unpaid interest (including any Compound Interest) thereon, if any, to such Tax Event Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Tax Event</U>&#148; means receipt by the Company of a written opinion of a nationally recognized accounting firm or counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) any amendment to, clarification of, or change, including any
announced prospective change, in the laws or treaties of the United States or any of its political subdivisions or taxing authorities, or any regulations under those laws or treaties; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) an administrative action, which means any judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure,
notice or announcement including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of any administrative action or judicial
decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to an administrative action or judicial decision that differs from the previously generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court,
governmental authority or regulatory body, regardless of the time or manner in which that amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) a threatened challenge asserted in writing in connection with a tax audit of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or a publicly-known
threatened challenge asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the Notes, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">which amendment, clarification or change is effective or administrative action is taken or judicial decision, interpretation or pronouncement is issued or
threatened challenge is asserted or becomes publicly known after October&nbsp;29, 2024, there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by the Company on the Notes is not deductible, or within 90 days would not be deductible, in whole
or in part, by the Company for United States federal income tax purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Notes may be redeemable, in whole but not in
part, at the option of the Company, by a notice of redemption delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to the Indenture (except as otherwise set forth in the immediately succeeding paragraph), following the occurrence of a Rating Agency
Event (as defined below), at a redemption price equal to 102% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest (including any Compound Interest) to, but excluding, such Tax Event Redemption Date. &#147;<U>Rating
Agency Event</U>&#148; means, as of any date, a change, clarification or amendment in the methodology in assigning equity </P>
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credit to securities such as the Notes published by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act (or any successor
provision thereto) that then publishes a rating for the Company (together with any successor thereto, a &#147;<U>Rating Agency</U>&#148;), (i) as such methodology was in effect on October&nbsp;29, 2024, in the case of any Rating Agency that
published a rating for the Company on October&nbsp;29, 2024, or (ii)&nbsp;as such methodology was in effect on the date such Rating Agency first published a rating for the Company, in the case of any Rating Agency that first publishes a rating for
the Company on October&nbsp;29, 2024 (in the case of either <U>clause</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(i)</U> or <U>(ii)</U>, the &#147;<U>Current Methodology</U>&#148;), that results in (a)&nbsp;any shortening of the length of time for which a particular level
of equity credit pertaining to the Notes by such Rating Agency would have been in effect had the Current Methodology not been changed, clarified or amended or (b)&nbsp;a lower equity credit (including up to a lesser amount) being assigned by such
Rating Agency to the Notes as of the date of such change, clarification or amendment than the equity credit that would have been assigned to the Notes by such Rating Agency had the Current Methodology not been changed, clarified or amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by this Note, including the principal hereof and interest hereon, is, to the extent and in the
manner set forth in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the Company&#146;s obligations to Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company and each Holder of this Note, by acceptance hereof, agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions of the Indenture and all other provisions of the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Note and the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and control. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication hereon shall have been manually or electronically signed by an authorized signatory of the Trustee under the Indenture. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Vincent A. Mercaldi</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This is one of the Securities, of the series designated herein, referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As Trustee</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dated: October&nbsp;31, 2024</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the &#147;Securities&#148;), issued and to be
issued pursuant to the Junior Subordinated Indenture (the &#147;<U>Base</U><U>&nbsp;Indenture</U>&#148;), dated as of August&nbsp;14, 2024, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as supplemented and
amended by the Supplemental Indenture No.&nbsp;2 dated as of October&nbsp;31, 2024 by and between the Company and the Trustee (the &#147;<U>Supplemental Indenture</U>&#148;, and together with the Base Indenture and any amendments or supplements
thereto, as the same may be hereafter supplemented or amended from time to time, the &#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148;). Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders (the word &#147;<U>Holder</U>&#148; or &#147;<U>Holders</U>&#148; meaning the registered holder or registered holders) of the Notes. This Security is one of the series designated on the face
hereof (the &#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148;) which is limited in aggregate principal amount to $ . </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Capitalized terms used herein but not defined
herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes are not subject to the operation of any sinking
fund and, except as set forth in the Supplemental Indenture, are not repayable at the option of a Holder thereof prior to the Maturity Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will not pay any additional amounts to any Holder in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 Notes by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all outstanding Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture, and contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount in certain instances of the outstanding Notes, to waive on behalf of all of the Holders of Notes, 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. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of Notes shall have
any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of the Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator,
custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as provided in the Indenture, and unless also
the Holders of at least 33% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then-outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee under the Indenture and such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee such security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, claim, liability or expense (including reasonable attorney&#146;s fees and expenses), the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of such security or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to
Section&nbsp;5.12 of the Base Indenture; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any
other such Holder, or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner therein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of
Section&nbsp;3.05 of the Supplemental Indenture, each and every Holder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nothing contained in the Indenture is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company and the Holders of the Notes, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Holders the principal of and interest on such Notes when, where and as the same shall become due and payable, all in accordance with the terms of the Notes, or is intended to or shall
affect the relative rights of such Holders and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all
remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under Article&nbsp;VII of the Supplemental Indenture of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company in respect of cash, property,
or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the offices maintained by the Company or its agent for such purpose, duly endorsed by the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, but without payment of any charge other than a sum sufficient to reimburse the Company for any tax or other governmental charge incident thereto. Upon any such registration of transfer, a new Note or Notes of authorized denomination or
denominations for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company agrees, and by acceptance of this Note or a beneficial interest in this Note, each Holder hereof and any Person acquiring a
beneficial interest herein agrees, to treat this Note as indebtedness for United States federal, state and local tax purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to
due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the person in whose name this Note shall be registered upon the Security Register of this series as
the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and, subject to the
provisions on the face hereof, interest due hereon and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect
hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor person, either directly or through the Company, 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 a part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of said State. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">agent to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Decreased or Increased</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>and
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CenterPoint Energy, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1111 Louisiana Street </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the issuance by CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), of $500,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Company&#146;s 6.700% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series C, due 2055 (the &#147;Notes&#148;), pursuant to (a)&nbsp;the
Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (Registration Nos. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-272025,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-272025-01</FONT></FONT> and <FONT
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the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), on May&nbsp;17, 2023, and (b)&nbsp;the related prospectus of the Company dated May&nbsp;17, 2023, as supplemented
by the prospectus supplement of the Company relating to the sale of the Notes dated October&nbsp;29, 2024 (as so supplemented, the &#147;Prospectus&#148;), as filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, certain
legal matters with respect to the Notes are being passed upon for you by us. At your request, this opinion letter is being furnished to you for filing as Exhibit 5.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> to be filed with the Commission on the date hereof (the &#147;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K&#148;).</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes are to be issued pursuant to the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;14, 2024 (the &#147;Base Indenture&#148;),
between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No.&nbsp;2 thereto, to be dated as of October&nbsp;31, 2024 (the
&#147;Supplemental Indenture&#148; and, together with the Base Indenture, the &#147;Indenture&#148;), between the Company and the Trustee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In our capacity as your counsel in the connection referred to above, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified,
of (i)&nbsp;the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company and the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, each as amended to date; (ii)&nbsp;the Underwriting Agreement, dated
October&nbsp;29, 2024 (the &#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;), by and among the Company and the Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the &#147;Underwriters&#148;), relating to the issuance and sale of the Notes; (iii)&nbsp;the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus; (iv)&nbsp;the Base Indenture and the form of Supplemental Indenture No.&nbsp;2 as filed as an exhibit to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K;</FONT> and (v)&nbsp;corporate records of the Company, including
certain resolutions of the board of directors of the Company, as furnished to us by you, certificates of governmental and public officials and of representatives of the Company, statutes and other instruments and documents as we have deemed
necessary or advisable for purposes of the opinions hereinafter expressed. In giving the opinions set forth below, we have relied, to the extent we deemed appropriate without independent investigation or verification, upon certificates, statements
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of the Company and of governmental and public officials with respect to the accuracy of the factual matters contained in or covered by such certificates, statements or representations. In giving
the opinions set forth below, we have assumed that all signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies
are true, correct and complete copies of the originals thereof and all information submitted to us was accurate and complete. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the
basis of the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Notes will, when duly executed, issued and delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and duly purchased and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as that enforcement is subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or other laws
relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights generally, general principles of equity (regardless of whether that enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinions set forth above in this opinion letter are limited in all respects to matters of the laws of the State of Texas, applicable
federal law of the United States and the contract law of the State of New York as in effect on the date hereof. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K.</FONT> We also
consent to the references to our Firm under the heading &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act or
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the issuance by CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), of $500,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of the Company&#146;s 6.700% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series C, due 2055 (the &#147;Notes&#148;), pursuant to (a)&nbsp;the
Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (Registration Nos. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-272025,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-272025-01</FONT></FONT> and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-272025-02)</FONT></FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), which was filed by the Company, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC and CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), on May&nbsp;17, 2023, and (b)&nbsp;the related prospectus of the Company dated May&nbsp;17, 2023, as supplemented
by the prospectus supplement of the Company relating to the sale of the Notes dated October&nbsp;29, 2024 (as so supplemented, the &#147;Prospectus&#148;), as filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, certain
legal matters with respect to the Notes are being passed upon for you by us. At your request, this opinion letter is being furnished to you for filing as Exhibit 8.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> to be filed with the Commission on the date hereof (the &#147;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K&#148;).</FONT> We prepared the discussion (the &#147;Discussion&#148;) set forth under the caption
&#147;Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences&#148; in the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes are to be issued pursuant to the Junior
Subordinated Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;14, 2024 (the &#147;Base Indenture&#148;), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as supplemented by the
Supplemental Indenture No.&nbsp;2 thereto, to be dated as of October&nbsp;31, 2024 (the &#147;Supplemental Indenture&#148; and, together with the Base Indenture, the &#147;Indenture&#148;), between the Company and the Trustee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is based on various facts and assumptions and is conditioned upon certain representations made to us by the Company as to factual
matters through a certificate of an officer of the Company (the &#147;Officer&#146;s Certificate&#148;). In addition, this opinion is based upon the factual representations of the Company concerning its business, properties and governing documents
as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Indenture and the Company&#146;s responses to our examinations and inquiries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In our capacity as special tax counsel to the Company, we have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an
examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records and other instruments, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. In our examination, we have
assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures thereon, the legal capacity of natural persons executing such documents and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents
submitted to us as copies. For purposes of our opinion, we have not made an independent investigation or audit of the facts set forth in the above-referenced documents or representations. In addition, in rendering this opinion we have assumed the
truth and accuracy of all representations and statements made to us which are qualified as to knowledge or belief, without regard to such qualification. </P>
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constitute the opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. with respect to the matters set forth therein as of the date hereof, subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth therein. This opinion is based on various statutory provisions,
regulations promulgated thereunder and interpretations thereof by the Internal Revenue Service and the courts having jurisdiction over such matters, all of which are subject to change either prospectively or retroactively. Also, any variation or
difference in the facts from those set forth in the representations described above, including in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Indenture and the Officer&#146;s Certificate, may affect the conclusions stated herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No opinion is expressed as to any matter not discussed in the Discussion. We are opining herein only as to the federal income tax matters
described above, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability to, or the effect on, any transaction of other federal laws, foreign laws, the laws of any state or any other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws
of any other local agencies within any state. This opinion speaks as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any obligation to update it. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is furnished to you and is for your use in connection with the transactions set forth in the Prospectus. This opinion may not be
relied upon by you for any other purpose or furnished to, assigned to, quoted to or relied upon by any other person, firm or other entity, for any purpose, without our prior written consent, except that this opinion may be relied upon by persons
entitled to rely on it pursuant to applicable provisions of federal securities law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion of
counsel as Exhibit 8.1 to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K.</FONT> We also consent to the reference to our Firm and this opinion in the Discussion and under the heading &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the Prospectus. In giving this
consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinion expressed herein is given as of the date hereof and we undertake no obligations to supplement this opinion if any applicable law
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    <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/numeric-2009-12-16.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/numeric" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/nonNumeric-2009-12-16.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/non-numeric" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/naics/2023/naics-2023.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/naics/2023" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" />
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        <link:definition>100000 - Document - Document and Entity Information</link:definition>
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        <link:usedOn>link:presentationLink</link:usedOn>
        <link:usedOn>link:definitionLink</link:usedOn>
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</xsd:schema>
</XBRL>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-101.LAB
<SEQUENCE>7
<FILENAME>cnp-20241029_lab.xml
<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION LABEL LINKBASE
<TEXT>
<XBRL>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii" standalone="yes"?>
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<!-- Creation date: 10/31/2024 1:40:13 PM Eastern Time -->
<!-- Copyright (c) 2024 Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -->
<link:linkbase
  xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase"
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
  <link:labelLink xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/link" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_CoverAbstract" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_CoverAbstract" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_CoverAbstract" xlink:to="dei_CoverAbstract_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CoverAbstract_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Cover [Abstract]</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CoverAbstract_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Cover [Abstract]</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityRegistrantName" xlink:to="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Registrant Name</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Registrant Name</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_AmendmentFlag" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_AmendmentFlag" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_AmendmentFlag" xlink:to="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Amendment Flag</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Amendment Flag</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityCentralIndexKey" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey" xlink:to="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Central Index Key</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Central Index Key</link:label>
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    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_DocumentType" xlink:to="dei_DocumentType_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Document Type</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Document Type</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" xlink:to="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Document Period End Date</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Document Period End Date</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Incorporation State Country Code</link:label>
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    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityFileNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityFileNumber" xlink:to="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity File Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity File Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" xlink:to="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Tax Identification Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Tax Identification Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, Address Line One</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, Address Line One</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, City or Town</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, City or Town</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, State or Province</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, State or Province</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" />
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_CityAreaCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_CityAreaCode" xlink:to="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">City Area Code</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">City Area Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_LocalPhoneNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_LocalPhoneNumber" xlink:to="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Local Phone Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Local Phone Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_WrittenCommunications" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_WrittenCommunications" xlink:to="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Written Communications</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Written Communications</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_SolicitingMaterial" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_SolicitingMaterial" />
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SolicitingMaterial_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Soliciting Material</link:label>
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Pre Commencement Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Pre Commencement Tender Offer</link:label>
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_Security12bTitle" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_Security12bTitle" />
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_Security12bTitle_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Security 12b Title</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_Security12bTitle_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Security 12b Title</link:label>
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_TradingSymbol_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Trading Symbol</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_TradingSymbol_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Trading Symbol</link:label>
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    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_SecurityExchangeName" xlink:to="dei_SecurityExchangeName_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SecurityExchangeName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Security Exchange Name</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SecurityExchangeName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Security Exchange Name</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" />
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Emerging Growth Company</link:label>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-101.PRE
<SEQUENCE>8
<FILENAME>cnp-20241029_pre.xml
<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION PRESENTATION LINKBASE
<TEXT>
<XBRL>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii" standalone="yes"?>
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<!-- CTU Version: Release master Build:20241008.3 -->
<!-- Creation date: 10/31/2024 1:40:13 PM Eastern Time -->
<!-- Copyright (c) 2024 Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -->
<link:linkbase
    xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase"
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
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<th class="tl" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div style="width: 200px;"><strong>Document and Entity Information<br></strong></div></th>
<th class="th"><div>Oct. 29, 2024</div></th>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 13e<br> -Subsection 4c<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 14d<br> -Subsection 2b<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Title of a 12(b) registered security.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the Exchange on which a security is registered.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Section 14a<br> -Number 240<br> -Subsection 12<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Securities Act<br> -Number 230<br> -Section 425<br></p></div>
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