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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2007 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="20%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>FORM S-3 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="20%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>HOLOGIC, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>04-2902449</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification Number)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="20%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>35 Crosby Drive </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(781) 999-7300 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address, including
zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="20%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P
STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>John W. Cumming </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Chief Executive
Officer </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Hologic, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>35 Crosby Drive </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(781) 999-7300 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="20%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Copies to </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Philip J. Flink, Esquire </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>One Financial Center </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Boston, MA 02111 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(617) 856-8200 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="20%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: </B>From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box.&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any of the
securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check
the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If this Form is a post-effective amendment
filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional
securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title of each class of securities to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Amount to be registered/<BR>Proposed
maximum<BR>offering</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>price per unit/Proposed<BR>maximum offering price</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share and related preferred share purchase rights(1)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Debt Securities(3)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Rights</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Warrants</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Purchase Contracts</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Units</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to a Rights Agreement entered into on September&nbsp;17, 2002, as amended on May&nbsp;21, 2007, one right is deemed to be delivered with each share of common stock issued
by the registrant. Such presently indeterminable number of rights are also registered by this registration statement as may be issued in the event of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split or other
similar change in common stock. The rights are not separately transferable apart from the common stock, nor are they exercisable until the occurrence of certain events. Accordingly, no independent value will be attributed to the rights.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An unspecified aggregate initial offering price or number of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be offered at unspecified prices.
Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the registrant is deferring payment of the entire registration
fee. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Debt securities registered hereby may include senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities, subordinated debt securities or other debt securities.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>HOLOGIC, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center">

<IMG SRC="g65645g09p33.jpg" ALT="LOGO"> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Common Stock </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Preferred Stock </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Debt Securities </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Rights </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Warrants </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Purchase Contracts </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Units </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Hologic, Inc., from time to time,
may offer to sell common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, rights, warrants, purchase contracts, units or any combination of the foregoing. The debt securities, preferred stock, warrants and units may be convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for our common stock, our preferred stock or our other securities. We will not use this prospectus to sell our securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement or a term sheet. The prospectus supplement or term sheet also
may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement or term sheet carefully before you invest in any of our securities. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol &#147;HOLX.&#148; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We do not expect our convertible debt securities to be listed on any securities exchange or over-the-counter market. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may sell the securities described in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or term sheet to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and
agents, or directly to purchasers, or through a combination of these methods, on a continuous or delayed basis. The names of any underwriters will be included in the applicable prospectus supplement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="21%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Investing in our securities
involves risks. See the &#147;Risk Factors&#148; section contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and in the documents we incorporate by reference in this prospectus to read about factors you should consider before investing in our
securities. </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="21%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Prospectus dated December 3, 2007 </FONT></P>

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<A HREF="#rom65645_1">ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS </A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ii</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_2">WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION </A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">iii</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_3">INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">iii</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_4">DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">v</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_5">HOLOGIC, INC.</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_6">USE OF PROCEEDS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_7">RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_8">DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_9">DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_10">DESCRIPTION OF RIGHTS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">32</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_11">DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">32</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_12">DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS</A></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">34</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_13">DESCRIPTION OF UNITS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">34</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_14">SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTES</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">35</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_15">PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">38</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_16">LEGAL MATTERS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">40</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_17">EXPERTS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">40</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#rom65645_18">EXHIBIT A </A></FONT></P></TD>
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<A NAME="rom65645_1"></A>ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, using a &#147;shelf&#148; registration process. Under this shelf process, we may from time to time sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities that we and any selling securityholders may offer. Each time we
or any selling securityholders sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement or term sheet that contains specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement or term sheet may also add information to this
prospectus or update or change information in this prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement or term sheet. You
should read carefully this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or term sheet together with the additional information described under the headings &#147;Where You Can Find More Information&#148; and &#147;Incorporation of Certain Documents by
Reference.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Because we are a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), we may add to and offer additional securities including secondary securities by filing a prospectus supplement or term sheet with the SEC at the time of the offer. The prospectus supplement or term sheet to be attached
to the front of this prospectus will describe the terms of the securities offered, any initial public offering price, the price paid to us for the securities, the net proceeds to us, the manner of distribution and any underwriting compensation and
the other specific material terms related to the offering of these securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">You should rely only on the information we provide in this
prospectus and any prospectus supplement or incorporate by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement that we issue. We have not authorized any person to make any statement or provide any disclosure or other information that differs
from what is included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. If any person does make a statement or provide any disclosure or other information that differs from what is included or incorporated by reference in
this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, you should not rely on it. You should assume that the information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate only as of the date on the cover page of the prospectus or any prospectus
supplement, as applicable, and that any information we have incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, unless we indicate otherwise. Our business, financial condition,
results of operations and prospects may have changed materially since that date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="rom65645_2"></A>WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, registration and proxy
statements and other information with the SEC. You may inspect without charge any documents filed by us at the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Room at 100&nbsp;F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain copies of all or any part of these
materials from the SEC upon the payment of certain fees prescribed by the SEC. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the Public Reference Room. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and
information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Our filings with the SEC are available to the public through the SEC&#146;s website at<I> http://www.sec.gov</I>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the securities covered by this prospectus. This prospectus and any prospectus
supplement that we issue are part of the registration statement and do not contain all the information in the registration statement. You will find additional information about us in the registration statement. Any statement made in this prospectus
and any accompanying prospectus supplement concerning a contract or other document of ours is not necessarily complete and you should read the documents that are filed as exhibits to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC for a
more complete understanding of the document or matter. Each such statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers. You may inspect without charge a copy of the registration statement at the SEC&#146;s Public
Reference Room in Washington D.C., as well as through the SEC&#146;s website. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>
<A NAME="rom65645_3"></A>INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The SEC allows us to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148;
documents we file with the SEC into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered part of this prospectus. Any statement in
this prospectus or incorporated by reference into this prospectus shall be automatically modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in a subsequently filed document that is incorporated
by reference in this prospectus modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the documents listed: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;29, 2007, as filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;27, 2007; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;9, 2007,&nbsp;October&nbsp;10, 2007, October&nbsp;11, 2007 and October&nbsp;22, 2007;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">our Current Reports on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;23, 2007 and November 30, 2007; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;31, 1990; and
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the description of our preferred share rights that is contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;4, 2002, and as
amended on Form 8-A/A, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;21, 2007. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Current Reports on Form 8-K containing only Regulation
FD or Regulation G disclosure furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K and any related exhibits furnished under Item&nbsp;9.01 of Form 8-K are not incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All documents and reports filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K containing only Regulation FD or Regulation G disclosure furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K and </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">any related exhibits furnished under Item&nbsp;9.01 of Form 8-K, unless otherwise indicated therein) after the date of this prospectus and prior to the
termination of the offering made hereby shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein or in any prospectus supplement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We will provide, without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of
such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference other than exhibits, unless such exhibits specifically are incorporated by reference into such documents or this document. Requests for
such documents should be addressed in writing or by telephone to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Hologic, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">35 Crosby Drive </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Investor Relations </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(781) 999-7300
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any document to which we have referred
you. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with information that is different. This prospectus and any prospectus supplement may be used only where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this prospectus or any
prospectus supplement is current only as of the date on the front of these documents. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="rom65645_4"></A>DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and
the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act and Section&nbsp;21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements, and may contain the words &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148;
&#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;might,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;can,&#148; &#147;likely,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;continue&#148; and similar expressions of a future or forward-looking nature.
Forward-looking statements may include discussions concerning revenue, expenses, earnings, cash flow, successful integration of acquisitions, dividends, capital structure, credit facilities, market and industry conditions, premium and commission
rates, interest rates, contingencies, the direction or outcome of regulatory investigations and litigation, income taxes and our operations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">We cannot give any guarantee that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those
discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including any risk factors contained in any prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein. Factors that could cause our actual
results to differ from those reflected in forward-looking statements relating to our operations and business include: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the impact and anticipated benefits of recently completed acquisitions and acquisitions we may complete in the future; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">our goal of expanding our market positions; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the development of new competitive technologies and products; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">regulatory approval and clearances for our products; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">production schedules for our products; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the anticipated development of our markets and the success of our products in these markets; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the anticipated performance and benefits of our products; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">business strategies; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">dependence on significant or sole source suppliers; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">our ability to maintain effective internal controls; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the impact and costs and expenses of any litigation we may be subject to now or in the future; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">compliance with covenants contained in our credit facility and long term leases; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">anticipated trends relating to our financial condition or results of operations; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">our capital resources and the adequacy thereof; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">other risks and uncertainties, including those set forth or incorporated in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, and those detailed from time to time in
our filings with the SEC. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">You should read this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents
that we incorporate by reference herein and therein completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We may not update these forward-looking statements, even though our situation
may change in the future. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date on which they are made. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. </FONT></P> <P
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<A NAME="rom65645_5"></A>HOLOGIC, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We are a diversified medical technologies company specializing in diagnostic imaging products
and interventional devices dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women. Historically, we have developed, manufactured and marketed products focused on mammography, breast care and osteoporosis assessment. In October 2007, we completed our
business combination with Cytyc Corporation (also referred to in this document as &#147;Cytyc&#148;), a company that develops, manufactures and markets complementary products covering a range of cancers and women&#146;s health indications, including
cervical cancer screening, prenatal diagnostics and partial breast radiation therapy. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have historically focused our resources on
developing systems and subsystems offering superior image quality and diagnostic accuracy, which has enabled us to capture significant market share and customer loyalty, despite the presence of large competitors. As a result of our combination with
Cytyc we intend to expand our focus to further utilize Cytyc&#146;s strengths in the fields of obstetrics, gynecology, radiation oncology and minimally invasive surgery. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our mammography and breast care products include a broad portfolio of breast imaging and related products, including digital and film-based mammography systems, computer-aided detection (CAD), breast biopsy guidance
systems, minimally invasive breast biopsy and tissue extraction devices and our recently acquired MammoPad breast cushion. Our osteoporosis assessment products primarily consist of dual-energy X-ray bone densitometry systems and an ultrasound-based
osteoporosis assessment product. Our other business unit includes our Fluoroscan mini C-arm imaging products, our Esaote line of extremity MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) systems that are manufactured by an original equipment manufacturer, and our
photoconductor coating business, an ancillary business that we acquired as part of our acquisition of AEG Elektrofotografie GmbH. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Cytyc&#146;s product offerings have historically been divided between diagnostic and surgical products. Cytyc&#146;s core diagnostic products are the ThinPrep System, which is primarily used in cytology testing applications, such as
cervical cancer screening, and the Full Term Fetal Fibronectin Test, which offers clinical and cost benefits for the assessment of the risk of pre-term birth. Cytyc&#146;s core surgical products include the NovaSure System, which enables physicians
to treat women suffering from excessive menstrual bleeding in a minimally invasive manner in order to eliminate or reduce their bleeding, the MammoSite Radiation Therapy System, which is a single-use device for the treatment of early-stage breast
cancer, the GliaSite Radiation Therapy System, which provides a full course of post-surgical radiation therapy using Iotrex, a proprietary, liquid radiation source for which Cytyc has an exclusive license, and the Adiana Complete Transcervical
Sterilization System, which is a form of permanent female contraception intended as an alternative to tubal ligation and for which Cytyc is in the process of seeking a pre-market approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We were founded on and remain committed to the principle of applying superior technology to health care challenges facing women. We achieved our first
market and technology position shortly after the first commercial shipment of our initial product targeting bone densitometry in 1987. Our proprietary technology remains a leading bone densitometry assessment tool, offering superior, cost-effective
accuracy and reliability. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We were incorporated in Massachusetts in October 1985 and reincorporated in Delaware in March 1990. Our
principal executive offices are located at 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 and our telephone number is (781)&nbsp;999-7300. Our Internet address is www.hologic.com. Information on our website does not constitute part of this
prospectus. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="rom65645_6"></A>USE OF PROCEEDS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We intend to use the net proceeds from the sales of the securities as set forth in the
applicable prospectus supplement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>
<A NAME="rom65645_7"></A>RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following table shows the ratio of earnings to fixed charges on a
historical basis for each of the periods indicated. We had no preferred stock outstanding for the periods presented in the table. Accordingly, the ratio of earnings combined fixed charges and preference dividends is the same as the ratio of earnings
to fixed charges. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is unaudited for all periods presented. For the purpose of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of net income plus the provision for income taxes and fixed
charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense, amortization of debt issuance costs and an estimate of the interest portion of rental expense. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Supplemental<BR>Pro Forma<BR>Twelve<BR>Months<BR>Ended<BR>September&nbsp;29,<BR>2007</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="9" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Fiscal Year Ended</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>September&nbsp;29,</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2007</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>September&nbsp;30,</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2006</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>September&nbsp;24,</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2005</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>September&nbsp;25,</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2004</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>September&nbsp;27,</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2003</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ratio of earnings to fixed charges</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.5x</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">25.5x</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13.6x</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11.3x</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.8x</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.9x</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The supplemental pro forma information is adjusted to give pro forma effect to our business combination with Cytyc, which was completed on October&nbsp;22, 2007, as reflected in the
pro forma financial information included in our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2007. The pro forma earnings used in this supplemental pro forma calculation exclude certain amounts
resulting from the merger because Hologic considers them to be of a non-recurring nature and are anticipated to be included in the income of Hologic within 12 months of the merger. These amounts include the estimated charge of approximately
$368,200,000 of acquired in-process research and development, the cost of revenue impact of the write-up of inventory to fair value of $42,000,000, approximately $1,800,000 related to the charge in control payment for a certain executive officer of
Hologic and the reduction of deferred revenue of $900,000 for amounts that would not represent a legal obligation at the close of the merger. The pro forma earnings also exclude estimated charges related to change of control payments of
approximately $18,550,000 and stock based compensation expenses for the acceleration of vesting of outstanding stock options for certain member of Cytyc&#146;s executive management, as such charges were recorded by Cytyc in the period that the
merger was completed and a charge of $89,500,000 for acquired in-process research and development related to Cytyc&#146;s acquisition of Adeza Biomedical Corporation and Adiana, Inc. in March 2007. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<A NAME="rom65645_8"></A>DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following description of our capital stock, together with the additional
information included in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of these types of securities but is not complete. You should read our certificate of incorporation, as amended, our amended and restated
bylaws, our rights plan (as described below) and the certificate of designations relating to any particular series of preferred stock before you purchase any of our capital stock or securities convertible into shares of our capital stock because
those documents and not this description set forth the terms of our capital stock. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We will describe in a prospectus supplement the
specific terms of any capital stock we may offer pursuant to this prospectus. If indicated in a prospectus supplement, the terms of such capital stock may differ from the terms described below. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Authorized Capital Stock </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As of date of this
prospectus, we have 301,622,685 shares of capital stock authorized under our certificate of incorporation, consisting of 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 1,622,685 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per
share. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The authorized shares of common stock and preferred stock are available for issuance without further action by our stockholders,
unless such action is required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities may be listed or traded. If the approval of our stockholders is not so required, our board of directors may
determine not to seek stockholder approval. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Common Stock </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As of November&nbsp;28, 2007, we had 125,949,225 shares of common stock outstanding. Our common stockholders are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by stockholders. They are entitled to
receive dividends, if any, as declared by our board of directors from legally available funds. The terms of any outstanding shares of preferred stock may provide that dividends may not be paid on common stock unless all accrued dividends on
preferred stock, if any, have been paid or declared and set aside. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets available for distribution to the
stockholders, subject to prior distribution rights of our preferred stock, if any, then outstanding. Our common stock has no preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no conversion rights or redemption or sinking fund provisions with
respect to such shares. Our common stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. All of the outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and nonassessable. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Preferred Stock </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As of November&nbsp;28, 2007, we had
no shares of preferred stock outstanding. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our rights plan provides for the issuance of shares of junior participating preferred stock
under the circumstances specified in the rights plan. See &#147;Certain Anti-Takeover Provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, Rights Plan and Delaware General Corporation Law&#151;Rights Plan&#148; below for a more detailed
description of the rights plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our board of directors, without further stockholder approval (except as may be required by applicable law
or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities may be listed or traded) has the authority to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and
restrictions thereof, including: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the number of shares constituting any series or the designation of such series. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If our board of directors elects to exercise this authority, the rights and privileges of holders of shares of our common stock could be made subject to the rights and privileges of such series of preferred stock.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Although our board of directors has no intention at the present time of doing so, it could issue a series of preferred stock that could,
depending on the terms of such series, impede the completion of a merger, tender offer or other takeover attempt. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Certain Anti-Takeover Provisions in
Our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, Rights Plan and Delaware General Corporation Law </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following is a summary of certain
provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, rights plan and Delaware law. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, rights plan and the
corporate law of Delaware. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our certificate of incorporation, as amended, includes several other provisions in addition to our preferred stock which may have the effect of preventing changes in our management. These provisions may make an
unfriendly tender offer, proxy contest, merger or other change in control of us more difficult. These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our board of directors and in the policies
formulated by our board of directors and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve a change in control. These provisions are also designed to reduce our vulnerability to unsolicited acquisition proposals and to discourage certain
tactics that may be used in proxy fights. These provisions, however, could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for the shares of our common stock and, as a consequence, they also may inhibit fluctuations in the market
price of the shares of our common stock which could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our certificate of incorporation, as
amended, contains a so-called &#147;anti-greenmail&#148; provision. This provision is intended to discourage speculators who accumulate beneficial ownership of a significant block of stock of a company and then, under the threat of making a tender
offer or instigating a proxy contest or some other corporate disruption, succeed in extracting from the company a premium price to repurchase the shares acquired by the speculator. This tactic is known as greenmail. The anti-greenmail provision
prohibits us from purchasing any shares of our common stock from a related person, who has beneficially owned such common stock or right to purchase such common stock for less than two years prior to the date of such purchase, at a per share price
in excess of the fair market value at the time of the purchase unless the purchase is approved by the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of our common stock, excluding any votes cast by the related person. The term &#147;related
person&#148; means any person (other than the company or a subsidiary of the company or a founder of our company) who acquires more than five percent of our voting stock. Stockholder approval is not required for such purchases when the offer is made
available on the same terms to all holders of shares of our common stock or when the purchases are effected on the open market. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our
certificate of incorporation, as amended, also contains a provision that requires the affirmative vote of the holders of 80% of our outstanding common stock to approve amendments to our certificate of incorporation or to approve extraordinary
transactions that are required to be approved by stockholders under the Delaware General Corporation Law, including mergers, sales of substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets and dissolution, if the actions are not approved by a majority of
our continuing directors. Our certificate of incorporation, as </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">amended, provides that the affirmative vote of the holders of only a majority of our outstanding common stock is required to approve such matters if they
have been approved by our continuing directors. The term &#147;continuing director&#148; is defined to mean (i)&nbsp;any member of our board of directors who is unaffiliated with a related person and was a member of our board of directors prior to
the time any such person became a related person and (ii)&nbsp;any successor to such a continuing director who is not affiliated with any related person and is recommended to succeed a continuing director by a majority of the continuing directors
then on the board of directors. A majority of the continuing directors can designate a new director to be a continuing director, even though such person is affiliated with a related person. The effect of this provision of our certificate of
incorporation would be to make it unlikely that any transaction requiring a stockholder vote would receive the requisite approval unless supported by our management. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Another provision included in our certificate of incorporation, as amended, requires our board of directors to consider social, economic and other factors in evaluating whether certain types of corporate transactions
proposed by another party are in the best interests of our company and our stockholders. These transactions include (i)&nbsp;the purchase or exchange of securities or property for any of our outstanding equity securities, (ii)&nbsp;the merger or
consolidation of our company with another corporation and (iii)&nbsp;the purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of our properties and assets. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The authority of the our board of directors to issue authorized but unissued shares of our common stock might be considered as having the effect of discouraging an attempt by another person or entity to effect a
takeover or otherwise gain control of us, since the issuance of additional shares of our common stock would dilute the voting power of our common stock then outstanding. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our bylaws provide that stockholders seeking to nominate candidates for election as directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders must meet specified procedural requirements. These provisions may preclude
stockholders from making nominations for directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders. Our bylaws do not permit our stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Rights Plan </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our board of directors has adopted a rights plan. As a result, we issued one preferred
share purchase right for each outstanding share of common stock. One preferred share purchase right will be issued for each additional share of common stock that we issue. The rights become exercisable if, without the prior approval of our board of
directors, a person or group acquires 15% or more of our outstanding common stock or commences or announces a tender or exchange offer which would result in such ownership. Each right that becomes exercisable entitles the registered holder to
purchase one one-thousandth of a share of our junior participating preferred stock at a purchase price of $60.00 per one-thousandth of a share, subject to adjustment. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If, after the rights become exercisable, we were to be acquired through a merger or other business combination transaction or 50% or more of our assets or earning power were sold, each right would permit the holder to
purchase, for the purchase price, common stock of the surviving company having a market value of twice the purchase price. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The rights
expire on January&nbsp;1, 2013, unless earlier redeemed or exchanged by us. The purchase price payable and the shares of preferred stock issuable upon exercise of the rights are subject to adjustment as described in the rights plan. In addition, our
board of directors retains the authority to redeem, at $0.001 per right, the rights at any time prior to the acquisition by a person or group of 15% or more of our outstanding common stock. </FONT></P> <P
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STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We are organized under Delaware law. Some provisions of Delaware law may delay or prevent a transaction which would cause a change in our control.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Delaware law prohibits a publicly held corporation from engaging in a &#147;business combination&#148; with an &#147;interested
stockholder&#148; for three years after the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, unless the corporation&#146;s board of directors and stockholders approve the business combination in a prescribed manner. An &#147;interested
stockholder&#148; is a person who directly or indirectly owns 15% or more of the corporation&#146;s outstanding voting stock. A &#147;business combination&#148; includes a merger, asset sale or other transaction which results in a financial benefit
to the interested stockholder. Delaware law does not prohibit these business combinations if: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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outstanding stock; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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interested stockholder does not own, authorize the business combination. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Directors
and Officers </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that our directors will not be personally liable to us or our
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of a fiduciary duty as a director, except for: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our certificate of incorporation, as amended and our amended and restated bylaws require us to indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors. The indemnification agreements are intended
to provide the maximum protection permitted by Delaware law with respect to the indemnification of directors. We may also enter into similar agreements with certain of our officers who are not also directors. We maintain directors&#146; and
officers&#146; liability insurance. These provisions and agreements may have the practical effect in some cases of eliminating our stockholders&#146; ability to collect monetary damages from our directors and executive officers. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Transfer Agent and Registrar </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The transfer agent and
registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer&nbsp;&amp; Trust Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Listing </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol &#147;HOLX&#148;. </FONT></P> <P
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<A NAME="rom65645_9"></A>DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may issue debt securities in one or more distinct series. This section
summarizes the general terms that may apply to one or more of the distinct series of debt securities. Most of the financial terms and other specific material terms of any series of debt securities that we offer will be described in a prospectus
supplement or term sheet to be attached to the front of this prospectus. Since the terms of specific debt securities may differ from the general information we have provided below, you should rely on information in the prospectus supplement or term
sheet that contradicts different information below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As required by federal law for all bonds and debt securities of companies that are
publicly offered, the debt securities are governed by a document called an &#147;indenture.&#148; An indenture is a contract between us and a financial institution acting as trustee on your behalf. Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus
supplement, the trustee will be the Wilmington Trust Company. The trustee has two main roles. First, the trustee can enforce your rights against us if we default. There are some limitations on the extent to which the trustee acts on your behalf,
described in the second paragraph under &#147;Events of Default.&#148; Second, the trustee performs certain administrative duties for us. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">We will refer to the indenture that governs the debt securities as the &#147;indenture.&#148; The indenture is subject to and governed by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the &#147;TIA&#148;). </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following summary does not purport to be complete, and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the
debt securities and the indenture. We urge you to read the indenture and the form of the debt securities, which you may obtain from us upon request. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>General </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The debt securities will be our unsecured obligations. The indenture provides that any debt securities proposed to
be sold under this prospectus and prospectus supplement or term sheet, which may be in the form of Exhibit&nbsp;A hereto (&#147;offered debt securities&#148;), and any debt securities issuable upon the exercise of warrants or upon conversion or
exchange of other offered securities (&#147;underlying debt securities&#148;), as well as other unsecured debt securities, may be issued under that indenture in one or more series. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">You should read the prospectus supplement or term sheet for the material terms of the offered debt securities and any underlying debt securities,
including the following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The title of the debt securities and whether the debt securities will be senior securities or subordinated securities. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The total principal amount of the debt securities and any limit on the total principal amount of debt securities of the series. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If not the principal amount of the debt securities, the portion of the principal amount payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities or how this
portion will be determined. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The date or dates, or how the date or dates will be determined or extended, when the principal of the debt securities will be payable. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The interest rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, that the debt securities will bear, if any, or how the rate or rates will be determined, the date or
dates from which any interest will accrue or how the date or dates will be determined, the interest payment dates, any record dates for these payments and the basis upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any optional redemption provisions. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any sinking fund or other provisions that would obligate us to repurchase or otherwise redeem the debt securities. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The form in which we will issue the debt securities; whether we will have the option of issuing debt securities in &#147;certificated&#148; form; whether we will
have the option of issuing certificated debt securities in bearer form if we issue the securities outside the United States to non-U.S. persons; any restrictions on the offer, sale or delivery of bearer securities and the terms, if any, upon which
bearer securities of the series may be exchanged for registered securities of the series and<I> vice versa</I> (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations). </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies in which the debt securities are denominated and/or payable. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whether the amount of payments of principal, premium or interest, if any, on the debt securities will be determined with reference to an index, formula or other
method (which could be based on one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices) and how these amounts will be determined. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The place or places, if any, other than or in addition to The City of Wilmington, Delaware, of payment, transfer, conversion and/or exchange of the debt securities.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If other than denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple in the case of registered securities issued in certificated form and $5,000 in the case of bearer
securities, the denominations in which the offered debt securities will be issued. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The applicability of the provisions of Article&nbsp;Fourteen of the indenture described under &#147;defeasance&#148; and any provisions in modification of, in
addition to or in lieu of any of these provisions. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whether and under what circumstances we will pay additional amounts, as contemplated by Section&nbsp;10.8 of the indenture, in respect of any tax, assessment or
governmental charge and, if so, whether we will have the option to redeem the debt securities rather than pay the additional amounts (and the terms of this option). </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whether the securities are subordinated and the terms of such subordination. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any provisions granting special rights to the holders of the debt securities upon the occurrence of specified events. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any securities exchange(s) on which the securities will be listed, if any. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whether any underwriter(s) will act as market maker(s) for the securities. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The extent to which a secondary market for the securities is expected to develop. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any changes or additions to the Events of Default or covenants contained in the indenture. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whether the debt securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities and the applicable terms and conditions. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Additional terms not inconsistent with the provision of the indenture. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any other material terms of the debt securities. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For purposes of this prospectus, any reference to the payment of principal or premium or interest, if any, on the debt securities will include additional amounts if required by the terms of the debt securities.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The indenture does not limit the amount of debt securities that may be issued thereunder from time to time. Debt securities issued under
an indenture, when a single trustee is acting for all debt securities issued under the indenture, are called the &#147;indenture securities.&#148; The indenture also provides that there may be more than one trustee thereunder, each with respect to
one or more different series of indenture securities. See &#147;Resignation of Trustee&#148; below. At a time when two or more trustees are acting under the indenture, each with respect to only certain series, the term &#147;indenture
securities&#148; means the one or more series of debt securities with respect to which each respective trustee is acting. In the event that there is more than one trustee under the indenture, the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">powers and trust obligations of each trustee described in this prospectus will extend only to the one or more series of indenture securities for which it is
trustee. If two or more trustees are acting under the indenture, then the indenture securities for which each trustee is acting would be treated as if issued under separate indentures. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The indenture does not contain any provisions that give you protection in the event we issue a large amount of debt or we are acquired by another entity.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We refer you to the prospectus supplement or term sheet for information with respect to any deletions from, modifications of or additions
to the Events of Default or our covenants that are described below, including any addition of a covenant or other provision providing event risk or similar protection. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have the ability to issue indenture securities with terms different from those of indenture securities previously issued and, without the consent of the holders thereof, to reopen a previous issue of a series of
indenture securities and issue additional indenture securities of that series unless the reopening was restricted when that series was created. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, the debt securities will be denominated in U.S. dollars and all payments on the debt securities will be made in U.S. dollars. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Payment of the purchase price of the debt securities must be made in immediately available funds. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As used in this prospectus, &#147;Business Day&#148; means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which
commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in The City of New York; provided, however, that, with respect to foreign currency Notes, the day is also not a day on which commercial banks are authorized
or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center (as defined below) of the country issuing the specified currency (or, if the specified currency is the euro, the day is also a day on which the
Trans-European Automated Real Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET)&nbsp;System is open); and provided further that, with respect to Notes as to which London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is an applicable interest rate basis, the day is
also a London Business Day. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;London Business Day&#148; means a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including
dealings in the designated LIBOR Currency) in London. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Principal Financial Center&#148; means (i)&nbsp;the capital city of the
country issuing the specified currency or (ii)&nbsp;the capital city of the country to which the designated LIBOR Currency relates, as applicable, except that the term &#147;Principal Financial Center&#148; means the following cities in the case of
the following currencies: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Currency</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Principal Financial
Center</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">U.S. dollars</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Australian dollars</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Canadian dollars</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">New Zealand dollars</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">South African rand</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Swiss francs</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The City of New York</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sydney</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Toronto</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Auckland</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Johannesburg</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Zurich</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and in the event the LIBOR Currency is the euro, the &#147;Principal Financial Center&#148; is London. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The authorized denominations of debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars will be integral multiples of $1,000. The authorized denominations of
foreign currency Notes will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If specified in a prospectus supplement or term sheet, we may redeem the debt securities at our option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time,
at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1)&nbsp;100% of the principal amount of the debt securities to be redeemed and (2)&nbsp;as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of
principal and interest on the debt securities to be redeemed (not including any portion of those payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) from the redemption date to the maturity date of the debt securities being redeemed, in each
case discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the rate specified in a prospectus supplement or term sheet, plus, in each case, accrued
and unpaid interest on the debt securities to the date of redemption. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Adjusted Treasury Rate&#148; means, with respect to any date
of redemption, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for that date of redemption. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Comparable Treasury Issue&#148; means the United States Treasury security selected by
the Quotation Agent that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the debt securities.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Comparable Treasury Price&#148; means, with respect to any date of redemption, (1)&nbsp;the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for the date of redemption, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (2)&nbsp;if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Quotation Agent&#148; means the underwriter, or another Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by us.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer&#148; will be specified in the prospectus supplement or term sheet. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations&#148; means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any date of redemption, the average, as
determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that date of redemption. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We will mail notice of any redemption at least
30&nbsp;days, but not more than 60&nbsp;days, before the date of redemption to each holder of the debt securities to be redeemed. If less than all of the debt securities are to be redeemed at any time, the trustee will select debt securities to be
redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the trustee deems reasonable. Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, on and after the date of redemption, interest will cease to accrue on the debt securities or portions thereof
called for redemption. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Regardless of anything in this prospectus to the contrary, if a debt security is an OID Note (as defined below)
(other than an Indexed Note), the amount payable in the event of redemption or repayment prior to its stated maturity will be the amortized face amount on the redemption or repayment date, as the case may be. The amortized face amount of an OID Note
will be equal to (i)&nbsp;the issue price specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet plus (ii)&nbsp;that portion of the difference between the issue price and the principal amount of the Note that has accrued at the yield to
maturity described in the prospectus supplement or term sheet (computed in accordance with generally accepted U.S. bond yield computation principles) by the redemption or repayment date. However, in no case will the amortized face amount of an OID
Note exceed its principal amount. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may at any time purchase debt securities at any price in the open market or otherwise. We may hold,
resell or surrender for cancellation any debt securities that we purchase. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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of $1,000 and any integral multiples thereof. Subject to the limitations provided in the indenture and in the prospectus supplement or term sheet, debt securities that are issued in registered form may be transferred or exchanged at the principal
corporate trust office of the trustee, without the payment of any service charge, other than any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Conversion and Exchange </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any debt securities are convertible into or exchangeable for other securities, the prospectus
supplement or term sheet will explain the terms and conditions of the conversion or exchange, including the conversion price or exchange ratio (or the calculation method), the conversion or exchange period (or how the period will be determined), if
conversion or exchange will be mandatory or at the option of the holder or us, provisions for adjusting the conversion price or the exchange ratio and provisions affecting conversion or exchange in the event of the redemption of the underlying debt
securities. These terms may also include provisions under which the number or amount of other securities to be received by the holders of the debt securities upon conversion or exchange would be calculated according to the market price of the other
securities as of a time stated in the prospectus supplement or term sheet. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Issuance of Securities in Registered Form </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may issue the debt securities in registered form, in which case we will issue them in book-entry form only. Debt securities issued in book-entry form
will be represented by global securities. We also will have the option of issuing debt securities in non-registered form as bearer securities if we issue the securities outside the United States to non-U.S. persons. In that case, the prospectus
supplement or term sheet will set forth the mechanics for holding the bearer securities, including the procedures for receiving payments, for exchanging the bearer securities for registered securities of the same series, and for receiving notices.
The prospectus supplement or term sheet will also describe the requirements with respect to our maintenance of offices or agencies outside the United States and the applicable U.S. federal tax law requirements. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Book-Entry Holders</I>. We will issue registered debt securities in book-entry form only, unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus
supplement or term sheet. This means debt securities will be represented by one or more global securities registered in the name of a depositary that will hold them on behalf of financial institutions that participate in the depositary&#146;s
book-entry system. These participating institutions, in turn, hold beneficial interests in the debt securities held by the depositary or its nominee. These institutions may hold these interests on behalf of themselves or customers. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Under the indenture, only the person in whose name a debt security is registered is recognized as the holder of that debt security. Consequently, for
debt securities issued in book-entry form, we will recognize only the depositary as the holder of the debt securities and we will make all payments on the debt securities to the depositary. The depositary will then pass along the payments it
receives to its participants, which, in turn, will pass the payments along to their customers who are the beneficial owners. The depositary and its participants do so under agreements they have made with one another or with their customers; they are
not obligated to do so under the terms of the debt securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As a result, investors will not own debt securities directly. Instead, they
will own beneficial interests in a global security, through a bank, broker or other financial institution that participates in the depositary&#146;s book-entry system or holds an interest through a participant. As long as the debt securities are
represented by one or more global securities, investors will be indirect holders, and not holders of the debt securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Street Name
Holders</I>. In the future, we may issue debt securities in certificated form or terminate a global security. In these cases, investors may choose to hold their debt securities in their own names or in &#147;street name.&#148; Debt securities held
in street name are registered in the name of a bank, broker or other financial institution </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">chosen by the investor, and the investor would hold a beneficial interest in those debt securities through the account he or she maintains at that
institution. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For debt securities held in street name, we will recognize only the intermediary banks, brokers and other financial
institutions in whose names the debt securities are registered as the holders of those debt securities and we will make all payments on those debt securities to them. These institutions will pass along the payments they receive to their customers
who are the beneficial owners, but only because they agree to do so in their customer agreements or because they are legally required to do so. Investors who hold debt securities in street name will be indirect holders, and not holders, of the debt
securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Legal Holders</I>. Our obligations, as well as the obligations of the trustee and those of any third parties employed by us
or the trustee, run only to the legal holders of the debt securities. We do not have obligations to investors who hold beneficial interests in global securities, in street name or by any other indirect means. This will be the case whether an
investor chooses to be an indirect holder of a debt security or has no choice because we are issuing the debt securities only in book-entry form. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">For example, once we make a payment or give a notice to the holder, we have no further responsibility for the payment or notice even if that holder is required, under agreements with depositary participants or customers or by law, to pass
it along to the indirect holders but does not do so. Similarly, if we want to obtain the approval of the holders for any purpose (for example, to amend an indenture or to relieve us of the consequences of a default or of our obligation to comply
with a particular provision of an indenture), we would seek the approval only from the holders, and not the indirect holders, of the debt securities. Whether and how the holders contact the indirect holders is up to the holders. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">When we refer to you, we mean those who invest in the debt securities being offered by this prospectus, the prospectus supplement or term sheet whether
they are the holders or only indirect holders of those debt securities. When we refer to your debt securities, we mean the debt securities in which you hold a direct or indirect interest. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Special Considerations for Indirect Holders</I>. If you hold debt securities through a bank, broker or other financial institution, either in
book-entry form or in street name, we urge you to check with that institution to find out: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">how it handles securities payments and notices, </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">whether it imposes fees or charges, </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">how it would handle a request for the holders&#146; consent, if ever required, </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">whether and how you can instruct it to send you debt securities registered in your own name so you can be a holder, if that is permitted in the future for a
particular series of debt securities, </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">how it would exercise rights under the debt securities if there were a default or other event triggering the need for holders to act to protect their interests, and
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if the debt securities are in book-entry form, how the depositary&#146;s rules and procedures will affect these matters. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Interest and Interest Rates </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>General
</I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each debt security will begin to accrue interest from the date it is originally issued. The related prospectus supplement or term sheet
will specify each debt security as a Fixed Rate Note, a Floating Rate Note, an Amortizing Note or an Indexed Note and describe the method of determining the interest rate, including any Spread and/or Spread Multiplier. For an Indexed Note, the
related prospectus supplement or term sheet also will describe the method for the calculation and payment of principal and interest. The prospectus supplement or term sheet for a Floating Rate Note or Indexed Note may also specify a maximum and a
minimum interest rate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A debt security may be issued as a Fixed Rate Note or a Floating Rate Note or as a Note that combines
fixed and floating rate terms. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest rates offered with respect to debt securities may differ depending upon, among other things, the
aggregate principal amount of debt securities purchased in any single transaction. Debt securities with similar variable terms but different interest rates, as well as debt securities with different variable terms, may be offered concurrently to
different investors. Interest rates or formulas and other terms of debt securities are subject to change from time to time, but no such change will affect any Note already issued or as to which an offer to purchase has been accepted. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest on the debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars will be paid by check mailed on an Interest Payment Date other than a Maturity Date (as
defined below) to the persons entitled thereto to the addresses of such holders as they appear in the security register or, at our option, by wire transfer to a bank account maintained by the holder. The principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars, together with interest accrued and unpaid thereon, due on the Maturity Date will be paid in immediately available funds upon surrender of such debt securities at the corporate trust office of the
trustee in The City of Wilmington, Delaware, or, at our option, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account with a bank designated at least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date by the applicable registered holder, provided
the particular bank has appropriate facilities to receive these payments and the particular Note is presented and surrendered at the office or agency maintained by us for this purpose in The City of Wilmington, Delaware, in time for the trustee to
make these payments in accordance with its normal procedures. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Fixed Rate Notes </I></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The prospectus supplement or term sheet for Fixed Rate Notes will describe a fixed interest rate payable semiannually in arrears on the dates specified in
such term sheet or prospectus supplement (each, with respect to Fixed Rate Notes, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;). Interest on Fixed Rate Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If the stated maturity
date, any redemption date or any repayment date (together referred to as the &#147;Maturity Date&#148;) or an Interest Payment Date for any Fixed Rate Note is not a Business Day, principal of, premium, if any, and interest on that Note will be paid
on the next Business Day, and no interest will accrue from and after the Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date. Interest on Fixed Rate Notes will be paid to holders of record as of each Regular Record Date. A &#147;Regular Record Date&#148; will be
the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each interest payment on a Fixed
Rate Note will include interest accrued from, and including, the issue date or the last Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Original Issue Discount Notes </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may
issue original issue discount debt securities (including zero coupon debt securities) (&#147;OID Notes&#148;), which are debt securities issued at a discount from the principal amount payable on the Maturity Date. There may not be any periodic
interest payments on OID Notes. For OID Notes, interest normally accrues during the life of the Note and is paid on the Maturity Date. Upon a redemption, repayment or acceleration of the maturity of an OID Note, the amount payable will be determined
as set forth under &#147;&#151;Optional Redemption, Repayment and Repurchase.&#148; This amount normally is less than the amount payable on the stated maturity date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Amortizing Notes </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may issue amortizing debt securities, which are Fixed Rate Notes for which
combined principal and interest payments are made in installments over the life of each debt securities (&#147;Amortizing Notes&#148;). Payments on Amortizing Notes are applied first to interest due and then to the reduction of the unpaid principal
amount. </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The related prospectus supplement or term sheet for an Amortizing Note will include a table setting forth repayment information. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Floating Rate Notes </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Floating
Rate Note will have an interest rate basis or formula. That basis or formula may be based on: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the CD Rate; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Commercial Paper Rate; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">LIBOR; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Federal Funds Rate; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Prime Rate; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Treasury Rate; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the CMT Rate; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">another negotiated interest rate basis or formula. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The prospectus supplement or term sheet will also indicate any Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, which would be applied to the interest rate formula to determine the interest rate. Any Floating Rate Note may have a
maximum or minimum interest rate limitation. In addition to any maximum interest rate limitation, the interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by
United States law for general application. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We will appoint a calculation agent to calculate interest rates on the Floating Rate Notes.
Unless we identify a different party in the prospectus supplement or term sheet, the paying agent will be the calculation agent for each Note. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement or term sheet, the &#147;Calculation Date,&#148; if applicable, relating to an Interest Determination Date will be the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the tenth calendar day after such Interest
Determination Date or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, or (ii)&nbsp;the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon the request of the beneficial holder of any Floating Rate Note, the calculation agent will provide the interest rate then in effect and, if
different, when available, the interest rate that will become effective on the next Interest Reset Date (as defined below) for the Floating Rate Note. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Change of Interest Rate</I>. The interest rate on each Floating Rate Note may be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually, annually or on some other specified basis (each, an &#147;Interest Reset
Date&#148;). The Interest Reset Date will be: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Notes with interest that resets daily, each Business Day; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Notes (other than Treasury Rate Notes) with interest that resets weekly, Wednesday of each week; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Treasury Rate Notes with interest that resets weekly, Tuesday of each week; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Notes with interest that resets monthly, the third Wednesday of each month; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Notes with interest that resets quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Notes with interest that resets semiannually, the third Wednesday of each of the two months of each year indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement or
term sheet; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Notes with interest that resets annually, the third Wednesday of the month of each year indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The related prospectus supplement or term sheet will describe the initial interest rate or interest rate formula on each
Note. That rate is effective until the following Interest Reset Date. Thereafter, the interest rate will be the rate determined on each Interest Determination Date. Each time a new interest rate is determined, it becomes effective on the following
Interest Reset Date. If any Interest Reset Date is not a Business Day, then the Interest Reset Date is postponed to the next Business Day, except, in the case of a LIBOR Note, if the next Business Day is in the next calendar month, the Interest
Reset Date is the immediately preceding Business Day. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Date Interest Rate Is Determined. </I>The Interest Determination Date for all CD
and CMT Rate Notes is the second Business Day before the Interest Reset Date and for all LIBOR Notes will be the second London Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date (unless the LIBOR Currency is Sterling, in which
case the Interest Determination Date will be the Interest Reset Date). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Interest Determination Date for Treasury Rate Notes will be the
day of the week in which the Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury bills of the Index Maturity are normally auctioned. Treasury bills are usually sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the
auction is usually held on Tuesday. Sometimes, the auction is held on the preceding Friday. If an auction is held on the preceding Friday, that day will be the Interest Determination Date relating to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next
week. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Interest Determination Date for all Commercial Paper, Federal Funds and Prime Rate Notes will be the first Business Day
preceding the Interest Reset Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Interest Determination Date for an Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Note is the last Business
Day of the month immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date in which the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco published the applicable rate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Interest Determination Date relating to a Floating Rate Note with an interest rate that is determined by reference to two or more interest rate bases will be the most recent Business Day which is at least two
Business Days before the applicable Interest Reset Date for each interest rate for the applicable Floating Rate Note on which each interest rate basis is determinable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Payment of Interest. </I>Interest is paid as follows:<I> </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Notes with interest that resets daily, weekly or monthly, on the third Wednesday of each month; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Notes with interest payable quarterly, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September, and December of each year; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Notes with interest payable semiannually, on the third Wednesday of each of the two months specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for Notes with interest payable annually, on the third Wednesday of the month specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet (each of the above,
with respect to Floating Rate Notes, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;); and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">at maturity, redemption or repayment. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Each interest payment on a Floating Rate Note will include interest accrued from, and including, the issue date or the last Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
Date, as the case may be. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest on a Floating Rate Note will be payable beginning on the first Interest Payment Date after its
issue date to holders of record at the close of business on each Regular Record Date, which is the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date, unless the issue date falls after a Regular Record
Date and on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, in which case payment will be made to holders of record at the close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding the second Interest Payment Date following the issue date. If an
Interest Payment Date (but not the Maturity Date) is not a Business Day, then the Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next Business Day, except in the case of LIBOR Notes, if the next Business Day is in the next calendar month, the
Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Maturity Date of any Floating Rate Note is not a Business Day, principal of, premium, if any, and interest on that Note will be paid on the next Business Day, and no
interest will accrue from and after the Maturity Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Accrued interest on a Floating Rate Note is calculated by multiplying the principal
amount of a Note by an accrued interest factor. The accrued interest factor is the sum of the interest factors calculated for each day in the period for which accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor for each day is computed by
dividing the interest rate in effect on that day by (1)&nbsp;the actual number of days in the year, in the case of Treasury Rate Notes or CMT Rate Notes, or (2)&nbsp;360, in the case of other Floating Rate Notes. The interest factor for Floating
Rate Notes for which the interest rate is calculated with reference to two or more interest rate bases will be calculated in each period in the same manner as if only one of the applicable interest rate bases applied. All percentages resulting from
any calculation are rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward. For example, 9.876545% (or .09876545) will be rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655). Dollar amounts
used in the calculation are rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>CD Rate Notes</I>. The &#147;CD
Rate&#148; for any Interest Determination Date is the rate on that date for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity described in the related prospectus supplement or term sheet, as published in H.15(519) prior to
3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, for that Interest Determination Date under the heading &#147;CDs (secondary market).&#148; The &#147;Index Maturity&#148; is the period to maturity of the instrument or obligation with respect
to which the related interest rate basis or formula will be calculated. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following procedures will be followed if the CD Rate cannot be
determined as described above: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the above rate is not published in H.15(519) by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the CD Rate will be the rate on that Interest
Determination Date for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity described in the prospectus supplement or term sheet as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the
purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption &#147;CDs (secondary market).&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If that rate is not published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date,
then the calculation agent will determine the CD Rate to be the average of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, quoted by three leading nonbank dealers of negotiable U.S.
dollar certificates of deposit in New York City (which may include an agent or its affiliates) for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit of major United States money-center banks with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity in an
amount that is representative for a single transaction in the market at that time described in the prospectus supplement or term sheet. The calculation agent will select the three dealers referred to above. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If fewer than three dealers are quoting as mentioned above, the CD Rate will remain the CD Rate then in effect on that Interest Determination Date.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;H.15(519)&#148; means the weekly statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication, published
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;H.15 Daily Update&#148; means the daily update of H.15(519), available through the web site of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update, or any successor site or publication. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Commercial Paper Rate Notes</I>. The &#147;Commercial Paper Rate&#148; for any Interest Determination Date is the Money Market Yield of the rate on that date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity described in the related
prospectus supplement or term sheet, as published in H.15(519) prior to 3:00 PM., New York City time, on the Calculation Date for that Interest Determination Date under the heading &#147;Commercial Paper&#151;Nonfinancial.&#148; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following procedures will be followed if the Commercial Paper Rate cannot be determined as described above: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the above rate is not published in H.15(519) by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield
of the rate on that Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity described in the prospectus supplement or term sheet, as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose
of displaying such rate, under the caption &#147;Commercial Paper&#151;Nonfinancial.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If that rate is not published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 PM., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, then
the calculation agent will determine the Commercial Paper Rate to be the Money Market Yield of the average of the offered rates of three leading dealers of U.S. dollar commercial paper in New York City (which may include an agent or its affiliates)
as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity described in the prospectus supplement or term sheet placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is &#147;Aa,&#148; or the
equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. The calculation agent will select the three dealers referred to above. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If fewer than three dealers selected by the calculation agent are quoting as mentioned above, the Commercial Paper Rate will remain the Commercial Paper Rate then
in effect on that Interest Determination Date. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Money Market Yield&#148; means a yield (expressed as a percentage)
calculated in accordance with the following formula: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Money&nbsp;Market&nbsp;Yield&nbsp;=</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">D&nbsp;x&nbsp;360</FONT> <P STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" align="left">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;x&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;100</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">360&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(D&nbsp;x&nbsp;M)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">where &#147;D&#148; refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis
and expressed as a decimal, and &#147;M&#148; refers to the actual number of days in the reset period for which interest is being calculated. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>LIBOR Notes</I>. On each Interest Determination Date, the calculation agent will determine LIBOR as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If &#147;LIBOR Telerate&#148; is specified in the prospectus supplement or term sheet, LIBOR will be the rate for deposits in the LIBOR Currency having the Index
Maturity described in the related prospectus supplement or term sheet commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, as such rate appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that Interest Determination Date.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If &#147;LIBOR Reuters&#148; is specified in the prospectus supplement or term sheet, LIBOR will be the average of the offered rates calculated by the calculation
agent, or the offered rate, if the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms provides only for a single rate, for deposits in the LIBOR Currency having the Index Maturity described in the related prospectus supplement or term sheet commencing on the
</FONT>
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">applicable Interest Reset Date, as such rates appear on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that Interest Determination Date, if at
least two such offered rates appear on the Designated LIBOR Page. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the prospectus supplement or term sheet does not specify
&#147;LIBOR Telerate&#148; or &#147;LIBOR Reuters,&#148; the LIBOR Rate will be LIBOR Telerate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On any Interest Determination Date on
which fewer than two offered rates appear or no rate appears on the applicable Designated LIBOR Page, the calculation agent will determine LIBOR as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the offered rates at which deposits in the LIBOR Currency having the Index Maturity described in the related prospectus
supplement or term sheet on the Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in that market at that time are offered by four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the agent) in
the London interbank market commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on that Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative
for a single transaction in the LIBOR Currency in that market at that time. The calculation agent will select the four banks and request the principal London office of each of those banks to provide a quotation of its rate for deposits in the LIBOR
Currency. If at least two quotations are provided, LIBOR for that Interest Determination Date will be the average of those quotations. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If fewer than two quotations are provided as mentioned above, LIBOR will be the rate calculated by the calculation agent as the average of the rates quoted by three
major banks, which may include affiliates of the agent, in the Principal Financial Center at approximately 11:00 A.M., in the Principal Financial Center, on that Interest Determination Date for loans to leading European banks in the LIBOR Currency
having the Index Maturity designated in the prospectus supplement or term sheet and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the LIBOR Currency in that market at that time. The calculation agent will select the three
banks referred to above. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If fewer than three banks selected by the calculation agent are quoting as mentioned above, LIBOR will remain LIBOR then in effect on the Interest Determination
Date. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;LIBOR Currency&#148; means the currency specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet as
to which LIBOR shall be calculated or, if no such currency is specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, U.S. dollars. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">&#147;Designated LIBOR Page&#148; means: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if &#147;LIBOR Reuters&#148; is specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, the display on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or any
successor service) on the page specified in such prospectus supplement or term sheet (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the LIBOR Currency; or
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if &#147;LIBOR Telerate&#148; is specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet or neither &#147;LIBOR Reuters&#148; nor &#147;LIBOR Telerate&#148;
is specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet as the method of calculating LIBOR, the display on Moneyline Telerate (or any successor service, &#147;Telerate&#148;) on the page specified in such prospectus supplement or term
sheet (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the LIBOR Currency. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Federal Funds Rate Notes. </I>The &#147;Federal Funds Rate&#148; for any Interest Determination Date is the rate as of that date for U.S. dollar
federal funds, as published in H.15(519) prior to 3:00 PM., New York City time, on the Calculation Date for that Interest Determination Date under the heading &#147;Federal Funds (Effective),&#148; as such rate is displayed on Telerate on page 120
(or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (&#147;Telerate Page 120&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following procedures will be followed if the Federal Funds Rate cannot be determined as described
above: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the above rate is not published in H.15(519) by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate as of that
Interest Determination Date for U.S. dollar Federal Funds, as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption &#147;Federal Funds (Effective)&#148;.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If that rate does not appear on Telerate Page 120 or is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the Calculation Date, then the calculation agent will determine the Federal Funds Rate to be the average of the rates for the last transaction in overnight U.S. dollar Federal Funds arranged by three leading brokers of United
States dollar federal funds transactions in New York City as of 9:00 A.M., New York City time, which may include the agent or its affiliates, on the Business Day following that Interest Determination Date. The calculation agent will select the three
brokers referred to above. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If fewer than three brokers selected by the calculation agent are quoting as mentioned above, the Federal Funds Rate will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on
that Interest Determination Date. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Prime Rate Notes</I>. The &#147;Prime Rate&#148; for any Interest Determination
Date is the rate on that date, as published in H.15(519) by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date for that Interest Determination Date under the heading &#147;Bank Prime Loan&#148; or, if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Interest Determination Date as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption &#147;Bank Prime
Loan.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following procedures will be followed if the Prime Rate cannot be determined as described above: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the rate is not published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 PM., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, then
the calculation agent will determine the Prime Rate to be the average of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on the Reuters Screen designated as &#147;US PRIME 1 Page&#148; as that bank&#146;s prime rate or base
lending rate in effect as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time on that Interest Determination Date. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If fewer than four rates appear on the Reuters Screen US PRIME 1 Page on the Interest Determination Date, then the Prime Rate will be the average of the prime rates
or base lending rates quoted (on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year) as of the close of business on the Interest Determination Date by three major banks, which may include an agent or its affiliates, in the
City of New York selected by the calculation agent. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the banks selected by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned above, the Prime Rate will remain the Prime Rate then in effect on the Interest
Determination Date. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Reuters Screen US PRIME 1 Page&#148; means the display on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates
Service (or any successor service) on the &#147;US PRIME 1&#148; page (or any other page as may replace that page on that service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Treasury Rate Notes</I>. The &#147;Treasury Rate&#148; for any Interest Determination Date is the rate set at the auction of direct obligations of the
United States (&#147;Treasury bills&#148;) having the Index Maturity described in the related prospectus supplement or term sheet under the caption &#147;INVESTMENT RATE&#148; on the display on Telerate on page 56 (or any other page as may replace
such page on such service) (&#147;Telerate Page 56&#148;) or page 57 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (&#147;Telerate Page 57&#148;) by 3:00 PM., New York City time, on the Calculation Date for that Interest Determination
Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following procedures will be followed if the Treasury Rate cannot be determined as described above:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if the rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate will be the Bond equivalent yield of the rate for the
applicable Treasury bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption &#147;U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction High,&#148; or
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if such rate is not so published in H.15 Daily Update by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate will be the Bond equivalent yield
of the auction rate of the applicable Treasury bills announced by the United States Department of the Treasury, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if the rate referred to above is not yet published or announced by the United States Department of the Treasury by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, or if the auction
is not held, then the Treasury Rate will be the Bond equivalent yield of the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date of Treasury bills having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet published in
H.15(519) under the caption &#147;U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market,&#148; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Treasury Rate will be the rate on the applicable
Interest Determination Date of the applicable Treasury bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic sources used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption &#147;U.S. Government
Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market,&#148; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if such rate is not so published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 PM., New York City time, on the related Calculation
Date, then the calculation agent will determine the Treasury Rate to be the Bond equivalent yield of the average of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P .M., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date, of
three primary United States government securities dealers (which may include the agent or its affiliates) selected by the calculation agent, for the issue of Treasury bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if fewer than three dealers selected by the calculation agent are quoting as mentioned above, the Treasury Rate will remain the Treasury Rate in effect on that
Interest Determination Date. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Bond equivalent yield&#148; means a yield calculated in accordance with the following
formula and expressed as a percentage: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ALIGN="center">

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<TD WIDTH="24%"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="21%"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="20%"></TD></TR>
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<TD ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Bond&nbsp;equivalent&nbsp;yield&nbsp;=</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">D&nbsp;x&nbsp;360</FONT> <P STYLE="font-size:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" align="left">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;x&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;100</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">360&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(D&nbsp;x&nbsp;M)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">where &#147;D&#148; refers to the applicable per annum rate for Treasury bills quoted on a bank discount basis and
expressed as a decimal, &#147;N&#148; refers to the number of days in the year, either 365 or 366, as the case may be, and &#147;M&#148; refers to the actual number of days in the interest reset period for which interest is being calculated.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>CMT Rate Notes</I>. The &#147;CMT Rate&#148; for any Interest Determination Date is: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if CMT Telerate Page 7051 is specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at &#147;constant maturity&#148; having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable
prospectus supplement or term sheet as published in H.15(519) under the heading &#147;Treasury Constant Maturities,&#148; as the yield is displayed on Telerate (or any successor service), on page 7051 (or any other page as may replace page 7051 on
that service) (&#147;Telerate Page 7051&#148;), for the applicable Interest Determination Date, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if the above rate does not appear on Telerate Page 7051, the percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at &#147;constant maturity&#148;
having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable </FONT>
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:0%">
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">prospectus supplement or term sheet and for the applicable Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519) under the heading &#147;Treasury Constant
Maturities,&#148; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if the above rate does not appear on Telerate Page 7051 or is not yet published in H.15(519), the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date for the period
of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet as may then be published by either the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors or the United States Department of the Treasury that the calculation agent
determines to be comparable to the rate which would otherwise have been published in H.15(519), or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if that rate is not published, then the CMT Rate will be calculated by the calculation agent as a yield to maturity based on the average of the secondary market bid
prices at approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in The City of New York (which may include the Agents or their affiliates)
(each, a &#147;reference dealer&#148;), selected by the calculation agent from five reference dealers selected by the calculation agent and eliminating the highest quotation, or in the event of equality, one of the highest, and the lowest quotation
or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest, for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, a remaining term to maturity no more than 1
year shorter than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in the market at that time, or
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to above are provided as requested on the Interest Determination Date, then the CMT Rate will be the
average of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations shall be eliminated, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if fewer than three prices referred to above are provided as requested on the Interest Determination Date, then the CMT Rate will be calculated as a yield to
maturity based on the average of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date of three reference dealers selected by the calculation agent from five reference
dealers selected by the calculation agent and eliminating the highest quotation or, in the event of equality, one of the highest and the lowest quotation or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest, for United States Treasury securities with an
original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, a remaining term to maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet and in a
principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in securities in the market at that time, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if fewer than five but more than two prices referred to above are provided as requested on the Interest Determination Date, then the CMT Rate will be the average of
the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations will be eliminated, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if fewer than three prices referred to above are provided as requested, the CMT Rate will then be the CMT Rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination
Date. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if CMT Telerate Page 7052 is specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, average yield for United States Treasury
securities at &#147;constant maturity&#148; having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet as published in H.15(519) opposite the heading &#147;Treasury Constant Maturities,&#148; as the yield is displayed
on Telerate (or any successor service), on page 7052 (or any other page as may replace that specified page on that service) (&#147;Telerate Page 7052&#148;), for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as
applicable, in which the related Interest Determination Date falls, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if the above rate is not published on Telerate Page 7052, then the CMT Rate will be the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, average yield for United States Treasury securities at &#147;constant maturity&#148; having the Index </FONT>
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:0%">
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet and for the week or month, as applicable, preceding the applicable Interest
Determination Date as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption &#147;Treasury Constant Maturities,&#148; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if the above rate is not published on Telerate Page 7052 or is not yet published in H.15(519), for the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable
prospectus supplement or term sheet, then the CMT Rate will be the average yield for United States Treasury securities at &#147;constant maturity&#148; having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet as
otherwise announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which the related Interest Determination Date falls, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if the Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not publish the rate referred to above, then the CMT Rate will be calculated by the calculation agent as a yield to
maturity based on the average of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date of three reference dealers selected by the calculation agent from five reference dealers
selected by the calculation agent and eliminating the highest quotation, or, in the event of equality, one of the highest, and the lowest quotation or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest, for United States Treasury securities with an
original maturity equal to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter than the index maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or
term sheet and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in the market at that time, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to above are provided as requested on the Interest Determination Date, then the CMT Rate will be the
average of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations shall be eliminated, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if fewer than three prices referred to above are provided as requested, then the calculation agent will determine the CMT Rate to be a yield to maturity based on
the average of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date of three reference dealers selected by the calculation agent from five reference dealers selected by the
calculation agent and eliminating the highest quotation or, in the event of equality, one of the highest and the lowest quotation, or in the event of equality, one of the lowest, for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity
greater than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, a remaining term to maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet and in a principal amount
that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in the market at the time, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if fewer than five but more than two prices referred to above are provided as requested on the Interest Determination Date, then the CMT Rate will be the average of
the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations will be eliminated, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if fewer than three prices referred to above are provided as requested, the CMT Rate will be the CMT Rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the index maturity specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, the quotes for the United States Treasury security with the shorter
original remaining term to maturity will be used. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes</I>. The &#147;Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate&#148; for any Interest Determination Date is the rate equal to the monthly weighted average cost of funds for the calendar month preceding the Interest Determination Date as displayed on Telerate Page 7058 (or any other page as may
replace that specified page on that service) as of 11:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on the Calculation Date for that Interest Determination Date under the caption &#147;11th District.&#148; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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described above: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the rate is not displayed on the relevant page as of 11:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on the Calculation Date, then the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate will
be the monthly weighted average cost of funds paid by member institutions of the Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank District, as announced by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, as the cost of funds for the calendar month preceding the date of
announcement. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If no announcement was made relating to the calendar month preceding the Interest Determination Date, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate will remain the
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate then in effect on the Interest Determination Date. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Indexed Notes </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may issue debt securities for which the amount of interest or principal that you will receive will not be known on your date of purchase. Interest or
principal payments for these types of debt securities, which we call &#147;Indexed Notes,&#148; are determined by reference to securities, financial or non-financial indices, currencies, commodities, interest rates, or a composite or baskets of any
or all of the above. Examples of indexed items that may be used include a published stock index, the common stock price of a publicly traded company, the value of the U.S. dollar versus the Japanese yen, or the price of a barrel of West Texas
intermediate crude oil. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If you purchase an Indexed Note, you may receive a principal amount at maturity that is greater than or less than
the Note&#146;s face amount, and an interest rate that is greater than or less than the interest rate that you would have earned if you had instead purchased a conventional debt security issued by us at the same time with the same maturity. The
amount of interest and principal that you will receive will depend on the structure of the Indexed Note and the level of the specified indexed item throughout the term of the Indexed Note and at maturity. Specific information pertaining to the
method of determining the interest payments and the principal amount will be described in the prospectus supplement or term sheet, as well as additional risk factors unique to the Indexed Note, certain historical information for the specified
indexed item and certain additional United States federal tax considerations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Renewable Notes </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may issue Renewable Notes (&#147;Renewable Notes&#148;) which are debt securities that will automatically renew at their stated maturity date unless
the holder of a Renewable Note elects to terminate the automatic extension feature by giving notice in the manner described in the related prospectus supplement or term sheet. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The holder of a Renewable Note must give notice of termination at least 15 but not more than 30 days prior to a Renewal Date. The holder of a Renewable
Note may terminate the automatic extension for less than all of its Renewable Notes only if the terms of the Renewable Note specifically permit partial termination. An election to terminate the automatic extension of any portion of the Renewable
Note is not revocable and will be binding on the holder of the Renewable Note. If the holder elects to terminate the automatic extension of the maturity of the Note, the holder will become entitled to the principal and interest accrued up to the
Renewal Date. The related prospectus supplement or term sheet will identify a stated maturity date beyond which the Maturity Date cannot be renewed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If a Renewable Note is represented by a Global Security, DTC or its nominee will be the holder of the Note and therefore will be the only entity that can exercise a right to terminate the automatic extension of a
Note. In order to ensure that DTC or its nominee will exercise a right to terminate the automatic extension provisions of a particular Renewable Note, the beneficial owner of the Note must instruct the broker or other DTC participant through which
it holds an interest in the Note to notify DTC of its desire to terminate the automatic extension of the Note. Different firms have different cut-off times for accepting instructions from their customers and, </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">accordingly, each beneficial owner should consult the broker or other participant through which it holds an interest in a Note to ascertain the cut-off time
by which an instruction must be given for delivery of timely notice to DTC or its nominee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Extendible Notes </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may issue Notes whose stated Maturity Date may be extended at our option (an &#147;Extendible Note&#148;) for one or more whole-year periods (each, an
&#147;Extension Period&#148;), up to but not beyond a stated maturity date described in the related prospectus supplement or term sheet (but not to exceed 30 years from the date of issue). </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may exercise our option to extend the Extendible Note by notifying the trustee (or any duly appointed paying agent) at least 50 but not more than 60
days prior to the then effective Maturity Date. If we elect to extend the Extendible Note, the trustee (or paying agent) will mail (at least 40 days prior to the Maturity Date) to the registered holder of the Extendible Note a notice (an
&#147;Extension Notice&#148;) informing the holder of our election, the new Maturity Date and any updated terms. Upon the mailing of the Extension Notice, the maturity of that Extendible Note will be extended automatically as set forth in the
Extension Notice. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">However, we may, not later than 20 days prior to the Maturity Date of an Extendible Note (or, if that date is not a
Business Day, prior to the next Business Day), at our option, establish a higher interest rate, in the case of a Fixed Rate Note, or a higher Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, in the case of a Floating Rate Note, for the Extension Period by mailing
or causing the trustee (or paying agent) to mail notice of such higher interest rate or higher Spread and/or Spread Multiplier to the holder of the Note. The notice will be irrevocable. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If we elect to extend the maturity of an Extendible Note, the holder of the Note will have the option to instead elect repayment of the Note by us on the
then effective Maturity Date. In order for an Extendible Note to be so repaid on the Maturity Date, we must receive, at least 25 days but not more than 35 days prior to the Maturity Date: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Extendible Note with the form &#147;Option to Elect Repayment&#148; on the reverse of the Note duly completed; or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a facsimile transmission, telex or letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the &#147;NASD&#148;) or a
commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth the name of the holder of the Extendible Note, the principal amount of the Note, the principal amount of the Note to be repaid, the certificate number or a description of the tenor
and terms of the Note, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and a guarantee that the Note be repaid, together with the duly completed form entitled &#147;Option to Elect Repayment&#148; on the reverse of the
Note, will be received by the trustee (or paying agent) not later than the fifth Business Day after the date of the facsimile transmission, telex or letter; provided, however; that the facsimile transmission, telex or letter will only be effective
if the Note and form duly completed are received by the trustee (or paying agent) by that fifth Business Day. The option may be exercised by the holder of an Extendible Note for less than the aggregate principal amount of the Note then outstanding
if the principal amount of the Note remaining outstanding after repayment is an authorized denomination. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an Extendible
Note is represented by a Global Security, DTC or its nominee will be the holder of that Note and therefore will be the only entity that can exercise a right to repayment. To ensure that DTC or its nominee timely exercises a right to repayment with
respect to a particular Extendible Note, the beneficial owner of that Note must instruct the broker or other participant through which it holds an interest in the Note to notify DTC of its desire to exercise a right of repayment. Different firms
have different cut-off times for accepting instructions from their customers and, accordingly, each beneficial owner should consult the broker or other participant through which it holds an interest in an Extendible Note to determine the cut-off
time by which an instruction must be given for timely notice to be delivered to DTC or its nominee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>What Is a Global Security?</I> As noted above, we usually will issue debt securities as registered securities in book-entry form only. A global security represents one or any other number of individual debt
securities. Generally, all debt securities represented by the same global securities will have the same terms. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each debt security issued
in book-entry form will be represented by a global security that we deposit with and register in the name of a financial institution or its nominee that we select. The financial institution that we select for this purpose is called the depositary.
Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, known as DTC, will be the depositary for all debt securities issued in book-entry form. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A global security may not be transferred to or registered in the name of anyone other than the depositary or its nominee, unless special termination
situations arise. We describe those situations below under &#147;Special Situations when a Global Security Will Be Terminated.&#148; As a result of these arrangements, the depositary, or its nominee, will be the sole registered owner and holder of
all debt securities represented by a global security, and investors will be permitted to own only beneficial interests in a global security. Beneficial interests must be held by means of an account with a broker, bank or other financial institution
that in turn has an account with the depositary or with another institution that has an account with the depositary. Thus, an investor whose security is represented by a global security will not be a holder of the debt security, but only an indirect
holder of a beneficial interest in the global security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Special Considerations for Global Securities. </I>As an indirect holder, an
investor&#146;s rights relating to a global security will be governed by the account rules of the investor&#146;s financial institution and of the depositary, as well as general laws relating to securities transfers. The depositary that holds the
global security will be considered the holder of the debt securities represented by the global security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If debt securities are issued
only in the form of a global security, an investor should be aware of the following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An investor cannot cause the debt securities to be registered in his or her name, and cannot obtain certificates for his or her interest in the debt securities,
except in the special situations we describe below. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An investor will be an indirect holder and must look to his or her own bank or broker for payments on the debt securities and protection of his or her legal rights
relating to the debt securities, as we describe under &#147;Issuance of Securities in Registered Form&#148; above. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An investor may not be able to sell interests in the debt securities to some insurance companies and other institutions that are required by law to own their
securities in non-book-entry form. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An investor may not be able to pledge his or her interest in a global security in circumstances where certificates representing the debt securities must be
delivered to the lender or other beneficiary of the pledge in order for the pledge to be effective. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The depositary&#146;s policies, which may change from time to time, will govern payments, transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to an investor&#146;s
interest in a global security. We and the trustee have no responsibility for any aspect of the depositary&#146;s actions or for its records of ownership interests in a global security. We and the trustee also do not supervise the depositary in any
way. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If we redeem less than all the debt securities of a particular series being redeemed, DTC&#146;s practice is to determine by lot the amount to be redeemed from each
of its participants holding that series. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An investor is required to give notice of exercise of any option to elect repayment of its debt securities, through its participant, to the trustee and to deliver
the related debt securities by causing its participant to transfer its interest in those debt securities, on DTC&#146;s records, to the trustee. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DTC requires that those who purchase and sell interests in a global security deposited in its book-entry system use immediately available funds. Your broker or bank
may also require you to use immediately available funds when purchasing or selling interests in a global security. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Financial institutions that participate in the depositary&#146;s book-entry system, and through which an investor holds its interest in a global security, may also
have their own policies affecting payments, notices and other matters relating to the debt securities. There may be more than one financial intermediary in the chain of ownership for an investor. We do not monitor and are not responsible for the
actions of any of those intermediaries. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Special Situations When a Global Security Will Be Terminated</I>. In a few
special situations described below, a global security will be terminated and interests in it will be exchanged for certificates in non-book-entry form (certificated securities). After that exchange, the choice of whether to hold the certificated
debt securities directly or in street name will be up to the investor. Investors must consult their own banks or brokers to find out how to have their interests in a global security transferred on termination to their own names, so that they will be
holders. We have described the rights of holders and street name investors under &#147;Holders of Registered Debt Securities&#148; above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">The special situations for termination of a global security are as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or no longer qualified to continue as depositary for that global security, and we do not appoint another
institution to act as depositary within 60 days, </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if we notify the trustee that we wish to terminate that global security, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if an event of default has occurred with regard to the debt securities represented by that global security and has not been cured or waived; we discuss defaults
later under &#147;Events of Default.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The prospectus supplement or term sheet may list situations for terminating a
global security that would apply only to the particular series of debt securities covered by the prospectus supplement or term sheet. If a global security is terminated, only the depositary, and not we or the trustee, is responsible for deciding the
names of the institutions in whose names the debt securities represented by the global security will be registered and, therefore, who will be the holders of those debt securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Payment and Paying Agents </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We will pay interest to the person listed in the trustee&#146;s records as
the owner of the debt security at the close of business on a particular day in advance of each due date for interest, even if that person no longer owns the debt security on the interest due date. That day, usually about two weeks in advance of the
interest due date, is called the &#147;record date.&#148; Because we will pay all the interest for an interest period to the holders on the record date, holders buying and selling debt securities must work out between themselves the appropriate
purchase price. The most common manner is to adjust the sales price of the debt securities to prorate interest fairly between buyer and seller based on their respective ownership periods within the particular interest period. This prorated interest
amount is called &#147;accrued interest.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Payments on Global Securities</I>. We will make payments on a global security in
accordance with the applicable policies of the depositary as in effect from time to time. Under those policies, we will make payments directly to the depositary, or its nominee, and not to any indirect holders who own beneficial interests in the
global security. An indirect holder&#146;s right to those payments will be governed by the rules and practices of the depositary and its participants, as described under &#147;What Is a Global Security?&#148;. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Payments on Certificated Securities</I>. We will make payments on a certificated debt security as follows. We will pay interest that is due on an
interest payment date by check mailed on the interest payment date to the holder at his or her address shown on the trustee&#146;s records as of the close of business on the regular record date. </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We will make all payments of principal and premium, if any, by check at the office of the trustee in Wilmington, Delaware and/or at other offices that may be
specified in the prospectus supplement or term sheet or in a notice to holders, against surrender of the debt security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Alternatively, if
the holder asks us to do so, we will pay any amount that becomes due on the debt security by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account at a bank in New York City, on the due date. To request payment by wire, the holder must give the
trustee or other paying agent appropriate transfer instructions at least 15 Business Days before the requested wire payment is due. In the case of any interest payment due on an interest payment date, the instructions must be given by the person who
is the holder on the relevant regular record date. Any wire instructions, once properly given, will remain in effect unless and until new instructions are given in the manner described above. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Payment When Offices Are Closed</I>. If any payment is due on a debt security on a day that is not a Business Day, we will make the payment on the
next day that is a Business Day. Payments made on the next Business Day in this situation will be treated under the indenture as if they were made on the original due date, except as otherwise indicated in the attached prospectus supplement or term
sheet. Such payment will not result in a default under any debt security or the indenture, and no interest will accrue on the payment amount from the original due date to the next day that is a Business Day. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Events of Default </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We refer you to the prospectus
supplement or term sheet for information with respect to any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default that are described below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An event of default is defined in the indenture as: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) default for 30 days in payment of
any interest on the debt securities when it becomes due and payable; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) default in payment of principal of or any premium
on the debt securities at maturity or sinking fund payment when the same becomes due and payable; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) default by us in the
performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in the indenture for the benefit of the debt securities that has not been remedied by the end of a period of 60 days after written notice to us by the trustee or to us and the trustee by the
holders of at least 25% in principal amount at maturity of the debt securities, specifying such default or breach and requiring it be remedied; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) default in the payment of principal when due or resulting in acceleration of other indebtedness of our Company for borrowed money where the aggregate principal amount with respect to which the default or
acceleration has occurred exceeds $50 million and such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled or such indebtedness repaid within a period of 30 days after written notice to us by the trustee or to us and the trustee by the holders of at
least 25% in principal amount at maturity of the debt securities, provided that if any such default is cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, then the event of default by reason thereof would be deemed not to have occurred; and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization of our company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The indenture provides that: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">other than in certain circumstances as provided in the indenture, if an event of default described in clause (a), (b), (c)&nbsp;or (d)&nbsp;above has occurred and
is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities may declare the principal amount of the debt securities then outstanding, and any accrued and unpaid interest through the date
of such declaration, to be due and payable immediately; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">upon certain conditions such declarations may be annulled and past defaults (except for defaults in the payment of principal of, any premium on or interest on, the
debt securities and in compliance with </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">certain covenants) may be waived by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities then outstanding; and
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if an event of default described in clause (e)&nbsp;occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount of all debt securities issued under the indenture and then
outstanding, together with any accrued interest through the occurrence of such event, shall become and be due and payable immediately, without any declaration or other act by the trustee or any other holder. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Under the indenture, the trustee must give to the holders of debt securities notice of all uncured defaults known to it with respect to the debt
securities within 90 days after such a default occurs (the term default to include the events specified above without notice or grace periods); provided that, except in the case of default in the payments of principal of, any premium on, any of the
debt securities, the trustee will be protected in withholding such notice if it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of the debt securities. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No holder of any debt securities may institute any action under the indenture unless: </FONT></P> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">such holder has given the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default with respect to the debt securities; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">other than in certain circumstances as provided in the indenture, the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities affected and
then outstanding have requested the trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such event of default; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">such holder or holders have offered the trustee such reasonable indemnity as the trustee may require; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the trustee has failed to institute an action for 60 days thereafter; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">no inconsistent direction has been given to the trustee during such 60-day period by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of debt securities
affected. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities affected and then outstanding
will have the right, subject to certain limitations, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the debt
securities. The indenture provides that, if an event of default occurs and is continuing, the trustee, in exercising its rights and powers under the indenture, will be required to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the conduct of his own
affairs. The indenture further provides that the trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties under the indenture unless it has reasonable grounds
for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is reasonably assured to it. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We must
furnish to the trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year a statement of our company signed by one of the officers of our company to the effect that a review of our activities during such year and our performance under the indenture
and the terms of the debt securities has been made, and, to the knowledge of the signatories based on such review, we have complied with all conditions and covenants of the indenture or, if we are in default, specifying such default. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Modification of the Indenture </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We and the trustee
may, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities issued under the indenture, enter into a supplemental indenture for, among others, one or more of the following purposes: </FONT></P> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to evidence the succession of another corporation to our company, and the assumption by such successor of our obligations under the indenture and the debt
securities; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to add covenants of our company, or surrender any rights of the company, or add any rights for the benefit of the holders of debt securities;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in such indenture; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to establish the form or terms of any other series of debt securities, including any subordinated securities; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to evidence and provide the acceptance of any successor trustee with respect to the debt securities or one or more other series of debt securities or to facilitate
the administration of the trusts thereunder by one or more trustees in accordance with such indenture; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to provide any additional events of default. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">With certain exceptions, the indenture or the rights of the holders of the debt securities may be modified by us and the trustee with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities then
outstanding, but no such modification may be made without the consent of the holder of each outstanding note affected thereby that would: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">change the maturity of any payment of principal of, or any premium on, any debt securities, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which,
any note or any premium is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date); </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities, the consent of whose holders is required for any such modification, or the consent of
whose holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the indenture or certain defaults thereunder and their consequences provided for in the indenture; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">modify any of the provisions of certain sections of the indenture, including the provisions summarized in this paragraph, except to increase any such percentage or
to provide that certain other provisions of the indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt securities affected thereby. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Defeasance </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following provisions will be
applicable to each series of debt securities unless we state in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet that the provisions of covenant defeasance and full defeasance will not be applicable to or will be modified with respect to that
series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Covenant Defeasance</I>. Under current United States federal tax law, we can make the deposit described below and be released
from some of the restrictive covenants in the indenture under which the particular series was issued. This is called &#147;covenant defeasance.&#148; In that event, you would lose the protection of those restrictive covenants but would gain the
protection of having money and government securities set aside in trust to repay your debt securities. In order to achieve covenant defeasance, we must do the following: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the debt securities of the particular series are denominated in U.S. dollars, deposit in trust for the benefit of all holders of such debt securities a
combination of money and United States government or United States government agency debt securities or bonds that will generate enough cash to make interest, principal and any other payments on the debt securities on their various due dates.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Confirm that on the date of such deposit no default or event of default has occurred, and with respect to certain events of default, no such events have occurred at
any time during the period ending 91 days after such date. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Confirm that such covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach, violation of or constitute a default under an material agreement to which we are bound.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of our counsel confirming that, under current United States federal income tax law, we may make the above deposit without
causing you to be taxed on the debt </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and just repaid the debt securities ourselves at maturity. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deliver to the trustee an officer&#146;s certificate and a legal opinion of our counsel confirming that all conditions precedent relating to a covenant defeasance
have been complied with. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If we accomplish covenant defeasance, you can still look to us for repayment of the debt
securities if there were a shortfall in the trust deposit or the trustee is prevented from making payment. In fact, if one of the remaining Events of Default occurred (such as our bankruptcy) and the debt securities became immediately due and
payable, there might be a shortfall. Depending on the event causing the default, you may not be able to obtain payment of the shortfall. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Full Defeasance</I>. If there is a change in United States federal tax law, as described below, we can legally release ourselves from all payment and other obligations on the debt securities of a particular series (called &#147;full
defeasance&#148;) if we put in place the following other arrangements, among others, for you to be repaid: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the debt securities of the particular series are denominated in U.S. dollars, we must deposit in trust for the benefit of all holders of such debt securities a
combination of money and United States government or United States government agency debt securities or bonds that will generate enough cash to make interest, principal and any other payments on the debt securities on their various due dates.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We must deliver to the trustee a legal opinion confirming that there has been a change in current United States federal tax law or an Internal Revenue Service
ruling that allows us to make the above deposit without causing you to be taxed on the debt securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and just repaid the debt securities ourselves at maturity. Under current United States federal
tax law, the deposit and our legal release from the debt securities would be treated as though we paid you your share of the cash and debt securities or bonds at the time the cash and debt securities or bonds were deposited in trust in exchange for
your debt securities and you would recognize gain or loss on the debt securities at the time of the deposit. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If we ever
did accomplish full defeasance, as described above, you would have to rely solely on the trust deposit for repayment of the debt securities. You could not look to us for repayment in the unlikely event of any shortfall. Conversely, the trust deposit
would most likely be protected from claims of our lenders and other creditors if we ever became bankrupt or insolvent. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Discharge of the Indenture </B>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may satisfy and discharge our obligations under the indenture by delivering to the trustee for cancellation all outstanding debt
securities or by depositing with the trustee or the paying agent after the debt securities have become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, or any redemption date, or otherwise, cash sufficient to pay all of the outstanding debt securities
and paying all other sums payable under the indenture by our company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Form, Exchange and Transfer of Certificated Registered Securities </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If registered debt securities cease to be issued in book-entry form, they will be issued: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">only in fully registered certificated form, </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">without interest coupons, and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">unless we indicate otherwise in the prospectus supplement or term sheet, in denominations of $1,000 and amounts that are multiples of $1,000.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Holders may exchange their certificated securities for debt securities of smaller denominations or combined into fewer
debt securities of larger denominations, as long as the total principal amount is not changed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Holders may exchange or transfer their certificated securities at the office of their trustee. We have
appointed the trustee to act as our agent for registering debt securities in the names of holders transferring debt securities. We may appoint another entity to perform these functions or perform them ourselves. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Holders will not be required to pay a service charge to transfer or exchange their certificated securities, but they may be required to pay any tax or
other governmental charge associated with the transfer or exchange. The transfer or exchange will be made only if our transfer agent is satisfied with the holder&#146;s proof of legal ownership. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If we have designated additional transfer agents for your debt security, they will be named in your prospectus supplement or term sheet. We may appoint
additional transfer agents or cancel the appointment of any particular transfer agent. We may also approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any certificated securities of a particular series are redeemable and we redeem less than all the debt securities of that series, we may block the transfer or exchange of those debt securities during the period
beginning 15 days before the day we mail the notice of redemption and ending on the day of that mailing, in order to freeze the list of holders to prepare the mailing. We may also refuse to register transfers or exchanges of any certificated
securities selected for redemption, except that we will continue to permit transfers and exchanges of the unredeemed portion of any debt security that will be partially redeemed. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If a registered debt security is issued in book-entry form, only the depositary will be entitled to transfer and exchange the debt security as described
in this subsection, since it will be the sole holder of the debt security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Resignation of Trustee </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The trustee may resign or be removed with respect to one or more series of indenture securities provided that a successor trustee is appointed to act with
respect to these series. In the event that two or more persons are acting as trustee with respect to different series of indenture securities under the indenture, each of the trustees will be a trustee of a trust separate and apart from the trust
administered by any other trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The Trustee Under the Indenture </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Wilmington Trust Company will serve as trustee under the Indenture. It is one of a number of banks with which we maintain ordinary banking relationships and from which we may obtain credit facilities and lines of
credit. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Certain Considerations Relating to Foreign Currencies </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Debt securities denominated or payable in foreign currencies may entail significant risks. These risks include the possibility of significant fluctuations in the foreign currency markets, the imposition or
modification of foreign exchange controls and potential illiquidity in the secondary market. These risks will vary depending upon the currency or currencies involved and will be more fully described in the applicable prospectus supplement or term
sheet. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Governing Law </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The indenture
and the debt securities shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles thereof relating to conflicts of law. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="rom65645_10"></A>DESCRIPTION OF RIGHTS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may issue rights to purchase our common stock. Rights may be issued independently
or together with any other securities and may be attached to, or separate from, such securities. Each series of rights will be issued under a separate rights agreement to be entered into between us and a third party. The terms of any rights to be
issued and a description of the material provisions of the applicable rights agreement will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>
<A NAME="rom65645_11"></A>DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may issue warrants for the purchase of debt securities, preferred stock or common
stock. Warrants may be issued independently or together with debt securities, preferred stock or common stock and may be attached to or separate from any offered securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement
to be entered into between us and a warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any registered holders of warrants or
beneficial owners of warrants. This summary of some provisions of the warrants is not complete. You should refer to the warrant agreement, including the forms of warrant certificate representing the warrants, relating to the specific warrants being
offered for the complete terms of the warrant agreement and the warrants. That warrant agreement, together with the terms of warrant certificate and warrants, will be filed with the SEC in connection with the offering of the specific warrants.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The particular terms of any issue of warrants will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the issue. Those terms may
include: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the title of such warrants; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the aggregate number of such warrants; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the price or prices at which such warrants will be issued; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which the price of such warrants may be payable; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the terms of the securities purchasable upon exercise of such warrants and the procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of such warrants;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the price at which the securities purchasable upon exercise of such warrants may be purchased; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the date on which the right to exercise such warrants will commence and the date on which such right shall expire; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the warrants or the exercise price of the warrants;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of such warrants that may be exercised at any one time; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which such warrants are issued and the number of such warrants issued with each such security;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">whether certificates evidencing the warrants will be issued in registered or bearer form and, if registered, where they may be transferred and exchanged;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if applicable, the date on and after which such warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">any other terms of such warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange or exercise of such warrants. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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applicable, a discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax and ERISA considerations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exercise of Warrants </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each offered warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase the amount of underlying securities at the exercise price set forth in, or calculable
from, the prospectus supplement or term sheet relating to the offered warrants. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will be void. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Warrants may be exercised by payment to the warrant agent of the applicable exercise price and by delivery to the warrant agent of the related warrant certificate, properly completed. Upon receipt of this payment and
the properly completed warrant certificates, we will, as soon as practicable, deliver the amount of underlying securities purchased upon exercise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">If fewer than all of the warrants represented by any warrant certificate are exercised, a new warrant certificate will be issued for the unexercised warrants. The holder of a warrant will be required to pay any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer involved in the issuance of underlying securities purchased upon exercise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Modifications
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">There are three types of changes we can make to a warrant agreement and the warrants issued thereunder. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Changes Requiring Your Approval</I>. First, there are changes that cannot be made to your warrants without your specific approval. Those types of
changes include modifications and amendments that: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">accelerate the expiration date; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">reduce the number of outstanding warrants, the consent of the holders of which is required for a modification or amendment; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">otherwise materially and adversely affect the rights of the holders of the warrants. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Changes Not Requiring Approval</I>. The second type of change does not require any vote by holders of the warrants. This type of change is limited to
clarifications and other changes that would not materially adversely affect the interests of holders of the warrants. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Changes Requiring
a Majority Vote</I>. Any other change to the warrant agreement and the warrants requires a vote in favor by holders of a majority in number of the then outstanding unexercised warrants affected thereby. Most changes fall into this category.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>No Rights as Holders of Underlying Securities </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Before the warrants are exercised, holders of the warrants are not entitled to payments of principal, premium and dividends or interest, if any, on the related underlying securities or to exercise any rights whatsoever as holders of the
underlying securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="rom65645_12"></A>DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may issue purchase contracts for the purchase of our common stock. Each
purchase contract will entitle the holder thereof to purchase common stock at a specified purchase price, which may be based on a formula, all as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may, however, satisfy our obligations, if any,
with respect to any purchase contract by delivering the cash value of such purchase contract or the cash value of the property otherwise deliverable or, in the case of purchase contracts on underlying currencies, by delivering the underlying
currencies, as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable prospectus supplement will also specify the methods by which the holders may purchase such shares of common stock, and any acceleration, cancellation or termination
provisions or other provisions relating to the settlement of a purchase contract. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic
payments to the holders thereof or vice versa, which payments may be deferred to the extent set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, and those payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The purchase contracts may require the
holders thereof to secure their obligations in a specified manner to be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Alternatively, purchase contracts may require holders to satisfy their obligations thereunder when the purchase contracts are
issued. Our obligation to settle such pre-paid purchase contracts on the relevant settlement date may constitute indebtedness. Accordingly, pre-paid purchase contracts will be issued under a supplemental indenture. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>
<A NAME="rom65645_13"></A>DESCRIPTION OF UNITS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may issue units consisting of
one or more purchase contracts, rights, warrants, debt securities, shares of preferred stock, shares of common stock or any combination of such securities issued by us or by third parties. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the terms of the units and of the purchase contracts, rights, warrants, debt securities, preferred stock and common stock comprising the units, including whether
and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be traded separately; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a description of the terms of any unit agreement governing the units; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange or the units. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="rom65645_14"></A>SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>General </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, the Notes will be denominated in U.S. dollars, payments of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be made in U.S. dollars and payment of the purchase price of the Notes must be made in immediately available funds. If any of the Notes (&#147;Foreign Currency Notes&#148;) are to be denominated or
payable in a currency (a &#147;specified currency&#148;) other than U.S. dollars, the following provisions will apply in addition to, and to the extent inconsistent therewith will replace, the description of general terms and provisions of Notes set
forth in the accompanying prospectus and elsewhere in this prospectus. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A prospectus supplement or term sheet with respect to any Foreign
Currency Note (which may include information with respect to applicable current foreign exchange controls) is a part of this prospectus and prospectus supplement or term sheet. Any information concerning exchange rates is furnished as a matter of
information only and should not be regarded as indicative of the range of or trends in fluctuations in currency exchange rates that may occur in the future. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Currencies </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may offer Foreign Currency Notes denominated and/or payable in a specified currency or specified currencies.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, purchasers are required to pay for Foreign Currency Notes in the specified currency. At the present time, there are limited facilities in the United States for
conversion of U.S. dollars into specified currencies and vice versa, and banks may elect not to offer non-U.S. dollar checking or savings account facilities in the United States. However, if requested on or prior to the fifth Business Day preceding
the date of delivery of the Foreign Currency Notes, or by such other day as determined by the agent who presents such offer to purchase Foreign Currency Notes to us, such agent may be prepared to arrange for the conversion of U.S. dollars into the
specified currency set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet to enable the purchasers to pay for the Foreign Currency Notes. Each such conversion will be made by the agents on such terms and subject to such conditions,
limitations and charges as the agents may from time to time establish in accordance with their regular foreign exchange practices. All costs of exchange will be borne by the purchasers of the Foreign Currency Notes. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Information about the specified currency in which a particular Foreign Currency Note is denominated and/or payable, including historical exchange rates
and a description of the currency and any exchange controls, will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Payment of
Principal and Interest </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Foreign Currency Notes is payable by us in the specified
currency. Currently, banks do not generally offer non-U.S. dollar-denominated account facilities in their offices in the United States, although they are permitted to do so. Accordingly, a holder of Foreign Currency Notes will be paid in U.S.
dollars converted from the specified currency unless the holder is entitled to elect, and does elect, to be paid in the specified currency, or as otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any U.S. dollar amount to be received by a holder of a Foreign Currency Note will be based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York received
by an agent for us specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet (the &#147;Exchange Rate Agent&#148;) at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date from three
recognized foreign exchange dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange Rate Agent) selected by the Exchange Rate Agent and approved by us for the purchase by the quoting dealer of the specified currency for U.S. dollars for settlement on the payment
date in </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the aggregate amount of the specified currency payable to all holders of Foreign Currency Notes scheduled to receive U.S. dollar payments and at which the
applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. If three bid quotations are not available, payments will be made in the specified currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of the Foreign Currency Note by deductions from such
payments. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, a holder of Foreign Currency Notes may elect
to receive payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Foreign Currency Notes in the specified currency by transmitting a written request for such payment to the corporate trust office of the trustee in The City of
Wilmington, Delaware on or prior to the regular record date or at least fifteen calendar days prior to Maturity Date, as the case may be. This request may be in writing (mailed or hand delivered) or sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile
transmission. A holder of a Foreign Currency Note may elect to receive payment in the specified currency for all principal, premium, if any, and interest payments and need not file a separate election for each payment. This election will remain in
effect until revoked by written notice to the trustee, but written notice of any revocation must be received by the trustee on or prior to the regular record date or at least fifteen calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be.
Holders of Foreign Currency Notes whose Notes are to be held in the name of a broker or nominee should contact their brokers or nominees to determine whether and how an election to receive payments in the specified currency may be made. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet, if the specified currency is other than U.S. dollars, a beneficial
owner of the related global security who elects to receive payments of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, in the specified currency must notify its participant through which it owns its beneficial interest on or prior to the
applicable record date or at least fifteen calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be, of such beneficial owner&#146;s election. The participant must notify the depositary of such election on or prior to the third Business Day
after such record date or at least 12 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be, and the depositary will notify the trustee of such election on or prior to the fifth Business Day after such record date or at least ten calendar
days prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be. If complete instructions are received by the participant from the beneficial owner and forwarded by the participant to the depositary, and by the depositary to the trustee, on or prior to such
dates, then the beneficial owner will receive payments in the specified currency. See &#147;Description of Debt Securities&#151;Global Securities&#148; in the accompanying prospectus. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Principal and interest on Foreign Currency Notes paid in U.S. dollars will be paid in the manner specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement or
term sheet and this prospectus with respect to Notes denominated in U.S. dollars. Interest on Foreign Currency Notes paid in the specified currency will be paid by check mailed on an Interest Payment Date other than a Maturity Date to the persons
entitled thereto to the addresses of such holders as they appear in the security register or, at our option, by wire transfer to a bank account maintained by the holder in the country of the specified currency. The principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on Foreign Currency Notes, together with interest accrued and unpaid thereon, due on the Maturity Date will be paid, in the specified currency in immediately available funds upon surrender of such Notes at the corporate trust office of the
trustee in The City of Wilmington, Delaware, or, at our option, by wire transfer to such bank account of immediately available funds to an account with a bank designated at least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date by the applicable
registered holder, provided the particular bank has appropriate facilities to make these payments and the particular Foreign Currency Note is presented and surrendered at the office or agency maintained by us for this purpose in The City of
Wilmington, Delaware, in time for the trustee to make these payments in accordance with its normal procedures. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Payment Currency </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If a specified currency is not available for the payment of principal, premium or interest with respect to a Foreign Currency Note due to the imposition
of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond our control, we will be entitled to satisfy our obligations to holders of Foreign Currency Notes by making such payment in U.S. </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">dollars on the basis of the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of the specified currency as certified for customs purposes (or, if
not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the &#147;Market Exchange Rate&#148;) as computed by the Exchange Rate Agent on the second Business Day prior to such payment or, if not then available, on the basis
of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate or as otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet. Any payment made under these circumstances in U.S. dollars where the required payment is in a specified currency will
not constitute a default under the indenture with respect to the Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All determinations referred to above made by the Exchange Rate
Agent will be at its sole discretion and will, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the holders of the Foreign Currency Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>AS INDICATED ABOVE, AN INVESTMENT IN FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTES OR CURRENCY INDEXED NOTES INVOLVES SUBSTANTIAL RISKS, AND THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF SUCH RISKS CHANGE CONTINUOUSLY. AS WITH ANY INVESTMENT IN A SECURITY,
PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ADVISORS AS TO THE RISKS ENTAILED IN AN INVESTMENT IN FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTES OR CURRENCY INDEXED NOTES. SUCH NOTES ARE NOT AN APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT FOR PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS WHO
ARE UNSOPHISTICATED WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN CURRENCY MATTERS. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="rom65645_15"></A>PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We may sell the offered securities: </FONT></P> <P
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">through agents; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to or through underwriters; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">directly to other purchasers. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any
underwriters or agents will be identified and their discounts, commissions and other items constituting underwriters&#146; compensation and any securities exchanges on which the securities are listed will be described in the applicable prospectus
supplement or term sheet. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We (directly or through agents) may sell, and the underwriters may resell, the offered securities in one or more
transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In order to facilitate the offering of the debt securities, the underwriters or agents may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or
otherwise affect the price of the debt securities and our common stock. These transactions may include short sales, stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters or
agents of a greater number of debt securities than they are required to purchase in the offering. &#147;Covered&#148; short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the underwriters&#146; or agents&#146; option to purchase additional debt
securities from us in the offering. The underwriters or agents may close out any covered short position by either exercising the option to purchase additional debt securities or purchasing debt securities in the open market. In determining the
source of debt securities to close out the covered short position, the underwriters or agents will consider, among other things, the price of debt securities available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may
purchase debt securities through the option. &#147;Naked&#148; short sales are sales in excess of the option. The underwriters or agents must close out any naked short position by purchasing debt securities in open market. A naked short position is
more likely to be created if the underwriters or agents are concerned that there may be a downward pressure on the price of the debt securities in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.
Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids for or purchases of the debt securities made by the underwriters or agents in the open market prior to the completion of the offering. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the market
price of the debt securities above independent market levels. The underwriters or agents are not required to engage in these activities, and may end any of these activities at any time. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with the sale of offered securities, the underwriters or agents may receive compensation from us or from purchasers of the offered
securities for whom they may act as agents. The underwriters may sell offered securities to or through dealers, who may also receive compensation from purchasers of the offered securities for whom they may act as agents. Compensation may be in the
form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the offered securities may be underwriters as defined in the Act, and any discounts or commissions received by them from us and
any profit on the resale of the offered securities by them may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We will
indemnify the underwriters and agents against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Act, or contribute to payments they may be required to make in respect of such liabilities. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us or our affiliates in the ordinary course of their
businesses. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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offered securities, we will authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase the offered securities from us under delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery at a future date. These
contracts will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the prospectus supplement or term sheet, and the prospectus supplement or term sheet will set forth the commission payable for solicitation of these contracts. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="rom65645_16"></A>LEGAL MATTERS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with particular offerings of the securities in the future, and if stated in the
applicable prospectus supplements, the validity of those securities may be passed upon for us by Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. As of the date of this prospectus, Lawrence M. Levy, a director of Hologic, is an employee of
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, an option holder of Hologic and receives compensation for his role as a director of Hologic. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>
<A NAME="rom65645_17"></A>EXPERTS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The consolidated financial statements of Hologic, Inc. appearing in Hologic Inc.&#146;s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September&nbsp;29, 2007 included therein, have been audited by Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report dated November&nbsp;26, 2007 thereon,
included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The consolidated financial statements of Cytyc Corporation as of December&nbsp;31, 2006 and 2005 and for each of the three years in the period ended
December&nbsp;31, 2006, incorporated by reference in this Prospectus from the Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Hologic, Inc. filed on November&nbsp;30, 2007, have been audited by Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is incorporated by reference herein, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The financial statements of Adeza Biomedical Corporation as of December&nbsp;31, 2006 and 2005, and for each of the three years in the period ended
December&nbsp;31, 2006, appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Hologic, Inc. filed on November 30, 2007, have been audited by Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon,
appearing therein, and incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="rom65645_18"></A>EXHIBIT A </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Date: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Term Sheet </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To Prospectus dated </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">_________ __, 20__ </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Maturity Date:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Principal Amount:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest Rate:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fixed </FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Floating </FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest Rate Basis:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Index Maturity:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Spread:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Initial Interest Determination Date:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest Determination Dates:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest Reset Dates:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Day Count Convention:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest Payments Dates:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Record Dates if different:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Redemption Provisions:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Treasury Makewhole Spread:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Redemption Dates:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Plan of Distribution:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;14.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
following table sets forth the expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by us in connection with the sale of the securities being registered hereby. All amounts shown are estimates: </FONT></P> <P
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<TD></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;paid</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SEC registration fee</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Legal fees and expenses</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Accounting fees and expenses</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Trustees&#146; fees and expenses</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Printing and engraving costs</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Miscellaneous</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deferred in accordance with Rule 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">These fees and expenses depend on the securities offered and the number of issuances, and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;15.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except where the director breached his or her duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a
dividend or approved a stock purchase or redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than
an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the corporation&#146;s request as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with
the action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies (i)&nbsp;if such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding or (ii)&nbsp;if such person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies
to actions brought by or in the right of the corporation as well, but only to the extent of defense expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees, but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of
judgment or settlement of the claim itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of negligence or misconduct in the performance of the person&#146;s duties to the
corporation, unless a court believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification should apply. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL
provides, among other things, that a director who willfully and negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held liable for such actions. A director who was absent when the unlawful
actions were approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered on the books containing the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors at the time the action occurred or
immediately after the absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Article Tenth of our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that our directors shall not be
personally liable to us and our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">under section 174 of the DGCL regarding unlawful dividends and stock purchases; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our amended and restated bylaws provide that we are required to indemnify any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of our company to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The indemnification provisions contained in our bylaws are not exclusive of any other rights to which a person may be entitled by law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have also entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors. The indemnification agreements are intended to provide
the maximum protection permitted by Delaware law with respect to indemnification of directors. We may also enter into similar agreements with certain of our officers who are not also directors. The effect of these provisions is to permit
indemnification by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We also maintain directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;16.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="70%"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Number</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Reference</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;1.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Underwriting Agreement.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Certificate of Incorporation of Hologic.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A-3.1*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B-3.3*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.3</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C-3.3*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.4</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">D-3.1</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.5</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hologic.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">E-3.2*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Specimen Certificate for shares of Hologic&#146;s common stock.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A-1*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Description of Capital Stock (contained in Hologic&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended).</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A-3.1*,&nbsp;B-3.3*,&nbsp;C-3.2*</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Rights Agreement dated September 17, 2002.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">F-4*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment to Rights Agreement dated May 21, 2007.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">G-4.2</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Right Certificates.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">F-4*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.6</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Indenture, to be entered into between Hologic, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.6</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Debt Security.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.7</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Certificate of Designation for the Preferred Stock (together with Preferred Stock Certificate).</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.8</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Rights Agreement.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.9</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Warrant Agreement.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.10</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Purchase Contract.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.11</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Unit Agreement.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">**</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.01).</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP with respect to Hologic.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP with respect to Cytyc Corporation.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP with respect to Adeza Biomedical Corporation</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement).</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of Wilmington Trust Company as trustee under the Indenture.</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We previously filed this exhibit with the referenced exhibit number as an exhibit to our registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;33-33128) filed on
January&nbsp;24, 1990 and the previously filed exhibit is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We previously filed this exhibit on May&nbsp;14, 1996, with the referenced exhibit number as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q (SEC File No. 000-18281) for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;30, 1996, and the previously filed exhibit is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We previously filed this exhibit on December&nbsp;6, 2005 with the referenced exhibit number as an exhibit to our annual report on Form 10-K (SEC File No. 000-18281), and the
previously filed exhibit is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We previously filed this exhibit on October&nbsp;22, 2007 with the referenced exhibit number as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8-K (SEC File No. 000-18281), and the
previously filed exhibit is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We previously filed this exhibit on October&nbsp;23, 2007 with the referenced exhibit number as an exhibit to our current report on Form 8-K (SEC File No. 000-18281), and the
previously filed exhibit is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We previously filed this exhibit on December&nbsp;4, 2002 with the referenced exhibit number as an exhibit to our registration statement on Form 8-A (SEC File No. 000-18281), and
the previously filed exhibit is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We previously filed this exhibit on May&nbsp;21, 2007 with the referenced exhibit number as an exhibit to our registration statement on Form 8-A/A (SEC File No. 000-18281), and the
previously filed exhibit is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In accordance with Rule&nbsp;411 of the Securities Act, reference is made to the documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which documents are hereby
incorporated by reference. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To be subsequently filed by an amendment to the registration statement or by a Current Report on Form 8-K. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Undertakings. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective registration statement; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (i), (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part
of this registration statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of
1933 to any purchaser: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) Each prospectus filed by a registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of
this registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this registration statement; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii)&nbsp;or (x)&nbsp;for the
purpose of providing the information required by Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in this registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after
effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be
deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof;<I> provided, however</I>, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of this registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into this registration
statement or prospectus that is part of this registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in this registration </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">statement or prospectus that was part of this registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to
be filed pursuant to Rule 424; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) The portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the
purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section&nbsp;305(b)(2) of the Trust
Indenture Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person
of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bedford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the&nbsp;3rd day of December 2007. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">HOLOGIC, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G<SMALL>LENN</SMALL> P.
M<SMALL>UIR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Name:</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Glenn P. Muir</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title:</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Executive Vice President, Finance and</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Administration, Chief Financial</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Officer, Treasurer and
Secretary</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints John W. Cumming and Glenn P.
Muir, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, severally, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, thereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J<SMALL>OHN</SMALL> W.
C<SMALL>UMMING&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>John W. Cumming</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">December&nbsp;3,&nbsp;2007</FONT></TD></TR>
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S<SMALL>ULLIVAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Patrick J. Sullivan</B></FONT></P></TD>
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M<SMALL>UIR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Glenn P. Muir</B></FONT></P></TD>
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L<SMALL>AVALLEE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Robert H. Lavallee</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></P></TD>
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L<SMALL>EVANGIE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Daniel J. Levangie</B></FONT></P></TD>
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C<SMALL>RAWFORD&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Sally W. Crawford</B></FONT></P></TD>
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J<SMALL>R</SMALL>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>David R. LaVance, Jr.</B></FONT></P></TD>
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L<SMALL>EAMING&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Nancy L. Leaming</B></FONT></P></TD>
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L<SMALL>EVY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Lawrence M. Levy</B></FONT></P></TD>
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M<SMALL>C</SMALL>D<SMALL>ANIEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>William McDaniel</B></FONT></P></TD>
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U<SMALL>LLIAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Elaine Ullian</B></FONT></P></TD>
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W<SMALL>ILSON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Wayne Wilson</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>HOLOGIC, INC., </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>AND
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of
[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Definitions.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Compliance Certificates and Opinions.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Acts of Holders.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notices, etc. to Trustee or the Company.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notice to Holders; Waiver.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Successors and Assigns.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Separability Clause.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Benefits of Indenture.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Governing Law.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Legal Holidays.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No Recourse.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Rules of Construction.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Forms Generally.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Trustee&#146;s Certificate of Authentication.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">18</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities Issuable in Global Form.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">19</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">19</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Denominations.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">24</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Temporary Securities.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">26</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">33</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Optional Extension of Maturity.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Persons Deemed Owners.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cancellation.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">37</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Computation of Interest.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">38</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">38</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">42</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">42</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">42</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Application of Trust Money.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">44</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Events of Default.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">44</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">45</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.3</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">47</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.4</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">47</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.5</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">48</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.6</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Application of Money Collected.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">48</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.7</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Limitation on Suits.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">49</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.8</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">49</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.9</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Restoration of Rights and Remedies.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">50</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.10</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Rights and Remedies Cumulative.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">50</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.11</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Delay or Omission Not Waiver.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">50</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.12</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Control by Holders.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">50</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.13</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Waiver of Past Defaults.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">51</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.14</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Undertaking for Costs.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">51</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.15</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">51</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">52</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.1</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notice of Defaults.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">52</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.2</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Certain Duties, Responsibilities and Rights of Trustee.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">52</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.3</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">55</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.4</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">May Hold Securities.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">55</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.5</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Money Held in Trust.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">55</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.6</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Compensation and Reimbursement.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">55</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.7</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests; Disqualification.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">56</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.8</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">56</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.9</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">58</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.10</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">59</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.11</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Appointment of Authenticating Agent.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">60</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE VII HOLDERS&#146; LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">61</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.1</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">61</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Reports by Trustee.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">61</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.3</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Reports by Company.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">62</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE VIII [RESERVED]</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">62</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">63</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">63</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.2</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">64</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.3</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Execution of Supplemental Indentures.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">65</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.4</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Effect of Supplemental Indentures.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">65</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.5</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">65</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.6</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">65</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.7</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notice of Supplemental Indentures.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Effect on Senior Indebtedness.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Payment of Principal, Premium, if Any, and Interest.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Maintenance of Office or Agency.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">67</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Statement by Officers as to Default.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.5</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Existence.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Further Instruments and Acts.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">69</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.7</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Calculation of Original Issue Discount.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.8</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Additional Amounts.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.9</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.10</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Waiver of Certain Covenants.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Applicability of Article.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notice of Redemption.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deposit of Redemption Price.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities Payable on Redemption Date.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11.7</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities Redeemed in Part.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE XII SINKING FUNDS</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Applicability of Article.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Applicability of Article.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">77</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Repayment of Securities.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exercise of Option.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities Repaid in Part.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Company&#146;s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">79</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Defeasance and Discharge.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Covenant Defeasance.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">80</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;14.4</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">80</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;14.5</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">82</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;14.6</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Reinstatement.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">83</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE XV MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">83</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">83</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15.3</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">84</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15.4</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Quorum; Action.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">84</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15.5</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">85</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15.6</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">86</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE XVI</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">86</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit A: Forms of Certification </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;
</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">INDENTURE, dated as of
[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;], between Hologic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), having its principal office at 35 Crosby Drive,
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee (herein called the &#147;Trustee&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>RECITALS OF THE COMPANY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide
for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured senior or subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of Indebtedness (herein called the &#147;Securities&#148;), which may be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any
person (including the Company), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, this Indenture is subject
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are required to be part of this Indenture, and shall be governed by such provisions; provided that if any provision of this Indenture modifies any TIA provision that may be so
modified, such TIA provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified; provided further that if any provision of this Indenture excludes any TIA provision that may be so excluded, such TIA provision shall be excluded from this
Indenture; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have
been done. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of
series thereof, as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE I </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.1 <U>Definitions</U>.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Act&#148;</B>, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;1.4. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Additional Amounts&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;10.8. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Affiliate&#148;</B> of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, &#147;control,&#148; as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms &#147;controlling,&#148; &#147;controlled by&#148; and &#147;under common control
with&#148; shall have correlative meanings. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Authenticating Agent&#148;</B> means any Person appointed by the Trustee to act on behalf of the
Trustee pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.11 to authenticate Securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Authorized Newspaper&#148;</B> means a newspaper, in the
English language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the
term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting
the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Bankruptcy Law&#148;</B> means Title 11, U.S. Code or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Bearer Security&#148;</B> means any Security except a Registered
Security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Board of Directors&#148;</B> means (i)&nbsp;with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation;
(ii)&nbsp;with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership; and (iii)&nbsp;with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Board Resolution&#148;</B> means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Business Day&#148;</B> means, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section&nbsp;3.1, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Clearstream&#148;</B> means Clearstream, societe anonyme, or its successor. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Commission&#148;</B> or <B>&#147;SEC&#148;</B> means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Common Depositary&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.4. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Company&#148;</B> means the Person named as the &#147;<B>Company&#148;</B> in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter &#147;Company&#148; shall mean such successor Person. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Company Request&#148;</B> or <B>&#147;Company Order&#148;</B> means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers
of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Conversion Date&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.12(d).
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Conversion Event&#148;</B> means the cessation of use of a Foreign Currency both by the government of one or more countries or by
any recognized union, association or confederation of governments that issued such currency and by a central bank or other public institution of or within the international banking community for the settlement of transactions. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee&#148;</B> means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office on the date of execution of this Indenture is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, except that with respect to presentation of
Securities for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate agency business shall be conducted. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<B>Corporation</B>&#148; includes corporations, associations, companies and business or statutory trusts. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Coupon&#148;</B> means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Currency&#148;</B> means any currency, composite currency or currency unit, including the Euro, issued by the government of one or more
countries or by any recognized union, confederation or association of such governments. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Default&#148;</B> means any event that
is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Defaulted Interest&#148;</B> has
the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.7(a). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Depositary&#148;</B> means, with respect to Registered Securities of any series,
for which the Company shall determine that such Registered Securities will be issued in permanent global form, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or other applicable statute or regulations, which in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Dollar&#148;</B> or <B>&#147;$&#148;</B> means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Dollar
Equivalent of the Currency Unit&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.12(g). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign
Currency&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.12(f). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Election Date&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in
Section&nbsp;3.12(h). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Euro&#148;</B> means the basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries, as revised or
replaced from time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Euroclear&#148;</B> means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. as operator of Euroclear System, and any successor
thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;European Union&#148;</B> means the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European
Atomic Energy Community, as may be modified from time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Event of Default&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in
Section&nbsp;5.01. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Exchange Date&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.4. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Exchange Rate Agent&#148;</B> means, with respect to Securities of or within any series, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, a New York Clearing House bank, designated pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 or Section&nbsp;3.13. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Exchange Rate Officer&#146;s Certificate&#148;</B> means a certificate setting forth (i)&nbsp;the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii)&nbsp;the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section&nbsp;3.2 in the relevant Currency), payable with respect to a Security of any series on the basis of
such Market Exchange Rate, signed by the Treasurer or any Vice President of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Extension Notice&#148;</B> has the
meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.8. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Extension Period&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.8. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Federal Bankruptcy Code&#148;</B> means the Bankruptcy Act of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Foreign Currency</B>&#148; means any Currency other than Currency of the United States. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;GAAP&#148;</B> means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (including the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity that have been adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board or as have otherwise been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession),
which are in effect on the date of this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Government Obligations&#148;</B> means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, securities which are (i)&nbsp;direct obligations of the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable or (ii)&nbsp;obligations of a
Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by such government,
which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of such government payable in such Currency and are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust
company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific
payment of interest or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Holder&#148;</B> means, in
the case of a Registered Security, the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Indebtedness&#148;</B> means (1)&nbsp;any liability of any Person (a)&nbsp;for borrowed money, or (b)&nbsp;evidenced by a bond,
note, debenture or similar instrument (including purchase money obligations but excluding Trade Payables), or (c)&nbsp;for the payment of money relating to a lease that is required to be classified as a capitalized lease obligation in accordance
with GAAP; (2)&nbsp;preferred or preference stock of a Subsidiary of the Company held by Persons other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company; (3)&nbsp;any liability of others described in the preceding clause (1)&nbsp;that the Person has
guaranteed, that is recourse to such Person or that is otherwise its legal liability; and (4)&nbsp;any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (1),
(2)&nbsp;and (3)&nbsp;above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Indenture&#148;</B> means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1;
provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, &#147;Indenture&#148; shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, exclusive, however, of any
provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures
supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Indexed Security&#148;</B> means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at the Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Interest&#148;</B> means, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security the rate prescribed in such Original Issue Discount
Security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;</B> means, when used with respect to any Security, the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on such Security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Lien&#148;</B> means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest
or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other
agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Market Exchange Rate&#148;</B> means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, (i)&nbsp;for any
conversion involving a currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to
Section&nbsp;3.1 for the Securities of the relevant series, (ii)&nbsp;for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii)&nbsp;for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in
accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York City, London
or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate Agent. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, in the event of the
unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii)&nbsp;and (iii), the Exchange Rate Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, London or another principal market for the
Currency in question, or such other quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency by reason of foreign exchange
regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such Currency shall be that upon which a non-resident issuer of securities designated in such Currency would customarily purchase such Currency in order to make payments in respect of
such securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Maturity&#148;</B> means, when used with respect to any Security, the date on which the principal of such
Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment, notice of exchange or
conversion, or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Mortgage&#148;</B> means, with respect to any property or assets, any mortgage or deed of trust,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien, encumbrance, or any other security arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or assets (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Officer&#148;</B> means, with respect to any
Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any
Vice-President of such Person. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Officers&#146; Certificate&#148;</B> means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two
Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer, or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;1.2 hereof. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Opinion of Counsel&#148;</B> means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, including an employee of the Company, and
who shall be acceptable to the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Optional Reset Date&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.7(b).
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Original Issue Discount Security&#148;</B> means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof
to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.2. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Outstanding&#148;</B> means, when used with respect to Securities, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption or repayment at the
option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 14.2 and 14.3, with respect to which the
Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iv) Securities which have
been paid pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by TIA Section&nbsp;313, (i)&nbsp;the principal amount
of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been
declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.02, (ii)&nbsp;the principal amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that may
be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such Security is originally issued by the Company as set forth in an
Exchange Rate Officer&#146;s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in
clause (i)&nbsp;above) of such Security, (iii)&nbsp;the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal
face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, and (iv)&nbsp;Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver or upon any such </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee&#146;s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Paying
Agent&#148;</B> means any Person (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Person&#148;</B> means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Place of Payment&#148;</B> means, when used with respect to the
Securities of or within any series, the place or places (which, in the case of Bearer Securities, shall be outside the United States) where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities are payable as specified as
contemplated by Sections 3.1 and 10.2. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Predecessor Security&#148;</B> of any particular Security means every previous Security
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section&nbsp;3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, as the case may be. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Redemption Date&#148;</B>, when used with respect to any
Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Redemption Price&#148;</B> means, when used with respect to any security to be redeemed, the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Registered Security&#148;</B> means any Security registered in the Security Register. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Regular Record Date&#148;</B> for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means
the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Repayment Date&#148;</B> means, when used with respect
to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Repayment
Price&#148;</B> means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Reset Notice&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.7(b). </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Responsible Officer&#148;</B> means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee within the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) who has direct responsibility for administration of this Indenture and, for purposes of Section&nbsp;6.1 or subparagraph (3)(b)&nbsp;of the first paragraph of Section&nbsp;6.2 hereof, also includes any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer&#146;s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Securities&#148;</B> has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that if at any time there is more
than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, &#147;Securities&#148; with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean
Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Security Register&#148;</B> and <B>&#147;Security Registrar&#148;</B> have the respective meanings specified in Section&nbsp;3.5. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Senior Indebtedness&#148; </B>means the principal of (and premium, if any) and unpaid interest on (x)&nbsp;Indebtedness of the Company (including Indebtedness of others guaranteed by the Company), whether
outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, for money borrowed other than (a)&nbsp;any Indebtedness of the Company which when incurred and without respect to any election under Section&nbsp;1111(b) of the
Federal Bankruptcy Code, was without recourse to the Company, (b)&nbsp;any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its subsidiaries, (c)&nbsp;Indebtedness to any employee of the Company, (d)&nbsp;any liability for taxes and (e)&nbsp;Trade Payables,
unless in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding it is provided that such Indebtedness is not senior or prior in right of payment to the Securities, and (y)&nbsp;renewals, extensions,
modifications and refundings of any such Indebtedness. This definition may be modified or superseded by a supplemental indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Significant Subsidiary&#148;</B> means any Subsidiary that would constitute a &#147;significant subsidiary&#148; within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933 as in effect on the date of this
Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Special Record Date&#148;</B> for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of or within any
series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.7. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Stated Maturity&#148;</B> means, when used with respect to
any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable, as such date may be extended pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.8. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Subsequent
Interest Period&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.7(b). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Subsidiary&#148;</B> means any corporation of which
at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Trade Payables&#148;</B> means accounts payable or any other Indebtedness or monetary obligations to trade creditors created or assumed in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Trust Indenture Act&#148;</B> or
<B>&#147;TIA&#148;</B> means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section&nbsp;9.5. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Trustee&#148;</B> means the Person named as the &#147;Trustee&#148; in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter &#147;Trustee&#148; shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, &#147;Trustee&#148; as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;United States&#148;</B> means, unless otherwise
specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<B>United States Person&#148;</B> means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, an individual who
is a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation
regardless of its source. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Valuation Date&#148;</B> has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;3.12(c). </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Vice President&#148;</B>, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number
or a word or words added before or after the title &#147;vice president&#148;. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Voting Stock&#148;</B> means stock of the class or
classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have
or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&#147;Yield to Maturity&#148;</B> means the yield to
maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield
computation principles. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.2 <U>Compliance Certificates and Opinions</U>. Upon any application or request by the
Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer&#146;s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any
covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, provided for in
this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied with. Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided
for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section&nbsp;10.4) shall include: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) a brief statement as to the
nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.3 <U>Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee</U>. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.
Any such certificate or opinion may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters
is in the possession of the Company unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents,
certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.4 <U>Acts of Holders</U>. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or
more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record
of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article
Fifteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the &#147;Act&#148; of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in
favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section&nbsp;15.6. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or
by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer
acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person
executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) The principal amount and serial numbers
of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) The principal
amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by (i)&nbsp;the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker
or other depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities
therein </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">described; or (ii)&nbsp;such facts as may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or
affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee or the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1)&nbsp;another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same
Bearer Security is produced, or (2)&nbsp;such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3)&nbsp;such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4)&nbsp;such Bearer Security is no longer
Outstanding. The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act, the Company may, at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but
the Company shall have no obligation to do so. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding TIA Section&nbsp;3.16(c), such record date shall be the record date
specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If
such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent, or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.5 <U>Notices, etc. to Trustee or the Company</U>. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Holders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) 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 or by overnight delivery service, to the Company addressed to it at the address of the Company&#146;s principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, to the attention of its
General Counsel, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.6 <U>Notice to
Holders; Waiver</U>. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of Registered
Securities by the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided. Any notice mailed to a
Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities when such
notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and in such other city or cities as may be
specified in such Securities on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date, and not later than the latest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any such notice shall be deemed to have
been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once, on the date of the first such publication. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If by reason of the
suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every
purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.7 <U>Effect of Headings and Table of Contents</U>. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.8 <U>Successors and Assigns</U>. All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.9 <U>Separability Clause</U>. In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security or coupon shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.10 <U>Benefits of Indenture</U>. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or
coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar and their respective successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or coupons, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.11 <U>Governing Law</U>. THIS INDENTURE AND
THE SECURITIES AND COUPONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THIS INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO
THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BE GOVERNED BY SUCH PROVISIONS. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.12 <U>Legal Holidays</U>. In any case where any Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of any Security or
coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">provision shall apply in lieu of this Section), payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, need not be made at such Place of Payment on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or
Maturity, as the case may be; provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the
case may be. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.13 <U>No Recourse</U>. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any
Security or any coupons appertaining thereto, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or
in any Security or any coupons appertaining thereto, or because of the creation of any Indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any director, officer, employee, or stockholder as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any of
its Affiliates or any successor Person of the Company, either directly or through the Company or any of its Affiliates or any successor Person of the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.14 <U>Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act</U>. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following TIA term used in this Indenture has the
following meanings: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<B>obligor</B>&#148; on the Securities means the Company in respect of the Securities and any successor obligor upon the Securities. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have
the meanings so assigned to them. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.15 <U>Rules of
Construction</U>. Unless the context otherwise requires: (i)&nbsp;a term has the meaning assigned to it; (ii)&nbsp;an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP; (iii)&nbsp;&#147;or&#148; is not
exclusive; (iv)&nbsp;words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; (v)&nbsp;provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and (vi)&nbsp;&#147;including&#148; shall be deemed to mean &#147;including
without limitation&#148;. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE II </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SECURITY FORMS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2.1 <U>Forms Generally</U>. The Registered Securities, if any, of each
series, the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons, the temporary global </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities of each series, if any, and the permanent global Securities of each series, if any, to be endorsed thereon shall be in substantially the forms as
shall be established by, or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section&nbsp;3.3, set forth in, or determined in the manner provided in, an Officer&#146;s Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company, executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities or coupons. If the forms of Securities or coupons of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities or coupons. Any portion of the text of any
Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, Securities in bearer form shall have interest coupons attached. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee&#146;s
certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The definitive Securities
and coupons, if any, shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities, coupons, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities or coupons. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2.2 <U>Form of Trustee&#146;s Certificate of Authentication</U>. Subject to Section&nbsp;6.11,
the Trustee&#146;s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>TRUSTEE&#146;S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as Trustee</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Authorized Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2.3 <U>Securities Issuable in Global Form</U>. If Securities of or within a series are
issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, then, notwithstanding clause (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;3.1, any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein
and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time
be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner
and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.3 or Section&nbsp;3.4, as applicable. Subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;3.3
and Section&nbsp;3.4, as applicable, the Trustee shall deliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant
to Section&nbsp;3.3 or Section&nbsp;3.4 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section&nbsp;1.2 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The provisions of the last sentence of Section&nbsp;3.3 shall apply to any Security
represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section&nbsp;1.2
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section&nbsp;3.3. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding any provisions of Section&nbsp;3.7 to the contrary, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, payment of principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the provisions of Section&nbsp;3.9 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding
Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i), in the case of a permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such permanent global Security in registered form, or (ii)&nbsp;in the case of a permanent global Security in
bearer form, Euroclear or Clearstream. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE III </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>THE SECURITIES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.1 <U>Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series</U>. The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in one or more Board
Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section&nbsp;3.3, set forth in, or determined in the manner provided in, an Officer&#146;s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2)&nbsp;and (17)&nbsp;below), if so provided, may be determined from
time to time by the Company with respect to unissued Securities of the series and set forth in such Securities of the series when issued from time to time, subject to Article IX): </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other series of Securities) and whether such
Securities are senior or subordinated; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6, 11.7
or 13.5 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be determined or extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined,
the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable, the right, if any, of the Company to defer or extend an
Interest Payment Date, and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be
calculated if other than on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in
addition to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable (which in the case of Bearer Securities shall be outside the United States), where any
Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange, where Securities of the series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for
conversion or exchange, as applicable and, if different than the location specified in Section&nbsp;1.6, the place or places where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency in which, and other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or a Holder thereof, if the Company or such Holder is to have that option; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) the obligation or right, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Securities of the series
pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, the Currency in which, and other terms and conditions upon
which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denomination or denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series shall be issuable and, if other than denominations of $5,000, the denomination or denominations in which
any Bearer Securities of the series shall be issuable; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(9) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or
Paying Agent; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.2, upon redemption of the Securities of the series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity, upon surrender for repayment at the option of the
Holder, or which the Trustee shall be entitled to claim pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.4 or the method by which such portion shall be determined; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(11) if other than Dollar, the Currency or Currencies in which payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be made or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated
and the particular provisions applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section&nbsp;3.12; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be
based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(13) whether the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which
such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods within which (including the Election Date), and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate
between the Currency in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities are to be so payable, in each case in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of
Section&nbsp;3.12; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(14) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any, or any depositaries; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(15) whether Article Fourteen shall be applicable to the Securities of the series; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(16) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(17) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of
the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(18) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer Securities, whether such Securities
of any series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent
global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in
Section&nbsp;3.5, whether Registered Securities of the series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities of the series (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations), and the circumstances under which and the place or places where any such exchanges
may be made and if Securities of the series are to be issuable in global form, the identity of any initial depository therefor; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(19) the
date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(20) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise
than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other
than in the manner provided in Section&nbsp;3.4; and the extent to which, or the manner in which any interest payable on a permanent global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section&nbsp;3.7;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(21) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary
Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(22) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and
place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(23) whether, under what circumstances and the Currency in which the Company
will pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section&nbsp;10.8 on the Securities of the series to any Holder who is not a United States person (including any modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or
governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option); </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(24) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company), the terms and
conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(25) whether the Securities of the series are subject to
subordination and, if so, the terms of such subordination; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(26) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or limitations on
such rights and preferences) relating to the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or the provisions of this Indenture). </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the
case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions (subject to Section&nbsp;3.3) and set forth in such
Officer&#146;s Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for
issuances of additional Securities of such series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions, such Board Resolutions shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the issuance of the first Security of such series. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.2 <U>Denominations</U>. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section&nbsp;3.1. With respect to Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of such series, the Registered Securities of such series, other than Registered Securities issued
in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and the Bearer Securities of such series, other than the Bearer Securities issued in global form (which may be of any
denomination), shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.3 <U>Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating</U>. The Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, its President or a Vice President, under its corporate seal affixed thereto or reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. The signature of
any of these officers on the Securities or coupons may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the
Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities or coupons. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series together with any
coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate
and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided further that, unless otherwise specified
with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, a Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the earlier of the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any temporary Security first becomes exchangeable
for such Bearer Security in accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture. If any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section&nbsp;3.4, the notation of
a beneficial owner&#146;s interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner&#146;s
interest in such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section&nbsp;3.6, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled. If not
all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution, and the Officer&#146;s Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may
set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest rate, maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) the Board Resolution and the Officers&#146; Certificate or
supplemental indenture, as applicable, relating thereto and, if applicable, an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant to such resolution, certificate or supplemental indenture, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating in effect (subject to customary exceptions): </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) that the form or forms of such Securities to be endorsed thereon and any coupons have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) that the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) that such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, when completed by
appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in the
manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors&#146; rights generally (including on all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), to general principles of equity; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities, any coupons and of the
supplemental indentures, if any, have been complied with and that authentication and delivery of such Securities and any coupons and the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture, if any, by the Trustee will not violate the terms of the
Indenture; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) that the Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities and any coupons, and has duly taken all
necessary corporate action with respect to such issuance; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) that the issuance of such Securities and any coupons will
not contravene the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or result in any violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or regulation or of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement known to such Counsel by which the Company
is bound; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) an Officers&#146; Certificate of the Company as to the absence of any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or
both would become, an Event of Default. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any such Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee&#146;s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated
by Section&nbsp;3.1. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose
unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section&nbsp;3.10 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section&nbsp;1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the
Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.4 <U>Temporary Securities</U>. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company
Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu
of which they are issued and in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as conclusively the officers executing
such Securities or coupons may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons, as the case may be. Such temporary Securities may be in global form. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such
series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor of authorized denominations; provided, </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided further that a definitive Bearer
Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;3.3. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series. If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any such temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the London office of
a depositary or common depositary (the &#147;Common Depositary&#148;), for the benefit of Euroclear and Clearstream, for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such
temporary global Security (the &#147;Exchange Date&#148;), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or
after the Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company&#146;s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities
without charge and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form,
permanent global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, and, if any combination thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; provided,
however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary global Security is accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by
Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Clearstream as to the portion of such temporary global Security held
for its account then to be exchanged, each substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1); and provided further that definitive Bearer Securities shall
be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security only in compliance with the requirements of Section&nbsp;3.3. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global Security shall
be delivered only outside the United States. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of any series shall
in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1,
interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to Euroclear and Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and Clearstream to the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent of a
certificate or certificates substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1), for credit without further interest thereon on or after such Interest
Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate dated no
earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the certification requirements of the preceding two paragraphs of this Section and of the third paragraph of Section&nbsp;3.3
of this Indenture and the interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary global Security with respect to which such certification was made will be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor on
the Exchange Date or the date of certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date, without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary global Security will be made unless and until such interest in such temporary global Security shall have been exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security. Any
interest so received by Euroclear and Clearstream and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent immediately prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid
to the Company in accordance with (but otherwise subject to) Section&nbsp;10.3. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.5 <U>Registration, Registration of Transfer
and Exchange</U>. The Company and the Trustee shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register for each series of Securities (the registers maintained in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and in any other office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the &#147;Security Register&#148;) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration
of Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities; provided, however, that there shall be only one Security Register per series of Securities. The Security Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being
converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the Security Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as security registrar (the &#147;Security Registrar&#148;) for
the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided and for facilitating exchanges of temporary global Securities for permanent global Securities or definitive Securities, or both, or of
permanent global Securities for definitive Securities, as herein provided. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered
Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more
new Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Unless otherwise specified with respect to
any series of Securities as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 or this Section&nbsp;3.5, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If (but only if) expressly permitted in or pursuant to the applicable Board Resolution and (subject to Section&nbsp;3.3) set forth in the applicable Officer&#146;s Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto,
delivered as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount and
tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such
unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, any such permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such
missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent
harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided,
however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;10.2, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on (i)&nbsp;any
Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii)&nbsp;any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for
payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be
payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If any beneficial owner of an interest in a permanent
global Security is entitled to exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 and provided that any applicable
notice provided in the permanent global Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive
Securities of that series in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owner&#146;s interest in such permanent global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be
so exchanged, such permanent global Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary or such other depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company&#146;s agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and upon receipt of such Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such permanent global Security, an equal
aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the series are not issuable both as
Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof;
provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date if the Security for which exchange is
requested may be among those selected for redemption; and provided, further, that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. If a
Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on (i)&nbsp;any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii)&nbsp;any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, interest or Defaulted Interest,
as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the
case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. </FONT></P> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.4, 9.6, 11.7 or 13.5 not
involving any transfer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If at any time the Depositary for any permanent global Registered Securities of any series notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such permanent global Registered Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such permanent global Registered Securities shall no longer be eligible under applicable law, the Company
shall appoint a successor Depositary eligible under applicable law with respect to such permanent global Registered Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under applicable law for such Registered Global Securities is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Registered Securities of
such series and tenor, will authenticate and deliver such definitive Registered Securities of such series and tenor, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such permanent global Registered
Securities, in exchange for such permanent global Registered Securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that any permanent global Registered Securities of any series shall no longer be maintained in global form. In such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Registered Securities of such series and tenor, will authenticate and deliver, definitive Registered Securities of such series and tenor in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
permanent global Registered Securities, in exchange for such permanent global Registered Securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company shall not be required
(i)&nbsp;to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of that series under Sections 11.3 or 12.3 and
ending at the close of business on (A)&nbsp;if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B)&nbsp;if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or
(ii)&nbsp;to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii)&nbsp;to exchange any </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor;
provided that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or (iv)&nbsp;to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the
portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer that may be imposed under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series pursuant to the terms thereof established as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 or under applicable law with respect to
any transfer of any interest in any such Security (including any transfers between or among any depositary (including any Depositary or Common Depositary), or its nominee, as a Holder of a Security issued in global form, any participants in such
depositary or owners or holders of beneficial interests in any such global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required
by, the terms of such Securities if and as may be so established in respect of such Securities, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements thereof. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the
Trustee shall have any responsibility for actions taken or not taken by the Depositary. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.6 <U>Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities</U>. If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security, or, in
case any such mutilated Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered
Security, pay such Security or coupon. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i)&nbsp;evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (ii)&nbsp;such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company
or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in
exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously Outstanding with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains. Notwithstanding the provisions of
the previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security or coupon; provided, however, that payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;10.2, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, any interest on Bearer
Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon the issuance of any new
Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The provisions of this Section are exclusive
and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.7 <U>Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset</U>. (a)&nbsp;Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section&nbsp;3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, interest, if any, on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section&nbsp;10.2; provided, however,
that each installment of interest, if any, on any Registered Security may at the Company&#146;s option be paid by (i)&nbsp;mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to
Section&nbsp;3.9, to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii)&nbsp;transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee. If the Person entitled to such payment delivers appropriate wire
instructions to the Trustee within 15 Business Days of the Interest Payment Date, the Company will pay such amount via wire transfer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 with respect to the Securities of any series, payment of interest, if any, may be made, in the case of a Bearer Security, by transfer to an account located outside the United
States maintained by the payee. Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but is not </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by
virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted interest and, if applicable, interest on such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the rate specified in the Securities of such series (such defaulted interest and, if applicable,
interest thereon herein collectively called &#147;Defaulted Interest&#148;) shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1)&nbsp;or (2)&nbsp;below: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b), 3.12(d) and 3.12(e)) equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest that shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date
of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given in the manner provided in Section&nbsp;1.6, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose name the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The provisions of this Section&nbsp;3.7(b) may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 (with such modifications,
additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section&nbsp;3.1). The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the Company
on the date or dates specified on the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">face of such Security (each an &#147;Optional Reset Date&#148;). The Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by notifying the Trustee
of such exercise (and of the information described in the immediately succeeding sentence) at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for such Security. Not later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee
shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6, to the Holder of any such Security a notice (the &#147;Reset Notice&#148;) indicating whether the Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used
to calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and if so (i)&nbsp;such new interest rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii)&nbsp;the provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date
to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the date of Maturity of such Security (each such period a &#147;Subsequent Interest Period&#148;), including the date or dates on which or the period or periods
during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the
foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice
and establish an interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the
Subsequent Interest Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6, notice of such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of such Security. Such
notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of
such Securities have not tendered such Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable).
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the principal of such Security on each Optional
Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment
at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment
pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section&nbsp;3.5, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of
or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section&nbsp;3.1). The Stated Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended
at the option of the Company for the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each an &#147;Extension Period&#148;) up to but not beyond the final maturity date set forth on the face of such Security. The Company may exercise such
option with respect to any Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise (and of the information described in the immediately succeeding sentence) at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such Security in effect
prior to the exercise of such option (the &#147;Original Stated Maturity&#148;). If the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days
prior to the Original Stated Maturity a notice (the &#147;Extension Notice&#148;) prepared by the Company indicating (i)&nbsp;the election of the Company to extend the Stated Maturity, (ii)&nbsp;the new Stated Maturity, (iii)&nbsp;the interest rate,
if any, applicable to the Extension Period and (iv)&nbsp;the provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period. Upon the Trustee&#146;s transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of such Security shall be extended
automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will have the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension Notice. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of such Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the
interest rate provided for in the Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6, notice of such higher interest rate to the Holder of
such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such higher interest rate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the Company extends the Stated Maturity of any Security, the Holder will have the option to elect repayment of such Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Stated Maturity thereof, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at
the option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment
pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may by written notice to the Trustee revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.9 <U>Persons Deemed Owners</U>. Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Sections 3.5 and 3.7) interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery. The Company,
the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and
for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupons be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. The Company, the Trustee, the Paying
Agent and the Securities Registrar shall be entitled to deal with any depositary (including any Depositary or Common Depositary), and any nominee thereof, that is the Holder of any such global Security for all purposes of this Indenture relating to
such global Security (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest in such global Security)
as the sole Holder of such global Security and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or
omissions of any such depositary with respect to such global Security, for the records of any such depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such global Security, for any transactions between such
depositary and any participant in such depositary or between or among any such depositary, any such participant and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such global Security or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such
global Security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary (including any Depositary or Common Depositary), as a Holder, with respect to such global
Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such global
Security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.10 <U>Cancellation</U>. All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option
of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any current or future sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities and coupons so delivered to
the Trustee shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may
deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities,
however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of
or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary
procedures and, if requested by the Company in writing, certification of their disposal shall be delivered to the Company, unless by Company Order the Company shall timely direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.11 <U>Computation of Interest</U>. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 with respect to Securities of any
series, interest, if any, on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.12 <U>Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Unless otherwise specified with respect to
any series of Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, with respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b)&nbsp;below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for in
paragraph (b)&nbsp;below, and with respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except as provided in paragraph (d)&nbsp;below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Registered or Bearer Security of such
series will be made in the Currency in which such Registered Security or Bearer Security, as the case may be, is payable. The provisions of this Section&nbsp;3.12 may be modified or superseded with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section&nbsp;3.1. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 with respect to Registered Securities of any series that Holders
shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (d)&nbsp;and (e)&nbsp;below, to receive payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be designated for such election
by delivering to the Trustee a written election with signature guarantees and in the applicable form established pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment
date or at least 15 days prior to the date of Maturity. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such
transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and
no such change of election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or with respect to which the Company has deposited funds pursuant to Article
Four or Fourteen or with respect to which a notice of redemption has been given by the Company or a notice of option to elect repayment has been sent by such Holder or such transferee). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have
delivered any such election to the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Trustee not later than the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant
Currency as provided in Section&nbsp;3.12(a). The Trustee shall notify the Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable after the Election Date of the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities for which Holders have made such written
election. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, if the election referred to in paragraph (b)&nbsp;above has been
provided for pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, then not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date for Registered Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent will deliver to the Company a written notice
specifying, in the Currency in which Registered Securities of such series are payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment date,
specifying the amounts in such Currency so payable in respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities of such series shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b)&nbsp;above. If
the election referred to in paragraph (b)&nbsp;above has been provided for pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 and if at least one Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, on the second Business Day
preceding such payment date the Company will deliver to the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities an Exchange Rate Officer&#146;s Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign Currency payments to be made on such payment date. Unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, the Dollar or Foreign Currency amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (b)&nbsp;above shall be determined by the Company
on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the &#147;Valuation Date&#148;) immediately preceding each payment date, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency in which any of the Securities are denominated or
payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (b)&nbsp;above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the applicable Securities denominated or
payable in such Foreign Currency occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency was used (the &#147;Conversion Date&#148;), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. Unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, the Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities with respect to such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign Currency other
than a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided in paragraph (f)&nbsp;or
(g)&nbsp;below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, if the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any
Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b)&nbsp;above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have
been made in the absence of such election; and if a </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment
in Dollars as provided in paragraph (d)&nbsp;above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) The &#147;Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency&#148; shall be determined by
the Exchange Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) The &#147;Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit&#148; shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and subject to the provisions of paragraph
(h)&nbsp;below shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each payment.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) For purposes of this Section&nbsp;3.12 the following terms shall have the following meanings: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A &#147;<B>Component Currency</B>&#148; shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion Date, was a component currency of the relevant currency unit,
including the Euro. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A &#147;<B>Specified Amount</B>&#148; of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of such Component Currency
or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant currency unit, including the Euro, on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such
Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a
Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced
by amounts of such two or more currencies, having an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar Equivalent value of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the
Market Exchange Rate immediately before such division and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If, after the Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit, including the
Euro, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this definition of &#147;Specified Amount&#148;) occurs with respect to any Component Currency </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating
the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<B>Election Date</B>&#148; shall mean the date for any series of Registered Securities as specified pursuant to clause (13)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;3.1 by which the written election referred to in paragraph
(b)&nbsp;above may be made. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign
Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and
irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable in the relevant Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written notice to the Company and the Trustee of any such decision or
determination. In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent
(and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event the Company so determines that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to
the Euro or any other currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the
manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event the Company determines in good faith that any subsequent change
in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above has occurred, the Company will similarly give written notice to the Trustee and the Exchange Rate Agent. The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying
and acting upon information received by it from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such information independent of the Company or the Exchange Rate
Agent. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i)&nbsp;are denominated in a Currency other
than Dollars or (ii)&nbsp;may be payable in a Currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at
least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Company will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 for the purpose of determining the applicable
rate of exchange and, if applicable, for the purpose of converting the issued Currency into the applicable payment Currency for the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.12. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a successor Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective until
the acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange Rate Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Company and the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange Rate Agent for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Exchange Rate Agent may be
appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, at any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with respect to the Securities of any particular
series that are originally issued by the Company on the same date and that are initially denominated and/or payable in the same Currency). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE IV </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4.1 <U>Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture</U>. This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Request
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or pursuant hereto, and any right to receive Additional Amounts, as contemplated by Section&nbsp;10.8) and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) either </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if
any, appertaining thereto (other than (i)&nbsp;coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">is not required or has been waived as provided in Section&nbsp;3.5, (ii)&nbsp;Securities and coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section&nbsp;3.6, (iii)&nbsp;coupons appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in
Section&nbsp;11.6, and (iv)&nbsp;Securities and coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent 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;10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) all
Securities of such series and any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">have become due and payable, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by
the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (a), (b)&nbsp;or (c)&nbsp;above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in
the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) 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 as to such series have been complied with; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) no Event of
Default or event (including such deposit) that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the
Trustee under Section&nbsp;6.6, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section&nbsp;6.11 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B)&nbsp;of clause (1)&nbsp;of this Section, the
obligations of the Trustee under Section&nbsp;4.2 and the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;10.3, the last two sentences of Section&nbsp;10.8, and the penultimate paragraph of Section&nbsp;14.5 shall survive. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4.2 <U>Application of Trust Money</U>. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;10.3, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. Money so held in trust is subject to the Trustee&#146;s rights under Section&nbsp;6.6. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE V
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>REMEDIES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.1 <U>Events of Default</U>. &#147;Event of Default,&#148; wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it
shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that series, or any related coupon, when such interest or coupon becomes due and payable,
and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security of that series at its Maturity; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of the
Securities of that series and Article Twelve; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company in
this Indenture which affects or is applicable to the Securities of that series (other than a default in the performance or breach of a covenant or agreement is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or
breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of that
series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a &#147;Notice of Default&#148; hereunder; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) default in the payment of principal when due or resulting in acceleration of other Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary where </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the aggregate principal amount with respect to which the default or acceleration has occurred exceeds $50,000,000 and such acceleration has not been
rescinded or annulled or such Indebtedness repaid within a period of 30 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities;
provided that if any such default is cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default by reason thereof would be deemed not to have occurred; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A)&nbsp;a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under Bankruptcy Law or (B)&nbsp;a decree or order
adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of their property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) the
commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under Bankruptcy Law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by them to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the
Company is an involuntary case or proceeding under Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against them, or the filing by them of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under
any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by them to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of
any substantial part of their property, or the making by them of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by them in writing of their inability to pay their debts generally as they become due; or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) there occurs any other Event of Default provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 or 9.1 with respect to Securities of that series. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.2 <U>Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment</U>. If an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)&nbsp;or
(8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.01 with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the
Outstanding Securities of that series and any accrued and unpaid cash interest through the date of such declaration, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such
declaration such principal amount shall become immediately due and payable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series (or of all
series, as the case may be) has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except
as otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b), 3.12(d) and 3.12(e)), </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) all overdue interest, if any, on all Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) and any related coupons, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) any Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which has become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid principal at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, interest upon overdue interest to the date of such payment or deposit at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities
or, if no such rate or rates are so prescribed, at the rate borne by the Securities during the period of such default, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(D) all sums paid or
advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel (including in each case pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.6); and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(E) all other sums payable under this Indenture; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be), other than the non-payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may
be) which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section&nbsp;5.13; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)
such rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an Event of Default described in
clause (6)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;occurs and is continuing, then the principal amounts (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of that series) of all the Securities and then Outstanding, together with any accrued interest through the occurrence of such Event of Default, shall become and be due and payable immediately, without any declaration or other act by the
Trustee or any other Holder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.3 <U>Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee</U>. The Company
covenants that (1)&nbsp;in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security of any series and any related coupon, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a
period of 90 days, or (2)&nbsp;in case default shall be made in the payment of the principal (or premium, if any, on) any Security of any series at its Maturity and such default shall have continued for a period of five Business Days then, upon
demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee (such demand and payment in the case of Bearer Securities to occur only outside of the United States), for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series and coupons, the whole
amount that then shall have become due and payable on such Securities and coupons of that series for principal and any premium or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such
interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by or provided for in such Securities during the period of such default; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to
cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (or of all series, as the case may be) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series (or of all series, as the case may be) and any related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.4 <U>Trustee May File Proofs of Claim</U>. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of a series or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee,
irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of any series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment
of any overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) (or if the case of Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such
series) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same (which distribution, in the case of Bearer Securities or coupons appertaining thereto, shall occur only outside the United States); and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar
official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section&nbsp;6.6. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or coupons 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. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.5 <U>Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities</U>. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.6
<U>Application of Money Collected</U>. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of
principal or any premium and interest, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be (such presentation, in the case of Bearer Securities or coupons, to occur only outside the United States) and the notation thereon of
the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section&nbsp;6.6; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Second: To the payment (such payment, in the case of Bearer Securities or coupons, to occur only outside the United
States) of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities and coupons in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Third: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct in writing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.7 <U>Limitation on Suits</U>. No Holder of any Security of any series or any related
coupons shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) such Holder shall have previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series in the case of any Event of Default
described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)&nbsp;or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.01, or, in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (6)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.01, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities, shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such proceeding; and
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.12 during such
60-day period by the Holders of a majority or more in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)&nbsp;or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.01, or, in the
case of any Event of Default described in clause (6)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.01 by the Holders of a majority or more in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities of the same series, in the case of any Event of Default
described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)&nbsp;or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.01, or of Holders of all Securities in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (6)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.01, or to obtain or to seek to obtain
priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable and common benefit of all of such Holders of Securities of that same series in the
case of any Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)&nbsp;or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.01, or of Holders of all Securities in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (6)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.01.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.8 <U>Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest</U>. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right to receive payment as provided herein and in such Security of the principal and any premium and interest on such Security or payment of any related coupon on the respective Stated Maturity
or Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.9 <U>Restoration
of Rights and Remedies</U>. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the
Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all
rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.10
<U>Rights and Remedies Cumulative</U>. Except as otherwise provided with respect to replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in Section&nbsp;3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Securities and coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given
hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.11 <U>Delay or Omission Not Waiver</U>. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or coupon to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the
Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may be. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.12 <U>Control by Holders</U>. With respect to the Securities of any series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee relating to or
arising under clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)&nbsp;or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.1 (provided, however, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities 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 relating to or arising under clause (6)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.1), and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders of Securities of such series not
taking part in such direction, and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) such direction would not involve the Trustee in personal liability, as the Trustee, upon being
advised by counsel, shall reasonably determine. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.13 <U>Waiver of Past Defaults</U>. Subject to Section&nbsp;5.2, the Holders
of not less than a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default waive any past default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4),
(5)&nbsp;or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.1 (or, in the case of a default described in clause (6)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;5.1, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities may waive any such past
default), hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of
or any premium and interest on any Security or any related coupon, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon any such
waiver, any 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, and the Company, the Trustee and Holders shall be restored to their former positions
and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.14 <U>Undertaking for Costs</U>. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion
require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to
pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys&#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; but the provisions of this Section 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 the Outstanding Security, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium if any, on) or interest on any Securities on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5.15 <U>Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws</U>. The
Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage
of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE VI </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>THE TRUSTEE
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.1 <U>Notice of Defaults</U>. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default hereunder with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section&nbsp;313(c), notice of such default hereunder known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or
waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities
of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons; and provided further that in the case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section&nbsp;5.1(4) with respect to
Securities and coupons of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.2 <U>Certain Duties, Responsibilities and Rights of Trustee</U>. Subject to the provisions of TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d): </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) except during the continuance of an Event of Default, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties
and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine
the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) if any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of such person&#146;s own affairs; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) the Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) this subparagraph (3)&nbsp;does not limit the effect of subparagraph
(1)&nbsp;of this paragraph or the penultimate paragraph of this Section&nbsp;6.2; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the affected
series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully 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; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) 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 of the Company may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) 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,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer&#146;s Certificate; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) 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; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of
the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(9) 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; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(10) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or
by or through agents, attorneys, custodians, or nominees and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, attorney, custodian, or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(11) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(12) in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or in any other capacity hereunder, the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article Six, including its right to be indemnified, shall also be afforded to the Trustee in
its capacity as such Paying Agent, Security Registrar or in such other capacity; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(13) the Trustee shall not be deemed to know or be
charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee from the Company or a Holder of such Securities and such notice references this Indenture and such Securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture and that the statements made by it in the Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are, to the knowledge of the Trustee, true and accurate,
subject to the qualifications set forth therein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the
conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section&nbsp;6.2. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.3 <U>Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities</U>. The recitals
contained herein and in the Securities, except for the Trustee&#146;s certificates of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility
for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be responsible for any statement of the Company in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.4&nbsp;<U>May Hold Securities</U>. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of
the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if
it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.5 <U>Money Held in
Trust</U>. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise
agreed with the Company for the investment thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.6 <U>Compensation and Reimbursement</U>. The Company agrees:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its gross negligence or willful misconduct; and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor or successor trustee and its and their officers, directors, employees, and agents for, and to hold it or
them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on its or their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the
costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of defending itself or themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its or their powers or duties hereunder. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances and
to indemnify </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute additional Indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination of this Indenture for any reason. As security for the performance of such obligations of the Company, the Trustee shall have a claim and lien prior to the Securities upon all property and
funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on particular Securities or any coupons. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section&nbsp;5.1(6) or (7), the expenses
(including reasonable charges and expense of its counsel) of and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the termination of this Indenture for any reason and
the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.7 <U>Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests;
Disqualification</U>. There shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section&nbsp;310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of Federal, State, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. If the Trustee shall have or acquire any conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall either eliminate such conflicting
interest or resign to the extent, in the manner and with the effect, and subject to the conditions, provided in the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. For purposes of Section&nbsp;3.10(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and to the extent
permitted thereby, the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee in respect of the Securities of any series, shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest arising from its capacity as trustee in respect of the Securities of any other series. Nothing
contained herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing the application provided for in the second to last sentence of Section&nbsp;310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.8 <U>Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) No resignation or removal of
the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section&nbsp;6.9 and any and all
amounts then due and owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid in full. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving
written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section&nbsp;6.9 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) If at any time: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section&nbsp;310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section&nbsp;6.7 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Security for at least six months, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer
shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">then, in any such case, (i)&nbsp;the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii)&nbsp;subject to TIA Section&nbsp;315(e), any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any
cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series). If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the
Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) The
Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to the Holders of Securities of such
series in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.9 <U>Acceptance of Appointment by Successor</U>. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim and lien and its right to receive compensation, reimbursement and indemnity, all as provided for in Section&nbsp;6.6. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1)&nbsp;shall contain
such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)&nbsp;if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3)&nbsp;shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such
Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such
Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company
or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates, subject nevertheless to its claim and lien and its right to receive compensation, reimbursement and indemnity, all as provided for in Section&nbsp;6.6. Whenever there is a successor Trustee with respect
to one or more (but less than all) series of securities issued pursuant to this Indenture, the terms &#147;Indenture&#148; and &#147;Securities&#148; shall have the meanings specified in the provisos to the respective definitions of those terms in
Section&nbsp;1.1 which contemplate such situation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;of this Section. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.10 <U>Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business</U>. Any corporation into which the Trustee
may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate
trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities or coupons shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities or coupons so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities or coupons. In case any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated by such
predecessor Trustee, any successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force
and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any
predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.11 <U>Appointment of Authenticating Agent</U>. At any time when any of the Securities
remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series and the Trustee shall
give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6. Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, and a
copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee&#146;s certificate of authentication, such reference
shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent,
having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers
and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of
this Section. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this
Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;6.6. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an
appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee&#146;s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in
the following form: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as Authenticating Agent</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Authorized Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE VII </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>HOLDERS&#146; LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;7.1 <U>Disclosure of Names and
Addresses of Holders</U>. Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company or the Trustee or any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of
the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with TIA Section&nbsp;312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section&nbsp;312(b). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;7.2 <U>Reports by Trustee</U>.
Within 60 days after May&nbsp;15 of each year commencing with the first May&nbsp;15 after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders of Securities, in the manner and to the extent provided
in TIA Section&nbsp;313(c), a brief report dated as of such May&nbsp;15 if required by TIA Section&nbsp;313(a). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any series of Securities are listed on any stock
exchange and of any delisting thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange if any, upon which the Securities are listed, with the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;7.3 <U>Reports by
Company</U>. The Company shall: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company has filed the same with the Commission, copies
of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with
the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then it shall file with the
Trustee, within 15 days after the Company has filed the same with the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports
which may be required pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission,
such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) transmit to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section&nbsp;313(c), within 30 days after the filing thereof with the
Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1)&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee&#146;s
receipt of such 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 its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officer&#146;s Certificates). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE VIII </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>[RESERVED] </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9.1 <U>Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders</U>.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
for any of the following purposes: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of
Securities and any related coupons (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power
herein conferred upon the Company; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of
Securities and any related coupons (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are being included solely for the benefit of such series); or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or
eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for
Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or
any related coupons; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination
shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) to secure the Securities; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) to
establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any related coupons as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, including the provisions and procedures relating to Securities convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person
(including the Company); or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section&nbsp;6.9(b), or to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with maintaining the qualifications of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with
any other provision herein; provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series and any related coupons; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(9) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and obligations of the Company contained in the Securities of one
or more series and in this Indenture or any supplemental indenture; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 4.1, 14.2 and 14.3; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9.2 <U>Supplemental Indentures with
Consent of Holders</U>. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may 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 which affect such series of Securities or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) change the Stated
Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any) or any installment of principal of or interest on any Security of such series; or the terms of any sinking fund with respect to any Security; or reduce the principal amount thereof (or premium, if
any) or the rate of interest, if any, thereon, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or repayment thereof, or repayment thereof at the option of the Holder, or change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts contemplated
by Section&nbsp;10.8 (except as permitted by Section&nbsp;9.1(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security of such series that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.02, or upon the redemption thereof, or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.04, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of any Holder of any Security of such series, or
change any Place of Payment where, or the Currency in which, any Security of such series or any premium or interest thereon is payable; or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be), or modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the mandatory redemption of
Securities or repayment of the securities at the option of the Holder in a manner adverse to any Holder of any Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto, or adversely affect any right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided
pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 herein, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of
whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture which affect such series or certain defaults applicable to such series hereunder and their consequences provided
for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section&nbsp;15.4 for quorum or voting with respect to Securities of such series, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section&nbsp;5.13, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture which affect such series cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9.3 <U>Execution of Supplemental Indentures</U>. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon (1)&nbsp;an Opinion of Counsel and Officers&#146; Certificate pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.2 stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture and, with respect to such Opinion of Counsel, that such supplemental indenture is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to customary
conditions), (2)&nbsp;a copy of the Board Resolution, certified by the Secretary of an Assistant Secretary of the Company, authorizing the execution of such supplemental indenture and (3)&nbsp;if such supplemental indenture is executed pursuant to
Section&nbsp;9.2, evidence of the consent of the Holders required to consent thereto. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee&#146;s own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9.4 <U>Effect of Supplemental Indentures</U>. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture
under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder and of any coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9.5 <U>Conformity with Trust Indenture Act</U>.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9.6 <U>Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures</U>. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the
Trustee, bear a notation in form </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and upon receipt of a Company Order authenticated and delivered (which delivery, in the case of
Bearer Securities, shall occur only outside the United States) by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9.7 <U>Notice of Supplemental Indentures</U>. Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;9.2, the Company shall give notice thereof to
the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected, in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture; provided, that failure to give such notice, or any defect in the notice,
shall not impair or affect the validity of such supplemental indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9.8 <U>Effect on Senior Indebtedness</U>. No
supplemental indenture shall adversely affect the rights of any holder of Senior Indebtedness without the consent of such holder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE X </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>COVENANTS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.1 <U>Payment of Principal, Premium, if Any, and Interest</U>. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities and any related coupons that it will duly and
punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Unless specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1
with respect to any series of Securities, any interest installments due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby
as they severally mature. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.2 <U>Maintenance of Office or Agency</U>. If the Securities of a series are issuable only as
Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where the Securities may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange, where Securities of that series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee except that Bearer Securities of any series and related coupons may be
presented and surrendered for payment only outside the United States, at the offices specified in the Security, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of
Securities the office or agency of the Trustee in the City of Wilmington, Delaware, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in such city and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, no payment of principal, premium or
interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States;
provided, however, that, if the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Bearer Security shall be made at the office of the Company&#146;s Paying Agent in The City of
New York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or interest, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with this
Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company may also from time to time
designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided, however, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 with respect to a
series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of Securities the office or agency of the Trustee in the City of Wilmington, Delaware, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as
Paying Agent in such city and as its agent to receive all such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise
specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i)&nbsp;are denominated in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii)&nbsp;may be payable in a Currency other than Dollars, or so long
as it is required under any other provision of the Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.3 <U>Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust</U>. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to
any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium and interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section&nbsp;6.6 and a sum in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.1 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b), 3.12(d) and 3.12(e)) sufficient to pay the principal and
any premium and interest on Securities of such series so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. Whenever the
Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium and interest on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency
described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay such amount so becoming due, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver
to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (i)&nbsp;comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying
Agent and (ii)&nbsp;during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities, and upon written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities and to account for any monies already paid. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company
may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying
Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such sums. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as provided in the Securities of any series, and subject to any applicable abandoned Property
laws, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series, or any coupon appertaining thereto, and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium and interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or
coupon shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof,
shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.4 <U>Statement by Officers as to Default</U>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an
Officers&#146; Certificate, one of the signers of which shall be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the
Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default,
specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Company shall, so long as any of
Securities of any series are Outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith, but in no event later than five Business Days, upon any Officer becoming aware of any event which after notice or lapse of time would become a Default or Event of Default
under Section&nbsp;5.1, a notice specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.5 <U>Existence</U>. The Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if its Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.6 <U>Further Instruments and Acts</U>. Upon request
of the Trustee or as otherwise necessary, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts or as otherwise necessary may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this
Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.7 <U>Calculation of Original Issue Discount</U>. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall file with the
Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods), if any, accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.8 <U>Additional Amounts</U>. If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts to any Holder who is not a
United States person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge (&#147;Additional Amounts&#148;), the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto such Additional Amounts as may be
specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on, or in respect of, any Security of a series or payment of any
related coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of a series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for by the terms of such series established pursuant to
</FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3.1 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, if the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least
10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal (and premium, if any) is made),
and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officer&#146;s Certificate, the Company will furnish the
Trustee and the Company&#146;s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officer&#146;s Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal, premium or
interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series or any related coupons who are not United States persons without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge
described in the Securities of the series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officer&#146;s Certificate shall specify by country and the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities of
that series or related coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. In the event that the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall not so receive
the above-mentioned certificate, then the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall be entitled to (i)&nbsp;assume that no such withholding or deduction is required with respect to any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
any Securities of a series or related coupons until it shall have received a certificate advising otherwise and (ii)&nbsp;to make all payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of a series or related
coupons without withholding or deductions until otherwise advised. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee, any Paying Agent, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officer&#146;s Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
This sentence shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.9
<U>Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, unless: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) the resulting, surviving or
transferee Person, if not the Company, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person, if not the Company, expressly assumes by supplemental
indenture all of the Company&#146;s obligations under any Securities and this Indenture; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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this Indenture; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer&#146;s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with this Section&nbsp;10.9 and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the
Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section&nbsp;10.9(a), the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been
named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and any Securities. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10.10 <U>Waiver of Certain Covenants</U>. The Company may, with respect to any series of Securities, omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision or condition which affects such series set forth in Sections 10.5 or as specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1(15) for Securities of such series, in any covenants of the Company added to Article Ten pursuant to
Section&nbsp;3.1(14) or Section&nbsp;3.1(15) in connection with Securities of such series, if the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected by such term, provision or condition, by Act of such Holders,
waive such compliance in such instance with such term, provision or condition (provided that evidence of such waiver is presented to the Trustee), but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee to Holders of Securities of such series in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and
effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE XI </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11.1 <U>Applicability of Article</U>. Securities of any series which are redeemable
before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11.2 <U>Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee</U>. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to
a Board </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as
shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section&nbsp;11.3. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer&#146;s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11.3 <U>Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed</U>. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem reasonable and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the
principal of Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series
established pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 and Section&nbsp;3.2. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11.4 <U>Notice of Redemption</U>. Except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 for Securities of any series, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of
Securities to be redeemed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 for Securities of any series, all notices of
redemption shall state: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) the Redemption Date, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) the Redemption Price (if known) or the formula pursuant to which the Redemption Price is to be determined if the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time the notice is given, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall
state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section&nbsp;11.6 will
become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) the Place or Places of Payment (which in the case of Bearer Securities shall be outside the United States) where such Securities, together in the
case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the Redemption Date or the amount of
any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer
Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on such Redemption Date pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.5 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(10) the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if any, assigned to such Securities; provided, however, that such notice may state that no representation
is made as to the correctness of CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, in which case none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any liability in respect of the use of any CUSIP, ISIN or other similar
number or numbers on such notices, and the redemption of such Securities shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers, and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(11) such other matters as the Company shall deem desirable or appropriate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at
the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company&#146;s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11.5 <U>Deposit of Redemption Price</U>. On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, which it may not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article Twelve, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section&nbsp;10.3) an amount of money in same day funds in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b), 3.12(d) and 3.12(e)) sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any, on, all the
Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11.6 <U>Securities Payable on Redemption Date</U>.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b), 3.12(d) and 3.12(e)) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest
appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto
maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;10.2) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section&nbsp;3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and provided further that installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the
Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section&nbsp;3.7. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security
may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such
security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall
have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except
as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;10.2) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the
principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11.7 <U>Securities Redeemed in Part</U>. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of
Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or such Holder&#146;s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered. If any definitive Security is redeemed only in part, the Company may block the transfer or exchange of such Security during the period beginning 15 days prior to the date of mailing of the notice relating to such redemption and ending
on the day of such mailing, in order to freeze the list of holders to prepare the mailing. The Company may also refuse to register transfers or exchanges of any such Security, except that it may continue to permit transfers and exchanges of the
unredeemed portion of any such Security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE XII </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SINKING FUNDS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;12.1 <U>Applicability of Article</U>. Retirements of Securities of any
series pursuant to any sinking fund shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a &#147;mandatory sinking
fund payment&#148;, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an &#147;optional sinking fund payment&#148;. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section&nbsp;12.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Securities of such series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;12.2 <U>Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities</U>. Subject to Section&nbsp;12.3,
in lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option (1)&nbsp;deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously
called for redemption) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, together, in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series, with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, and/or (2)&nbsp;receive credit for the principal
amount of Securities of </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">such series which have been previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company or for Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of the same series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided, however, that such Securities have not been previously so
credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment
shall be reduced accordingly. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;12.3 <U>Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund</U>. Not less than 60 days prior to each
sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer&#146;s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the
portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b), 3.12(d) and 3.12(e)) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering or crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.2 (which Securities will, if not previously
delivered, accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its right to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall
be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the
next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit
Securities as provided in Section&nbsp;12.2 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section&nbsp;11.3 and cause notice of the redemption
thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section&nbsp;11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
11.6 and 11.7. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee or a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section&nbsp;10.3) in cash a sum equal to the principal (and premium, if any) and any interest that will accrue to the date fixed for redemption of Securities or portions
thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section&nbsp;12.3. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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time the amount of cash to be paid into such sinking fund on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date, together with any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or payments for such series, does not exceed in the aggregate
$100,000, the Trustee, unless requested by the Company, shall not give the next succeeding notice of the redemption of Securities of such series through the operation of the sinking fund. Any such unused balance of moneys deposited in such sinking
fund shall be added to the sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the Company, shall be applied at any time or from time to time to the purchase of Securities of
such series, by public or private purchase, in the open market or otherwise, at a purchase price for such Securities (excluding accrued interest and brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any Paying Agent will be reimbursed by the Company)
not in excess of the principal amount thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE XIII </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;13.1 <U>Applicability of
Article</U>. Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 for
Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;13.2 <U>Repayment of Securities</U>. Securities of any series
subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at the Repayment Price thereof, together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment
Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or before the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and
hold in trust as provided in Section&nbsp;10.3) an amount of money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b), 3.12(d) and 3.12(e)) sufficient to pay the Repayment Price of, and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any, on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as
the case may be, to be repaid on such date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;13.3 <U>Exercise of Option</U>. Securities of any series subject to repayment at
the option of the Holders thereof will contain an &#147;Option to Elect Repayment&#148; form on the reverse of such Securities. To be repaid at the option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such repayment, with the &#147;Option to Elect
Repayment&#148; form on the reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder&#146;s attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Company at the Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security
(or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date. If less than the entire Repayment Price of such
Security is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Security, the portion of the Repayment Price of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum denomination for Securities of such series, and the
denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be specified. Any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof
may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as
otherwise may be provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;13.4 <U>When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable</U>. If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the
option of the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become due and
payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date therein specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same
were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment in
accordance with such provisions, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment Date, the Repayment Price of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to
the Repayment Date; provided, however, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;10.2) and,
unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of such coupons; and provided further that, in the case of Registered Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
the Repayment Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section&nbsp;3.7.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date,
such Security may be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as provided in Section&nbsp;13.2 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the
Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any
such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable
only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;10.2) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons. If the
principal amount of any </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Security surrendered for repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to
such Repayment Date) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;13.5 <U>Securities Repaid in Part</U>. Upon surrender of any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall
execute and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the expense of the Company, a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, and of like
tenor, of any authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE XIV </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;14.1 <U>Company&#146;s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance</U>. Except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section&nbsp;3.1 for Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article Fourteen shall apply to each series of Securities, and the Company may, at its option, effect defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under
Section&nbsp;14.2, or covenant defeasance of or within a series under Section&nbsp;14.3 in accordance with the terms of such Securities and in accordance with this Article. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;14.2 <U>Defeasance and Discharge</U>. Upon the Company&#146;s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the date the conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;14.4 are satisfied
(hereinafter, &#147;defeasance&#148;). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons, which shall
thereafter be deemed to be &#147;Outstanding&#148; only for the purposes of Section&nbsp;14.5 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (A)&nbsp;and (B)&nbsp;below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities
and any related coupons and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and any related coupons are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which
shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A)&nbsp;the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section&nbsp;14.4 and as more fully set forth
in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any related coupons when such payments are due, (B)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s obligations with respect to such Securities under
Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 10.2 and 10.3 and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section&nbsp;10.8 and such obligations as shall be ancillary thereto, (C)&nbsp;the rights, powers, trusts,
duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder including Section&nbsp;6.6 and the penultimate paragraph of Section&nbsp;14.5 and (D)&nbsp;this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Company may exercise its option under this Section&nbsp;14.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section&nbsp;14.3 with respect to such
Securities and any related coupons. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;14.3 <U>Covenant Defeasance</U>. Upon the Company&#146;s exercise of the above option
applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenant specified pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any
related coupons on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;14.4 are satisfied (hereinafter, &#147;covenant defeasance&#148;), and such Securities and any related coupons shall thereafter be deemed not to be
&#147;Outstanding&#148; for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed &#147;Outstanding&#148; for all
other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition
or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and
such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section&nbsp;5.1(4) or Section&nbsp;5.1(8) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and
any related coupons shall be unaffected thereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;14.4 <U>Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance</U>. The following
shall be the conditions to application of either Section&nbsp;14.2 or Section&nbsp;14.3 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any related coupons: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section&nbsp;6.7 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this
Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons,
(A)&nbsp;an amount (in such Currency in which such Securities and any related coupons are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity), or (B)&nbsp;Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined on the basis of the Currency in
which such Securities are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any
payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, under such Securities and any related coupons, money in an amount, or (C)&nbsp;a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i)&nbsp;the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the Stated Maturity (or Redemption Date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any) or installment of interest, if any, and (ii)&nbsp;any mandatory sinking
fund payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and any related coupons on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and any
related coupons; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Obligations to said payments with respect to such Securities and any related coupons. Before such a deposit, the
Company may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section&nbsp;11.2 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all or any portion of such Outstanding Securities at a future date in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and
Article Eleven hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the foregoing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any related coupons shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as Section&nbsp;5.1(7) are concerned, at any time
during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period). </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or
instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) In the case of an election under Section&nbsp;14.2, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x)&nbsp;the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y)&nbsp;since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such election and such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in
the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit and such defeasance had not occurred. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) In the case of
an election under Section&nbsp;14.3, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit and such covenant defeasance had not
occurred. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance
with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations in connection therewith pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) The Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer&#146;s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section&nbsp;14.2 or the covenant defeasance under
Section&nbsp;14.3 (as the case may be) have been complied with. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;14.5 <U>Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions</U>. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;10.3, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section&nbsp;14.5, the &#147;Trustee&#148;) pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.4 in respect of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons shall be held in trust and applied by
the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any related coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of such
Securities and any related coupons of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1, if, after a deposit referred to in Section&nbsp;14.4(1) has been
made, (a)&nbsp;the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.12(b) or the terms of such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit
pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.4(1) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b)&nbsp;a Conversion Event occurs as contemplated in Section&nbsp;3.12(d) or 3.12(e) or by the terms of any Security in respect of which the deposit pursuant to
Section&nbsp;14.4(1) has been made, the Indebtedness represented by such Security and any related coupons shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on such Security as they become due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security into the
Currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable Market Exchange Rate for such Currency in effect on the third Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with respect to a
Conversion Event, for such Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company shall pay and
indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.4 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax,
fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons; it being understood that the Trustee shall bear no responsibility for any such tax, fee or other charge that is imposed by law
or for the account of Holders. The foregoing sentence shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any
proceeds therefrom) held </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">by it as provided in Section&nbsp;14.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;14.6 <U>Reinstatement</U>. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section&nbsp;14.5 with
respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company&#146;s obligations under this Indenture and such Securities and
any related coupons shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.2 or 14.3, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with
Section&nbsp;14.5; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any such Security or any related coupon following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE XV </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15.1 <U>Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called</U>. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, a meeting of Holders of
Securities of such series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made,
given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15.2 <U>Call, Notice and Place of Meetings</U>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section&nbsp;15.1, to be held at such
time and at such place in The City of New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken
at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided for in Section&nbsp;1.6, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of
the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section&nbsp;15.1, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication
of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in The City of New York for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by
giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a)&nbsp;of this Section. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15.3 <U>Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings</U>. To
be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1)&nbsp;a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2)&nbsp;a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or
Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder of Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Person entitled to vote at
such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15.4 <U>Quorum; Action</U>. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided,
however, that, if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any
such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the
adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section&nbsp;15.2(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the
meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as limited by the proviso to Section&nbsp;9.2, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which
a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to
Section&nbsp;9.2, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage,
which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of
not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held
in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section&nbsp;15.4, if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with
respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all Outstanding
Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series and one or more additional series: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) there shall be no minimum quorum
requirement for such meeting; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series that vote in favor of such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or
taken under this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15.5 <U>Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings</U>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders
of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates
and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as its shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the
manner specified in Section&nbsp;1.4 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section&nbsp;1.4 or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or
banker authorized by Section&nbsp;1.4 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in
Section&nbsp;1.4 or other proof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless
the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section&nbsp;15.2(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner
appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the
meeting. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for
each $1,000 principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him (determined as specified in the definition of &#147;Outstanding&#148; in Section&nbsp;1.1); provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at
any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section&nbsp;15.2 at which a quorum is present may be
adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15.6 <U>Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings</U>. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities
of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such
series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting
their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the Secretary of the meeting and there
shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing
that said notice was given as provided in Section&nbsp;15.2 and, if applicable, Section&nbsp;15.4. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered
to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE XVI </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as
Trustee</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">EXHIBIT A </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">FORMS OF
CERTIFICATION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A-1 </FONT></P>

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CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CERTIFICATE </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This is to certify that as of the date hereof, and except as set forth below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i)&nbsp;are owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United
States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source (&#147;United States person(s)&#148;), (ii)&nbsp;are owned by United States
person(s) that are (a)&nbsp;foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section&nbsp;1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as &#147;financial
institutions&#148;) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b)&nbsp;United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United
States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a)&nbsp;or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise Hologic, Inc. or its agent that such
financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section&nbsp;165(j)(3)(A), (B)&nbsp;or (C)&nbsp;of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii)&nbsp;are owned by United States or
foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section&nbsp;1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in addition, if the owner is a United States or foreign financial
institution described in clause (iii)&nbsp;above (whether or not also described in clause (i)&nbsp;or (ii)), this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to
a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions. As used herein, &#147;United States&#148; means the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia); and its &#147;possessions&#148;
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We undertake to advise
you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement
herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">This certificate excepts and does not relate to [U.S.$]<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> of such interest in the above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not able to certify and as
to which we understand an exchange for an interest in a permanent global Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until we do so certify. </FONT></P>

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United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party
in such proceedings. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[To be dated no earlier than the
15th day prior to (i)&nbsp;the Exchange Date or (ii)&nbsp;the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CLEARSTREAM IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CERTIFICATE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered] </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This is to certify that based solely on written certifications that we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from each
of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our &#147;Member Organizations&#148;) substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof,
[U.S.$]<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i)&nbsp;is owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships,
domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source (&#147;United States person(s)&#148;), (ii)&nbsp;is owned by United States person(s) that are
(a)&nbsp;foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section&nbsp;1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as &#147;financial institutions&#148;) purchasing for their own
account or for resale, or (b)&nbsp;United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof
(and in either case (a)&nbsp;or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise Hologic, Inc. or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the requirements of
Section&nbsp;165(j)(3)(A), (B)&nbsp;or (C)&nbsp;of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii)&nbsp;is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the
restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section&nbsp;1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, to the further effect, that financial institutions described in clause (iii)&nbsp;above (whether or not also described in clause
(i)&nbsp;or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As used herein, &#147;United States&#148; means the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia); and its
&#147;possessions&#148; include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands. </FONT></P>

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collection of any interest) any portion of the temporary global Security representing the above-captioned Securities excepted in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii)&nbsp;as of the date hereof we have not received any
notification from any of our </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any
portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Dated: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">{To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date or the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable}
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 5.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:56%"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">December 3, 2007 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Hologic, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">35 Crosby Drive </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Bedford, MA 01730 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B><B><I>Re:</I></B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Form S-3 Universal Shelf Registration Statement Relating to Securities of Hologic, Inc.</I></B><B> </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ladies and Gentlemen: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have acted as counsel to Hologic,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), in connection with the preparation and filing of a registration statement on Form S-3 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), with respect to the following securities: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">common stock, par value $.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), together with an equal number of preferred share purchase rights (the &#147;Preferred Share Purchase
Rights&#148;), which are delivered with each share of Common Stock of the Company; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">preferred stock, par value $.01 per share (the &#147;Preferred Stock&#148;); </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">debt securities (the &#147;Debt Securities&#148;); </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iv)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">rights to purchase Common Stock (the &#147;Rights&#148;); </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(v)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">warrants to purchase Debt Securities, Preferred Stock or Common Stock (collectively, the &#147;Warrants&#148;); </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(vi)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">purchase contracts for the purchase of Common Stock (&#147;Purchase Contracts&#148;); and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(vii)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">units consisting of one or more Purchase Contracts, Rights, Warrants, Debt Securities, shares of Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock or combination thereof (collectively, the
&#147;Units); </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">all of which may be issued from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act. The Common
Stock, Preferred Share Purchase Rights, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Rights, Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units are sometimes referred to individually as a &#147;Security&#148; and collectively as the &#147;Securities&#148;. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with this opinion, we have examined the following (collectively, the &#147;Documents&#148;): </FONT></P> <P
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Hologic, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">December 3,
2007 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 2 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the corporate minute books or other records of the Company; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iv)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Rights Agreement between the Company and American Stock Transfer&nbsp;&amp; Trust Company, as Rights Agent dated as of September&nbsp;17, 2002, as amended on May&nbsp;21, 2007;
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(v)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Form of Indenture to be entered into between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(vi)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Registration Statement. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For purposes of this
opinion, we have assumed, without any investigation, (i)&nbsp;the legal capacity of each natural person, (ii)&nbsp;the full power and authority of each entity and person other than the Company to execute, deliver and perform each document heretofore
executed and delivered or hereafter to be executed and delivered and to do each other act heretofore done or hereafter to be done by such entity or person, (iii)&nbsp;the due authorization by each entity or person other than the Company of each
document heretofore executed and delivered or hereafter to be executed and delivered and to do each other act heretofore done or to be done by such entity or person, (iv)&nbsp;the due execution and delivery by each entity or person other than the
Company of each document heretofore executed and delivered or hereafter to be executed and delivered by such entity or person, (v)&nbsp;the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of each document heretofore executed and delivered or
hereafter to be executed and delivered by each entity or person other than the Company and of each other act heretofore done or hereafter to be done by such entity or person, (vi)&nbsp;the genuineness of each signature on, and the completeness of
each document submitted to us as an original, (vii)&nbsp;the conformity to the original of each document submitted to us as a copy, (viii)&nbsp;the authenticity of the original of each document submitted to us as a copy, (ix)&nbsp;the completeness,
accuracy and proper indexing of all governmental and judicial records searched and (x)&nbsp;no modification of any provision of any document, no waiver of any right or remedy and no exercise of any right or remedy other than in a commercially
reasonable and conscionable manner and in good faith. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The opinions expressed herein are based solely upon (i)&nbsp;our review of the
Documents, (ii)&nbsp;discussions with those of our attorneys who have devoted substantive attention to the matters contained herein, and (iii)&nbsp;such review of published sources of law as we have deemed necessary. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have not, except as specifically noted herein, made any independent review or investigation of orders, judgments, rules or other regulations or
decrees by which the Company or any of its property may be bound. Nor have we made any independent investigation as to the existence of actions, suits, investigations, or proceedings, if any, pending or threatened against the Company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our opinions contained herein are limited to the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
including the statutory provisions, all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution, and reported judicial decisions interpreting these laws, and the federal law of the United States of America. To the extent that the laws of any other
jurisdiction may govern any of the matters as to which we are opining herein, we have assumed that such laws are identical to the state laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and we are expresssing no opinion herein as to whether such
assumptions are reasonable or correct. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The opinions hereafter expressed in numbered paragraphs 3 through 7 with respect to the
enforceability of the Securities are subject to the general qualifications that such rights and remedies may </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Hologic, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">December 3,
2007 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 3 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">be subject to and affected by:
(i)&nbsp;applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, or assignment for the benefit of creditors laws and other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including, without limitation, laws
regarding fraudulent transfers, fraudulent conveyances, preferences, avoidance, automatic stay and turn-over; (ii)&nbsp;general principles of equity, including, without limitation, those governing the availability of equitable remedies, affording
equitable defenses, requiring good faith, fair dealing and reasonableness in the performance and enforcement of a contract, and affording defenses based upon unconscionability, lack of notice, impracticability or impossibility of performance; and
(iii)&nbsp;general rules of contract law with respect to matters such as the election of remedies, the limits of severability, mutuality of obligations, and opportunity to cure, limitations on the enforceability of indemnification, contribution or
exculpation provisions under applicable securities laws or otherwise and limitations on the enforceability of provisions which are in violation of public policy. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With respect to the Common Stock and related Preferred Share Purchase Rights, when (a)&nbsp;the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee of the Board of
Directors (such Board of Directors or committee being referred to herein as the &#147;Board&#148;), has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance of and established the terms of the offering of the Common Stock and Preferred Share
Purchase Rights and related matters and (b)&nbsp;issued, sold and delivered in the manner and for the consideration (not less than the par value of the Common Stock) stated in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement or
upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any other Security in accordance with the terms of such Security or the instrument governing such Security providing for such conversion, exchange or exercise as approved by the Board, for the consideration
approved by the Board (not less than the par value of the Common Stock), each of the Common Stock and related Preferred Share Purchase Rights will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With respect to the Preferred Stock, when (a)&nbsp;the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance of and established the terms of the offering of the
Preferred Stock and related matters (including the approval and adoption of a certificate of designation setting forth the terms of the Preferred Stock and assuming the filing of that certificate of designation with the State of Delaware) and
(b)&nbsp;issued, sold and delivered in the manner and for the consideration stated in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement or upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any other Security in accordance with the terms
of such Security or the certificate of designation or other instrument governing such Security providing for such conversion, exchange or exercise as approved by the Board, for the consideration approved by the Board, the Preferred Stock will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With respect to the Debt Securities to be issued under an indenture (incorporating the form of indenture filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement or such other provisions
as are contained in a document which will be filed as an exhibit or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement) (the &#147;Indenture&#148;), when (a)&nbsp;the Indenture has been (i)&nbsp;duly authorized by the Board, (ii)&nbsp;duly
executed and delivered by each party thereto and (iii)&nbsp;duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, (b)&nbsp;the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance of and established the terms of such
Debt Securities, the terms of the offering and related matters, (c)&nbsp;the Debt Securities have been executed and authenticated in accordance with </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Hologic, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">December 3,
2007 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 4 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the terms of the Indenture, and
(d)&nbsp;the Debt Securities have been issued, sold and delivered in the manner and for the consideration stated in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board, upon payment of the consideration
provided for therein, or upon exercise of any other Security in accordance with the terms of such Security or the instrument governing such Security providing for such conversion, exchange or exercise as approved by the Board and the Indenture, the
Debt Securities to be issued under the Indenture will be valid and binding obligations of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With respect to the Rights, when (a)&nbsp;the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance of and established the terms of such Rights, the terms of the
offering of the Rights and related matters, (b)&nbsp;one or more agreements (incorporating the provisions as are contained in a document which will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement) have been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and a third party, and (c)&nbsp;the Rights have been issued, sold and delivered in the manner and for the consideration stated in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement as approved
by the Board, for the consideration approved by the Board, the Rights will be valid and binding obligations of the Company. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With respect to the Warrants, when (a)&nbsp;the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance of and established the terms of such Warrants, the terms of
the offering of the Warrants and related matters, (b)&nbsp;one or more agreements (incorporating the provisions as are contained in a document which will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement) have been
duly executed and delivered by the Company and a warrant agent, and (c)&nbsp;the Warrants have been issued, sold and delivered in the manner and for the consideration stated in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement as
approved by the Board, for the consideration approved by the Board, the Warrants will be valid and binding obligations of the Company. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With respect to the Purchase Contracts, when (a)&nbsp;the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance of and established the terms of such Purchase
Contracts, the terms of the offering of the Purchase Contracts and related matters, (b)&nbsp;one or more agreements (incorporating the provisions as are contained in a document which will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement) have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and a third party, and (c)&nbsp;the Purchase Contracts have been issued, sold and delivered in the manner and for the consideration stated in the applicable definitive
purchase, underwriting or similar agreement as approved by the Board, for the consideration approved by the Board, the Purchase Contracts will be valid and binding obligations of the Company. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With respect to the Units, when (a)&nbsp;the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance of and established the terms of such Units, the terms of the
offering of the Units and related matters, (b)&nbsp;one or more agreements (incorporating the provisions as are contained in a document which will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement) have been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and a third party, and (c)&nbsp;the Units have been issued, sold and delivered in the manner and for the consideration stated in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement as approved
by the Board, for the consideration approved by the Board, the Units will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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2007 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 5 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with our opinions
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occurred any change in law affecting the validity or enforceability of such Security. We have also assumed that none of the terms of any Security to be established subsequent to the date hereof nor the issuance and delivery of such Security, nor the
compliance by the Company with the terms of such Security, will violate any applicable federal or state law or will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon the Company or any restriction imposed by any
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 12.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>HOLOGIC, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(dollars in thousands) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following
table shows the computation of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges on a historical basis for each of the periods indicated. We had no preferred stock outstanding for the periods presented in the table. Accordingly, the ratio of earnings combined
fixed charges and preference dividends is the same as the ratio of earnings to fixed charges. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is unaudited for all periods presented. For the purpose of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges,
earnings consist of net income plus the provision for income taxes and fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense, amortization of debt issuance costs and an estimate of the interest portion of rental expense. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Supplemental<BR>Pro
Forma<BR>Twelve<BR>Months<BR>Ended<BR>September&nbsp;29,<BR>2007<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="14" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Fiscal Year Ended</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>September&nbsp;29,</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2007</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>September&nbsp;30,</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2006</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>September&nbsp;24,</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2005</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>September&nbsp;25,</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2004</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>September&nbsp;27,</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2003</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Earnings:</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Earnings before provision for income taxes</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">104,386</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">148,489</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">53,223</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">34,695</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12,927</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,265</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fixed charges</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">187,477</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6,072</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4,234</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,380</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,399</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,535</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest capitalized during the period</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2,318</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amortization of capitalized interest</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">80</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total earnings</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">289,625</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">154,561</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">57,457</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">38,075</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16,326</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6,800</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="12" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="12" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="12" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="12" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="12" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="12" COLSPAN="3"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Fixed charges:</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest expense (including amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses relating to indebtedness)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">178,808</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2,511</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1,230</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">377</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">278</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">448</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest Capitalized during the period</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2,318</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Estimate of interest within rental expense</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6,351</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,561</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,004</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,003</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,121</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,087</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total fixed charges</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">187,477</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6,072</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4,234</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,380</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,399</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,535</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ratio of earnings to fixed charges</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.5x</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">25.5x</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13.6x</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11.3x</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.8x</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.9x</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The supplemental pro forma information is adjusted to give pro forma effect to our business combination with Cytyc Corporation, which was completed on October&nbsp;22, 2007, as
reflected in the pro forma financial information included in our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2007. The pro forma earnings used in this supplemental pro forma calculation exclude
certain amounts resulting from the merger because Hologic considers them to be of a non-recurring nature and are anticipated to be included in the income of Hologic within 12 months of the merger. These amounts include the estimated charge of
approximately $368,200 of acquired in-process research and development, the cost of revenue impact of the write-up of inventory to fair value of $42,000, approximately $1,800 related to the charge in control payment for a certain executive officer
of Hologic and the reduction of deferred revenue of $900 for amounts that would not represent a legal obligation at the close of the merger. The pro forma earnings also exclude estimated charges related to change of control payments of approximately
$18,550 and stock based compensation expenses for the acceleration of vesting of outstanding stock options for certain member of Cytyc&#146;s executive management, as such charges were recorded by Cytyc in the period that the merger was completed
and a charge of $89,500 for acquired in-process research and development related to Cytyc&#146;s acquisition of Adeza Biomedical Corporation and Adiana, Inc. in March 2007. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 23.2 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We consent to the reference to our firm
under the caption &#147;Experts&#148; in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectus of Hologic, Inc. for the registration of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, rights, warrants, purchase contacts and units and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated November&nbsp;26, 2007, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Hologic, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Hologic, Inc., included in
its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September&nbsp;29, 2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E<SMALL>RNST</SMALL> &amp; Y<SMALL>OUNG</SMALL> LLP </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November 28, 2007 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Boston, Massachusetts </FONT></P>
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<SEQUENCE>6
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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 23.3 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement of Hologic, Inc. on Form S-3 of our report dated March&nbsp;1, 2007 (May 18, 2007 as to the effects of the restatement discussed in Note 15), relating to the consolidated financial statements of Cytyc Corporation appearing in
the Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Hologic, Inc. filed on November&nbsp;30, 2007, and to the reference to us under the heading &#147;Experts&#148; in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D<SMALL>ELOITTE</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> T<SMALL>OUCHE</SMALL> LLP </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Boston, Massachusetts </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November 30, 2007 </FONT></P>
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<TYPE>EX-23.4
<SEQUENCE>7
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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, WITH RESPECT TO ADEZA
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 23.4 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CONSENT OF ERNST&nbsp;&amp; YOUNG LLP, </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption &#147;Experts&#148; in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related
Prospectus of Hologic, Inc. for the registration of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, rights, warrants, purchase contracts and units and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated March&nbsp;12,&nbsp;2007, with
respect to the financial statements of Adeza Biomedical Corporation as of December&nbsp;31, 2006 and 2005 and for each of the three years in the period ended December&nbsp;31, 2006 included in Hologic, Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed
on November&nbsp;30, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E<SMALL>RNST</SMALL> &amp; Y<SMALL>OUNG</SMALL> LLP
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Palo Alto, California </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November 29, 2007 </FONT></P>
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<DESCRIPTION>STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY ON FORM T-1
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 25.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR
SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FORM T-1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a
Trustee Pursuant to Section&nbsp;305(b)(2) <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>51-0055023</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Jurisdiction of incorporation of</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">organization if not a U.S. national bank)</FONT></P></TD>
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SIZE="2">Identification No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>1100 North Market Street </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(302) 651-1000 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Michael A. DiGregorio </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Senior Vice President and General Counsel </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Wilmington Trust Company </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>1100 North
Market Street </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(302) 651-8793 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
agent of service) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>HOLOGIC, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>04-2902449</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(State or other jurisdiction or</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">incorporation or organization)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Identification No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>35 Crosby Drive </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(781) 999-7300 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Title of the indenture securities) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left">

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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Furnish the following information as to the trustee: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising
authority to which it is subject. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">State Bank Commissioner</FONT></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>ITEM&nbsp;2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each affiliation:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and information available to the trustee, the obligor is not an affiliate
of the trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ITEM&nbsp;16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">List below all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of the Charter of Wilmington Trust Company (Exhibit 1), which includes the certificate of authority of Wilmington Trust Company to commence business (Exhibit
2) and the authorization of Wilmington Trust Company to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3). </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of the existing By-Laws of Wilmington Trust Company (Exhibit 4). </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Wilmington Trust Company required by Section&nbsp;321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act (Exhibit 6). </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of the latest Report of Condition of Wilmington Trust Company (Exhibit 7). </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, has duly caused this Statement of
Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Wilmington, and State of Delaware, on the 30 day of November, 2007. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Michael G. Oller, Jr.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Denise M. Geran</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Denise M. Geran</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT 1* </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>AMENDED CHARTER </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Wilmington Trust Company </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Wilmington, Delaware </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>As existing
on May&nbsp;9, 1987 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="8%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left">
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Amended Charter </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>or </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Act of Incorporation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>of </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Wilmington Trust Company </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Wilmington Trust Company</B>, originally incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, entitled &#147;An Act to Incorporate
the Delaware Guarantee and Trust Company&#148;, approved March&nbsp;2, A.D. 1901, and the name of which company was changed to &#147;<B>Wilmington Trust Company</B>&#148; by an amendment filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on
March&nbsp;18, A.D. 1903, and the Charter or Act of Incorporation of which company has been from time to time amended and changed by merger agreements pursuant to the corporation law for state banks and trust companies of the State of Delaware, does
hereby alter and amend its Charter or Act of Incorporation so that the same as so altered and amended shall in its entirety read as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>First:</B> - The name of this corporation is <B>Wilmington Trust Company</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Second:</B> - The location of its principal office in the State of Delaware is at Rodney Square North, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle; the name of its resident agent is <B>Wilmington Trust Company</B> whose address is
Rodney Square North, in said City. In addition to such principal office, the said corporation maintains and operates branch offices in the City of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, the Town of Newport, New Castle County, Delaware, at Claymont,
New Castle County, Delaware, at Greenville, New Castle County Delaware, and at Milford Cross Roads, New Castle County, Delaware, and shall be empowered to open, maintain and operate branch offices at Ninth and Shipley Streets, 418 Delaware Avenue,
2120 Market Street, and 3605 Market Street, all in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, and such other branch offices or places of business as may be authorized from time to time by the agency or agencies of the government of the
State of Delaware empowered to confer such authority. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Third:</B> - (a) The nature of the business and the objects and
purposes proposed to be transacted, promoted or carried on by this Corporation are to do any or all of the things herein mentioned as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do and in any part of the world, viz.: </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To sue and be sued, complain and defend in any Court of law or equity and to make and use a common seal, and alter the seal at pleasure, to hold, purchase, convey, mortgage or
otherwise deal in real and personal estate and property, and to appoint such officers and agents as the business of the Corporation shall require, to make by-laws not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State,
to discount bills, notes or other evidences of debt, to receive deposits of money, or securities for money, to buy gold and silver bullion and foreign coins, to buy and sell bills of exchange, and generally to use, exercise and enjoy all the powers,
rights, privileges and franchises incident to a corporation which are proper or necessary for the transaction of the business of the Corporation hereby created. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To insure titles to real and personal property, or any estate or interests therein, and to guarantee the holder of such property, real or personal, against any claim or claims,
adverse to his interest therein, and to prepare and give certificates of title for any lands or premises in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To act as factor, agent, broker or attorney in the receipt, collection, custody, investment and management of funds, and the purchase, sale, management and disposal of property of
all descriptions, and to prepare and execute all papers which may be necessary or proper in such business. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To prepare and draw agreements, contracts, deeds, leases, conveyances, mortgages, bonds and legal papers of every description, and to carry on the business of conveyancing in all
its branches. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To receive upon deposit for safekeeping money, jewelry, plate, deeds, bonds and any and all other personal property of every sort and kind, from executors, administrators,
guardians, public officers, courts, receivers, assignees, trustees, and from all fiduciaries, and from all other persons and individuals, and from all corporations whether state, municipal, corporate or private, and to rent boxes, safes, vaults and
other receptacles for such property. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To act as agent or otherwise for the purpose of registering, issuing, certificating, countersigning, transferring or underwriting the stock, bonds or other obligations of any
corporation, association, state or municipality, and may receive and manage any sinking fund therefor on such terms as may be agreed upon between the two parties, and in like manner may act as Treasurer of any corporation or municipality.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To act as Trustee under any deed of trust, mortgage, bond or other instrument issued by any state, municipality, body politic, corporation, association or person, either alone or in
conjunction with any other person or persons, corporation or corporations. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To guarantee the validity, performance or effect of any contract or agreement, and the fidelity of persons holding places of responsibility or trust; to become surety for any
person, or persons, for the faithful performance of any trust, office, duty, contract or agreement, either by itself or in conjunction with any other person, or persons, corporation, or corporations, or in like manner become surety upon any bond,
recognizance, obligation, judgment, suit, order, or decree to be entered in any court of record within the State of Delaware or elsewhere, or which may now or hereafter be required by any law, judge, officer or court in the State of Delaware or
elsewhere. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To act by any and every method of appointment as trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian,
bailee, or in any other trust capacity in the receiving, holding, managing, and disposing of any and all estates and property, real, personal or mixed, and to be appointed as such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in
bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian or bailee by any persons, corporations, court, officer, or authority, in the State of Delaware or elsewhere; </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and whenever this Corporation is so appointed by any person, corporation, court, officer or authority such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity, it shall not be required to give bond with surety, but its capital stock shall be taken and held as security for the performance of the
duties devolving upon it by such appointment. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">And for its care, management and trouble, and the exercise of any of its powers hereby given, or for the performance of any of the duties which it may undertake or be called upon to
perform, or for the assumption of any responsibility the said Corporation may be entitled to receive a proper compensation. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To purchase, receive, hold and own bonds, mortgages, debentures, shares of capital stock, and other securities, obligations, contracts and evidences of indebtedness, of any private,
public or municipal corporation within and without the State of Delaware, or of the Government of the United States, or of any state, territory, colony, or possession thereof, or of any foreign government or country; to receive, collect, receipt
for, and dispose of interest, dividends and income upon and from any of the bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property held and owned by it, and to
exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property, any and all the rights, powers and privileges of individual owners
thereof, including the right to vote thereon; to invest and deal in and with any of the moneys of the Corporation upon such securities and in such manner as it may think fit and proper, and from time to time to vary or realize such investments; to
issue bonds and secure the same by pledges or deeds of trust or mortgages of or upon the whole or any part of the property held or owned by the Corporation, and to sell and pledge such bonds, as and when the Board of Directors shall determine, and
in the promotion of its said corporate business of investment and to the extent authorized by law, to lease, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey real and personal property of any name and nature and any estate or
interest therein. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) In furtherance of, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred by the laws of the
State of Delaware, it is hereby expressly provided that the said Corporation shall also have the following powers: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To do any or all of the things herein set forth, to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, and in any part of the world. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To acquire the good will, rights, property and franchises and to undertake the whole or any part of the assets and liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation, and
to pay for the same in cash, stock of this Corporation, bonds or otherwise; to hold or in any manner to dispose of the whole or any part of the property so purchased; to conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of any business so acquired,
and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and about the conduct and management of such business. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To take, hold, own, deal in, mortgage or otherwise lien, and to lease, sell, exchange, transfer, or in any manner whatever dispose of property, real, personal or mixed, wherever
situated. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind with any person, firm, association or corporation, and, without limit as to amount, to draw, make, accept,
endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To have one or more offices, to carry on all or any of its operations and businesses, without restriction to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, to purchase or
otherwise acquire, to hold, own, to mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of, real and personal property, of every class and description, in any State, District, Territory or Colony of the United States, and in any foreign country or place.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">It is the intention that the objects, purposes and powers specified and clauses contained in this paragraph shall (except where otherwise expressed in said paragraph) be nowise
limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of this or any other paragraph in this charter, but that the objects, purposes and powers specified in each of the clauses of this paragraph shall be regarded as
independent objects, purposes and powers. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Fourth:</B> - (a) The total number of shares of all classes of
stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-one million (41,000,000)&nbsp;shares, consisting of: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">One million (1,000,000)&nbsp;shares of Preferred stock, par value $10.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as &#147;Preferred Stock&#148;); and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Forty million (40,000,000)&nbsp;shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as &#147;Common Stock&#148;). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series as may from time to time be determined by the Board of
Directors each of said series to be distinctly designated. All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be alike in every particular, except that there may be different dates from which dividends, if any, thereon shall be cumulative, if
made cumulative. The voting powers and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all
other series at any time outstanding; and, subject to the provisions of subparagraph 1 of Paragraph (c)&nbsp;of this Article <B>Fourth</B>, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly granted authority to fix by resolution or
resolutions adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of a particular series of Preferred Stock, the voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and
restrictions of such series, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The distinctive designation of, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock which shall constitute such series, which number may be increased (except where otherwise provided by the
Board of Directors) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by like action of the Board of Directors; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The rate and times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, dividends, if any, on Preferred Stock of such series shall be paid, the extent of the preference or relation, if
any, of such dividends to the dividends payable on any other class or classes, or series of the same or other class of stock and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The right, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series to convert the same into or exchange the same for, shares of any other class or classes or of any series of the
same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whether or not Preferred Stock of such series shall be subject to redemption, and the redemption price or prices and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions on
which, Preferred Stock of such series may be redeemed. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The rights, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, distribution or sale of assets,
dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The terms of the sinking fund or redemption or purchase account, if any, to be provided for the Preferred Stock of such series; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The voting powers, if any, of the holders of such series of Preferred Stock which may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing include the right, voting as a series or by
itself or together with other series of Preferred Stock or all series of Preferred Stock as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation if there shall have been a default in the payment of dividends on any one or more series of
Preferred Stock or under such circumstances and on such conditions as the Board of Directors may determine. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c)&nbsp;(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">After the requirements with respect to preferential dividends on the Preferred Stock (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b)&nbsp;of this Article <B>Fourth</B>), if
any, shall have been met and after the Corporation shall have complied with all the requirements, if any, with respect to the setting aside of sums as sinking funds or redemption or purchase accounts (fixed in accordance with the provisions of
section (b)&nbsp;of this Article <B>Fourth</B>), and subject further to any conditions which may be fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b)&nbsp;of this Article <B>Fourth</B>, then and not otherwise the holders of Common Stock shall
be entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">After distribution in full of the preferential amount, if any, (fixed in accordance </FONT>
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">with the provisions of section (b)&nbsp;of this Article <B>Fourth</B>), to be distributed to the holders of Preferred Stock in the event of voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation, tangible and intangible, of whatever
kind available for distribution to stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them respectively. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as may otherwise be required by law or by the provisions of such resolution or resolutions as may be adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to section (b)&nbsp;of this
Article <B>Fourth</B>, each holder of Common Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of Common Stock held on all matters voted upon by the stockholders. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) No holder of any of the shares of any class or series of stock or of options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares of any class
or series of stock or of other securities of the Corporation shall have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any unissued stock of any class or series or any additional shares of any class or series to be issued by reason of any
increase of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or
carrying any right to purchase stock of any class or series, but any such unissued stock, additional authorized issue of shares of any class or series of stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock, or carrying any right to
purchase stock, may be issued and disposed of pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors to such persons, firms, corporations or associations, whether such holders or others, and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Board of
Directors in the exercise of its sole discretion. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) The relative powers, preferences and rights of each series of
Preferred Stock in relation to the relative powers, preferences and rights of each other series of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, be as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions adopted pursuant to
authority granted in section (b)&nbsp;of this Article <B>Fourth</B> and the consent, by class or series vote or otherwise, of the holders of such of the series of Preferred Stock as are from time to time outstanding shall not be required for the
issuance by the Board of Directors of any other series of Preferred Stock whether or not the powers, preferences and rights of such other series shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, or on a parity with, the powers, preferences and
rights of such outstanding series, or any of them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide in the resolution or resolutions as to any series of Preferred Stock adopted pursuant to section (b)&nbsp;of this Article <B>Fourth</B>
that the consent of the holders of a majority (or such greater proportion as shall be therein fixed) of the outstanding shares of such series voting thereon shall be required for the issuance of any or all other series of Preferred Stock.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) Subject to the provisions of section (e), shares of any series of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time as
the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) Shares of Common Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) The authorized amount of shares of Common Stock and of Preferred Stock may, without a
class or series vote, be increased or decreased from time to time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Fifth:</B> - (a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Directors. The number of
directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less than five nor more than twenty-five as fixed from time to time by vote of a majority of the whole Board, provided, however, that the number of directors shall not be reduced so as to shorten
the term of any director at the time in office, and provided further, that the number of directors constituting the whole Board shall be twenty-four until otherwise fixed by a majority of the whole Board. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors
constituting the whole Board permits, with the term of office of one class expiring each year. At the annual meeting of stockholders in 1982, directors of the first class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next succeeding
annual meeting, directors of the second class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting and directors of the third class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third succeeding
annual meeting. Any vacancies in the Board of Directors for any reason, and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the directors, may be filled by the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of the directors then in office,
although less than a quorum, and any directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors. At such election, the stockholders shall elect a successor to such director to hold office until the next election of the class
for which such director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding
the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation), any director or the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation may be removed at any time without cause, but
only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of
the stockholders called for that purpose. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of
Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of directors. Such nominations shall be made by notice in writing, delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation not less
than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of the stockholders called for the election of directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days&#146; notice of the meeting is given to stockholders, such written notice shall be
delivered or mailed, as prescribed, to the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of the seventh day following the day on which notice of the meeting was mailed to stockholders. Notice of nominations which are proposed by the Board of
Directors shall be given by the Chairman on behalf of the Board. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) Each notice under subsection (d)&nbsp;shall set forth
(i)&nbsp;the name, age, business address </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and, if known, residence address of each nominee proposed in such notice, (ii)&nbsp;the principal occupation or employment of such nominee and (iii)&nbsp;the
number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by each such nominee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) The Chairman of the
meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall
be disregarded. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders
of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Sixth:</B> - The Directors shall choose such officers, agents and servants as may be provided in the By-Laws as they may from time to
time find necessary or proper. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Seventh:</B> - The Corporation hereby created is hereby given the same powers, rights and
privileges as may be conferred upon corporations organized under the Act entitled &#147;An Act Providing a General Corporation Law&#148;, approved March&nbsp;10, 1899, as from time to time amended. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Eighth:</B> - This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a private Act. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Ninth:</B> - This Corporation is to have perpetual existence. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Tenth:</B> - The Board of Directors, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, may designate any of their number to
constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in said resolution, or in the By-Laws of the Company, shall have and may exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of
the Corporation, and shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Eleventh:</B> - The private property of the stockholders shall not be liable for the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Twelfth:</B> - The Corporation may transact business in any part of the world. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Thirteenth:</B> - The Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation by a vote of the majority of the entire Board. The stockholders may make, alter or repeal any
By-Law whether or not adopted by them, provided however, that any such additional By-Laws, alterations or repeal may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Fourteenth:</B> - Meetings of the Directors may be held outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by the Board, and the Directors may keep the books of the Company outside of the State of
Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by them. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Fifteenth:</B> - (a) (1)&nbsp;In addition to any affirmative vote required by law, and except as
otherwise expressly provided in sections (b)&nbsp;and (c)&nbsp;of this Article <B>Fifteenth:</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with or into (i)&nbsp;any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) or (ii)&nbsp;any
other corporation (whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder), which, after such merger or consolidation, would be an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) of an Interested Stockholder, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to or with any Interested Stockholder or any
Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(C)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of any securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any
Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities or other property (or a combination thereof) having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(D)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(E)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its
Subsidiaries or any similar transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of
equity or convertible securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested Stockholder, or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder, </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, considered for the purpose of this Article <B>Fifteenth</B> as one class (&#147;Voting Shares&#148;). Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that some
lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The term &#147;business combination&#148; as used in this Article <B>Fifteenth</B> shall mean any transaction which is referred to in any one or more of clauses (A)&nbsp;through
(E)&nbsp;of paragraph 1 of the section (a). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The provisions of section (a)&nbsp;of this Article
<B>Fifteenth</B> shall not be applicable to any particular business combination and such business combination shall require only such </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">affirmative vote as is required by law and any other provisions of the Charter or Act of Incorporation or By-Laws if such business combination has been
approved by a majority of the whole Board. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For the purposes of this Article <B>Fifteenth</B>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A &#147;person&#148; shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Interested Stockholder&#148; shall mean, in respect of any business combination, any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary) who or which as of the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote on such business combination, or immediately prior to the consummation of any such transaction: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 10% of the Voting Shares, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within two years prior thereto was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of not less than 10% of the then outstanding
voting Shares, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(C)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded in any share of capital stock of the Corporation which were at any time within two years prior thereto beneficially owned by any
Interested Stockholder, and such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or series of transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A person shall be the &#147;beneficial owner&#148; of any Voting Shares: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">which such person or any of its Affiliates and Associates (as hereafter defined) beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has (i)&nbsp;the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time),
pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (ii)&nbsp;the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(C)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such first mentioned person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement,
arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The outstanding Voting Shares shall include shares deemed owned through application of paragraph (3)&nbsp;above but shall not include any other Voting Shares which may be issuable
pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Affiliate&#148; and &#147;Associate&#148; shall have the respective meanings given those terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as in effect on December&nbsp;31, 1981. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Subsidiary&#148; shall mean any corporation of which a majority of any class of equity security (as defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December&nbsp;31, 1981) is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition of Investment Stockholder set forth in paragraph (2)&nbsp;of
this section (c), the term &#147;Subsidiary&#148; shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) majority of the directors shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this Article <B>Fifteenth</B> on the basis of
information known to them, (1)&nbsp;the number of Voting Shares beneficially owned by any person (2)&nbsp;whether a person is an Affiliate or Associate of another, (3)&nbsp;whether a person has an agreement, arrangement or understanding with another
as to the matters referred to in paragraph (3)&nbsp;of section (c), or (4)&nbsp;whether the assets subject to any business combination or the consideration received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation, or any Subsidiary has
an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) Nothing contained in this Article <B>Fifteenth</B> shall be
construed to relieve any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Sixteenth:</B>
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation by the By-Laws), the affirmative vote
of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) shall be required to amend, alter or repeal
any provision of Articles <B>Fifth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth</B> or <B>Sixteenth</B> of this Charter or Act of Incorporation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Seventeenth:</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) a Director of this Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Laws as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director
of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>BY-LAWS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>WILMINGTON, DELAWARE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>As existing on December&nbsp;16, 2004 </B></FONT></P>
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ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE 1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Stockholders&#146; Meetings </U></B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1. <U>Annual Meeting</U>. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the third Thursday in April each year at the principal office
at the Company or at such other date, time or place as may be designated by resolution by the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2.
<U>Special Meetings</U>. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3. <U>Notice</U>. Notice of all meetings of the stockholders shall be given by mailing to each stockholder at least ten (10)&nbsp;days
before said meeting, at his last known address, a written or printed notice fixing the time and place of such meeting. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4.
<U>Quorum</U>. A majority in the amount of the capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding on the record date, as herein determined, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders for the transaction of any business, but the
holders of a smaller number of shares may adjourn from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum is secured. At each annual or special meeting of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, either in person or by proxy,
for each share of stock registered in the stockholder&#146;s name on the books of the Company on the record date for any such meeting as determined herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE 2 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Directors </U></B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1. <U>Management</U>. The affairs and business of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2. <U>Number</U>. The authorized number of directors that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to
time by or pursuant to a resolution passed by a majority of the Board of Directors within the parameters set by the Charter of the Company. No more than two directors may also be employees of the Company or any affiliate thereof. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3. <U>Qualification</U>. In addition to any other provisions of these Bylaws, to be qualified for nomination for election or appointment to
the Board of Directors, a person must have not attained the age of sixty-nine years at the time of such election or appointment, provided however, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may waive such qualification as to a particular
candidate otherwise qualified to serve as a director upon a good faith determination by such committee that such a waiver is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer shall
not be qualified to continue to serve as directors upon the termination of their service in those offices for any reason. </FONT></P>

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or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5. <U>Special Meetings</U>. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer or the President, and shall be called upon the written request of a majority of the directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6.
<U>Quorum</U>. A majority of the directors elected and qualified shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;7. <U>Notice</U>. Written notice shall be sent by mail to each director of any special meeting of the Board of Directors, and of any change
in the time or place of any regular meeting, stating the time and place of such meeting, which shall be mailed not less than two days before the time of holding such meeting. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;8. <U>Vacancies</U>. In the event of the death, resignation, removal, inability to act or disqualification of any director, the Board of
Directors, although less than a quorum, shall have the right to elect the successor who shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred, and until such director&#146;s successor shall have
been duly elected and qualified. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9. <U>Organization Meeting</U>. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after its
election by the stockholders shall appoint an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and shall elect from its own members a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer and a President, who
may be the same person. The Board of Directors shall also elect at such meeting a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, who may be the same person, and may appoint at any time such committees as it may deem advisable. The Board of Directors may
also elect at such meeting one or more Associate Directors. The Board of Directors, or a committee designated by the Board of Directors may elect or appoint such other officers as they may deem advisable. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10. <U>Removal</U>. The Board of Directors may at any time remove, with or without cause, any member of any committee appointed by it or any
associate director or officer elected by it and may appoint or elect his successor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11. <U>Responsibility of Officers</U>.
The Board of Directors may designate an officer to be in charge of such departments or divisions of the Company as it may deem advisable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;12. <U>Participation in Meetings</U>. The Board of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, by conference telephone,
video facilities or other communications equipment. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the Board of Directors or the
committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the Board of Directors or such committee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Committees of the Board of Directors </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1. <U>Audit Committee.</U> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) The Audit Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5)&nbsp;members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members,
none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) The Audit Committee
shall have general supervision over the Audit Services Division in all matters however subject to the approval of the Board of Directors; it shall consider all matters brought to its attention by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division,
review all reports of examination of the Company made by any governmental agency or such independent auditor employed for that purpose, and make such recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect thereto or with respect to any other matters
pertaining to auditing the Company as it shall deem desirable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(C) The Audit Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson,
the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee&#146;s members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee&#146;s members shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2. <U>Compensation Committee.</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) The Compensation Committee shall be composed of not more than five
(5)&nbsp;members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) The Compensation Committee shall in general advise upon all matters of policy concerning compensation, including salaries and employee benefits.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(C) The Compensation Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer,
the President or a majority of the Committee&#146;s members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee&#146;s members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the
majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3. <U>Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee.</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be composed of not more than five members, who shall
be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall provide counsel and make recommendations to the Chairman of the Board and the full Board with
respect to the performance of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, candidates for membership on the Board of Directors and its committees, matters of corporate governance, succession planning for the Company&#146;s executive
management and significant shareholder relations issues. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(C) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson,
the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a majority of the Committee&#146;s members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee&#146;s members shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4. <U>Other Committees</U>. The Company may have such other committees with such powers as the Board may designate from time to time by resolution or by an amendment to these Bylaws. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5. <U>Associate Directors.</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(A) Any person who has served as a director may be elected by the Board of Directors as an associate director, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) Associate directors shall be entitled to attend all meetings of directors and participate in the discussion of all matters brought to the Board of
Directors, but will not have a right to vote. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6. <U>Absence or Disqualification of Any Member of a Committee.</U> In the
absence or disqualification of any member of any committee created under Article III of these Bylaws, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE 4 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Officers </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1. <U>Chairman of the Board</U>. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such further authority and powers and shall perform such duties the Board
of Directors may assign to him from time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2. <U>Chief Executive Officer</U>. The Chief Executive Officer shall have
the powers and duties pertaining to the office of Chief Executive Officer conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3. <U>President</U>. The President
shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of the President conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board
and the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4.
<U>Duties</U>. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, as designated by the Board of Directors, shall carry into effect all legal directions of the Board of Directors and shall at all times exercise general
supervision over the interest, affairs and operations of the Company and perform all duties incident to his office. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5. <U>Vice Presidents</U>. There may be one or more Vice Presidents, however denominated by
the Board of Directors, who may at any time perform all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and/or the President and such other powers and duties incident to their respective offices or as the Board of Directors,
the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned may assign to them from time to time. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6. <U>Secretary</U>. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of notice of meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, as well
as the committees thereof, to the keeping of accurate minutes of all such meetings, recording the same in the minute books of the Company and in general notifying the Board of Directors of material matters affecting the Company on a timely basis. In
addition to the other notice requirements of these Bylaws and as may be practicable under the circumstances, all such notices shall be in writing and mailed well in advance of the scheduled date of any such meeting. He shall have custody of the
corporate seal, affix the same to any documents requiring such corporate seal, attest the same and perform other duties incident to his office. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;7. <U>Chief Financial Officer</U>. The Chief Financial Officer shall have general supervision over all assets and liabilities of the Company. He shall be custodian of and responsible for all monies, funds and valuables of the
Company and for the keeping of proper records of the evidence of property or indebtedness and of all transactions of the Company. He shall have general supervision of the expenditures of the Company and periodically shall report to the Board of
Directors the condition of the Company, and perform such other duties incident to his office or as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may assign to him from time to time. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;8. <U>Controller</U>. There may be a Controller who shall exercise general supervision over the internal operations of the Company,
including accounting, and shall render to the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee at appropriate times a report relating to the general condition and internal operations of the Company and perform other duties incident to his office.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">There may be one or more subordinate accounting or controller officers however denominated, who may perform the duties of the Controller
and such duties as may be prescribed by the Controller. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9. <U>Audit Officers</U>. The officer designated by the Board of
Directors to be in charge of the Audit Services Division of the Company, with such title as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, shall report to and be directly responsible to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">There shall be an Auditor and there may be one or more Audit Officers, however denominated, who may perform all the duties of the Auditor and such duties
as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10. <U>Other Officers</U>. There may be one or
more officers, subordinate in rank to all Vice Presidents with such functional titles as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, who shall ex officio hold the office of Assistant Secretary of the Company and who may perform
such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11. <U>Powers and Duties of Other Officers</U>. The powers and duties of all other officers
of the Company shall be those usually pertaining to their respective offices, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President and the officer in charge of the department or
division to which they are assigned. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;12. <U>Number of Offices</U>. Any one or more offices of the Company may be held by the
same person, except that (A)&nbsp;no individual may hold more than one of the offices of Chief Financial Officer, Controller or Audit Officer and (B)&nbsp;none of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may hold any
office mentioned in Section&nbsp;12(A). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE 5 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Stock and Stock Certificates </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1. <U>Transfer</U>. Shares of stock shall be
transferable on the books of the Company and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2. <U>Certificates</U>. Every holder of stock shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or a Vice President, and
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Company. The corporate seal affixed thereto, and any of or all the signatures on the certificate, may be a facsimile. In case any
officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company
with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Duplicate certificates of stock shall be issued only upon giving such security as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3. <U>Record Date</U>. The Board of Directors is authorized to fix in advance a record date for the determination of the stockholders
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of stockholders and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or to any allotment of rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange
of capital stock, or in connection with obtaining the consent of stockholders for any purpose, which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date for the payment of any
dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE 6 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Seal
</U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The corporate seal of the Company shall be in the following form: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Between two concentric circles the words &#147;Wilmington Trust Company&#148; within the inner circle the words &#147;Wilmington, Delaware.&#148;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE 7 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Fiscal
Year </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE 8 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Execution of Instruments of the Company </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or any Vice President, however denominated by the Board of Directors, shall have full power and authority to enter into, make, sign, execute, acknowledge and/or deliver and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall have
full power and authority to attest and affix the corporate seal of the Company to any and all deeds, conveyances, assignments, releases, contracts, agreements, bonds, notes, mortgages and all other instruments incident to the business of this
Company or in acting as executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, agent or in any other fiduciary or representative capacity by any and every method of appointment or by whatever person, corporation, court officer or authority in the State of
Delaware, or elsewhere, without any specific authority, ratification, approval or confirmation by the Board of Directors, and any and all such instruments shall have the same force and validity as though expressly authorized by the Board of
Directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE 9 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B><U>Compensation of Directors and Members of Committees </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Directors and associate directors of the Company, other than
salaried officers of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for attending meetings of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Directors and associate directors who serve as members of
committees, other than salaried employees of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for services as members of committees as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine and directors and associate directors may be
authorized by the Company to perform such special services as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine in accordance with any guidelines the Board of Directors may adopt for such services, and shall be paid for such special services so
performed reasonable compensation as may be determined by the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE 10 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Indemnification </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1. <U>Persons Covered</U>. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to
be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a &#147;proceeding&#148;) by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or
was a director or associate director of the Company, a member of an advisory board the Board of Directors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries may appoint from time to time or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company shall be required to indemnify such a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding
was authorized by the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company may indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any proceeding by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">representative, is or was an officer, employee or agent of the Company or a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company,
against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company may indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof)
was authorized by the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2. <U>Advance of Expenses</U>. The Company shall pay the expenses incurred in
defending any proceeding involving a person who is or may be indemnified pursuant to Section&nbsp;1 in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by such a person in advance of the final disposition of
the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by that person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 10 or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3. <U>Certain Rights</U>. If a claim under this Article 10 for (A)&nbsp;payment of expenses or (B)&nbsp;indemnification by a director,
associate director, member of an advisory board the Board of Directors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries may appoint from time to time or a person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee,
fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans,
is not paid in full within sixty days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Company, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the
expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4. <U>Non-Exclusive</U>. The rights conferred on any person by this Article 10 shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person
may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Charter or Act of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5. <U>Reduction of Amount</U>. The Company&#146;s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6. <U>Effect of Modification</U>. Any amendment, repeal or modification of
the foregoing provisions of this Article 10 shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, repeal or modification. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLE 11 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Amendments to the
Bylaws </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, and any new Bylaw or Bylaws adopted at any regular
or special meeting of the Board of Directors by a vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Directors then in office. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Miscellaneous </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whenever used in these Bylaws, the singular shall include the plural, the
plural shall include the singular unless the context requires otherwise and the use of either gender shall include both genders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Section&nbsp;321(b) Consent </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, Wilmington Trust Company hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request therefor. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Denise M. Geran</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Denise M. Geran</FONT></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>NOTICE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This form is intended to assist state nonmember banks and savings banks with state
publication requirements. It has not been approved by any state banking authorities. Refer to your appropriate state banking authorities for your state publication requirements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>REPORT OF CONDITION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WILMINGTON&nbsp;TRUST&nbsp;COMPANY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">of</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WILMINGTON</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name of Bank</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;City</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">in the State of <U>DELAWARE</U>, at the close of business on September&nbsp;30, 2007. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Thousands&nbsp;of&nbsp;dollars</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ASSETS</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cash and balances due from depository institutions:</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coins</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">247,352</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest-bearing balances</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Held-to-maturity securities</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1,171</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Available-for-sale securities</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1,339,816</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Federal funds sold in domestic offices</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">128,500</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities purchased under agreements to resell</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14,467</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Loans and lease financing receivables:</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Loans and leases held for sale</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,379</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Loans and leases, net of unearned income</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7,793,026</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">90,906</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7,702,120</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Assets held in trading accounts</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">133,263</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Other real estate owned</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">199</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2,860</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Intangible assets:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a. Goodwill</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1,946</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b. Other intangible assets</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,315</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Other assets</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">317,940</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total assets</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9,896,328</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In domestic offices</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6,994,751</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Noninterest-bearing</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">748,309</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest-bearing</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6,246,442</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Federal funds purchased in domestic offices</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1,014,834</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities sold under agreements to repurchase</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">434,190</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">315,797</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subordinated notes and debentures</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">248,973</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total liabilities</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9,008,545</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EQUITY CAPITAL</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Stock</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">500</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">125,803</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a. Retained earnings</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">811,365</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b. Accumulated other comprehensive income</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(49,885</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total equity capital</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">887,783</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9,896,328</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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