Common use of Control and Perfection Clause in Contracts

Control and Perfection. In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesDebentures, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securitiesany Debentures, the any Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into by the parties hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when required and as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration, Treasury Securities or any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any Security Interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesDebentures, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and "entitlement orders orders" (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Debt Securities, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, the Applicable Ownership Interest in any Treasury Portfolio or any Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the "entitlement holder" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the Code) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with "entitlement orders" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Securities purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesDebentures, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debentures, the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or any Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the "entitlement holder" (as defined in the Code) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the New Securities purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Debt Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) it is a Person that in the ordinary course of business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity, (ii) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (iii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (vi) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, Consideration and the Treasury PortfolioSecurities, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to to, upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any Security Interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred Capital Securities, the Treasury SecuritiesConsideration, the Treasury PortfolioSecurities, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to to, upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Capital Securities, the Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power- of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver pursuant to the terms hereof or upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, Consideration and the Treasury PortfolioSecurities, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto thereto, or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to, pursuant to the terms hereof or upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-factattorney‑in‑fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesDebentures, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8‑102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8‑102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney‑in‑fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2. 1. The grant of such power‑of‑attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Debt Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of the this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereofthereto. Such instructions In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury SecuritiesConsideration, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Treasury Securities and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral AgentAgent itself, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed only in writing by accordance with the Companyterms hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent as such, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent as such, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration, Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, comply with entitlement orders originated by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company without further consent by the Purchase Contract Agent; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2; (vi) each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code; and (vii) in the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (c) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder. (d) The Purchase Contract Agent shall file with the Internal Revenue Service and deliver to the Holders Forms 1099 (or successor or comparable forms), to the extent required by law, with respect to payments to the Holders. Neither the Securities Intermediary nor the Collateral Agent shall have any tax reporting duties hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.12.01, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.02 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "FINANCIAL ASSET" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.01. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Capital Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property under lying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the fore going have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Capital Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of the this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitle ment orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Con-

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereofthereto. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Forward Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Forward Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral AgentAgent itself, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent as such, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent as such, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration, Treasury Securities or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Forward Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Forward Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2; (vi) each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code; and (vii) in the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (c) The Forward Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Forward Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.12.1 hereof, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize authorizes and direct directs the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent Entitlement Orders that conflict with Entitlement Orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the Entitlement Orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Collateral Agent hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any Financial Assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent, indorsed to the Collateral Agent or in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Collateral Agent and in no case will any Financial Asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Collateral Agent or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Securities or any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) will be promptly credited on the books of the Securities Intermediary to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which Financial Assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Collateral Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any Financial Asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any Financial Assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, any Holder or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or Cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a Financial Asset. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1 hereof. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder, it being hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to file or record any documents in any jurisdiction for purposes of perfecting or maintaining the security interest in the Collateral except those that it shall be directed in writing to execute by the Company.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of the this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in- fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesShares, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Securities and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Preferred Shares or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power- of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and "entitlement orders orders" (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Company or the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereoffinancial assets maintained in the Collateral Account. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Company or the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesTreasury Strips or Ownership Interests therein, the Treasury SecuritiesFixed-Share Rights, the Treasury PortfolioCommon Stock, Merger Consideration and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Company or the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company only and shall not be the agent of the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as otherwise directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent, for itself and as agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders, hereby confirm and agree that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Treasury Strips, Fixed-Share Rights Certificates, or Common Stock or Merger Consideration) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the "entitlement holder" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the Code) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Securities purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent, for itself and as agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders, hereby agree that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument, cash or otherwise) credited to the Collateral Account, including any Treasury Strips, Fixed-Share Rights and Common Stock, shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection (other than by control) of any Security Interest hereunder. The Collateral Agent agrees to file such financing statements and amendments thereto as the Company may direct from time to time. (f) The Purchase Contract Agent represents and warrants that its chief executive office is located in Columbus, Ohio and that it has more than one place of business.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-factattorney‑in‑fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securitiesany Debentures, the any Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent DB1/ 116050876.5 shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8‑102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8‑102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into by the parties hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney‑in‑fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power‑of‑attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Revised Article 8) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Securities and any Security Entitlements security entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect theretoto any thereof, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. In addition, to further protect and perfect the Pledge, the Securities Intermediary agrees that it will, until New York adopts Revised Article 8, at all times mark xxx books with respect to the Collateral Account to show that all securities credited thereto are subject to the Pledge in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Company. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesDebentures, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and “entitlement orders orders” (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as otherwise directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration, Treasury Securities or any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the Code) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any Security Interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-factattorney‑in‑fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securitiesany Debentures, the any Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent DB1/ 112040219.3 shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8‑102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8‑102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into by the parties hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney‑in‑fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power‑of‑attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration, Treasury Securities or any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (vi) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (vii) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (c) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power- of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge ---------------------- granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-attorney- in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-Section 8- 102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesSenior Notes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Senior Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8- 102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power- of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and "entitlement orders orders" (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as otherwise directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration, Treasury Securities or any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the "entitlement holder" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the Code) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any Security Interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesSenior Notes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio Interests and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) it is a Person that in the ordinary course of business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity, (ii) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (iii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Senior Notes, the Portfolio Interests or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (vi) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securitiesany Debentures, the any Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase DB 1/ 148045215.3 Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into by the parties hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. DB 1/ 148045215.3

Control and Perfection. In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to 8 the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Pledged Preferred Securities, the Pledged Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Securities and any Security Entitlements security entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect theretoto any thereof, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. In order to assure that the Collateral Agent receives the proceeds of any repayment/repurchase of the Pledged Preferred Securities, the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of the Holders shall send the Trust a notice on the date hereof in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto and shall cause the Trust to acknowledge and agree to the terms of such notice. Whenever a Preferred Security has been released from the Pledge created hereby in accordance with the terms hereof, including without limitation pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, the Collateral Agent shall notify the Trust of the release of such Preferred Securities. Whenever Preferred Securities are repledged pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall send the Trust a notice in substantially the form of 9 Exhibit C hereto and shall cause the Trust to acknowledge and agree to the terms of such notice.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Capital Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Capital Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereofthereto. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Forward Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Forward Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral AgentAgent itself, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed only in writing by accordance with the Companyterms hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent as such, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent as such, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration, Treasury Securities or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Forward Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Forward Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2;

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof, it being the express intention of the Holders acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary that: (i) the Collateral Agent have "control" (within the meaning of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the Code and the comparable provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any other jurisdiction) of the Collateral Account and all security entitlements, investment property and financial assets from time to time held therein and (ii) that the security interests created hereby be perfected by virtue of such control. Such instructions and entitlement entitle ment orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.12.1 hereof, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize authorizes and direct directs the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Collateral Agent hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any Financial Assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent, indorsed to the Collateral Agent or in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Collateral Agent and in no case will any Financial Asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Collateral Agent or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited on the books of the Securities Intermediary to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which Financial Assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Collateral Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any Financial Asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any Financial Assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, any Holder or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or Cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a Financial Asset. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1 hereof. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder, it being hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to file or record any documents in any jurisdiction for purposes of perfecting or maintaining the security interest in the Collateral except those that it shall be directed in writing to execute by the Company.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Collateral Agent hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent, or its nominee, indorsed to the Collateral Agent, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Collateral Agent and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder; (ii) all property delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited on the books of the Securities Intermediary to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Collateral Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof; and (c) The Securities Intermediary agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesSenior Notes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersorders to the Securities Intermediary, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Senior Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or the Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into with respect to the Pledge of the Collateral described herein, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesSenior Notes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) it is a Person that in the ordinary course of business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity, (ii) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (iii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Senior Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (vi) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and "entitlement orders orders" (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Debt Securities, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, or be payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, the Applicable Ownership Interest in a Treasury Portfolio or any Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the "entitlement holder" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the Code) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with "entitlement orders" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Securities purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver pursuant to the terms hereof or upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, Consideration and the Treasury PortfolioSecurities, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto thereto, or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to, pursuant to the terms hereof or upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-factattorney‑in‑fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securitiesany Debentures, the any Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8‑102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8‑102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney‑in‑fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2. 1. The grant of such power‑of‑attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesShares, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Securities and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) it is a Person that in the ordinary course of business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity, (ii) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (iii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Preferred Shares or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (vi) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Capital Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Capital Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of the this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and "entitlement orders orders" (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Debt Securities, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, or be payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, the Applicable Ownership Interest in a Treasury Portfolio or any Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the "entitlement holder" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the Code) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with "entitlement orders" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Securities purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and "entitlement orders orders" (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Debt Securities, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company.the

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. [Section 8-102(a)(8) )] of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver pursuant to the terms hereof or upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, Consideration and the Treasury PortfolioSecurities, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto thereto, or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to, pursuant to the terms hereof or upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in [Section 8-102(a)(8)] of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of [Section 8-102(a)(9)] of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver pursuant to the terms hereof or upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, Consideration and the Treasury PortfolioSecurities, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to, pursuant to the terms hereof or upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not he deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-factattorney‑in‑fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securitiesany Debentures, the any Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8‑102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8‑102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into by the parties hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney‑in‑fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2. 1. The grant of such power‑of‑attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Debt Securities, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, any Treasury Portfolio or any Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Securities purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8102 (a) (8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Trust Preferred Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all Securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Trust Preferred Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8Section 8 -102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing TECO with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Trust Preferred Securities, the Treasury SecuritiesConsideration, the Treasury PortfolioSecurities, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by TECO, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the CompanyTECO. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the CompanyTECO, to to, upon written direction of TECO, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company TECO and shall act as directed in writing by the CompanyTECO. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by TECO. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, TECO or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, TECO or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Trust Preferred Securities, the Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8 -102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with TECO, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and TECO, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the CompanyCollateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary or Purchase Contract Agent be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any Security Interest hereunder. (f) As soon as practicable after the date of initial issuance of the Units, TECO shall file in the Office of the Secretary of the State of New York, a financing statement signed by the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact for the Holders, as debtors, and the Collateral Agent, describing the Collateral. (g) The parties hereto confirm and agree that in order for the Holder of a Normal Unit to effect in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement a withdrawal of any LLC Preferred Security corresponding to any Trust Preferred Security, such Trust Preferred Security must first have been released from or otherwise not be subject to the Pledge, whether so released through creation of a Stripped Unit under Section 4.1 hereof or otherwise released from or made not subject to the Pledge.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesDebentures, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debentures, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of the this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Securities purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or Cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securitiesany Debentures, the any Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement DB1/ 132090770.6 Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into by the parties hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. DB1/ 132090770.6

Control and Perfection. In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereofthereto. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Forward Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Forward Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral AgentAgent itself, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent as such, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent as such, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration, Treasury Securities or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Forward Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Forward Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2; (vi) each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code; and (vii) in the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (c) The Forward Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Forward Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Preferred Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Forward Purchase Contract Agent hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of of, or giving notice to, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesStock, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio Interests and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds Proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Forward Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of or giving notice to the Forward Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) it is a Person that in the ordinary course of business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity; (ii) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Securities Account maintained in the name of the Collateral Agent and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Forward Purchase Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Collateral Agent or in blank; (iii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Preferred Stock, the Portfolio Interests or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Collateral Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (vi) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement, except to the extent permitted hereunder, will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, any Holder or the Forward Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Forward Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Forward Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.12. 1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesSenior Notes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Senior Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the ----------------------------------- Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Trust Preferred Securities, the Treasury SecuritiesConsideration, the Treasury PortfolioSecurities, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to to, upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Trust Preferred Securities, the Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary or Purchase Contract Agent be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any Security Interest hereunder. (f) On the date of initial issuance of the Securities, the Company shall file in the Office of the Secretary of the State of New York, a financing statement signed by the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact for the Holders, as debtors, and the Collateral Agent, describing the Collateral.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesDebentures, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to to, upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and otherwise to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debentures, the Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any Security Interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and Holders),and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Debt Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of the this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the debtor or the secured party purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement(or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.12.1 hereof, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Collateral Agent hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent, indorsed to the Collateral Agent or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Collateral Agent and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Collateral Agent or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited on the books of the Securities Intermediary to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Collateral Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1 hereof. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder, it being hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to file or record any documents in any jurisdiction for purposes of perfecting or maintaining the security interest in the Collateral except those that it shall be directed in writing to execute by the Company.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent as nominal owner of the Collateral hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or the Tax Event Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, or payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Securities or any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or Tax Event Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof; (vi) the Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code; and (vii) in the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (c) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the ---------------------- Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesSenior Notes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Senior Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-in- fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-Section 8- 102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Capital Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Capital Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of the this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitle ment orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the debtor or the secured party purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesDebentures, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to to, upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debentures, the Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any Security Interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge ----------------------- granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof, it being the express intention of the Holders acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary that: (i) the Collateral Agent have "control" (within the meaning of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the Code and the comparable provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any other jurisdiction) of the Collateral Account and all security entitlements, investment property and financial assets from time to time held therein and (ii) that the security interests created hereby be perfected by virtue of such control. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power- of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesDebentures, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to to, upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debentures, the Treasury Consideration or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power- of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any Security Interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Debt Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of the this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the debtor or the secured party purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and "entitlement orders orders" (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Debt Securities, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, the Applicable Ownership Interest in any Treasury Portfolio or any Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the "entitlement holder" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the Code) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with "entitlement orders" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Securities purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-factattorney‑in‑fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securitiesany Debentures, the any Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8‑102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8‑102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into by the parties hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney‑in‑fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power‑of‑attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesSenior Notes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio Interests and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) it is a Person that in the ordinary course of business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity, (ii) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (iii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Senior Notes, the Portfolio Interests or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (vi) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesDebentures, the Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debentures, any Treasury Portfolio or any Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements security entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Collateral Agent hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent, or its nominee, indorsed to the Collateral Agent, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Collateral Agent and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Collateral Agent or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited on the books of the Securities Intermediary to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Collateral Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders of such other Person; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof; and (c) The Securities Intermediary agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Revised Article 8) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Securities and any Security Entitlements security entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect theretoto any thereof, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. In addition, to further protect and perfect the Pledge, the Securities Intermediary agrees that it will, until Revised Article 8 becomes effective in New York, at all times mark xxx books with respect to the Collateral Account to show that all securities credited thereto are subject to the Pledge in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Company. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent as nominal owner of the Collateral hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or the Tax Event Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, or payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Securities or any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or Tax Event Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof; (vi) the Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code; and (vii) in the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (c) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deem ed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obxxxxxxxns not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Debt Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of the this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration, Treasury Securities or any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iiithe Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account;

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent as nominal owner of the Collateral hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Consideration, the Treasury Securities, any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, or payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, Treasury Consideration, Treasury Securities or any Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof; (vi) the Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code; and (vii) in the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (c) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent Agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Preferred Securities, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf may deliver pursuant to this Agreement or upon the written direction of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. In the event the Securities Intermediary receives from the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall follow the entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of deliver the Preferred Securities, the Treasury SecuritiesConsideration, the Treasury PortfolioSecurities, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto or sell, liquidate or dispose of such assets through a broker designated by the Company, and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to to, upon written direction of the Company, itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company.the

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securitiesany Debentures, the any Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power- of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, and the Forward Purchase Contract Agent each hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesNotes, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Forward Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially indorsed to, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, any Notes, the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities) will be promptly credited on the books of the Securities Intermediary to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Forward Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights of any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Forward Purchase Contract Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Forward Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the Forward Purchase Contract Agent's attorneys-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder, it being hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to file or record any documents in any jurisdiction for purposes of perfecting or maintaining the security interest in the Collateral except those that it shall be directed in writing to execute and cause to be filed by the Company or the Forward Purchase Contract Agent.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-factattorney‑in‑fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) Entitlement Orders that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders Entitlement Orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securitiesany Debentures, the any Treasury Securities, the any Treasury Portfolio, Portfolio and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, each hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement ordersEntitlement Orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders Entitlement Orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as required by the terms hereof or as directed by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another collateral account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Pledged Securities) will be promptly credited to the Collateral Account; (iii) the Collateral Account is an account to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the Purchase Contract Agent as the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8‑102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders of the Equity Units purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders as set forth in this Section 2.2 hereof. (c) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8‑102(a)(9) of the UCC. (d) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. (e) The Purchase Contract Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, and each of them severally, with full power of substitution, as the Purchase Contract Agent’s attorney‑in‑fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2. 1. The grant of such power‑of‑attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent hereunder.

Control and Perfection. (a) In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time Holders, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, SQUARZ Agent as their attorney-in-fact, and the SQUARZ Agent as such attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract SQUARZ Agent or any of the HoldersHolder), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions that the Collateral Agent may deliver with respect to the IPT Account or the SPT Account and to follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing deliver with respect to the Collateral Pledged Notes Account, or the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct If the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver receives from a Holder or otherwise dispose of the Preferred SecuritiesSQUARZ Agent entitlement orders which conflict with entitlement orders received from the Collateral Agent, the Treasury Securities, Securities Intermediary shall follow the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to entitlement orders received from the CompanyCollateral Agent. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract SQUARZ Agent, and the SQUARZ Agent on behalf of such Holders, hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue to the Securities Intermediary instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, action with respect to the Pledged Notes, the Collateral AccountAccounts, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements Security Entitlements with respect thereto, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract SQUARZ Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act only in accordance with the terms hereof or as otherwise directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed in writing by the Company. (b) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that: (i) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Accounts shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, endorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or its nominee, or in blank or credited to another Collateral Account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any financial asset credited to one of the Collateral Accounts be registered in the name of the SQUARZ Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder, payable to the order of, or specially endorsed to, the SQUARZ Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or any Holder except to the extent the foregoing have been specially endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; (ii) when delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement, the Initial Pledged Treasuries will be promptly credited to the IPT Account, the Substitute Pledged Treasuries will be promptly credited to the SPT Account and the Pledged Notes will be promptly credited to the Pledged Notes Account; (iii) the Collateral Accounts are accounts to which financial assets are or may be credited, and the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, treat the SQUARZ Agent as entitled to exercise the voting rights, if any, set forth in any financial asset credited to either of the Collateral Accounts; (iv) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Accounts and/or any financial assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed or will agree to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) of such other Person; and (v) the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Company, the Collateral Agent or the SQUARZ Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in this Section 2.2, except that neither the Collateral Agent nor the Company shall give, or shall have the right or power to give, entitlement orders purporting to seek recourse against the principal of the Pledged Notes deposited in the Pledged Notes Account, and the Securities Intermediary shall not comply with any such orders if given. (vi) The Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to any Collateral Account shall be treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. (vii) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail, provided, however, that in the event of any conflict, ambiguity, inconsistency, or defect between this Agreement and the SQUARZ Agreement, the parties hereto and thereto will cooperate and endeavor in good faith to cure such matter in a manner that effectuates the Pledge under this Agreement consistent with the terms of the SQUARZ Agreement. (c) The SQUARZ Agent hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and the Company, with full power of substitution, as the SQUARZ Agent's attorney-in-fact to take on behalf of, and in the name, place and stead of, the SQUARZ Agent and the Holders any action necessary or desirable to perfect and to keep perfected the security interest in the Collateral referred to in Section 2.1. The grant of such power-of-attorney shall not be deemed to require of the Collateral Agent or the Company any specific duties or obligations not otherwise assumed by the Collateral Agent or the Company hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be responsible for the preparation or filing of any financing or continuation statements in the appropriate jurisdictions or responsible for maintenance or perfection of any security interest hereunder.

Control and Perfection. In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Securities, the Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, and any Security Entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect theretoto any thereof, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company.

Control and Perfection. In connection with the Pledge granted in Section 2.1, and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Holders from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby authorize and direct the Securities Intermediary (without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders), and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with and follow any instructions and entitlement orders (as defined in ss. Section 8-102(a)(8) of the Code) that the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company may give in writing with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect to any thereof. Such instructions and entitlement orders may, without limitation, direct the Securities Intermediary to transfer, redeem, sell, liquidate, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of the Pledged Preferred Securities, the Pledged Treasury Securities, the Treasury Portfolio, Securities and any Security Entitlements security entitlements with respect thereto and to pay and deliver any income, proceeds or other funds derived therefrom to the Company. The Holders from time to time time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent Agent, hereby further authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, as agent of the Company, to itself issue instructions and entitlement orders, and to otherwise take action, with respect to the Collateral Account, the Collateral credited thereto and any security entitlements with respect theretoto any thereof, pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof, all without the necessity of obtaining the further consent of the Purchase Contract Agent or any of the Holders. The Collateral Agent shall be the Agent agent of the Company and shall act as directed in writing by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities Intermediary when and as directed by the Company.. In order to assure that the Collateral Agent receives the proceeds of any [redemption/repurchase] of the Pledged Preferred Securities, the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of the Holders shall send the Trust a notice on the date hereof in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto and shall cause the Trust to acknowledge and agree to the terms of such notice. Whenever a Preferred Security has been released from the Pledge created hereby in accordance with the terms hereof, including without limitation pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, the Collateral Agent shall notify the Trust of the release of such Preferred Securities. Whenever Preferred Securities are repledged pursuant to