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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001072613-23-000451
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		11
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230901
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230901

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000887396
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				731238709
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-3
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-274327
		FILM NUMBER:		231233355

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 S. UTICA PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 150
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74114
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(539) 444-8002

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 S. UTICA PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 150
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74114

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICOMM RESOURCES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICOMM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on September 1, 2023 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 18pt"><B>Form S-3</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDER</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 9pt; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I></I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>Empire Petroleum Corporation*</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0 9pt; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>73-1238709</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(State or other
    jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>incorporation
    or organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Identification
    No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>2200 S. Utica Place,
Suite 150</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(539) 444-8002</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Address, including
zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#8217;s principal executive offices)</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Michael R. Morrisett</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Empire Petroleum Corporation</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>2200 S. Utica Place,
Suite 150</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(539) 444-8002</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Name, address, including
zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Kevin J. Poli </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Porter Hedges LLP</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>1000 Main, 36th Floor</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Houston, Texas 77002</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Telephone: (713) 226-6682</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Telecopy: (713) 228-1331</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-indent: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Approximate date
of commencement of proposed sale to the public:&nbsp;From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-indent: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-indent: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If any of the
securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule&nbsp;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 STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9746;</FONT></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-indent: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-indent: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-indent: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-indent: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an
emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller
reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company <B>&#9746;</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any
new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9744;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT></P>



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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>The
Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the
Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective
in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date
as the Commission acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.</B></FONT></P>

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OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
following subsidiaries of Empire Petroleum Corporation are co-registrants under this registration statement.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 18%; padding-left: 0.1in"><P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Jurisdiction&nbsp;of<BR>
                                            Incorporation&nbsp;or<BR>
                                            Organization</B></FONT></P>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
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                                            Employer<BR>
                                            Identification&nbsp;Number</B></FONT></P>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">82-4176346</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Empire ND Acquisition LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">86-2850406</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Empire New Mexico LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">86-2836189</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Empire North Dakota LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">83-2491513</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Empire Northwest Shelf
    LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">93-3140817</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Empire Texas LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">85-0767201</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Empire EMSU LLC</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">93-3193623</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Empire EMSU-B LLC</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">93-3193889</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Empire AGU LLC</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">93-3203902</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Empire NM Assets LLC</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">93-3204180</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Empire Texas GP LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Texas</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">85-0752385</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Empire Texas Operating
    LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Texas</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">88-1165117</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pardus Oil &amp; Gas Operating,
    LP</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Texas</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">46-0864049</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
address for each of the co-registrants is c/o Empire Petroleum Corporation, 2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114, Telephone:
(539) 444-8002.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
name and address, including zip code, of the agent for service for each of the co-registrants is Michael R. Morrisett, Chief Executive
Officer, Empire Petroleum Corporation, 2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114. The telephone number, including area code,
of the agent for service for each of the co-registrants is (539) 444-8002.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: red">The information in this prospectus is
not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities
in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: red"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>Subject
to completion, DATED September 1, 2023</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>PROSPECTUS</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>$350,000,000</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>Debt Securities</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Common Stock</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Preferred Stock</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Depositary Shares</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Warrants</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Subscription Rights</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Purchase Contracts</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Units</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>Guarantees of Non-Convertible Debt Securities</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">We may offer from time to time debt securities,
shares of our common stock, shares of our preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, subscription rights, purchase contracts and units.&nbsp;Any
non-convertible debt securities we issue under this prospectus may be guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">The aggregate initial offering price of the
securities that we offer will not exceed $350,000,000.&nbsp;We will offer the securities in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined
at the time of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Our common stock is quoted on the NYSE American
(the &#8220;NYSE American&#8221;) under the symbol &#8220;EP.&#8221; The last reported sale price of our common stock on August 30, 2023
was $8.58 per share.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">We will provide the specific terms of the offering
in supplements to this prospectus.&nbsp;You should read this prospectus and any supplement carefully before you invest.&nbsp;This prospectus
may not be used to offer and sell our securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><B>Investing in our securities involves significant
risks that are described in the &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; section beginning on <A HREF="#a_006">page 3</A>&nbsp;of this prospectus.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><B></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><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.&nbsp;Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><B></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>The date of this prospectus is&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239; , 2023. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="12" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="width: 93%; padding-left: 0.1in; font-size: 4pt; line-height: 2pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Page</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.25pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">i
    </FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_002"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_002"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_003"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_003"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_004"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_004"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_005"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_005"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_006"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">RISK FACTORS&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_006"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_007"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">USE OF PROCEEDS&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_007"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_008"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_008"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_009"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_009"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">11</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_010"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_010"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">16</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_011"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_011"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">18</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_012"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="#a_012"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">20</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><A HREF="#a_013"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS&#9;</FONT></A></TD>
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THIS PROSPECTUS</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">This prospectus is part of a registration statement
that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;), utilizing a &#8220;shelf&#8221;
registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus
in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of $350 million. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities
we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms
of the offering and the offered securities. This prospectus, together with applicable prospectus supplements, any information incorporated
by reference, and any related free writing prospectuses we file with the SEC, includes all material information relating to these offerings
and securities. We may also add, update or change in the prospectus supplement any of the information contained in this prospectus or
in the documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including without limitation, a discussion of any risk factors
or other special considerations that apply to these offerings or securities or the specific plan of distribution. If there is any inconsistency
between the information in this prospectus and a prospectus supplement or information incorporated by reference having a later date, you
should rely on the information in that prospectus supplement or incorporated information having a later date.&nbsp;We urge you to read
carefully this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, together with the information
incorporated herein by reference as described under the heading &#8220;Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference&#8221; and the
additional information described under the heading &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information,&#8221; before buying any of the securities
being offered.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">You should rely only on the information we
have provided or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus.
We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give
any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing
prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><B>Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any
sale made under it implies that there has been no change in our affairs or that the information in this prospectus is correct as of any
date after the date of this prospectus.&nbsp;You should assume that the information in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement
or any related free writing prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of the document and that any information we have incorporated
by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus,
any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, or any sale of a security.</B></P>

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prospectus, including exhibits to the registration statement, provides additional information about us and the securities offered under
this prospectus and any prospectus supplement. We have filed and plan to continue to file other documents with the SEC that contain information
about us and our business. Also, we will file legal documents that control the terms of the securities offered by this prospectus as exhibits
to the reports that we file with the Commission. The registration statement and other reports can be read at the SEC website mentioned
under the heading &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information.&#8221;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">This prospectus contains summaries of certain
provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information.
All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have
been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><A NAME="a_002"></A>EMPIRE PETROLEUM
CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 6pt; text-indent: 24.5pt">As used in this prospectus, the terms &#8220;we,&#8221;
&#8220;us,&#8221; &#8220;our,&#8221; the &#8220;Company&#8221; and &#8220;Empire&#8221; mean Empire Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 24.5pt; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">Empire Petroleum Corporation
is an independent energy company that engages in unlocking value in developed assets. Empire operates the following wholly-owned subsidiaries
in its areas of operations:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 78.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Courier New, Courier, Monospace; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Empire North Dakota LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Empire Texas, consisting of the following entities:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 78.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Courier New, Courier, Monospace; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Empire Texas Operating LLC</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 78.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Courier New, Courier, Monospace; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pardus Oil &amp; Gas Operating, LP (owned 1% by Empire Texas GP LLC and 99% by Empire Texas LLC)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 22pt; text-indent: 24.5pt; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">Empire was incorporated in the
state of Delaware in 1985. Our mission is to increase shareholder value by building oil and natural gas reserves in strategic plays in
the United States. To accomplish its mission, we plan on executing the following business strategies:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Cost-effectively optimize well production</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Reduce unit operating costs and improve margins</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Target proved developed producing acquisitions in predictable fields that have historically had low
production decline and long lives</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Focus on high-quality assets that add scale and provide synergies to our existing portfolio and core
areas of operation. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin-top: 12pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 24.5pt; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">Our principal executive offices
are located at 2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114. Our telephone number is (539) 444-8002.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B><A NAME="a_003"></A>CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 12pt 0 0pt; text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Certain
statements in this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate by reference herein may constitute &#8220;forward-looking&#8221; statements
as defined in Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), Section&nbsp;21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (&#8220;PSLRA&#8221;),
or in releases made by the SEC, all as may be amended from time to time. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other important factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from
any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical
fact are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by, among other things, the use of forward-looking
language, such as the words &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221;
&#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;would,&#8221; &#8220;could,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221;
&#8220;seeks,&#8221; &#8220;scheduled to,&#8221; or other similar words, or the negative of these words or other variations of these
words or comparable language, or by discussion of strategy or intentions. These cautionary statements are being made pursuant to the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the PSLRA with the intention of obtaining the benefits of the &#8220;safe harbor&#8221; provisions
of such laws. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements
included in this prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference herein. Please read &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; beginning on
page 3 of this prospectus. The risk factors and other factors noted throughout this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference
could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.</FONT></P>

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forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate herein by reference are largely based on
our expectations, which reflect estimates and assumptions made by our management. These estimates and assumptions reflect our best judgment
based on currently known market conditions and other factors. Although we believe such estimates and assumptions to be reasonable, they
are inherently uncertain and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that are beyond our control. In addition, management&#8217;s
assumptions about future events may prove to be inaccurate. All readers are cautioned that the forward-looking statements contained in
this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate herein by reference are not</FONT></P>

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of future performance, and we cannot assure any reader that such statements will be realized or that the forward-looking events and circumstances
will occur. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements due to factors described
under the heading &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; in this prospectus and elsewhere in the documents we incorporate herein by reference. All
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We do not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributable
to us or persons acting on our behalf.</FONT></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B><A NAME="a_004"></A>WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">This
prospectus forms a part of a registration statement on Form S-3 we filed with the SEC. This prospectus does not contain all of the information
found in the registration statement. For further information regarding us and our securities, you may desire to review the full registration
statement, including its exhibits and schedules, filed under the Securities Act, as well as our annual, quarterly and other reports,
proxy statements and other information we file with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website on the Internet at www.sec.gov that contains
reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding companies that file electronically with the SEC. We maintain
a website on the Internet at www.empirepetroleumcorp.com. Our filings with the SEC are available, free of charge, through our website,
as soon as reasonably practicable after those filings are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. Our registration statement,
of which this prospectus constitutes a part, can be downloaded from the SEC&#8217;s website or from our website at www.empirepetroleumcorp.com.
Information on or accessible from the SEC website, our website or any other website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus
and does not constitute part of this prospectus.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><A NAME="a_005"></A><B>INCORPORATION
OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 6pt; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
rules of the SEC allow us to &#8220;incorporate by reference&#8221; into this prospectus the information we file with the SEC, which
means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to that information. The information incorporated by reference
is considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede
that information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 26pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
                                            Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the
                                            SEC on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000285/empire_form10k123122.htm">March&nbsp;31, 2023</A>, and portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
                                            filed with the SEC on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000310/empire-prox_18715.htm">May 1, 2023</A>, incorporated by reference therein (File No.&nbsp;001-16653);</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 26pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
                                            Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2023 and June&nbsp;30,
                                            2023, filed with the SEC on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000339/empire_form10q033123.htm">May 15, 2023</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000436/empire_form10q063023.htm">August 14, 2023</A>, respectively (File No.&nbsp;001-16653);</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 26pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">A
                                            description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A, filed
                                            with the SEC on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000318/emp_8a-18599.htm">March 3, 2022</A> (File No. 001-16653); and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 26pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
                                            Current Reports on Form 8-K or Form 8-K/A, filed with the SEC on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000257/emp_8k-18701.htm">March 22, 2023</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000268/emp_8k-18702.htm">March 24, 2023</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000289/emp_8k-18707.htm">April 3, 2023</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000318/emp_8k-18719.htm">May 4, 2023</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000342/emp_8k-18723.htm">May 16, 2023</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000365/emp_8k-18727.htm">June 15, 2023</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000386/emp_8k-18727.htm">July 13, 2023</A>, and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000439/emp_8k-18745.htm">August 15, 2023</A> (File No.&nbsp;001-16653) (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item
                                            2.02 or Item 7.01, or any corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01, of any such
                                            Current Report on Form 8-K).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished pursuant
to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, or any corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01, on any Current Report on Form 8-K) after the date
of this prospectus and prior to the termination of each offering under this prospectus shall be deemed to be incorporated in this prospectus
by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</FONT></P>

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statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus 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 modifies or supersedes the 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>

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prospectus incorporates documents by reference that are not delivered with this prospectus. Copies of these documents, other than the
exhibits to the documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents), are available upon written
or oral request, at no charge, from us. Requests for such copies should be directed to Empire Petroleum Corporation, 2200 S. Utica Place,
Suite 150, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114, Attention: Corporate Secretary, telephone number: (539) 444-8002.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">An investment in our securities involves a
high degree of risk.&nbsp;You should carefully consider the risk factors and all of the other information included in, or incorporated
by reference into, this prospectus, including those risk factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2022, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2023, and our subsequent SEC filings,
in evaluating an investment in our securities.&nbsp;If any of these risks were to occur, our business, financial condition or results
of operations could be adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our securities could decline and you could lose all or part
of your investment.&nbsp;When we offer and sell any securities pursuant to a prospectus supplement, we may include additional risk factors
relevant to such securities in the prospectus supplement.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus
supplement or any pricing supplement, we will use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered by us for general corporate
purposes.&nbsp;These purposes may include capital expenditures, repayment or refinancing of indebtedness, acquisitions and repurchases
and redemptions of securities.&nbsp;Pending any specific application, we may initially invest funds in short-term marketable securities
or apply them to the reduction of indebtedness.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><A NAME="a_008"></A><B>DESCRIPTION
OF DEBT SECURITIES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">References
in this &#8220;Description of Debt Securities&#8221; section to &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us&#8221; &#8220;our&#8221; or &#8220;Empire&#8221;
mean Empire Petroleum Corporation and not any of its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires. The following
is a summary of some general terms of the debt securities that we may offer by this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement.
Because it is a summary, it does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. If you want more information, you should
read the forms of indentures or note purchase agreements which we will file in connection with a particular offering and will be incorporated
by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. If we issue debt securities, we will file any additional
final indentures, and any supplemental indentures or officer&#8217;s certificates or note purchase agreements related to the particular
series of debt securities issued, with the SEC, and you should read those documents for further information about the terms and provisions
of such debt securities. See &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information.&#8221; This summary is also subject to and qualified by reference
to the descriptions of the particular terms of our debt securities to be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable
prospectus supplement may add to, update or change the terms of such debt securities from those described below.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
debt securities sold under this prospectus will be direct obligations of Empire and, unless otherwise stated in a prospectus supplement,
will not be obligations of any of our subsidiaries. Such debt obligations may be secured or unsecured and may be senior or subordinated
indebtedness. Our debt securities will be issued under one or more indentures between us and a trustee or a note purchase agreement.
Any indenture will be subject to and governed by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the &#8220;Trust Indenture Act&#8221;).
The statements made in this prospectus relating to any future indentures, note purchase agreements and the debt securities to be issued
under the indentures or note purchase agreements are summaries of certain anticipated provisions of the indentures or note purchase agreements
and are not complete.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>General</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We
may issue debt securities that rank &#8220;senior&#8221; or &#8220;subordinated,&#8221; and which may be convertible into another security.
The debt securities that we refer to as &#8220;senior&#8221; will be direct obligations of Empire and will rank equally and ratably in
right of payment with our other indebtedness that is not subordinated, without giving effect to collateral arrangements. We may issue
debt securities that will be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of our senior debt, as defined in the applicable
prospectus supplement. We refer to these as &#8220;subordinated&#8221; securities. We will file as an amendment to the registration statement
of which this prospectus is a part &nbsp;or in connection with a particular offering and will be incorporated by reference into the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part two separate forms of indenture, one for the senior securities and one for the subordinated
securities.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We
may issue debt securities without limit as to aggregate principal amount, in or more series, in each case as we establish in one or more
supplemental indentures or note purchase agreements. We need not issue all debt securities of one series at the same time. Unless we
otherwise provide, we may reopen a series, without the consent of the holders of the series, for the issuance of additional securities
of that series.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We
anticipate that each indenture will provide that we may, but need not, designate more than one trustee under an indenture, each with
respect to one or more series of debt securities. Any trustee under any indenture may resign or be removed with respect to one or more
series of debt securities, and we may appoint a successor trustee to act with respect to any such series.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
applicable prospectus supplement will describe the specific terms relating to the series of debt securities we will offer, including,
where applicable, the following:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the title and series designation and whether they are senior securities
    or subordinated securities;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities offered and any
    limit on the aggregate principal amount of that series that may be authenticated and delivered;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the&nbsp;percentage of the principal amount at which we will issue
    the debt securities and, if other than the principal amount of the debt securities, the portion of the principal amount of the debt
    securities payable upon maturity of the debt securities;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">if convertible, the initial conversion price, the conversion period
    and any other terms governing such conversion;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">any fixed or variable interest rate or rates per annum;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">whether such interest will be payable in cash or additional debt securities
    of the same series or will accrue and increase the aggregate principal amount outstanding of such series;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the place where principal, premium, if any, and interest will be payable
    and where the debt securities can be surrendered for transfer, exchange or conversion;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the date from which interest may accrue and any interest payment dates
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will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement any material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the debt securities
offered by such prospectus supplement.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We
may issue debt securities at less than the principal amount payable at maturity. We refer to these securities as &#8220;original issue
discount&#8221; securities. If material or applicable, we will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement special U.S. federal
income tax considerations applicable to original issue discount securities.</FONT></P>

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as may be described in any prospectus supplement, any future indenture or note purchase agreement will not contain any other provisions
that would limit our ability to incur indebtedness or that would afford holders of the debt securities protection in the event of a highly
leveraged or similar transaction involving us or in the event of a change in control. You should review carefully the applicable prospectus
supplement for information with respect to events of default and covenants applicable to the debt securities being offered.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Denominations, Interest,
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otherwise described in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue debt securities of any series that are registered securities
in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, other than global securities, which may be of
any denomination.</FONT></P>

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otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will pay the interest, principal and any premium at the corporate trust
office of the trustee or at the location specified in a note purchase agreement or, at our option, we may make payment of interest by
check mailed to the address of the person entitled to the payment as it appears in the applicable register or by wire transfer of funds
to that person at an account maintained within the United States or, in the case of global securities, in accordance with the procedures
of the depositary for such securities.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">You
may have your debt securities divided into more debt securities of smaller authorized denominations or combined into fewer debt securities
of larger authorized denominations, as long as the total principal amount is not changed. We call this an &#8220;exchange.&#8221;</FONT></P>

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may exchange or transfer debt securities at the office of the applicable trustee. The trustee acts as our agent for registering debt
securities in the names of holders and transferring debt securities. We may change this appointment to another entity or perform this
role ourselves. The entity performing the role of maintaining the list of registered holders is called the &#8220;registrar.&#8221; The
registrar will also perform transfers.</FONT></P>

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will not be required to pay a service charge to transfer or exchange debt securities, but you may be required to pay for any tax or other
governmental charge associated with the exchange or transfer. The registrar will make the transfer or exchange only if it is satisfied
with your proof of ownership.</FONT></P>

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may not consolidate with or merge into any other person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our properties and assets
to any other person (other than one of our direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries), and we may not permit any other person (other
than one of our direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries) to consolidate with or merge into us, unless:</FONT></P>

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    or, in case we consolidate with or merge into another person, the person formed by such consolidation or merger is, or in case we
    convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our properties and assets to any person, such acquiring person is, an entity
    organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes,
    by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the trustee, in form satisfactory to the trustee, the due and punctual payment
    of the principal of and any premium and interest on all applicable debt securities issued under the applicable indenture and the
    performance or observance of every covenant of the applicable indenture on our part to be performed or observed;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    effect to such transaction, and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of us or any of our subsidiaries as a result
    of such transaction as having been incurred by us or such subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no event of default, and no
    event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default, in each case under the applicable indenture,
    has happened and is continuing; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">we have delivered to the
    trustee an officer&#8217;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
    the applicable indenture provisions described in this paragraph and that all conditions precedent provided for in the applicable
    indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Events of Default
and Related Matters</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Events
of Default</I>. Unless otherwise described in a prospectus supplement, the term &#8220;event of default&#8221; for any series of debt
securities means any of the following:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">we do not pay the principal
    of or any premium on a debt security of that series when due;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">we do not pay interest on
    a debt security of that series within 30&nbsp;days after its due date;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">we do not deposit any sinking
    fund payment for that series within 30&nbsp;days after its due date;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">we remain in breach of any
    other covenant of the applicable indenture (other than a covenant added to the indenture solely for the benefit of another series)
    for 60&nbsp;days after we receive a notice of default specifying the breach and requiring that it be remedied. Only the trustee or
    holders of at least a majority in principal amount of outstanding debt securities of the affected series may send the notice;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">we experience specified events
    of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization; or</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">any other event of default
    described in the applicable prospectus supplement occurs.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Remedies
if an Event of Default Occurs.</I>&nbsp;If an event of default has occurred and has not been cured, the trustee or the holders of not
less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the affected series may declare the entire principal</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">amount of all the debt
securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. If an event of default occurs because we experience specified events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the principal amount of all the debt securities of that series will be automatically accelerated
and become immediately due and payable, without any action by the trustee or any holder. At any time after the trustee or the holders
have accelerated any series of debt securities, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained, the holders
of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the affected series may, under certain circumstances, rescind
and annul such acceleration.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Except
in cases of default where the trustee has some special duties, the trustee is not required to take any action under the applicable indenture
at the request of any holders unless the holders offer the trustee reasonable protection from expenses and liability. We refer to this
as an &#8220;indemnity.&#8221; If reasonable indemnity is provided, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of the relevant series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any lawsuit or other formal legal
action seeking any remedy available to the trustee. These majority holders may also direct the trustee in performing any other action
under the applicable indenture, subject to certain limitations.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Before
you bypass the trustee and bring your own lawsuit or other formal legal action or take other steps to enforce your rights or protect
your interests relating to the applicable indenture or debt securities issued under such indenture, the following must occur:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">you must give the trustee
    written notice that an event of default has occurred and is continuing;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the holders of at least a
    majority in principal amount of all outstanding debt securities of the relevant series must make a written request that the trustee
    take action because of the default and must offer reasonable indemnity to the trustee against the cost and other liabilities of taking
    that action; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the trustee must have not
    taken action for 60&nbsp;days after receipt of the notice, request and offer of indemnity and must have not received from the holders
    of a majority in principal amount of all outstanding debt securities of the relevant series other conflicting directions within such
    60 day period.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">However,
you are entitled at any time to bring a lawsuit for the payment of money due on your debt security after its due date.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Every
year we will furnish to the trustee a written statement by certain of our officers certifying that, to their best knowledge, we are in
compliance with the applicable indenture and the debt securities, or else specifying any default.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Modification of
an Indenture or Note Purchase Agreement</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Unless
otherwise described in a prospectus supplement, there are three types of changes we can make to the indentures, note purchase agreements
and our debt securities:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Changes
Requiring Your Approval</I>. First, we cannot make certain changes to the indentures, note purchase agreements and our debt securities
without the approval of each holder of debt securities affected by the change. The following is a list of those types of changes:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">change the stated maturity
    of the principal of, or interest on, a debt security;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">reduce the principal of,
    or the rate of interest on, a debt security;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">reduce the amount of any
    premium due upon redemption;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">reduce the amount of principal
    of an original issue discount security payable upon acceleration of its maturity;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 6pt">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">change the currency or place
    of payment on a debt security;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 6pt">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">impair a holder&#8217;s right
    to sue for payment on or after the stated maturity of a debt security;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    of holders of debt securities whose consent is needed to modify or amend an indenture;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">reduce the&nbsp;percentage
    of holders of debt securities whose consent is needed to waive compliance with certain provisions of an indenture or certain defaults
    and their consequences;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">waive past defaults in the
    payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the debt securities or in respect of any covenant or provision that cannot
    be modified or amended without the approval of each holder of the debt securities; or</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">modify any of the foregoing
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Changes
Requiring Majority Approval</I>. Second, certain changes require the approval of holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding debt securities of the affected series. We require the same majority vote to obtain a waiver of a past default. However,
we cannot obtain a waiver of a payment default or any other aspect of an indenture or the debt securities listed in the first category
described above under &#8220;&#8212; Changes Requiring Your Approval&#8221; without the consent of each holder of debt securities affected
by the waiver.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Changes
Not Requiring Approval</I>. Third, certain changes do not require any approval of holders of debt securities. These include:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to add to our covenants for
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to add any additional events
    of default for the benefit of holders of all or any series of debt securities;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to add to or change any provisions
    necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of debt securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal,
    and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of debt securities in uncertificated form;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to add to, change or eliminate
    any of the provisions, so long as such addition, change or elimination does not apply to any debt security of any existing series
    of debt security entitled to the benefit of such provision or modify the rights of the holder of any such debt security with respect
    to such provision or such addition, change or elimination only becomes effective when there is no such security outstanding;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to add guarantees of or to
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to establish the forms or
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to evidence and provide for
    the acceptance of appointment of a successor trustee;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to cure any ambiguity, to
    correct or supplement any provision in the applicable indenture or note purchase agreement which may be defective or inconsistent
    with any other provision contained therein or to conform the terms of the indenture or note purchase agreement that are applicable
    to a series of debt securities to the description of the terms of such debt securities in the offering memorandum, prospectus supplement
    or other offering document applicable to such debt securities at the time of initial sale thereof;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 6pt">
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to permit or facilitate the
    defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of debt securities of any series; provided that such action does not adversely affect the
    interests of any holder of debt securities in any material respect;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to prohibit the authentication
    and delivery of additional series of debt securities;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to add to or change or eliminate
    any provision as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to comply with the rules
    of any applicable depositary; or</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to change anything that does
    not adversely affect the interests of the holders of debt securities of any series in any material respect.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Further
Details Concerning Approval</I>. Debt securities are not considered outstanding, and therefore the holders thereof are not eligible to
vote or consent or give their approval or take other action under the applicable indenture or note purchase agreement, if we have deposited
or set aside in trust for you money for their payment or redemption or if we or one of our affiliates own them. Debt securities are also
not considered to be outstanding and therefore the holders thereof are not eligible to vote or consent or give their approval or take
other action under the applicable indenture or note purchase agreement if they have been fully defeased or discharged, as described below
under &#8220;&#8212;&nbsp;Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;Discharge&#8221; or &#8220;&#8212; Full Defeasance.&#8221;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Discharge, Defeasance
and Covenant Defeasance</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Discharge</I>.
Unless otherwise described in a prospectus supplement, we may discharge our obligations to holders of any series of debt securities that
have become due and payable or will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year, or are to be called for redemption
within one year, by depositing or causing to be deposited with the trustee, in trust, funds in the applicable currency in an amount sufficient
to pay the debt securities of such series, including any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of debt securities
which have become due and payable) or to such stated maturity or redemption date, as applicable.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Full
Defeasance.</I>&nbsp;Unless otherwise described in a prospectus supplement, we can, under particular circumstances, effect a full defeasance
of any series of debt securities. By this we mean we can legally release ourselves from any payment or other obligations on the debt
securities if, among other things, we put in place the arrangements described below to pay those debt securities and deliver certain
certificates and opinions to the trustee:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">we must irrevocably deposit
    (or cause to be deposited), in trust, for the benefit of all direct holders of the debt securities of such series money or government
    obligations (or, in some circumstances, depository receipts representing such government obligations), or a combination thereof,
    that will provide funds in an amount sufficient to pay the debt securities of such series, including any premium and interest on
    the debt securities of such series at their stated maturity or applicable redemption date (a &#8220;government obligation&#8221;
    for these purposes means, with respect to any series of debt securities, securities that are not callable or redeemable at the option
    of the issuer thereof and are (1)&nbsp;direct obligations of the government that issued the currency in which such series is denominated
    (or, if such series is denominated in euros, the direct obligations of any government that is a member of the European Monetary Union)
    for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2)&nbsp;obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and
    acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
    credit obligation by such government); and</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">we must deliver to the trustee
    a legal opinion stating that the current U.S. federal income tax law has changed or an Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, ruling has
    been issued, in each case to the effect that holders of the outstanding debt securities of such series will not recognize gain or
    loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such full defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts
    and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such full defeasance had not occurred.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the following rights and obligations will survive full defeasance:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">your right to receive payments
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">our obligations relating
    to registration and transfer of debt securities and lost or mutilated certificates; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">our obligations to maintain
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Covenant
Defeasance</I>. Under current U.S. federal income tax law, we can make the same type of deposit described above with respect to a series
of debt securities and be released from the obligations imposed by most of the covenants with respect to such series and provisions of
the applicable indenture or note purchase agreement with respect to such series, and we may omit to comply with those covenants and provisions
without creating an event of default. This is called &#8220;covenant defeasance.&#8221;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If
we accomplish covenant defeasance, the following provisions of an indenture or a note purchase agreement and the debt securities of such
series would no longer apply:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">most of the covenants applicable
    to such series of debt securities and any events of default for failure to comply with those covenants;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">any subordination provisions;
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">certain other events of default
    as set forth in any prospectus supplement.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Conversion and Exchange
Rights</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
terms and conditions, if any, upon which the debt securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or Preferred Stock,
other debt securities or other property will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Such terms will include whether the
debt securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or Preferred Stock, other debt securities or other property, the
conversion or exchange price (or manner of calculation thereof), the conversion or exchange period, whether conversion or exchange will
be at the option of the holders, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion or exchange price and provisions affecting conversion
or exchange in the event of the redemption of such debt securities and any restrictions on conversion or exchange.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Subordination</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We
will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms and conditions, if any, upon which any series of subordinated securities
is subordinated to debt securities of another series or to our other indebtedness. The terms will include a description of:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the indebtedness ranking
    senior to the debt securities being offered;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the restrictions, if any,
    on payments to the holders of the debt securities being offered while a default with respect to the senior indebtedness is continuing;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the restrictions, if any,
    on payments to the holders of the debt securities being offered following an event of default with respect to such debt securities;
    and</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">provisions requiring holders
    of the debt securities being offered and any related guarantees to remit payments to holders of senior indebtedness.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Governing Law</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Any
future indentures or note purchase agreements and our debt securities issued thereunder will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B><A NAME="a_009"></A>DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As
of August 30, 2023, our authorized capital consisted of 190,000,000 shares of voting common stock, of which approximately 22,723,780
shares were issued and outstanding, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, six shares of which were issued, outstanding and designated
as Series A Voting Preferred.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">In
the discussion that follows, we have summarized selected provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws. You should read our
certificate of incorporation and bylaws as currently in effect for more details regarding the provisions we describe below and for other
provisions that may be important to you. We have filed copies of those documents with the SEC, and they are incorporated by reference
herein. Please read &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information.&#8221;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Common Stock</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Our
outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Voting Rights</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
holders of shares of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by the holders of our common stock,
including the election of directors. Holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights with respect to the election of directors
or as to any other matter to be voted upon by the holders of common stock. Our bylaws may be amended by:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">our board of directors without the vote or consent
    of the holders of our common stock; or</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24px; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">by vote or consent of the holders of at least
    65 percent of our issued and outstanding common stock and any voting preferred stock (other than our Series A Voting Preferred Stock),
    voting as a single class.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Dividend and Liquidation Rights</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Subject
to the rights of any then-outstanding shares of our preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends
as may be declared by our board of directors in its discretion from funds legally available. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution,
or winding up, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities, subject to
any preferential liquidation rights of any preferred stock that at the time may be outstanding. Our credit agreement limits the amount
of cash dividends that we can pay on our common stock.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>No Preemptive, Conversion or Redemption
Rights</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
holders of our common stock have no preemptive, subscription, conversion or redemption rights, and are not subject to further calls or
assessments by us.&nbsp; There are no sinking fund provisions applicable to our common stock.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Anti-Takeover Effects of Delaware Law
and Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Delaware
law and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that may deter or render more difficult proposals to acquire control
of our company, including proposals a stockholder might consider to be in his, her or its best interest, impede or lengthen a change
in membership of the board of directors and make removal of our management more difficult.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0 -10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Delaware
Business Combination Statute</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#8220;DGCL&#8221;) provides certain restrictions on business combinations involving
interested parties. Under the DGCL, a corporation may not engage in a business combination with any holder of 15 percent or more of its
capital stock unless the holder has held the stock for three years or, among other things, the board of directors has approved the transaction.
Our board of directors could rely on this provision of the DGCL to prevent or delay an acquisition of us.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0 -10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Advance
Notice Provisions</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Our
bylaws contain advance notice requirements that our stockholders must meet before submitting proposals or director nominations to be
considered at stockholder meetings. As more fully described in the bylaws, only such business may be conducted at a stockholder meeting
as has been brought before the meeting by, or at the direction of, our board of directors or any committee thereof or by a stockholder
who has given our Secretary timely written notice, in proper form, of the stockholder&#8217;s intention to bring that business before
the meeting. In addition, only persons who are nominated by, or at the direction of, our board of directors or any</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">committee
thereof or who are nominated by a stockholder who has given timely written notice, in proper form, to our Secretary prior to a meeting
at which directors are to be elected will be eligible for election to the board of directors.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">To
be timely, a stockholder&#8217;s notice regarding a proposal or director nomination to be brought before an annual meeting must be delivered
to our Secretary:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">not
    later than the close of business on the 90th day and not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the anniversary
    of the previous year&#8217;s annual meeting if such meeting is to be held on a day which is no more than 30 days in advance of the
    previous year&#8217;s annual meeting or not later than 60 days after the anniversary of the previous year&#8217;s annual meeting;
    and</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">with
    respect to any other annual meeting, including in the event no annual meeting was held in the previous year, not later than the close
    of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the annual meeting and the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure
    is first given of the date of the annual meeting, and not earlier than the 120th day prior to the annual meeting.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If
we call a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of director elections, a stockholder&#8217;s notice of director nominations
will be considered timely if the stockholder delivers the notice to our Secretary not later than the close of business on the later of
the 90th day prior to the special meeting and the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure is first given of the date of
the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the board of directors, and not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day
prior to the special meeting.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
bylaws also specify requirements as to the content of a stockholder&#8217;s notice.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
some instances, these provisions may preclude our stockholders from bringing proposals or making nominations for directors at stockholder
meetings.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0 -10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Removal
of Directors</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
certificate of incorporation provides that any director may be removed with or without cause but only by the affirmative vote of the
holders of the shares of the class or series of stock entitled to elect such director or directors voting separately and as a single
class.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0 -10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Action
by Stockholders Without a Meeting</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
certificate of incorporation provides that, except as otherwise provided in the terms of any outstanding shares of our preferred stock,
stockholders may only take action by written consent without a meeting of stockholders two times in any calendar year.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0 -10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Special
Meetings of Stockholders</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time only by our board of directors, either Co-Chairman of
the board of directors or the President or by our Secretary upon the request from stockholders of record who own, in the aggregate, at
least 20 percent of the voting power of our outstanding shares entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the special
meeting. The only business that may be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders is that business specified in the notice of meeting.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0 -10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Issuance
of Preferred Stock</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Board is authorized to establish one or more series of preferred stock and to determine, with respect to any series of preferred stock,
the powers, designation, preferences and rights of each series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of each series, including:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            designation of the series and the number of shares to constitute the series; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            dividend rate of the series, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be
                                            payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other
                                            class or classes of stock, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative;
                                            </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">whether
                                            the shares of the series shall be subject to redemption by the Company and, if made subject
                                            to such redemption, the times, prices and other terms and conditions of such redemption;
                                            </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of the shares
                                            of the series; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">whether
                                            or not the shares of the series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any
                                            other class or classes or of any other series of any class or classes of stock of the Company,
                                            and, if provision be made for conversion or exchange, the times, prices, rates, adjustments
                                            and other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            extent, if any, to which the holders of the shares of the series shall be entitled to vote
                                            with respect to the election of directors or otherwise; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            restrictions, if any, on the issue or reissue of any additional preferred stock; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">rights
                                            of the holders of the shares of the series upon the dissolution, liquidation, or winding
                                            up of the Company. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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prospectus supplement relating to any series of preferred stock we offer will include specific terms relating to the offering.&nbsp;The
description of the terms of the preferred stock to be set forth in an applicable prospectus supplement will not be complete and will
be subject to and qualified by the certificate of designation relating to the applicable series of preferred stock.&nbsp;You should read
that document for provisions that may be important to you.&nbsp;We will include that document as an exhibit to a filing with the SEC
in connection with an offering of preferred stock.</FONT></P>

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authorized shares of preferred stock, as well as shares of common stock, are available for issuance without further action by our stockholders,
unless stockholder action is required by the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities are listed
or traded. If the approval of our stockholders is not required for the issuance of shares of preferred stock or common stock, the Board
may determine not to seek stockholder approval.</FONT></P>

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the Board 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 that series, impede the completion of a merger, tender offer or other takeover attempt. The Board will make any determination to issue
shares based on its judgment as to our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders. The Board, in so acting, could issue
preferred stock having terms that could discourage an acquisition attempt, including a tender offer or other transaction that some, or
a majority of, our stockholders might believe to be in their best interests or that might result in stockholders receiving a premium
for their stock over the then current market price of the stock.</FONT></P>

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A Voting Preferred Stock</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">As
noted above, as of August 30, 2023, we have six shares of Series A Voting Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.&nbsp; The Series A
Voting Preferred Stock was issued in connection with the strategic investment in us by Energy Evolution (Master Fund), Ltd. (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;).&nbsp;
For so long as the Series A Voting Preferred Stock is outstanding, our board of directors will consist of six directors.&nbsp; Three
of the directors are designated as the Series A Directors and the three other directors (each, a &#8220;common director&#8221;) are elected
by the holders of common stock and/or any preferred stock (other than the Series A Voting Preferred Stock) granted the right to vote
on the common directors.&nbsp; Any Series A Director may be removed with or without cause but only by the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of the Series A Voting Preferred Stock voting separately and as a single class.&nbsp; The holders of the Series A Voting
Preferred Stock have the exclusive right, voting separately and as a single class, to vote on the election, removal and/or replacement
of the Series A Directors.&nbsp; Holders of common stock or other preferred stock have no right to vote on the Series A Directors.&nbsp;
The approval of the holders of the Series A Voting Preferred Stock, voting separately and as a single class, is required to authorize
any resolution or other action to issue or modify the number, voting rights or any other rights, privileges, benefits or characteristics
of the Series A Voting Preferred Stock, including without limitation, any action to modify the number, structure and/or composition of
our current board of directors.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
board of directors annually elects two of its members to serve as co-chairs of the board (each, a &#8220;Co-Chairman&#8221;).&nbsp; One
Co-Chairman of the board is elected by and from the common directors and the other Co-Chairman is elected by and from the Series A Directors
(the &#8220;Series A Co-Chairman&#8221;).&nbsp; In the case of any tie vote or deadlock of the board of directors, the Series A Co-Chairman
has the deciding, tie breaking vote.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Series A Voting Preferred Stock is held by Phil Mulacek, one of the principals of the Fund, as the Fund&#8217;s designee (the &#8220;Initial
Holder&#8221;). Mr. Mulacek is also the Series A Co-Chairman.&nbsp; The Series A Voting Preferred Stock may be transferred only to certain
controlled affiliates of the Initial Holder (&#8220;Permitted Transferees&#8221;), and the voting rights of the Series A Voting Preferred
Stock are contingent upon the Initial Holder and Permitted Transferees (collectively, the &#8220;Series A Holders&#8221;) holding together
at least 3,000,000 shares of our outstanding common stock.</FONT></P>

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Series A Holders have effective control of our board of directors for so long as the voting rights of the Series A Voting Preferred Stock
remain in effect.</FONT></P>

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Vote for Amendments to Our Certificate of Incorporation</I></B></FONT></P>

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certificate of incorporation provides that further amendments to the certificate of incorporation (other than to change our name or registered
agent and office and except as otherwise expressly provided for in our certificate of incorporation) require majority approval of our
entire board of directors and approval by the stockholders holding 80 percent of the common stock and preferred stock with applicable
voting rights voting together as a single class. The holders of our common stock, however, are not entitled to vote on any modification
or amendment of any certificate of designation if such certificate of designation grants or reserves that right to the holders of the
preferred stock.</FONT></P>

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bylaws provide that the following actions must be approved by the stockholders holding 80 percent of our outstanding common stock and
preferred stock with applicable voting rights voting together as a single class:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a
    transaction in which any person becomes the beneficial owner of our securities representing 50 percent or more of the total voting
    power represented by our then outstanding voting securities;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a
    merger or consolidation in which we are a party and in which our equity holders before such merger or consolidation do not retain
    at least a majority of the beneficial interest in the voting equity interests of the entity that survives or results from such merger
    or consolidation;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a
    sale or disposition by us of all or substantially all of our assets, other than in the ordinary course of business; or</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">subject
    to certain exceptions as described in the bylaws, any transaction to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, collateralize, encumber and/or
    otherwise leverage the assets of or any portion of our equity ownership of Empire New Mexico LLC, d/b/a Green Tree New Mexico, LLC
    and Green Tree New Mexico.</FONT></TD></TR>
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bylaws provide that unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
(or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall be the sole
and exclusive forum for:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
    derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
    action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent to us or our
    stockholders;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
    action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws; or</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
    action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine;</FONT></TD></TR>
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each case, subject to the court having personal jurisdiction over the defendants.&nbsp; If any action the subject matter of which is
within the scope of this exclusive forum provision is filed in a court other than a court located with the State of Delaware (a &#8220;foreign
action&#8221;) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
    jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in such court
    to enforce this exclusive forum provision; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">having
    service of process made upon such stockholder in any such enforcement action by service upon such stockholder&#8217;s counsel in
    the foreign action as agent for such stockholder.</FONT></TD></TR>
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addition, our bylaws provide that any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of our capital stock
is deemed to have notice of and consented to this exclusive forum provision. This exclusive forum provision is intended to apply to claims
arising under Delaware state law and is not intended to apply to claims arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act.</FONT></P>

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common stock is listed on the NYSE American stock exchange under the symbol &#8220;EP.&#8221;</FONT></P>

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Agent and Registrar</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="a_010"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>DESCRIPTION
OF DEPOSITARY SHARES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>General
</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
may, at our option, elect to have shares of preferred stock be represented by depositary shares.&nbsp;The shares of any series of the
preferred stock underlying the depositary shares will be deposited under a separate deposit agreement between us and a bank or trust
company selected by us as the depositary.&nbsp;Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a depositary share will be
entitled, in proportion to the applicable interest in the number of shares of preferred stock underlying such depositary share, to all
the rights and preferences of the preferred stock underlying such depositary share, including dividend, voting, redemption, conversion,
exchange and liquidation rights.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
depositary shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to the deposit agreement, each of which will represent the
applicable interest in a number of shares of a particular series of the preferred stock described in the applicable prospectus supplement.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Unless
otherwise specified in this prospectus supplement, a holder of depositary shares is not entitled to receive the shares of preferred stock
underlying the depositary shares.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Dividends
and Other Distributions </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash distributions received in respect of the preferred stock to the record holders
of depositary shares representing such preferred stock in proportion to the numbers of such depositary shares owned by such holders on
the relevant record date.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
the event of a distribution other than in cash, the depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of depositary
shares entitled thereto or the depositary may, with our approval, sell such property and distribute the net proceeds from such sale to
such holders.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Redemption
of Depositary Shares </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If
preferred stock underlying the depositary shares is subject to redemption, the depositary shares will be redeemed from the proceeds received
by the depositary resulting from the redemption, in whole or in part, of the preferred stock held by the depositary.&nbsp;The redemption
price per depositary share will be equal to the aggregate redemption price payable with respect to the number of shares of preferred
stock underlying the depositary shares.&nbsp;Whenever we redeem preferred stock from the depositary, the depositary will redeem as of
the same redemption date a proportionate number of depositary shares representing the shares of preferred stock that were redeemed.&nbsp;If
less than all the depositary shares are to be redeemed, the depositary shares to be redeemed will be selected by lot, pro rata or by
another equitable method as may be determined by us.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">After
the date fixed for redemption, the depositary shares so called for redemption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights
of the holders of the depositary shares will cease, except the right to receive the redemption price payable upon such redemption.&nbsp;Any
funds deposited by us with the depositary for any depositary shares which the holders thereof fail to redeem shall be returned to us
after a period of two years from the date such funds are so deposited.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Voting
</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Upon
receipt of notice of any meeting or action in lieu of any meeting at which the holders of any shares of preferred stock underlying the
depositary shares are entitled to vote, the depositary will mail the information contained in such notice to the record holders of the
depositary shares relating to such preferred stock.&nbsp;Each record holder of such depositary shares on the record date (which will
be the same date as the record date for the preferred stock) will be entitled to instruct the depositary as to the exercise of the voting
rights pertaining to the number of shares of preferred stock underlying such holder&#8217;s depositary shares.&nbsp;The depositary will
endeavor, insofar as practicable, to vote the number of shares of preferred stock underlying such depositary shares in accordance with
such instructions, and we will agree to take all action which may be deemed necessary by the depositary in order to enable the depositary
to do so.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amendment
of the Depositary Agreement </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares and any provision of the deposit agreement may at any time be amended by
agreement between us and the depositary, provided, however, that any amendment which materially and adversely alters the rights of the
existing holders of depositary shares will not be effective unless such amendment has been approved by at least a majority of the depositary
shares then outstanding.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Charges
of Depositary </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges that arise solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements.&nbsp;We
will pay charges of the depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the preferred stock and any exchange or redemption of the
preferred stock.&nbsp;Holders of depositary shares will pay all other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges, and, in addition,
such other charges as are expressly provided in the deposit agreement to be for their accounts.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Miscellaneous
</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We,
or at our option, the depositary, will forward to the holders of depositary shares all reports and communications from us which we are
required to furnish to the holders of preferred stock.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Neither
the depositary nor we will be liable if either of us is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstances beyond our control in performing
our obligations under the deposit agreement.&nbsp;Our obligations and those of the depositary under the deposit agreement will be limited
to performance in good faith of our duties thereunder and we and the depositary will not be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal
proceeding in respect of any depositary share or preferred stock unless satisfactory indemnity has been furnished.&nbsp;We and the depositary
may rely upon written advice of counsel or accountants, or information provided by persons presenting preferred stock for deposit, holders
of depositary shares or other persons believed to be competent and on documents believed to be genuine.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Resignation
and Removal of Depositary; Termination of the Deposit Agreement </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
depositary may resign at any time by delivering to us notice of its election to do so, and we may at any time remove the depositary,
any such resignation or removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment.&nbsp;Such
successor depositary will be appointed by us within 60 days after delivery of the notice of resignation or removal.&nbsp;The deposit
agreement may be terminated at our direction or by the depositary if a period of 90 days has expired after the depositary has delivered
to us written notice of its election to resign and a successor depositary has not been appointed.&nbsp;Upon termination of the deposit
agreement, the depositary will discontinue the transfer of depositary receipts, will suspend the distribution of dividends to the holders
thereof, and will not give any further notices (other than notice of such termination) or perform any further acts under the deposit
agreement except that the depositary will continue to deliver preferred stock certificates, together with such dividends and distributions
and the net proceeds of any sales of rights, preferences, privileges or other property in exchange for depositary receipts surrendered.&nbsp;Upon
our request, the depositary shall deliver all books, records, certificates evidencing preferred stock, depositary receipts and other
documents relating to the subject matter of the depositary agreement to us.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="a_011"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>DESCRIPTION
OF WARRANTS</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
may issue warrants to purchase debt securities, preferred stock, common stock, depositary shares, purchase contracts or units that are
registered pursuant to the registration statement to which this prospectus relates. We may issue warrants independently or together with
other securities that are registered pursuant to the registration statement to which this prospectus relates. Warrants sold with other
securities may be attached to or separate from the other securities. We will issue each series of warrants under a separate warrant agreement
between us and a warrant agent that we will name in the prospectus supplement. We will describe additional terms of the warrants and
the applicable warrant agreements in the applicable prospectus supplement.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>General
</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If
warrants are offered, the prospectus supplement relating to a series of warrants will include the specific terms of the warrants, including:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            offering price;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            title of the warrants;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            aggregate number of warrants offered;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            dates or periods during which the warrants can be exercised;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">whether
                                            the warrants will be issued in individual certificates to holders or in the form of global
                                            securities held by a depositary on behalf of holders;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            designation and terms of any securities with which the warrants are issued;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">if
                                            the warrants are issued as a unit with another security, the date, if any, on and after which
                                            the warrants and the other security will be separately transferable;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">if
                                            the exercise price is not payable in U.S. dollars, the foreign currency, currency unit or
                                            composite currency in which the exercise price is denominated;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            terms, procedures and limitations relating to the transferability, exchange or exercise of
                                            the warrants;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            special tax implications of the warrants or their exercise;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            antidilution provisions of the warrants;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            redemption or call provisions applicable to the warrants; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            other terms of the warrants.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Transfers
and Exchanges </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">A
holder will be able to exchange warrant certificates for new warrant certificates of different denominations, or to transfer warrants,
at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement.&nbsp;Prior to exercise,
holders of warrants will have none of the rights of holders of the underlying securities.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exercise
</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Holders
will be able to exercise warrants up to 5:00 P.M. New York City time on the date set forth in the prospectus supplement as the expiration
date.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">After
this time, unless we have extended the expiration date, the unexercised warrants will be void.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Subject
to any restrictions and additional requirements that may be set forth in a prospectus supplement, holders of warrants may exercise them
by delivering to the warrant agent at its corporate trust office the following:</FONT>&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">warrant
                                            certificates properly completed; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">payment
                                            of the exercise price.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">As
soon as practicable after the delivery, we will issue and deliver to the indicated holder the securities purchasable upon exercise.&nbsp;If
a holder does not exercise all the warrants represented by a particular certificate, we will also issue a new certificate for the remaining
number of warrants.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>No
Rights of Security Holder Prior to Exercise </B></FONT></P>

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to the exercise of their warrants, holders of warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon
the exercise of the warrants, and will not be entitled to:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">in
                                            the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, payments of principal of, premium, if any,
                                            or interest, if any, on the debt securities purchasable upon exercise; or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">in
                                            the case of warrants to purchase equity securities, the right to vote or to receive dividend
                                            payments or similar distributions on the securities purchasable upon exercise</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Enforceability
of Rights by Holders of Warrants </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Each
warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the relevant warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship
of agency or trust for any warrant holder.&nbsp;A single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent for more than one issue of
warrants.&nbsp;A warrant agent will have no duty or responsibility if we default in performing our obligations under the relevant
warrant agreement or warrant, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any legal proceedings or to make any demand upon
us.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title
</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
and the warrant agents and any of our respective agents may treat the registered holder of any warrant certificate as the absolute owner
of the warrants evidenced by that certificate for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights attaching to the warrants
so requested, despite any notice to the contrary.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
may issue subscription rights to purchase common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, other securities described in this prospectus
or any combination thereof. These subscription rights may be issued independently or together with any other security offered by us and
may or may not be transferable by the securityholder receiving the subscription rights in such offering. In connection with any offering
of subscription rights, we may enter into a standby arrangement with one or more underwriters or other investors pursuant to which the
underwriters or other investors may be required to purchase any securities remaining unsubscribed for after such offering.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">To
the extent appropriate, the applicable prospectus supplement will describe the specific terms of the subscription rights to purchase
shares of our securities offered thereby, including the following:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            date of determining the securityholders entitled to the subscription rights distribution;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            price, if any, for the subscription rights;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            exercise price payable for the common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares or other
                                            securities upon the exercise of the subscription right;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            number of subscription rights issued to each securityholder;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            amount of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares or other securities that may be
                                            purchased per each subscription right;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            provisions for adjustment of the amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the subscription
                                            rights or of the exercise price of the subscription rights;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            extent to which the subscription rights are transferable;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            date on which the right to exercise the subscription rights shall commence, and the date
                                            on which the subscription rights shall expire;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            extent to which the subscription rights may include an over-subscription privilege with respect
                                            to unsubscribed securities;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            material terms of any standby underwriting or purchase arrangement entered into by us in
                                            connection with the offering of subscription rights;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            applicable federal income tax considerations; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24px"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            other terms of the subscription rights, including the terms, procedures and limitations relating
                                            to the transferability, exchange and exercise of the subscription rights.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="a_013"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>DESCRIPTION
OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
may issue purchase contracts obligating holders to purchase from us, and us to sell to the holders, a specified number, or amount, of
securities at a future date or dates.&nbsp;The purchase contracts may be issued separately or as part of units consisting of a purchase
contract and an underlying debt or preferred security covered by this prospectus, U.S. Treasury security or other U.S. government or
agency obligation.&nbsp;The holder of the unit may be required to pledge the debt, preferred security, U.S. Treasury security or other
U.S. government or agency obligation to secure its obligations under the purchase contract.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If
purchase contracts are offered, the prospectus supplement will specify the material terms of the purchase contracts, the units and any
applicable pledge or depository arrangements, including one or more of the following:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            stated amount that a holder will be obligated to pay under the purchase contract in order
                                            to purchase the underlying security;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            settlement date or dates on which the holder will be obligated to purchase the underlying
                                            security and whether the occurrence of any events may cause the settlement date to occur
                                            on an earlier date and the terms on which any early settlement would occur;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            events, if any, that will cause our obligations and the obligations of the holder under the
                                            purchase contract to terminate;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            settlement rate, which is a number that, when multiplied by the stated amount of a purchase
                                            contract, determines the number, or amount, of securities that we will be obligated to sell
                                            and a holder will be obligated to purchase under that purchase contract upon payment of the
                                            stated amount of that purchase contract;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">whether
                                            the purchase contracts will be issued separately or as part of units consisting of a purchase
                                            contract and an underlying debt or preferred security with an aggregate principal amount
                                            or liquidation amount equal to the stated amount;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            type of security, if any, that is pledged by the holder to secure its obligations under a
                                            purchase contract;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            terms of the pledge arrangement relating to the security, including the terms on which distributions
                                            or payments of interest and principal on the security will be retained by a collateral agent,
                                            delivered to us or be distributed to the holder; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            amount of the contract fee, if any, that may be payable by us to the holder or by the holder
                                            to us, the date or dates on which the contract fee will be payable and the extent to which
                                            we or the holder, as applicable, may defer payment of the contract fee on those payment dates.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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OF UNITS</B></FONT></P>

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specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may issue units consisting of one or more shares of common stock, shares of preferred
stock, warrants, debt securities, subscription rights, purchase contracts or any combination of such securities, including guarantees
of non-convertible debt securities.&nbsp;The applicable prospectus supplement will describe:</FONT></P>

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                                            securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities
                                            comprising the units may be separately traded;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            terms and conditions applicable to the units, including a description of the terms of any
                                            applicable unit agreement governing the units; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><A NAME="a_015"></A><B>FOrmS
OF SECURITIES</B></FONT></P>

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may issue the debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units of any series in the form of one or more fully registered global
securities that will be deposited with a depositary or with a nominee for a depositary and registered in the name of the depositary or
its nominee.&nbsp;In that case, one or more global securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the
portion of the aggregate principal or face amount of outstanding registered securities of the series to be represented by such global
securities.&nbsp;Unless and until the depositary exchanges a global security in whole for securities in definitive registered form, the
global security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary to a nominee of the depositary or by a nominee of the depositary
to the depositary or another nominee of the depositary or by the depositary or any of its nominees to a successor of the depositary or
a nominee of such successor.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any portion of a series of securities to be represented by a global security
will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such series.&nbsp;We anticipate that the following provisions will apply to
all depositary arrangements.</FONT></P>

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of beneficial interests in a global security will be limited to persons that have accounts with the depositary for such global security
known as &#8220;participants&#8221; or persons that may hold interests through such participants.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Upon
the issuance of a global security, the depositary for such global security will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system,
the participants&#8217; accounts with the respective principal or face amounts of the securities represented by the global security beneficially
owned by the participants.&nbsp;The accounts to be credited shall be designated by any dealers, underwriters or agents participating
in the distribution of such securities.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ownership
of beneficial interests in such global security will be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership interests will be effected only
through, records maintained by the depositary for such global security (with respect to interests of participants) and on the records
of participants (with respect to interests of persons holding through participants).&nbsp;The laws of some states may require that certain
purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form.&nbsp;Such limits and such laws may impair the
ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in global securities.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">So
long as the depositary for a global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of such global security, such depositary or such
nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the securities represented by such global security for all
purposes under the applicable indenture, note purchase agreement, warrant agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement.&nbsp;Except
as set forth below, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to have the securities represented by such
global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of such securities in definitive
form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the applicable indenture, note purchase agreement, warrant agreement,
purchase contract or unit agreement.&nbsp;Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a global security must rely on the
procedures of the depositary for the global security and, if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through
which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the applicable indenture, note purchase agreement, warrant
agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement.&nbsp;We understand that under existing industry practices, if we request any action of
holders or if an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security desires to give or take any action which a holder is entitled to
give or take under the applicable indenture, note purchase agreement, warrant agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement, the depositary
for such global security would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take such action, and
such participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants to give or take such action or would otherwise act
upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Principal,
premium, if any, and interest payments on debt securities, and any payments to holders with respect to warrants, purchase contracts or
units represented by a global security registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee will be made to such depositary or its nominee,
as the case may be, as the registered owner of such global security.&nbsp;None of us, the trustees, the warrant agents, the unit agents
or any of our other agents, agent of the trustees or agent of the warrant agents or unit agents will have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in such global security or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.</FONT></P>

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expect that the depositary for any securities represented by a global security, or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal,
premium, interest or other distribution of underlying securities or commodities to holders in respect of such global security, will immediately
credit participants&#8217; accounts in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in such global security as shown
on the records of such depositary or its nominee.&nbsp;We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests
in such global security held through such participants will be governed by standing customer instructions and customary practices, as
is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in &#8220;street name,&#8221; and
will be the responsibility of such participants.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If
the depositary for any securities represented by a global security is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or ceases
to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and we do not appoint a successor depositary registered as a clearing agency
under the Exchange Act within 90 days, we will issue such securities in definitive form in exchange for such global security.&nbsp;In
addition, we may at any time and in our sole discretion determine not to have any of the securities of a series represented by one or
more global securities and, in such event, will issue securities of such series in definitive form in exchange for all of the global
security or securities representing such securities.&nbsp;Any securities issued in definitive form in exchange for a global security
will be registered in such name or names as the depositary shall instruct the relevant trustee, warrant agent or other relevant agent
of ours.&nbsp;We expect that such instructions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from participants with respect
to ownership of beneficial interests in such global security.</FONT></P>

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OF DISTRIBUTION</B></FONT></P>

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may sell our securities from time to time through underwriters, dealers or agents or directly to purchasers, in one or more transactions
at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing
market prices or at negotiated prices.&nbsp;We may also sell our securities upon the exercise of subscription rights that may be distributed
to security holders.&nbsp;We may use these methods in any combination.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
will describe the terms of the offering of the securities in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or any related
free writing prospectus, including:</FONT></P>

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                                            name or names of any underwriters, if any;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            purchase price of the securities and the proceeds we will receive from the sale;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters&#8217; compensation;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            initial public offering price;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">any
                                            securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Only
underwriters we name in the prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or any related free writing prospectus are underwriters
of the securities offered thereby.</FONT></P>

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distribution of securities may be effected, from time to time, in one or more transactions, including:</FONT></P>

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                                            transactions (which may involve crosses) and transactions on the New York Stock Exchange
                                            or any other organized market where the securities may be traded;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">purchases
                                            by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its own account pursuant
                                            to a prospectus supplement;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">ordinary
                                            brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker-dealer solicits purchasers;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">sales
                                            &#8220;at the market&#8221; to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market,
                                            on an exchange or otherwise; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">sales
                                            in other ways not involving market makers or established trading markets, including direct
                                            sales to purchasers.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>By
Underwriters </B></FONT></P>

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may use an underwriter or underwriters in the offer or sale of our securities.</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If
                                            we use an underwriter or underwriters, the offered securities will be acquired by the underwriters
                                            for their own account.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
                                            will include the names of the specific managing underwriter or underwriters, as well as any
                                            other underwriters, and the terms of the transactions, including the compensation the underwriters
                                            and dealers will receive, in the prospectus supplement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
                                            underwriters will use this prospectus and the prospectus supplement to sell our securities.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
may also sell securities pursuant to one or more standby agreements with one or more underwriters in connection with the call, redemption
or exchange of a specified class or series of any of our outstanding securities.&nbsp;In a standby agreement, the underwriter or underwriters
would agree either:</FONT></P>

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                                            purchase from us up to the number of shares of common stock that would be issuable upon conversion
                                            or exchange of all the shares of the class or series of our securities at an agreed price
                                            per share of common stock; or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">to
                                            purchase from us up to a specified dollar amount of offered securities at an agreed price
                                            per offered security, which price may be fixed or may be established by formula or other
                                            method and which may or may not relate to market prices of our common stock or any other
                                            outstanding security.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
underwriter or underwriters would also agree, if applicable, to convert or exchange any securities of the class or series held or purchased
by the underwriter or underwriters into or for our common stock or other security.</FONT></P>

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underwriter or underwriters may assist in the solicitation of conversions or exchanges by holders of the class or series of securities.</FONT></P>

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Dealers </B></FONT></P>

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may use a dealer to sell our securities.</FONT></P>

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                                            we use a dealer, we, as principal, will sell our securities to the dealer.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
                                            dealer will then resell our securities to the public at varying prices that the dealer will
                                            determine at the time it sells our securities.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            will include the name of the dealer and the terms of our transactions with the dealer in
                                            the prospectus supplement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If
we offer securities in a subscription rights offering to our existing security holders, we may enter into a standby underwriting agreement
with dealers, acting as standby underwriters. We may pay the standby underwriters a commitment fee for the securities they commit to
purchase on a standby basis. If we do not enter into a standby underwriting arrangement, we may retain a dealer-manager to manage a subscription
rights offering for us.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>By
Agents </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 9pt; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
may designate agents to solicit offers to purchase our securities.</FONT></P>

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                                            will name any agent involved in offering or selling our securities and any commissions that
                                            we will pay to the agent in the prospectus supplement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Unless
                                            we indicate otherwise in the prospectus supplement, our agents will act on a best efforts
                                            basis for the period of their appointment.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
                                            agents may be deemed to be underwriters under the Securities Act of any of our securities
                                            that they offer or sell.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>By
Delayed Delivery Contracts </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 9pt; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
may authorize our agents and underwriters to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase our securities at the public offering
price under delayed delivery contracts.</FONT></P>

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                                            we use delayed delivery contracts, we will disclose that we are using them in the prospectus
                                            supplement and will tell you when we will demand payment and delivery of the securities under
                                            the delayed delivery contracts.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            delayed delivery contracts will be subject only to the conditions that we set forth in the
                                            prospectus supplement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
                                            will indicate in the prospectus supplement the commission that underwriters and agents soliciting
                                            purchases of our securities under delayed delivery contracts will be entitled to receive.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Direct
Sales </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
may directly solicit offers to purchase our securities, and we may directly sell our securities to institutional or other investors,
including our affiliates.&nbsp;We will describe the terms of our direct sales in the prospectus supplement.&nbsp;We may also sell our
securities upon the exercise of rights which we may issue.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>General
Information </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Underwriters,
dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of our securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act, and any
discounts or commissions they receive and any profit they make on the resale of the offered securities may be treated as underwriting
discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.&nbsp;Any underwriters or agents will be identified and their compensation described
in a prospectus supplement.&nbsp;We may indemnify agents, underwriters and dealers against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act, or make contributions to payments they may be required to make relating to those liabilities.&nbsp;Our agents,
underwriters and dealers, or their affiliates, may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary
course of business.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Each
series of securities offered by this prospectus (other than common stock) may be a new issue of securities with no established trading
market.&nbsp;Any underwriters to whom securities offered by this prospectus are sold by us for public offering and sale may make a market
in the securities offered by this prospectus, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making
at any time without notice.&nbsp;No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for any securities offered by this
prospectus.</FONT></P>

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of the underwriters through whom our securities are sold for public offering and sale may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions,
syndicate short covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.&nbsp;Over-allotment involves
syndicate sales in excess of the offering size, which creates a syndicate short position.&nbsp;Stabilizing transactions permit bids to
purchase the offered securities so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.</FONT></P>

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covering transactions involve purchases of the offered securities in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order
to cover syndicate short positions.&nbsp;Penalty bids permit the representative of the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from
a syndicate member when the offered securities originally sold by such syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction
to cover syndicate short positions.&nbsp;Such stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the
price of the offered securities to be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of such transactions.&nbsp;These transactions
may be effected on a national securities exchange and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.&nbsp;Underwriters, dealers and
agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for, us and our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.</FONT></P>

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MATTERS</B></FONT></P>

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legal matters in connection with the securities offered hereby will be passed on for us by Porter Hedges LLP, Houston, Texas.&nbsp; Any
underwriters will be advised about other issues relating to any offering by their own legal counsel.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="a_018"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>EXPERTS</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">The
audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022, incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere
in the registration statement have been so incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton LLP, independent
registered public accountants, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">The
consolidated financial statements of Empire Petroleum Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) as December 31, 2021 and for the year then
ended, incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31,
2022, have been audited by Moss Adams LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is incorporated
herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of such firm given
their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.</FONT></P>

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information included herein regarding estimated quantities of proved reserves of the Company, the future net revenues from those reserves
and their present value as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, are based on the proved reserves report prepared by&nbsp;Cawley, Gillespie
&amp; Associates, Inc. These estimates are included herein in reliance upon the authority of such firm as an expert in these matters.</FONT></P>

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II </B></FONT></P>

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NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS</B></FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 55.45pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;14.</B></FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Other
                                            Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.</I></B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
following table sets forth the various expenses, all of which will be borne by us, in connection with the sale and distribution of the
securities being registered, other than the underwriting discounts and commissions.&nbsp;All amounts shown are estimates except for the
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 70%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 12pt">Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee&#9;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 18%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">38,570</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 12pt">Accounting fees and expenses&#9;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 12pt">Legal fees and expenses&#9;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 12pt">Printing and engraving expenses&#9;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 12pt">Miscellaneous&#9;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 0.5in">Total&#9;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 80pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 32pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(*)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Estimated
                                            expenses are not presently known. The foregoing sets forth the general categories of expenses
                                            (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) that we anticipate to incur in connection
                                            with the offering of securities under this registration statement. An estimate of the aggregate
                                            expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being offered
                                            will be included in the applicable prospectus supplement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 55.45pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;15.</B></FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Indemnification
                                            of Directors and Officers.</I></B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
general effect of the following is to provide indemnification to officers, directors and control persons for liabilities that may arise
by reason of their status as officers, directors or control persons, other than liabilities arising from willful or intentional misconduct,
acts or omissions not in good faith, unlawful distributions of assets or transactions from which the officer, director or control person
derived an improper benefit.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Delaware
General Corporation Law </U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Section
102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of
a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where
the director breached his duty of loyalty, 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 repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal
benefit. The Registrant&#8217;s certificate of incorporation provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally liable to
it or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing
such liability, except to the extent that the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware prohibits the elimination or limitation
of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT>Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides
that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving
at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he is or
is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification
shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability
but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-left: 0pt; margin-top: 9pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25pt; margin-right: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Registrant&#8217;s certificate of incorporation provides that the Registrant will indemnify each person who was or is a party or 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
Registrant) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Registrant, or is or
was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the Registrant&#8217;s request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in
a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred
to as an &#8220;Indemnitee&#8221;), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses
(including attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
such action, suit</FONT></P>


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proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or
not opposed to, the Registrant&#8217;s best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she had no reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The Registrant&#8217;s certificate of incorporation provides that the Registrant will
indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party to an action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in the
Registrant&#8217;s favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Registrant,
or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the Registrant&#8217;s request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee
or, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action
alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees) and, to the extent permitted
by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal
therefrom, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless a court determines that, despite such adjudication but in view
of all of the circumstances, he or she is entitled to indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
that any Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, he or she will be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses
(including attorneys&#8217; fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Expenses must be advanced to an Indemnitee
under certain circumstances.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Registrant maintains a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of the Registrant&#8217;s directors and officers
arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act </U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Section
18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, or the Delaware LLC Act, provides that, subject to the standards and restrictions,
if any, as are described in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify
and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.&nbsp; The limited
liability company agreements of each of Empire Louisiana LLC, Empire ND Acquisition LLC, Empire New Mexico LLC, Empire North Dakota LLC,
Empire Northwest Shelf LLC and Empire Texas LLC provide that the company shall indemnify the members, officers, employees, agents and
representatives to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware LLC Act.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Texas
Business Organizations Code</U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
to Section 1.106 of the Texas Business Organizations Code (the &#8220;TBOC&#8221;), the indemnification provisions set forth in the TBOC
are applicable to most entities established in the state of Texas, including corporations, limited liability partnerships and limited
partnerships. Under Section 8.002 of the TBOC, unless a Texas limited liability company adopts the general indemnification provisions
of the TBOC, described below, those provisions are not applicable to a Texas limited liability company.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
to Section 8.051 of the TBOC, an enterprise must indemnify a governing person, former governing person or delegate against reasonable
expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with a proceeding in which the person was a respondent because such person is
or was a governing person if such person is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding. Pursuant
to Sections 8.101 and 8.102 of the TBOC, any governing person, former governing person or delegate of a Texas enterprise may be indemnified
against judgments and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with a proceeding, in which such person was a
respondent if it is determined, in accordance with Section 8.103 of the TBOC, that: (i) the person (a) acted in good faith, (b) reasonably
believed (1) in the case of conduct in the person&#8217;s official capacity, that the person&#8217;s conduct was in the enterprise&#8217;s
best interests and (2) in any other case, that the person&#8217;s conduct was not opposed to the enterprise&#8217;s best interests, (c)
in the case of a criminal proceeding, such person did not have a reasonable cause to believe that the person&#8217;s conduct was unlawful,
(ii) with respect to expenses, the amount of expenses other than a judgment is reasonable and (iii) the indemnification should be paid.
Indemnification of a person who is found to be liable to the enterprise is limited to reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person
in connection with the proceeding and excludes judgments, penalties or fines. However, there are circumstances in which such indemnification
is prohibited entirely. Pursuant to Section 8.105 of the TBOC, an enterprise may indemnify an officer, employee or agent to the same
extent that indemnification is required under the TBOC for a governing person or as provided by the enterprise&#8217;s governing documents,
general or specific action of the enterprise&#8217;s governing authority, contract or by other means.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
limited liability company agreements of Empire Texas GP LLC and Empire Texas Operating LLC provide that the company shall indemnify the
members, officers, employees, agents and representatives to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable limited liability company
provisions of the TBOC.</FONT></P>

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limited partnership agreements of Pardus Oil &amp; Gas Operating, LP provides that the partnership shall indemnify its general partner,
its affiliates, and their respective officers, managers, members, partners, employees, and agents against any claim, loss, damage, liability,
or expense (including, reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, and costs of investigation and appeal) suffered or incurred by any such
indemnitee by reason of, arising from, or relating to the operations, business, or affairs of, or any action taken or failure to act
on behalf of, the partnership, the general partner, or any of their respective affiliates, except to the extent any of the foregoing
is determined by final, nonappealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been primarily caused by the gross negligence,
willful misconduct, or bad faith of the person claiming indemnification.</FONT></P>

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                                            No.</B></FONT></P>
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                                            of Exhibit</B></FONT></P>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Underwriting Agreement.*</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261320000157/exh2-1_18389.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261320000157/exh2-1_18389.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Purchase
    and Sale Agreement dated as of April 6, 2020, by and between Pardus Oil &amp; Gas, LLC and Pardus Oil &amp; Gas Operating GP, LLC
    and Empire Texas LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K dated April 6, 2020, which
    was filed on April 10, 2020).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261321000420/ex2-1_18498.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261321000420/ex2-1_18498.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Purchase
    and Sale Agreement dated as of March 12, 2021, by and between Empire New Mexico LLC and XTO Holdings, LLC (incorporated herein by
    reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K dated May 14, 2021, which was filed on May 17, 2021).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000337/exh3-1_18602.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Empire Petroleum Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K dated March 4, 2022, which was filed on March 9, 2022).</A></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000337/exh3-2_18602.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">3.2</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000337/exh3-2_18602.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Certificate of Designation of Series A Voting Preferred Stock of Empire Petroleum Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K dated March 4, 2022, which was filed on March 9, 2022).</A></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000337/exh3-3_18602.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">3.3</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000337/exh3-3_18602.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Empire Petroleum Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K dated March 4, 2022, which was filed on March 9, 2022).</A></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000175392622000383/exh4-1_18605.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000175392622000383/exh4-1_18605.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Description
    of the Common Stock of Empire Petroleum Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#8217;s Form
    10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed on March 31, 2022).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261321000429/exh4-1_18499.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261321000429/exh4-1_18499.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior
    Secured Convertible Note due December 31, 2021 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K dated
    May 14, 2021, which was filed on May 20, 2021).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261321000429/exh4-2_18499.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261321000429/exh4-2_18499.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Common
    Share Warrant Certificate No. Energy Evolution-1 dated May 14, 2021 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company&#8217;s
    Form 8-K dated May 14, 2021, which was filed on May 20, 2021).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261321000429/exh4-3_18499.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261321000429/exh4-3_18499.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Unsecured Convertible Note due May 9, 2022 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K dated
    May 14, 2021, which was filed on May 20, 2021).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh4-5_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh4-5_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Senior Indenture.**</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh4-6_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.6</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh4-6_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Subordinated Indenture.&nbsp;**</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh4-5_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.7</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh4-5_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Senior Debt Security (included in Exhibit 4.5).**</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh4-6_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.8</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh4-6_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Subordinated Debt Security (included in Exhibit 4.6).**</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.9</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Note Purchase Agreement.*</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.10</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Warrant Agreement, including form of Warrant.*</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.11</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Subscription Rights Agreement and Form Subscription Rights Certificate.*</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.12</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Purchase Contract.*</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.13</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Unit Agreement.*</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.14</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Pledge Agreement.*</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.15</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Deposit Agreement.*</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.16</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Depositary Share.*</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 93%; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.17</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form
    of Guarantee.*</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh5-1_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh5-1_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion
    of Porter Hedges LLP with respect to legality of the securities, including consent.**</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh23-1_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="exh23-1_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent
    of Grant Thornton LLP.**</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh23-2_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.2</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh23-2_18750.htm">Consent of Moss Adams LLP.**</A></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh23-3_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.3</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh23-3_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Cawley, Gillespie &amp; Associates, Inc.**</A></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh5-1_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.4</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh5-1_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Porter Hedges LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).**</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="#POA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0.1in"><A HREF="#POA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power
    of Attorney (contained in signature pages).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.1in"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh107_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">107</A></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh107_18750.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Filing Fee Exhibit.**</A></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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                                            will file as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K (i) any underwriting agreement or
                                            note purchase agreement relating to securities offered hereby, (ii) the instruments setting
                                            forth the terms of any depositary shares, warrants, subscription rights, purchase contracts
                                            or units, (iii) any additional required opinion of counsel to Empire as to the legality of
                                            the securities offered hereby or (iv)&nbsp;any required opinion of counsel to Empire as to
                                            certain tax matters relative to securities offered hereby.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            herewith.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
undersigned registrants hereby undertake:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;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="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 72pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided</I>,
<I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this section 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 registrants pursuant
to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement,
or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;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="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(4)&nbsp;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;If
the registrants are relying on Rule 430B:</FONT></P>

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prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date
the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 107pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 14pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(B)&nbsp;Each
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule
430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required
by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier
of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the
offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date
an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the
registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is
part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or
modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in
any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;If
the registrants are subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating
to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall
be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however,
that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated
or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as
to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration
statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first
use.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(5)&nbsp;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution
of the securities:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration
statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold
to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be a seller to the purchaser and
will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the
undersigned registrants;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants
or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iv)&nbsp;Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrants to the purchaser.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
of the registrants&#8217; annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the
opinion of 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)&nbsp;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
undersigned registrants hereby undertake to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act
under subsection (a) of section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act (&#8220;Act&#8221;) in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed
by the Commission under section 305(b)(2) of the Act.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Empire Petroleum Corporation</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President and Chief Executive Officer </FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="POA"></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
the undersigned officers and directors of Empire Petroleum Corporation hereby, severally constitute and appoint Michael R. Morrisett
and Stephen L. Faulkner, or each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign
for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-3 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective
and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may
be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable Empire Petroleum Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them,
to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which
may be filed under Rule 462(b).</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Director</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Accounting Officer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner, Jr. </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Phil E. Mulacek</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director and Chairman of
    the Board</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Phil E. Mulacek</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Andrew L. Lewis</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Andrew L. Lewis</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Mason H. Matschke</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mason H. Matschke</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Ben J. Marchive II</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Ben J. Marchive
    II</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    J. Kevin Vann</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">September 1, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">J. Kevin Vann</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Empire Louisiana LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Empire ND Acquisition LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Empire
    New Mexico LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 25%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

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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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Empire
    north dakota LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Empire
    Northwest shelf LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Empire
    texas LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Empire
    texas gp LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 25%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

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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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Empire
    texas operating LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>pardus
    oil &amp; gas operating lp</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Empire Texas GP LLC, its general partner</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 25%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Empire EMSU LLC</FONT></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 25%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Empire emsu-B LLC</FONT></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 25%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Empire agu LLC</FONT></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on September 1, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Empire NM Assets LLC</FONT></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 24pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 25%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary</FONT></P>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September
                                   1, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B><U>EXHIBIT 4.5</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>EMPIRE PETROLEUM
CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Indenture</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections
310 through 318,<BR>
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Trust Indenture Act Section</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Indenture Section</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 310(a)(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">609</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">609</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(5)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">609</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">608</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 311(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">613</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">613</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 312(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">701</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">702</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">702</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 313(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">703</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Article 14, Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">703</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">703</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 314(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">704</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Article 14, Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">102</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Article 14, Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(e)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">102</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 315(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">601, 603</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">602</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">601</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">601, 603</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(e)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">514</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 316(a)(1)(A)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">512</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(1)(B)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">513</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">508</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">104</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 317(a)(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">503</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">504</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1003</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 318</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE One</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 101 Definitions</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 102 Compliance Certificates and Opinions</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">6</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 103 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">7</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 104 Acts of Holders; Record Dates</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">7</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 105 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">9</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 106 Notice to Holders; Waiver</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">9</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 107 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 108 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 109 Successors and Assigns</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 110 Separability Clause</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 203 Form of Trustee&#8217;s Certificate of Authentication</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">THE SECURITIES</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 301 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 302 Denominations</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 304 Temporary Securities</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 306 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 401 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 402 Application of Trust Money</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">22</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">REMEDIES</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">22</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 501 Events of Default</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">22</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 502 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 503 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 504 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 505 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">25</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 506 Application of Money Collected</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">25</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 507 Limitation on Suits</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">25</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 508 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">26</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 509 Restoration of Rights and Remedies</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">26</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 510 Rights and Remedies Cumulative</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">26</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 511 Delay or Omission Not Waiver</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">26</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 512 Control by Holders</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">27</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 513 Waiver of Past Defaults</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">27</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 514 Undertaking for Costs</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">27</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 515 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">27</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Six</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">THE TRUSTEE</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 601 Certain Duties and Responsibilities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 602 Notice of Defaults</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 603 Certain Rights of Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 604 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">29</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 605 May Hold Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">29</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 606 Money Held in Trust</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">29</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 607 Compensation and Reimbursement</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 608 Conflicting Interests</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 609 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 610 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 611 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">32</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 612 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">32</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 613 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">33</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 614 Appointment of Authenticating Agent</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">33</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 615 Rules by Trustee</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">35</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 701 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">35</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 702 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">35</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 703 Reports by Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">35</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 704 Reports by Company</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 801 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 802 Successor Substituted</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">37</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 901 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">37</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 902 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">38</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 903 Execution of Supplemental Indentures</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">39</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 904 Effect of Supplemental Indentures</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">39</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 905 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">39</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 906 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">39</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Ten</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">COVENANTS</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">40</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1001 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">40</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1002 Maintenance of Office or Agency</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">40</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1003 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">40</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1004 Statement by Officers as to Default</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">41</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1005 Existence</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">41</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1006 Waiver of Certain Covenants</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">41</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Eleven</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">42</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1101 Applicability of Article</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">42</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1102 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">42</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1103 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">42</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1104 Notice of Redemption</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">43</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1105 Deposit of Redemption Price</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">44</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1106 Securities Payable on Redemption Date</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">44</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1107 Securities Redeemed in Part</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">44</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Twelve</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SINKING FUNDS</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">44</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1201 Applicability of Article</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">44</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1202 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">45</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1203 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">45</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Thirteen</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">45</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1301 Company&#8217;s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">45</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1302 Defeasance and Discharge</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">45</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1303 Covenant Defeasance</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">46</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1304 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">46</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1305 Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">47</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1306 Reinstatement</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">48</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Fourteen</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">GUARANTEES</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">48</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">INDENTURE, dated as of , 20 between Empire Petroleum
Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the &#8220;Company&#8221;), having
its principal office at 2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114, and , a national banking organization organized and existing
under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (herein called the &#8220;Trustee&#8221;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery
of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
(herein called the &#8220;Securities&#8221;), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase
of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities
or of series thereof, as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
One<BR>
<BR>
</B></FONT><U>DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 101 <U>Definitions</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in
the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise
herein expressly provided, the term &#8220;generally accepted accounting principles&#8221; with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the Issue Date;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) unless otherwise specifically set forth herein, all
calculations or determinations of a Person shall be performed or made on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference
to an &#8220;Article&#8221; or a &#8220;Section&#8221; refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) the words &#8220;herein,&#8221; &#8220;hereof&#8221;
and &#8220;hereunder&#8221; and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or other subdivision.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Act,&#8221; when used with respect to any Holder,
has the meaning specified in Section 104.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Affiliate&#8221; of any specified Person means
any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, &#8220;control&#8221; when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms &#8220;controlling&#8221; and &#8220;controlled&#8221; have meanings correlative to the foregoing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Authenticating Agent&#8221; means any Person authorized
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Authorized Newspaper&#8221; 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Bankruptcy Law&#8221; means Title 11, United States
Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any similar United States federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Board&#8221; means either the board of directors
of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Board Resolution&#8221; means a copy of a resolution
certified by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board and to be in full force and effect
on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Business Day,&#8221; when used with respect to
any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that
Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Commission&#8221; means the Securities and
Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this
instrument 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Company&#8221; means the Person named as the &#8220;Company&#8221;
in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter &#8220;Company&#8221; shall mean such successor Person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Company Request&#8221; or &#8220;Company Order&#8221;
means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Operating Officer, its Chief
Financial Officer, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Corporate Trust Office&#8221; means the principal
office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which on the date hereof is
located at .</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;corporation&#8221; means a corporation, association,
partnership, limited liability, joint-stock or other company, real estate investment trust or business trust.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Covenant Defeasance&#8221; has the meaning specified
in Section 1303.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Custodian&#8221; means any receiver, trustee,
assignee, liquidator or other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Defaulted Interest&#8221; has the meaning specified
in Section 307.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Defeasance&#8221; has the meaning specified in
Section 1302.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Depositary&#8221; means, with respect to Securities
of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Event of Default&#8221; has the meaning specified
in Section 501.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Exchange Act&#8221; means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Expiration Date&#8221; has the meaning specified
in Section 104.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Global Security&#8221; means a Security that evidences
all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 202 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Government Obligation&#8221; has the meaning specified
in Section 1304.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Holder&#8221; means a Person in whose name a Security
is registered in the Security Register.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Indenture&#8221; 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, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">indenture, respectively. The term &#8220;Indenture&#8221; shall also include
the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;interest,&#8221; when used with respect to an
Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Interest Payment Date,&#8221; when used with respect
to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Issue Date&#8221; means the date of initial issuance
of the Securities pursuant to this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Maturity,&#8221; when used with respect to any
Security, means 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, call for redemption or otherwise.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Notice of Default&#8221; means a written notice
of the kind specified in Section 501(d).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Officer&#8217;s Certificate&#8221; means a certificate
signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller,
the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered
to the Trustee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Opinion of Counsel&#8221; means a written opinion
of legal counsel addressed to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Affiliate.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Original Issue Discount Security&#8221; 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 502.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Outstanding,&#8221; when used with respect to
Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the
Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption
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;
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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii) Securities as to which Defeasance has
been effected pursuant to Section 1302 or satisfaction and discharge has been effected pursuant to Article Four; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant
to Section 306 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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of
Securities, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the
amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such
date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not
determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or
determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or
currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause
(A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) 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 relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities
that 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&#8217;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 of such other obligor.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Paying Agent&#8221; means any Person authorized
by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Person&#8221; means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Place of Payment,&#8221; when used with respect
to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Predecessor Security&#8221; 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 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Redemption Date,&#8221; when used with respect
to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Redemption Price,&#8221; when used with respect
to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Regular Record Date&#8221; for the interest payable
on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Responsible Officer,&#8221; when used with
respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the
executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the
secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or
assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject and who shall have responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Securities&#8221; has the meaning stated in the
first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Securities Act&#8221; means the Securities Act
of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Security Register&#8221; and &#8220;Security Registrar&#8221;
have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Special Record Date&#8221; for the payment of
any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Stated Maturity,&#8221; when used with respect
to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date
on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Subsidiary&#8221; means a corporation more than
50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or
by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, &#8220;voting stock&#8221; means the equity interest
that ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, managers or trustees of an entity, or persons performing similar functions,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of equity interest has such voting power by reason of any contingency.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Trust Indenture Act&#8221; means the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 is amended after such date, &#8220;Trust Indenture Act&#8221; means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Trustee&#8221; means the Person named as the &#8220;Trustee&#8221;
in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter &#8220;Trustee&#8221; shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time
there is more than one such Person, &#8220;Trustee&#8221; as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee
with respect to Securities of that series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Vice President,&#8221; 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 &#8220;vice president.&#8221;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 102 <U>Compliance Certificates and Opinions</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 such certificates and opinions
as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officer&#8217;s Certificate,
if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements
of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(1) a statement that each individual signing
such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each
such individual, such individual has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion
of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 103 <U>Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 104 <U>Acts of Holders; Record Dates</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced
by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and,
except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein
and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the &#8220;Act&#8221; of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 or her the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his
or her individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her 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 which the Trustee deems sufficient.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company may set any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities
of such series; provided, that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect
to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall
be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that no such action
shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting
a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date
previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense,
shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in
writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice
of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in
Section 507(b) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record
date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect),
and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company&#8217;s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner
set forth in Section 106.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">With respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section, the party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the &#8220;Expiration Date&#8221; and from time to time
may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed
new Expiration Date is given to the other party in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set
forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record
date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that sets such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th
day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder
to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of
such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part
of such principal amount.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 105 <U>Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, Attention: ; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(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, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or
at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 106 <U>Notice to Holders; Waiver</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders
of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture or any Security of any series other than a provision that expressly states that this paragraph is
not applicable to the Securities of such series, when this Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event (including any notice
of redemption) to a Holder of Securities in global form (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given
to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary. In any case where notice
to Holders 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. 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 107 <U>Conflict with Trust Indenture Act</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts
with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required thereunder to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision
shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified
or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 108 <U>Effect of Headings and Table of Contents</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Article and Section headings herein and the Table
of Contents hereof are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 109 <U>Successors and Assigns</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the
Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 110 <U>Separability Clause</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 111 <U>Benefits of Indenture</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express
or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities any benefit
or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 112 <U>Governing Law</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 113 <U>Legal Holidays</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date or Stated 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 the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply
in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, 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 or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 114 <U>Language of Notices, Etc</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Two</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>SECURITY
FORMS</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 201 <U>Forms Generally</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of each series shall be in substantially
the forms set forth in Exhibit A hereto or in such other form (including temporary or permanent global form) as shall be established by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more Officer&#8217;s Certificates or 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 Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing
such Securities as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is 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 an Assistant Secretary of
the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities (or any such temporary global Security).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed
or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 202 <U>Form of Legend for Global Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING
OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE
NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (&#8220;DTC&#8221;), TO EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &amp; CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &amp; CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 203 <U>Form of Trustee&#8217;s Certificate
of Authentication</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee&#8217;s certificates of authentication
shall be in substantially the following form:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Authorized Signatory</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 204 <U>Securities in Global Form</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If Securities of or within a series are issuable in
global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (i) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section
302, 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 from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount
of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced 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 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section
304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver 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 303 or Section 304 has been, or
simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global
form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303
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 102
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 303.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Security in permanent
global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Three</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>THE SECURITIES</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 301 <U>Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The aggregate principal amount of Securities which
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities may be issued in one or more series.
There shall be either (i) established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in an Officer&#8217;s Certificate, or (ii) established in one or more Officer&#8217;s Certificates or indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) the title of the Securities of the series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series, except to the extent that additional Securities of
an existing series are being issued);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306,
906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) the Person to whom any interest on a 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 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 304;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities
of the series is payable;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be
payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(g) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall
be evidenced;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem
or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series
shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(i) if other than minimum denominations of $2,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of such series shall be issuable;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(j) whether the amount of payments of principal, 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 interest rate, currency, commodity, equity or other indices),
and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(k) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies,
in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable, if other than the
currency of the United States of America, and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of
America for purposes of the definition of &#8220;Outstanding&#8221; in Section 101;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(l) if the principal of and any premium and interest
on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies, including
composite currencies, other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency or currencies in which payment
of the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, the
periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which
such amount shall be determined);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(m) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion
of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(n) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity
of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall
be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal
amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding
as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall
be determined);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(o) any addition to or change in the provisions related
to satisfaction and discharge in Article Four or defeasance in Article Thirteen, or the inapplicability of such Articles or provisions
therein to the Securities of such series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(p) if applicable, that any Securities of the series
shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more temporary or permanent Global Securities and, in such case, the respective
Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition
to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 202 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in clause (a) of the
last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(q) any addition to or change in the Events of Default
which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to
declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(r) any addition to or change in the provisions set forth
in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(s) if applicable, that the Securities of the series
are convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company), the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, and the limitations and restrictions, if any, upon which, any Securities
of the series shall be so convertible or exchangeable, and any additions or changes to this Indenture, if any, to permit or facilitate
such conversion or exchange;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(t) the place or places where any 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 where notices and demands
to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(u) the form of the Securities of such series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(v) whether the Securities of such series are to be issued
as Original Issue Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Securities may be issued;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(w) the guarantors, if any, of the Securities of such
series, and the form and terms of the guarantees (including provisions relating to seniority or subordination of such guarantees and the
release of the guarantors), if any, of any payment or other obligations on such Securities and any additions or changes to this Indenture
to permit or facilitate guarantees of such Securities;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(x) whether the Securities of such series are subject
to subordination and the terms of such subordination;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(y) if any payment or other obligations on Securities
of such series are to be secured by any property, the nature of such security and provisions related thereto;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(z) any restriction or condition on the transferability
of the Securities of such series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(aa) any addition or change in the provisions related
to compensation and reimbursement of the Trustee which applies to Securities of such series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(bb) whether and in what circumstances, and the currency
in which, the Company will pay additional amounts to any Holder of Securities of the series that is not a United States Person (including
the definition of that 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);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(cc) provisions, if any, granting special rights to Holders
of Securities of such series upon the occurrence of specified events;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(dd) any addition or change in the provisions related
to supplemental indentures set forth in Sections 901, 902 and 904 which applies to Securities of such series; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(ee) any other terms of the Securities of such series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, but may modify, amend, supplement or delete any
of the terms of this Indenture with respect to such series).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All Securities of any one series shall be substantially
identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and
(subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officer&#8217;s Certificate referred to above or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If any of the terms of the 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 an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer&#8217;s Certificate setting
forth the terms of the series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 302 <U>Denominations</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to the Securities of any series, any Securities of such series, other than Securities issued in global form (which may
be of any denomination), shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 303 <U>Execution, Authentication, Delivery
and Dating</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company
by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer. The signature
of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Securities 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">At any time and from time to time after the execution
and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication,
together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the forms or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant
to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, 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 (subject to Section
601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) if the forms of such Securities have been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such forms have been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors&#8217; rights and to
general equity principles.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If such forms or terms have been so established, the
Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee&#8217;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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of
the two preceding paragraphs, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officer&#8217;s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise
required pursuant to such preceding paragraphs at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are
delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No Security 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 executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. 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 309, 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 304 <U>Temporary Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. 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 and tenor.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 305 <U>Registration, Registration of Transfer
and Exchange</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company shall cause to be kept at an office or
agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 1002 a register (being the combined register of the Security Registrar
and all transfer agents designated pursuant to Section 1002 for the purpose of registration of transfer of Securities and sometimes collectively
referred to as the &#8220;Security Register&#8221;) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company
shall provide for the registration of Securities and the registration of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed &#8220;Security
Registrar&#8221; for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 1002 for such purpose in a Place of Payment
for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal
amount.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series
may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled
to receive.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Every Security presented or surrendered for registration
of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee or any transfer agent) 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 the attorney of such Holder duly authorized in writing.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If the Securities of any series (or of any series
and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of that series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on
the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected
for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The provisions of clauses (a), (b) and (c) below shall
apply only to Global Securities:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture,
no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in
part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (i) such
Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) has ceased
to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in the case of each of (A) and (B), a successor Depositary is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days after such notice is received by the Company or the Company becomes aware of such cessation, respectively,
(ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security and the Security Registrar has
received a written request from an owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security to receive registered securities or (iii) there
shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated
by Section 301.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) Subject to clause (a) above, any exchange of a Global
Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion
thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section
304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such
Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 306 <U>Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee,
the Company shall execute and 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If there shall be delivered to the Company and the
Trustee (a) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b) 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 has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount
and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two
paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company
in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to
this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security 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 duly issued hereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 307 <U>Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any 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 that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any interest on any Security of any series which is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called &#8220;Defaulted Interest&#8221;)
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 may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the 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 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 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
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 which 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 to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, 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 mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the 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 (b).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest
on the 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section,
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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 308 <U>Persons Deemed Owners</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Prior to due presentment of a 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 Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section
307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 309 <U>Cancellation</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and 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 not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. 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 held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order or, in the absence of
such a Company Order, in the Trustee&#8217;s customary manner, which manner shall be communicated in writing to the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 310 <U>Computation of Interest</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 311 <U>CUSIP Numbers</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company, in issuing the Securities, may use &#8220;CUSIP&#8221;
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use such &#8220;CUSIP&#8221; numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience
to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed
on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will
notify the Trustee of any change in &#8220;CUSIP&#8221; numbers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Four</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 401 <U>Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to
be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) either</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated
and delivered (other than (A) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 306 and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) all such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(A) have become due and payable, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(B) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(C) 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,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">and the Company, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest
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; provided that with respect to a Redemption Date, if all or a portion of the Redemption Price is based on or consists
of a redemption premium that is required to be calculated based on a treasury rate or other floating or adjustable rate a specified number
of days prior to the redemption date, the Redemption Price deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this paragraph to the extent
that the Redemption Price so deposited is calculated using an amount equal to such premium computed using such treasury rate or other
floating or adjustable rate as of such specified number of days preceding the date of such deposit;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer&#8217;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 have been complied with.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent
under Section 614 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section, the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 402 <U>Application of Trust Money</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with
the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest
for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Five</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>REMEDIES</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 501 <U>Events of Default</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&#8220;Event of Default,&#8221; 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):</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) default in the payment of the principal of or any
premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security
of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment,
when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) default in the performance of, or breach of, any
covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other
than that series), 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 a majority in principal amount of the
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 &#8220;Notice of Default&#8221; hereunder; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of
any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
or (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order
or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the
Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect
to Securities of that series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 502 <U>Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission
and Annulment</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(e) or 501(f)) 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 a majority of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) 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 (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section
501 with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series
(or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities
as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee
or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">At any time after such a declaration of acceleration
with respect to Securities of any series 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, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee
a sum sufficient to pay</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) all overdue interest on all Securities
of that series,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii) to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities
of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration
of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default
or impair any right consequent thereon.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 503 <U>Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company covenants that if</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on
any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit
of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any such premium (if any)
and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium
(if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
any series 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 by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem reasonably necessary 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 504 <U>Trustee May File Proofs of Claim</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In case of any judicial proceeding relative to
the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to
have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; 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 607.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No provision of this Indenture 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 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; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee
in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors&#8217; or other similar committee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 505 <U>Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All rights of action and claims under this Indenture
or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 506 <U>Application of Money Collected</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee
under Section 607;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and
unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities 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 for principal
and any premium and interest, respectively; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">THIRD: To the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 507 <U>Limitation on Suits</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No Holder of any Security of any series 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 under this Indenture or any Security of any series, unless</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to
the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series 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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">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 or any Security of any series to
affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, 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 or any Security of any series, except in the manner herein or therein
provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 508 <U>Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture,
the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium
and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case
of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 509 <U>Restoration of Rights and Remedies</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 510 <U>Rights and Remedies Cumulative</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred
upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 511 <U>Delay or Omission Not Waiver</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder
of any Securities 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, as the
case may be.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 512 <U>Control by Holders</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any 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, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided
that</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any
rule of law or with this Indenture, and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 513 <U>Waiver of Past Defaults</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) in the payment of the principal of or any premium
or interest on any Security of such series, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist,
and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 514 <U>Undertaking for Costs</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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, a court may require
any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant,
in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall
be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 515 <U>Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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
usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Six</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>THE TRUSTEE</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 601 <U>Certain Duties and Responsibilities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall
be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture
relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 602 <U>Notice of Defaults</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities
of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in clause (d) of Section 501 with
respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For
the purpose of this Section, the term &#8220;default&#8221; means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 603 <U>Certain Rights of Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to the provisions of Section 601:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) 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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a Board Resolution;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture
the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder,
the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer&#8217;s
Certificate;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection
and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make
such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights
or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(i) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of
any default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references
the Securities and this Indenture; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by,
the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and the Person employed to act hereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 604 <U>Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance
of Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The recitals contained herein and in the Securities,
except the Trustee&#8217;s certificates of authentication, 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. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use
or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 605 <U>May Hold Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent,
any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 606 <U>Money Held in Trust</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 607 <U>Compensation and Reimbursement</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company agrees</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(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);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(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 negligence
or bad faith; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold
it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 608 <U>Conflicting Interests</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner
provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee
shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more
than one series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 609 <U>Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each
Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, and has a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act,
the combined capital and surplus of such Person 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 with respect to the Securities of any series 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 610 <U>Resignation and Removal; Appointment
of Successor</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 611.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 611 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect
to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If at any time:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section
608 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</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible
under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting
or shall be adjudged 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,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove
the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for
at least six months may, on behalf of such Holder 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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) and shall comply
with the applicable requirements of Section 611. 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 delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee
so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, 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
of Securities of such series and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of such Holder 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 611 <U>Acceptance of Appointment by Successor</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 (a) 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,
(b) 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 (c) 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 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 612 <U>Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 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 so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself authenticated such Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 613 <U>Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor
of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding
the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). For purposes of Section 311(b)(4) and (6) of the Trust Indenture
Act:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) &#8220;cash transaction&#8221; means any transaction
in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or
in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) &#8220;self-liquidating paper&#8221; means any
draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose of
financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by
documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising
from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the
Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating
or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 614 <U>Appointment of Authenticating Agent</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section
306, and 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&#8217;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 Authenticating Agent 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 Authenticating Agent 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, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating
Agent will serve. 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 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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, subject to the provisions of Section 607.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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&#8217;s certificate
of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in">This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</P>

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  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Authorized Signatory</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally
issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in
a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so
requested by the Company in writing (which writing need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel),
shall appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company
with respect to such series of Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 615 <U>Rules by Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee may make reasonable rules for any Act of
Holders or a meeting of Holders of one or more series of Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Seven</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>HOLDERS&#8217;
LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 701 <U>Company to Furnish Trustee Names and
Addresses of Holders</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Trustee</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after each
Regular Record Date or in the case of any series of Securities on which semi-annual interest is not payable, not more than 15 days after
such semi-annual dates specified by the Trustee, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses
of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the Regular Record Date or such semi-annual date, as the case may be, and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">excluding from any such list names and addresses received
by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 702 <U>Preservation of Information; Communications
to Holders</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as
is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy
any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding
the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held
accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 703 <U>Reports by Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports
concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in
the manner provided pursuant thereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and
with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on or delisted from any stock exchange.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 704 <U>Reports by Company</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission,
and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto; provided that any such information, documents or reports
required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15
days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Eight</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 801 <U>Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only
on Certain Terms</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into
any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person (other than a direct
or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and the Company shall not permit any Person (other than a direct or indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company) to consolidate with or merge into the Company, unless:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) The Company is the surviving corporation (as defined
herein) or, in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially
all of its properties and assets to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person
which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company shall
be a corporation (as so defined) organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory
to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance
or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction
and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been
incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse
of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer&#8217;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 comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 802 <U>Successor Substituted</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger
of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company in accordance with Section 801, 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 the Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Nine</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 901 <U>Supplemental Indentures Without Consent
of Holders</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when
authorized by 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:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit
of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit
of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);
or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable
as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions
of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither
(A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such
provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only
when there is no such Security Outstanding; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) to add guarantees of or to secure all or any series
of the Securities; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(g) to establish the forms or terms of Securities of
any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(h) 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 611; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained
herein or in any supplemental indenture or to conform the terms hereof, as amended and supplemented, that are applicable to the Securities
of any series to the description of the terms of such Securities in the offering memorandum, prospectus supplement or other offering document
applicable to such Securities at the time of initial sale thereof; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(j) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture
to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance (whether legal or covenant defeasance) or satisfaction and
discharge of any series of Securities; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities
of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(k) to prohibit the authentication and delivery of additional
series of Securities; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(l) to add to or change or eliminate any provision of
this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(m) to comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary;
or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(n) to make any other provisions with respect to matters
or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (n) shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 902 <U>Supplemental Indentures With Consent
of Holders</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">With the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the 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 a Board Resolution, and the Trustee 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 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,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or
any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other
Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change
any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security 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,
on or after the Redemption Date), or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) 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 the
consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults
hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section
513 or Section 1006, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified
or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not
be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to &#8220;the Trustee&#8221; and concomitant
changes in this Section and Section 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section 611 and clause
(h) of Section 901.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates
any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision,
shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 903 <U>Execution of Supplemental Indentures</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated
to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee&#8217;s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 904 <U>Effect of Supplemental Indentures</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 shall be bound thereby.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 905 <U>Conformity with Trust Indenture Act</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 906 <U>Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 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 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Ten</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>COVENANTS</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1001 <U>Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of
each series of Securities 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 and this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1002 <U>Maintenance of Office or Agency</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment
for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities
of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Securities of that series 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, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 such designations; 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 each Place of Payment 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1003 <U>Money for Securities Payments to Be
Held in Trust</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying
Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or 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 the principal and any premium and interest 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying
Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium or interest so becoming due, such sum
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities
of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the 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 of that series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 such 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 money.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or 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 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1004 <U>Statement by Officers as to Default</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 Officer&#8217;s Certificate, 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1005 <U>Existence</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to Article Eight, 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 the Board shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1006 <U>Waiver of Certain Covenants</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 for Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply
with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to clause (r) of Section 301 or clause (b) or (g) of
Section 901 for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in Section 1005, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance
in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, 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 in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Eleven</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1101 <U>Applicability of Article</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Securities of any series which are redeemable before
their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1102 <U>Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The election of the Company to redeem any Securities
shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of
any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only
a single Security), 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, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be
redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed). 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&#8217;s Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1103 <U>Selection by Trustee of Securities
to Be Redeemed</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If less than all the Securities of any series are to
be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only
a single Security), 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
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series,
provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be
less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor
are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
not more than 60 days (subject to Section 1104) prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing
of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall
not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part.
In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination
(which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1104 <U>Notice of Redemption</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner
provided in Section 106 to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, except that any notice of redemption may be given more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in
connection with a Defeasance of Securities pursuant to Article Thirteen hereof or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
pursuant to Article Four hereof. In connection with any redemption of Securities, any such redemption may, at the Company&#8217;s
discretion, be subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice may state that, in the Company&#8217;s discretion, the Redemption Date
may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion),
or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been
satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date so delayed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All notices of redemption shall state:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) the Redemption Date,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) the Redemption Price,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any
series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any
such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of
any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price
will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and
after said date,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) the place or places where such Securities are to
be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such
is the case,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(g) the applicable &#8220;CUSIP&#8221; numbers, if any,
and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(h) if applicable, that such redemption may be subject
to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">A notice of redemption published as contemplated by
Section 106 need not identify the particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at
the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company&#8217;s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense
of the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1105 <U>Deposit of Redemption Price</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided
in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1106 <U>Securities Payable on Redemption Date</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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, and
from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities
shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be
paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest 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 307.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If any Security called for redemption shall not be
so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1107 <U>Securities Redeemed in Part</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part 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 the attorney of such Holder duly
authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without
service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Twelve</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>SINKING
FUNDS</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1201 <U>Applicability of Article</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The provisions of this Article shall be applicable
to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such
Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided
for by the terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a &#8220;mandatory sinking fund payment,&#8221; and any payment in excess
of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an &#8220;optional sinking fund payment.&#8221;
If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in
Section 1202.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption
of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1202 <U>Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments
with Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding
Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which
have been redeemed either at the election of the 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 sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited have
not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at
the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1203 <U>Redemption of Securities for Sinking
Fund</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not less than 30 days prior to each sinking fund payment
date for any Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer&#8217;s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing
sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied
by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section
1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 15 days prior to 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 1103
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
1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
1106 and 1107.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Thirteen</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>DEFEASANCE
AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1301 <U>Company&#8217;s Option to Effect Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company may, at its option, at any time, elect
to have either Section 1302 or Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, upon compliance
with the conditions set forth below in this Article.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1302 <U>Defeasance and Discharge</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Upon the Company&#8217;s exercise under Section 1301
hereof of the option to have this Section 1302 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities on the date the conditions set
forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter &#8220;Defeasance&#8221;). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations
under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities 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) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully
set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when such payments
are due, (b) the Company&#8217;s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (c) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (d) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company
may exercise its option under this Section 1302 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1303.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1303 <U>Covenant Defeasance</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Upon the Company&#8217;s exercise of the option
to have this Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (a) the Company shall be
released from its obligations with respect to such Securities under Section 801, Section 1005 and Section 1006 and any covenants
provided pursuant to clause (r) of Section 301 or clause (b) or (g) of Section 901 for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities
and (b) the occurrence of any event specified in clause (c), (d) (with respect to any of Section 801, Section 1005 or Section 1006
and any such covenants provided pursuant to clause (r) of Section 301 or clause (b) or (g) of Section 901) or (g) of Section 501
shall not be deemed to be an Event of Default on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied
(hereinafter &#8220;Covenant Defeasance&#8221;). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such
Securities, 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 Section or Article, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section
or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any other document, but
the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1304 <U>Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following shall be the conditions to the application
of either Section 1302 or Section 1303, as applicable, to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused
to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply
with the provisions of this Article 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, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) Government
Obligations 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, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient
to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal
of, and any premium (if any) and interest on, such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or the applicable Redemption Date, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities; provided that with respect to a Redemption Date, if all or a portion
of the Redemption Price is based on or consists of a redemption premium that is required to be calculated based on a treasury rate or
other floating or adjustable rate a specified number of days prior to the redemption date, the Redemption Price deposited shall be sufficient
for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence to the extent that the Redemption Price so deposited is calculated using an amount
equal to such premium computed using such treasury rate or other floating or adjustable rate as of such specified number of days preceding
the date of such deposit. As used herein, &#8220;Government Obligations&#8221; means, with respect to any series of Securities, securities
that are (x) direct obligations of the government that issued the currency in which such series is denominated (or, if such series is
denominated in euros, the direct obligations of any government that is a member of the European Monetary Union) for the payment of which
such government&#8217;s full faith and credit is pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency
or instrumentality of such government the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such
government, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and shall also include a depositary
receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any Government Obligation
where the relevant government is the United States of America or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government
Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary 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 such Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on such Government
Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) In the event of an election to have Section 1302
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii)
since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (i) or (ii) to the
effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as
a result of such deposit, Defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and
at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge had not occurred.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) In the event of an election to have Section 1303
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income
tax purposes as a result of such deposit and Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the
same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance had not occurred.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) No Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of such series shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit (other than an Event of Default resulting from transactions
occurring contemporaneously with the borrowing of funds, or the borrowing of funds, to be applied to such deposit or other indebtedness
which is being repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased (whether legal or covenant defeasance) or discharged, and, in each case, the granting
of liens in connection therewith).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) 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 or
any agreement or instrument governing any other indebtedness which is being repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased (whether legal or
covenant defeasance) or discharged) to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer&#8217;s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance
have been satisfied.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will be effective
on the day on which all of the applicable conditions above have been satisfied. Upon satisfaction of such conditions, the Trustee shall,
upon written request, execute proper instrument(s) acknowledging such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1305 <U>Deposited Money and Government Obligations
to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee
(solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively, for purposes
of this Section 1305, as the &#8220;Trustee&#8221;) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied
by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities,
of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and premium (if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against
any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 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
Outstanding Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Anything in this Article Thirteen 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 held by it
as provided in Section 1304 hereof which, in the opinion or based on a report or certificate of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants, investment bank or appraisal firm 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 the case
may be.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1306 <U>Reinstatement</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply
any money in accordance with Section 1302 or 1303 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company&#8217;s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of
such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Thirteen until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 1302 or 1303; provided, however, that if the Company
makes any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to receive such payment from the money held
by the Trustee or the Paying Agent.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>ARTICLE FOURTEEEN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><B><U>GUARANTEES </U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[Provisions for Subsidiary Guarantees to provided here,
if applicable.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument. In proving the existence of this Indenture it shall not be necessary to produce more than one copy.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused
this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">[_]</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>EXHIBIT
A</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>FORM OF
REGISTERED SECURITY</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">[Face of Registered Security]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">No.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Empire Petroleum Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of Delaware (herein called the &#8220;Company,&#8221; which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars on [<I>If the Security
is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert</I> &#8212; , and to pay interest thereon from or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on and in each year, commencing , at the rate of % per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that any principal and premium (if any), and any such installment
of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be
payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the or (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable
to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture].</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If the Security is not to bear interest prior to
Maturity, insert</I> &#8212; The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal
upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest
at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts
are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium (if any) shall be payable on demand.
Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent
that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded
is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on demand.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in , in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided,
however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as such address shall appear in the Security Register.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Reference is hereby made to the further provisions
of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth
at this place.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has
been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument
to be duly executed.</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Dated:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Empire Petroleum Corporation </FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Dated:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[_], As Trustee</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Authorized Signatory</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">[Reverse of Registered Security]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of
securities of the Company (herein called the &#8220;Securities&#8221;), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture,
dated as of [, as supplemented] (herein called the &#8220;Indenture,&#8221; which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument),
between the Company and , as Trustee (herein called the &#8220;Trustee,&#8221; which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture),
and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; , limited in aggregate
principal amount to $ ].</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If applicable, insert</I> &#8212; The Securities
of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days&#8217; notice by mail or pursuant to such rules and procedures of
the Depositary that apply to such notices, [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending
with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)]
at any time [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; on or after , ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; on or before ,
%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Year</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Redemption Price For</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Redemption Through Operation</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>of the Sinking Fund</B></P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Redemption Price For</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Redemption Otherwise Than</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Through Operation of</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>the Sinking Fund</B></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert &#8212; (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)]
with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will
be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If applicable, insert</I> &#8212; The Securities
of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days&#8217; notice by mail or pursuant to such rules and procedures of
the Depositary that apply to such notices, (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the
sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; on or after , ], as a whole
or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund
expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the
years indicated,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Year</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>[Redemption Price For <BR>
Redemption Through Operation of<BR>
the Sinking Fund]</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Redemption Price [For<BR>
    Redemption Otherwise Than</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Through Operation of the<BR>
    Sinking Fund]</B></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to
on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If applicable, insert</I> &#8212; Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to , , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [<I>if applicable, insert</I>
&#8212; Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly
or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice)
of less than % per annum.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If applicable, insert</I> &#8212; The sinking fund
for this series provides for the redemption on in each year beginning with the year and ending with the year of [<I>if applicable, insert</I>
&#8212; not less than $ (&#8220;mandatory sinking fund&#8221;) and not more than] $ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series.
Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; mandatory]
sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise
required to be made [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; , in the inverse order in which they become due].]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If the Security is subject to redemption of any
kind, insert</I> &#8212; In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of
like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If applicable, insert</I> &#8212; The Indenture
contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events
of Default with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount
Security, insert</I> &#8212; If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal
of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security,
insert</I> &#8212; If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal
of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount
shall be equal to [&#8212; <I>insert formula for determining the amount</I>.] Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared
due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company&#8217;s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and premium
and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of
the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As provided in and subject to the provisions of the
Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or this Security
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall
not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any
payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision
of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on
this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or the attorney of such Holder duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will
be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of this series are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $ and any integral multiple of $ in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No service charge shall be made for any such registration
of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable
in connection therewith.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration
of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All terms used in this Security which are defined in
the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B><U>EXHIBIT 4.6</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>EMPIRE PETROLEUM
CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Indenture</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Dated as of&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239; , 20</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Subordinated Debt Securities</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections
310 through 318,<BR>
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:</P>

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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Trust Indenture Act Section</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Indenture Section</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 310(a)(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">609</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">609</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(5)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">609</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">608</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 311(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">613</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">613</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 312(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">701</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">702</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">702</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 313(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">703</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Article 14, Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">703</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">703</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 314(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">704</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Article 14, Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">102</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Article 14, Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(e)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">102</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 315(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">601, 603</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">602</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">601</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">601, 603</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(e)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">514</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 316(a)(1)(A)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">512</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(1)(B)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">513</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">508</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">104</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 317(a)(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">503</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">504</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1003</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&sect; 318</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE One</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 101 Definitions</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 102 Compliance Certificates and Opinions</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">6</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 103 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">7</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 104 Acts of Holders; Record Dates</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">7</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 105 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">9</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 106 Notice to Holders; Waiver</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">9</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 107 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 108 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 109 Successors and Assigns</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 110 Separability Clause</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 111 Benefits of Indenture</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 112 Governing Law</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 113 Legal Holidays</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 114 Language of Notices, Etc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">11</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Two</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SECURITY FORMS</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">11</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 201 Forms Generally</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">11</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 202 Form of Legend for Global Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">11</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 203 Form of Trustee&#8217;s Certificate of Authentication</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">12</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 204 Securities in Global Form</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">12</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Three</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">THE SECURITIES</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">13</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 301 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">13</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 302 Denominations</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">16</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 303 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">16</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 304 Temporary Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">17</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 305 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">18</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 306 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">19</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 307 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">20</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 308 Persons Deemed Owners</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">20</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 309 Cancellation</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 310 Computation of Interest</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 311 CUSIP Numbers</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 401 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 402 Application of Trust Money</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">22</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Five</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">REMEDIES</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 501 Events of Default</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 502 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 503 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 504 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">25</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 505 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">25</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 506 Application of Money Collected</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">25</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 507 Limitation on Suits</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">26</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 508 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">26</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 509 Restoration of Rights and Remedies</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">26</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 510 Rights and Remedies Cumulative</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">27</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 511 Delay or Omission Not Waiver</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">27</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 512 Control by Holders</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">27</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 513 Waiver of Past Defaults</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 515 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Six</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">THE TRUSTEE</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 601 Certain Duties and Responsibilities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 602 Notice of Defaults</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 603 Certain Rights of Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">28</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 604 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">29</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 605 May Hold Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 606 Money Held in Trust</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 607 Compensation and Reimbursement</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 608 Conflicting Interests</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 609 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">30</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 610 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">31</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 611 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">32</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 612 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">33</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 613 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">33</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 614 Appointment of Authenticating Agent</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">33</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 615 Rules by Trustee</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Seven</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">HOLDERS&#8217; LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">35</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 701 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">35</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 702 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 703 Reports by Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 704 Reports by Company</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 801 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 802 Successor Substituted</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">37</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Nine</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">37</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 901 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">37</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 902 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">39</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 903 Execution of Supplemental Indentures</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">39</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 904 Effect of Supplemental Indentures</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">40</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 905 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">40</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 906 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">40</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ARTICLE Ten</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">COVENANTS</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">40</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1001 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">40</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1002 Maintenance of Office or Agency</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">40</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1003 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">41</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1004 Statement by Officers as to Default</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">41</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1005 Existence</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">42</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1006 Waiver of Certain Covenants</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">42</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">42</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1101 Applicability of Article</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">42</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1102 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">42</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1103 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">42</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1104 Notice of Redemption</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">43</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1105 Deposit of Redemption Price</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">44</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1106 Securities Payable on Redemption Date</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">44</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1107 Securities Redeemed in Part</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">45</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">45</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1203 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">45</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">46</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1301 Company&#8217;s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">46</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1302 Defeasance and Discharge</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">46</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1303 Covenant Defeasance</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">46</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">47</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 1305 Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">48</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">49</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">INDENTURE, dated as of , 20 between Empire Petroleum
Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the &#8220;Company&#8221;), having
its principal office at 2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114, and , a national banking organization organized and existing
under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (herein called the &#8220;Trustee&#8221;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery
of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
(herein called the &#8220;Securities&#8221;), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase
of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities
or of series thereof, as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
One<BR>
<BR>
</B></FONT><U>DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 101 <U>Definitions</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in
the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise
herein expressly provided, the term &#8220;generally accepted accounting principles&#8221; with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the Issue Date;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) unless otherwise specifically set forth herein, all
calculations or determinations of a Person shall be performed or made on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference
to an &#8220;Article&#8221; or a &#8220;Section&#8221; refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) the words &#8220;herein,&#8221; &#8220;hereof&#8221;
and &#8220;hereunder&#8221; and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or other subdivision.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Certain terms, used principally in Article Fourteen,
are defined in that Article.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Act,&#8221; when used with respect to any Holder,
has the meaning specified in Section 104.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Affiliate&#8221; of any specified Person means
any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, &#8220;control&#8221; when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms &#8220;controlling&#8221; and &#8220;controlled&#8221; have meanings correlative to the foregoing.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Authenticating Agent&#8221; means any Person authorized
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Authorized Newspaper&#8221; 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Bankruptcy Law&#8221; means Title 11, United States
Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any similar United States federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Board&#8221; means either the board of directors
of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Board Resolution&#8221; means a copy of a resolution
certified by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board and to be in full force and effect
on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Business Day,&#8221; when used with respect to
any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that
Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Commission&#8221; means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Company&#8221; means the Person named as the &#8220;Company&#8221;
in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter &#8220;Company&#8221; shall mean such successor Person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Company Request&#8221; or &#8220;Company Order&#8221;
means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Operating Officer, its Chief
Financial Officer, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Corporate Trust Office&#8221; means the principal
office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which on the date hereof is
located at</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;corporation&#8221; means a corporation, association,
partnership, limited liability, joint-stock or other company, real estate investment trust or business trust.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Covenant Defeasance&#8221; has the meaning specified
in Section 1303.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Custodian&#8221; means any receiver, trustee,
assignee, liquidator or other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Defaulted Interest&#8221; has the meaning specified
in Section 307.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Defeasance&#8221; has the meaning specified in
Section 1302.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Depositary&#8221; means, with respect to Securities
of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Event of Default&#8221; has the meaning specified
in Section 501.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Exchange Act&#8221; means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Expiration Date&#8221; has the meaning specified
in Section 104.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Global Security&#8221; means a Security that evidences
all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 202 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Government Obligation&#8221; has the meaning specified
in Section 1304.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Holder&#8221; means a Person in whose name a Security
is registered in the Security Register.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Indenture&#8221; 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, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.
The term &#8220;Indenture&#8221; shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section
301.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;interest,&#8221; when used with respect to an
Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Interest Payment Date,&#8221; when used with respect
to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Issue Date&#8221; means the date of initial issuance
of the Securities pursuant to this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Maturity,&#8221; when used with respect to any
Security, means 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, call for redemption or otherwise.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Notice of Default&#8221; means a written notice
of the kind specified in Section 501(d).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Officer&#8217;s Certificate&#8221; means a certificate
signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller,
the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered
to the Trustee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Opinion of Counsel&#8221; means a written opinion
of legal counsel addressed to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Affiliate.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Original Issue Discount Security&#8221; 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 502.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Outstanding,&#8221; when used with respect to
Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the
Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption
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;
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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii) Securities as to which Defeasance has
been effected pursuant to Section 1302 or satisfaction and discharge has been effected pursuant to Article Four; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant
to Section 306 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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of
Securities, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the
amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such
date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not
determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or
determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or
currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause
(A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) 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 relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities
that 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&#8217;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 of such other obligor.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Paying Agent&#8221; means any Person authorized
by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Person&#8221; means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Place of Payment,&#8221; when used with respect
to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Predecessor Security&#8221; 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 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Redemption Date,&#8221; when used with respect
to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Redemption Price,&#8221; when used with respect
to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Regular Record Date&#8221; for the interest payable
on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Responsible Officer,&#8221; when used with respect
to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive
committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the
controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom
such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have responsibility
for the administration of this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Securities&#8221; has the meaning stated in the
first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Securities Act&#8221; means the Securities Act
of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Security Register&#8221; and &#8220;Security Registrar&#8221;
have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Senior Debt&#8221; has the meaning specified in
Article Fourteen.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Special Record Date&#8221; for the payment of
any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Stated Maturity,&#8221; when used with respect
to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date
on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Subsidiary&#8221; means a corporation more than
50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or
by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, &#8220;voting stock&#8221; means the equity interest
that ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, managers or trustees of an entity, or persons performing similar functions,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of equity interest has such voting power by reason of any contingency.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Trust Indenture Act&#8221; means the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 is amended after such date, &#8220;Trust Indenture Act&#8221; means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Trustee&#8221; means the Person named as the &#8220;Trustee&#8221;
in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter &#8220;Trustee&#8221; shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time
there is more than one such Person, &#8220;Trustee&#8221; as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee
with respect to Securities of that series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&#8220;Vice President,&#8221; 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 &#8220;vice president.&#8221;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 102 <U>Compliance Certificates and Opinions</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 such certificates and opinions
as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers&#8217; Certificate,
if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements
of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(1) a statement that each individual signing
such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each
such individual, such individual has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion
of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 103 <U>Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 104 <U>Acts of Holders; Record Dates</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced
by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and,
except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein
and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the &#8220;Act&#8221; of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 or her the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual capacity,
such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her 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 which the Trustee
deems sufficient.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company may set any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities
of such series; provided, that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect
to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall
be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that no such action
shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting
a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date
previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense,
shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in
writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice
of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in
Section 507(b) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record
date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect),
and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company&#8217;s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner
set forth in Section 106.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">With respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section, the party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the &#8220;Expiration Date&#8221; and from time to time
may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed
new Expiration Date is given to the other party in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set
forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record
date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that sets such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th
day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder
to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of
such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part
of such principal amount.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 105 <U>Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, Attention: ; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(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, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or
at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 106 <U>Notice to Holders; Waiver</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders
of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture or any Security of any series other than a provision that expressly states that this paragraph is
not applicable to the Securities of such series, when this Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event (including any notice
of redemption) to a Holder of Securities in global form (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given
to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary. In any case where notice
to Holders 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. 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 107 <U>Conflict with Trust Indenture Act</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts
with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required thereunder to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision
shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified
or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 108 <U>Effect of Headings and Table of Contents</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Article and Section headings herein and the Table
of Contents hereof are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 109 <U>Successors and Assigns</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the
Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 110 <U>Separability Clause</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 111 <U>Benefits of Indenture</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express
or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Debt and the
Holders of Securities any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 112 <U>Governing Law</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 113 <U>Legal Holidays</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date or Stated 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 the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply
in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, 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 or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 114 <U>Language of Notices, Etc</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Two<BR>
</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><BR>
</B><U><BR></U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><U><B><BR>
<BR>
SECURITY FORMS</B></U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 201 <U>Forms Generally</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of each series shall be in substantially
the forms set forth in Exhibit A hereto or in such other form (including temporary or permanent global form) as shall be established by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more Officer&#8217;s Certificates or 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 Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing
such Securities as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is 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 an Assistant Secretary of
the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities (or any such temporary global Security).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed
or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 202 <U>Form of Legend for Global Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING
OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE
NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (&#8220;DTC&#8221;), TO EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &amp; CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &amp; CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 203 <U>Form of Trustee&#8217;s Certificate
of Authentication</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee&#8217;s certificates of authentication
shall be in substantially the following form:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Authorized Signatory</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 204 <U>Securities in Global Form</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If Securities of or within a series are issuable in
global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (i) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section
302, 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 from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount
of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced 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 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section
304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver 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 303 or Section 304 has been, or
simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global
form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303
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 102
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 303.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Security in permanent
global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Three<BR>
<BR>
<U>THE SECURITIES</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 301 <U>Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The aggregate principal amount of Securities which
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities may be issued in one or more series.
There shall be either (i) established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in an Officer&#8217;s Certificate, or (ii) established in one or more Officer&#8217;s Certificates or indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) the title of the Securities of the series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series, except to the extent that additional Securities of
an existing series are being issued);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306,
906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) the Person to whom any interest on a 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 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 304;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities
of the series is payable;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be
payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(g) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall
be evidenced;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem
or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series
shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(i) if other than minimum denominations of $2,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of such series shall be issuable;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(j) whether the amount of payments of principal, 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 interest rate, currency, commodity, equity or other indices),
and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(k) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies,
in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable, if other than the
currency of the United States of America, and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of
America for purposes of the definition of &#8220;Outstanding&#8221; in Section 101;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(l) if the principal of and any premium and interest
on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies, including
composite currencies, other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency or currencies in which payment
of the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, the
periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which
such amount shall be determined);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(m) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion
of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(n) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity
of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall
be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal
amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding
as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall
be determined);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(o) any addition to or change in the provisions related
to satisfaction and discharge in Article Four or defeasance in Article Thirteen, or the inapplicability of such Articles or provisions
therein to the Securities of such series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(p) if applicable, that any Securities of the series
shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more temporary or permanent Global Securities and, in such case, the respective
Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition
to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 202 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in clause (a) of the
last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(q) any addition to or change in the Events of Default
which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to
declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(r) any addition to or change in the provisions set forth
in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(s) if applicable, that the Securities of the series
are convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company), the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, and the limitations and restrictions, if any, upon which, any Securities
of the series shall be so convertible or exchangeable, and any additions or changes to this Indenture, if any, to permit or facilitate
such conversion or exchange;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(t) the place or places where any 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 where notices and demands
to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(u) the form of the Securities of such series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(v) whether the Securities of such series are to be issued
as Original Issue Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Securities may be issued;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(w) the guarantors, if any, of the Securities of such
series, and the form and terms of the guarantees (including provisions relating to seniority or subordination of such guarantees and the
release of the guarantors), if any, of any payment or other obligations on such Securities and any additions or changes to this Indenture
to permit or facilitate guarantees of such Securities;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(x) whether the Securities of such series are subject
to subordination and the terms of such subordination;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(y) if any payment or other obligations on Securities
of such series are to be secured by any property, the nature of such security and provisions related thereto;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(z) any restriction or condition on the transferability
of the Securities of such series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(aa) any addition or change in the provisions related
to compensation and reimbursement of the Trustee which applies to Securities of such series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(bb) whether and in what circumstances, and the currency
in which, the Company will pay additional amounts to any Holder of Securities of the series that is not a United States Person (including
the definition of that 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);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(cc) provisions, if any, granting special rights to Holders
of Securities of such series upon the occurrence of specified events;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(dd) any addition or change in the provisions related
to supplemental indentures set forth in Sections 901, 902 and 904 which applies to Securities of such series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(ee) any modification to the subordination provisions
set forth in Article Fourteen which applies to the Securities of such series; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(ff) any other terms of the Securities of such series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, but may modify, amend, supplement or delete any
of the terms of this Indenture with respect to such series).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All Securities of any one series shall be substantially
identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and
(subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officer&#8217;s Certificate referred to above or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If any of the terms of the 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 an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer&#8217;s Certificate setting
forth the terms of the series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 302 <U>Denominations</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to the Securities of any series, any Securities of such series, other than Securities issued in global form (which may
be of any denomination), shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 303 <U>Execution, Authentication, Delivery
and Dating</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company
by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer. The signature
of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Securities 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">At any time and from time to time after the execution
and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication,
together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the forms or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant
to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, 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 (subject to Section
601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) if the forms of such Securities have been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such forms have been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors&#8217; rights and to
general equity principles.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If such forms or terms have been so established, the
Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee&#8217;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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of
the two preceding paragraphs, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officer&#8217;s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise
required pursuant to such preceding paragraphs at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are
delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No Security 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 executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. 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 309, 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 304 <U>Temporary Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. 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 and tenor.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 305 <U>Registration, Registration of Transfer
and Exchange</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company shall cause to be kept at an office or
agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 1002 a register (being the combined register of the Security Registrar
and all transfer agents designated pursuant to Section 1002 for the purpose of registration of transfer of Securities and sometimes collectively
referred to as the &#8220;Security Register&#8221;) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company
shall provide for the registration of Securities and the registration of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed &#8220;Security
Registrar&#8221; for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 1002 for such purpose in a Place of Payment
for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal
amount.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series
may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled
to receive.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Every Security presented or surrendered for registration
of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee or any transfer agent) 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 the attorney of such Holder duly authorized in writing.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If the Securities of any series (or of any series and
specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before any selection of Securities of that series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing
of the relevant notice of redemption, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole
or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The provisions of clauses (a), (b) and (c) below shall
apply only to Global Securities:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security
in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof unless (i) such Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Security or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in the case of each of (A) and (B),
a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after such notice is received by the Company or the Company
becomes aware of such cessation, respectively, (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to
such Global Security and the Security Registrar has received a written request from an owner of a beneficial interest in such Global
Security to receive registered securities or (iii) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the
foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) Subject to clause (a) above, any exchange of a Global
Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion
thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section
304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such
Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 306 <U>Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee,
the Company shall execute and 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If there shall be delivered to the Company and the
Trustee (a) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b) 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 has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount
and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two
paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company
in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to
this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security 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 duly issued hereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 307 <U>Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any 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 that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any interest on any Security of any series which is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called &#8220;Defaulted Interest&#8221;)
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 may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the 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 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 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
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 which 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 to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, 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 mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the 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 (b).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest
on the 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section,
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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 308 <U>Persons Deemed Owners</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Prior to due presentment of a 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 Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section
307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 309 <U>Cancellation</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and 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 not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. 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 held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order or, in the absence of
such a Company Order, in the Trustee&#8217;s customary manner, which manner shall be communicated in writing to the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 310 <U>Computation of Interest</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 311 <U>CUSIP Numbers</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company, in issuing the Securities, may use &#8220;CUSIP&#8221;
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use such &#8220;CUSIP&#8221; numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience
to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed
on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will
notify the Trustee of any change in &#8220;CUSIP&#8221; numbers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Four<BR>
<BR>
</B><U><BR>
<B>SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE</B></U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 401 <U>Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to
be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) either</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated
and delivered (other than (A) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 306 and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) all such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(A) have become due and payable, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(B) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(C) 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,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">and the Company, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest
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; provided that with respect to a Redemption Date, if all or a portion of the Redemption Price is based on or consists
of a redemption premium that is required to be calculated based on a treasury rate or other floating or adjustable rate a specified number
of days prior to the redemption date, the Redemption Price deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this paragraph to the extent
that the Redemption Price so deposited is calculated using an amount equal to such premium computed using such treasury rate or other
floating or adjustable rate as of such specified number of days preceding the date of such deposit;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer&#8217;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 have been complied with.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent
under Section 614 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section, the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 402 <U>Application of Trust Money</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with
the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest
for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. Money deposited pursuant to this Section not in violation of this Indenture
shall not be subject to claims of the Holders of Senior Debt under Article Fourteen.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Five<BR>
<BR>
<U>REMEDIES</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 501 <U>Events of Default</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&#8220;Event of Default,&#8221; 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):</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) default in the payment of the principal of or any
premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security
of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment,
when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) default in the performance of, or breach of, any
covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other
than that series), 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 a majority in principal amount of the
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 &#8220;Notice of Default&#8221; hereunder; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of
any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
or (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order
or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the
Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect
to Securities of that series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 502 <U>Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission
and Annulment</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(e) or 501(f)) 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 a majority of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) 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 (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section
501 with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series
(or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities
as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee
or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">At any time after such a declaration of acceleration
with respect to Securities of any series 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, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee
a sum sufficient to pay</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) all overdue interest on all Securities
of that series,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii) to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities
of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration
of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default
or impair any right consequent thereon.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 503 <U>Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company covenants that if</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on
any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit
of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any such premium (if any)
and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium
(if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
any series 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 by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem reasonably necessary 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 504 <U>Trustee May File Proofs of Claim</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the
Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention
in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders
and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; 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 607.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No provision of this Indenture 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 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; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee
in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors&#8217; or other similar committee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 505 <U>Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All rights of action and claims under this Indenture
or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 506 <U>Application of Money Collected</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee
under Section 607;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">SECOND: To the extent provided in Article Fourteen,
to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company in accordance with Article Fourteen;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid
for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities 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 for principal and any
premium and interest, respectively; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">FOURTH: To the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 507 <U>Limitation on Suits</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No Holder of any Security of any series 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 under this Indenture or any Security of any series, unless</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to
the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series 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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">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 or any Security of any series to
affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, 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 or any Security of any series, except in the manner herein or therein
provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 508 <U>Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture,
but subject to Article Fourteen of this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional,
to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 509 <U>Restoration of Rights and Remedies</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 510 <U>Rights and Remedies Cumulative</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred
upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 511 <U>Delay or Omission Not Waiver</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder
of any Securities 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, as the
case may be.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 512 <U>Control by Holders</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any 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, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided
that</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any
rule of law or with this Indenture, and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 513 <U>Waiver of Past Defaults</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) in the payment of the principal of or any premium
or interest on any Security of such series, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist,
and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 514 <U>Undertaking for Costs</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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, a court may require
any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant,
in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall
be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 515 <U>Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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
usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Six<BR>
<BR>
<U>THE TRUSTEE</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 601 <U>Certain Duties and Responsibilities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall
be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture
relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 602 <U>Notice of Defaults</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities
of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in clause (d) of Section 501 with
respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For
the purpose of this Section, the term &#8220;default&#8221; means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 603 <U>Certain Rights of Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to the provisions of Section 601:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) 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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a Board Resolution;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture
the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder,
the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer&#8217;s
Certificate;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection
and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make
such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights
or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(i) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of
any default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references
the Securities and this Indenture; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by,
the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and the Person employed to act hereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 604 <U>Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance
of Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The recitals contained herein and in the Securities,
except the Trustee&#8217;s certificates of authentication, 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. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use
or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 605 <U>May Hold Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent,
any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 606 <U>Money Held in Trust</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 607 <U>Compensation and Reimbursement</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company agrees</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(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);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(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 negligence or bad faith; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold
it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 608 <U>Conflicting Interests</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner
provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee
shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more
than one series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 609 <U>Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each
Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, and has a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act,
the combined capital and surplus of such Person 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 with respect to the Securities of any series 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 610 <U>Resignation and Removal; Appointment
of Successor</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 611.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 611 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect
to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If at any time:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section
608 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</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible
under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 1in">(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting
or shall be adjudged 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,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove
the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for
at least six months may, on behalf of such Holder 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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) and shall comply
with the applicable requirements of Section 611. 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 delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee
so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, 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
of Securities of such series and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of such Holder 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 611 <U>Acceptance of Appointment by Successor</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 (a) 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, (b) 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 (c) 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 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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 612 <U>Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 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 so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself authenticated such Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 613 <U>Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor
of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding
the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). For purposes of Section 311(b)(4) and (6) of the Trust Indenture
Act:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) &#8220;cash transaction&#8221; means any transaction
in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or
in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) &#8220;self-liquidating paper&#8221; means any draft,
bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the
purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing
title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods,
wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation
of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange,
acceptance or obligation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 614 <U>Appointment of Authenticating Agent</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or
pursuant to Section 306, and 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&#8217;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 Authenticating Agent 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 Authenticating Agent 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, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating
Agent will serve. 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 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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, subject to the provisions of Section 607.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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&#8217;s certificate
of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in">This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As Authenticating Agent</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Authorized Signatory</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally
issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in
a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so
requested by the Company in writing (which writing need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel),
shall appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company
with respect to such series of Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 615 <U>Rules by Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee may make reasonable rules for any Act of
Holders or a meeting of Holders of one or more series of Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Seven<BR>
<BR>
<U>HOLDERS&#8217; LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 701 <U>Company to Furnish Trustee Names and
Addresses of Holders</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Trustee</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after each
Regular Record Date or in the case of any series of Securities on which semi-annual interest is not payable, not more than 15 days after
such semi-annual dates specified by the Trustee, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses
of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the Regular Record Date or such semi-annual date, as the case may be, and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">excluding from any such list names and addresses received
by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 702 <U>Preservation of Information; Communications
to Holders</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as
is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy
any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding
the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held
accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 703 <U>Reports by Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports
concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in
the manner provided pursuant thereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and
with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on or delisted from any stock exchange.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 704 <U>Reports by Company</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission,
and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto; provided that any such information, documents or reports
required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15
days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Eight<BR>
<BR>
<U>CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 801 <U>Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only
on Certain Terms</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into
any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person (other than a direct
or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), and the Company shall not permit any Person (other than a direct or indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company) to consolidate with or merge into the Company, unless:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) The Company is the surviving corporation (as defined
herein) or, in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially
all of its properties and assets to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person
which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company shall
be a corporation (as so defined) organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory
to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance
or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction
and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been
incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse
of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer&#8217;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 comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 802 <U>Successor Substituted</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 801, 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 the
Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Nine<BR>
<BR>
<U>SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 901 <U>Supplemental Indentures Without Consent
of Holders</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when
authorized by 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:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit
of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit
of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);
or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable
as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions
of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither
(A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such
provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only
when there is no such Security Outstanding; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) to add guarantees of or to secure all or any series
of the Securities; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(g) to establish the forms or terms of Securities of
any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(h) 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 611; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained
herein or in any supplemental indenture or to conform the terms hereof, as amended and supplemented, that are applicable to the Securities
of any series to the description of the terms of such Securities in the offering memorandum, prospectus supplement or other offering document
applicable to such Securities at the time of initial sale thereof; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(j) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture
to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance (whether legal or covenant defeasance) or satisfaction and
discharge of any series of Securities; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities
of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(k) to prohibit the authentication and delivery of additional
series of Securities; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(l) to add to or change or eliminate any provision of
this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act; or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(m) to comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary;
or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(n) to make any other provisions with respect to matters
or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (n) shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 902 <U>Supplemental Indentures With Consent
of Holders</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">With the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the 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 a Board Resolution, and the Trustee 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 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,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or
any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other
Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change
any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security 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,
on or after the Redemption Date), or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) 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 the consent of
whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section
513 or Section 1006, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified
or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not
be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to &#8220;the Trustee&#8221; and concomitant
changes in this Section and Section 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section 611 and clause
(h) of Section 901.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates
any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision,
shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 903 <U>Execution of Supplemental Indentures</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated
to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee&#8217;s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 904 <U>Effect of Supplemental Indentures</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 shall be bound thereby.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 905 <U>Conformity with Trust Indenture Act</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 906 <U>Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 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 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Ten<BR>
<BR>
<U>COVENANTS</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1001 <U>Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of
each series of Securities 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 and this Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1002 <U>Maintenance of Office or Agency</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment
for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities
of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Securities of that series 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, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 such designations; 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 each Place of Payment 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1003 <U>Money for Securities Payments to Be
Held in Trust</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying
Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or 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 the principal and any premium and interest 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying
Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium or interest so becoming due, such sum
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities
of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the 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 of that series.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 such 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 money.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or 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 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1004 <U>Statement by Officers as to Default</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 Officer&#8217;s Certificate, 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1005 <U>Existence</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to Article Eight, 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 the Board shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1006 <U>Waiver of Certain Covenants</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 for Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply
with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to clause (r) of Section 301 or clause (b) or (g) of
Section 901 for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in Section 1005, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance
in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, 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 in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Eleven<BR>
<BR>
<U>REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1101 <U>Applicability of Article</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Securities of any series which are redeemable before
their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1102 <U>Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The election of the Company to redeem any Securities
shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of
any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only
a single Security), 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, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be
redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed). 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&#8217;s Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1103 <U>Selection by Trustee of Securities
to Be Redeemed</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If less than all the Securities of any series are
to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption
affects only a single Security), 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 appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of
any Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized
denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities
of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days (subject to Section 1104) prior to the Redemption Date by the
Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with
the preceding sentence.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing
of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall
not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part.
In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination
(which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1104 <U>Notice of Redemption</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided
in Section 106 to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, except
that any notice of redemption may be given more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a Defeasance
of Securities pursuant to Article Thirteen hereof or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article Four hereof. In
connection with any redemption of Securities, any such redemption may, at the Company&#8217;s discretion, be subject to satisfaction of
one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent,
such notice may state that, in the Company&#8217;s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions
shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion), or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded
in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the Redemption
Date, or by the Redemption Date so delayed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All notices of redemption shall state:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) the Redemption Date,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) the Redemption Price,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any
series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any
such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of
any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price
will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and
after said date,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) the place or places where such Securities are to
be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such
is the case,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(g) the applicable &#8220;CUSIP&#8221; numbers, if any,
and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(h) if applicable, that such redemption may be subject
to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">A notice of redemption published as contemplated by
Section 106 need not identify the particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at
the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company&#8217;s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense
of the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1105 <U>Deposit of Redemption Price</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided
in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1106 <U>Securities Payable on Redemption Date</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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, and
from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities
shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be
paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest 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 307.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If any Security called for redemption shall not be
so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1107 <U>Securities Redeemed in Part</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part 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 the attorney of such Holder duly
authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without
service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Twelve<BR>
<BR>
<U>SINKING FUNDS</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1201 <U>Applicability of Article</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The provisions of this Article shall be applicable
to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such
Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided
for by the terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a &#8220;mandatory sinking fund payment,&#8221; and any payment in excess
of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an &#8220;optional sinking fund payment.&#8221;
If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in
Section 1202.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption
of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1202 <U>Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments
with Securities</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities
of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed
either at the election of the 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 sinking fund payment with
respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for
by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to
be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities
so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1203 <U>Redemption of Securities for Sinking
Fund</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not less than 30 days prior to each sinking fund payment
date for any Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer&#8217;s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing
sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied
by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section
1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 15 days prior to 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 1103
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
1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
1106 and 1107.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Thirteen<BR>
<BR>
<U>DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1301 <U>Company&#8217;s Option to Effect Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company may, at its option, at any time, elect
to have either Section 1302 or Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, upon compliance
with the conditions set forth below in this Article.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1302 <U>Defeasance and Discharge</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Upon the Company&#8217;s exercise under Section 1301
hereof of the option to have this Section 1302 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations, and the provisions of Article Fourteen shall cease to be effective, with
respect to such Outstanding Securities on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter &#8220;Defeasance&#8221;).
For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented
by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities
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) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive,
solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal
of and any premium and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (b) the Company&#8217;s obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder
and (d) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 1302 notwithstanding
the prior exercise of its option under Section 1303.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1303 <U>Covenant Defeasance</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Upon the Company&#8217;s exercise of the option to
have this Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (a) the Company shall be released from
its obligations with respect to such Securities under Section 801, Section 1005 and Section 1006 and any covenants provided pursuant to
clause (r) of Section 301 or clause (b) or (g) of Section 901 for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (b) the occurrence of
any event specified in clause (c), (d) (with respect to any of Section 801, Section 1005 or Section 1006 and any such covenants provided
pursuant to clause (r) of Section 301 or clause (b) or (g) of Section 901) or (g) of Section 501 shall not be deemed to be an Event of
Default , and (c) the provisions of Article Fourteen shall cease to be effective, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section
1304 are satisfied (hereinafter &#8220;Covenant Defeasance&#8221;). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect
to such Securities, 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 Section or Article, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or
Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder
of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1304 <U>Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following shall be the conditions to the application
of either Section 1302 or Section 1303, as applicable, to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused
to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply
with the provisions of this Article 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, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) Government
Obligations 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, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient
to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal
of, and any premium (if any) and interest on, such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or the applicable Redemption Date, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities; provided that with respect to a Redemption Date, if all or a portion
of the Redemption Price is based on or consists of a redemption premium that is required to be calculated based on a treasury rate or
other floating or adjustable rate a specified number of days prior to the redemption date, the Redemption Price deposited shall be sufficient
for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence to the extent that the Redemption Price so deposited is calculated using an amount
equal to such premium computed using such treasury rate or other floating or adjustable rate as of such specified number of days preceding
the date of such deposit. As used herein, &#8220;Government Obligations&#8221; means, with respect to any series of Securities, securities
that are (x) direct obligations of the government that issued the currency in which such series is denominated (or, if such series is
denominated in euros, the direct obligations of any government that is a member of the European Monetary Union) for the payment of which
such government&#8217;s full faith and credit is pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency
or instrumentality of such government the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such
government, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and shall also include a depositary
receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any Government Obligation
where the relevant government is the United States of America or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government
Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary 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 such Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on such Government
Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(b) In the event of an election to have Section 1302
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii)
since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (i) or (ii) to the
effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as
a result of such deposit, Defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and
at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge had not occurred.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(c) In the event of an election to have Section 1303
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income
tax purposes as a result of such deposit and Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the
same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance had not occurred.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(d) No Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of such series shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit (other than an Event of Default resulting from transactions
occurring contemporaneously with the borrowing of funds, or the borrowing of funds, to be applied to such deposit or other indebtedness
which is being repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased (whether legal or covenant defeasance) or discharged, and, in each case, the granting
of liens in connection therewith).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(e) 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 or
any agreement or instrument governing any other indebtedness which is being repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased (whether legal or
covenant defeasance) or discharged) to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1in">(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer&#8217;s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance
have been satisfied.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will be effective
on the day on which all of the applicable conditions above have been satisfied. Upon satisfaction of such conditions, the Trustee shall,
upon written request, execute proper instrument(s) acknowledging such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1305 <U>Deposited Money and Government Obligations
to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee
(solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively, for purposes
of this Section 1305, as the &#8220;Trustee&#8221;) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied
by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities,
of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and premium (if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against
any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 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
Outstanding Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Anything in this Article Thirteen 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 held by it
as provided in Section 1304 hereof which, in the opinion or based on a report or certificate of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants, investment bank or appraisal firm 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 the case
may be.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1306 <U>Reinstatement</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply
any money in accordance with Section 1302 or 1303 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company&#8217;s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of
such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Thirteen until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 1302 or 1303; provided, however, that if the Company
makes any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights of Holders of the Securities of such series to receive such payment from the money held by the
Trustee or the Paying Agent.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARTICLE
Fourteen<BR>
<BR>
<U>subordination of securities</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[Subordination Provisions with respect to Subordinated
Debt Securities to be provided here.]</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>ARTICLE FIFTEEN</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><U>GUARANTEES </U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[Provisions for Subsidiary Guarantees to provided here,
if applicable.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument. In proving the existence of this Indenture it shall not be necessary to produce more than one copy.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused
this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>EXHIBIT
A</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>FORM OF
REGISTERED SECURITY</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">[Face of Registered Security]</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">No. $</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Empire Petroleum Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of Delaware (herein called the &#8220;Company,&#8221; which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars on [<I>If the Security
is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert</I> &#8212; , and to pay interest thereon from or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on and in each year, commencing , at the rate of % per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that any principal and premium (if any), and any such installment
of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be
payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the or (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable
to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture].</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If the Security is not to bear interest prior to
Maturity, insert</I> &#8212; The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal
upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest
at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts
are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium (if any) shall be payable on demand.
Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent
that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded
is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on demand.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in , in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided,
however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as such address shall appear in the Security Register.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">A-1</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Reference is hereby made to the further provisions
of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth
at this place.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has
been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument
to be duly executed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Dated:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Empire Petroleum Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Dated:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[_], As Trustee</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Authorized Signatory</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">A-2</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">[Reverse of Registered Security]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of
securities of the Company (herein called the &#8220;Securities&#8221;), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture,
dated as of [, as supplemented] (herein called the &#8220;Indenture,&#8221; which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument),
between the Company and , as Trustee (herein called the &#8220;Trustee,&#8221; which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture),
and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; , limited in aggregate
principal amount to $ ].</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If applicable, insert</I> &#8212; The Securities
of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days&#8217; notice by mail or pursuant to such rules and procedures of
the Depositary that apply to such notices, [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending
with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)]
at any time [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; on or after , ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; on or before ,
%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Year</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Redemption Price For <BR>
Redemption Through Operation <BR>
of the Sinking Fund</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Redemption Price For <BR>
Redemption Otherwise Than<BR>
Through Operation of the Sinking Fund</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert &#8212; (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)]
with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will
be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If applicable, insert</I> &#8212; The Securities
of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days&#8217; notice by mail or pursuant to such rules and procedures of
the Depositary that apply to such notices, (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the
sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; on or after , ], as a whole
or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund
expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the
years indicated,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">A-3</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Year</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>[Redemption Price For <BR>
Redemption Through Operation <BR>
of<BR>
the Sinking Fund]</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Redemption Price [For <BR>
Redemption Otherwise Than <BR>
Through Operation of the<BR>
Sinking Fund]</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to
on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If applicable, insert</I> &#8212; Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to , , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [<I>if applicable, insert</I>
&#8212; Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly
or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice)
of less than % per annum.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If applicable, insert</I> &#8212; The sinking fund
for this series provides for the redemption on in each year beginning with the year and ending with the year of [<I>if applicable, insert</I>
&#8212; not less than $ (&#8220;mandatory sinking fund&#8221;) and not more than] $ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series.
Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; mandatory]
sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise
required to be made [<I>if applicable, insert</I> &#8212; , in the inverse order in which they become due].]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If the Security is subject to redemption of any
kind, insert</I> &#8212; In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of
like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to
the extent set forth in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt, and
this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the
same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee to be his attorney-in-fact for
any and all such purposes.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If applicable, insert</I> &#8212; The Indenture
contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events
of Default with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount
Security, insert</I> &#8212; If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal
of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[<I>If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security,
insert</I> &#8212; If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal
of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount
shall be equal to [&#8212; <I>insert formula for determining the amount</I>.] Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared
due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company&#8217;s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and premium
and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of
the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As provided in and subject to the provisions of the
Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or this Security
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall
not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any
payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision
of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on
this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or the attorney of such Holder duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will
be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of this series are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $ and any integral multiple of $ in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">A-5</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No service charge shall be made for any such registration
of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable
in connection therewith.</P>

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of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 24pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><U>EXHIBIT
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1, 2023</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Empire Petroleum Corporation<BR> 2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150<BR> Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We
have acted as counsel for Empire Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<B><I>Company</I></B>&rdquo;), Empire
Louisiana LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&ldquo;<B><I>Empire Louisiana</I></B>&rdquo;), Empire ND Acquisition LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (&ldquo;<B><I>Empire ND</I></B>&rdquo;), Empire New Mexico LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (&ldquo;<B><I>Empire New Mexico</I></B>&rdquo;), Empire North Dakota LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(&ldquo;<B><I>Empire North Dakota</I></B>&rdquo;), Empire Northwest Shelf LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(&ldquo;<B><I>Empire Northwest</I></B>&rdquo;), Empire Texas LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&ldquo;<B><I>Empire
Texas</I></B>&rdquo;), Empire EMSU LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&ldquo;<B><I>Empire EMSU</I></B>&rdquo;), Empire
EMSU-B LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&ldquo;<B><I>Empire EMSU-B</I></B>&rdquo;), Empire AGU LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (&ldquo;<B><I>Empire AGU</I></B>&rdquo;), Empire NM Assets LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(&ldquo;<B><I>Empire NM</I></B>,&rdquo; and, together with Empire Louisiana, Empire ND, Empire New Mexico, Empire North Dakota,
Empire Northwest, Empire EMSU, Empire EMSU-B and Empire AGU, the &ldquo;<B><I>Delaware Subsidiary
Guarantors&rdquo;</I></B>), Empire Texas GP LLC, a Texas limited liability company (&ldquo;<B><I>Empire Texas GP</I></B>&rdquo;),
Empire Texas Operating LLC, a Texas limited liability company (&ldquo;<B><I>Empire Texas Operating</I></B>&rdquo;), and Pardus Oil
&amp; Gas Operating, LP, a Texas limited partnership (&ldquo;<B><I>Pardus</I></B>,&rdquo; and together with Empire Texas GP and
Empire Texas Operating, the &ldquo;<B><I>Texas Subsidiary Guarantors</I></B>&rdquo;) in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B><I>Securities Act</I></B>&rdquo;), on a registration statement on Form S-3 (the
&ldquo;<B><I>Registration Statement</I></B>&rdquo;) for the offer and sale&nbsp;from time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act, of up to $350,000,000 of: (i) debt securities, in one or more series, consisting of notes, debentures or other
evidences of indebtedness (the &ldquo;<B><I>Debt Securities</I></B>&rdquo;), (ii) shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share
(the &ldquo;<B><I>Common Stock</I></B>&rdquo;), (iii) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
&ldquo;<B><I>Preferred Stock</I></B>&rdquo;), (iv) depositary shares (the &ldquo;<B><I>Depositary Shares</I></B>&rdquo;),
(v)&nbsp;warrants (the &ldquo;<B><I>Warrants</I></B>&rdquo;) to purchase Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary
Shares, purchase contracts (the &ldquo;<B><I>Purchase Contracts</I></B>&rdquo;) and units (the &ldquo;<B><I>Units</I></B>&rdquo;),
(vi) subscription rights to purchase Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares and other securities (the
&ldquo;<B><I>Subscription Rights</I></B>&rdquo;), (vii) Purchase Contracts, (viii) Units and (ix) guarantees of non-convertible Debt
Securities (the &ldquo;<B><I>Guarantees</I></B>,&rdquo; and together with the Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock,
Depositary Shares, Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Units and Subscription Rights, each a &ldquo;<B><I>Security</I></B>&rdquo; and
collectively the &ldquo;<B><I>Securities</I></B>&rdquo;), that may be issued from time to time by the Delaware Subsidiary Guarantors
and the Texas Subsidiary Guarantors, together referred to herein as the &ldquo;<B><I>Subsidiary
Guarantors</I></B>&rdquo;).</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 1, 2023</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We
have examined those records and documents as we have deemed necessary, including but not limited to originals, photocopies or conformed
copies of: (i) the Registration Statement (including the exhibits thereto); (ii) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, each as amended to date; (iii) the Certificate of Formation and the Limited Liability
Company Operating Agreement of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors (other than Pardus), and the Certificate of Formation and the Limited
Partnership Agreement of Pardus, each as amended to date; (iv) the corporate proceedings of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(v) the forms of Indentures incorporated by reference as Exhibits 4.5 and 4.6 to the Registration Statement; and (vi) all other certificates,
agreements and documents that we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed in this letter. In addition,
we have made those other examinations of law and fact as we considered necessary to form a basis for our opinions.</FONT></P>

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to certain questions of fact material to our opinions that we have not independently established, we have relied upon representations
of public officials and upon certificates from officers of the Company.</FONT></P>

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rendering the following opinions, we have assumed (i) all information contained in all documents reviewed by us is true and correct,
(ii) the genuineness of all signatures on all documents reviewed by us, (iii) the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted
to us as originals, (iv) the conformity to authentic originals of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, and
(v) each natural person signing any document reviewed by us had the legal capacity to do so, none of which facts we have independently
verified. We also have assumed the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents where authorization, execution and delivery
are prerequisites to the effectiveness of such documents.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Based
on the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions and qualifications stated below, we are of the opinion that:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>With respect to Debt Securities, when (a) the applicable Indenture, any applicable supplemental Indentures or any applicable note
purchase agreements have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the trustee, the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors,
if any, (b) the Board (defined below) or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, a duly constituted active committee thereof (such
board of directors or committee to be hereinafter referred to as the &ldquo;<B><I>Board</I></B>&rdquo;) has taken all necessary corporate
action to authorize the issuance and terms of such Debt Securities, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters and (c) such
Debt Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Indenture
any applicable supplemental Indenture and any applicable note purchase agreements, then such Debt Securities will be legally issued and
will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>With respect to Guarantees, when (a) the applicable Indenture, any applicable supplemental Indentures and any applicable note
purchase agreements have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the trustee, the Company and such Subsidiary Guarantor,
(b) all necessary corporate, limited liability company or other action by such Subsidiary Guarantor has been taken to authorize the issuance
and the specific terms of such Guarantees, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters and (c) such Guarantees have been duly
authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable Indenture, any applicable supplemental Indenture
and any applicable note purchase agreements, such Guarantees will be legally issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations
of the Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against the Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with their terms.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>With respect to shares of Common Stock, when both (a) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the issuance
of the shares of Common Stock, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters and (b) certificates representing the shares of
Common Stock have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered (or non-certificated shares of Common Stock shall have
been properly issued) either (i) in accordance with the applicable underwriting, purchase or similar agreement or (ii) upon conversion
or exercise of any other Security in accordance with the terms of such Security or the instrument governing such Security providing for
such conversion or exercise as approved by the Board, then the shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>With respect to shares of Preferred Stock, when both (a) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the issuance
and terms of the shares of Preferred Stock, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters, including the adoption of a certificate
of designations relating to such Preferred Stock as required by applicable law (a &ldquo;<B><I>Certificate of Designations</I></B>&rdquo;)
and the filing of the Certificate of Designations as required by applicable law and (b) certificates representing the shares of Preferred
Stock have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered (or non-certificated shares of Preferred Stock shall have been
properly issued) either (i) in accordance with the applicable underwriting, purchase or similar agreement or (ii) upon conversion or
exercise of any other Security in accordance with the terms of such Security or the instrument governing such Security providing for
such conversion or exercise as approved by the Board, then the shares of Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;With
respect to Depositary Shares, when (a) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the issuance and terms of the
Depositary Shares, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters, (b) the depositary agreement or agreements relating to the
Depositary Shares and the related depositary receipts have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and
the depositary appointed by the Company pursuant to the applicable depositary agreement, (c) the shares of Preferred Stock underlying
such Depositary Shares have been deposited with a bank or trust company under the applicable depositary agreement and (d) the depositary
receipts representing the Depositary Shares have</FONT>&nbsp;</P>

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duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered in accordance with the applicable depositary agreement, then the Depositary Shares
will be legally issued.</FONT></P>

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</FONT>With respect to Warrants, when (a) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the creation of and the issuance
and terms of the Warrants, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters, (b) the warrant agreement or agreements relating to
the Warrants have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the warrant agent appointed by the Company
and (c) the certificates representing the Warrants have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered in accordance with
the warrant agreement, then the Warrants will be legally issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms.</FONT></P>

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</FONT>With respect to the Subscription Rights, when (a) &nbsp;the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the issuance
and the specific terms of such Subscription Rights, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters and (b) such Subscription Rights,
as applicable, and agreements relating to the Subscription Rights have been duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms
thereof, then such Subscription Rights will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their terms.</FONT></P>

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</FONT>With respect to Purchase Contracts, when (a) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the issuance and
the specific terms of such Purchase Contracts, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters and (b) such Purchase Contracts
and agreements relating to the Purchase Contracts have been duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms thereof, then such
Purchase Contracts will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">9.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>With respect to Units, when (a) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the issuance and the specific
terms of such Units, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters and (b) such Units and agreements relating to the Units have
been duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms thereof, then such Units will be valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
opinions expressed above are subject in all respects to the following assumptions, exceptions and qualifications:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">A.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;We have assumed that: (i) the Registration
Statement and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) will have become effective under the Securities Act and will
comply with all applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such state securities rules,
regulations and laws as may be applicable and the Indentures have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
&ldquo;<B><I>TIA</I></B>&rdquo;); (ii) the Registration Statement will remain effective and comply with all applicable</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 1, 2023</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">provisions of
the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such state securities rules, regulations and laws as may be applicable
at the time the Securities are offered or issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement; (iii) a prospectus supplement will have
been prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&rdquo;) describing the Securities
offered thereby and will comply with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and state securities rules, regulations
and laws as may be applicable at the time the Securities are offered or issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement; (iv) all
Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder and such applicable state securities rules, regulations and laws as
may be applicable at the time the Securities are offered or issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement and in the manner stated
in the Registration Statement and the appropriate prospectus supplement; (v) a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement
with respect to any Securities offered or issued will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and
the other parties thereto, and the consideration payable for the Securities sold thereunder shall have been paid to the Company in accordance
with such underwriting, purchase or similar agreement; (vi) the consideration paid under any underwriting, purchase or similar agreement
for Common Stock or Preferred Stock, including Common Stock or Preferred Stock underlying any Securities, whether in cash, through the
issuance of another Security, or a combination of cash or any other Security, shall not be less than the par value of any Common Stock
or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, issued under the Registration Statement; (vii) at the time of issuance of any shares of Common
Stock or Preferred Stock (including any such shares issuable upon the conversion of another Security), the Company has a sufficient number
of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, under its Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation; (viii) any Securities issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Security being offered or issued will be
duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange or exercise; (ix) there shall not
have occurred any change in law affecting the validity or enforceability of any such Security; and (x) none of the terms of any Security
to be established after the date hereof, nor the issuance and delivery of any such Security nor the compliance by the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors with the terms of such Security will violate any applicable law or will result in violation of any provision of
any instrument or agreement then binding on the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, or will violate any restriction imposed
by a court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">B.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>In rendering the opinions in paragraphs 1 and 2, we have assumed that the trustee, at the time the applicable Indenture is signed,
will be qualified to act as trustee under the applicable Indenture and the TIA and that the trustee will have duly executed and delivered
the applicable Indenture.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">C.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The enforceability of the Securities and
provisions thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws
now or hereinafter in effect relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors rights generally, and</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 1, 2023</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(ii) by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). Such principles of equity
include, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and also the possible unavailability
of specific performance or injunctive relief.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">D.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>We express no opinion with respect to: (i) the enforceability of the provisions in the Indentures, or in any agreement or instrument
with respect to delay or omission of enforcement of rights or remedies, or waivers of notices or defenses, or waivers of benefits of
or other rights, that cannot be effectively waived under applicable laws; (ii) the enforceability of indemnification provisions to the
extent they purport to relate to liabilities resulting from or based upon negligence or any violation of federal or state securities
laws or blue sky laws; or (iii) the enforceability of Section 110 of the Indentures.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">E.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The opinions expressed in this letter are limited to the laws of the States of Texas and New York, the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the federal securities laws of the United States of America.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We
consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption &ldquo;Legal
Matters&rdquo; in the prospectus included as a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that this
firm is in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Very
truly yours,</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
Porter Hedges LLP</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">PORTER
HEDGES LLP</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt/12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">We have issued our report dated March 31, 2023 with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of Empire Petroleum Corporation included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022,
which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference of the aforementioned
report in this Registration Statement, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption &ldquo;Experts.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt/12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Tulsa, Oklahoma</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt/115% Georgia, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-3 of Empire Petroleum Corporation of our report dated March 31, 2022, relating to the consolidated financial statements
as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021 of Empire Petroleum Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), appearing in the Annual Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We also consent
to the reference to us under the heading &ldquo;Experts&rdquo; in such Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">/s/ Moss Adams LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; background-color: white">As independent petroleum engineers, we
hereby consent to the references to our firm, in the context in which they appear, and to the references to, and the inclusion of, our
reserve report dated March 14, 2023, and oil, natural gas and NGL proved developed producing reserves estimates and forecasts of economics
as of December 31, 2022, included in or made part of this Registration Statement on&nbsp;Form S-3&nbsp;of Empire Petroleum Corporation,
including any amendments thereto (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;). We also hereby consent to the references to our firm contained
in the Registration Statement, including in the prospectus under the heading &ldquo;Experts.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B><U>Exhibit
</U></B></FONT><B><U><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Calculation of Filing
Fee Tables</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>S-3</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Form Type)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>EMPIRE PETROLEUM
CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in its Charter)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities</B></FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="border: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 8%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 6%"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.15pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Security<BR>
Type</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 6%"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.2pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Security<BR>
Class Title</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 16%"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.15pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Fee
    Calculation or Carry Forward Rule</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 8%"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.05pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount
    Registered</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 7%"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed
    Maximum Offering Price Per Unit</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 8%"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 5.25pt; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Maximum
    Aggregate Offering Price</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 4%"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Fee
    Rate</B></FONT></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.15pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount
    of Registration Fee</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 7%"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 5.25pt; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Carry
    Forward Form Type</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 7%"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 5.2pt; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Carry
    Forward File<BR>
Number</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 7%"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.05pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0.05pt; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Carry
    Forward Initial effective date</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; width: 8%; padding-top: 7.55pt; padding-right: 5.05pt; padding-left: 5.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Filing
    Fee Previously Paid In Connection with Unsold<BR>
    <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Securities </FONT>to be Carried Forward</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="13" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 239.95pt; padding-left: 241.05pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Newly
    Registered Securities</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 7pt/9.05pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 5.6pt 0 6.6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Fees
    to Be</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt/8.35pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 5.65pt 0 6.6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Paid</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2.65pt; padding-left: 16.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Debt</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2.65pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Debt
    Securities(1)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 21.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.85pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 7pt/9.05pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 5.7pt 0 6.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Fees</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt/9.1pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 5.25pt 0 6.6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Previously
    Paid</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 16.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Equity</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common
    Stock, par value $0.001 per share</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 21.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.7pt; padding-left: 6.55pt; text-align: center; line-height: 9.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 16.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Equity</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Preferred
    Stock, par value $0.001 per share</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 21.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 16.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Other</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Depositary
    Shares(2)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.7pt; padding-left: 6.55pt; text-align: center; line-height: 9.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 16.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Other
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Warrants</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 22.95pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 21.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.7pt; padding-left: 6.55pt; text-align: center; line-height: 9.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 16.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Other</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Subscription
    Rights</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 22.95pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 21.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.7pt; padding-left: 6.55pt; text-align: center; line-height: 9.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 16.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Other</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Purchase
    Contracts</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 22.95pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 21.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.7pt; padding-left: 6.55pt; text-align: center; line-height: 9.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 16.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Other</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Guarantees
    of the Non-Convertible Debt(3)<BR>
    Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 22.95pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 21.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.7pt; padding-left: 6.55pt; text-align: center; line-height: 9.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 16.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Unallocated&#8239;&#8239;<BR>

    (Universal) Shelf(4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">-</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 22.95pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Rule
    457(o)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 21.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">-</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">-</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$350,000,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> 00011020&#8239;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$38,570(5)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="13" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 239.85pt; padding-left: 241.05pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Carry
    Forward Securities</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 7.5pt/9.05pt Franklin Gothic Book,sans-serif; margin: 0 0 0 11pt; text-indent: 4.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Carry</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7.5pt/9.1pt Franklin Gothic Book,sans-serif; margin: 0 7.35pt 3pt 8.7pt; text-indent: 2.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Forward
    <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Securities</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 16.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.1in; padding-left: 22.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 21.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.85pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 7.8pt; padding-left: 0.85pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 4.3pt; padding-left: 40.5pt; line-height: 10.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Total
    Offering Amounts</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 4.05pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center; line-height: 10.7pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$350,000,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 4.05pt; padding-left: 0.85pt; text-align: center; line-height: 10.7pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$38,570</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 4.2pt; padding-left: 35.35pt; line-height: 10.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;Total
    Fees Previously Paid</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.95pt; padding-left: 0.85pt; text-align: center; line-height: 10.7pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 4.3pt; padding-left: 55.75pt; line-height: 10.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Total
    Fee Offsets</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 4.05pt; padding-left: 0.85pt; text-align: center; line-height: 10.7pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$27,810</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 4.3pt; padding-right: 64.1pt; padding-left: 65pt; text-align: center; line-height: 10.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Net
    Fee Due</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 4.05pt; padding-left: 0.85pt; text-align: center; line-height: 10.7pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$10,760</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 9.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any Debt Securities are
issued at an original issue discount, then the offering price of the Debt Securities shall be in such amount as shall result in an aggregate
initial offering price not to exceed $350,000,000 less the offering price of any security previously issued hereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Such indeterminate number
of Depositary Shares to be evidenced by Depositary Receipts issued pursuant to a deposit agreement. In the event that the registrant elects
to offer to the public fractional interests in shares of Preferred Stock registered hereunder, Depositary Receipts will be distributed
to those persons purchasing the fractional interests and the shares of Preferred Stock will be issued to the depositary under the deposit
agreement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsidiaries of Empire Petroleum
Corporation named as co-registrants may fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee on an unsecured basis the non-convertible debt
securities of Empire Petroleum Corporation.&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(n) of the Securities Act of 1933, no separate fee is payable
in connection with the Guarantees.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The securities registered
consist of $350,000,000 of an indeterminate number or amount of Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Warrants,
Subscription Rights, Purchase Contracts, Units and Guarantees, as may be issued from time to time at indeterminate prices. In no event
will the aggregate initial offering price of all securities issued from time to time pursuant to this registration statement exceed $350,000,000
or the equivalent thereof in foreign currencies, foreign currency units or composite currencies. This registration statement also covers
an indeterminate amount of securities registered hereunder and listed in the &ldquo;Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities&rdquo;
table above as may be issued in exchange for, or upon conversion or exercise of, as the case may be, the securities registered hereunder
and listed in the &ldquo;Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities&rdquo; table above.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0">(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement
includes unsold Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Warrants, Subscription Rights, Purchase Contracts,
Units and Guarantees of Empire Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries named as co-registrants (the &ldquo;Unsold Securities&rdquo;)
with an aggregate offering price of $300,000,000 that were previously covered by registration statement no. 333-260570 initially filed
on October 28, 2021 (the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statement&rdquo;). Pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, the registrant is
offsetting the registration fee due under this registration statement by $27,810, which represents the portion of the registration fee
previously paid with respect to $300,000,000 of unsold securities previously registered on the Prior Registration Statement.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 8%; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
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    or Filer Name</B></FONT></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 6.8pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>File<BR>
Number</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 6%; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.4pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
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    Filing Date</B></FONT></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 6.8pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Filing
    Date</B></FONT></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 6.8pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Fee
    Offset Claimed</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 15%; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.4pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Security
    Type Associated with<BR>
Fee<BR>
Offset Claimed</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 9%; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0.4pt; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Security
    Title Associated with Fee Offset Claimed</B></FONT></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Unsold
    Securities Associated with Fee Offset Claimed</B></FONT></P></TD>
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                                            Aggregate Offering Amount Associated with Fee Offset</B></FONT></P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 7.95pt; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Fee
    Paid with Fee Offset Source</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    457(b) and 0-11(a)(2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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                                            Offset</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Claims</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    Offset Sources</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.85pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    457(p)</FONT></TD></TR>
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Offset</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Claims</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2pt; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-right: 20.65pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Empire
    Petroleum Corporation</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.85pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">S-3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">333-260570</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">October
    28, 2021</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$27,810</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">-</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Common
    Stock,&nbsp;&nbsp;Warrants, Subscription Rights, Purchase Contracts, and Units </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 1.05pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">-</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$300,000,000</FONT></TD>
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Offset Sources</FONT></TD>
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    Petroleum Corporation</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 0.85pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">S-3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">333-260570</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">October
    28, 2021</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$27,810</FONT></TD></TR>
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