HANSON PLC as Issuer AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK as Trustee Form of Indenture Dated as of •, 2006 Providing for the Issuance of Senior Debt Securities (Unlimited as to Aggregate Principal Amount)Indenture • August 8th, 2006 • Hanson PLC • Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (no fuels) • New York
This INDENTURE, dated as of •, 2006, between Hanson PLC, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales (the “Company”) having its principal office at 1 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X TJH, England, and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the “Trustee”) having its principal corporate trust office at 101 Barclay Street — Floor 8 West, New York, New York 10286.
HANSON PLC •% Notes due 20• UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • August 8th, 2006 • Hanson PLC • Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (no fuels) • New York
Hanson PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell $•,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its •% Notes due 2016 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of August •, 2006 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), the form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (as defined below). The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”) for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”) concerning the purchase of the Securities from the Company by the several Underwriters.
