As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2007.

Registration No. 333-             

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form S-3

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

Delaware		16-1725106
(State or Other Jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)		Identification No.)

601 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
(904) 858-8100
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Peter T. Sadowski
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
601 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
(904) 858-8100
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copy to:
Robert S. Rachofsky
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
(212) 424-8000

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

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									Proposed Maximum					Proposed Maximum					Amount of
	Title of Each Class of			Amount to be					Offering Price Per					Aggregate Offering					Registration
	Securities to be Registered(2)			Registered					Unit					Price					Fee
	Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share(3)				(1	)				(1	)				(1	)			$	0	(1)
	Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share(4)				(1	)				(1	)				(1	)			$	0	(1)
	Depositary Shares(5)				(1	)				(1	)				(1	)			$	0	(1)
	Debt Securities(6)				(1	)				(1	)				(1	)			$	0	(1)
	Warrants				(1	)				(1	)				(1	)			$	0	(1)
	Purchase Contracts				(1	)				(1	)				(1	)			$	0	(1)
	Units				(1	)				(1	)				(1	)			$	0	(1)

 

 

PROSPECTUS

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.

COMMON STOCK, PREFERRED STOCK, DEPOSITARY SHARES,
DEBT SECURITIES, WARRANTS, PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND UNITS

     Fidelity National Financial, Inc. may from time to time in one or more offerings offer and sell shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock, depositary shares representing fractional interests in shares of common or preferred stock or debt securities, senior or subordinated debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units.

     Fidelity National Financial, Inc. will provide the specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement carefully before you make your investment decision.

     Fidelity National Financial, Inc. may sell these securities to or through underwriters and also to other purchasers or through agents. The names of any underwriters or agents and the specific terms of a plan of distribution will be stated in an accompanying prospectus supplement.

     Fidelity National Financial, Inc.’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “FNF.” Other than for Fidelity National Financial, Inc.’s common stock, there is no market for the other securities we may offer.

     Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

     This prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of offered securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

The date of this prospectus is November 14, 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS			1
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS			1
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.			2
USE OF PROCEEDS			2
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES			2
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES			2
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK			2
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES			7
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES			9
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS			18
DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS			20
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS			21
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION			21
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION			23
LEGAL MATTERS			24
EXPERTS			24
EXHIBIT 4.2(A)
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 12.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 25.1

     You should rely only on the information contained in this document or to which we have referred you. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. This document may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this document may only be accurate on the date of this document.

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

     Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus to “Fidelity,” “we,” “our,” or “us” refer to Fidelity National Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries

     This prospectus is part of a registration statement that Fidelity filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, Fidelity may issue any combination of securities described in this prospectus from time to time. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities Fidelity may offer. Each time we sell securities, a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering will be provided. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

     You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Fidelity has not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. Fidelity is not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

     You should assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate as of the date of the prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     The statements contained in this prospectus and any related prospectus supplement, or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any related prospectus supplement, that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding our expectations, hopes, intentions, or strategies regarding the future. These statements relate to, among other things, the future financial and operating results of Fidelity. In many cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these statements as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to:

	•		changes in general economic, business, and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets;
	•		adverse changes in the level of real estate activity, which may be caused by, among other things, high or increasing interest rates, a limited supply of mortgage funding or a weak U.S. economy;
	•		compliance with extensive government regulations of our operating subsidiaries, and the possibility of adverse changes in applicable laws or regulations;
	•		regulatory investigations of the title insurance industry;
	•		our business concentration in the State of California, the source of over 20% of our title insurance premiums;
	•		our potential inability to find suitable acquisition candidates, as well as the risks associated with acquisitions in lines of business that will not necessarily be limited to our traditional areas of focus or difficulties in integrating acquisitions;
	•		our dependence on distributions from our title insurance underwriters as our main source of cash flow;
	•		competition from other title insurance companies; and

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other risks detailed elsewhere in this document and in our other filings with the SEC.

     We are not under any obligation (and expressly disclaim any such obligation) to update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should carefully consider the possibility that actual results may differ materially from forward-looking statements in or incorporated into this prospectus.

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.

     We are a leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance lines and claims management services. We are one of the nation’s largest title insurance companies through our title insurance underwriters — Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Ticor Title, Security Union Title and Alamo Title — which issue approximately 27.7 percent of all title insurance policies in the United States. We also provide flood insurance, personal lines insurance and home warranty insurance through our specialty insurance subsidiaries. We are also a leading provider of outsourced claims management services to large corporate and public sector entities through our minority-owned subsidiary, Sedgwick CMS.

     Our executive offices are located at 601 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32204 and our telephone number is (904) 854-8100.

USE OF PROCEEDS

     Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, the net proceeds from the sale of securities offered by us will be used for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. Until we use the net proceeds in this manner, we may temporarily use them to make short-term investments or reduce short-term borrowings.

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

     The following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed charges.

		Nine Months
		Ended
		September 30,				Year Ended December 31,
		2007				2006				2005				2004				2003				2002
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(1)			1.0				3.7				6.4				8.2				11.0				8.8

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

     This prospectus contains summary descriptions of the common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units that we may sell from time to time. These summary descriptions are not meant to be complete descriptions of each security. However, this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement contain the material terms of the securities being offered.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

     The following description of select provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, our bylaws, and of the Delaware General Corporation Law is necessarily general and does not purport to be complete.

This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference in each case to the applicable provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws, and to the provisions of Delaware law. We have incorporated by reference our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and our bylaws as exhibits to the registration statement.

General

     Stock Outstanding. As of September 30, 2007, our authorized capital stock consisted of 600,000,000 shares, par value $.0001 per share, of Class A common stock, of which 215,688,726 shares were issued and outstanding. As of September 30, 2007, our authorized preferred stock was 50,000,000 shares, par value $.0001 per share, of which no shares were issued and outstanding.

Common Stock

     Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available therefor. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters on which the holders of common stock are entitled to vote. Our common stock does not entitle its holders to cumulative voting rights. In the event of our liquidation or dissolution, holders of our common stock would be entitled to share equally and ratably in our assets, if any, remaining after the payment of all liabilities and the liquidation preference of any outstanding class or series of preferred stock. The rights and privileges of holders of our common stock are subject to the rights and preferences of the holders of any series of preferred stock that we may issue in the future, as described below.

Preferred Stock

     Subject to the approval by holders of shares of any class or series of preferred stock, to the extent such approval is required, our board of directors has the authority to issue preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the number of shares constituting any such series and the designations, powers, preferences, limitations and relative rights, including dividend rights, dividend rate, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption price or prices, conversion rights and liquidation preferences of the shares constituting any series, without any further vote or action by stockholders. The specific terms of the preferred stock will be described in the prospectus supplement.

     Voting Rights. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that the holders of preferred stock will have the right to vote separately as a class on any proposal involving fundamental changes in the rights of holders of such preferred stock. The prospectus supplement will describe the voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock.

     Conversion or Exchange. The prospectus supplement will describe the terms, if any, on which the preferred stock may be convertible into or exchangeable for securities described in this prospectus. These terms will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our option. These provisions may set forth the conversion price, the method of determining the conversion price and the conversion period and may allow or require the number of shares of our common stock or other securities to be received by the holders of preferred stock to be adjusted.

     Redemption. The prospectus supplement will describe the obligation, if any, to redeem the preferred stock in whole or in part at the times and at the redemption prices set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Delaware Law

     A number of provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and our bylaws deal with matters of corporate governance and the rights of stockholders. The following discussion is a general summary of select provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, our bylaws and certain Delaware laws that might be deemed to have a potential “anti-takeover” effect. These provisions may have the effect of discouraging a future takeover attempt which is not approved by our board of directors but which individual stockholders may deem to be in their best interest or in which stockholders may be offered a substantial premium for

their shares over then current market prices. As a result, stockholders who might desire to participate in such a transaction may not have an opportunity to do so. Such provisions will also render the removal of the incumbent board of directors or management more difficult.

     Common Stock.  Our unissued shares of authorized Class A common stock will be available for future issuance without additional stockholder approval. While the authorized but unissued shares are not designed to deter or prevent a change of control, under some circumstances we could use the authorized but unissued shares to create voting impediments or to frustrate persons seeking to effect a takeover or otherwise gain control by, for example, issuing those shares in private placements to purchasers who might side with our board of directors in opposing a hostile takeover bid.

     Preferred Stock.  The existence of authorized but unissued preferred stock could reduce our attractiveness as a target for an unsolicited takeover bid since we could, for example, issue shares of the preferred stock to parties that might oppose such a takeover bid or issue shares of the preferred stock containing terms the potential acquiror may find unattractive. This ability may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control, may discourage bids for our common stock at a premium over the market price of our common stock, and may adversely affect the market price of, and the voting and the other rights of the holders of, our common stock.

     Classified Board of Directors and Related Provisions.  Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that our board of directors must be divided into three classes of directors (each class containing approximately one-third of the total number of directors) serving staggered three-year terms. As a result, approximately one-third of our board of directors will be elected each year. This classified board provision will prevent a third party who acquires control of a majority of our outstanding voting stock from obtaining control of our board of directors until the second annual stockholders meeting following the date the acquiror obtains the controlling interest. The number of directors constituting our board of directors is determined from time to time by our board of directors. Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation also provides that directors may be removed only for “cause” by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding voting stock entitled to vote. This provision, in conjunction with the provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizing our board of directors to fill vacancies on the board, will prevent stockholders from removing incumbent directors without cause and filling the resulting vacancies with their own nominees.

     No Stockholder Action by Written Consent; Special Meetings.  Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that stockholder action can be taken only at an annual or special meeting of stockholders and cannot be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting. Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation also provides that, except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of the stockholders can only be called by a majority of our entire board of directors or our chairman of the board or chief executive officer. Stockholders may not call a special meeting or require that our board of directors call a special meeting of stockholders.

     Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominees.  Our bylaws provide that, if one of our stockholders desires to submit a proposal or nominate persons for election as directors at an annual stockholders’ meeting, the stockholder’s written notice must be received by us not less than 120 days prior to the anniversary date of the date of the proxy statement for the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders. However, if the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by a stockholder must be received by us not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made. The notice must describe the proposal or nomination and set forth the name and address of, and stock held of record and beneficially by, the stockholder. Notices of stockholder proposals or nominations must set forth the reasons for the proposal or nomination and any material interest of the stockholder in the proposal or nomination and a representation that the stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting. Director nomination notices must set forth the name and address of the nominee, arrangements between the stockholder and the nominee and other information required under Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The presiding officer of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge a proposal or nomination not made in compliance with the procedures contained in our bylaws. The advance notice requirements regulating stockholder nominations and proposals may have the effect of precluding a contest for the election of directors or the introduction of a stockholder proposal if the requisite procedures are not followed and may discourage or deter a third-party from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors or to introduce a proposal.

     Voting Requirements on Amending our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws.  Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and our bylaws provide that amendments to certain provisions of our bylaws, including those related to stockholder proposals and calling special meetings of stockholders, must be approved by both our board of directors and by the vote, at a regular or special stockholders’ meeting, of the holders of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all our capital stock then entitled to vote. All other amendments to our bylaws require either: (i) approval by a majority of our entire board of directors (without stockholder consent) or (ii) the vote, at a regular or special stockholders’ meeting, of the holders of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all our capital stock then entitled to vote. In addition, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that amendments to certain provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, including those relating to the classified board, removal of directors, calling special meetings and no stockholder action by written consent, must be approved by the vote, at a regular or special stockholders’ meeting, of the holders of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all of our capital stock then entitled to vote (in addition to the approval of our board of directors).

     Business Combination Statute.  We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, an anti-takeover law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder is approved in a prescribed manner. Generally, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Generally, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns or within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status did own 15% or more of a corporation’s voting stock.

Limitations on Director Liability

     Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, we may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our director, officer, employee or agent, or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In addition, Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating to liability for unauthorized acquisitions or redemptions of, or dividends on, capital stock), or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains the provisions permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation Relating to Corporate Opportunities

     To address situations in which officers or directors have conflicting duties to affiliated corporations, Section 122(17) of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to renounce, in its certificate of incorporation or by action of its board of directors, any interest or expectancy of the corporation in specified classes or categories of business opportunities. As such, and in order to address potential conflicts of interest between us and Fidelity National Information Systems, Inc., and its subsidiaries, which we refer to as FIS, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions regulating and defining, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the conduct of our affairs as they may involve FIS and its officers and directors.

     Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, subject to any written agreement to the contrary, FIS will have no duty to refrain from engaging in the same or similar activities or lines of business that we

engage in, and, except as set forth in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, neither FIS nor its officers or directors will be liable to us or our stockholders for any breach of any fiduciary duty due to any such activities of FIS.

     Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation also provides that we may from time to time be or become a party to and perform, and may cause or permit any subsidiary to be or become a party to and perform, one or more agreements (or modifications or supplements to pre-existing agreements) with FIS. With limited exceptions, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no such agreement, nor the performance thereof in accordance with its terms by us or any of our subsidiaries or FIS, shall be considered contrary to any fiduciary duty to us or our stockholders of any director or officer of ours who is also a director, officer or employee of FIS. With limited exceptions, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no director or officer of ours who is also a director, officer or employee of FIS shall have or be under any fiduciary duty to us or our stockholders to refrain from acting on behalf of us or any of our subsidiaries or on behalf of FIS in respect of any such agreement or performing any such agreement in accordance with its terms.

     Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation further provides that if one of our directors or officers who is also a director or officer of FIS acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for both FIS and us, the director or officer will have satisfied his or her fiduciary duty to us and our stockholders with respect to that corporate opportunity if he or she acts in a manner consistent with the following policy:

	•		a corporate opportunity offered to any person who is an officer of ours and who is also a director but not an officer of FIS, will belong to us unless the opportunity is expressly offered to that person in a capacity other than such person’s capacity as one of our officers, in which case it will not belong to us;
	•		a corporate opportunity offered to any person who is a director but not an officer of ours, and who is also a director or officer of FIS, will belong to us only if that opportunity is expressly offered to that person in that person’s capacity as one of our directors; and
	•		a corporate opportunity offered to any person who is an officer of both FIS and us will belong to us only if that opportunity is expressly offered to that person in that person’s capacity as one of our officers.

Notwithstanding these provisions, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation does not prohibit us from pursuing any corporate opportunity of which we become aware.

     These provisions in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation will no longer be effective on the date that none of our directors or officers are also directors or officers of FIS.

     If our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation did not include provisions setting forth the circumstances under which opportunities will belong to us and regulating the conduct of our directors and officers in situations where their duties to us and FIS conflict, the actions of our directors and officers in each such situation would be subject to the fact-specific analysis of the corporate opportunity doctrine as articulated under Delaware law. Under Delaware law, a director of a corporation may take a corporate opportunity, or divert it to another corporation in which that director has an interest, if (i) the opportunity is presented to the director or officer in his or her individual capacity, (ii) the opportunity is not essential to the corporation, (iii) the corporation holds no interest or expectancy in the opportunity and (iv) the director or officer has not wrongfully employed the resources of the corporation in pursing or exploiting the opportunity. Based on Section 122(17) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, we do not believe the corporate opportunity guidelines set forth in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation conflict with Delaware law. If, however, a conflict were to arise between the provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Delaware law, Delaware law would control.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

     The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES

     The following outlines some of the general terms and provisions of the depositary shares. Further terms of the depositary shares and the applicable deposit agreement will be stated in the applicable prospectus supplement. The following description and any description of the depositary shares in a prospectus supplement may not be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms and provisions of the deposit agreement, a form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

     The particular terms of the depositary shares offered by any prospectus supplement and the extent to which the general provisions described below may apply to such depositary shares will be outlined in the applicable prospectus supplement.

General

     We may choose to offer fractional interests in debt securities or fractional shares of common stock or preferred stock. We may issue fractional interests in debt securities, common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, in the form of depositary shares. Each depositary share would represent a fractional interest in a security of a particular series of debt securities or a fraction of a share of common stock or of a particular series of preferred stock, as the case may be, and would be evidenced by a depositary receipt.

     We will deposit the debt securities or shares of common stock or preferred stock represented by depositary shares under a deposit agreement between us and a depositary which will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, as an owner of a depositary share, you will be entitled, in proportion to the applicable fraction of a debt security or share of common stock or preferred stock represented by the depositary share, to all the rights and preferences of the debt security, common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, represented by the depositary share, including, as the case may be, interest, dividend, voting, conversion, redemption, sinking fund, repayment at maturity, subscription and liquidation rights.

Interest, Dividends and Other Distributions

     The depositary will distribute all payments of interest, cash dividends or other cash distributions received on the debt securities, common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, to you in proportion to the number of depositary shares that you own. In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the depositary will distribute property received by it to you in an equitable manner, unless the depositary determines that it is not feasible to make a distribution. In that case, the depositary may sell the property and distribute the net proceeds from the sale to you.

Redemption of Depositary Shares

     If a debt security, common stock or series of preferred stock represented by depositary shares is redeemed, the depositary will redeem your depositary shares from the proceeds received by the depositary resulting from the redemption. The redemption price per depositary share will be equal to the applicable fraction of the redemption price per debt security or share of common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, payable in relation to the redeemed series of debt securities, common stock or preferred stock. Whenever we redeem debt securities or shares of common stock or preferred stock held by the depositary, the depositary will redeem, as of the same redemption date, the number of depositary shares representing, as the case may be, fractional interests in the debt securities or shares of common stock or preferred stock redeemed. If fewer than all the depositary shares are to be redeemed, the depositary shares to be redeemed will be selected by lot, proportionately or by any other equitable method as the depositary may determine.

Exercise of Rights under the Indentures or Voting the Common Stock or Preferred

     Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which you are entitled to vote, or of any request for instructions or directions from you as holder of fractional interests in debt securities, common stock or preferred stock, the depositary will mail to you the information contained in that notice. Each record holder of the depositary shares on the record date will be entitled to instruct the depositary how to give instructions or directions with respect to the

debt securities represented by that holder’s depositary shares or how to vote the amount of the common stock or preferred stock represented by that holder’s depositary shares. The record date for the depositary shares will be the same date as the record date for the debt securities, common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be. The depositary will endeavor, to the extent practicable, to give instructions or directions with respect to the debt securities or to vote the amount of the common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, represented by the depositary shares in accordance with those instructions. We will agree to take all reasonable action which the depositary may deem necessary to enable the depositary to do so. The depositary will abstain from giving instructions or directions with respect to your fractional interests in the debt securities or voting shares of the common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, if it does not receive specific instructions from you.

Amendment and Termination of the Deposit Agreement

     We and the depositary may amend the form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares and any provision of the deposit agreement at any time. However, any amendment which materially and adversely affects the rights of the holders of the depositary shares will not be effective unless the amendment has been approved by the holders of at least a majority of the depositary shares then outstanding.

     The deposit agreement will terminate if:

	•		all outstanding depositary shares have been redeemed;
	•		if applicable, the debt securities and the preferred stock represented by depositary shares have been converted into or exchanged for common stock or, in the case of debt securities, repaid in full; or
	•		there has been a final distribution in respect of the common stock or preferred stock, including in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Fidelity, and the distribution proceeds have been distributed to you.

Resignation and Removal of Depositary

     The depositary may resign at any time by delivering to us notice of its election to do so. We also may, at any time, remove the depositary. Any resignation or removal will take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment. We must appoint the successor depositary within 60 days after delivery of the notice of resignation or removal. The successor depositary must be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States and having total assets of not less than $1,000,000,000.

Charges of Depositary

     We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. We will pay charges of the depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the debt securities or preferred stock, as the case may be, and issuance of depositary receipts, all withdrawals of depositary shares of debt securities or preferred stock, as the case may be, by you and any repayment or redemption of the debt securities or preferred stock, as the case may be. You will pay other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges, as well as the other charges that are expressly provided in the deposit agreement to be for your account.

Miscellaneous

     The depositary will forward all reports and communications from us which are delivered to the depositary and which we are required or otherwise determine to furnish to holders of debt securities, common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be. Neither we nor the depositary will be liable under the deposit agreement to you other than for gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Neither we nor the depositary will be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceedings relating to any depositary shares, debt securities, common stock or preferred stock unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished. We and the depositary may rely upon written advice of counsel or accountants, or upon information provided by persons presenting debt securities or shares of common stock or

preferred stock for deposit, you or other persons believed to be competent and on documents which we and the depositary believe to be genuine.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

     As used in this prospectus, debt securities means the debentures, notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness that we may issue from time to time. The debt securities will either be senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities. Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, senior debt securities will be issued under the Indenture dated as of December 8, 2005 between Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (formerly Fidelity National Title Group, Inc.) and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (the “Senior Indenture”) and subordinated debt securities will be issued under a “Subordinated Indenture” to be entered into with The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. This prospectus sometimes refers to the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture collectively as the “Indentures” and each individually as an “Indenture.”

     The Senior Indenture and form of Subordinated Indenture are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The statements and descriptions in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement regarding provisions of the Indentures and debt securities are summaries thereof, do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the Indentures and the debt securities, including the definitions therein of certain terms.

General

     The debt securities will be unsecured obligations of ours. The senior debt securities will rank equally with all of our other senior and unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of our present and future senior indebtedness to the extent described herein and in the applicable prospectus supplement.

     Because we are a holding company that conducts our operations through our subsidiaries, holders of debt securities will generally have a junior position to claims of creditors of our subsidiaries, including trade creditors, debtholders, secured creditors, taxing authorities, beneficiaries under title insurance policies, and guarantee holders. As of September 30, 2007, our subsidiaries had approximately $3,141 million of total liabilities. Moreover, our ability to pay principal and interest on the debt securities is, to a large extent, dependent upon our receiving dividends, interest or other amounts from our subsidiaries. Certain of our principal operating subsidiaries are subject to insurance regulations that require minimum amounts of statutory surplus, which may restrict the amount of funds which are available to us from such subsidiaries, or require prior approval from the regulatory agency before those subsidiaries can pay us any extraordinary dividends.

     The Indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of debt securities that we may issue and provide that we may issue debt securities under them from time to time in one or more series. The Indentures also do not limit our ability to incur other debt.

     Each prospectus supplement will describe the terms relating to the specific series of debt securities being offered. These terms will include some or all of the following:

	•		the title of the debt securities, including CUSIP Numbers, and whether they are subordinated debt securities or senior debt securities;
	•		any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities which may be authenticated and delivered under the applicable Indenture;
	•		the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the debt securities is payable or the method of determination thereof;
	•		the rate or rates (which may be fixed, variable or zero) at which the debt securities will bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of interest;

	•		the date or dates from which interest, if any, will accrue or the method by which such date or dates will be determined;
	•		the dates on which interest will be payable and with respect to registered securities, the regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;
	•		the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities will be payable;
	•		the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency (if other than United States dollars) in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, the debt securities may be redeemed;
	•		our obligation, if any, to redeem or purchase debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of holders of the debt securities and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, debt securities will be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
	•		if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, if registered securities, and if other than the denomination of $5,000, if bearer securities, the denominations in which debt securities will be issuable;
	•		if other than United States dollars, the currency for which the debt securities may be purchased or in which the debt securities will be denominated and/or the currency in which the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the debt securities will be payable and the particular provisions applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to, or in lieu of the provisions of the applicable Indenture;
	•		if the amount of payments of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the debt securities will be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method based on a currency or currencies, the index, formula or other method by which such amount will be determined;
	•		if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the debt securities will be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method based on the prices of securities or commodities, with reference to changes in the prices of securities or commodities or otherwise by application of a formula, the index, formula or other method by which such amount will be determined;
	•		if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of such debt securities which will be payable upon declaration of acceleration thereof or the method by which such portion will be determined;
	•		the person to whom any interest on any registered debt securities will be payable and the manner in which, or the person to whom, any interest on any bearer debt securities will be payable;
	•		provisions, if any, granting special rights to the holders of debt securities upon the occurrence of specified events;
	•		any addition to or modification or deletion of any Events of Default or any covenants of Fidelity pertaining to the debt securities;
	•		under what circumstances, if any, we will pay additional amounts on the debt securities held by a person who is not a U.S. Person in respect of taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges withheld or deducted and, if so, whether we will have the option to redeem such debt securities rather than pay such additional amounts (and the terms of any such option);

	•		whether debt securities will be issuable as registered securities or bearer securities (with or without interest coupons), or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offering, sale or delivery of bearer securities, and the terms upon which bearer securities of a series may be exchanged for registered securities of the same series and vice versa;
	•		the date as of which any bearer securities and any temporary global security representing outstanding debt securities will be dated if other than the date of original issuance;
	•		whether the provisions described below relating to defeasance and covenant defeasance will be applicable to the debt securities of such series;
	•		if other than the trustee, the identity of the registrar and any paying agent;
	•		if the debt securities will be issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) the depository for such global securities, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any debt securities in global form may exchange such interests for certificated debt securities of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and (iii) the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur; and
	•		any other terms of the debt securities and any deletions from or modifications or additions to the applicable Indenture.

     Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will not be listed on any securities exchange.

     Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will be issued only in registered form without coupons or in the form of one or more global securities. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, bearer securities will have interest coupons attached.

     Debt securities may be sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount, bearing no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of issuance is below market rates. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the federal income tax consequences and special considerations applicable to any such debt securities. The debt securities may also be issued as indexed securities or securities denominated in foreign currencies or currency units, as described in more detail in the prospectus supplement relating to any of the particular debt securities. The prospectus supplement relating to specific debt securities will also describe any special considerations and certain additional tax considerations applicable to such debt securities.

Subordination

     The prospectus supplement relating to any offering of subordinated debt securities will describe the specific subordination provisions. However, unless otherwise noted in the prospectus supplement, subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of our Senior Indebtedness (as described below).

     Under the Subordinated Indenture, “Senior Indebtedness” means all amounts due on obligations in connection with any of the following, whether outstanding at the date of execution of the Subordinated Indenture or thereafter incurred or created:

	•		the principal of or any premium and interest in respect of indebtedness of Fidelity for borrowed money and indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by Fidelity;
	•		all capital lease obligations of Fidelity;
	•		all obligations of Fidelity issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of Fidelity and all obligations of Fidelity under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business);

	•		all obligations of Fidelity for the reimbursement on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction;
	•		all obligations of Fidelity in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate future or options contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other similar agreements;
	•		all obligations of the types referred to above of other persons for the payment of which Fidelity is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and
	•		all obligations of the types referred to above of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of Fidelity whether or not such obligation is assumed by Fidelity.

     Senior Indebtedness does not include:

	•		indebtedness or monetary obligations to trade creditors created or assumed by Fidelity in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services;
	•		indebtedness that is, by its terms, subordinated to, or ranks equally with, the subordinated debt securities; and
	•		any indebtedness of Fidelity to its subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly provided in the terms of any such indebtedness.

     Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and be entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of such Senior Indebtedness.

     Unless otherwise noted in the accompanying prospectus supplement, if we default in the payment of any principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Indebtedness when it becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise, then, unless and until such default is cured or waived or ceases to exist, we will make no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property, securities, by set-off or otherwise) in respect of the principal of or interest on the subordinated debt securities. Further, if an event of default occurs under any senior indebtedness permitting the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof and written notice of such event of default is given to Fidelity by the holders of such senior indebtedness, then until such event of default is cured or waived or ceases to exist, no payment may be made on the subordinated debt securities; provided, that if the holders of such senior indebtedness do not declare such senior indebtedness to be immediately due and payable within 180 days after the occurrence of such default, Fidelity may resume making payments on the subordinated debt securities. Only one such payment blockage period may be commenced in any 365 day period with respect to the subordinated debt securities of any series.

     In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of any subordinated debt securities, the holders of all senior debt securities outstanding at the time of such acceleration will first be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due on the senior debt securities before the holders of the subordinated debt securities will be entitled to receive any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the subordinated debt securities.

     If any of the following events occurs, we will pay in full all Senior Indebtedness before we make any payment or distribution under the subordinated debt securities, whether in cash, securities or other property, to any holder of subordinated debt securities:

	•		any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of Fidelity, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership;
	•		any general assignment by Fidelity for the benefit of creditors; or
	•		any other marshaling of Fidelity’s assets or liabilities.

     In such event, any payment or distribution under the subordinated debt securities, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than certain permitted junior securities), which would otherwise (but for the subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable in respect of the subordinated debt securities, will be paid or delivered directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders until all Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full. If any payment or distribution under the subordinated debt securities is received by the trustee of any subordinated debt securities in contravention of any of the terms of the Subordinated Indenture and before all Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full, such payment or distribution or security will be received in trust for the benefit of, and 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 application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full.

     The Subordinated Indenture does not limit the issuance of additional Senior Indebtedness.

     In the event subordinated debt securities are issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture or any other subordinated indenture with a trustee which is also a trustee for senior debt securities pursuant to the Senior Indenture, the occurrence of any default under such subordinated indenture or such Senior Indenture could create a conflicting interest for the respective trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If such default has not been cured or waived within 90 days after such trustee has or acquires a conflicting interest, such trustee generally is required by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to eliminate such conflicting interest or resign as trustee with respect to the debt securities issued under such Senior Indenture or such subordinated indenture. In the event of the trustee’s resignation, we will promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to the affected securities.

Restrictive Covenant

     Unless an accompanying prospectus supplement states otherwise, the following restrictive covenant shall apply to each series of senior debt securities:

     Limitation on Liens. We shall not, and shall not permit any of our restricted subsidiaries to, incur, assume or guarantee any debt secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other encumbrance (“lien”) on any part of our property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, without effectively securing the senior debt securities then outstanding equally and ratably with that debt, other than the following (“excluded debt”):

	(i)		liens securing all or any portion of any debt incurred (x) pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2005, by and among us, as Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and various financial institutions and other persons from time to time parties thereto, as Lenders, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time or (y) pursuant to any debt instrument or agreement (“refinancing debt”) that in whole or in part refinances, refunds, repays, renews, replaces or extends the Credit Agreement or any refinancing debt; provided that the aggregate principal amount of debt that shall constitute excluded debt under this clause (i) shall not exceed $400 million;
	(ii)		liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges which are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty, or to the extent that non-payment thereof is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings, if we or the applicable restricted subsidiary have maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of our management) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP;
	(iii)		carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently prosecuted;
	(iv)		liens existing on August 20, 2001;
	(v)		liens consisting of pledges or deposits of cash or securities made by any restricted subsidiary in the insurance business as a condition to obtaining or maintaining any licenses issued to it by, or to satisfy

the requirements of, any administrative or governmental body of the state of domicile of such restricted subsidiary responsible for the regulation thereof;

	(vi)		liens consisting of judgment or judicial attachment liens (other than arising as a result of claims under or related to insurance contracts or policies, retrocession agreements or reinsurance agreements); provided that the enforcement of such liens is effectively stayed or fully covered by insurance and all such liens in the aggregate at any time outstanding for us and our restricted subsidiaries do not exceed $20,000,000;
	(vii)		liens on assets subject to, and securing obligations in respect of, leases that, in conformity with GAAP, are, or are required to be, accounted for as capital leases on the applicable balance sheet, which are entered into in the ordinary course of business and are non-recourse to us or our restricted subsidiaries, and other such leases in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
	(viii)		liens securing obligations permitted under Sections 7.04(f) and (g) of the Credit Agreement, to the extent such liens are identified and permitted under such sections;
	(ix)		liens arising as a result of claims under or related to insurance contracts or policies, reinsurance agreements or retrocession agreements in the ordinary course of business, or securing debt of restricted subsidiaries in the insurance business incurred or assumed in connection with the settlement of claim losses in the ordinary course of business of such restricted subsidiaries;
	(x)		liens on assets of a person that becomes a restricted subsidiary after August 20, 2001 securing debt of such person, which liens and debt previously existed and were not created in contemplation of such acquisition, and which liens are not spread to cover any other property;
	(xi)		liens on our or our restricted subsidiaries’ assets securing debt owed to us or a restricted subsidiary;
	(xii)		so long as no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing, other liens securing obligations in an aggregate amount not exceeding $20,000,000; and
	(xiii)		any extension, renewal or replacement of the foregoing; provided that the liens permitted hereby shall not be spread to cover any additional debt or property (other than a substitution of like property).

     The term “restricted subsidiary” includes all of our subsidiaries except Fidelity Asset Management, Inc., Micro General Corporation, and any of their respective subsidiaries.

Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Assets and Other Transactions

     We may not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, convey, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets to, any person unless:

     (1) the person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Fidelity), or which acquires our assets, is a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

     (2) the person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Fidelity), or which acquires our assets, expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of our obligations under the debt securities and the Indentures; and

     (3) immediately after giving effect to the transaction no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing.

     We shall deliver to the trustee prior to the proposed transaction an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel each stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with the applicable Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the transaction under the applicable Indenture have been met.

     If we consolidate or merge with or into any other corporation or sell all or substantially all of our assets according to the terms and conditions of the Indentures, the resulting or acquiring corporation will be substituted for us under the Indentures with the same effect as if it had been an original party to the Indentures. As a result, such successor corporation may exercise our rights and powers under the Indentures, in our name or its own name, and we will be released from all our liabilities and obligations under the Indentures and under the notes.

Events of Default, Notice and Waiver

     Unless an accompanying prospectus supplement states otherwise, the following shall constitute “Events of Default” under the Indentures with respect to debt securities of any series:

	•		default in the payment of any interest on any debt security of such series when due and payable for 30 days;
	•		default in the payment of any principal of or premium, if any, on any debt security of such series when due (whether at stated maturity, upon redemption, repurchase at the option of the holder or otherwise), or default in the making of any mandatory sinking fund payment;
	•		default, but in the Subordinated Indenture only default in any material respect, in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty with respect to any debt security of such series, and the continuance of such default or breach for 60 days after we receive written notice of such default or breach;
	•		default in the payment when due of amounts payable under our other indebtedness in an aggregate amount exceeding $20,000,000, or default under any such other indebtedness which results in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, so long as such acceleration is not rescinded or annulled or such debt is not paid in full within 10 days after we receive written notice of the default;
	•		certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Fidelity; and
	•		any other event of default with respect to any debt security of such series including an event of default provided for in a supplemental indenture.

     If an Event of Default with respect to any debt securities of any series outstanding under either of the Indentures occurs and is continuing, the trustee under such Indenture or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of all of the outstanding debt securities of such series may declare, by written notice to us (and if given by the holders, to the trustee), the principal of and accrued interest, if any, on all the debt securities of such series to be due and payable immediately; provided that, after such a declaration of acceleration, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may, by written notice to the trustee, rescind or annul such declaration and its consequences if all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal and interest, have been cured or waived.

     The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series, by written notice to the trustee, may waive any past default or event of default with respect to that series except (i) a default or event of default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any debt security of such series or (ii) default in respect of a covenant or provision which may not be amended or modified without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt 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.

     The trustee is not required to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by the applicable Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of debt securities of any series, unless the holders have offered the trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the trustee. Subject to such right of indemnification and to certain

other limitations, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any 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 with respect to the debt securities of such series.

     No holder of a debt security of any series may institute any proceeding with respect to the Indentures or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy unless (i) the holder has given to the trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the debt securities of such series, (ii) the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series then outstanding shall have made a written request to the trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as trustee, (iii) the holders have offered to the trustee indemnity satisfactory to the trustee against any loss, liability or expense to be incurred in pursuing the remedy, (iv) the trustee has failed to institute any such proceedings for 60 days after its receipt of such request, and (v) during such 60 day period, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding have not given to the trustee a direction inconsistent with such written request.

     Each year, we will either certify to the relevant trustee that we are not in default of any of our obligations under the applicable Indenture or we will notify the relevant trustee of any default that exists under the applicable Indenture.

Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

     Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may discharge or defease our obligations under each Indenture as set forth below.

     We may discharge certain obligations to holders of any series of debt securities which have not already been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and which have either become due and payable or are by their terms due and payable within one year (or scheduled for redemption within one year) by irrevocably depositing with the trustee cash or government obligations (as defined in either Indenture) or a combination thereof, as trust funds in an amount certified to be sufficient to pay and discharge when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such debt securities and any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to such debt securities.

     Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may elect either (i) to defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to the debt securities of or within any series (except as otherwise provided in the relevant Indenture) (“defeasance”) or (ii) to be released from our obligations with respect to certain covenants applicable to the debt securities of or within any series (“covenant defeasance”), upon the deposit with the relevant trustee of money and/or government obligations in sufficient quantity that will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium or interest on such debt securities to maturity or redemption and any mandatory sinking fund payments thereon. As a condition to defeasance or covenant defeasance, we must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of affected debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred. Such opinion of counsel, in the case of defeasance under clause (i) above, must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable federal income tax law occurring after the date of the relevant Indenture. In addition, in the case of either defeasance or covenant defeasance, we shall have delivered to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to such defeasance or covenant defeasance have been complied with.

     We may exercise our defeasance option notwithstanding our prior exercise of our covenant defeasance option.

Modification of the Indentures

     Under the Indentures, we and the applicable trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of any holders of debt securities to:

	•		evidence the succession of another person to Fidelity and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of Fidelity in the Indentures and in the debt securities; or
	•		add to the covenants of Fidelity for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of debt securities or surrender any right or power conferred upon Fidelity in the Indentures; or
	•		add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of debt securities; or
	•		add to or change any of the provisions of the Indentures to such extent as shall be necessary to facilitate the issuance of bearer securities or to facilitate the issuance of debt securities in global form; or
	•		amend or supplement any provision contained in the Indentures or in any supplemental indentures, provided that such amendment or supplement does not apply to any outstanding debt security issued prior to the date of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefits of such provision; or
	•		secure the debt securities; or
	•		establish the form or terms of debt securities of any series as permitted by the Indentures; or
	•		evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee with respect to the debt securities of one or more series under the Indentures and add to or change any of the provisions of the Indentures as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts by more than one trustee under the Indentures; or
	•		if allowed without penalty under applicable laws and regulations, permit payment in the United States of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on bearer securities or coupons, if any; or
	•		cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake or correct or supplement any provision in the Indentures which may be inconsistent with any other provision in the Indentures or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indentures, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any holder of debt securities of any series; or
	•		make any change to comply with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or any amendment thereof, or any requirement of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indentures under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or any amendment thereof.

     With the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, we and the applicable trustee may enter into supplemental indentures to add provisions to, or change or eliminate any provisions of either Indenture or any supplemental indenture or to modify the rights of the holders of the debt securities of each series so affected. However, we need the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected in order to:

	•		change the stated maturity of the principal of or premium, if any, on or of any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, or additional amounts, if any, with respect to, any debt security; or
	•		reduce the principal amount of, or any installment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, or any additional amounts payable with respect to, any debt security or the rate of interest on any debt security; or
	•		reduce the amount of premium, if any, payable upon redemption of any debt security or the repurchase by us of any debt security at the option of the holder of such debt security; or
	•		change the manner in which the amount of any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on or additional amounts, if any, with respect to, any debt security is determined; or

	•		reduce the amount of the principal of any original issue discount security or indexed security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; or
	•		change the currency in which any debt securities or any premium or the interest thereon or additional amounts, if any, with respect thereto, is payable; or
	•		change the index, securities or commodities with reference to which or the formula by which the amount of principal of or any premium or the interest on any debt security is determined; or
	•		impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the stated maturity thereof (or on or after the redemption date or on or after the repurchase date, as the case may be); or
	•		reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series, the consent of whose holders is required for any such supplemental indenture or for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of the applicable Indenture or certain defaults under the applicable Indenture and their consequences) provided for in the applicable Indenture;
	•		change any obligation of Fidelity to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes specified in the Indentures; or
	•		make any change in the provision governing waiver of past defaults, except to increase the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series, the holders of which may waive past defaults on behalf of holders of all debt securities of such series, or make any change in the provision governing supplemental indentures that require consent of holders of debt securities, except to provide that certain other provisions of the applicable Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holders of each outstanding debt security affected thereby.

Governing Law

     The Indentures and debt securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

Relationship with the Trustees

     The trustee under the Indentures is The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. We and our subsidiaries maintain ordinary banking and trust relationships with a number of banks and trust companies, including the trustee under the Indentures.

Conversion or Exchange Rights

     The prospectus supplement will describe the terms, if any, on which a series of debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for securities described in this prospectus. These terms will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our option. These provisions may allow or require the number of shares of our common stock or other securities to be received by the holders of such series of debt securities to be adjusted.

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

     We may issue warrants to purchase debt securities, preferred stock, common stock or other securities described in this prospectus, or any combination of these securities, and these warrants may be issued independently or together with any underlying securities and may be attached or separate from the underlying securities. We will issue each series of warrants under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants of such series and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency for or with holders or beneficial owners of warrants.

     The following outlines some of the general terms and provisions of the warrants. Further terms of the warrants and the applicable warrant agreement will be stated in the applicable prospectus supplement. The following description and any description of the warrants in a prospectus supplement may not be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms and provisions of the warrant agreement, a form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

     The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any warrants that we may offer, including the following:

	•		the title of the warrants;
	•		the total number of warrants;
	•		the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued;
	•		the currency or currencies investors may use to pay for the warrants;
	•		the designation and terms of the underlying securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants;
	•		the price at which and the currency, currencies, or currency units in which investors may purchase the underlying securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants;
	•		the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and the date on which the right will expire;
	•		whether the warrants will be issued in registered form or bearer form;
	•		information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;
	•		if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of warrants which may be exercised at any one time;
	•		if applicable, the designation and terms of the underlying securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each underlying security;
	•		if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related underlying securities will be separately transferable;
	•		if applicable, a discussion of material United States federal income tax considerations;
	•		the identity of the warrant agent;
	•		the procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of the warrants; and
	•		any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants.

     Warrant certificates may be exchanged for new warrant certificates of different denominations, and warrants may be exercised at the warrant agent’s corporate trust office or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. Prior to the exercise of their warrants, holders of warrants exercisable for debt securities will not have any of the rights of holders of the debt securities purchasable upon such exercise and will not be entitled to payments of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the debt securities purchasable upon such exercise. Prior to the exercise of their warrants, holders of warrants exercisable for shares of preferred stock or common stock will not have any rights of holders of the preferred stock or common stock purchasable upon such exercise and will not be entitled to dividend payments, if any, or voting rights of the preferred stock or common

stock purchasable upon such exercise. Prior to the exercise of their warrants, holders of warrants exercisable for other securities described in this prospectus will not have any rights of holders of such securities purchasable upon such exercise.

Exercise of Warrants

     Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, a warrant will entitle the holder to purchase for cash an amount of securities at an exercise price that will be stated in, or that will be determinable as described in, the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

     Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Upon receipt of payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If less than all of the warrants represented by such warrant certificate are exercised, a new warrant certificate will be issued for the remaining warrants.

Enforceability of Rights; Governing Law

     The holders of warrants, without the consent of the warrant agent, may, on their own behalf and for their own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against us to enforce their rights to exercise and receive the securities purchasable upon exercise of their warrants. Unless otherwise stated in the prospectus supplement, each issue of warrants and the applicable warrant agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS

     As may be specified in a prospectus supplement, we may issue purchase contracts obligating holders to purchase from us, and us to sell to the holders, a number of debt securities, shares of common stock or preferred stock, or other securities described in this prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement at a future date or dates. The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders of the purchase contracts. These payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis to be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

     The prospectus supplement relating to any purchase contracts will specify the material terms of the purchase contracts and any applicable pledge or depositary arrangements, including one or more of the following:

	•		The stated amount that a holder will be obligated to pay under the purchase contract in order to purchase debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, or other securities described in this prospectus or the formula by which such amount shall be determined.
	•		The settlement date or dates on which the holder will be obligated to purchase such securities. The prospectus supplement will specify whether the occurrence of any events may cause the settlement date to occur on an earlier date and the terms on which an early settlement would occur.
	•		The events, if any, that will cause our obligations and the obligations of the holder under the purchase contract to terminate.
	•		The settlement rate, which is a number that, when multiplied by the stated amount of a purchase contract, determines the number of securities that we will be obligated to sell and a holder will be obligated to purchase under that purchase contract upon payment of the stated amount of that purchase contract. The settlement rate may be determined by the application of a formula specified in the prospectus supplement.

			If a formula is specified, it may be based on the market price of such securities over a specified period or it may be based on some other reference statistic.
	•		Whether the purchase contracts will be issued separately or as part of units consisting of a purchase contract and an underlying security with an aggregate principal amount equal to the stated amount. Any underlying securities will be pledged by the holder to secure its obligations under a purchase contract.
	•		The type of underlying security, if any, that is pledged by the holder to secure its obligations under a purchase contract. Underlying securities may be debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, or other securities described in this prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement.
	•		The terms of the pledge arrangement relating to any underlying securities, including the terms on which distributions or payments of interest and principal on any underlying securities will be retained by a collateral agent, delivered to us or be distributed to the holder.
	•		The amount of the contract fee, if any, that may be payable by us to the holder or by the holder to us, the date or dates on which the contract fee will be payable and the extent to which we or the holder, as applicable, may defer payment of the contract fee on those payment dates. The contract fee may be calculated as a percentage of the stated amount of the purchase contract or otherwise.

     The descriptions of the purchase contracts and any applicable underlying security or pledge or depository arrangements in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement are summaries of the material provisions of the applicable agreements and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the terms and provisions of the purchase contract agreement, pledge agreement and deposit agreement, forms of which have been or will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

     As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may issue units comprised of one or more of the other securities described in this prospectus in any combination. Each unit may also include debt obligations of third parties, such as U.S. Treasury securities. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The prospectus supplement will describe:

	•		the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be held or transferred separately;
	•		a description of the terms of any unit agreement governing the units;
	•		a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units; and
	•		whether the units will be issued in fully registered or global form.

     The descriptions of the units and any applicable underlying security or pledge or depositary arrangements in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement are summaries of the material provisions of the applicable agreements and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, the terms and provisions of the applicable agreements, forms of which have been or will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     We may sell the securities being offered hereby in one or more of the following ways from time to time:

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to underwriters or dealers for resale to the public or to institutional investors;

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directly to institutional investors; or

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through agents to the public or to institutional investors.

     The prospectus supplement with respect to each series of securities will state the terms of the offering of the securities, including:

	•		the name or names of any underwriters or agents;
	•		the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds to be received by us from the sale;
	•		any underwriting discounts or agency fees and other items constituting underwriters’ or agents’ compensation;
	•		any initial public offering price;
	•		any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and
	•		any securities exchange on which the securities may be listed.

     If we use underwriters in the sale, the securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including:

	•		negotiated transactions;
	•		at a fixed public offering price or prices, which may be changed;
	•		at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;
	•		at prices related to prevailing market prices; or
	•		at negotiated prices.

     The securities may also be offered and sold, if so indicated in the prospectus supplement, in connection with a remarketing upon their purchase, in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to their terms, or otherwise, by one or more remarketing firms, acting as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us. The prospectus supplement will identify any remarketing firm and will describe the terms of its agreement, if any, with us and its compensation.

     Unless otherwise stated in a prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase any securities will be conditioned on customary closing conditions and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of such series of securities, if any are purchased.

     If we sell the securities directly or through agents designated by us, we will identify any agent involved in the offering and sale of the securities and will list any commissions payable by us to the agent in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Unless indicated otherwise in the prospectus supplement, any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis to solicit purchases for the period of its appointment.

     We may authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers by certain institutional investors to purchase securities and provide for payment and delivery on a future date specified in an accompanying prospectus supplement. We will describe any such arrangement in the prospectus supplement. Any such institutional investor may be subject to limitations on the minimum amount of securities that it may purchase or on the portion of the aggregate principal amount of such securities that it may sell under such arrangements. Institutional investors from which such authorized offers may be solicited include:

	•		commercial and savings banks;
	•		insurance companies;
	•		pension funds;
	•		investment companies;
	•		educational and charitable institutions; and
	•		such other institutions as we may approve.

     Underwriters, dealers, agents and remarketing firms may be entitled under agreements entered into with us to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribution with respect to payments which the underwriters, dealers, agents and remarketing firms may be required to make. Underwriters, dealers, agents and remarketing agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for us and/or our affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

     Each series of securities will be a new issue of securities and will have no established trading market other than the common stock which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Any common stock sold will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, upon official notice of issuance. The securities, other than the common stock, may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange. Any underwriters to whom we sell securities for public offering and sale may make a market in the securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. You may also obtain our SEC filings from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

     The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. Statements made in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or other document are not necessarily complete, and, in each instance, we refer you to a copy of such document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, or otherwise filed with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. When we file information with the SEC in the future, that information will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the initial filing of the registration statement that contains this prospectus and until we sell all the securities covered by this prospectus:

	•		Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2006;
	•		Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed for the periods ended March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2007;
	•		Current Report(s) on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2007, June 5, 2007 and July 6, 2007;
	•		The description of our common stock which is contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on September 27, 2005; and
	•		The definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 19, 2007.

     You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at:

Corporate Secretary
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
601 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
(904) 854-8100

     You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any supplements to this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. You should not assume that the information provided in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus or the date of those documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

LEGAL MATTERS

     Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for Fidelity National Financial, Inc. by Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York, New York, special counsel to us.

EXPERTS

     The consolidated financial statements and schedules of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

KPMG’s report with respect to the consolidated financial statements refers to the Company’s adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment” effective January 1, 2006 and the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” as of December 31, 2006.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

     The expenses relating to the registration of the securities will be borne by the registrant. Such expenses are estimated to be as follows:

Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee		$	*
New York Stock Exchange listing fee			50,000
Printing and engraving fees and expenses			200,000
Accounting fees and expenses			250,000
Legal fees and expenses			450,000
Blue sky fees and expenses			20,000
Trustee’s fees and expenses			50,000
Miscellaneous			30,000
Total		$	1,050,000

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers, as well as other employees and individuals, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the registrant. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any certificate of incorporation, bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The registrant’s certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification by the registrant of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

     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 (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (iv) for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The registrant’s certificate of incorporation provides for such limitation of liability.

     The registrant maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (i) to its directors and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (ii) to the registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the registrant to such directors and officers pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.

Item 16. List of Exhibits.

     The Exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the Index to Exhibits beginning on page II-6.

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Item 17. Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of securities registered hereby, 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 Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent 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), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange 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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (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:

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            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.

     (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 foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

     (d) The undersigned hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the applicable trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of that act.

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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 Jacksonville, State of Florida on November 14, 2007.

		Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
		By:		/s/ Anthony J. Park    Name: Anthony J. Park
				Title: Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Alan L. Stinson and Anthony J. Park, or any of them, as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, including post-effective amendments, and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby grant unto each such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute therefor, 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 persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Alan L. Stinson    Alan L. Stinson		Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)			November 14, 2007
/s/ Anthony J. Park     Anthony J. Park		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)			November 14, 2007
/s/ William P. Foley, II   William P. Foley, II		Director and Chairman of the Board			November 14, 2007
/s/ Douglas K. Ammerman   Douglas K. Ammerman		Director			November 14, 2007
/s/ Willie D. Davis   Willie D. Davis		Director			November 14, 2007
/s/ John F. Farrell, Jr.   John F. Farrell, Jr.		Director			November 14, 2007
/s/ Thomas M. Hagerty   Thomas M. Hagerty		Director			November 14, 2007

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Philip G. Heasley   Philip G. Heasley		Director			November 14, 2007
/s/ Daniel D. (Ron) Lane   Daniel D. (Ron) Lane		Director			November 14, 2007
/s/ General William Lyon   General William Lyon		Director			November 14, 2007
/s/ Richard N. Massey   Richard N. Massey		Director			November 14, 2007
/s/ Peter O. Shea, Jr.   Peter O. Shea, Jr.		Director			November 14, 2007
/s/ Cary H. Thompson   Cary H. Thompson		Director			November 14, 2007
/s/ Frank P. Willey   Frank P. Willey		Director			November 14, 2007

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit		Description
1.1		Form of Underwriting Agreement* (Any selling agency or distribution agreement with any agent will be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference).
3.1		Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-136043)).
3.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 (File No. 1-32630)).
4.1(a)		Indenture dated as of December 8, 2005 between Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (formerly Fidelity National Title Group, Inc.) and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., relating to Senior Debt Securities (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005).
4.1(b)		First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 6, 2006, between Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (formerly Fidelity National Title Group, Inc.) and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 24, 2006).
4.1(c)		Form of Indenture for Senior Debt Securities between Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and one or more banking institutions to be qualified as Trustee pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1(a), except for the name of the trustee).
4.2(a)		Form of Subordinated Indenture to be entered into between Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
4.2(b)		Form of Indenture for Subordinated Debt Securities between Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and one or more banking institutions to be qualified as Trustee pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2(a), except for the name of the trustee).
4.3		Form of Warrant Agreement.*
4.4		Form of Deposit Agreement.*
4.5		Form of Purchase Contract Agreement.*
4.6		Form of Pledge Agreement.*
4.7		Form of Unit Agreement.*
5.1		Opinion of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
12.1		Statement re: Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23.1		Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2		Consent of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1		Powers of Attorney (Included on signature page of this Registration Statement).
25.1		Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of The Bank of New York, Trustee under the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture.

II-6

Exhibit 4.2(a)

FORM OF SUBORDINATED INDENTURE

Dated as of

[          ]

between

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

and

The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

Subordinated Debt Securities

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION		INDENTURE SECTION
SECTION 310(a)(1)		6.10, 6.12
(a) (2)		6.12
(a) (3)		NOT APPLICABLE
(a) (4)		NOT APPLICABLE
(a) (5)		6.12
(b)		6.10, 6.12
SECTION 311(a)		6.3
(b)		6.3
SECTION 312(a)		6.8
(b)		6.8
(c)		6.8
SECTION 313(a)		6.7
(b)		6.7
(c)		6.7
(d)		6.7
SECTION 314(a)		9.6, 9.7
(b)		NOT APPLICABLE
(c) (1)		1.2
(c) (2)		1.2
(c) (3)		NOT APPLICABLE
(d)		NOT APPLICABLE
(e)		1.2
SECTION 315(a)		6.1
(b)		6.6
(c)		6.1
(d)		6.1
(e)		5.15
SECTION 316(a)		1.1
(a) (1) (A)		5.8
(a) (1) (B)		5.7
(a) (2)		NOT APPLICABLE
(b)		5.10
(c)		1.4
SECTION 317(a) (1)		5.3
(a) (2)		5.4
(b)		9.3
SECTION 318(a)		1.11

NOTE: This cross-reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION					1
Section 1.1.		Definitions			1
Section 1.2.		Compliance Certificates and Opinions			9
Section 1.3.		Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee			9
Section 1.4.		Acts of Holders			10
Section 1.5.		Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company			11
Section 1.6.		Notice to Holders; Waiver			12
Section 1.7.		Headings and Table of Contents			12
Section 1.8.		Successors and Assigns			12
Section 1.9.		Separability			12
Section 1.10.		Benefits of Indenture			13
Section 1.11.		Governing Law			13
Section 1.12.		Legal Holidays			13
Section 1.13.		Force Majeure			13
Section 1.14.		Waiver of Jury Trial			13
ARTICLE 2 SECURITY FORMS					13
Section 2.1.		Forms Generally			13
Section 2.2.		Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication			14
Section 2.3.		Securities in Global Form			14
Section 2.4.		Form of Legend for Securities in Global Form			15
ARTICLE 3 THE SECURITIES					15
Section 3.1.		Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series			15
Section 3.2.		Denominations			18
Section 3.3.		Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating			19
Section 3.4.		Temporary Securities			21
Section 3.5.		Registration, Transfer and Exchange			21
Section 3.6.		Replacement Securities			25
Section 3.7.		Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved			26
Section 3.8.		Persons Deemed Owners			27

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Section 3.9.		Cancellation			28
Section 3.10.		Computation of Interest			28
Section 3.11.		CUSIP Numbers			28
Section 3.12.		Currency of Payment in Respect of Securities			28
ARTICLE 4 SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE					28
Section 4.1.		Termination of Company’s Obligations Under the Indenture			28
Section 4.2.		Application of Trust Funds			30
Section 4.3.		Applicability of Defeasance Provisions; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance			30
Section 4.4.		Defeasance			30
Section 4.5.		Covenant Defeasance			31
Section 4.6.		Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance			31
Section 4.7.		Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust			33
Section 4.8.		Repayment to Company			33
Section 4.9.		Indemnity for Government Obligations			34
Section 4.10.		Reinstatement			34
ARTICLE 5 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES					34
Section 5.1.		Events of Default			34
Section 5.2.		Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment			35
Section 5.3.		Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee			36
Section 5.4.		Trustee May File Proofs of Claim			37
Section 5.5.		Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons			38
Section 5.6.		Delay or Omission Not Waiver			38
Section 5.7.		Waiver of Past Defaults			38
Section 5.8.		Control by Majority			38
Section 5.9.		Limitation on Suits by Holders			38
Section 5.10.		Rights of Holders to Receive Payment			39
Section 5.11.		Application of Money Collected			39
Section 5.12.		Restoration of Rights and Remedies			40
Section 5.13.		Rights and Remedies Cumulative			40
Section 5.14.		Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws			40
Section 5.15.		Undertaking for Costs			40

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ARTICLE 6 THE TRUSTEE					41
Section 6.1.		Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee			41
Section 6.2.		Rights of Trustee			41
Section 6.3.		Trustee May Hold Securities			42
Section 6.4.		Money Held in Trust			42
Section 6.5.		Trustee’s Disclaimer			42
Section 6.6.		Notice of Defaults			43
Section 6.7.		Reports by Trustee to Holders			43
Section 6.8.		Securityholder Lists			43
Section 6.9.		Compensation and Indemnity			43
Section 6.10.		Replacement of Trustee			44
Section 6.11.		Acceptance of Appointment by Successor			46
Section 6.12.		Eligibility; Disqualification			47
Section 6.13.		Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business			47
Section 6.14.		Appointment of Authenticating Agent			48
ARTICLE 7 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE BY THE COMPANY					49
Section 7.1.		Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets Permitted			49
Section 7.2.		Successor Person Substituted for Company			50
ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES					50
Section 8.1.		Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders			50
Section 8.2.		Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders			51
Section 8.3.		Compliance with Trust Indenture Act			52
Section 8.4.		Execution of Supplemental Indentures			52
Section 8.5.		Effect of Supplemental Indentures			53
Section 8.6.		Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures			53
ARTICLE 9 COVENANTS					53
Section 9.1.		Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest			53
Section 9.2.		Maintenance of Office or Agency			53
Section 9.3.		Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust; Unclaimed Money			54
Section 9.4.		Corporate Existence			55
Section 9.5.		Maintenance of Properties			56
Section 9.6.		[Intentionally omitted]			56

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Section 9.7.		Annual Review Certificate			56
Section 9.8.		[Intentionally omitted]			56
Section 9.9.		Taxes			56
Section 9.10.		Additional Amounts			56
Section 9.11.		Calculation of Original Issue Discount			57
ARTICLE 10 REDEMPTION					57
Section 10.1.		Applicability of Article			57
Section 10.2.		Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee			57
Section 10.3.		Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed			58
Section 10.4.		Notice of Redemption			58
Section 10.5.		Deposit of Redemption Price			59
Section 10.6.		Securities Payable on Redemption Date			59
Section 10.7.		Securities Redeemed in Part			60
ARTICLE 11 SINKING FUNDS					60
Section 11.1.		Applicability of Article			60
Section 11.2.		Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities			61
Section 11.3.		Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund			61
ARTICLE 12 SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES					61
Section 12.1.		Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness			61
Section 12.2.		Payments to Securityholders			62
Section 12.3.		Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness			63
Section 12.4.		Relative Rights			64
Section 12.5.		Trustee to Effectuate Subordination			64
Section 12.6.		Subordination May Not Be Impaired			65
Section 12.7.		Notice to Trustee			65
Section 12.8.		Reliance on Certificate of Liquidating Agent			66
Section 12.9.		Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness			66
Section 12.10.		Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness			66
Section 12.11.		Article Applicable to Paying Agent			66
Section 12.12.		Payment Permitted if No Event Specified in Section 12.2.			67

          SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of [          ], between Fidelity National Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

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

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

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

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     Section 1.1. 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 GAAP; 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.

          “Act” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(a).

          “Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts which, pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(18), are required by the terms of the Securities of any series, under circumstances specified pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(18), to be paid by the Company in respect of certain Securities of such series specified pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(18).

          “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 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.

          “Agent” means any Paying Agent or Registrar.

          “Authenticating Agent” means any authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14.

          “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper of general circulation, in the 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. Whenever successive publications in an Authorized Newspaper are required hereunder they may be made (unless otherwise expressly provided herein) on the same or different days of the week and in the same or different Authorized Newspapers.

          “Bankruptcy Law” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

          “Bearer Security” means any Security issued hereunder which is payable to bearer.

          “Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.

          “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.

          “Business Day” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or particular location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

          “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 Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

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

          “Company Order” and “Company Request” mean, respectively, a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom must be the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller or any Vice President of the Company.

          “Consolidated Tangible Assets” means, with respect to the Company as at any date, the total assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, less goodwill, each determined in accordance with GAAP as they appear on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of a fiscal quarter.

          “Conversion Event” means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such Foreign Currency and, for the settlement of transactions, by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community, or (ii) any currency unit or composite currency for the purposes for which it was established.

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 10161 Centurion Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32256, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

          “Currency” means Dollars or any Foreign Currency.

          “Custodian” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

          “Debt” means indebtedness for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments.

          “Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.

          “Defaulted Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(b).

          “Depository” when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, means the Person designated as Depository by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 and its successors in such capacity, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, shall be a collective reference to such Persons.

          “Dollar” and “$” mean the currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

          “Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

          “Foreign Currency” means any currency, currency unit or composite currency issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.

          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect on the date of application thereof.

          “Government Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or the other government or governments in the confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on the relevant

Security shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government or governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

          “Holder” means, with respect to a Bearer Security, a bearer thereof or of a coupon appertaining thereto and, with respect to a Registered Security, a person in whose name a Security is registered on the Register.

          “Indenture” means this Indenture as originally executed or as amended or supplemented from time to time and shall include the forms and terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

          “Indexed Security” means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.

          “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.

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

          “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever.

          “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, call for redemption, repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holder or otherwise.

          “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company or any other Person duly authorized by the Company to act in respect of matters relating to this Indenture.

          “Officers’ Certificate”, when used with respect to the Company, means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Chairman of the Board, the

President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer or the Controller of the Company.

          “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from the general counsel of the Company or other legal counsel. Such counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

          “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.

          “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 canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

          (ii) Securities, or portions thereof, 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 appertaining thereto, provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provisions therefor satisfactory to the Trustee have been made;

          (iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 4.4 and 4.5, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article 4; and

          (iv) which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

          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 whether sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any other purpose, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, (a) the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Securities that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, (b) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, (c) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the

Dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (a) above) of such Security, and (d) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

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

          “Periodic Offering” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Maturity thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the issuance of such Securities.

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

          “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, means the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities are payable as specified or contemplated by Sections 3.1 and 9.2.

          “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 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

          “Principal amount”, when used with respect to any Security, means the amount of principal, if any, payable in respect thereof at Maturity; provided, however, that when used with respect to an Indexed Security in any context other than the making of payments at Maturity, “principal amount” means the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance.

          “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, in whole or in part, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

          “Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.

          “Registered Security” means any Security issued hereunder and registered as to principal and interest in the Register.

          “Registrar” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.

          “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of or within any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.

          “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, shall mean any vice president, any assistant vice president, any senior trust officer, any trust officer, or any 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 because of his knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

          “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which (i) is Chicago Title Insurance Company, an insurance company organized under the laws of Missouri, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, an insurance company organized under the laws of California, Security Union Title Insurance Company, an insurance company organized under the laws of California, Ticor Title Insurance Company, an insurance company organized under the laws of California, Ticor Title Insurance Company of Florida, an insurance company organized under the laws of Florida, or Alamo Title Insurance, an insurance company organized under the laws of Texas, and any Person successor to any of the foregoing insurance companies or (ii) owns, directly or indirectly, the capital stock of any Subsidiary described in clause (i) of this definition.

          “Security” or “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means a Security or Securities of the Company issued, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

          “Senior Indebtedness” means with respect to the Company, all amounts due on obligations in connection with any of the following, whether Outstanding at the date of execution of this Indenture, or thereafter incurred or created: (i) the principal of or any premium and interest or other payment obligation in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company (other than the Securities); (ii) all capital lease obligations of the Company; (iii) all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business); (iv) all obligations of the Company for the reimbursement on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction; (v) all obligations of the Company in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate future or options contracts, currency swap arrangements, currency future or option contracts and other similar agreements; (vi) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (i)

through (v) above of other persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and (vii) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company); provided, that, “Senior Indebtedness” shall not include: (1) any indebtedness or monetary obligations to trade creditors created or assumed by the Company in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services; (2) any indebtedness or other obligation that is by its terms subordinated to or ranks equal with the Securities; or (3) any indebtedness of the Company to any Subsidiary unless otherwise expressly provided in the terms of any such indebtedness.

          “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.

          “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 in 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.

          “Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation, at least a majority of the total voting power of whose outstanding Voting Stock is at the date of determination owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company, and (ii) any Person (other than a corporation) in which the Company and/or one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company own, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, at least a majority ownership interest.

          “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 8.3; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

          “Trustee” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means such successor Trustee and if, at any time, there is more than one Trustee, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of that series.

          “United States” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to the Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

          “United States Alien”, except as otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, 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. Person” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to the Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, 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, any estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source, or any trust whose administration is subject to the primary supervision of a United States court and which has one or more United States fiduciaries who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.

          “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any corporation, securities of any class or series of such corporation, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors of the corporation.

       Section 1.2. 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 (other than pursuant to Sections 2.3 and 9.7 and the last paragraph of Section 3.3) shall include:

               (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant 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 such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition or covenant 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.

       Section 1.3. 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 of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations as 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 1.4. Acts of Holders.

          (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

          (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

          (c) The ownership of Bearer Securities may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any trust company, bank, banker or other depository, 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 depository, 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 (i) another such certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, (ii) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, (iii) such

Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security or (iv) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

          (d) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Register.

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

          (f) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

     Section 1.5. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

               (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and sent by facsimile (with confirmation of receipt), overnight delivery service or mail, first-class postage prepaid, to the Trustee at its [Corporate Trust Office], Attention: [Corporate Trust Administration], 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 sent by facsimile (with confirmation of receipt), overnight delivery service or mail, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at Fidelity National Financial, Inc., 601 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32204, Attention: Chief Financial Officer or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

     Section 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, (i) if any of the Securities affected by such event are Registered Securities, such notice to the Holders thereof shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in the terms of such Registered Security expressly provided) if in writing and sent by overnight delivery service or mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Register, within the time prescribed for the giving of such notice, and (ii) if any of the Securities affected by such event are Bearer Securities, notice to the Holders thereof shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in the terms of such Bearer Securities expressly provided) if published once in an Authorized Newspaper in New York, New York, and in such other city or cities, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided herein. In any case where notice is given to Holders by publication, neither the failure to publish such notice, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice.

          If by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice as provided above, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. If it is impossible or, in the opinion of the Trustee, impracticable to give any notice by publication in the manner herein required, then such publication in lieu thereof as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.

          Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication. 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 equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

     Section 1.7. 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 1.8. 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 1.9. Separability. In case any provision of this Indenture or the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

     Section 1.10. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

     Section 1.11. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND ANY COUPONS APPERTAINING THERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This Indenture is subject to the Trust Indenture Act and if any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Act shall control.

     Section 1.12. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of any Security or coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section), payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest 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 such date; provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.

     Section 1.13. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or events that a court applying New York law would hold to be included within the term “Acts of God,” and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

     Section 1.14. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Company and the Trustee hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Notes or the transaction contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE 2

SECURITY FORMS

     Section 2.1. Forms Generally. The Securities of each series and the coupons, if any, to be attached thereto shall be in substantially such form as shall be 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 and coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities and coupons, if any. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated in Section 3.1, Securities will be issued only in registered form without coupons or in the form of one or more global securities. If temporary Securities of any series are issued as permitted by Section 3.4, the form thereof also shall be established as provided in the preceding sentence. If the forms of Securities and coupons, if any, of any series are established by, or by action taken pursuant to, a Board Resolution, a copy of the Board Resolution together with an appropriate record (which may be in the form of an Officers’ Certificate) of any such action taken pursuant thereto, including a copy of the approved form of Securities or coupons, if any, 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 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

          Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, Bearer Securities shall have 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 and coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities and coupons, if any.

     Section 2.2. 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 described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

		Dated:
		THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
		as Trustee
		By:
				Authorized Signatory

     Section 2.3. Securities in Global Form. If Securities of or within a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, any such Security may provide that it shall represent the aggregate or specified amount of Outstanding Securities 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 reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a 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 pursuant to Section 3.1 or in the Company

Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if applicable, Section 3.4, 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 pursuant to Section 3.1 or in the applicable Company Order. Any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.2 hereof and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.

          The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 3.3 shall apply to any 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 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last paragraph of Section 3.3.

          Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1 and 3.7, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.

     Section 2.4. Form of Legend for Securities in Global Form. Any Security in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form and such other legends as may be approved by the officers executing such Security, as evidenced by their execution thereof:

          This Security is in global form within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository or a nominee of a Depository. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.

ARTICLE 3

THE SECURITIES

     Section 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

          (a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series.

          (b) The following matters shall be established with respect to each series of Securities issued hereunder (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate or (iii) in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:

               (1) the title of the Securities of the series, including CUSIP Numbers (which title shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other series of Securities);

               (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (which limit shall not pertain to 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 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 8.6, or 10.7 or upon the Company’s repurchase of any Securities in part at the option of the Holders thereof);

               (3) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof;

               (4) the rate or rates (which may be fixed, variable or zero) at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of interest;

               (5) the date or dates from which interest, if any, shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined;

               (6) the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest, if any, shall be payable and, with respect to Registered Securities, the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date;

               (7) each Place of Payment for the Securities of the series;

               (8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency (if other than Dollars) in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than as provided in Section 10.3, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption;

               (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 upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

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

               (11) if other than Dollars, the currency for which the Securities of the series may be purchased or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and/or the currency in which the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the

Securities of the series shall be payable and the particular provisions applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to, or in lieu of the provisions of this Indenture;

           (12) if the amount of payments of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index, formula or other method by which such amount shall be determined;

           (13) if the amount of payments of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method based on the prices of securities or commodities, with reference to changes in the prices of securities or commodities or otherwise by application of a formula, the index, formula or other method by which such amount shall be determined;

           (14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of such Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 5.2 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

           (15) if other than as provided in Section 3.7, the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be payable and the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Securities of the series shall be payable;

           (16) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;

           (17) any addition to or modification or deletion of any Events of Default or any covenants of the Company pertaining to the Securities of the series;

           (18) under what circumstances, if any, the Company will pay Additional Amounts on the Securities of that series held by a Person who is not a U.S. Person in respect of taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option);

           (19) whether Securities of the series shall be issuable as Registered Securities or Bearer Securities (with or without interest coupons), or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offering, sale or delivery of Bearer Securities and, if other than as provided in Section 3.5, the terms upon which Bearer Securities of a series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series and vice versa;

           (20) 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;

          (21) the forms of the Securities and coupons, if any, of the series;

           (22) if either or both of Section 4.4 relating to defeasance or Section 4.5 relating to covenant defeasance shall not be applicable to the Securities of such series, or, if such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, any covenants in addition to those specified in Section 4.5 relating to the Securities of such series which shall be subject to covenant defeasance and any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of Article 4 in respect of the Securities of such series or such other means of defeasance or covenant defeasance as may be specified for the Securities of such series;

           (23) whether the subordination provisions contained in Article 12 or different subordination provisions will apply to the Securities of the series;

           (24) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent;

           (25) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) the Depository for such global Securities, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any Securities of the series in global form may exchange such interests for certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and (iii) if other than as provided in Section 3.5, the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur; and

           (26) any other terms of the Securities of such series and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such Securities.

          (c) All Securities of any one series and coupons, if any, appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the related Officers’ Certificate or (iii) in an indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

          (d) If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution 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, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of any Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the authentication and delivery thereof.

     Section 3.2. Denominations. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, any Registered Securities of a series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and any Bearer Securities of a series shall be issuable in denominations of $5,000.

     Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by two Officers. The Company’s seal shall be reproduced on the Securities. The signatures of any of these Officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. The coupons, if any, of Bearer Securities shall bear the facsimile signature of two Officers.

          Securities and 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.

          At any time and from time to time, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series.

          If the form or terms of the Securities of a series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through (d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:

               (1) if the forms of such Securities and any coupons have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.1, that such forms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

               (2) if the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, subject in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and

               (3) that such Securities together with any coupons appertaining thereto, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,

reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

Notwithstanding that such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate such Securities if, in the opinion of the Trustee, the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

          Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the two preceding paragraphs, if all of the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the two preceding paragraphs in connection with the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents, with appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

          With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 and this Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series.

          If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in global form, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Securities in global form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Security or Securities in global form, (ii) shall be registered, if a Registered Security, in the name of the Depository for such Security or Securities in global form or the nominee of such Depository, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository’s instruction and (iv) shall bear the legend contemplated by Section 2.4.

          Each Depository designated pursuant to Section 3.1 for a Registered Security in global form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depository, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any successor thereto (if so required by applicable law or regulation) and any other applicable statute or regulation. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the Depository is so registered.

          Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.

          No Security or coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any benefits under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of one of the authorized signatories of the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent and no coupon shall be valid until the Security to which it appertains has been so authenticated. Such

signature upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Except as permitted by Section 3.6 or 3.7, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and canceled.

          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 3.9 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

     Section 3.4. Temporary 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 of such series which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor and form, with or without coupons, of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities and coupons, if any. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form, representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series.

          Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, each of which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After 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 pursuant to Section 9.2 in a Place of Payment for such 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 substantially in the form approved in or pursuant to the Board Resolutions relating thereto and such delivery shall occur only outside the United States. 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 except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.

     Section 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 9.2 in a Place of Payment a register (the “Register”) in

which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and the registration of transfers of Registered Securities. The Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Registrar” for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided.

          Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 9.2 in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount containing identical terms and provisions.

          Bearer Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto shall be transferable by delivery.

          At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount containing identical terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.

          Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for Registered Securities (if the Securities of such series are issuable in registered form) or Bearer Securities (if Bearer Securities of such series are issuable in more than one denomination and such exchanges are permitted by such series) of the same series, 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 thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case any 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.

          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive certificated form, a Security in global form representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository for such series to a nominee of such Depository or by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by such Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository for such series or a nominee of such successor Depository.

          Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of any series, a Security in global form will be exchangeable for certificated Securities of the same series in definitive form only if (i) the Depository for the Global Securities of such series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the global Securities of such series or such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered as such under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto if so required by applicable law or regulation and, in either case, a successor Depository for such Securities shall not have been appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, as the case may be, (ii) the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that such Securities in global form shall be exchangeable for certificated Securities and executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that such global Securities shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series, the Company’s election pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(24) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor and terms, shall authenticate and deliver, without charge, Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. Upon any such exchange, owners of beneficial interests in such Securities in global form will be entitled to physical delivery of individual Securities in certificated form of like tenor and terms equal in principal amount to such beneficial interests, and to have such Securities in certificated form registered in the names of the beneficial owners.

          If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depository for such series may surrender a Security in global form of such series in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depository. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and

the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (i) to each Person specified by such Depository a new certificated Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor and terms, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Security in global form; and (ii) to such Depository a new Security in global form of like tenor and terms in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Security in global form and the aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

          Upon the exchange of a Security in global form for Securities in certificated form, such Security in global form shall be canceled by the Trustee. Unless expressly provided with respect to the Securities of any series that such Security may be exchanged for Bearer Securities, Securities in certificated form issued in exchange for a Security in global form pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository for such Security in global form, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

          Whenever any Securities are 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.

          All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or upon any 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, the Registrar or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee 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 for any exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 8.6, or 10.7 or upon the Company’s repurchase of any Securities in part at the option of the Holder thereof not involving any transfer.

          The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Securities for a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and of the series of which such Security is a part and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Securities of like tenor and of such series to be redeemed; (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 and like tenor; provided that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption.

     Section 3.6. Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a replacement Registered Security, if such surrendered Security was a Registered Security, or a replacement Bearer Security with coupons corresponding to the coupons appertaining to the surrendered Security, if such surrendered Security was a Bearer Security, of the same series, terms and date of maturity, if the Trustee’s requirements are met.

          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 Security with a destroyed, lost or stolen 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 purchaser, the Company shall execute and 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 replacement Registered Security, if such Holder’s claim appertains to a Registered Security, or a replacement Bearer Security with coupons corresponding to the coupons appertaining to the destroyed, lost or stolen Bearer Security or the Bearer Security to which such lost, destroyed or stolen coupon appertains, if such Holder’s claim appertains to a Bearer Security, of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

          In case any such 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 or coupon, pay such Security or coupon; provided, however, that payment of principal of and any premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, any interest on Bearer Securities 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.

          Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupon,

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

          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 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

          (a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, interest, if any, on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name 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 maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 9.2; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, interest on any series of Registered Securities that bear interest may be paid (i) by check mailed to the address of the Persons entitled thereto as they shall appear on the Register of Holders of Securities of such series or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by the Persons entitled thereto.

          Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 and except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2, (i) interest, if any, on Bearer Securities shall be paid only against presentation and surrender of the coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they mature and (ii) original issue discount, if any, on Bearer Securities shall be paid only against presentation and surrender of such Securities, in either case at the office of a Paying Agent located outside the United States, unless the Company shall have otherwise instructed the Trustee in writing, provided that any such instruction for payment in the United States does not cause any Bearer Security to be treated as a “registration-required obligation” under United States laws and regulations. The interest, if any, on any temporary Bearer Security shall be paid, as to any installment of interest evidenced by a coupon attached thereto, only upon presentation and surrender of such coupon and, as to other installments of interest, only upon presentation of such Security for notation thereon of the payment of such interest.

          (b) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, any interest on Registered Securities 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 Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of their having been such Holders, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

               (1) The Company may elect to make payment of such Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (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 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 (1) provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of such Registered Securities at his address as it appears in the 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 such Registered Securities (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).

               (2) The Company may make payment of such Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a specified date in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Registered 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 (2), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

          (c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 3.5, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

     Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of any 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, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.7) 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.

          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 Bearer Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bearer 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 or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global form, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or 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 Depository (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Security in global form or impair, as between such Depository and owners of beneficial interests in such Security in global form, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depository (or its nominee) as Holder of such Security in global form.

     Section 3.9. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities and coupons to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and any Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities and coupons surrendered to them for replacement, for registration of transfer, or for exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities and coupons surrendered for replacement, for registration of transfer, or for exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled Securities in its customary manner. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

     Section 3.10. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     Section 3.11. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, in such case, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly advise the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP Numbers.

     Section 3.12. Currency of Payment in Respect of Securities. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Registered or Bearer Security of such series will be made in Dollars.

ARTICLE 4

SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE

     Section 4.1. Termination of Company’s Obligations Under the Indenture. This Indenture shall upon a Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to Securities of any series and any coupons appertaining thereto (except as specified below) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and

discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto when

               (1) either

               (A) all such Securities previously authenticated and delivered and all coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) such coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, surrender of which is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 3.5, (ii) such Securities and coupons which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6, (iii) such coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, surrender of which has been waived as provided in Section 10.6 and (iv) such 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 9.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

               (B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto 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) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, in respect of principal, 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 as to such series have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series, the obligation of the Company to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.9, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 9.2 and 9.3 and with respect to the payment of

Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1(b)(18) shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

     Section 4.2. Application of Trust Funds. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (other than the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto as specifically provided herein, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

     Section 4.3. Applicability of Defeasance Provisions; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Unless pursuant to Section 3.1 either or both of (i) defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 4.4 or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 4.5 shall not be applicable with respect to the Securities of any series, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the provisions of Sections 4.6 through 4.10 inclusive, with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to such Securities, shall be applicable to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 4.4 or Section 4.5 (unless such Section 4.4 or Section 4.5, as the case may be, shall not be applicable to the Securities of such series) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, the Company’s right, if any, to effect defeasance pursuant to Section 4.4 or covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 4.5 may only be exercised with respect to all of the Outstanding Securities of a series and any coupons appertaining thereto.

     Section 4.4. Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise of the option specified in Section 4.3 applicable to this Section with respect to the Securities of a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto (except as specified below) on the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.6 are satisfied (hereinafter “defeasance”). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 4.7 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clause (ii) of this Section, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall on Company Order execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely from the trust funds described in Section 4.6(a) and as more fully set forth in such Section and in Section 4.7, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto when such payments are due; (ii) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.2 and 9.3

and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, payable with respect to such Securities as specified pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(18); (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Article 4. Subject to compliance with this Article 4, the Company may exercise its option under this Section notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 4.5 with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto. Following a defeasance, payment of such Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.

     Section 4.5. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise of the option specified in Section 4.3 applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of a series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 7.1, 9.4 (other than the Company’s obligation to maintain its corporate existence), 9.5 and 9.9 and, if specified pursuant to Section 3.1, its obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.6 are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with Sections 7.1, 9.4 (other than the Company’s obligation to maintain its corporate existence), 9.5 and 9.9 and any such other covenant, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 5.1(3) or 5.1(7) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.

     Section 4.6. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 4.4 or Section 4.5 to any Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining thereto:

          (a) The Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.12 who shall agree in writing to comply with, and shall be entitled to the benefits of, the provisions of Sections 4.3 through 4.10 inclusive and the last paragraph of Section 9.3 applicable to the Trustee, for purposes of such Sections also a “Trustee”) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the payments referred to in clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 4.6(a), specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, with instructions to the Trustee as to the application thereof, (A) money in an amount (in such currency in which such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity or, if such defeasance or covenant defeasance is to be effected in compliance with Section 4.6(g) below, on the relevant Redemption Date, as the case may be), or (B) if Securities of such series are not subject to repayment or repurchase at the option of Holders, Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and any coupons

appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the currency in which such Securities and coupons, if any, are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity or the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide (without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and interest), not later than one day before the due date of any payment referred to in clause (x) or (y) of this Section 4.6(a), money in an amount or (C) a combination thereof in an amount, sufficient, in the opinion of any firm of independent public accountants, expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, (x) the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and (y) any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to such Securities on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.

          (b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, this Indenture or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

          (c) In the case of an election under Section 4.4, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.

          (d) In the case of an election under Section 4.5, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.

          (e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance under Section 4.4 or the covenant defeasance under Section 4.5 (as the case may be) have been complied with.

          (f) No Event of Default or Default with respect to such Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit, or, insofar as Defaults in Events of Default under Sections 5.1(5) and 5.1(6) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).

          (g) If the monies or Government Obligations or combination thereof, as the case may be, deposited under Section 4.6(a) above are sufficient to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and coupons, if any, appertaining thereto provided such Securities are redeemed on a particular Redemption Date, the Company shall have given the Trustee irrevocable instructions to redeem such Securities on such date and to provide notice of such redemption to Holders as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.

          (h) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith as contemplated by Section 3.1.

     Section 4.7. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.3, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.1) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.6 in respect of any Securities of any series and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (other than the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

          Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 4.6(a) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.1 or the terms of such Security to receive payment in a currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 4.6(a) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which the deposit pursuant to Section 4.6(a) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the monies or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) deposited in respect of such Security into the currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on (x) in the case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.

     Section 4.8. Repayment to Company. Anything in this Article 4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 4.6(a) with respect to the Securities of any series which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount

thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, of such Securities in accordance with Section 4.6.

     Section 4.9. Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company shall pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee against, any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Article or the principal and interest received on such Government Obligations.

     Section 4.10. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any monies or Government Obligations (or other property or any proceeds therefrom) deposited pursuant to Section 4.6(a) in accordance with this Indenture or the Securities of the applicable series by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 4.6(a) until such time as the Trustee or a Paying Agent is permitted to apply such monies or Government Obligations (or other property or any proceeds therefrom) in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities of such series; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the cash and Government Obligations(or other property or any proceeds therefrom) held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 5

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     Section 5.1. Events of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any 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) unless such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section 3.1 of this Indenture:

               (1) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that series or any coupon appertaining thereto, or any Additional Amounts payable with respect to any Security of that series, when the same becomes due and payable and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

               (2) default in the payment of any principal of or premium, if any, on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at its Maturity (whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, repurchase at the option of the Holder or otherwise), or default in the making of any mandatory sinking fund payment in respect of any Securities of that series when and as due by the terms of the Securities of that series; or

               (3) default in any material respect in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture or any Security of such series (other than a covenant or warranty for which the consequences of breach or nonperformance are addressed elsewhere in this Section 5.1 or a covenant or warranty which has expressly been included in this Indenture, whether or not by means of a supplemental indenture, solely for the benefit of Securities of a series other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such 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

               (4) [intentionally omitted]; or

               (5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding, (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

               (6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, (C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company , (D) adjudges the Company a bankrupt or insolvent or (E) approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect to the Company; and any such order or decree described in this clause (6) remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or

                (7) any other Event of Default provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to Securities of that series.

          The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

     Section 5.2. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of all of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company (and, if given by the Holders, to the Trustee), may declare the principal of (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) and accrued interest, if any, on all the Securities of that series to be due and payable and upon any such declaration such principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such specified amount) and interest, if any, shall be 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 aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

               (1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum of money sufficient to pay (i) all overdue installments of interest on any Securities of such series and any coupons appertaining thereto which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, (ii) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, (iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest upon installments of interest, if any, which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and (iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.9; and

                (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of, and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.7.

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

     Section 5.3. 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 or coupon, if any, or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security when the same 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 or coupons, if any, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, at the rate or rates borne by or prescribed therefor in such Securities or coupons, if any, 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.

          If the Company fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and 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 any coupons appertaining thereto and collect the monies adjudged 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 and any coupons appertaining thereto, 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 by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to secure any other proper remedy.

     Section 5.4. 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 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 any overdue principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

          (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto 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 or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or any coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

          (b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities or any 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 or any coupons, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to 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 6.9.

          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 any coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security or any coupon in any such proceeding.

     Section 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of 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 or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each and every Holder of a Security or coupon in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

     Section 5.6. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in any such Event of Default. Every right and remedy given by this Article 5 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may be.

     Section 5.7. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series by written notice to the Trustee may waive on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series any past Default or Event of Default with respect to that series and its consequences except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, any Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which pursuant to Section 8.2 cannot be amended or modified 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.

     Section 5.8. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate 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 it with respect to Securities of that series; provided, however, that (i) the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, (ii) the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that is unduly prejudicial to the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series not consenting or that would in the good faith judgment of the Trustee have a substantial likelihood of involving the Trustee in personal liability and (iii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

     Section 5.9. Limitation on Suits by Holders. No Holder of any Security of any series or any coupons appertaining thereto 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) the Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;

               (2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series have made a 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 indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to be, or which may be, incurred by the Trustee in pursuing the remedy;

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

               (5) during such 60 day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series have not given to the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such written request.

          No one or more 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 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 5.10. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of 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 Sections 3.5 and 3.7, interest on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such Security and such coupon on the respective due dates expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repurchase by the Company at the option of such Holder, on any date such repurchase is due to be made), and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

     Section 5.11. Application of Money Collected. If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money 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, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

          FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 6.9;

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

          THIRD: to the Company.

          The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 5.11. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.

     Section 5.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

     Section 5.13. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. To the extent permitted by applicable law and except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

     Section 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) 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 expressly waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants (to the extent it may lawfully do so) 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.

     Section 5.15. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this indenture agree, and each holder of any security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this indenture, or in any suit against the trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of any undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.15 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the trustee, to any suit instituted by any holder, or group of holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of

redemption, on or after the redemption date, or, in the case of repurchase by the Company at the option of the holder, on or after the date for repurchase).

ARTICLE 6

THE TRUSTEE

     Section 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee.

          (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee’s duties and responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section 315(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and no implied duties shall be inferred against the Trustee.

          (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall 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.

     Section 6.2. Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:

          (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document but the Trustee may, in its discretion, make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry.

          (b) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than delivery of any Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 3.3, which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.

          (c) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may consult with counsel of its own selection (who may be in-house counsel) or require an Officers’ Certificate. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on a Board Resolution, the written advice of counsel, who may be an attorney for the Company, an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel.

          (d) The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.

          (e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.

          (f) The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers.

          (g) The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.

          (h) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and without negligence in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.

          (i) 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 security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

          (j) The Trustee’s rights to immunities and protection from liability hereunder and its rights to payment of its fees, indemnities and expenses shall survive termination of this Agreement and its resignation or removal.

          (k) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

          (l) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

     Section 6.3. Trustee May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any 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 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, with which the Trustee shall comply, may otherwise deal with the Company and an Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or such other agent.

     Section 6.4. 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 upon in writing with the Company.

     Section 6.5. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the

Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity, adequacy or priority of this Indenture or the Securities or any coupon. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities or for monies paid over to the Company pursuant to the Indenture.

     Section 6.6. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall, within 90 days after it occurs, transmit by mail, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, notice of all Defaults known to it unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that in the case of a Default in payment on the Securities of any series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding such notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities of that series; and provided, further, that in the case of any Default of the character specified in Section 5.1(3) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.

           The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of a Default or an Event of Default unless (i) the Trustee has received written notice thereof from the Company or any Holder or (ii) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge thereof as evidenced in writing. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Trustee shall not be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements herein, or of any of the documents executed in connection with the Securities, or as to the existence of a Default or an Event of Default thereunder.

     Section 6.7. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act a brief report dated as of such May 15 if required by and in compliance with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall also comply with Sections 313(b) and (d) of the Trust Indenture Act.

     Section 6.8. Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders of Securities of each series. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee semiannually on or before the last day of June and December in each year, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, containing all the information in the possession or control of the Registrar, the Company or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee as to the names and addresses of Holders of Securities of each such series. If there are Bearer Securities of any series outstanding, even if the Trustee is the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such a list containing such information with respect to Holders of such Bearer Securities only. Holders of Securities may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee and all other Persons shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

     Section 6.9. Compensation and Indemnity.

          (a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture, except any such expense as shall be determined to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

          (b) The Company shall fully indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any and all loss or liability, damage, claim or expense including taxes (other than taxes based upon or determined or measured by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it arising out of or in connection with its 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 Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim of which it has received written notice and for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

          (c) The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by the Trustee through its own negligence or willful misconduct.

          (d) To secure the payment obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to particular Securities.

          When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or Section 5.1(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

          The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. All indemnifications and releases from liability granted in this Article 6 to the Trustee shall extend to its directors, officers, employees and agents and to the Trustee and to each Paying Agent and Registrar. Whether or not expressly provided for herein, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Article 6.

     Section 6.10. Replacement of Trustee.

          (a) The resignation or removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in Section 6.11.

          (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

          (c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to that series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the Company’s consent.

          If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

          (d) If at any time:

          (1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months;

          (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or

          (3) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting, is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or a receiver or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

          (e) if the Trustee resigns, is removed or becomes incapable of acting, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, with respect to Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee 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 6.11. 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 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

     Section 6.11. 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 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee, without further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers 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 such successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein such successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, such successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (ii) 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 (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee. 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 the Trust Indenture Act.

          (e) 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 in the manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 1.6. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust office.

     Section 6.12. Eligibility; Disqualification. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or, in the case of a Trustee which is a subsidiary of a bank holding company, which Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 and whose ultimate parent bank holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000). If such corporation (or ultimate parent bank holding company, as the case may be) publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation (or ultimate parent bank holding company, as the case may be) 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 specified in this Article. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee for the Securities of any series.

     Section 6.13. 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, 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 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and, except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.1, shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America or of any state 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 authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of the aforesaid 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. In case 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 further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

          An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination 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 for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner set forth in Section 1.6. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor

hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent herein. 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 including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for its services under this Section.

          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 or in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:

          This is one of the Securities of the series described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

		Trustee
		By
				as Authenticating Agent
		By
				Authorized Signatory
		Dated:

ARTICLE 7

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE BY THE COMPANY

     Section 7.1. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets Permitted. The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, convey, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person unless:

          (1) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or which acquires the Company’s assets, is a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

          (2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or which acquires the Company’s assets, expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and

          (3) immediately after giving effect to the transaction no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

          The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed transaction an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the transaction under this Indenture have been met.

     Section 7.2. Successor Person Substituted for Company. Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger of the Company into any other Person or any sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person in accordance with Section 7.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the coupons.

ARTICLE 8

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     Section 8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

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

          (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 with respect to all or any series of Securities; or

          (4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to facilitate the issuance of Bearer Securities (including, without limitation, to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal only) or to facilitate the issuance of Securities in global form; or

          (5) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture (which amendment or supplement may apply to one or more series of Securities or to one or more Securities within any series as specified in such supplemental indenture), provided that such amendment or supplement does not apply to

any Outstanding Security issued prior to the date of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefits of such provision; or

          (6) to secure the Securities; or

          (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; 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 6.11; or

          (9) if allowed without penalty under applicable laws and regulations, to permit payment in the United States of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on Bearer Securities or coupons, if any; or

          (10) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of Securities of any series; or

          (11) to make any change to comply with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or any amendment thereof, or any requirement of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or any amendment thereof.

     Section 8.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto to add any provisions to or to change or eliminate any provisions of this Indenture or of any other indenture supplemental hereto or to modify the rights of the Holders of such Securities; provided, however, that without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, an amendment under this Section may not:

          (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or premium, if any, on or of any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, any Security, or reduce the principal amount of, or any installment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, or any Additional Amounts payable with respect to, any Security or the rate of interest on any Security, or reduce the amount of premium, if any, payable upon redemption of any Security or the repurchase by the Company of any Security at the option of the Holder thereof, or change the manner in which the amount of any principal thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect thereto is

determined, or reduce the amount of the principal of any Original Issue Discount Security or Indexed Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or change the currency in which any Securities or any premium or the interest thereon or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect thereto, is payable, or change the index, securities or commodities with reference to which or the formula by which the amount of principal or any premium or the interest thereon is determined, 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, in the case of repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holder, on or after the date for repurchase);

          (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;

          (3) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 9.2; or

          (4) make any change in Section 5.7 or this 8.2 except to increase any percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.

          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 is not necessary under this Section 8.2 for the Holders to consent to the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it is sufficient if they consent to the substance thereof.

     Section 8.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture that complies with the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

     Section 8.4. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with, and 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 8.5. 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 coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.

     Section 8.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities, including any coupons, of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities including any coupons 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 including any coupons of such series.

ARTICLE 9

COVENANTS

     Section 9.1. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. An installment of principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Amounts, if any, shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment.

     Section 9.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency. If Securities of a series are issued as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain, (i) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States where Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of that series are listed on any 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 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 (ii) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, 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 or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

          Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, no payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States, by check mailed to any address in the United States, by transfer to an account located in the United States or upon presentation or surrender in the United States of a Bearer Security or coupon for payment, even if the payment would be credited to an account located outside the United States; provided, however, that, if the Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium or interest on any such Bearer Security shall be made at the office of the Company’s Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or interest, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for 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 (including any coupons, if any) of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities (including any coupons, if any) of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

          Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company hereby designates the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities and initially appoints the Trustee, at its offices which on the date of this Indenture are located at The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York, New York 10286, as the Company’s agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for the foregoing purposes and as Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company may subsequently appoint a different office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and a different Registrar and Paying Agent for the Securities of any series.

     Section 9.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust; Unclaimed Money. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, 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, 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 in writing 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, premium, if any, or interest on or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to the 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 principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities; 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.

          Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of any principal, premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security and coupon, if any, shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, or cause to be mailed to such Holder, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

     Section 9.4. Corporate Existence. Except as provided in Article 7, the Company will at all times do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and its rights and franchises; provided that nothing in this Section 9.4 shall prevent the abandonment or termination of any right or franchise of the Company if, in the opinion of the Company, such abandonment or termination is in the best interests of the Company and not prejudicial in any material respect to the Holders of the Securities.

     Section 9.5. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will use its reasonable efforts to cause all material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (subject to wear and tear) and supplied with all necessary material equipment and will use its reasonable efforts to cause to be made all necessary material 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 9.5 shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

     Section 9.6. [Intentionally omitted]

     Section 9.7. Annual Review Certificate. The Company covenants and agrees to deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 9.7, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.

     Section 9.8. [Intentionally omitted]

     Section 9.9. Taxes. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged prior to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies the non-payment of which would materially adversely affect the business, prospects, earnings, properties, assets or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole except those taxes, assessments and governmental levies whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.

     Section 9.10. Additional Amounts. If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(18), the Company agrees to pay to the Holder of each such Security or any coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any coupon appertaining thereto, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of any Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

          Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any series, 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 such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series shall not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a

payment of principal is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such series or the coupons appertaining thereto who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or similar governmental charge described in the terms of the Securities of such 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 agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent on or prior to the date such payment is due the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. 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 9.11. Calculation of Original Issue Discount. The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year, and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

ARTICLE 10

REDEMPTION

     Section 10.1. Applicability of Article. Securities (including coupons, if any) 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 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

     Section 10.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities, including coupons, if any, shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In the case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities or coupons, if any, 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 of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. 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 10.3. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, if less than all the Securities (including coupons, if any) of a series with the same terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee, not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, shall select the Securities of the series to be redeemed in such manner as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the series that are Outstanding and that have not previously been called for redemption and may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected by the Trustee for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

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

     Section 10.4. Notice of Redemption. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 1.6 not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed.

          All notices of redemption shall state:

          (1) the Redemption Date;

          (2) the Redemption Price;

          (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed;

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

          (5) the Place or Places of Payment 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;

          (6) that Securities of the series called for redemption and all unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining thereto must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

          (7) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, together with (except as otherwise set forth in Section 10.6 or as may otherwise be specified with respect to such Securities pursuant to Section 3.1) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed, will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;

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

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

          (10) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities.

          Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed 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; provided that if the latter, the Company will give the Trustee at least 15 Business Days prior notice of the date of the giving of such notice.

     Section 10.5. 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, which it may not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article 11, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 9.3) an amount of money in the currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (unless the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) interest accrued to the Redemption Date on, all Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

          Unless any Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities (including Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the Company may deliver such Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

     Section 10.6. 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 (together with (except as otherwise set forth in this Section 10.6 or as may otherwise be specified with respect to such Securities pursuant to Section 3.1) accrued interest, if any, thereon and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect thereto to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the coupons for any such interest appertaining to any Bearer Security so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Except as provided in the next

succeeding paragraph, upon surrender of any such Security, including coupons, if any, for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and provided, further, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, 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 3.7.

          If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Bearer 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 Bearer Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside of the United States (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 9.2) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.

          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 borne by or prescribed therefor in the Security.

     Section 10.7. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part at any Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so required, 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), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of that Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, having the same form, terms and Stated Maturity, in any authorized denomination equal in aggregate principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security surrendered.

ARTICLE 11

SINKING FUNDS

     Section 11.1. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 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 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

     Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) together, in the case of Bearer Securities of such series, with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to 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 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 11.3. 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 11.2 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 10.3 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 10.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 10.6 and 10.7.

ARTICLE 12

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

     Section 12.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness. The Company for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities issued, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, by his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that the obligation of the Company to make any payment on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on each and all Securities is hereby expressly subordinated and junior, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter in this Article set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company.

     Section 12.2. Payments to Securityholders.

          (a) Upon (i) any declaration of acceleration of the principal amount due on the Securities of any series; (ii) any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition or other similar proceeding relating to the Company, its creditors or its property; (iii) any proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, voluntary or involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings; (iv) any assignment by the Company for the benefit of creditors; or (v) any other marshalling of the assets of the Company, all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, due upon all Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in money or money’s worth in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, and upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding-up or any other event described in clauses (i) through (v) above any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities of any series under the terms of this Indenture would be entitled, except for the provisions hereof (other than securities of the Company or any other Person provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in this section with respect to the Securities, to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, provided that the rights of the Holders of the Senior Indebtedness are not altered by such reorganization or adjustment), shall (subject to the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to make other equitable provision reflecting the rights conferred by the provisions hereof upon the Senior Indebtedness and the holders thereof with respect to the Securities of such series and the Holders thereof by a lawful plan of reorganization under applicable bankruptcy law), be paid by the Company or any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders of the securities if received by them, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to each such holder on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holder) or their representatives, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness (including interest thereon) in full in money or money’s worth in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the Holders of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities of such series. The consolidation of the Company with, or a merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another Person upon the terms and conditions provided in Section 7.1 hereof shall not be deemed a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, for the purposes of this Section 12.2(a).

          (b) In the event that any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character not permitted by Section 12.2(a), whether in cash, property or securities, shall be received by the Trustee for the Securities of any series or the Holders of Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, or provision made for such payment, in accordance with its terms, at a time when a Responsible Officer of the Trustee for the Securities of any series or such Holder has actual knowledge that such payment should not have been made to it, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and upon written request of the holders of any Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or

to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

          (c) No payment on account of principal of, premium, if any, sinking funds or interest on the Securities of any series shall be made unless full payment of amounts then due for principal, premium, if any, sinking funds and interest on any Senior Indebtedness has been made or duly provided for in money or money’s worth in accordance with the terms of such Senior Indebtedness. No payment on account of principal, premium, if any, sinking funds or interest on the Securities shall be made if, at the time of such payment or immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) the Company defaults in the payment of any principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Indebtedness when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or acceleration by declaration or otherwise or (ii) an event of default occurs with respect to any Senior Indebtedness permitting the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof and written notice of such event of default (requesting that payments on the Securities cease) is given to the Company by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, and such event of default shall not have been cured or waived or shall not have ceased to exist, provided, however, that if the holders of the Senior Indebtedness to which the default relates have not declared such Senior Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable within 180 days after the occurrence of such default (or have declared such Senior Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable and within such period have rescinded such declaration of acceleration), then the Company shall resume making any and all required payments in respect of the Securities (including any missed payments). Only one payment blockage period under the immediately preceding sentence may be commenced within any consecutive 365-day period with respect to the Securities of any series. No event of default which existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any 180-day payment blockage period with respect to the Senior Indebtedness initiating such payment blockage period shall be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of a second payment blockage period by a Holder or representative of such Senior Indebtedness whether or not within a period of 365 consecutive days unless such event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days (and, in the case of any such waiver, no payment shall be made by the Company to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in connection with such waiver other than amounts due pursuant to the terms of the Senior Indebtedness as in effect at the time of such default).

     Section 12.3. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness. From and after the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities (together with the holders of any other indebtedness of the Company which is subordinate in right of payment to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, which is not subordinate in right of payment to the Securities and which by its terms grants such right of subrogation to the holder thereof) shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets or securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the Securities shall be paid in full, and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no such payments or distributions to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of assets or securities, which otherwise would have been payable or distributable to Holders of the Securities, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the

Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand, and nothing contained in this Article is intended to or shall impair as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is unconditional and absolute, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or to affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of a Security of any series from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series subject to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, under Section 12.2, to receive cash, property or securities of the Company otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities or to a representative of such Holders on their behalf.

          Upon any distribution or payment in connection with any proceedings referred to in Section 12.2(a), the Trustee and each Holder of the Securities then Outstanding shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution or payment to the Trustee or such Holder for the purpose of ascertaining the holders of Senior Indebtedness entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the amount of such Senior Indebtedness or the amount payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.

     Section 12.4. Relative Rights. This Article 12 defines the relative rights of Holders of Securities and holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

          (a) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Securities in accordance with their terms;

          (b) affect the relative rights of Holders of Securities and creditors of the Company other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Indebtedness; or

          (c) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Securities from exercising its available remedies upon a default or Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Securities.

          If the Company fails because of this Article 12 to pay principal of or interest on a Security when due in accordance with the terms of any series of the Securities, the failure still constitutes a default for purposes of and to the extent set forth in Section 5.1.

     Section 12.5. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment, authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to

effectuate the subordination provisions in this Article and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

     Section 12.6. Subordination May Not Be Impaired. No rights of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of the Securities then Outstanding, or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by any such holder with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

          Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.

     Section 12.7. Notice to Trustee.

          The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities of any series pursuant to the provisions of this Article 12. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 12 or any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article 12, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor at least two Business Days prior to such payment date; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received such notice at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money or other property may become payable for any purpose (including without limitation, the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on any Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.

          The Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on

behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 12, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 12, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

     Section 12.8. Reliance on Certificate of Liquidating Agent. Upon any payment or distribution referred to in this Article 12, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which a dissolution, winding up or total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the Company or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 12.

     Section 12.9. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall pay over or distribute to Holders of the Securities of any series or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. With respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article 12, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness shall be read into the Indenture against the Trustee. Nothing in this Article 12 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Sections 5.11 and 6.9.

     Section 12.10. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

     Section 12.11. Article Applicable to Paying Agent. In case at any time any Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term “Trustee” as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context shall otherwise require) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.

     Section 12.12. Payment Permitted if No Event Specified in Section 12.2.

          Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any of the Securities, shall prevent (a) the Company from making payments at any time of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Securities or (b) the application by the Trustee or any Paying Agent of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the payment of (or premium, if any) or on account of the principal of or interest on Securities, if, at least two Business Days prior to the time of such application, the Trustee or such Paying Agent, as the case may be, did not have the written notice referred to in Section 12.7 of any event prohibiting the making of such deposit. In addition, nothing in this Article shall prevent the Company from making or the Trustee from receiving or applying any payment in connection with the redemption of Securities of a series if the first publication of notice of such redemption (whether by mail or otherwise in accordance with this Indenture) has been made, and the Trustee has received such payment from the Company, prior to the occurrence of any of the contingencies specified in Section 12.2.

          This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one instrument.

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

Exhibit 5.1

[Letterhead of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP]

November 14, 2007

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
601 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32204

Re:      Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We have acted as counsel for Fidelity National Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the following securities of the Company: (i) unsecured senior debt securities (the “Senior Debt Securities”); (ii) unsecured subordinated debt securities (the “Subordinated Debt Securities” and, together with the Senior Debt Securities, the “Debt Securities”); (iii) shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”); (iv) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”); (v) depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”) in the form of fractional interests in Debt Securities or fractional shares of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock in each case evidenced by depositary receipts (the “Receipts”); (vi) warrants to purchase Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities or other securities described in the Registration Statement, or any combination of them (collectively, the “Warrants”); (vii) contracts for the purchase and sale of Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities or other securities described in the Registration Statement (the “Purchase Contracts”); and (viii) units of the Company, consisting of one or more of the other securities described in the Registration Statement or debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. Treasury Securities (the “Units”, and together with the Debt Securities, the Common Stock, the Preferred Stock, the Depository Shares, the Receipts, the Warrants and the Purchase Contracts, the “Offered Securities”). The Offered Securities will be issued from time to time pursuant to the provisions of Rule 415 under the Securities Act.

          The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series pursuant to the Senior Indenture, dated as of December 8, 2005 (as amended or supplemented, the “Senior Indenture”) or the Subordinated Indenture, dated as of [ ] (as amended or supplemented, the “Subordinated Indenture” and, together with the Senior Indenture, the “Indentures”), each of which is between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, and each of which is incorporated by reference or attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts may be issued pursuant to a Deposit Agreement (the “Deposit Agreement”) between the Company and a depositary, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement when such Depositary Stares are issued. The Warrants may be issued pursuant to one or more warrant agreements (each, a “Warrant Agreement”) to be entered into between the Company and a warrant agent or agents, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement when such Warrants are issued. The Purchase Contracts may be issued

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pursuant to a Purchase Contract Agreement to be entered into between the Company and a bank or trust company as Purchase Contract Agent and a Pledge Agreement to be entered into between the Company, a Purchase Contract Agent and a bank or trust company as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, each of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement when such Purchase Contracts are issued. The Units may be issued pursuant to an Unit Agreement to be entered into between the Company and a bank or trust company as Unit Agent, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement when such Units are issued.

          We have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents as we have considered necessary for the purposes hereof. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to any facts material to our opinions, we have, when relevant facts were not independently established, relied upon the aforesaid records, certificates and documents.

          Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the further limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

     1. Assuming that the Indentures, any Debt Securities and any supplemental indenture to be entered into in connection with the issuance of such Debt Securities have been duly authorized, when (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, (ii) the applicable Indenture and a supplemental indenture in respect of such Debt Securities have been duly executed and delivered, (iii) the terms of such Debt Securities have been duly established in accordance with the applicable Indenture and the applicable supplemental indenture relating to such Debt Securities as not to violate any applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company and (iv) such Debt Securities have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the applicable Indenture and the applicable supplemental indenture relating to such Debt Securities and duly issued, paid for and delivered by the Company in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement and the terms of any other Offered Securities pursuant to which Debt Securities may be issued, such Debt Securities (including any Debt Securities duly issued upon exchange or conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock or Warrants that are exchangeable or convertible into Debt Securities) will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to the effect of

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general principles of equity, regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

     2. When (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, (ii) the shares of Common Stock have been duly and properly authorized for issuance and are such as not to violate any applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company and (iii) such shares of Common Stock have been duly issued, paid for and delivered in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement and the terms of any other Offered Securities pursuant to which shares of Common Stock may be issued, such shares of Common Stock (including any Common Stock duly issued upon exchange for or conversion of Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units) will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     3. When (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, (ii) the terms of a class or series of Preferred Stock have been duly and properly authorized for issuance and certificates of designation classifying the shares of Preferred Stock and are such as not to violate any applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company, and setting forth the terms thereof have been filed and accepted for record and (iii) such shares of Preferred Stock have been duly issued, paid for and delivered in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement and the terms of any other Offered Securities pursuant to which shares of Preferred Stock may be issued, such shares of Preferred Stock (including any Preferred Stock duly issued upon exchange for or conversion of Common Stock, Debt Securities, Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units) will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     4. Assuming that a Deposit Agreement relating to the Depositary Shares (the “Deposit Agreement”) has been duly authorized, when (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, (ii) the Deposit Agreement has been duly executed and delivered, (iii) the terms of such Depositary Shares and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Deposit Agreement relating to such Depositary Shares and are such as not to violate any applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and as to comply with any

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requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company, (iv) (a) the Debt Securities relating to such Depositary Shares have been duly and properly authorized for issuance as contemplated in paragraph 1 above or (b) the shares of Common Stock or of Preferred Stock, as the case may be, relating to such Depositary Shares have been duly and properly authorized for issuance and are fully paid and non-assessable as contemplated in paragraph 2 or 3 above, respectively, (v) such Common Stock or Preferred Stock or the Debt Securities have been duly issued, paid for and delivered in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto and in accordance with any underwriting agreement and the terms of any Offered Securities pursuant to which the Debt Securities or shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, may be issued and (vi) the Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares are duly issued against the deposit of such Common Stock or Preferred Stock or the Debt Securities as contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, any underwriting agreement and the terms of any Offered Securities relating to such issuance, such Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares (including any Depositary Shares that may be issued upon exercise, conversion, exchange or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Offered Securities) will be validly issued and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement.

     5. Assuming that the Warrants and the terms of the offering thereof and related matters have been duly authorized, and their terms and the terms of their issuance and sale are such as not to violate any applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company, when (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, (ii) the Warrant Agreement or Agreements relating to the Warrants have been validly executed and delivered by the Company and the Warrant Agent appointed by the Company, and (iii) the Warrants or certificates representing the Warrants have been duly executed, authenticated, issued, paid for and delivered as contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement, such Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

     6. Assuming that Purchase Contracts and the terms of the offering thereof and related matters have been duly authorized, and their terms and the terms of their

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issuance and sale are such as not to violate any applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company, when (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, (ii) the other Offered Securities that are issuable upon the exercise of the Purchase Contracts have been duly and properly authorized for issuance and, in the case of Common Stock and Preferred Stock, are fully paid and non-assessable, and (iii) the Purchase Contracts have been duly executed, authenticated, issued, paid for and delivered as contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement, such Purchase Contracts will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

     7. Assuming that Units and the terms of the offering thereof and related matters have been duly authorized, and their terms and the terms of their issuance and sale are such as not to violate any applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company, when (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, (ii) the other Offered Securities that are a component of such Units have been duly and properly authorized for issuance and, in the case of Common Stock and Preferred Stock, will, upon the issuance of the Units be, fully paid and non-assessable, (iii) in the case of Units consisting at least in part of debt obligations of third parties, such debt obligations at all relevant times constitute the valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof enforceable against the issuers thereof in accordance with their terms, (iv) the Units have been duly executed, authenticated, and if required, issued, paid for and delivered as contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement, such Units will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

          We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America.

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          We express no opinion as to the application of the securities or blue sky laws of the several states to the sale of the Offered Securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth herein, we express no opinion in connection with the matters contemplated by the Registration Statement, and no opinion may be implied or inferred, except as expressly set forth herein.

          We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement and in any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

	Very truly yours, /s/ Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Exhibit 12.1

Statement re: Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

		Nine Months Ended
		September 30,				Year Ended December 31,
		2007				2006				2005				2004				2003				2002
Earnings:
Earnings		$	2,695			$	943,202			$	1,607,940			$	1,184,091			$	1,420,639			$	851,300
Fixed charges			106,309				344,612				297,307				165,594				142,643				109,641
		$	109,004			$	1,287,814			$	1,905,247			$	1,349,685			$	1,563,282			$	960,941
Fixed Charges:
Interest expense and amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs		$	30,199			$	209,972			$	172,327			$	47,214			$	43,103			$	34,053
Interest component of rent expense			76,110				134,640				124,980				118,380				99,540				75,588
		$	106,309			$	344,612			$	297,307			$	165,594			$	142,643			$	109,641
Ratio of earnings to Fixed charges			1.0				3.7				6.4				8.2				11.0				8.8

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our reports with respect to the consolidated financial statements, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

Our report with respect to the consolidated financial statements refers to the Company’s adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment” effective January 1, 2006 and the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” as of December 31, 2006.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Jacksonville, FL

November 14, 2007

Exhibit 25.1

FORM T-1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)          o

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

		95-3571558
(State of incorporation		(I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank)		identification no.)
700 South Flower Street
Suite 500
Los Angeles, California		90017
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware		16-1725106
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)		identification no.)
601 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida		32204
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Senior Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)

1.

General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a)

Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name		Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury		Washington, D.C. 20219
Federal Reserve Bank		San Francisco, California 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation		Washington, D.C. 20429

(b)

Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2.		Affiliations with Obligor.
		If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
		None.
16.		List of Exhibits.
		Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

	1.		A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
	2.		A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
	3.		A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
	4.		A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

	6.		The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
	7.		A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of Jacksonville, and State of Florida, on the 7th day of November, 2007.

		THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
		By: Name:		/s/ WILLIAM CARDOZO   WILLIAM CARDOZO
		Title:		VICE PRESIDENT

EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017

     At the close of business September 30, 2007, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

		Dollar Amounts
		in Thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin			11,268
Interest-bearing balances			0
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities			40
Available-for-sale securities			115,996
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold			49,900
Securities purchased under agreements to resell			108,174
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale			0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income			0
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses			0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance			0
Trading assets			0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)			12,972
Other real estate owned			0
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies			0
Not applicable
Intangible assets:
Goodwill			871,685
Other Intangible Assets			308,586
Other assets			148,668
Total assets		$	1,627,289

		Dollar Amounts
		in Thousands
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices			2,567
Noninterest-bearing			2,567
Interest-bearing			0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased			0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase			0
Trading liabilities			0
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)			168,691
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures			0
Other liabilities			148,215
Total liabilities			319,473
Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries			0
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus			0
Common stock			1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)			1,121,520
Retained earnings			184,893
Accumulated other comprehensive income			403
Other equity capital components			0
Total equity capital			1,307,816
Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)			1,627,289

     I, Karen Bayz, Vice President of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

     Karen Bayz      )      Vice President

     We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

		Michael K. Klugman, President			)
		Frank P. Sulzberger, MD			)			Directors (Trustees)
		William D. Lindelof, VP			)

FORM T-1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)          o
           

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

		95-3571558
(State of incorporation		(I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank)		identification no.)
700 South Flower Street
Suite 500
Los Angeles, California		90017
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware		16-1725106
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)		identification no.)
601 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida		32204
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Subordinated Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)

1.

General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a)

Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name		Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury		Washington, D.C. 20219
Federal Reserve Bank		San Francisco, California 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation		Washington, D.C. 20429

(b)

Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2.		Affiliations with Obligor.
		If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
		None.

16.		List of Exhibits.
		Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

	1.		A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
	2.		A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
	3.		A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
	4.		A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

	6.		The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
	7.		A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of Jacksonville, and State of Florida, on the 7th day of November, 2007.

		THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
		By: Name: Title:		/s/ WILLIAM CARDOZO   WILLIAM CARDOZO VICE PRESIDENT

EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017

     At the close of business September 30, 2007, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

		Dollar Amounts
		in Thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin			11,268
Interest-bearing balances			0
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities			40
Available-for-sale securities			115,996
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold			49,900
Securities purchased under agreements to resell			108,174
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale			0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income			0
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses			0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance			0
Trading assets			0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)			12,972
Other real estate owned			0
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies			0
Not applicable
Intangible assets:
Goodwill			871,685
Other Intangible Assets			308,586
Other assets			148,668
Total assets		$	1,627,289

		Dollar Amounts
		in Thousands
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices			2,567
Noninterest-bearing			2,567
Interest-bearing			0
Not applicable
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased			0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase			0
Trading liabilities			0
Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)			168,691
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures			0
Other liabilities			148,215
Total liabilities			319,473
Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries			0
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus			0
Common stock			1,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)			1,121,520
Retained earnings			184,893
Accumulated other comprehensive income			403
Other equity capital components			0
Total equity capital			1,307,816
Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)			1,627,289