BOEING CO (Form: S-3ASR, Received: 03/09/2009 17:20:16)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2009

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

THE BOEING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		91-0425694
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

100 N. Riverside, Chicago, IL 60606-1596

(312) 544-2000

(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Michael F. Lohr

Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel

The Boeing Company

100 N. Riverside

Chicago, IL 60606-1596

(312) 544-2000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:

Christian O. Nagler

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

153 East 53rd Street

New York, New York 10022

(212) 446-4800

Lisa L. Jacobs

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(212) 848-4000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time on or after the effective date of this Registration Statement .

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

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

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

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

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

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Large accelerated filer x	Accelerated filer ¨	Non-accelerated filer ¨	Smaller reporting company ¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered(1)(2)	Amount to be Registered(1)	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(1)	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(1)	Amount of Registration Fee(2)
Senior Debt Securities
Subordinated Debt Securities
Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share(3)

(1)	Omitted pursuant to General Instructions II.E of Form S–3. An indeterminate amount of securities is being registered as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices, or, in the case of Common Stock, as may be issuable upon conversion of debt securities.

(2)	In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Registrant is deferring payment of the Registration Fee.

(3)	The common stock registered hereby is solely for issuance upon the conversion features, if any, of debt securities.

PROSPECTUS

LOGO

Senior Debt Securities

Subordinated Debt Securities

Common Stock

The Boeing Company may offer from time to time, in one or more offerings, any combination of its senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities. The common stock registered hereby is solely for issuance upon the conversion features, if any, of debt securities.

We will provide the specific terms of any offering of these securities in a supplement to this prospectus. The applicable prospectus supplement will also describe the specific manner in which we will offer these securities and may also supplement, update or amend information contained in this prospectus. You should carefully read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, as well as the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein, before you invest in these securities.

We may sell these securities on a continuous or delayed basis, directly, through agents, dealers or underwriters as designated from time to time, or through a combination of these methods. If any agents, dealers or underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth their names and any applicable commissions or discounts.

See “ Risk Factors ” on page 1 of this prospectus to read about factors you should consider before investing in these securities.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is March 9, 2009.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS		i
OUR COMPANY		1
RISK FACTORS		1
USE OF PROCEEDS		1
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS		1
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES		2
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES		3
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION		18
LEGAL MATTERS		19
EXPERTS		19
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION		20
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE		20

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of an automatic shelf registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). By using a shelf registration statement, we may, at any time and from time to time, in one or more offerings, sell the securities described in this prospectus.

Each time we use this prospectus to offer securities, we will provide you with a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities being offered. The prospectus supplement may also supplement, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Therefore, if there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement.

We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date of the document.

To understand the terms of the securities described in this prospectus, you should carefully read the applicable prospectus supplement. You should also read the documents we have referred you to under “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” below for information about us. The shelf registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, can be read at the SEC’s website or at the SEC’s Public Reference Room as described under “Where You Can Find More Information.”

The terms “The Boeing Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” as used in this prospectus refer to The Boeing Company and its subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires. The phrase “this prospectus” refers to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, unless the context otherwise requires.

OUR COMPANY

The Boeing Company is one of the world’s major aerospace firms. Our Commercial Airplanes segment is involved in developing, producing and marketing commercial jet aircraft and providing related support services, principally to the commercial airline industry worldwide. Our Integrated Defense Systems segments are principally involved in the research, development, production, modification and support of the following products and related systems and services: military aircraft, including fighters, transports, tankers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, and helicopters; unmanned systems; missiles; space systems; missile defense systems; satellites and satellite launch vehicles; and communications, information and battle management systems. Our Boeing Capital Corporation segment facilitates, arranges, structures and provides selective financing solutions, primarily for our Commercial Airplanes segment customers, and arranges and structures financing solutions for our Integrated Defense Systems segment government customers.

The Boeing Company was incorporated in the State of Washington in 1916 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1934. We have a principal executive office located at 100 N. Riverside, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. 60606, telephone number (312) 544-2000. We maintain an Internet website at http://www.boeing.com. We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus the information on our website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus.

RISK FACTORS

Our business is subject to uncertainties and risks. You should carefully consider and evaluate all of the information included and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the risk factors incorporated by reference from our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, as updated by our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and other filings we make with the SEC. It is possible that our business, financial condition, liquidity or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the securities to which this prospectus relates will be used for repayment of debt, repurchase of common stock, acquisitions, additions to working capital, capital expenditures, pension funding and funding and investments in our subsidiaries including Boeing Capital Corporation or other general corporate purposes. Net proceeds may be temporarily invested prior to use.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Various statements in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in the prospectus supplement are intended to constitute “forward-looking statements” under the federal securities laws. Words such as “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “targets,” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involved risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict.

You should understand as you read this prospectus that any forward-looking statement in this prospectus or in the prospectus supplement may turn out to be inaccurate. Actual results may differ materially from those described in any forward-looking statements because our assumptions or predictions were inaccurate, or because unknown risks arose after the date of this prospectus. Information regarding important factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in our forward-looking statements is contained under “Forward-Looking Information is Subject to Risk and Uncertainty” and “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the

year ended December 31, 2008, which is incorporated in this prospectus by reference (and in any of our annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for subsequent periods that are so incorporated).

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The following table sets forth our historical ratios of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated. This information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes relating to the relevant periods and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 incorporated by reference in this prospectus.


	Fiscal Year Ended
	December 31, 2008	December 31, 2007	December 31, 2006	December 31, 2005	December 31, 2004
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges	7.7x	9.9x	5.2x	4.6x	3.4x

For the purposes of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of earnings before income taxes, fixed charges excluding capitalized interest, the amortization of previously capitalized interest, and a net adjustment for earnings/loss from affiliates. Fixed charges consist of interest and debt expense, interest capitalized during the period, and rentals deemed representative of an interest factor. Interest and debt expense excludes tax-related interest expense which is reported as a component of income tax expense in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

We may offer any combination of senior debt securities, subordinated debt securities and debt securities that are convertible into our common stock. Senior debt securities will be issued under the senior indenture dated February 1, 2003 between us and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, or any successor trustee, as amended from time to time. Subordinated debt securities will be issued under a separate indenture between us and a trustee or trustees identified in the prospectus supplement. The indentures are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

The following description relates generally to every series of debt securities. The prospectus supplement will describe the particular terms of any debt securities we may offer. The following summaries of the debt securities and the indentures are incomplete and may not include all the information that is important to you. We urge you to read the indentures and the description of the debt securities included in the prospectus supplement. If any information in the prospectus supplement differs from the general terms described below, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement with respect to the particular debt securities being offered.

General

The debt securities will be unsecured general obligations of The Boeing Company. The senior debt securities will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to all of our existing and future senior indebtedness as described below under “Subordination.”

The indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amounts of debt securities that may be issued thereunder. The indentures allow us to issue debt securities from time to time in one or more series with varying maturities, at par or at a discount. The indentures also give us the ability to reopen a previous issue of a series of debt securities and issue additional debt securities of such series.

You should refer to the prospectus supplement applicable to the debt securities for which this prospectus is being delivered with respect to the following terms:

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the title of the debt securities being offered and whether they are senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities;

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the aggregate principal amount and the denominations in which the debt securities are being offered;

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the date or dates on which the principal of the debt securities is scheduled to become due, or the method by which this date or these dates will be determined or extended;

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the rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, at which the debt securities will bear interest or the formula by which the interest will be calculated;

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the date or dates from which such interest will accrue, and the method by which such interest will be paid;

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the place or places where the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on that issue of debt securities will be payable;

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the place or places where that issue of debt securities may be surrendered for exchange, and notices or demands in respect of the debt securities may be served and any registered securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer;

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the terms and conditions, if any, upon which we may redeem the debt securities prior to their stated maturity;

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any obligation by us to redeem, purchase or repay the debt securities at the option of the holder;

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any provisions for the establishment of a sinking, purchase or other similar fund, if any;

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whether the debt securities are to be issued as fully registered securities, bearer securities, or both, and with or without coupons, or both;

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if other than minimum denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 above the minimum denomination in the case of registered securities issued in certificated form and $5,000 in the case of bearer securities, the denominations in which the offered debt securities will be issued;

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any provisions modifying the defeasance and covenant defeasance provisions;

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whether the debt securities will be issued in whole or in part in the form of a global certificate;

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any provisions for the payment of specified taxes, assessments or other governmental charges to non-United States persons or option to redeem the affected debt securities in lieu of making such payments;

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the currency, currencies or currency unit or composite currency in which such debt securities will be denominated and/or in which the principal, premium, if any, or interest on such debt securities will be payable, and any index used to determine the amount of principal, premium, if any, or interest on such debt securities;

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any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the events of default or covenants applicable to such debt securities, whether or not consistent with the events of default or covenants contained in the indenture as originally executed;

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any conversion features; and

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any other terms of such debt securities.

Form, Exchange, Registration and Transfer

The debt securities of a series may be issued in fully registered form, as bearer securities with or without coupons attached or both. The debt securities of a series may be issuable in permanent global form. If the debt securities are issuable as both registered and bearer securities, the holder can opt to exchange the bearer securities (accompanied by all unmatured coupons, except as provided below, and all matured coupons in default) for registered securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, bearer securities that are to be exchanged between a record date and a date on which the next interest payment is due will be surrendered without the coupon relating to such interest payment and such interest payment will be made to the holder of the coupon when due. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will not issue bearer securities in exchange for registered securities.

The debt securities may be presented for exchange and registration of transfer at the offices of the trustee maintained for that purpose as indicated in the prospectus supplement. The debt securities may also be submitted to transfer agents designated by us in the applicable prospectus supplement. The transfer or exchange will be effected when the trustee or authorized transfer agent is satisfied with the documents of title and the identity of the person making the request. At a minimum, we will establish transfer agents, in the case of registered securities, in each place where payments can be made with respect to such series, and in the case of bearer securities, in each place of payment for such series located outside the United States. Additional transfer agents may be designated in the prospectus supplement or otherwise from time to time and we reserve the right to rescind the designation of any transfer agent or to approve a change in the location through which any transfer agent acts. While there will be no service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange of the debt securities, we may require payment of an amount sufficient to cover any taxes and other governmental charges associated with such registration.

If only part of a series of outstanding debt securities is to be called for redemption, we will not be required to do the following:

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register the transfer of or exchange of the debt securities of the series to be redeemed from 15 days before the date notice is given identifying the serial numbers of the debt securities to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on (1) the day of mailing of the notice of redemption, if the debt securities of such series are issuable only as registered securities, (2) the first day of publication of the notice of redemption, if the debt securities of such series are issuable only as bearer securities, or (3) the day of mailing of the notice of redemption if the debt securities of such series are issuable as both registered securities and bearer securities and no publication of the notice has been made;

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register the transfer or exchange of any registered security called for redemption except for the portion, if any, that is not being redeemed; or

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exchange any bearer securities called for redemption, except in exchange for registered securities of that series of like tenor and principal amount that will be immediately surrendered for redemption.

Interest and Interest Rates

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement or a term sheet, each debt security will begin to accrue interest from the date it is originally issued or from a specified date.

Each interest payment on a debt security will include interest accrued from, and including, the issue date, a specified date or the last interest payment date, as the case may be, to but excluding the applicable interest payment date or the maturity date of the security.

Interest on the debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars will be paid by check mailed on an interest payment date other than a maturity date to the persons entitled thereto to the addresses of such holders as they appear in the security register or, at our option, by wire transfer to a bank account maintained by the holder. The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars, together with interest accrued and unpaid thereon, due on the maturity date will be paid in immediately available funds upon surrender of such debt securities at the corporate trust office of the applicable trustee, or, at our option, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account with a bank designated at least 15 calendar days prior to the maturity date by the applicable registered holder, provided the particular bank has appropriate facilities to receive these payments and the particular debt security is presented and surrendered at the office or agency maintained by us for this purpose.

The prospectus supplement for debt securities will specify the interest rate. Unless otherwise specified, the interest rate will be payable semiannually in arrears on dates specified in such prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, interest on debt securities will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If the stated maturity date, any redemption date or any repayment date (together referred to as the “Maturity Date”) or an interest payment date for any fixed rate note is not a business day, principal of, premium, if any, and interest on that security will be paid on the next business day, and no interest will accrue from and after the Maturity Date or interest payment date. Interest on debt securities will be paid to holders of record as of each regular record date. Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, a “regular record date” will be the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a business day) preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.

Payment

We will make payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on registered securities at the offices of the agent or agents designated by us to make such payments. We may also make payments of interest, at our option, by check mailed to the address of the person appearing on the securities register

maintained by the trustee or by wire transfer to the account of the person appearing on such register. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make payments of interest due on the registered securities to the holder of record as it appears on the register maintained by the trustee at the close of business on the date established for making such determination.

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on bearer securities, subject to any applicable law and regulations, at the offices of paying agents designated by us located outside the United States, or by check or wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee outside the United States. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will only make payments of interest on certificated bearer securities against surrender of the coupon relating to such interest installment.

We will designate the trustee as our sole paying agent for debt securities issuable solely as registered securities. We will designate, in the case of (1) registered securities, the trustee as paying agent, and (2) bearer securities, a paying agent in each place outside of the United States where such debt securities or their associated coupons may be surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if such debt securities are listed on a stock exchange located outside the United States and if required by the rules of such stock exchange, we will agree to maintain a paying agent in such cities outside the United States as required.

Additional paying agents may be designated in the prospectus supplement or otherwise from time to time and we reserve the right to rescind the designation of any paying agent or to approve a change in the location through which any paying agent acts.

Any moneys we pay to a paying agent for the payment of principal of, premium, or interest on the debt securities which remains unclaimed at the second anniversary of the date such payment was due will be returned to us and thereafter holders of debt securities shall look only to us, as general unsecured creditors, for payment.

Global Securities

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the notes will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered global securities which will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (the “Depositary” or “DTC”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., the Depositary’s nominee. Beneficial interests in the global securities will be represented through book-entry accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial owners as direct and indirect participants in the Depositary.

Investors may elect to hold interests in the global securities through the Depositary, if they are participants in such systems, or indirectly through organizations which are participants in such systems. Except as described below, the global securities may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor of the Depositary or its nominee.

So long as the Depositary or its nominee is the registered owner of the global securities, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the notes represented by the global securities for all purposes under the indenture. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in the global securities will not be entitled to have notes represented by the global securities registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of notes in definitive form, and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the indenture.

Principal and interest payments on notes registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee will be made to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the global securities. None of The Boeing Company, the trustee, any paying agent, or registrar for the notes will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial interests in the global securities or for maintaining, supervising, or reviewing any records relating to those beneficial interests.

We expect that the Depositary or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal or interest, will credit the participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the global securities as shown on the records of the Depositary or its nominee. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in the global securities held through these participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name.” The participants are responsible for the standing instructions and customary practices governing beneficial interests.

The Depositary and the direct and indirect participants will send notices and communications to direct and indirect participants and beneficial owners, as the case may be, in accordance with the arrangements governing their relationships, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.

DTC has provided us the following information: DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for U.S. and non-U.S. equity, corporate and municipal debt issues and money market instruments that DTC’s participants, referred to as “direct DTC participants,” deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among direct participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between direct participants’ accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Direct DTC participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, which is owned, in part, by a number of direct DTC participants. Indirect access to the DTC system is also available to others, referred to as “indirect DTC participants,” for example, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations, that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct DTC participant, either directly or indirectly. DTC rules applicable to direct and indirect participants are on file with the SEC.

Beneficial interests in a global security will be shown on, and transfers of beneficial interests in the global security will be made only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants, both direct and indirect. When you purchase debt securities through the DTC system, the purchases must be made by or through a direct DTC participant, which will receive credit for the debt securities in its account on DTC’s records. When you actually purchase the debt securities, you will become their beneficial owner. Your ownership interest will be recorded only on the direct or indirect DTC participants’ records. DTC will have no knowledge of your individual ownership of the debt securities. DTC’s records will show only the identity of the direct DTC participants and the amount of the debt securities held by or through them. You will not receive a written confirmation of your purchase or sale or any periodic account statement directly from DTC. You should instead receive these confirmations and account statements from the direct or indirect DTC participant through which you purchase the debt securities. The direct or indirect DTC participants are responsible for keeping accurate account of the holdings of their customers. The trustee will wire payments on the debt securities to the DTC nominee that is the registered holder of the debt securities. The trustee and we will treat DTC or its nominee as the owner of each global security for all purposes. Accordingly, the trustee, any paying agent and we will have no direct responsibility or liability to pay amounts due on a global security to you or any other beneficial owners in that global security. Any redemption notices will be sent by us directly to DTC, which will, in turn, inform the direct or indirect DTC participants, which will then contact you as a beneficial holder.

Under the rules, regulations and procedures creating and affecting DTC and its operations, DTC is required to make book-entry transfers between direct DTC participants on whose behalf it acts with respect to the debt securities and is required to receive and transmit distributions of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities. Direct and indirect DTC participants with which investors have accounts with respect to the debt securities similarly are required to make book-entry transfers and receive and transmit payments on behalf of their respective investors.

As DTC can only act on behalf of direct DTC participants, who in turn act on behalf of indirect DTC participants and certain banks, the ability of a person having a beneficial interest in a security held in DTC to transfer or pledge that interest to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of that interest, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate representing that interest. The laws of some states of the United States require that certain persons take physical delivery of securities in definitive form in order to transfer or perfect a security interest in those securities. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a security held in DTC to those persons may be limited.

DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of debt securities under the terms and conditions of the debt securities (including, without limitation, the presentation of debt securities for exchange) only at the direction of one or more of the direct DTC participants to whose accounts with DTC interests in the relevant debt securities are credited, and only in respect of the portion of the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities as to which that direct DTC participant or those direct DTC participants has or have given the direction. However, in certain circumstances described below, DTC will exchange the global securities held by it for certificated debt securities, which it will distribute to the direct DTC participants.

It is DTC’s current practice, upon receipt of any payment of distributions or liquidation amounts, to proportionately credit direct DTC participants’ accounts on the payment date based on their holdings of the relevant securities. In addition, it is DTC’s current practice to pass through any consenting or voting rights to such direct DTC participants by using an omnibus proxy. Consequently, those direct DTC participants should, in turn, make payments to and solicit votes from you, the ultimate owner of debt securities, based on their customary practices. Payments to you with respect to your beneficial interest in any debt securities will be the responsibility of the direct and indirect DTC participants and not of DTC, the trustee or us.

Individual certificates in respect of the notes will be issued in exchange for the global securities only if:

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DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a clearing system in connection with the global securities, or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and a successor clearing system is not appointed by us within 90 days after we receive such notice from DTC or upon our becoming aware that DTC is no longer so registered; or

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we determine not to have the notes represented by a global security and notify the trustee of our decision.

In the event that individual certificates are issued, holders of the notes will be able to receive payments (including principal and interest) on the notes and effect transfer of the notes at the offices of our paying agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

Title to book-entry interests in the notes will pass by book-entry registration of the transfer within the records of DTC in accordance with their respective procedures. Book-entry interests in the notes may be transferred within DTC in accordance with procedures established for this purpose by DTC.

The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC’s book-entry system has been obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy thereof. Furthermore, DTC has no obligation to perform or continue to perform the procedures described below, and any of them may discontinue or change those procedures at any time.

Optional Redemption, Repayment and Repurchase

If specified in a prospectus supplement, we may redeem the debt securities at our option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the debt securities to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments on the debt securities, being redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) applicable to such, debt securities, plus the rate specified in the applicable prospectus supplement plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date for the notes (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue, provided that, if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month; or (ii) if that release, or any successor release, is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that redemption date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated by us on the third business day preceding the redemption date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the notes being redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such notes.

“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers, to be appointed by us.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date for any notes (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations; or (ii) if we obtain fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all quotations obtained by us.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” will specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by us, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to us by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related redemption date but for such redemption; provided, however, that, if such redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to such note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be deemed to be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such redemption date.

If we issue original issue discount debt securities, which are debt securities issued at a discount from the principal amount payable on the maturity date (including zero coupon debt securities), that are identified as such in the applicable prospectus supplement, the amount payable in the event of redemption or repayment prior to its stated maturity date will be the amortized face amount on the redemption or repayment date, as the case may be. The amortized face amount of such a security will be equal to (i) the issue price specified in the applicable prospectus supplement plus (ii) that portion of the difference between the issue price and the principal amount of the note that has accrued at the yield to maturity described in the prospectus supplement (computed in accordance with generally accepted U.S. bond yield computation principles) by the redemption or repayment date.

We will mail notice of any redemption at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, before the date of redemption to each holder of the debt securities to be redeemed. If less than all of the debt securities are to be redeemed at any time, the trustee will select debt securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the trustee deems fair and appropriate. Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, on and after the date of redemption, interest will cease to accrue on the debt securities or portions thereof called for redemption.

We may at any time purchase debt securities at any price in the open market or otherwise, subject to applicable law. We may hold, resell or surrender for cancellation any debt securities that we purchase.

Definitions

The following defined terms will be used in this description of the indenture covenants:

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“attributable debt” in respect of any sale and leaseback transaction means, as of any time of determination, the lesser of (1) the sale price of the principal property so leased multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the remaining portion of the base term of the lease included in such transaction and the denominator of which is the base term of such lease and (2) the total obligation (discounted to present value at the implicit interest factor, determined in accordance with generally accepted financial practice, included in the rental payments of, if such interest factor cannot be readily determined, at a rate of interest of 10% per annum, compounded semi-annually) of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes as well as maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining portion of the base term of the lease included in such transaction.

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“capital stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) evidencing equity ownership.

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“consolidated net tangible assets” means the total amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting (1) all current liabilities, excluding any current liabilities which are by their terms extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor on the liabilities to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount of current liabilities is being computed, and (2) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, all as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of The Boeing Company and its subsidiaries and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

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“debt” means any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed.

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“lien” means any pledge, mortgage, lien, encumbrance or security interest.

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“original issue discount security” means any debt 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.

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“principal property” means all real property and tangible personal property constituting a manufacturing plant located within the United States owned by The Boeing Company or a subsidiary, exclusive of (1) motor vehicles, mobile materials-handling equipment and other rolling stock, (2) office furnishings and equipment, information and electronic data processing equipment, (3) any property financed through industrial development bonds, (4) any real property held for development or sale, (5) any property the gross book value of which (including related land and improvements thereon and all machinery and equipment included therein without deduction of any depreciation reserves) is less than 15% of consolidated net tangible assets or (6) any property which our board of directors determines is not material to the operation of the business of The Boeing Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

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“senior indebtedness” means all of the indebtedness of, or guaranteed by, Boeing for borrowed money (including the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any such borrowed money and any commitment fees for unborrowed amounts which, if borrowed, would constitute senior indebtedness), whether currently outstanding or hereafter incurred, unless, under the instrument evidencing the same or under which the same is outstanding, it is expressly provided that such indebtedness is subordinate to other indebtedness and obligations of The Boeing Company.

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“subordinated indebtedness” means the subordinated debt securities and all other indebtedness of, or guaranteed by, The Boeing Company whether or not outstanding on the date of the subordinated indenture, which is by the terms thereof made subordinate and junior in right of payment to all senior indebtedness.

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“subsidiary” means any subsidiary of The Boeing Company the voting stock of which is more than 50% owned and controlled by The Boeing Company or a subsidiary of The Boeing Company.

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“U.S. government obligations” means generally direct noncallable obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America.

Maintenance of Principal Properties

The indentures provide that we will cause all of our principal properties to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment. We will cause such repairs, renewals, replacements and improvements to be made to our principal properties that, in our judgment, are required in order to continue to carry on the business conducted at our principal properties. However, the indentures do not prevent us from discontinuing the operation or maintenance or disposing of any principal property if we determine that the action is desirable.

Limitation on Liens

So long as any debt securities are outstanding under the senior indenture:

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The Boeing Company will not itself, and will not permit any subsidiary to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any debt secured by any lien on any principal property owned by The Boeing Company or any subsidiary; and

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The Boeing Company will not itself, and will not permit any subsidiary to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any debt secured by any lien on any shares of capital stock or debt of any subsidiary.

However, any of the actions described in the first two bullet points under “Limitation on Liens” above may be taken if:

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the securities under the indenture are equally and ratably secured; or

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the aggregate principal amount of the secured debt then outstanding plus the attributable debt of The Boeing Company and its subsidiaries in respect of sale and leaseback transactions described below involving principal properties entered into after the date when The Boeing Company first issues securities pursuant to the indenture, other than transactions that are permitted as described in the third bullet point under “Sale and Leaseback Transactions,” would not exceed 15% of consolidated net tangible assets.

This restriction on liens will not apply to debt secured by permitted liens. Therefore, for purposes of this restriction, debt secured by permitted liens will be excluded in computing secured debt. Permitted liens include:

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liens existing as of the date when The Boeing Company first issued securities pursuant to the indenture;

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liens existing on any property of a corporation at the time the corporation is merged into or consolidated with The Boeing Company or a subsidiary; provided the lien is not extended to any principal property immediately prior to the merger or consolidation;

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liens existing on any property of a corporation at the time it became or becomes a subsidiary;

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liens securing debt owing by a subsidiary to The Boeing Company or to a subsidiary;

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liens on property to secure all or part of the cost of acquiring, substantially repairing or altering, constructing, developing or substantially improving all or any part of such property, or to secure debt incurred to provide funds for the reimbursement of funds expended for the foregoing purposes;

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liens in connection with government contracts, including the assignment of moneys due or to become due on government contracts or to secure progress, advance or the acquisition of real or personal property from any governmental body pursuant to any contract or statute;

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materialmen’s, carriers’, mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s or other like liens which are not overdue or which are being contested in good faith in appropriate proceedings;

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liens in connection with legal proceedings or arising in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money; and

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extensions, substitutions, replacements or renewals of the foregoing.

Boeing Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries are excluded from the restrictions on liens discussed above.

Sale and Leaseback Transactions

So long as any debt securities are outstanding under the senior indenture, The Boeing Company will not, and will not permit any subsidiary to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction after the date when The Boeing Company first issued securities pursuant to the indenture, covering any principal property, which was or is owned or leased by The Boeing Company or a subsidiary and which has been or is to be sold or transferred more than 120 days after the completion of construction and commencement of full operation of that principal property.

However, a sale and leaseback transaction of this kind will not be prohibited if:

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the lease is for a temporary period not exceeding three years;

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the attributable debt of The Boeing Company and its subsidiaries in respect of the sale and leaseback transaction and all other sale and leaseback transactions entered into after the date when The Boeing Company first issued securities pursuant to the indenture (other than sale and leaseback transactions that are permitted as described in the next bullet point), plus the aggregate principal amount of debt secured by liens on principal properties then outstanding (not otherwise permitted or excepted) without equally and ratably securing the indenture securities, would not exceed 15% of consolidated net tangible assets;

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an amount equal to the net proceeds of the sale or transfer (but not in excess of the net book value) of the principal property sold or transferred (as determined by The Boeing Company) is applied within 180 days to the voluntary retirement of the indenture securities or other indebtedness of The Boeing Company (other than indebtedness subordinated to the indenture securities) or indebtedness of a subsidiary, for money borrowed, maturing more than 12 months after the voluntary retirement;

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the rent payable under the lease is to be reimbursed under a contract with the government of the United States or any instrumentality or agency thereof; or

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the lease is with The Boeing Company or another subsidiary.

Boeing Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries are excluded from the restrictions on sale and leaseback transactions discussed above.

Merger and Sales of Assets

Under each of the indentures, we may consolidate or merge with or into any other corporation, and we may convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our properties or assets to another person provided that:

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the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which The Boeing Company is merged or the person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of The Boeing Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation organized and existing under the

laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if such corporation is not The Boeing Company, shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplement, executed and delivered to the trustee, in form satisfactory to the trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including all additional amounts, if any) on all the debt securities and the performance of every covenant of the respective indenture on the part of The Boeing Company to be performed or observed;

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immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of The Boeing Company or a subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by The Boeing Company or a 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

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The Boeing Company has delivered to the trustee an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation (if the corporation formed by such consolidation is not The Boeing Company), merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with the terms of the respective indentures and that all conditions precedent therein provided for relating to such transaction shall have been complied with.

Events of Default, Notice and Waiver

The following events, with respect to the debt securities of a series are defined in the indentures as “events of default”:

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the non-payment of any interest extending 30 days beyond the date such interest payment became due and whether or not, in the case of the subordinated debt securities, such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions referred to below under “Subordination”;

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non-payment of any principal of or premium, if any, on the debt securities of the applicable series as such payments become due whether or not, in the case of the subordinated debt securities, such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions referred to below under “Subordination”;

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default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment on the debt securities of that series when and as due, whether or not, in the case of the subordinated debt securities, such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions referred to below under “Subordination”;

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default in the performance of any other covenant or warranty of The Boeing Company in the respective indenture which remains unremedied for a period of 90 days after notice of default by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series or by the trustee;

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certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization; or

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any other event of default provided in a supplemental indenture with respect to debt securities of a particular series.

Reference is made to the prospectus supplement relating to any series of offered debt securities which are original issue discount securities for the particular provisions relating to the principal amount of such original issue discount securities due upon acceleration upon the occurrence of an event of default and its continuation.

The trustee is required, within 90 days after the occurrence of any default which is known to the trustee and is continuing, to give to all holders of the applicable series of debt securities with respect to which such default has occurred notice of such default, provided, that, except in the case of default in the payment of principal, premium, if any (including any sinking fund payment) or interest, if any, on a series of debt securities with respect to which such default has occurred, the trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if it determines in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the holder of the debt securities of such series.

If an event of default with respect to debt securities of any series then outstanding shall have occurred and be continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series may declare the principal (or, if the debt securities of that series are original issue discount securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) and accrued interest of all the debt securities of such series to be due and payable immediately. In certain cases, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences.

The trustee may require indemnification by the holders of a series of debt securities with respect to which a default has occurred before proceeding to exercise any right or power under the applicable indenture at the request of the holders of debt securities of such series. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series may 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.

In certain cases, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of an outstanding series of debt securities may, on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of such series, and any coupons appertaining thereto, waive any past default with respect to such series and its consequences except a default (1) in the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest (except to the extent that such interest has been paid), if any, on such series of debt securities with respect to which such default has occurred (2) in respect of a covenant or provision in the indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each holder of each debt security of the applicable series.

We will be required to file annually with the trustee a certificate as to the absence of defaults under each indenture.

The occurrence of an event of default under an indenture may give rise to a cross-default under other series of debt securities issued under such indenture and other indebtedness of ours that may be outstanding from time to time.

Notices

Except as otherwise provided in the indentures, notices to holders of bearer securities will be given by publication at least twice in a daily newspaper in The City of New York and in such other city or cities as may be specified in such debt securities. Notices to holders of registered securities will be given by mail to the addresses of such holders as they appear in the security registers maintained by the trustee.

Modification of the Indentures

Modification and amendment of the indentures may be made by us and the trustee without the consent of any holder, for any of these purposes:

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to evidence the succession of another corporation to The Boeing Company;

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to add to the covenants of The Boeing Company for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of debt securities or to surrender any right or power therein conferred upon The Boeing Company;

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to add additional events of default;

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to change any provision of the indentures to facilitate the issuance of bearer securities;

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to change or eliminate any provision of any indenture, provided no debt security outstanding of any series is entitled to the benefit of such provision;

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to secure the debt securities;

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to establish the form or terms of unissued debt securities;

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to provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee;

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to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in either indenture or both of them; or

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to supplement any provision of any indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of debt securities, provided such action does not adversely affect the interests of holders of the series of debt securities.

Modification and amendment of the indentures may be made by us and the trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than two-thirds in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of an affected series; provided that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected thereby:

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change the stated maturity date or the principal of, premium, if any, or any installment of interest (or any additional amount) on, any such debt security;

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reduce the principal amount or rate of interest thereon;

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change the redemption price, if applicable;

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change the place or currency of payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any debt security;

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impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the stated maturity thereof;

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reduce the above-stated percentage of outstanding debt securities necessary to modify or amend the respective indentures;

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modify the foregoing requirements or reduce the percentage of outstanding debt securities necessary to waive any past default or compliance with certain restrictive provisions to less than a majority;

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change any obligation of The Boeing Company to maintain an office or transfer agency; or

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reduce the amount of principal of an original issue discount security payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof.

Discharge and Defeasance

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, under each of the indentures, we may discharge certain obligations to holders of any series of debt securities that have not already been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and that either have become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year (or scheduled for redemption within one year) by depositing with the applicable trustee, in trust, funds in an amount sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness on such debt securities in respect of principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, to the date of such deposit (if such debt securities have become due and payable) or to the maturity thereof or redemption date, as the case may be, along with an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that all conditions precedent relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture have been complied with.

Each indenture further provides that, if applicable to the debt securities of any series, we may elect to defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to such debt securities (except for, among other things, the obligation to pay additional amounts, if any, upon the occurrence of certain events of taxation, assessment or governmental charge with respect to payments on such debt securities and the obligations to register the transfer or exchange of such debt securities, to replace temporary or mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen securities, to maintain an office or agency in respect of such debt securities and to hold moneys for payment in trust) (“defeasance”) upon the irrevocable deposit by us with the trustee, in trust, of an amount of money or U.S. government obligations, or both, applicable to such debt securities which through the scheduled

payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such securities, and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments thereon, on the scheduled due dates therefor.

Such a trust may only be established if, among other things, (1) the defeasance does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the applicable indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which we are a party or by which we are bound, (2) no default or event of default with respect to the debt securities to be defeased shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the establishment of such a trust and (3) we have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel (as specified in the applicable indenture) to the effect that the holders of such debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred, and such opinion of counsel must refer to and be based upon a letter ruling of the Internal Revenue Service received by us, a revenue ruling published by the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable U.S. federal income tax law occurring after the date of the applicable indenture.

The applicable prospectus supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, permitting defeasance, including any modifications to the provisions described above, with respect to the debt securities of a particular series.

Subordination

The indebtedness evidenced by subordinated debt securities and the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on each and all of the subordinated debt securities will be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of senior indebtedness and, unless specifically designated as ranking junior to our other subordinated debt securities, rank equally with all of our other subordinated debt securities which have not been specifically designated as ranking junior to our other subordinated debt securities. We have not issued any subordinated debt or any subordinated debt ranking junior to the subordinated debt securities but we reserve the right to issue such junior subordinated debt.

If we default in the payment of any senior indebtedness, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived, no direct or indirect payment shall be made on account of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, or any additional amounts on the subordinated debt securities, or in respect of any sinking fund for, or redemption, retirement or purchase or other acquisition of any of the subordinated debt securities.

If any other event of default occurs with respect to any senior indebtedness, permitting the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof, then, unless and until such event of default shall have been cured or waived, no direct or indirect payment shall be made on account of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any (including additional amounts) on any subordinated debt securities or in respect of any sinking fund for, or redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of the subordinated debt securities, during any period of 90 days after written notice of such default shall have been given to us by any holder of senior indebtedness or during any period in which any judicial proceeding is pending in respect of such default and a notice of acceleration of the maturity of such senior indebtedness has been transmitted to us in respect of such default.

In the event of: (1) any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment or other similar proceeding relating to us, our creditors or our property; (2) any proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of The Boeing Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether or not involving bankruptcy proceedings; (3) any assignment by us for the benefit of creditors; or (4) any other marshalling of our assets, all senior indebtedness shall first be paid in full before any payment or distribution shall be made to any holder of subordinated debt securities.

If any such payment or distribution to be paid to the holders of senior indebtedness shall be made to any holder of subordinated debt securities in contravention of the foregoing and before all of the senior indebtedness shall have been paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be received in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered and transferred to, the holders of senior indebtedness at the time outstanding in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders for applications to the payment of all senior indebtedness remaining unpaid.

Senior indebtedness shall not be deemed to have been paid in full unless the holders thereof shall have received cash equal to the amount of senior indebtedness then outstanding. Upon payment in full of all senior indebtedness, the holders of subordinated debt securities shall be subrogated to all rights of any holders of senior indebtedness to receive any further payments or distributions applicable to the senior indebtedness until all amounts owing on the subordinated debt securities shall have been paid in full, and such amounts or distributions which otherwise would be paid or distributed to the holders of senior indebtedness, shall, as between us and our creditors (other than the holders of senior indebtedness), on the one hand, and the holders of the subordinated debt securities, on the other hand, be deemed to be a payment by us on account of senior indebtedness and not on account of the subordinated debt securities.

Conversion Rights

The debt securities may be convertible into our common stock. We will include in the prospectus supplement the terms and conditions, if any, on which the debt securities being offered are convertible. Such terms will include the conversion price, the conversion period, provisions as to whether conversion is mandatory, at our option or the option of the holder, the events requiring adjustment of the conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the event of redemption of such debt securities.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the offered securities:

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through agents;

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to or through underwriters; or

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directly to other purchasers.

Any underwriters or agents will be identified and their discounts, commissions and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation and any securities exchanges on which the securities are listed will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

We (directly or through agents) may sell, and the underwriters may resell, the offered securities in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.

In connection with the sale of offered securities, the underwriters or agents may receive compensation from us or from purchasers of the offered securities for whom they may act as agents. The underwriters may sell offered securities to or through dealers, who may also receive compensation from purchasers of the offered securities for whom they may act as agents. Compensation may be in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the offered securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and any discounts or commissions received by them from us and any profit on the resale of the offered securities by them may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Act.

We will indemnify the underwriters and agents against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Act, or contribute to payments they may be required to make in respect of such liabilities.

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

If so indicated in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series or issue of debt securities, we will authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase the debt securities from us under delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery at a future date. These contracts will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the prospectus supplement, and the prospectus supplement will set forth the commission payable for solicitation of these contracts.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus and any prospectus supplement will be passed upon for us by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York, and for any underwriters or agents by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement.

EXPERTS

The financial statements, the related financial statement schedule, incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and the effectiveness of The Boeing Company’s internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports (which reports (1) express an unqualified opinion on the financial statements and financial statement schedule and include an explanatory paragraph referring to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans—an Amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R) and (2) express an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting), which are incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements and financial statement schedule have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy (at prescribed rates) any such reports, proxy statements and other information at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. For further information concerning the SEC’s Public Reference Room, you may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. This website address is not part of this prospectus.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement filed on Form S-3 with the SEC under the Securities Act. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. For further information concerning us and the securities, you should read the entire registration statement and the additional information described under “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” below. The registration statement has been filed electronically and may be obtained in any manner listed above. Any statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any document are not necessarily complete, and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC. Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information about us by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents and reports listed below filed by us with the SEC (File No. 1-00442) (other than portions of these documents that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such Items):

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our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008;

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our current reports on Form 8-K filed on February 10, 2009 and February 26, 2009;

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The information under the following sections of our definitive proxy statement filed on March 14, 2008 with the SEC: “Compensation of Executive Officers”, “Director Compensation”, “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation”, “Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers”, “Security Ownership of More Than 5% Shareholders”, “Transactions with Related Persons”, and “Board Membership and Director Independence”; and

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The description of our common stock contained in our current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 30, 2006, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

We also incorporate by reference the information contained in all other documents we file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (other than portions of these documents that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a current report on Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such Items, unless otherwise indicated therein) after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of this offering. The information contained in any such document will be considered part of this prospectus from the date the document is filed with the SEC.

Any statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded 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 in this prospectus modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

We undertake to provide without charge to you, upon oral or written request, a copy of any or all of the documents that have been incorporated by reference in this prospectus, other than exhibits to such other

documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference therein), by request directed to The Boeing Company, Attention: Corporate Secretary, 100 N. Riverside, Chicago, Illinois U.S.A. 60606, telephone number (312) 544-2000.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.

Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following is a statement of the estimated expenses, to be paid solely by The Boeing Company, of the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered hereby:


	Amount to be paid
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee	$	(1	)
Printing expenses		50,000
Accounting fees and expenses		100,000
Legal fees and expenses		150,000
Rating agency fees and expenses		1,500,000
Trustee’s fees and expenses (including counsel’s fees)		15,000
Miscellaneous expenses		15,000

Total	$	1,830,000

(1)	In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), we are deferring payment of the registration fee. The registration fee will be paid at the time of any particular offering of securities under the registration statement and is therefore not currently determinable.

(2)	These expenses are calculated in part based on the number of issuances and the amount of securities offered and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.

Item 15.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of such corporation, and, with respect to any criminal actions and proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or contemplated action or suit by or in the right of such corporation, under the same conditions, except that such indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person, and except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if such person is adjudged to be liable to such corporation. Where an officer or director of a corporation is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify that person against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) that such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. The rights provided in Section 145 of the DGCL are not exclusive, and the corporation may also provide for indemnification under bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Article VII, Section 4 of the Registrant’s By-Laws provides for indemnification of the Registrant’s directors and officers to the full extent permitted under Delaware law.

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Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for (i) any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

Article Eleventh of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the full extent that Delaware law permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, a director of the Registrant will not be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director.

Officers and directors of the Registrant are covered by insurance that, with certain exceptions and within certain limitations, indemnifies them against losses and liabilities arising from any alleged “wrongful act,” including any alleged error or misstatement, misleading statement, wrongful act or omission, neglect or breach of duty in their capacities as such.

Item 16.

Exhibits.

The Exhibit Index attached to this registration statement is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 17.

Undertakings.

(a)	The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)

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

(ii)

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

(iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) 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 registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement;

(2)

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

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(3)

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

(4)

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

(i)

Each prospectus filed by the registrant 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

(ii)

Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), 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.

(5)

That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i)

Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii)

Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii)

The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv)

Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b)

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s 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.

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(c)

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

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Chicago, State of Illinois on the 9th day of March, 2009.


THE BOEING COMPANY

By:		/ S / J AMES A. B ELL
Name:		James A. Bell
Title:		Executive Vice President, Corporate President and Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned, being a director and/or officer of The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints W. James McNerney, Jr. and James A. Bell, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and otherwise) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such registration statement or registration statements shall comply with the Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitutes or resubstitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following person in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


Signature	Title	Date
/ S / W. J AMES M C N ERNEY , J R . W. James McNerney, Jr.	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)	March 9, 2009
/ S / J AMES A. B ELL James A. Bell	Executive Vice President, Corporate President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)	March 9, 2009
/ S / R OBERT J. P ASTERICK Robert J. Pasterick	Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller (Chief Accounting Officer)	March 9, 2009
/ S / J OHN H. B IGGS John H. Biggs	Director	March 9, 2009
/ S / J OHN E. B RYSON John E. Bryson	Director	March 9, 2009
/ S / A RTHUR D. C OLLINS , J R . Arthur D. Collins, Jr.	Director	March 9, 2009
/ S / L INDA Z. C OOK Linda Z. Cook	Director	March 9, 2009
/ S / W ILLIAM M. D ALEY William M. Daley	Director	March 9, 2009
/ S / K ENNETH M. D UBERSTEIN Kenneth M. Duberstein	Director	March 9, 2009
/ S / J OHN F. M C D ONNELL John F. McDonnell	Director	March 9, 2009
/ S / M IKE S. Z AFIROVSKI Mike S. Zafirovski	Director	March 9, 2009

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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Form of The Boeing Company Purchase Agreement, including Standard Purchase Provisions for Unsecured Debt Securities.

1.2		Form of The Boeing Company Purchase Agreement, including Standard Purchase Provisions for Convertible Debt Securities (1).

3.1		Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Boeing Company dated May 5, 2006. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-00442) dated May 1, 2006.)

3.2		By-Laws, as amended and restated on December 15, 2008. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-00442) dated December 15, 2008).

4.1		Form of Senior Debt Securities Indenture.

4.2		Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance among The Boeing Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank and BNY Midwest Trust Company, dated as of February 24, 2003.

4.3		Form of Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture.

4.4		Form of Senior Debt Securities.

4.5		Form of Subordinated Debt Securities.

5.1		Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

12.1		Calculation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).

23.1		Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23.2		Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (set forth in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1		Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).

25.1		Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of trustee under the Senior Debt Securities Indenture.

25.2		Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of trustee under the Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture.

(1)	To be filed, if necessary, by a post effective amendment to the registration statement or as an exhibit to a document incorporated by reference herein.

Exhibit 1.1

THE BOEING COMPANY

Unsecured Debt Securities

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

[ ] , 200 [ ]

The Boeing Company

100 North Riverside

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Referring to the Unsecured Debt Securities of The Boeing Company (the “Company”) covered by the registration statement on Form S-3 (No. [ ] ) (such registration statement, including (i) the prospectus included therein (the “Base Prospectus”), and (ii) all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness, and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Purchasers (as defined below) pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”). The Base Prospectus (i) as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated [ ] specifically relating to the Purchased Notes (as defined below) in the form first filed under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (or in the form first made available to the Purchasers (as defined below) by the Company to meet the requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) and (ii) all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein are hereinafter collectively called the “Prospectus,” and the preliminary form of the Prospectus is hereinafter called the “Preliminary Prospectus”. For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus together with each free writing prospectus, if any, identified in Schedule B hereto. “Time of Sale” means [ ] [a][p]m (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement. Any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the purchaser or purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (the “Purchasers”) agree to purchase, severally, and the Company agrees to sell to the Purchasers, severally, the respective principal amounts of the Company’s [ ] % Notes due [ ] (the “Purchased Notes”) set forth opposite the name of each Purchaser on Schedule A hereto. The Purchased Notes will have the terms as set forth in the free writing prospectuses identified, if any, on Schedule B.

The price at which the Purchased Notes shall be purchased from the Company by the Purchasers shall be [ ] % of the principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from [ ] , to the date of delivery. The initial public offering price shall be [ ] % of the principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from [ ] to the date of delivery. The Purchased Notes will be offered by the Purchasers as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Purchased Notes.

The Company understands that the Purchasers intend to make a public offering of the Purchased Notes as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Purchasers is advisable, and initially to offer the Purchased Notes on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchasers may offer and sell Purchased Notes to or through any affiliate of a Purchaser and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Purchased Notes purchased by it to or through any Purchaser.

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

All of the provisions contained in the document entitled “The Boeing Company Standard Purchase Provisions”, a copy of which is attached hereto, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.

The “Closing Date” shall be:

The place to which the

Purchased Notes may be

checked, packaged and

delivered shall be:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

153 East 53rd Street

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Christian O. Nagler

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


With a copy to:

				Shearman & Sterling LLP
				599 Lexington Avenue
				New York, New York 10022
				Attention: Lisa L. Jacobs

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


Very truly yours,

[NAME OF PURCHASER]

By:
Name:
Title:

[NAME OF PURCHASER]

By:
Name:
Title:

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


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

THE BOEING COMPANY

By:
Name:
Title:

SCHEDULE A


Name of Purchaser	Amount
[NAME OF PURCHASER]


Total:	$	[	]

SCHEDULE B

Free Writing Prospectus

THE BOEING COMPANY

STANDARD PURCHASE PROVISIONS

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

1. Introductory . The Company proposes to issue and sell from time to time its Unsecured Debt Securities (“Notes”) registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(a). The Notes will be issued under an Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2003, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee, as may be supplemented from time to time, (the “Indenture”). The Notes will be sold to the Purchasers (as defined below) for resale in accordance with the terms of the offering determined at the time of the sale. The Notes involved in any such offering are hereinafter referred to as the “Purchased Notes,” and the firm or firms, as the case may be, which agree to purchase the same are hereinafter referred to as the “Purchasers” of such Purchased Notes. The terms “you” and “your” refer to those Purchasers who sign the Purchase Agreement either on behalf of themselves only or on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several Purchasers named in Schedule A thereto, as the case may be.

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

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

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

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

(d) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and corporate authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where failure to so qualify would not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under the Offered Securities and the Indenture in any material respect (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(e) Each “significant subsidiary” (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) of the Company (each a “Material Subsidiary” and together the “Material Subsidiaries”) has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; and each Material Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or ownership interests of each Material Subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock or ownership interests of each Material Subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens and encumbrances except for such liens or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(g) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(h) The Purchased Notes have been duly authorized and, at on the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.

(i) The Purchased Notes and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and will be in substantially the respective forms filed or incorporated by reference, as the case may be, as exhibits to the Registration Statement.

(j) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchased Notes by the Company, except such as have been obtained and made under the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under state securities laws.

(k) The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and this Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Purchased Notes and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, or assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary under (i) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any Material Subsidiary of the Company (provided however that enforcement of rights to indemnity and contribution in this Agreement may be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public policy), or any of their properties, (ii) any material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such Material Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any such Material Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the

properties of the Company or any such Material Subsidiary is subject, or (iii) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any such Material Subsidiary except in the case of (i) and (ii) where such breach or violation or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(l) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and its Material Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and good title to all other properties and assets owned by them that are material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries consolidated as a single enterprise, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and its Material Subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with such exceptions that are not material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries consolidated as a single enterprise and that would not materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.

(m) Neither the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or bylaws or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of them or their properties may be bound or to which any of their properties may be subject, except in the case of (ii) where such default would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(n) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and its Material Subsidiaries possess adequate certificates, authorities, licenses, permits, orders or approvals issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, including, without limitation, from the Federal Aviation Administration, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(o) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, no strike, lockout, or work stoppage involving the employees of the Company or any Material Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that might have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “environmental laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.

(q) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, in their capacity as such, or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the

aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Indenture, this Agreement, or the Purchased Notes or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Purchased Notes; and no such actions, suits or proceedings are, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or, contemplated.

(r) The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments), and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis (except as otherwise noted therein) and the schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein.

(s) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event reasonably likely to involve a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

(t) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Purchased Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be required to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(u) To the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, the accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus are an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

(v) The capitalization of the Company has not materially changed since the date of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

(w) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might be reasonably expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Purchased Notes.

(x) The Company maintains a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2008 as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(y) The Company maintains a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance

with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any subsidiary and delivered to the Purchasers or to counsel for the Purchasers shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company and not the officer in its individual capacity to the Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby.

3. Delivery and Payment . The Company will deliver the Purchased Notes to you for the accounts of the Purchasers at the offices of the Trustee (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement) against payment of the purchase price by wire transfer to an account specified by the Company or by certified or official bank check or checks in same day or New York or Chicago Clearing House funds drawn to the order of the Company, at the office of the Company, 100 North Riverside, Chicago, Illinois, 60606, at the time set forth in this Agreement or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as you and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” The Purchased Notes to be delivered will be in definitive fully registered form registered in such denominations, of $1,000 or multiples thereof, and in such names as you request in writing not later than 3:00 p.m., New York Time, on the second full business day prior to the Closing Date, or, if no such request is received, in the names of the respective Purchasers in the amounts agreed to be purchased by them pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall make the Purchased Notes available for checking and packaging at the offices of the Trustee (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement) prior to the Closing Date and, unless prevented from doing so by circumstances beyond its control, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York Time, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date. If you request that any Purchased Notes be issued in a name or names other than that of the Purchaser agreeing to purchase such Purchased Notes hereunder, the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting therefrom. The Notes may also be represented by a permanent global Note or Notes, registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as depositary (the “Depositary”), or a nominee of the Depositary (each such Note represented by a permanent global Note being referred to herein as a “Book-Entry Note”). Beneficial interests in Book-Entry Notes will only be evidenced by, and transfers thereof will only be effected through, records maintained by the Depositary’s participants.

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

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

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

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

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

(d) For as long as a prospectus relating to the Purchased Notes is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, if any event relating to or affecting the Company or of which the Company shall be advised in writing by the Purchasers shall occur which, which in the opinion of the Company or your counsel, should be set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Time of Sale Prospectus in order either to make the Time of Sale Prospectus comply with the requirements of the Securities Act or which would require the making of any change in the Time of Sale Prospectus so that as thereafter delivered to purchasers such Time of Sale Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus by either (i) preparing and filing with the Commission supplement(s) or amendment(s) to the Time of Sale Prospectus, or (ii) making an appropriate filing pursuant to the Exchange Act, which will supplement or amend the Time of Sale Prospectus so that, as supplemented or amended, the Time of Sale Prospectus when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser will comply with the Securities Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will not file any amendment or supplement without first providing the Purchasers with such amendment or supplement and having obtained the Purchasers’ consent to the filing, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

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

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

(g) During the period of one year after the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to you, and upon request, to each of the other Purchasers (unless such reports are available electronically on the Commission’s website or the Company’s website): (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to shareholders for such year, and (ii) as soon as

available, a copy of each report or definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to shareholders.

(h) Whether or not any sale of the Purchased Notes is consummated, the Company will pay and bear all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (a) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (b) the preparation, and distribution of the Purchased Notes and the Indenture, (c) the delivery of the certificates for the Purchased Notes to the Purchasers, (d) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel and accountants, (e) the delivery to the Purchasers of copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and the printing and delivery of each amendment thereto, of each preliminary prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (f) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Purchased Notes, and (g) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties).

If this Agreement is terminated by the Purchasers in accordance with the provisions of Section 7, the Company shall reimburse the Purchasers for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Purchasers.

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

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

(k) The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective prior to the Closing Date; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any free writing prospectus has been filed prior to the Closing Date; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information prior to the Closing Date; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event during the period that a prospectus is required to be delivered as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any free writing prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any such free writing prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2)

under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Purchased Notes for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Purchased Notes and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(l) The Company will qualify the Purchased Notes for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as you may reasonably designate in consultation with the Company and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than a year from the date of the Prospectus; provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. The Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the Securities have been qualified as above provided. The Company will also supply you with such information as is necessary for the determination of the legality of the Purchased Notes for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you may request.

(m) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts in cooperation with you to permit the Purchased Notes offered and sold in transactions by you to be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.

(n) The Company will apply the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Purchased Notes in the manner specified in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”

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

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

(a) On the date of execution of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, you shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, a letter, dated such a date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

(b) The Registration Statement shall remain effective and at the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued, no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission and the Company has not received a notice of objection to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement. The Prospectus and each issuer “free writing prospectus” shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, as required; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Purchasers.

(c) Subsequent to the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (A) any change or any development involving a prospective change not contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Purchasers including you, materially impairs the investment quality of the Purchased Notes, and (B) any downgrading in the rating of the Purchased Notes or any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the 1933 Act) or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of the Purchased Notes or any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) or any announcement that the Company has been placed on negative outlook.

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

(i) The Company has been duly incorporated or formed, and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

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

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

(iv) The execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, and the Purchased Notes, the issuance and sale of the Notes to you in accordance with the Purchase Agreement do not (i) constitute a violation by the Company of any applicable provision of U.S federal laws or the laws of the State of New York (except that no opinion in this paragraph is being given as to compliance with any disclosure requirement or any prohibition against fraud or misrepresentation or as to whether performance of the indemnification or contribution provisions in the Purchase Agreement would be permitted);

(v) The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and, (a) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending under the Securities Act; and (b) the Registration Statement (as of its effective date), the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (as of the date of the Purchase Agreement and as of the Closing Date) and any amendments or supplements thereto, as of their respective dates, appeared to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Form S-3 under the Securities Act and the Securities Act Rules and Regulations; provided that no opinion is expressed with respect to financial statements or other financial and statistical information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or incorporated therein or attached as an exhibit thereto or as to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-l of the Trustee under the Indenture.

(vi) The consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the compliance by the Company with all the terms of the Indenture did not and will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, the Company’s Charter or By-Laws or any indenture, mortgage or deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party which is filed as an exhibit to the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K;

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

(viii) The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of the Debt Securities,” and on the cover page of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Indenture and the Purchased Notes, are accurate and fair summaries of the matters set forth therein. The statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption [“Material United States federal tax considerations,”] insofar as such statements constitute summaries of legal matters referred to therein, correctly summarize in all material respects the legal matters referred to therein.

(ix) To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings that are pending against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that has caused us to conclude that such proceeding is required by Item 103 of Regulation S-K to be described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus but is not so described.

(x) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Purchased Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

(xi) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the Closing Date (other than

the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(xii) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

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

(e) The Purchasers shall have received from counsel for the Purchasers, an opinion dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters as the Purchasers shall reasonably request and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass on such matters.

(f) You shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President of the Company and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such officers shall state, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted, are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission, and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements set forth or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event reasonably likely to involve a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Indemnification .

(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser, its affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Securities Act (each, an “Affiliate”), each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls any Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Purchaser, Affiliate or such controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus or any issuer “free writing prospectus” (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse each Purchaser, Affiliate and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser, Affiliate or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable to such Purchaser, Affiliate or controlling person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser specifically for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus or any issuer “free writing prospectus” as defined in

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

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under (a) and (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section, except to the extent the indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such omission. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who may, with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party) and who shall not be counsel to any other indemnified party who may have interests conflicting with those of such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify each indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested that an indemnifying party reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the indemnifying party of such request and (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement unless the request is being disputed in good faith. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Section, for any reason other than as specified therein, the parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and

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

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

11. Termination . This Agreement may be terminated, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities or a material

disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement clearance services in the United States; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in each case in the reasonable judgment of the Purchasers, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Purchased Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

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

13. Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing, and, if sent to the Purchasers will be delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the address furnished in writing for the purpose of such communications hereunder, or, if sent to the Company, will be delivered or telecopied and confirmed to it, attention of Treasurer at 100 North Riverside, Chicago, Illinois 60606, telecopier (312) 544-2399, with a copy to Corporate Secretary at the same address, telecopier (312) 544-2829.

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

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

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

16. Construction . This Purchase Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any conflicts of law provisions that would apply the laws of another jurisdiction.

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

18. Amendments or Waivers . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

Exhibit 4.1

THE BOEING COMPANY

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

TRUSTEE

SENIOR

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2003

PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES


Trust Indenture Act Section		Indenture Section
310(a)(1)		609
(a)(2)		609
(a)(3)		Not Applicable
(a)(4)		Not Applicable
(a)(5)		609
(b)		609, 610
311(a)		613
(b)		613
312(a)		701, 702(a)
(b)		702(b)
(c)		702
313(a)		703
(b)		703
(c)		703
(d)		703
314(a)		704, 1010
(b)		Not Applicable
(c)(1)		102
(c)(2)		102
(c)(3)		Not Applicable
(d)		Not Applicable
(e)		Not Applicable
315(a)		102
(b)		602
(c)		601(b)
(d)		601(c)
(d)(1)		601(a)(1)
(d)(2)		601(c)(2)
(d)(3)		601(c)(3)
(e)		514
316(a)(1)(A)		502, 512
(a)(1)(B)		513
(a)(2)		Not Applicable
(b)		508
(c)		1301
317(a)(1)		503
(a)(2)		504
(b)		1003
318(a)		108

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION


SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS		1
ACT		2
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS		2
AFFILIATE		2
ATTRIBUTABLE DEBT		2
AUTHENTICATING AGENT		2
AUTHORIZED NEWSPAPER		2
BEARER SECURITY		3
BOARD OF DIRECTORS		3
BOARD RESOLUTION		3
BUSINESS DAY		3
CAPITAL STOCK		3
COMMISSION		3
COMPANY		3
COMPANY REQUEST		3
CONSOLIDATED NET TANGIBLE ASSETS		4
CONTROL		4
CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE		4
CORPORATION		4
COUPON		4
DEBT		4
DEFAULTED INTEREST		4
DOLLAR OR $		4
EVENT OF DEFAULT		4
EXCHANGE DATE		4
EXTENSION NOTICE		4
EXTENSION PERIOD		4
FINAL MATURITY		4
HOLDER		4
INDENTURE		4
INTEREST		5
INTEREST PAYMENT DATE		5
LIEN		5
MATURITY		5
OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE		5
OPINION OF COUNSEL		5
OPTIONAL RESET DATE		5
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY		5
ORIGINAL STATED MATURITY		5
OUTSTANDING		6
PAYING AGENT		7
PERSON		7
PLACE OF PAYMENT		7
PREDECESSOR SECURITY		7
PRINCIPAL PROPERTY		7
REDEMPTION DATE		7
REDEMPTION PRICE		7
REGISTERED SECURITY		8
REGULAR RECORD DATE		8
RESET NOTICE		8
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER		8
SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTION		8
SECURITY OR SECURITIES		8
SECURITY REGISTER, SECURITY REGISTRAR AND CO-SECURITY REGISTRAR		8
SPECIAL RECORD DATE		8
STATED MATURITY		8


SUBSEQUENT INTEREST PERIOD		8
SUBSIDIARY		8
TRUSTEE		9
TRUST INDENTURE ACT		9
UNITED STATES		9
UNITED STATES ALIEN		9
U.S. DEPOSITARY OR DEPOSITARY		9
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS		9
VICE PRESIDENT		10
VOTING STOCK		10
SECTION 102.	COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS	10
SECTION 103.	FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE	11
SECTION 104.	ACTS OF HOLDERS	11
SECTION 105.	NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY	13
SECTION 106.	NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER	13
SECTION 107.	LANGUAGE OF NOTICES, ETC	14
SECTION 108.	CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT	14
SECTION 109.	EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS	15
SECTION 110.	SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS	15
SECTION 111.	SEPARABILITY CLAUSE	15
SECTION 112.	BENEFITS OF INDENTURE	15
SECTION 113.	GOVERNING LAW	15
SECTION 114.	LEGAL HOLIDAYS	15
SECTION 115.	APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE	16

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

SECTION 201.	FORMS GENERALLY	16
SECTION 202.	FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION	17
SECTION 203.	SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM	17

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 301.	AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES	18
SECTION 302.	DENOMINATIONS	22
SECTION 303.	EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING	23
SECTION 304.	TEMPORARY SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES	25
SECTION 305.	REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE	27
SECTION 306.	MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES	31
SECTION 307.	PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED; OPTIONAL INTEREST RESET	32
SECTION 308.	PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS	34
SECTION 309.	CANCELLATION	35
SECTION 310.	COMPUTATION OF INTEREST	35
SECTION 311.	FORM OF CERTIFICATION BY A PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BEARER SECURITY	36
SECTION 312.	OPTIONAL EXTENSION OF MATURITY	37

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 401.	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE	38
SECTION 402.	APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY	39
SECTION 403.	SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE OF SECURITIES OF ANY SERIES	40

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ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

SECTION 501.	EVENTS OF DEFAULT	42
SECTION 502.	ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT	44
SECTION 503.	COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE	45
SECTION 504.	TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM	46
SECTION 505.	TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES OR COUPONS	47
SECTION 506.	APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED	47
SECTION 507.	LIMITATION ON SUITS	47
SECTION 508.	UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST	48
SECTION 509.	RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES	48
SECTION 510.	RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE	49
SECTION 511.	DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER	49
SECTION 512.	CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES	49
SECTION 513.	WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS	49
SECTION 514.	UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS	50
SECTION 515.	WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS	50

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 601.	CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES	51
SECTION 602.	NOTICE OF DEFAULTS	52
SECTION 603.	CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE	52
SECTION 604.	NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES	53
SECTION 605.	MAY HOLD SECURITIES	54
SECTION 606.	MONEY HELD IN TRUST	54
SECTION 607.	COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT	54
SECTION 608.	TRUSTEE’S LIEN	55
SECTION 609.	CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING INTERESTS	55
SECTION 610.	RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR	55
SECTION 611.	ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR	57
SECTION 612.	MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS	58
SECTION 613.	PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY	58
SECTION 614.	APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT	58

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

SECTION 701.	HOLDERS’ LISTS	60
SECTION 702.	PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS	61
SECTION 703.	REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS	61
SECTION 704.	REPORTS BY COMPANY	61

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

SECTION 801.	COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS	62
SECTION 802.	SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED	63

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 901.	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS	63
SECTION 902.	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS	65
SECTION 903.	EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	66
SECTION 904.	EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	66
SECTION 905.	CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT	66


SECTION 906.	REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	67

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

SECTION 1001.	PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST	67
SECTION 1002.	MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY	67
SECTION 1003.	MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST	69
SECTION 1004.	ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS	70
SECTION 1005.	CORPORATE EXISTENCE	71
SECTION 1006.	MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES	71
SECTION 1007.	PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS	71
SECTION 1008.	LIMITATION UPON LIENS	71
SECTION 1009.	LIMITATIONS ON SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS	74
SECTION 1010.	STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE	75
SECTION 1011.	WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS	76

ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1101.	APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE	76
SECTION 1102.	ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE	76
SECTION 1103.	SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED	77
SECTION 1104.	NOTICE OF REDEMPTION	77
SECTION 1105.	DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE	79
SECTION 1106.	SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE	79
SECTION 1107.	SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART	80

ARTICLE TWELVE

SINKING FUNDS

SECTION 1201.	APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE	80
SECTION 1202.	SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES	80
SECTION 1203.	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND	81

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1301.	PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED	82
SECTION 1302.	CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS	82
SECTION 1303.	PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS	83
SECTION 1304.	QUORUM; ACTION	83
SECTION 1305.	DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS	84
SECTION 1306.	COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS	85

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 1401.	SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES	85
SECTION 1402.	IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES	86

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS

SECTION 1501.	APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE	86

SENIOR INDENTURE, dated as of February 1, 2003, between The Boeing Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), having a principal office at 100 North Riverside, Chicago, Illinois 60606-1596, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), unlimited as to principal amount, to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(2) 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;

(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such computation; and

(4) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that Article.

“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

“Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required by a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on certain Holders and which are owing to such Holders.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Attributable Debt” in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction means, as of any time of determination, the lesser of (i) the sale price of the Principal Property so leased multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the remaining portion of the base term of the lease included in such transaction and the denominator of which is the base term of such lease and (ii) the total obligation (discounted to present value at the implicit interest factor, determined in accordance with generally accepted financial practice, included in the rental payments of, if such interest factor cannot be readily determined, at a rate of interest of 10% per annum, compounded semiannually) of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes as well as maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining portion of the base term of the lease included in such transaction.

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate one or more series of Securities.

“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper, in an official language of the country of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of 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.

“Bearer Security” means any Security established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of the officers and/or directors of the Company appointed by that board.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the Company’s by-laws, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Business Day”, when used with respect to a particular location specified in the Securities or this Indenture, means any day which is not a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in such location are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close, except as may otherwise be provided in the form of securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

“Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interest, participations or other equivalents (however designated) evidencing equity ownership.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at any time after the execution of this 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.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor corporation.

“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after, deducting therefrom (i) all current liabilities (excluding any thereof which are by their terms extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed), and (ii) all good will, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expenses and other like intangibles, all as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 450 W. 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001, Attention: Institutional Trust Services.

“corporation” includes corporations, partnerships, limited liability partnerships or companies, joint ventures, incorporated or unincorporated associations, companies and business trusts.

“coupon” means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.

“Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 1008.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“Dollar” or “$” or any similar reference shall mean the currency of the United States, except as may otherwise be provided in the form of Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

“Exchange Date” has the meaning specified in Section 304.

“Extension Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 312.

“Extension Period” has the meaning specified in Section 312.

“Final Maturity” has the meaning specified in Section 312.

“Holder”, when used with respect to any Security, means in the case of a Registered Security the Person in whose name the Security is registered in the Security Register and in the case of a Bearer Security the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, means the bearer thereof.

is acting as Trustee under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.

“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts, shall include such Additional Amounts as provided in Section 1004.

“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

“Lien” has the meaning specified in Section 1008.

“Maturity”, 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, notice of redemption, request for redemption or otherwise.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.

“Optional Reset Date” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“Original Issue Discount Security” 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.

“Original Stated Maturity” has the meaning specified in Section 312.

“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, EXCEPT:

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

(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 and any coupons thereto appertaining; PROVIDED that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture and provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Section 403, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in such Section; and

(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;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that could be declared to be due and payable pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security at the time the taking of such action by the Holders of such requisite principal amount is evidenced to the Trustee as provided in Section 104(a), and, PROVIDED FURTHER, that Securities owned beneficially by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or 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 or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee 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’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.

“Paying Agent” means any Person, which may include the Company, authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.

“Predecessor Security” 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 or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, as the case may be.

“Principal Property” shall mean all real property and tangible personal property constituting a manufacturing plant located within the United States owned by the Company or a Subsidiary, exclusive of (i) motor vehicles, mobile materials-handling equipment and other rolling stock, (ii) office furnishings and equipment, information and electronic data processing equipment, (iii) any property financed through obligations issued by a state, territory or possession of the United States, or any political subdivision or instrumentality of the foregoing, the interest on which is, in the opinion of tax counsel of recognized standing or in accordance with a ruling issued by the Internal Revenue Service, excludible from gross income of the holders thereof pursuant to Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor to such provision), as in effect at the time of the issuance of such obligations, (iv) any real property held for development or sale, or (v) any property the gross book value of which (including related land and improvements thereon and all machinery and equipment included therein without deduction of any depreciation reserves) is less than 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets or which the Board of Directors determines is not material to the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

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

“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Registered Security” means any Security established pursuant to Section 201 which is registered in the Security Register.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

“Reset Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office (or any successor group of the Trustee) including any managing director, any vice president, any assistant treasurer, any assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred at the Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” shall mean any arrangement whereby (i) property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or a Subsidiary to any Person with the intention on the part of the Company or a Subsidiary of taking back a lease of such property pursuant to which the rental payments are calculated to amortize the purchase price of such property substantially over the useful life of such property and (ii) such property is in fact so leased by the Company or a Subsidiary.

“Security” or “Securities” means any Security or Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

“Security Register”, “Security Registrar” and “Co-Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

“Subsequent Interest Period” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time by rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of such Act or provision, as the case may be.

“United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

“United States Alien” means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.

“U.S. Depositary” or “Depositary” means, with respect to any Security issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depositary or Depositary by the Company in or pursuant to this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person, “U.S. Depositary” or “Depositary” shall mean, with respect to any Securities, the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States and the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.

“Vice President”, 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 “vice president”.

“Voting Stock”, as applied to stock of any corporation, means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) of such corporation having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees (or the equivalent) of such corporation, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power by reason of the occurrence of any contingency.

SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(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;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any one person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.

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.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion 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 or reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

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.

SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.

is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of Registered Securities and the principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.

(d) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding.

(e) The fact and date of execution of any such instrument or writing, the authority of the Person executing the same and the principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and the date of holding the same may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient; and the Trustee may (but shall not be required to) in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section.

for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite percentage of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

(g) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, 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,

(1) the Trustee by any Holder of a Security or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Institutional Trust Services, or

(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.

SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the form of Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,

(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Registered Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Registered Security affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such Notice; and

(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York, in any other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities, and, if the Securities of such series are then listed on a stock exchange of any stock exchange outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the Company shall advise the Trustee in writing that such exchange so requires, on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.

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. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided above.

In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.

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 of Securities 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.

SECTION 107. LANGUAGE OF NOTICES, ETC.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election 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.

SECTION 108. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.

SECTION 109. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 110. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 111. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.

In case any provision in this Indenture or the Securities or coupons shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 112. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.

Nothing in this Indenture or the Securities or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities and coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 113. GOVERNING LAW.

This Indenture and the Securities and coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the venue and jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Securities or the coupons and the parties hereby irrevocably agree that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Securities or the coupons, shall be heard and determined in such a New York State or federal court.

SECTION 114. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

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 or coupons) 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, PROVIDED that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

SECTION 115. APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE.

By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent upon which process may be served in any legal action or proceeding which may be instituted in any Federal or State court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, arising out of or relating to the Securities, the coupons or this Indenture. Service of process upon such agent at the office of such agent at 450 W. 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001, Attention: Institutional Trust Services, and written notice of said service to the Company by the Person serving the same addressed as provided in Section 105 shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such legal action or proceeding, and the Company hereby submits to the jurisdiction of any such court in which any such legal action or proceeding is so instituted. Such appointment shall be irrevocable so long as the Holders of Securities or coupons shall have any rights pursuant to the terms thereof or of this Indenture until the appointment of a successor by the Company with the consent of the Trustee and such successor’s acceptance of such appointment. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of such agent or successor.

By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Trustee hereby agrees to act as such agent and undertakes promptly to notify the Company of receipt by it of service of process in accordance with this Section.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY.

The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons, if any, and temporary global Securities shall be in the form established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities or coupons. If the forms of Securities or coupons of any series (or any such temporary global Security) 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 Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities or coupons.

The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons. If so provided as contemplated by Section 301, the Securities of a series also shall be issuable in bearer form, with or without interest coupons attached.

The definitive Securities and coupons, if any, shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.

SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.

The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.



AS TRUSTEE		AS TRUSTEE

By:
	AS AUTHENTICATING AGENT

By:		By:
	AUTHORIZED OFFICER		AUTHORIZED OFFICER

SECTION 203. SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.

If Securities of a series are issuable in global form, any such Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company

Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. 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 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers’ Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.

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 the Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.

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.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the case of a permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such permanent global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent global Security in bearer form, the Person or Persons specified pursuant to Section 301.

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (14) below), if so provided, may be determined from time to time by the Company with respect to unissued Securities of the series and set forth in such Securities of the series when issued from time to time):

(l) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of all other series);

(2) 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);

(3) whether such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities, as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities are to be issuable with coupons, without coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any, upon which Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities and vice versa;

(4) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be payable if other than the Person in whose name that Registered Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest and the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature;

(5) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such Securities is payable or the manner in which such dates are determined or extended;

(6) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest, if any or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such interest shall accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates are to be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if any, on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities or any of them shall be payable, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of interest on a floating rate Security and the manner of giving such notice, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

(7) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on or Additional Amounts, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, any of such Securities may be surrendered for exchange and notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served; the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payment on a global Security on an Interest Payment Date, will be paid and the manner in which any principal of or premium, if any, on any global Security will be paid;

(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

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

(10) if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issuable, whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer Security in global form (representing all of the Outstanding Bearer Securities of the series) payable in respect of an Interest Payment Date prior to the exchange of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive Securities of the series shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;

(11) the denominations in which Registered Securities of the series, if any, shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which Bearer Securities of the series, if any, shall be issuable if other than the denomination of $5,000;

(12) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;

(13) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, and Additional Amounts in respect of, the Securities of the series shall be payable (if other than the currency of the United States of America), and the particular provisions applicable thereto and, if applicable, the amount of Securities of the series which entitles the Holder of a Security of the series or proxy to one vote for purposes of Section 1305(c);

(14) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Event of Default or any covenant of the Company specified herein with respect to the Securities of the series;

(15) the terms, if any, upon which Securities of the series may be convertible into or exchanged for the common stock, preferred stock or other securities of the Company and the terms and conditions upon which the conversion or exchange shall be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate, the conversion or exchange period, and any other additional provisions;

(16) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, and Additional Amounts in respect of, if any, on such Securities are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency, including composite currencies, other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the currency in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency in which such Securities or any of them are to be so payable;

(17) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula, or other method or methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such shall be determined and paid or payable;

(18) if any such Securities are to be issuable in global form and are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

(19) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

(20) the application, if any, of Section 403 to the Securities of the series;

(21) if any such Securities are to be issuable in global form, when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and (i) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the same series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner specified in Section 305, and (ii) the name of the Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, to any global Security;

(22) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee, and if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities; and

(23) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

All Securities of any one series and all coupons, if any, appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate or rates of interest, or method of determining the rate of interest, if any, Maturity, and the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided by the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth in the Officers’ Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order by the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 on original issue from time to time upon written order of persons designated in the Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Officers’ Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture. All securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities.

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 Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.

All Securities shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. With respect to any Securities denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions, the Registered Securities, other than Registered Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination) shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and the Bearer Securities, other than the Bearer Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination) shall be issuable in denominations of $5,000.

SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon, attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or coupons may be manual or facsimile signatures. Coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

Securities or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities or coupons.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee or its designated agent for authentication by the Trustee, 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; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with its original issuance only outside the United States and only if the Trustee shall have received from the person entitled to receive such Bearer Security a certificate in the form required by Section 311, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the earlier of the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any temporary Security or permanent global Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer Security in accordance with the terms of such temporary Security or permanent global Security and this Indenture. If any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled. If not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest rate, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue.

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:

(a) that the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(b) that the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(c) that such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, 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 legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities and any coupons;

(d) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities, any coupons, and of any supplemental indentures, if any, have been complied with and that authentication and delivery of the Securities and any coupons and the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture, if any, by the Trustee will not violate the terms of the Indenture;

(e) that the Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities and any coupons, and has taken all necessary corporate action with respect to such issuance; and

(f) that the issuance of such Securities and any coupons will not contravene the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or result in any violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or regulation or of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement known to such counsel by which the Company is bound.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding two paragraphs, if not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required to be delivered pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs prior to or at the time of issuance of each Security, but such documents shall be delivered prior to or at the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’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.

Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by Section 301.

In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, the Trustee shall also be entitled to receive annually, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate stating that, to the best knowledge of the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.

No Security or coupon appertaining thereto 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 and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Except as permitted by Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled. 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 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES.

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, in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form.

Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons appertaining thereto) the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security unless the Trustee shall have received from the person entitled to receive the definitive Bearer Security a certificate in the form required by Section 311 and upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.

If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, such temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the Depositary or U.S. Depositary with respect thereto, for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).

Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global security (the “Exchange Date”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the Depositary or U.S. Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified by Section 301, and, if any combination thereof is specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, upon such presentation by the Depositary or U.S. Depositary, such temporary global Security is accompanied by a written instrument in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by the Depositary or U.S.

Depositary as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a written instrument in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by the Depositary or U.S. Depositary as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be exchanged; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security only in compliance with the requirements of Section 311.

Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs the Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf and delivers to such Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, a written instrument in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the offices of the Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as the case may be. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global Security shall be delivered only outside the United States.

Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to the Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by such Depositary or U.S. Depositary of a written instrument in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar, for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to the Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, a written instrument in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar. Any interest so received by the Depositary or U.S. Depositary and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee immediately prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company in accordance with Section 1003.

SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

and of transfers of Registered Securities. The register for purposes of Registering Securities as provided in this Indenture (the “Security Registrar” and, if more than one shall be appointed, the “Co-Security Registrars”) shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution. The Security Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the Security Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed Security Registrar.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment maintained for such purpose for such 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 Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series containing identical terms and provisions of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Registered 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.

If (but only if) expressly permitted in or pursuant to the applicable Board Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officers’ Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series containing identical terms and provisions, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and the Trustee in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date

and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or, if such coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such coupon shall be returned to the person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

If expressly provided with respect to the Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of such series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and conditions as may be provided with respect to such series.

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.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated in Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If any beneficial owner of an interest in a permanent global Security is entitled to exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301 and provided that any applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global Security shall be surrendered by the Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such permanent global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as specified as contemplated in Section 301, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among those selected for redemption; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. If a Registered Security is

issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

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 Sections 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of that series called for redemption and ending at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series, PROVIDED that such Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.

SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.

If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it 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 containing identical terms and provisions and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide or protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series containing identical terms and provisions and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 306, in case any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security or coupon; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payment of principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency for such Securities located outside the United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with respect to such interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto.

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.

destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and any such new Security and coupons, if any, shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.

SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED; OPTIONAL INTEREST RESET.

(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each installment of interest on any Registered Security may at the Company’s option be paid by mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308, to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities in any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of a Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States. In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) 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 (1) or (2) below:

(l) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing at least 25 days prior to the date of the proposed payment of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time

the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money 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 the 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 15 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 mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities of such series at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, 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 Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business at such office or agency on any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

(2) 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.

Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security a notice (the “Reset Notice”) indicating whether the Company has elected to reset the interest rate, and if so (i) such new interest rate and (ii) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity Date of such Security (each such period a “Subsequent Interest Period”), including the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the Reset Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest rate is reset on an Optional Reset Date will bear such higher interest rate.

The Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Fifteen for repayment at the option of Holders, as such apply to such Security, except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except that, if the holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, 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.

SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.

Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered 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.

Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupon 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.

None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary, as a Holder, with respect to such global Security or impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such global Security.

SECTION 309. CANCELLATION.

All Securities and coupons 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 the Trustee. 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 all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed, and the Trustee shall promptly deliver a certificate of destruction to the Company unless by a Company Order the Company shall direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it.

SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.

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.

SECTION 311. FORM OF CERTIFICATION BY A PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BEARER SECURITY.

Whenever any provision of this Indenture or the forms of Security contemplates that certification be given by a Person entitled to receive a Bearer Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of the following certificate, with only such changes as shall be approved by the Company:

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY

PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY]

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the above-captioned Security is not being acquired by or on behalf of a United States person, or for offer to resell or for resale to a United States person, or, if a beneficial interest in the Security is being acquired by a United States person, that such person is a financial institution or is acquiring through a financial institution and that the Security is held by a financial institution that has agreed in writing to comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder. If this certificate is being provided by a clearing organization, it is based on statements provided to it by its member organizations. As used herein, “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction, and “United States person” means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source. If the undersigned is a dealer, the undersigned agrees to obtain a similar certificate from each person entitled to delivery of any of the above-captioned Securities in bearer form purchased from it; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the undersigned has actual knowledge that the information contained in such a certificate is false, the undersigned will not deliver a Security in temporary or definitive bearer form to the person who signed such certificate notwithstanding the delivery of such certificate to the undersigned.

We undertake to advise you by telex if the above statement as to beneficial ownership is not correct on the date of delivery of the above-captioned Securities in bearer form as to all of such Securities.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

Dated: , 20

SECTION 312. OPTIONAL EXTENSION OF MATURITY.

The provisions of this Section 312 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301). The Stated Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended at the option of the Company for the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each an “Extension Period”) up to but not beyond the date (the “Final Maturity”) set forth on the face of such Security. The Company may exercise such option with respect to any Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such Security in effect prior to the exercise of such (the “Original Stated Maturity”). If the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity a notice (the “Extension Notice”) indicating (i) the election of the Company to extend the Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity Date, (iii) the interest rate applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period. Upon the Trustee’s transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity Date of such Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will have the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Notice.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of such Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such higher interest rate.

35 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may by written notice to the Trustee revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity unless the Trustee has previously delivered repayment of such Security to such Holder.

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.

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 any right to receive Additional Amounts, as provided in Section 1004), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

(1) either

(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered and all coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and coupons which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1107, and (iv) Securities and coupons 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

(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

(i) have become due and payable, or

(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) 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;

(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ 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.

In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to Securities of all series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions thereto are met. In the event there are two or more Trustees hereunder, then the effectiveness of any such instrument shall be conditioned upon receipt of such instruments from all Trustees hereunder.

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 (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.

SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or 403 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

SECTION 403. SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE OF SECURITIES OF ANY SERIES.

If this Section 403 is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be applicable to Securities of any series, then notwithstanding Section 401, (i) the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding Securities of any such series; (ii) the provisions of this Indenture as it relates to such Outstanding Securities shall no longer be in effect (except as to the rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the trust fund described in subparagraph (1) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any installment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest or any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Securities of that series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and of such Securities, the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1004 and the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, including those under Section 607 hereof); and (iii) the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of such indebtedness, when

(1) either

(A) with respect to all Outstanding Securities of such series, with reference to this Section 403, the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 609) irrevocably (but subject to the provisions of Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1004), as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series, (X) lawful money of the United States in an amount, or (Y) U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide not later than the opening of business on the due dates of any payment referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this subparagraph (l)(A) lawful money of the United States in an amount, or (Z) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and each installment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the Company shall not make or cause to be made the deposit provided for by this subparagraph (A) unless the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that either (i), as a result of such deposit and the

related exercise of the Company’s option under this Section 403, registration will not be required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the Company, the trust funds representing such deposit or the Trustee or (ii) all necessary registrations under such Investment Company Act of 1940 have been effected; or

(B) the Company has properly fulfilled such other means of satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be applicable to the Securities of such series;

(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series;

(3) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

(4) no Event of Default or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and no Event of Default under Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date;

(5) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (a) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (b) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of Securities of such series will not recognize income, 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 and in the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;

(6) if the Securities of that series are then listed on any national securities exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such deposit, defeasance and discharge will not cause such Securities to be delisted; and

(7) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding Securities of any such series have been complied with.

Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in Section 403(1)(A) above shall be irrevocable and shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee. If any Outstanding Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory sinking fund requirement, the applicable escrow trust agreement shall provide therefor and the Company shall make such arrangements as are satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.

Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 403 with respect to all the Outstanding Securities of any series, the terms and conditions of such series, including the terms and conditions with respect thereto set forth in this Indenture, shall no longer be binding upon, or applicable to, the Company; PROVIDED that the Company shall not be discharged from any payment obligations in respect of Securities of such series which are deemed not to be Outstanding under clause (iii) of the definition thereof if such obligations continue to be valid obligations of the Company under applicable law.

Notwithstanding the cessation, termination and discharge of all obligations, covenants and agreements (except as provided above in this Section 403) of the Company under the Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1004 shall survive with respect to such series of Securities.

Each supplemental indenture with respect to a series of Securities may contain other provisions with respect to the satisfaction, discharge and defeasance of such series, which provisions may be additional to, or in replacement of, the provisions set forth in this Section 403.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

“Event of Default”, 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):

(1) 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

(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable at Maturity; or

(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or

(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default of or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of 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 “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company, or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by either of the foregoing to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding, or the filing by either of the foregoing of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by either of the foregoing to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of the property of either, or the making by either of the foregoing of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by either of the foregoing in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

(7) any other Event of Default provided in a supplemental indenture with respect to Securities of that series or in a Board Resolution establishing the terms of the Securities of such series in accordance with Section 301 of this Indenture.

SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series 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.

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

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,

(B) 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 interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

(C) 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

(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;

and

(2) 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.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.

The Company covenants that if

(1) 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

(2) 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 and coupons, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and 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 borne by or provided for 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 and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sum so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjusted or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

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 and any related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to such series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 502) (and premium, if any) and any interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607) and of the Holders of Securities and coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

(ii) 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 of Securities and coupons 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 of Securities and coupons, 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.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security or coupon any plan or reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding.

SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES OR COUPONS.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.

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 premium, if any) or any interest, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; and

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities and coupons in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and

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

SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS.

Subject to Section 508, no Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupons shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

(2) the Holders of not less than 25% 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;

(3) 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;

(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5) 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;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or Holders of any other series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security or payment of such coupon on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (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.

SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon 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 of Securities and coupons shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, 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.

SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons as the case may be.

SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.

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

(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, expose the Trustee to personal liability, or be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining therein, and

(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.

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 and any related coupons waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

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.

SECTION 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security or coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of any Security or coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security or the payment of any coupon on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) or interest on any overdue principal of any Security.

SECTION 515. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the 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.

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series,

(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform, with respect to Securities of such series, such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may, with respect to Securities of such series, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise, with respect to Securities of such series, such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

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

(1) this subparagraph (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of subparagraph (a) of this Section;

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

(4) 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.

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

SECTION 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section 703, notice of all defaults hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of Securities and coupons of such series; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” 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.

SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, 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;

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(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 Officers’ Certificate;

(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(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 of Securities of any series or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(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, coupon, 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 deem 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;

(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; and

(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of the Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities.

SECTION 604. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication) and in any coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.

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 coupons 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.

SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.

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.

SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.

The Company agrees

(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);

(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, disbursements or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and

(3) to indemnify the Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 607(3) shall include its officers, directors, employees and agents) 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.

The provisions of this Section 607 shall survive the termination of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

SECTION 608. TRUSTEE’S LIEN.

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Securities. Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

SECTION 609. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall 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 exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

If the Trustee 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, Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. There shall be excluded from the terms of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act the Indenture dated as of the date hereof pursuant to which the Company’s subordinated securities may be issued, and the Indenture dated as of August 15, 1991 pursuant to which the Company’s senior securities have been issued and are outstanding.

SECTION 610. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by 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.

(c) 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.

(d) If at any time:

(1) 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

(2) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) 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 and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the securities of such series.

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and addresses appear in the security Register and, if Securities of such series are issuable as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States. 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.

SECTION 611. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.

(a) 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.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) 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 or that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) 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 as 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.

(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

(d) 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 Six.

SECTION 612. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.

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 Six; 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.

SECTION 613. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the terms of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.

SECTION 614. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.

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.

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.

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, at the expense of the Company, (i) mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its principal office if such office is located outside the United States. 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.

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

The provisions of Sections 308, 604 and 605 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.

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’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.




AS TRUSTEE

BY
AS AUTHENTICATING AGENT

BY
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

BY
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

If all of the Securities of any 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 in writing (which writing need not comply with Section 102) by the Company, shall appoint in accordance with this Section 614 an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

SECTION 701. HOLDERS’ LISTS.

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

(a) semi-annually, not later than February 15 and August 15 in each year, commencing on the first February 15 or August 15 following the date of this Indenture, a list, in such form as such Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, and

(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 in similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished with respect to Holders for which the Trustee is the Security Registrar.

SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities (1) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 701, and (2) received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent or Security Registrar (if so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b) Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust

Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture. The Company, the Trustee, any Co-Securities Registrar and any other Person shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.

(a) Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders a brief report dated as of such reporting date in accordance with, and to the extent required under, Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act.

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Securities, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

SECTION 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY.

The Company shall:

required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;

(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

(3) transmit to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:

(l) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and if such surviving corporation is not the Company, 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 premium, if any) and interest (including all Additional Amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 1004) on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or a 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

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation (if the corporation formed by such consolidation is not the Company), merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.

Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor corporation 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 corporation had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and coupons.

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, 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:

(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or

(2) 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

(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Defaults are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for the immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or

(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal (or premium, if any) on Registered Securities or of principal (or premium, if any) or any interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Registered Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities or to permit the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, PROVIDED any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or

(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, PROVIDED that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or

(6) to secure the Securities; or

(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any related coupons as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or

(8) 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(b); or

(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, provided such other provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or

(10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 401 and 403; PROVIDED that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities in any material respect.

The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder.

SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders of Securities 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 and any related coupons under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security or coupon affected thereby,

(1) 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 change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts (pursuant to Section 1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or the 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

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or 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 reduce the requirements of Section 1304 for quorum or voting, or

(3) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency in Section 1002, or

(4) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1011, 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 of a Security or coupon with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1011, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(8).

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.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities 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.

SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

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’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupons appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.

SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after 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.

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including all Additional Amounts, if any, contemplated by Section 1004) on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity, other than Additional Amounts, if any, payable as provided in Section 1004 in respect of principal of (or premium, if any, on) such a Security, shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.

SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

HOWEVER, that if the Securities of that series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for 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 any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in respect to any series of Securities or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, and surrenders of Securities of that series may be made and notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or such other office as the Company shall designate if so required by any such stock exchange located outside the United States.

No payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, payment of principal of and any premium and interest in Dollars (including Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof) on any Bearer Security may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.

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 in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

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 (and premium, if any) 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 premium, if any) or 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 to so act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) 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.

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) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and

(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

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.

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, shall at the expense of the Company cause to be published once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment or mailed to each such Holder or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days nor more than 90 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

SECTION 1004. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.

If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of any series or any coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any related coupon of the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal (and premium, if any) is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers’ Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series or the related coupons who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers’ Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities or coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by this Section. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.

SECTION 1005. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.

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 corporate existence and that of each Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as a whole and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

SECTION 1006. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.

The Company will cause all Principal Properties to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties, or disposing of them if such discontinuance or disposal is, in the judgment of the Company or of the Subsidiary concerned, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary.

SECTION 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.

The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2) all lawful claims or labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Company shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto (segregated to the extent required by generally accepted accounting principles).

SECTION 1008. LIMITATION UPON LIENS.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed (notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed being hereinafter referred to for purposes of this Section 1008 and Section 1009 as “Debt”) secured by any pledge of, or mortgage, lien, encumbrance, or security interest on (herein referred to for purposes of this Section 1008 and Section 1009 as a “Lien”) any Principal Property and the Company will not, and will not permit any

Subsidiary to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any Debt secured by any Lien on any Capital Stock or Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether owned at the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired, without making effective provision, and the Company in each case will make or cause to be made effective provision, whereby the Securities (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Debt of the Company then existing or thereafter created which is not subordinate to the Securities) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) any and all other Debt thereby secured, so long as such Debt shall be so secured (for the purpose of providing such equal and ratable security the principal amount of the Securities shall mean and shall not be less than that principal amount that could be declared to be due and payable pursuant to Section 502 on the date of the making of such effective provision and the extent of such equal and ratable security shall be adjusted as and when said principal amount changes over time pursuant to Section 502 and any other provision hereof); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to Debt secured by any of the following:

(1) Liens on any property of the Company or any Subsidiary existing at the time of acquisition thereof or at the date of this Indenture;

(2) Liens on property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Subsidiary or a Subsidiary is merged into such corporation or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of such corporation (or a division thereof) as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or a Subsidiary, PROVIDED that such mortgage as a result of such merger, consolidation, sale, lease or other disposition is not extended to property owned by the Company or such Subsidiary immediately prior thereto;

(3) Liens on property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation first becomes a Subsidiary;

(4) Liens securing Debt of a Subsidiary to the Company or to another Subsidiary;

(5) Liens on property to secure all or part of the cost of acquiring, substantially repairing or altering, constructing, developing or substantially improving all or any part of such property, or to secure Debt incurred to provide funds for any such purpose or for reimbursement of funds previously expended for any such purpose, PROVIDED the commitment of the creditor to extend the credit secured by any such Debt shall have been obtained not later than 120 days after the later of (a) the completion of the acquisition, substantial repair or alteration, construction, development or substantial improvement of such property or (b) the placing in operation of such property or of such property as so substantially repaired or altered, constructed, developed or substantially improved;

(6) Liens arising from the assignment of moneys due and to become due under contracts between the Company or any Subsidiary and the United States of America, any state, commonwealth, territory or possession thereof or any agency, department, instrumentality or political subdivision of any thereof; or Liens in favor of the United States of America, any state, commonwealth, territory or possession thereof or any agency, department, instrumentality or political subdivision of any thereof, pursuant to the provisions or any contract not directly or indirectly in connection with securing Debt; or Liens in favor of any governmental body to secure progress, advance or other payments or the acquisition of real or personal property from such governmental body pursuant to any contract or provision of any statute;

(7) materialmen’s, carriers’, mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s and other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations which are not overdue or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; any deposit or pledge as security for the performance of any bid, tender, contract, lease, or undertaking not directly or indirectly in connection with the securing of Debt; any deposit or pledge with any governmental agency required or permitted to qualify the Company or any Subsidiary to conduct business, maintain self-insurance or to obtain the benefits of any law pertaining to workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, social security or similar matters, or to obtain any stay or discharge in any legal or administrative proceedings; deposits or pledges to obtain the release of materialmen’s, mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s or other like liens or the release of property in the possession of a common carrier; any security interest created in connection with the sale, discount or guarantee of notes, chattel mortgages, leases, accounts receivable, trade acceptances or other paper, or contingent repurchase obligations, arising out of sales of merchandise in the ordinary course of business; Liens permitted under Section 1007; or other deposits or pledges similar to those referred to in this clause (7);

(8) Liens arising by reason of any judgment, decree or other of any court, so long as any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order shall not have been finally terminated or so long as the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired; any deposit or pledge with any surety company or clerk of any court, or in escrow, as collateral in connection with, or in lieu of, any bond on appeal from any judgment or decree against the Company or any Subsidiary, or in connection with other proceedings or actions at law or in equity by or against the Company or any Subsidiary;

(9) Liens, charges and encumbrances incidental to construction, to the conduct of business or the ownership of property of the Company or any Subsidiary which were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advance or credits or the acquisition of property and do not in the aggregate materially impair the use of any Principal Property for the purposes for which it is held or which are being contested in good faith by the Company or such Subsidiary;

(10) any extension, renewal, substitution or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, substitutions or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) to (9), inclusive, or the Debt secured thereby; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby and not otherwise authorized by said clauses (1) to (9), inclusive, shall not exceed the principal amount of indebtedness, plus any premium or fee payable in connection with any such extension, renewal, substitution or replacement, so secured at the time of such extension, renewal, substitution or replacement; and

(11) Liens on any property or assets owned by Boeing Capital Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries including, without limitation, securities owned by Boeing Capital Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this Section, the Company or any Subsidiary may create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by a Lien which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions of subparagraph (a) of this Section in an aggregate amount which, together with all Attributable Debt outstanding pursuant to subparagraph (b) of Section 1009 and all Debt outstanding pursuant to this subparagraph (b) does not at the time of such creation, incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee of such Debt exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

For purposes of this Section and Section 1009, the giving of a guarantee which is secured by a Lien on a Principal Property, and the creation of a Lien on a Principal Property or Capital Stock or Debt to secure Debt which existed prior to the creation of such Lien, shall be deemed to involve the creation of Debt in an amount equal to the principal amount guaranteed or secured by such Lien; but the amount of Debt secured by Liens on Principal Properties and shares of Capital Stock and Debt shall be computed without cumulating the underlying Debt with any guarantee thereof or Lien securing the same.

SECTION 1009. LIMITATIONS ON SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS.

(a) The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction with respect to any Principal Property (except for a transaction providing for a lease for a term, including any renewal thereof, of not more than three years, except for a transaction between the Company and a Subsidiary or between Subsidiaries and except for any lease of property acquired after the date of this Indenture if the rent payable by the Company or such Subsidiary thereunder is to be reimbursed under a contract with the government of the United States or any instrumentality or agency thereof), if the commitment by or on behalf of the purchaser is obtained more than 120 days after the later of (i) the completion of the acquisition, substantial repair or alteration, construction, development or substantial improvement of such Principal Property or (ii) the placing in operation of such Principal Property or of such Principal Property as so substantially repaired or altered, constructed, developed or substantially improved, unless either (x) the Company or such Subsidiary would be entitled pursuant to subparagraph (a) of Section 1008 to create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by a Lien on such Principal

Property without equally and ratably securing the Securities or (y) the Company shall apply or cause to be applied, in the case of a sale or transfer for cash, an amount equal to the net proceeds thereof (but not in excess of the net book value of such Principal Property at the date of such sale or transfer) and, in the case of a sale or transfer otherwise than for cash, an amount equal to the fair value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the Principal Property so leased, to the retirement, within 180 days after the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, of Securities of any series or other Debt of the Company or a Subsidiary having a Stated Maturity more than 12 months from the date of such application which is not subordinate to the Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such retirement of Securities shall be in accordance with Article Eleven and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the amount to be applied to such retirement of Securities or other Debt shall be reduced by an amount equal to the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal amount of Securities delivered within 180 days after the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation (for purposes of making such calculation the principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities so retired or cancelled shall mean the portion thereof that could have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 502 at the time retired and cancelled) and (B) the principal amount, plus any premium or fee paid in connection with any redemption in accordance with the terms, of other indebtedness voluntarily retired by the Company within such 180-day period, excluding retirements pursuant to prepayment provisions, sinking fund provisions and payments at maturity.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this Section, (i) the Company or any Subsidiary may enter into a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions of subparagraph (a) of this Section so as to create an aggregate amount of Attributable Debt which, together with all Debt outstanding pursuant to subparagraph (b) of Section 1008, and all Attributable Debt outstanding pursuant to this subparagraph (b), does not at the time of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, and (ii) Boeing Capital Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries may enter into Sale and Lease-Back Transactions solely with respect to their properties and assets which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions of subparagraph (a) of this Section.

SECTION 1010. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (which on the date hereof ends on December 31), a written statement, which need not comply with Section 102, signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller or an Assistant Controller of the Company, stating as to each signer thereof, that

(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his supervision, and

(2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company has fulfilled all its obligations under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.

SECTION 1011. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1004 to 1009, inclusive, with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least 66 2/3% 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.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

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 Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of all of the Securities of any series, 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 in writing of such Redemption Date. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, 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 in writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.

If less than all the Securities of any series with the same issue date, interest rate or formula, Stated Maturity and other terms are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata 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, or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such series not redeemed to be less than the minimum denomination for a Security of such series established herein or pursuant hereto. Unless otherwise provided in the Securities of a series, partial redemption must be in an amount not less than $1,000,000 principal amount of Securities.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than the Trustee) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice of any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities or portion thereof.

Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price,

(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,

(4) in case any Registered Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Registered Security or Registered Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,

(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,

(6) the place or places where such Securities, together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto,

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

(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished,

(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made, and

(10) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Cedel reference numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depositary or a U.S. Depositary to identify such Securities).

A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need not identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

On or 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) any accrued interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.

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 and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest (at an office or agency located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002), and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

If any Bearer Securities surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest and Additional Amounts represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.

Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at any Place of Payment for such Security (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 his attorney 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 Registered Security or Securities of the same series, containing identical terms and provisions, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. If a Security in global form is so surrendered the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depositary or other Depositary for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so surrendered.

ARTICLE TWELVE

SINKING FUNDS

SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund or the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.

satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; PROVIDED that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee in accordance with the written instructions of the Company set forth in the Officers’ Certificate referenced below at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered and whether the Company intends to exercise its right to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series of Securities. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities subject to mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit Securities as provided in Section 1202 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such series.

Not more than 60 days before each 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.

On or prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee in cash a sum equal to any interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption of Securities or portions hereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section 1203.

by the Company, shall not give the next succeeding notice of the redemption of Securities of such series through the operation of the sinking fund. Such unused balance of moneys deposited in such sinking fund shall be added to the sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash in the next succeeding year or, at the request of the Company, shall be applied at any time or from time to time to the purchase of Securities of such series, by public or private purchase, in the open market or otherwise, at not in excess of (excluding accrued interest and brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any paying agent will be reimbursed by the Company) the principal amount thereof.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1301. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.

If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.

SECTION 1302. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.

(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section l301, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 2l days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subparagraph (a) of this Section.

SECTION 1303. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (l) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representative of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

SECTION 1304. QUORUM; ACTION.

The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of the Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a), except that such notice needs to be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.

resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned duly reconvened meeting and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.

Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

SECTION 1305. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may take such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.

(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by the Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.

(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of such series held or represented by him; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.

(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

SECTION 1306. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their written verified reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 1401. SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES.

Whenever this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same currency, or (ii) any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of Security of any particular series, any amount in respect of any Security denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall be treated for any such action or distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such action, determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such action, determination of rights or distribution) as the Company may specify in a written notice to the Trustee.

SECTION 1402. IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES.

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations of the Company, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers, directors or employees, as such, of the Company or of any successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of such Securities.

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS

SECTION 1501. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1501, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers to the respective Holders thereof.

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 WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.


THE BOEING COMPANY

By		/s/ Dave Dohnalek
		Title: Assistant Treasurer

ATTEST:

/s/ Jim Johnson

SECRETARY


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
TRUSTEE

By		/s/ James Freedman
		Title: Vice President


ATTEST:

/s/ Rosa Ciaccia

Title:

Exhibit 4.2

INSTRUMENT OF RESIGNATION, APPOINTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE, dated as of February 24, 2003 by and among THE BOEING COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at 100 N. Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606 (the “ Issuer ”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, having an office at 4 New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, 15 ^th Floor, as resigning Trustee (the “ Resigning Trustee ”), and BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, an Illinois trust company, having an office at 2 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, as successor Trustee (the “ Successor Trustee ”).

RECITALS

There is presently outstanding under an Indenture, dated as of August 15, 1991 (the “Indenture” ), between the Issuer and the Resigning Trustee, $2,550,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s debentures and notes more fully described on Exhibit A hereto (the “Securities” ).

The Resigning Trustee wishes to resign as Trustee, Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture; the Issuer wishes to appoint the Successor Trustee to succeed the Resigning Trustee as Trustee, Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture; and the Successor Trustee wishes to accept appointment as Trustee, Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Issuer, the Resigning Trustee and the Successor Trustee agree as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

THE RESIGNING TRUSTEE

Section 101 . Pursuant to Section 610(b) of the Indenture, the Resigning Trustee hereby notifies the Issuer that the Resigning Trustee is hereby resigning as Trustee under the Indenture.

Section 102 . The Resigning Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Successor Trustee that:

(a) No covenant or condition contained in the Indenture has been waived by the Resigning Trustee.

(b) There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the best of the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Resigning Trustee assigned to its corporate trust department, threatened against the Resigning Trustee before any court or governmental authority arising out of any action or omission by the Resigning Trustee as Trustee under the Indenture.

(d) As of the effective date of this Instrument, the Resigning Trustee will, hold no property under the Indenture.

(e) The Resigning Trustee has made, or promptly will make, available to the Successor Trustee originals, if available, or copies in its possession, of all documents relating to the trust created by the Indenture (the “ Trust ”) and all information in the possession of its corporate trust department relating to the administration and status of the Trust.

Section 103 . The Resigning Trustee hereby assigns, transfers, delivers and confirms to the Successor Trustee all right, title and interest of the Resigning Trustee in and to the trust under the Indenture, all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the Trustee under the Indenture and all property and money held by such Resigning Trustee under the Indenture. The Resigning Trustee shall execute and deliver such further instruments and shall do such other things as the Successor Trustee may reasonably require so as to more fully and certainly vest and confirm in the Successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties hereby assigned, transferred, delivered and confirmed to the Successor Trustee.

Section 104 . The Resigning Trustee hereby resigns as Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

THE ISSUER

Section 201 . The Issuer hereby certifies that annexed hereto marked Exhibit B is a copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer, which resolutions are in full force and effect on the date hereof, authorizing certain officers of the Issuer to: (a) accept the Resigning Trustee’s resignation as Trustee. Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture; (b) appoint the Successor Trustee as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture; and (c) execute and deliver such agreements and other instruments as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the succession of the Successor Trustee as Trustee, Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture.

Section 202 . The Issuer hereby accepts the resignation of the Resigning Trustee as Trustee, Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture. Pursuant to Section 610(e) of the Indenture, the Issuer hereby appoints the Successor Trustee as Trustee under the Indenture and confirms to the Successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the Trustee under the Indenture and with respect to all property and money held or to be held under the Indenture. The Issuer shall execute and deliver such further instruments and shall do such other things as the Successor Trustee may reasonably require so as to more fully and certainly vest and confirm in the Successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties hereby assigned, transferred, delivered and confirmed to the Successor Trustee.

Section 203 . The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Successor Trustee that:

(a) It is a corporation duly and validly organized and existing pursuant to the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b) The Indenture was validly and lawfully executed and delivered by the Issuer, has not been amended or modified, and is in full force and effect.

(d) No event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default under Section 501 of the Indenture.

(e) No covenant or condition contained in the Indenture has been waived by the Issuer or by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities required to effect any such waiver.

(f) There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the best of the Issuer’s knowledge, threatened against the Issuer before any court or any governmental authority arising out of any action or omission by the Issuer under the Indenture.

(g) This Instrument has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Issuer.

(h) All conditions precedent relating to the appointment of BNY Midwest Trust Company as successor Trustee, Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture have been complied with by the Issuer.

Section 204 . The Issuer hereby appoints the Successor Trustee as Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture.

ARTICLE THREE

THE SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

Section 301 . The Successor Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Resigning Trustee and to the Issuer that the Successor Trustee is qualified and eligible under Section 609 of the Indenture to act as Trustee under the Indenture.

Section 302 . Pursuant to Section 611(a) of the Indenture, the Successor Trustee hereby accepts its appointment as Trustee under the Indenture and shall hereby be vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the Trustee under the Indenture and with respect to all property and money held or to be held under the Indenture.

Section 303 . The Successor Trustee hereby accepts its appointment as Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture.

Section 304 . Promptly after the execution and delivery of this Instrument, the Successor Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, shall cause a notice, the form of which is annexed hereto marked Exhibit C , to be sent to each Holder of the Securities in accordance with Section 610(d) of the Indenture.

ARTICLE FOUR

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 401 . Except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, all terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

Section 402 . This Instrument and the resignation, appointment and acceptance effected hereby shall be effective as of the close of business on the date first above written; provided , that the resignation of the Resigning Trustee and the appointment of the Successor Trustee as Security Registrar and Paying Agent under the Indenture shall be effective 10 business days after the date first above written.

Section 403 . Notwithstanding the resignation of the Resigning Trustee effected hereby, the Issuer shall remain obligated under Section 607 of Indenture to compensate, reimburse and indemnify the Resigning Trustee in connection with its prior trusteeship under the Indenture. The Issuer also acknowledges and reaffirms its obligations to the Successor Trustee as set forth in Section 607 of the Indenture, which obligations shall survive the execution hereof.

Section 404 . This Instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction which govern the Indenture and its construction.

Section 405 . This Instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 406 . All notices, whether faxed or mailed, will be deemed received when sent pursuant to the following instructions:

TO THE RESIGNING TRUSTEE:

Mr. James P. Freeman

Vice President

Institutional Trust Services

JPMorgan Chase Bank

4 New York Plaza, 15 ^th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Fax: (212) 623-6215

Tel.: (212) 623-5187

TO THE SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE:

Ms Linda Garcia

Assistant Treasurer

Corporate Trust Administration

BNY Midwest Trust Company

2 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1020

Chicago, Illinois 60602

Fax: (312) 827-8542

Tel.: (312) 827-8548

TO THE ISSUER:

Elizabeth Bassler

Director, Global Treasury Operations

The Boeing Company

100 N. Riverside Plaza

MC 5003-3020

Chicago, Il 60606-1596

Fax: (312) 544-2399

Tel.: (312) 544-2147

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.


THE BOEING COMPANY

By:		/s/ David A. Dohnalek
Name:		David A. Dohnalek
Title:		Assistant Treasurer

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Resigning Trustee

By:		/s/ James P. Freeman
Name:
Title:

BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, as
Successor Trustee

By:		/s/ Linda Garcia
Name:
Title:

Exhibit 4.3

THE BOEING COMPANY

[ ]

TRUSTEE

SUBORDINATED

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF [ ], [ ]

PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES


Trust Indenture Act Section		Indenture Section
310(a)(1)		609
(a)(2)		609
(a)(3)		Not Applicable
(a)(4)		Not Applicable
(a)(5)		609
(b)		609, 610
311(a)		613
(b)		613
312(a)		701, 702(a)
(b)		702(b)
(c)		702
313(a)		703
(b)		703
(c)		703
(d)		703
314(a)		704, 1010
(b)		Not Applicable
(c)(1)		102
(c)(2)		102
(c)(3)		Not Applicable
(d)		Not Applicable
(e)		Not Applicable
315(a)		102
(b)		602
(c)		601(b)
(d)		601(c)
(d)(1)		601(a)(1)
(d)(2)		601(c)(2)
(d)(3)		601(c)(3)
(e)		514
316(a)(1)(A)		502, 512
(a)(1)(B)		513
(a)(2)		Not Applicable
(b)		508
(c)		1301
317(a)(1)		503
(a)(2)		504
(b)		1003
318(a)		108

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION		1
SECTION 101.	DEFINITIONS	1
SECTION 102.	COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS	8
SECTION 103.	FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE	9
SECTION 104.	ACTS OF HOLDERS	10
SECTION 105.	NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY	11
SECTION 106.	NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER	12
SECTION 107.	LANGUAGE OF NOTICES, ETC	13
SECTION 108.	CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT	13
SECTION 109.	EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS	13
SECTION 110.	SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS	13
SECTION 111.	SEPARABILITY CLAUSE	13
SECTION 112.	BENEFITS OF INDENTURE	13
SECTION 113.	GOVERNING LAW	13
SECTION 114.	LEGAL HOLIDAYS	14
SECTION 115.	APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE	14

ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS		14
SECTION 201.	FORMS GENERALLY	14
SECTION 202.	FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION	15
SECTION 203.	SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM	15

ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES		16
SECTION 301.	AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES	16
SECTION 302.	DENOMINATIONS	20
SECTION 303.	EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING	20
SECTION 304.	TEMPORARY SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES	23
SECTION 305.	REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE	25
SECTION 306.	MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES	28
SECTION 307.	PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED; OPTIONAL INTEREST RESET	29
SECTION 308.	PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS	31
SECTION 309.	CANCELLATION	32
SECTION 310.	COMPUTATION OF INTEREST	32
SECTION 311.	FORM OF CERTIFICATION BY A PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BEARER SECURITY	32
SECTION 312.	OPTIONAL EXTENSION OF MATURITY	33


ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE		34
SECTION 401.	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE	34
SECTION 402.	APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY	35
SECTION 403.	SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE OF SECURITIES OF ANY SERIES	36

ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES		38
SECTION 501.	EVENTS OF DEFAULT	38
SECTION 502.	ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT	39
SECTION 503.	COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE	40
SECTION 504.	TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM	41
SECTION 505.	TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES OR COUPONS	42
SECTION 506.	APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED	42
SECTION 507.	LIMITATION ON SUITS	43
SECTION 508.	UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST	43
SECTION 509.	RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES	43
SECTION 510.	RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE	44
SECTION 511.	DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER	44
SECTION 512.	CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES	44
SECTION 513.	WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS	44
SECTION 514.	UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS	45
SECTION 515.	WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS	45

ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE		46
SECTION 601.	CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES	46
SECTION 602.	NOTICE OF DEFAULTS	47
SECTION 603.	CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE	47
SECTION 604.	NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES	48
SECTION 605.	MAY HOLD SECURITIES	48
SECTION 606.	MONEY HELD IN TRUST	48
SECTION 607.	COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT	49
SECTION 608.	TRUSTEE’S LIEN	49
SECTION 609.	CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING INTERESTS	49
SECTION 610.	RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR	50
SECTION 611.	ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR	51
SECTION 612.	MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS	52
SECTION 613.	PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY	53
SECTION 614.	APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT	53


ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY		55
SECTION 701.	HOLDERS’ LISTS	55
SECTION 702.	PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS	55
SECTION 703.	REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS	55
SECTION 704.	REPORTS BY COMPANY	56

ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE		56
SECTION 801.	COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS	56
SECTION 802.	SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED	57

ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES		57
SECTION 901.	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS	57
SECTION 902.	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS	59
SECTION 903.	EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	60
SECTION 904.	EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	60
SECTION 905.	CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT	60
SECTION 906.	REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	60

ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS		61
SECTION 1001.	PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST	61
SECTION 1002.	MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY	61
SECTION 1003.	MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST	62
SECTION 1004.	ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS	63
SECTION 1005.	CORPORATE EXISTENCE	64
SECTION 1006.	PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS	64
SECTION 1007.	STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE	65
SECTION 1008.	WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS	65

ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES		65
SECTION 1101.	APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE	65
SECTION 1102.	ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE	65
SECTION 1103.	SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED	66
SECTION 1104.	NOTICE OF REDEMPTION	66
SECTION 1105.	DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE	67
SECTION 1106.	SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE	68
SECTION 1107.	SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART	68

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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS		69
SECTION 1201.	APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE	69
SECTION 1202.	SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES	69
SECTION 1203.	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND	69

ARTICLE THIRTEEN MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES		70
SECTION 1301.	PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED	70
SECTION 1302.	CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS	71
SECTION 1303.	PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS	71
SECTION 1304.	QUORUM; ACTION	71
SECTION 1305.	DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS	72
SECTION 1306.	COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS	73

ARTICLE FOURTEEN SUBORDINATION		74
SECTION 1401.	SECURITIES SUBORDINATED TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS	74
SECTION 1402.	EFFECTUATION OF SUBORDINATION BY TRUSTEE	77
SECTION 1403.	KNOWLEDGE OF TRUSTEE	77
SECTION 1404.	TRUSTEE’S RELATION TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS	77
SECTION 1405.	RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS NOT IMPAIRED	78

ARTICLE FIFTEEN MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS		78
SECTION 1501.	SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES	78
SECTION 1502.	IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES	78

ARTICLE SIXTEEN REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS		79
SECTION 1601.	APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE	79

SUBORDINATED INDENTURE , dated as of [ ], [ ], between The Boeing Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), having a principal office at 100 North Riverside, Chicago, Illinois 60606-1596, and [ ], as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured and subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), unlimited as to principal amount, to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

All things necessary to make, this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: