JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Trustee THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION COPY

EVEREST REINSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

To

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

                                           Trustee

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of October 12, 2004

5.40% Senior Notes due October 15, 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS¹

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THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is made as of the 12^th day of October, 2004, by and between EVEREST REINSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation, having its principal office at 477 Martinsville Road, P.O. Box 830, Liberty Corner, New Jersey 07938 (the “Company”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2000 (the “Original Indenture”), with JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee;

WHEREAS, the Original Indenture is incorporated herein by this reference and the Original Indenture, as amended and supplemented to the date hereof, including by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein called the “Indenture”;

WHEREAS, under the Indenture, a new series of Securities may at any time be established in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the terms of such series may be described by a supplemental indenture executed by the Company and the Trustee;

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to create under the Indenture a new series of Securities;

WHEREAS, additional Securities of other series hereafter established, except as may be limited in the Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified, may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified; and

WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the Company have been done or performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

5.40% Senior Notes due October 15, 2014

SECTION 101. Establishment.

There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under the Indenture, to be designated as the Company’s 5.40% Senior Notes due October 15, 2014 (the “Notes”).

There are to be authenticated and delivered $250,000,000 principal amount of Notes, and no further Notes shall be authenticated and delivered except as provided by Section 301(2), 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Original Indenture. The Notes shall be issued in fully registered form without coupons.

The Notes shall be in substantially the form set out in Exhibit A hereto, and the form of the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication for the Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

Each Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from the date of original issuance thereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.

There shall be the following additions to the covenants set forth in the Original Indenture with respect to the Notes, which shall be effective only so long as any of the Notes are Outstanding:

Limitations on Sales of Restricted Subsidiaries’ Capital Stock. The Company shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of capital stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or sales to Restricted Subsidiaries), and it shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of capital stock of any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or sales or other transfers to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary), unless the entire capital stock of such Restricted Subsidiary at the time owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be disposed of at the same time for a consideration consisting of cash or other property, which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, is at least equal to the fair value thereof.

Limitations on Liens on Restricted Subsidiaries’ Capital Stock. The Company shall not, and it shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary at any time directly or indirectly to, create, assume, incur or permit to exist any indebtedness secured by a pledge, lien or other encumbrance on the capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary without making effective provision whereby the Notes then Outstanding (and, if the Company so elects, any other indebtedness ranking on a parity with the Notes) shall be equally and ratably secured with such secured indebtedness so long as such other indebtedness shall be secured.

For purposes of the Indenture, “Restricted Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary which is a regulated insurance company principally engaged in one or more of the life, annuity, property and casualty insurance businesses; provided, however, that no such Subsidiary shall be a Restricted Subsidiary if (1) (a) the total assets of such Subsidiary are less than 10% of the total assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (including such Subsidiary), in each case as set forth on the most recent fiscal year-end balance sheets of such Subsidiary and the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, respectively, and computed in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), and (b) the total revenues of such Subsidiary are less than 10% of the total revenues of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (including such Subsidiary), in each case as set forth on the most recent fiscal year-end

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income statements of such Subsidiary and the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, respectively, and computed in accordance with GAAP or (2) in the judgment of the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a Board Resolution, such Subsidiary is not material to the financial condition of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

The preceding additional covenants are included in the Original Indenture solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, and for purposes of Sections 1009 and 1303 of the Original Indenture, shall be deemed covenants provided by Sections 301(19), 901(1) and 901(3) thereof for the benefit of such Holders

SECTION 102. Definitions.

The following defined terms used herein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings specified below. Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Original Indenture.

“Interest Payment Dates” means April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2005.

“Original Issue Date” means October 12, 2004.

“Regular Record Date” means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the close of business on the respective April 1 and October 1 (whether or not a Business Day) prior to such Interest Payment Date.

“Stated Maturity” means October 15, 2014.

SECTION 103. Payment of Principal and Interest.

The principal of the Notes shall be due at Stated Maturity (unless earlier redeemed). The unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.40% per annum until paid or duly provided for, such interest to accrue from October 12, 2004 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be paid semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date to the Person or Persons in whose name the Notes are registered on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable at the Stated Maturity of principal or on a Redemption Date as provided herein shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. Any such interest that is not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person or Persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee (“Special Record Date”), notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Notes not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Original Indenture.

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Payments of interest on the Notes shall include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for the Notes shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such date shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. “Business Day” means a day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on which the Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.

Payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Holder of such Global Security; provided, however, that in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent. If any of the Notes are no longer represented by a Global Security, (i) payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest due at the Stated Maturity or on a Redemption Date shall be made at the office of the Paying Agent upon surrender of such Notes to the Paying Agent and (ii) payments of interest shall be made, at the option of the Company, subject to such surrender where applicable, (A) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (B) by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto.

SECTION 104. Denominations.

The Notes shall be issued in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

SECTION 105. Global Securities.

The Notes shall initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary (which initially shall be The Depository Trust Company) or its nominee. Except under the limited circumstances described below, Notes represented by such Global Security or Global Securities shall not be exchangeable for, and shall not otherwise be issuable as, Notes in definitive form. The Global Securities described above may not be transferred except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or its nominee.

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Subject to the procedures of the Depositary, a Global Security shall be exchangeable for Notes registered in the names of persons other than the Depositary or its nominee only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Trustee and the Company that it is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as a Depositary for such Global Security and no qualified successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company of such notification, or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as such Depositary and no qualified successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days after it becomes aware of such cessation, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order stating that the Company elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary, or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Global Security. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Notes as provided in the Original Indenture.

SECTION 106. Redemption at the Option of the Company.

The Notes shall be redeemable, in whole or from time to time in part, at the option of the Company on any date (a “Redemption Date”), at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to such Redemption Date) discounted to such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus twenty (20) basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to such Redemption Date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be 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 the Notes.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Notes, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date.

“Independent Investment Banker” means either Goldman, Sachs & Co. or Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (as selected by the Company) and any successor firm or, if each firm is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

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“Reference Treasury Dealer” means Goldman, Sachs & Co. and any two (2) of the following as determined by the Company: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; provided, however, that (i) if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary treasury dealer in U.S. Government Securities, the Company will substitute therefor another primary treasury dealer in its place and (ii) if the Company fails to select a substitute within a reasonable period of time, then the substitute will be any other primary treasury dealer in U.S. Government Securities selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the third (3^rd) Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, 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 such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third (3^rd) Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

Notwithstanding Section 1104 of the Original Indenture, the notice of redemption with respect to the foregoing redemption need not set forth the Redemption Price or an estimate thereof, but only the manner of calculation thereof.

The Company shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Price with respect to the foregoing redemption promptly after the calculation thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible for calculating said Redemption Price.

The third paragraph of Section 1104 of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to the foregoing redemption.

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions of the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of whole multiples of $1,000; provided, that the unredeemed portion of any Note may not be less than $2,000.

The Notes shall not have a sinking fund.

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SECTION 107. Paying Agent.

The Trustee shall initially serve as Paying Agent with respect to the Notes, with the Place of Payment initially being the Corporate Trust Office.

ARTICLE II

Miscellaneous Provisions

SECTION 201. Recitals by Company.

The recitals in this Supplemental Indenture are made by the Company only and not by the Trustee, and all of the provisions contained in the Original Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in full.

SECTION 202. Ratification and Incorporation of Original Indenture.

As supplemented hereby, the Original Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

SECTION 203. Executed in Counterparts.

This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this instrument to be signed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first above written.

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Exhibit A

Form of

5.40% Senior Note due October 15, 2014

EVEREST REINSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

5.40% Senior Note due October 15, 2014

Regular Record Date: close of business on the respective April 1 and October 1 (whether or not a Business Day) prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date.

Original Issue Date: October 12, 2004

Stated Maturity: October 15, 2014

Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15

Interest Rate: 5.40% per annum

Authorized Denomination: $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof

EVEREST REINSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                 , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                  DOLLARS ($                 ) on the Stated Maturity shown above and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date shown above, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date as specified above, commencing on April 15, 2005, and on the Stated Maturity and each Redemption Date at the rate per annum shown above (the “Interest Rate”) until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment and on any overdue principal and premium, if any, and on any overdue installment of interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (other than an Interest Payment Date that is the Stated Maturity or a Redemption Date) will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this 5.40% Senior Note due October 15, 2014 (this “Security”) is registered on the Regular Record Date as specified above next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that any interest payable at Stated Maturity or on a Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will

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forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities of this series shall be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

Payments of interest on this Security will include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for this Security shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. “Business Day” means a day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on which the Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.

Payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Securities of this series represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Holder of such Global Security; provided, however, that in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent. If any of the Securities of this series are no longer represented by a Global Security, (i) payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest due at the Stated Maturity or on a Redemption Date shall be made at the office of the Paying Agent upon surrender of such Securities to the Paying Agent and (ii) payments of interest shall be made, at the option of the Company, subject to such surrender where applicable, (A) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (B) by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto.

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECURITY SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.

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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

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(Reverse of Security)

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (the “Securities”), issued and issuable in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2000, (the “Senior Indenture”) as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 12, 2004 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Senior Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities issued thereunder and of the terms upon which said Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof as 5.40% Senior Notes due October 15, 2014 in the initial aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000. Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

The Securities of this series will be redeemable, in whole or from time to time in part, at the option of the Company on any date (a “Redemption Date”), at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to such Redemption Date) discounted to such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to such Redemption Date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be 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 the Securities of this series.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date.

“Independent Investment Banker” means either Goldman, Sachs & Co. or Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (as selected by the Company) and any successor firm or, if each firm is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means Goldman, Sachs & Co. and any two (2) of the following as determined by the Company: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; provided, however, that (i) if any of the foregoing

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shall cease to be a primary treasury dealer in U.S. Government Securities, the Company will substitute therefor another primary treasury dealer in its place and (ii) if the Company fails to select a substitute within a reasonable period of time, then the substitute will be any other primary treasury dealer in U.S. Government Securities selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the third (3^rd) Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, 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 such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third (3^rd) Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

Notice of any redemption by the Company will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before any Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities of this series to be redeemed. If less than all the Securities of this series are to be redeemed at the option of the Company, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate, the Securities of this series to be redeemed in whole or in part. The Trustee may select for redemption Securities of this series and portions of Securities of this series in amounts of whole multiples of $1,000; provided, that the unredeemed portion of any Security of this series may not be less than $2,000.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series affected thereby at the time Outstanding. The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of

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such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar and duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the Securities of this series and for covenant defeasance at any time of certain covenants in the Indenture upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this

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Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Company.

This Security shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof.

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not on the above list.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto                          (please insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee)

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                           agent to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

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Exhibit B

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

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