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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2000

Registration No. 333-       


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


Form S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Visteon Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware 38-3519512
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

5500 Auto Club Drive

Dearborn, Michigan 48126
Telephone: 800-847-8366
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)


STACY L. FOX, ESQ.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Visteon Corporation
5500 Auto Club Drive
Dearborn, Michigan 48126
Telephone: 800-847-8366
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


Copies of all communications to:

PATRICK DAUGHERTY, ESQ.

Dickinson Wright PLLC
38525 Woodward Avenue, Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304-2970
Telephone: 248-433-7535


    Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement, depending upon market conditions and other factors.

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

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

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


    If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  [   ] 


    If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box.  [   ]

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                 


Title of each Amount Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of
class of securities to be offering price aggregate offering registration
to be registered registered per unit price fee

Debt Securities $ 2,000,000,000(1) 100% $ 2,000,000,000(2) $ 528,000


(1)  Or, if any debt securities are issued at an original issue discount, such greater amount as shall result in an aggregate offering price of $2,000,000,000.
 
(2)  Exclusive of accrued interest and estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.


     The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), shall determine.




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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion, Dated June   , 2000

PROSPECTUS

[Visteon Logo]

Visteon Corporation

$2,000,000,000

DEBT SECURITIES

        This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may, from time to time, sell the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of $2,000,000,000.

      This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement also may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus.

      You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

      See “Risk Factors” on page 5 for information you should consider before buying these securities.

      Our principal executive offices are located at:

Visteon Corporation

5500 Auto Club Drive
Dearborn, Michigan 48126
(800) VISTEON

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

The date of this prospectus is        , 2000.


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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
VISTEON CORPORATION
RISK FACTORS
USE OF PROCEEDS
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
EXPERTS
LEGAL OPINIONS
PART II
SIGNATURES


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Where You Can Find More Information 3
Visteon Corporation 4
Risk Factors 5
Use of Proceeds 5
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges 5
Description of Debt Securities 6
Plan of Distribution 14
Experts 16
Legal Opinions 16


      You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in any accompanying prospectus supplement. No one has been authorized to provide you with different information.

      Our securities are not being offered in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

      You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the document.

      Each reference in this prospectus to “Visteon,” “we,” “our” or “us” means Visteon Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

      We file annual, quarterly and special reports and other information with the SEC. The registration statement and these other SEC filings are available to you at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You may read and copy any filed document at the SEC’s public reference rooms in Washington, D.C. at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Judiciary Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the SEC’s regional offices in New York at Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10048 and in Chicago at Suite 1400, Northwestern Atrium Center, 14th Floor, 500 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60661. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. You also may inspect our SEC filings at the New York Stock Exchange, the exchange on which our common stock is listed, at 20 Broad Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005.

      The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information in documents that we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents that are considered part of this prospectus. Information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the previously filed information. We incorporate by reference into this prospectus our prospectus dated June 13, 2000 as filed with the SEC on June 14, 2000 and any future filings made with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until we sell all of the securities offered by this prospectus.

      You may request copies of these filings at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

Visteon Corporation

Attn: Investor Relations
5500 Auto Club Drive
Dearborn, Michigan 48126
Telephone: (877) 367-6092
Fax: (313) 390-1877

      We maintain a website at http://www.visteon.com. Our website and the information at that site, or connected to that site, is not incorporated into this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

      This prospectus contains and incorporates by reference forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek” and “estimate” signify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions but rather are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Some of these risks and uncertainties are and will be identified as “Risk Factors” in SEC filings incorporated by reference into this prospectus and in one or more prospectus supplements. The risks and uncertainties so identified are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial also may adversely affect us. Should any risks and uncertainties develop into actual events, these developments could have material adverse effects on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For these reasons, we caution you not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements.

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VISTEON CORPORATION

      We are the world’s second largest supplier of automotive systems, modules and components to global vehicle manufacturers, according to the latest available industry data. Our 1999 sales were $19.4 billion, or, on a pro forma basis, $18.7 billion. We have become a leader in the global automotive parts industry by capitalizing on the extensive experience we have gained as the largest supplier to Ford Motor Company, the world’s largest producer of trucks and the second largest producer of cars and trucks combined.

      We have been the largest supplier of automotive parts to Ford for most of Ford’s history. Ford produces cars and trucks that are marketed and sold under the Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo, Jaguar and Aston Martin brands. We began using the “Visteon” name in 1997 and were incorporated in Delaware on January 5, 2000 in preparation for our spin-off from Ford effective June 28, 2000. Before the spin-off, we have been a division of Ford and, more recently, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford. After our spin-off from Ford, we will be an independent supplier. We believe that our independence will enhance our ability to increase sales to non-Ford vehicle manufacturers over time.

      In recent years, our goal has been to pursue new business growth opportunities with Ford and non-Ford vehicle manufacturers, or VMs, as well as with non-automotive customers. Non-Ford business as a percentage of our total sales has grown from about 7% in 1997 to about 12% in 1999. We have a goal of expanding our non-Ford business to 20% of our sales by 2002. We believe that our spin-off from Ford will facilitate our achievement of this goal. We have a broad global presence — about 23.5% of our total 1999 sales were derived from products manufactured outside of the United States.

      We have a broad global presence with a workforce of over 81,000 and a network of manufacturing sites, technical centers, sales offices and joint ventures located in every major region of the world. We operate in three business segments: Comfort, Communication & Safety; Dynamics & Energy Conversion; and Glass, and we are a leading Tier 1 supplier in the first two of these three segments.

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RISK FACTORS

      Carefully consider the risks and uncertainties identified as “Risk Factors” in the SEC filings incorporated by reference into this prospectus and contained in the applicable prospectus supplement before you invest. The risks and uncertainties so identified are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial also may adversely affect us.

USE OF PROCEEDS

      We will use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered by this prospectus for general corporate purposes, except as we may state otherwise in an applicable prospectus supplement. If we intend to use the proceeds to repay outstanding debt, then we will provide details about the debt that is being repaid.

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

      The ratio of our “earnings” to our “fixed charges” for the first three months of 2000 and for each of the years 1995 through 1999 was:

                         
Three Months Year Ended December 31,
Ended
March 31,  2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995






5.0 7.6 11.8 8.5 7.7 4.1

      For purposes of the ratio, “earnings” means the sum of:

  •   our pre-tax income,
 
  •   the pre-tax income of our majority-owned subsidiaries, whether or not consolidated,
 
  •   our proportionate share of the income of any fifty-percent-owned companies,
 
  •   any income we received from less-than-fifty-percent-owned companies and
 
  •   our fixed charges.

      “Fixed charges” means the sum of:

  •   the interest we paid on borrowed funds,
 
  •   the amount we amortized for debt discount, premium and issuance expense and
 
  •   one-third of all our rental expenses (the proportion considered representative of the interest factor).

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

      We describe in this section the general terms that will apply to any particular series of securities that we may offer by this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement in the future. When we issue a particular series, we will describe in the prospectus supplement that relates to the series (i) the specific terms of the securities and (ii) the extent to which the general terms described in this section apply to the securities of that series.

      We expect to issue the securities under an Indenture with Bank One Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee, which is included as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. In the discussion that follows, we summarize particular provisions of the Indenture and include the relevant section numbers of the Indenture in parentheses. Our discussion of Indenture provisions is not complete; you should read the Indenture for a more complete understanding of the provisions we describe.

      The aggregate principal amount of securities that we may issue under the Indenture is unlimited. (Section 2.01)

General

      Each prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of securities that we offer will describe the specific terms of the series of securities. Those specific terms will include some or all of the following:

        (i)  the designation of the securities;
 
        (ii)  the authorized denominations if other than $1,000 (or integrals of $1,000) for registered securities and if other than $5,000 for unregistered securities, and any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the securities;
 
        (iii)  the percentage of their principal amount at which the securities are issued;
 
        (iv)  the maturity date or dates of the securities (or the manner of determining the maturity date or dates);
 
        (v)  the annual interest rate or rates, if any, which may be fixed or variable; and the manner of calculating any variable interest rate;
 
        (vi)  the date or dates from which interest, if any, will accrue (or the method of determining such date or dates), and the interest payment dates and their associated record dates;
 
        (vii)  whether we may redeem the securities and, if so, the redemption date or dates, redemption price or prices and other applicable terms of redemption;
 
        (viii)  any mandatory or optional sinking fund or analogous provisions;
 
        (ix)  provisions for the defeasance of the securities;
 
        (x)  the form in which we will issue securities (registered or bearer), any restrictions on the exchange of one form for another and on the offer, sale and delivery of securities in either form;
 
        (xi)  whether and under what circumstances we will pay additional amounts on securities held by a person who is not a “United States person” (as defined in the prospectus supplement) in respect of specified taxes, assessments or other governmental charges withheld or deducted; and, if so, whether we have the option to redeem the affected securities rather than pay such additional amounts;

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        (xii)  if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies for which the securities may be purchased and the currency in which the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the securities is payable;
 
        (xiii)  any exchanges on which the securities are to be listed;
 
        (xiv)  whether the securities are to be issued in book-entry form and, if so, the identity of the depositary for the book-entry securities;
 
        (xv)  the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, interest, if any, and certain additional amounts required in respect of taxes owed to holders of the securities, if any, on the securities is payable;
 
        (xvi)  if the amount of principal of and interest on the securities may be determined with reference to an index based on a currency other than that in which the securities are denominated, the manner of determining such amounts;
 
        (xvii)  the portion of the principal amount (if other than the principal amount) of the securities payable upon declaration of acceleration of their maturity date;
 
        (xviii)  the form and terms of any certificates, documents or conditions required for the issuance of securities in definitive form;
 
        (xix)  any trustees, depositories, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents, registrars or any other agents with respect to the securities;
 
        (xx)  any other specific terms of the securities, including any additional covenants and any terms that may be required or advisable under applicable laws or regulations. (Section 2.01)

      The securities will be unsecured and will rank equally and ratably with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated debt (other than obligations preferred by mandatory provisions of law).

      Unless we say otherwise in a prospectus supplement, holders of securities may present them for transfer (unless the securities are issued in book-entry form) or payment at the office of the Trustee, c/o Bank One Trust Company of New York, 14 Wall Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10005, Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services. We may, however, pay the interest on registered securities by mailing checks to the holders of those securities at the addresses listed in our register or, for holders of at least $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of securities, by wire transfer of immediately available funds. (Sections 4.01 and 4.02) We will not levy a service charge for any transfer or exchange of registered securities, but may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with a transfer or exchange. (Section 2.05)

      Holders of securities in bearer form (together with any coupons attached to them) must physically present the securities or coupons for payment, subject to any applicable laws and regulations, at one of the paying agencies that we maintain in a city or cities located outside the United States. (Sections 4.01 and 4.02) Securities in bearer form (except for temporary bearer securities) and any coupons attached to them will be transferable by delivery. (Section 2.05)

      We may issue some of the securities as discounted debt securities (bearing no interest or interest at a rate that is below market at the time of issuance), which are sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount. When an event of default occurs with respect to a particular series of securities, the amount that the holders of the series may declare to be immediately due and payable will be less than the principal amount in the case of discounted debt securities. (Section 6.01)

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Exchange Act of 1934. We will comply with all issuer tender offer rules and regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 if the redemption option is elected, including making any required filings with the SEC and furnishing certain information to the holders of the securities.

Book-Entry Securities — Delivery and Form

      Some or all of the securities of a series may be issued in the form of one or more global securities, each of which will have an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the securities that it represents. Each global security will be deposited with a depositary (to be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement) or its nominee and, if in registered form, registered in the name of the depositary or the depositary’s nominee. Each depositary for a global security in registered form must be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any other applicable statute or regulation. (Section 2.03)

      The beneficial owner of a security represented by a global security in bearer form may exchange its interest in the global security for a security or securities in either bearer or registered form of any authorized denomination, subject to the rules of the depositary. (Section 2.10)

      We will describe the specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to a series of securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Certain Covenants

      In this section we describe the principal covenants that will apply to the securities unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. We make use of several defined terms; the associated definitions are located at the end of this section.

 
Limitation on Liens

      The Indenture provides that Visteon Corporation will not, and will not permit any of its Manufacturing Subsidiaries to, issue or assume any Debt secured by a Mortgage upon any Domestic Manufacturing Property of Visteon Corporation or of any Manufacturing Subsidiary, or upon any shares of stock or indebtedness of any Manufacturing Subsidiary (whether that Domestic Manufacturing Property, those shares of stock or that indebtedness are then currently owned or later acquired) without providing at the same time that Visteon Corporation issues or assumes any such Debt that the securities (together with any other indebtedness of Visteon Corporation or the Manufacturing Subsidiary ranking equally with the securities then existing or later created) will be secured equally and ratably with such Debt.

      The foregoing restriction does not, however, apply if the aggregate amount of Debt that Visteon Corporation or any Manufacturing Subsidiary issues or assumes and so secures by Mortgages, together with (i) all other Debt of Visteon Corporation and its Manufacturing Subsidiaries which (if originally issued or assumed at such time) would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions, but not including Debt permitted to be secured under clauses (i) through (v) of the immediately following paragraph and not including Permitted Receivables Financings, and (ii) all Attributable Debt of Visteon Corporation and its Manufacturing Subsidiaries in respect of sale and lease-back transactions, does not at the time exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as shown on the audited consolidated financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal year.

      In addition, the covenant described in the first paragraph above does not apply to:

        (i)  Mortgages on property, shares of stock or indebtedness of any corporation or other entity existing at the time (a) that the corporation or other entity becomes a Manufacturing Subsidiary or (b) of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the

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  properties of the corporation or other entity to Visteon Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary;
 
        (ii)  Mortgages on property that exist at the time Visteon Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary acquires the property; or Mortgages to secure (a) the payment of all or part of the purchase price of such property when Visteon Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary acquires it, (b) any Debt incurred prior to, at the time of or within 180 days after the later of the date of acquisition of such property and the date such property is placed in service, for the purpose of financing all or any part of its purchase price, or (c) any Debt incurred for the purpose of financing Visteon Corporation’s or a Manufacturing Subsidiary’s cost of improvements to such acquired property;
 
        (iii)  Mortgages securing a Manufacturing Subsidiary’s Debt to Visteon Corporation or to another Subsidiary;
 
        (iv)  Mortgages on property of Visteon Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary in favor of:

        (a)  the United States of America or any State,
 
        (b)  any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any State, or
 
        (c)  any other country, or any political subdivision of any other country, in connection with financing arrangements between Visteon Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary and any of the foregoing governmental bodies or agencies, to the extent that Mortgages are required by the governmental programs under which those financing arrangements are made, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments under any contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such Mortgages;

        (v)  Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) to (iv), as long as (a) the principal amount of Debt secured by any such Mortgage does not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement and (b) the extension, renewal or replacement is limited to all or a part of the property (including improvements) that secured the Mortgage being extended, renewed or replaced. (Section 4.06)
 
Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back

      The Indenture provides that Visteon Corporation will not, and will not permit any Manufacturing Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any person in which Visteon Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary leases from such person any Domestic Manufacturing Property that (i) Visteon Corporation or the Manufacturing Subsidiary owns on the date that the securities are originally issued and (ii) Visteon Corporation or the Manufacturing Subsidiary has sold or will sell to such person (except for temporary leases having a maximum term of three years and except for leases between Visteon Corporation and a Manufacturing Subsidiary or between Manufacturing Subsidiaries), unless either:

        (i)  Visteon Corporation or the Manufacturing Subsidiary could, under the covenant on limitation on liens described above, issue, assume, extend, renew or replace Debt secured by a Mortgage on the Domestic Manufacturing Property equal in amount to the Attributable Debt in respect of such sale and lease-back arrangement without equally and ratably securing the securities; however, on and after the date that the sale and lease-back arrangement becomes effective, the Attributable Debt in respect of the sale and lease-back

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  arrangement would be deemed for all purposes under the covenant on limitation on liens described above and the covenant on limitation on sale and lease-back to be Debt subject to the provisions of the covenant on limitation on liens described above (which provisions include the exceptions set forth in clauses (i) through (v) of this description of such covenant), or
 
        (ii)  Within 180 days of the effective date of the sale and lease-back arrangement, Visteon Corporation applies a cash amount equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of the arrangement to the retirement (other than any mandatory retirement or by way of payment at maturity) of Debt of Visteon Corporation or any Manufacturing Subsidiary (other than Debt owned by Visteon Corporation or any Manufacturing Subsidiary) that by its terms matures at, or is extendible or renewable at the borrower’s option to a date more than twelve months after the date of the creation of such Debt. (Section 4.07)
 
Limitation on Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance

      The Indenture provides that Visteon Corporation will not merge or consolidate with any other entity, and will not sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any person or entity, unless:

        (i)  Either Visteon Corporation is the surviving corporation or, if not, the successor entity is organized under the laws of the United States or any State and expressly assumes, by executing a supplemental indenture, (a) the obligation to pay the principal of, premium, if any, interest, if any, and any other additional amounts, on all the securities and any coupons and (b) the performance of all of Visteon Corporation’s covenants and the satisfaction of all the conditions to be satisfied by Visteon Corporation under the Indenture;
 
        (ii)  Immediately after the merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance is effective, no event of default under the Indenture will have occurred or be continuing; and
 
        (iii)  Visteon Corporation delivers to the Trustee under the Indenture a certificate and legal opinion each stating that the merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance, any supplemental indenture, and any assumption by the successor entity of Visteon Corporation’s obligations described above, complies with the requirements set forth in Article Eleven of the Indenture regarding Visteon Corporation’s ability to carry out a merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance of assets. (Section 11.01)
 
Definitions Applicable to Covenants

      The following definitions will apply to the covenants summarized above:

        (i)  “Attributable Debt” means, at the time of determination as to any lease, the present value (discounted at the actual rate, if stated, or, if no rate is stated, the implicit rate of interest of such lease transaction as determined by the chairman, president, any vice chairman, any vice president, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer of Visteon Corporation), calculated using the interval of scheduled rental payments under such lease, of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of such lease (excluding any subsequent renewal or other extension options held by the lessee). The term “net rental payments” means, with respect to any lease for any period, the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, but not including, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee (whether or not designated as rental or additional rental) on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates, indemnities or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, earnings or profits or of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates, indemnities or similar charges; provided, however, that, in

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  the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty in an amount which is less than the total discounted net rental payments required to be paid from the later of the first date upon which such lease may be so terminated and the date of the determination of net rental payments, “net rental payments” shall include the then-current amount of such penalty from the later of such two dates, and shall exclude the rental payments relating to the remaining period of the lease commencing with the later of such two dates.
 
        (ii)  “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of Visteon Corporation and its consolidated Subsidiaries less (i) all current liabilities and (ii) goodwill, trade names, patents, unamortized debt discount, organization expenses and other like intangibles of Visteon Corporation and its consolidated Subsidiaries.
 
        (iii)  “Debt” means notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed.
 
        (iv)  “Domestic Manufacturing Property” means any manufacturing plant or facility owned by Visteon Corporation or any Manufacturing Subsidiary which is located within the continental United States of America and, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is of material importance to the total business conducted by Visteon Corporation and its consolidated affiliates as an entity.
 
        (v)  “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by a successor entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession, which are applicable to circumstances as of the date of determination.
 
        (vi)  “Manufacturing Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (A) substantially all the property of which is located within the continental United States of America, (B) which owns a Domestic Manufacturing Property and (C) in which Visteon Corporation’s investment, direct or indirect and whether in the form of equity, debt, advances or otherwise, is in excess of $1 billion as shown on the books of Visteon Corporation as of the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of determination; provided, however, that “Manufacturing Subsidiary” shall not include any Subsidiary that is principally engaged in leasing or in financing installment receivables or otherwise providing financial or insurance services to Visteon Corporation or others or that is principally engaged in financing Visteon Corporation’s operations outside the continental United States of America.
 
        (vii)  “Mortgage” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance.
 
        (viii)  “Non-Recourse Debt” means all Debt which, in accordance with GAAP, is not required to be recognized on a consolidated balance sheet of Visteon Corporation as a liability.
 
        (ix)  “Permitted Receivables Financings” means, at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of any Non-Recourse Debt outstanding on such date relating to securitizations or other similar off-balance sheet financings of accounts receivable of Visteon Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.
 
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  power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other beneficial interests of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by Visteon Corporation, or by one or more Subsidiaries, or by Visteon Corporation and one or more Subsidiaries. (Section 4.08)

Defeasance

      If the terms of a particular series of securities provide for defeasance of those securities, Visteon Corporation may, at its option, (i) discharge its obligations under the Indenture with respect to, and the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding securities of, that series or (ii) not comply with any term, provision, condition or covenant contained in the Indenture with respect to that series, in each case by:

        (i)  depositing with the Trustee funds, or obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all outstanding securities of the series, or fulfilling other terms and conditions of the satisfaction and discharge of the securities of the series;
 
        (ii)  paying all other sums payable with respect to the outstanding securities of the series;
 
        (iii)  delivering to the Trustee a legal opinion confirming that the holders of the outstanding securities and any related coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance of their securities; and
 
        (iv)  delivering to the Trustee an officer’s certificate and legal opinion each confirming that Visteon Corporation has complied with all conditions relating to defeasance of the securities contained in the Indenture. (Section 12.02)

Modification of the Indenture

      The Indenture provides that Visteon Corporation and the Trustee may enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of the securities to (a) evidence the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations of Visteon Corporation, (b) add covenants for the protection of the holders of the securities, (c) add or change any of the provisions of the Indenture to permit or facilitate the issuance of securities of any series in bearer form and to provide for the exchange of securities in bearer form with registered securities, (d) cure any ambiguity or correct any inconsistency in the Indenture or in a supplemental indenture, (e) transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee, (f) establish the form or terms of securities of any series as permitted by the terms of the Indenture, (g) evidence the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee and (h) change or eliminate provisions of the Indenture where the changes or eliminations do not apply to any security outstanding and become effective only when there is no security outstanding of a series created before the execution of the supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of the provision being changed or eliminated. (Section 10.01)

      The Indenture also provides that Visteon Corporation and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to modify the Indenture, any supplemental indenture or the rights of the holders of the securities issued under either such Indenture or supplemental indenture, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the securities of all series at the time outstanding that are affected by that modification (voting as one class), if the modification does not:

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  additional amounts payable on the securities, (d) reduce the amount due and payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the securities or the amount provable in bankruptcy or (e) make the principal of, or any interest, premium or additional amounts on, any security payable in a coin or currency different from that provided in the security,
 
        (ii)  impair the right to initiate suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the stated maturity of the securities, or
 
        (iii)  reduce the requirement, stated above, for the consent of the holders of the securities to any modification described above, or the percentage required for the consent of the holders to waive defaults, without the consent of the holder of each security so affected. (Section 10.02)

Events of Default

      An event of default with respect to any series of securities is defined in the Indenture as: (a) default for five business days after notice in payment of any principal or premium, if any, on the series; (b) default for 30 days in payment of any interest or additional amounts due with respect to the series; (c) default for 90 days after notice in performance of any other covenant or agreement applicable to the securities or contained in the Indenture; (d) default by Visteon Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary in any payment of $25,000,000 or more of principal of or interest on any Debt or in the payment of $25,000,000 or more on account of any guarantee in respect of Debt, beyond any period of grace that may be provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Debt or guarantee was created (for these purposes, the term “Significant Subsidiary” is defined as any Subsidiary of Visteon Corporation that, at any time, has at least 5% of the consolidated revenues of Visteon Corporation and its Subsidiaries at such time as reflected in the most recent annual audited consolidated financial statements of Visteon Corporation and the term “Subsidiary” is defined as in our description of the covenants under the Indenture); or (e) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization. (Section 6.01)

      If an event of default under clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above occurs with respect to any series, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of all securities then outstanding affected by the event of default may declare the principal (or, in the case of discounted debt securities, the amount specified in their terms) of all securities of the affected series to be due and payable. (Section 6.01)

      If an event of default under clause (e) above occurs, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of all the securities then outstanding (voting as one class) may declare the principal (or, in the case of discounted debt securities, the amount specified in their terms) of all outstanding securities not already due and payable to be due and payable. (Section 6.01)

      If the principal amount of securities has been declared due and payable, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of the applicable series (or of all the outstanding securities) may waive any event of default with respect to that series (or with respect to all outstanding securities) if:

        (i)  Visteon Corporation deposits with the Trustee all required payments on the securities, plus certain fees, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee; and
 
        (ii)  all defaults under the Indenture have been remedied. (Section 6.01)

      The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the securities of a particular series may also waive any default with respect to that series and its consequences, except a default:

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        (ii)  in respect of a covenant or provision in the Indenture that may not be modified without the consent of the holders of each outstanding security that would be affected by the modification. (Section 6.06)

      The Indenture provides that the Trustee may withhold notice of any default to the securityholders (except for default in the payment of principal or any premium, interest or additional amounts) if it considers it in the interests of the securityholders to do so. (Section 6.07)

      Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee when an event of default occurs, the Trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the securityholders, unless those securityholders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity. (Sections 7.01 and 7.02)

      Subject to such provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee and to certain other limitations, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the securities of all series affected by the occurrence of an event of default (voting as one class) at the time outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. (Section 6.06)

Concerning the Trustee

      Bank One Trust Company, N.A. is the Trustee under the Indenture. Bank One Trust Company, N.A. also acts as depositary for funds of, makes loans to and performs certain other services for us and certain of our subsidiaries and affiliates in the normal course of its business.

 
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

      We may sell the securities from time to time (i) directly to purchasers, (ii) through agents, (iii) through underwriters or dealers or (iv) through a combination of these methods.

General

      Underwriters, dealers, agents and remarketing firms that participate in the distribution of the offered securities may be “underwriters” as defined in the Securities Act of 1933. Any discounts or commissions they receive from us and any profits they receive on the resale of the offered securities may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933. We will identify any underwriters, agents or dealers and describe their commissions, fees or discounts in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Agents

      We may designate agents to sell the securities. The agents will agree to use their best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment.

Underwriters

      If underwriters are used in a sale, they will acquire the offered securities for their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions. These sales will be made at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of the sale. We may offer the securities to the public through an underwriting syndicate or through a single underwriter.

      Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the offered securities will be subject to certain conditions contained in an underwriting agreement that we will enter into with the underwriters. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the securities of the series offered if any of the securities are

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purchased, unless the applicable prospectus supplement says otherwise. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed, re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

Dealers

      We may sell the offered securities to dealers as principals, who may then resell such securities to the public either at varying prices determined by such dealers or at a fixed offering price agreed to with us.

Remarketing Firms

      We may sell securities to one or more remarketing firms, acting as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us. These firms will remarket the securities upon purchasing them in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to the terms of the securities.

Direct Sales

      We may choose to sell the offered securities directly. In this case, no underwriters or agents would be involved.

Institutional Purchasers

      We may authorize agents, dealers or underwriters to solicit certain institutional investors to purchase offered securities on a delayed delivery basis pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified future date. The applicable prospectus supplement will provide the details of any such arrangement, including the offering price and commissions payable on the solicitations.

      We will enter into such delayed delivery contracts only with institutional purchasers that we approve. These institutions may include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable institutions.

Indemnification

      We may have agreements with agents, underwriters, dealers and remarketing firms to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933. Agents, underwriters, dealers and remarketing firms, and their affiliates, may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of business. This includes commercial banking and investment banking transactions.

Market Making, Stabilization and Other Transactions

      Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, each series of offered securities will be a new issue and will have no established trading market. We may elect to list any series of offered securities on an exchange. Any underwriters that we use in the sale of offered securities may make a market in such securities, but may discontinue such market making at any time without notice. Therefore, we cannot assure you that the securities will have a liquid trading market.

      Any underwriter may engage in stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Rule 104 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the securities in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the securities originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a

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syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions. These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would be in the absence of the transactions. The underwriters may, if they commence these transactions, discontinue them at any time.

EXPERTS

      Our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 and our related consolidated statements of income, equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1999, incorporated by reference into this prospectus from our prospectus dated June 13, 2000 as filed with the SEC on June 14, 2000, have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, as stated in their report incorporated by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on those financial statements, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

LEGAL OPINIONS

      Dickinson Wright PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, will issue an opinion letter concerning the legality of the securities that we are offering in this prospectus, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, will issue an opinion letter as to certain legal matters for any underwriters, dealers or agents, unless we indicate otherwise in an applicable prospectus supplement. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP represents us from time to time in connection with legal matters.

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 
ITEM 14.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

      The following table sets forth the estimated expenses in connection with the offering described in this registration statement:

           
SEC registration fee $ 528,000
Printing fees and expenses 100,000
Legal fees and expenses 100,000
Rating agencies’ fees and expenses 80,000
Accountants’ fees and expenses 75,000
Trustee’s fees and expenses 16,000
Miscellaneous expenses 1,000

Total $ 900,000

 
ITEM 15.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

General Corporation Law

      Visteon Corporation is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 (“Section 145”) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “General Corporation Law”), inter alia, provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was is or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and provided further that no such indemnity is permitted without judicial approval if the officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer, director, employee or agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.

      Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by

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him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him or her under Section 145.

Certificate of Incorporation

      Visteon Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for the indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law.

Insurance

      All of Visteon Corporation’s directors and officers are insured against certain liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.

ITEM 16.  Exhibits

         
1* Form of Underwriting Agreement
4.1* Form of Indenture between Visteon Corporation and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., Trustee
4.2* Form of debt security (included in Exhibit 4.1)
5 Opinion letter of Dickinson Wright PLLC as to the legality of the securities
12 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2 Consent of Dickinson Wright PLLC (included in Exhibit 5)
24 Powers of Attorney (on signature page of this registration statement)
25 Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of Bank One Trust Company, N.A.

* The Underwriting Agreement and Indenture, as executed, and the definitive form of debt security, will be filed as exhibits to an amendment to this registration statement, or to a current report on form 8-K incorporated by reference into this registration statement, in connection with an offering of the securities.
 
ITEM 17.  Undertakings

      (a)  Rule 415 Offering. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

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

        (i)  To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
 
        (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
 
        (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

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  provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference into the registration statement.

        (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
        (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

      (b)  Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference. The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Dearborn, state of Michigan, on June 23, 2000.

  VISTEON CORPORATION

  By:  /s/ STACY L. FOX
______________________________________
Stacy L. Fox
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

     Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Visteon Corporation does hereby severally constitute and appoint Peter J. Pestillo, Stacy L. Fox and Daniel R. Coulson, and each of them acting alone, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them for him and in his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (or any other registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed on June 23, 2000 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

     
Signature Title


/s/ PETER J. PESTILLO

Peter J. Pestillo
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)
 
/s/ DANIEL R. COULSON

Daniel R. Coulson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
 
/s/ PHILIP G. PFEFFERLE

Phillip G. Pfefferle
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
 
/s/ W. WAYNE BOOKER

W. Wayne Booker
Director
 
/s/ JOHN M. RINTAMAKI

John M. Rintamaki
Director
 
/s/ HENRY D.G. WALLACE

Henry D.G. Wallace
Director

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EXHIBIT INDEX

         
Exhibit
Number Description


1* Form of Underwriting Agreement
4.1* Form of Indenture between Visteon Corporation and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., Trustee
4.2* Form of debt security (included in Exhibit 4.1)
5 Opinion letter of Dickinson Wright PLLC as to the legality of the securities
12 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2 Consent of Dickinson Wright PLLC (included in Exhibit 5)
24 Powers of Attorney (on signature page of this registration statement)
25 Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of Bank One Trust Company, N.A.

* The Underwriting Agreement and Indenture, as executed, and the definitive form of debt security, will be filed as exhibits to an amendment to this registration statement, or to a current report on form 8-K incorporated by reference into this registration statement, in connection with an offering of the securities.

1 Exhibit 1 VISTEON CORPORATION DEBT SECURITIES UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ..............., 2000 [Names of Representatives], [Names of Co-Representative(s)], c/o [Names of Representatives], [Address]. Ladies and Gentlemen: From time to time Visteon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements (each a "Pricing Agreement") in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and therein, to issue and sell to the firms named in Schedule I to the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the "Underwriters" with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the securities specified therein) certain of its debt securities (the "Securities") specified in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (with respect to such Pricing Agreement, the "Designated Securities"). The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Securities shall be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto and in or pursuant to the indenture (the "Indenture") identified in such Pricing Agreement. 1. Particular sales of Designated Securities may be made from time to time to the Underwriters of such Securities, for whom the firms designated as representatives of the Underwriters of such Securities in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto will act as representatives (the "Representatives"). The term "Representatives" also refers to a single firm acting as sole representative of the Underwriters and to an Underwriter or Underwriters who act without any firm being designated as its or their representatives. This Underwriting Agreement shall not be construed as an obligation of the Company to sell any of the Securities or as an obligation of any of the

2 Underwriters to purchase the Securities. The obligation of the Company to issue and sell any of the Securities and the obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Securities shall be evidenced by the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities specified therein. Each Pricing Agreement shall specify the aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities, the initial public offering price of such Designated Securities, the purchase price to the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the names of the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the names of the Representatives of such Underwriters and the principal amount of such Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter and shall set forth the date, time and manner of delivery of such Designated Securities and payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall also specify (to the extent not set forth in the Indenture and the registration statement and prospectus with respect thereto) the terms of such Designated Securities. A Pricing Agreement shall be in the form of an executed writing (which may be in counterparts), and may be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic communications or any other rapid transmission device designed to produce a written record of communications transmitted. The obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be several and not joint. 2. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that: (a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-....) (the "Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be delivered to the Representatives and, excluding exhibits to the Initial Registration Statement, but including all documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained therein, to the Representatives for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission (other than prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, each in the form heretofore delivered to the Representatives); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Act, is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any,

3 including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the Initial Registration Statement at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective but excluding Form T-1, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; the prospectus relating to the Securities, in the form in which it has most recently been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, being hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the applicable form under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Initial Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Initial Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable Designated Securities in the form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such filing); (b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the

4 Company by an Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Securities; (c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Securities; (d) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; (e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; (f) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; (g) The Securities have been duly authorized, and, when Designated Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Pricing

5 Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities, such Designated Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, which will be substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; the Indenture has been duly authorized and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, at the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities (as defined in Section 4 hereof), the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and the Indenture conforms, and the Designated Securities will conform, to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented with respect to such Designated Securities; (h) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and any Pricing Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been, or will have been prior to the Time of Delivery, obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters; (i) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of Offered Securities" and "Description of Debt Securities", insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, and under the captions "Plan of Distribution" and "Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair; (j) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or in default in the performance or observance of

6 any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound; (k) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position, shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; (l) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an "investment company", as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"); (m) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes; (n) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. 3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any Designated Securities and authorization by the Representatives of the release of such Designated Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer such Designated Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented. 4. Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to the Pricing Agreement relating thereto, in the form specified in such Pricing Agreement, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives at least forty-eight hours in advance or at such other place and time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date being herein called the "Time of Delivery" for such Securities.

7 5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities: (a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable Designated Securities in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable Designated Securities or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b); to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus as amended or supplemented after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to such Securities and prior to the Time of Delivery for such Securities which shall be disapproved by the Representatives for such Securities promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any such amendment or supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of such Securities, and during such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed with the Commission, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; (b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify such Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of such Securities, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction; (1) (c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day

8 next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City as amended or supplemented in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; (d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158); (e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Securities and continuing to and including the later of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for such Designated Securities, as notified to the Company by the Representatives and (ii) the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company which mature more than one year after such Time of Delivery and which are substantially similar to such Designated Securities, without the prior written consent of the Representatives; and (f) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act. 6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and

9 expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement, any Indenture, any Blue Sky and Legal Investment Memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and Legal Investment Surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) any filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for any Trustee in connection with any Indenture and the Securities; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. 7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall be subject, in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company in or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities are, at and as of the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions: (a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable Designated Securities shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been

10 initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Representatives' reasonable satisfaction; (b) Counsel for the Underwriters shall have furnished to the Representatives such written opinion or opinions (a draft of each such opinion is attached as Annex II(a) hereto), dated the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, with respect to the matters covered in paragraphs (i), (iv), (v), (vi), (x), (xii) and (xiii) of subsection (c) below as well as such other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters; (c) Counsel for the Company satisfactory to the Representatives shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached as Annex II(b) hereto), dated the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that: (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; (ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; (iii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position, shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; (iv) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

11 (v) The Designated Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture; and the Designated Securities and the Indenture conform to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; (vi) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; (vii) The issue and sale of the Designated Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Designated Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties; (viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Designated Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or such Pricing Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Designated Securities by the Underwriters; (ix) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its By-laws or Certificate of Incorporation or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may

12 be bound; (x) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of Offered Securities", and "Description of Debt Securities" insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock, under the caption "Taxation", and under the captions "Plan of Distribution" and "Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair; (xi) The Company is not an "investment company", as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act; (xii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and they have no reason to believe that any of such documents, when they became effective or were so filed, as the case may be, contained, in the case of a registration statement which became effective under the Act, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or, in the case of other documents which were filed under the Act or the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such documents were so filed, not misleading; and (xiii) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery for the Designated Securities (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; although they do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, except for those referred to in the opinion in subsection (x) of this Section 7(c), they have no reason to believe that, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or

13 omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that, as of its date, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that, as of the Time of Delivery, either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and they do not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement required to be filed or any contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented which are not filed or incorporated by reference or described as required; (d) On the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Securities at a time prior to the execution of the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities and at the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, the independent accountants of the Company who have certified the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter, dated the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of the most recent report filed with the Commission containing financial statements and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if the date of such report is later than such effective date, and a letter dated such Time of Delivery, respectively, to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto, and with respect to such letter dated such Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement is attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a draft of the form of letter to be delivered on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and as of each Time of Delivery is attached as Annex I(b) hereto); (e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement

14 relating to the Designated Securities any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Securities, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Securities there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Securities, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as first amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Securities; (f) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Securities (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities or preferred stock by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities or preferred stock; (g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Securities there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event specified in this clause (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as first amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Securities; (h) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and

15 (i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives at the Time of Delivery for the Designated Securities a certificate or certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request. 8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Securities. (b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or

16 omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the

17 Designated Securities on the other from the offering of the Designated Securities to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Securities on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and such Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the applicable Designated Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters of Designated Securities in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with respect to such Securities and not joint. (e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within

18 the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act. 9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Designated Securities which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to purchase such Designated Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Designated Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Designated Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed period, the Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities. (b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the Designated Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the Designated Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

19 (c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Designated Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the Designated Securities, as referred to in subsection (b) above, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default. 10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. 11. If any Pricing Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter with respect to the Designated Securities covered by such Pricing Agreement except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason Designated Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of such Designated Securities, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Securities except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof. 12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of Designated Securities shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by such Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as may be designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing,

20 and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Representatives as set forth in the Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement: Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by the Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof. 13. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement or any such Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase. 14. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used herein, "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for business. 15. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 16. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

21 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us counterparts hereof. Very truly yours, Visteon Corporation By: ---------------------------------------- Name: Title: Accepted as of the date hereof: [Names of Representatives] [Name(s) of Co-Representative(s)] By: ----------------------------------- [Name(s) of Co-Representative Corporation(s)] By: -----------------------------------------------

22 ANNEX I PRICING AGREEMENT [Names of Representatives], [Names of Co-Representative(s)], As Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto, c/o [Names of Representatives], [Address]. , 20 -------------- --- Ladies and Gentlemen: Visteon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting Agreement, dated ,20 (the "Underwriting Agreement") between the Company on the one hand and (Names of Representatives) and (names of Co-Representatives named therein) on the other hand, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") the Securities specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated Securities"). Each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein; and each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each representation and warranty which refers to the Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Securities which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to the Representatives herein and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The Representatives designated to act on behalf of the Representatives and on behalf of each of the Underwriters of the Designated Securities pursuant to Section 12 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the Representatives referred to in such Section 12 are set forth at the end of Schedule II hereto. An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Securities, in the form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the Commission.

23 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto, the principal amount of Designated Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto. If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us one for the Company and each of the Representatives plus one for each counsel counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof, including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on the part of the Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof. Very truly yours, Visteon Corporation By: ------------------------------------------ Name: Title: Accepted as of the date hereof: [Names of Representatives] [Name(s) of Co-Representative(s)] By: --------------------------------- [Name(s) of Co-Representative Corporation(s)] By: --------------------------------------

24 SCHEDULE I PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF DESIGNATED UNDERWRITER SECURITIES - ----------- TO BE PURCHASED ---------- [Names of Representatives] $ ---------- [Name(s) of Co-Representative(s)] ---------- [Names of other Underwriters] ---------- ---------- ---------- Total $ ==========

25 SCHEDULE II TITLE OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES: [ %] [Floating Rate] [Zero Coupon] [Notes] [Debentures] due, AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: [$] PRICE TO PUBLIC: % of the principal amount of the Designated Securities, plus accrued interest[, if any,] from to [and accrued amortization[, if any,] from to ] PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS: % of the principal amount of the Designated Securities, plus accrued interest from to [and accrued amortization[, if any,] from to ] FORM OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES: [Definitive form to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of [The Depository Trust Company or its designated custodian] [the Representatives]](13) [Book-entry only form represented by one or more global securities deposited with The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or its designated custodian, to be made available for checking by the Representatives at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of DTC.](14) SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE: Federal (same day) funds(15) TIME OF DELIVERY: a.m. (New York City time), , 19

26 INDENTURE: Indenture dated , 19 , between the Company and as Trustee MATURITY: INTEREST RATE: [ %] [Zero Coupon] [See Floating Rate Provisions] INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: [months and dates, commencing , 19 ] REDEMPTION PROVISIONS: [No provisions for redemption] [The Designated Securities may be redeemed, otherwise than through the sinking fund, in whole or in part at the option of the Company, in the amount of [$ ] or an integral multiple thereof, [on or after , at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount). If [redeemed on or before , %, and if] redeemed during the 12-month period beginning , REDEMPTION YEAR PRICE ---- ---------- and thereafter at 100% of their principal amount, together in each case with accrued interest to the redemption date.] [on any interest payment date falling on or after , , at the election of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of redemption.]] [Other possible redemption provisions, such as mandatory redemption upon occurrence of certain events or redemption for changes in tax law]

27 [Restriction on refunding] SINKING FUND PROVISIONS: [No sinking fund provisions] [The Designated Securities are entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to retire [$ ] principal amount of Designated Securities on in each of the years through at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest[, together with [cumulative] [noncumulative] redemptions at the option of the Company to retire an additional [$ ] principal amount of Designated Securities in the years through at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest.] [If Designated Securities are extendable debt securities, insert-- EXTENDABLE PROVISIONS: Designated Securities are repayable on , [insert date and years], at the option of the holder, at their principal amount with accrued interest. The initial annual interest rate will be %, and thereafter the annual interest rate will be adjusted on , and to a rate not less than % of the effective annual interest rate on U.S. Treasury obligations with -year maturities as of the [insert date 15 days prior to maturity date] prior to such [insert maturity date].] [If Designated Securities are floating rate debt securities, insert-- FLOATING RATE PROVISIONS: Initial annual interest rate will be % through [and thereafter will be adjusted [monthly] [on each , , and ] [to an annual rate of % above the average rate for -year [month][securities][certificates of deposit] issued by and [insert names of banks].] [and the annual interest rate [thereafter] [from through ] will be the interest yield equivalent of the weekly average per annum market discount rate for -month Treasury bills plus % of Interest Differential (the excess, if any, of (i) the then current weekly average per annum secondary market yield for -month certificates of deposit over (ii) the then current interest yield equivalent of the weekly average per annum market discount rate for -month Treasury bills); [from and thereafter the rate will be the then current interest yield equivalent plus % of Interest Differential].]

28 DEFEASANCE PROVISIONS: CLOSING LOCATION FOR DELIVERY OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES: ADDITIONAL CLOSING CONDITIONS: NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES: Designated Representatives: Address for Notices, etc.: [OTHER TERMS]*:

29 ANNEX II Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that: (i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission; (ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary financial information and schedules audited (and, if applicable, financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related rules and regulations; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the representative or representatives of the Underwriters (the "Representatives") such term to include an Underwriter or Underwriters who act without any firm being designated as its or their representatives and are attached to such letters; (iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which are attached to such letters; and on the basis of specified procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission;

30 (iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatement where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for five such fiscal years included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years; (v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to believe that this information does not conform in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation S-K; (vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that: (A) (i) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act and the published rules and regulations adopted by the Commission, or (ii) any material modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus or included in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;

31 (B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year; (C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus and referred to in clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year; (D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements; (E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and (F) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements

32 included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the specified date referred to in clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length specified by the Representatives, except in each case for increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and (vii) In addition to the audit referred to in their report(s) included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the Representatives which are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by reference), or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives or in documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus specified by the Representatives, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement. All references in this Annex II to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) as defined in the Underwriting Agreement as of the date of the letter delivered on the date of the Pricing Agreement for purposes of such letter and to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) in relation to the applicable Designated Securities for purposes of the letter delivered at the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities.

1 Exhibit 4.1 VISTEON CORPORATION AND BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., TRUSTEE INDENTURE DATED AS JUNE 23, 2000 DEBT SECURITIES

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ---- ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.01. Definitions 1 SECTION 1.02. Notice to Securityholders 7 ARTICLE II. ISSUE, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES SECTION 2.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable In Series 7 SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication 10 SECTION 2.03. Form, Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Securities 10 SECTION 2.04. Denominations; Record Date 12 SECTION 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities 12 SECTION 2.06. Temporary Securities 14 SECTION 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities 14 SECTION 2.08. Cancellation 15 SECTION 2.09. Computation of Interest 15 SECTION 2.10. Securities in Global Form 15 SECTION 2.11. Medium-Term Securities 16 SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers 16 ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES SECTION 3.01. Redemption of Securities; Applicability of Article 17 SECTION 3.02. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Securities 17 SECTION 3.03. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption 18 ARTICLE IV. PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION SECTION 4.01. Payment of Principal, Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts 19 SECTION 4.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, Etc. 19 SECTION 4.03. Provisions as to Paying Agent 20 SECTION 4.04. Luxembourg Publications 21 SECTION 4.05. Statement by Officers as to Default 21 SECTION 4.06. Limitations on Liens 21 SECTION 4.07. Limitation on Sale and Lease-back 22 SECTION 4.08. Definitions Applicable to Sections 4.06 and 4.07 22 ARTICLE V. SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SECTION 5.01. Securityholder Lists 24 SECTION 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists 25 SECTION 5.03. Reports by the Corporation 26 SECTION 5.04. Reports by the Trustee 26

3 ARTICLE VI. REMEDIES ON DEFAULT SECTION 6.01. Events of Default 27 SECTION 6.02. Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor 29 SECTION 6.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee 30 SECTION 6.04. Proceedings by Securityholders 31 SECTION 6.05. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing 32 SECTION 6.06. Direction of Proceedings 32 SECTION 6.07. Notice of Defaults 33 SECTION 6.08. Undertaking to Pay Costs 33 ARTICLE VII. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE SECTION 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee 33 SECTION 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc. 34 SECTION 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc. 35 SECTION 7.04. Ownership of Securities or Coupons 35 SECTION 7.05. Moneys to Be Held in Trust 35 SECTION 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee 36 SECTION 7.07. Officers' Certificate as Evidence 36 SECTION 7.08. Conflicting Interest of Trustee 36 SECTION 7.09. Eligibility of Trustee 36 SECTION 7.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee 37 SECTION 7.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee 38 SECTION 7.12. Successor by Merger, Etc. 39 SECTION 7.13. Limitations on Rights of Trustee as Creditor 39 ARTICLE VIII. CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS SECTION 8.01. Action by Securityholders 39 SECTION 8.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders 40 SECTION 8.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners 40 SECTION 8.04. Corporation-owned Securities Disregarded 41 SECTION 8.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Securityholders Bound 41 SECTION 8.06. Securities in a Foreign Currency 41 ARTICLE IX. SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS SECTION 9.01. Purposes of Meetings 42 SECTION 9.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee 42 SECTION 9.03. Call of Meetings by Corporation or Securityholders 43 SECTION 9.04. Qualification for Voting 43 SECTION 9.05. Regulations 43 SECTION 9.06. Voting 44 ARTICLE X. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

4 SECTION 10.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders 44 SECTION 10.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders 46 SECTION 10.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental Indentures 47 SECTION 10.04. Notation on Securities 47 ARTICLE XI. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE SECTION 11.01. Corporation May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms 47 SECTION 11.02. Successor Corporation Substituted 48 SECTION 11.03. Certificate to Trustee 48 ARTICLE XII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;UNCLAIMED MONEYS SECTION 12.01. Discharge of Indenture 48 SECTION 12.02. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of Any Series 49 SECTION 12.03. Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust by Trustee 50 SECTION 12.04. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held 50 SECTION 12.05. Return of Unclaimed Moneys 51 ARTICLE XIII. IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS SECTION 13.01. Indenture And Securities Solely Corporate Obligations 51 ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SECTION 14.01. Benefits of Indenture Restricted to Parties and Securityholders 51 SECTION 14.02. Provisions Binding on Corporation's Successors 52 SECTION 14.03. Addresses for Notices, Etc. 52 SECTION 14.04. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent 52 SECTION 14.05. Legal Holidays 52 SECTION 14.06. Trust Indenture Act to Control 52 SECTION 14.07. Execution in Counterparts 53 SECTION 14.08. New York Contract 53 SECTION 14.09. Judgment Currency 53 SECTION 14.10. Severability of Provisions 53 SECTION 14.11. Corporation Released from Indenture Requirements under Certain Circumstances 53

5 CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE SECTION OF ACT SECTION OF INDENTURE 310(a)(1),(2)and (5) 7.09 310(a)(3) and (4) Not applicable 310(b) 7.08 310(c) Not applicable 311(a) and (b) 7.13 311(c) Not applicable 312(a) 5.01 and 5.02(a) 312(b) and (c) 5.02(b) and (c) 313(a) and (b) 5.04(a) 313(c) 5.04(a) 313(d) 5.04(b) 314(a) 5.03 314(b) Not applicable 314(c)(1) and (2) 14.04 314(c)(3) Not applicable 314(d) Not applicable 314(e) 14.04 315(a), (c) and (d) 7.01 315(b) 6.07 315(e) 6.08 316(a)(1) 6.06 316(a)(2) Omitted 316(a)last sentence 8.04 316(b) 6.04 316(c) 9.02 317(a) 6.02 317(b) 4.03 318(a) 14.06 This tie-sheet is not part of the Indenture as executed.

6 THIS INDENTURE, dated as of the 23rd day of June, 2000 between VISTEON CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter sometimes called the "Corporation"), party of the first part, and BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a banking association duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee hereunder (hereinafter sometimes called the "Trustee," which term shall include any successor trustee appointed pursuant to Article Seven). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Corporation deems it necessary or appropriate to issue from time to time for its lawful purposes securities (hereinafter called the "Securities" or, in the singular, "Security") evidencing its unsecured indebtedness and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Securities in one or more series, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such time or times and to have such other provisions as shall be established as hereinafter provided; and WHEREAS, the Corporation represents that all acts by it necessary to constitute these presents a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture has in all respects been duly authorized by the Corporation, and the Corporation, in the exercise of legal rights and power in it vested, is executing this Indenture; NOW, THEREFORE: In order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are authenticated, issued and received, and in consideration of the premises, of the purchase and acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof and of the sum of one dollar to it duly paid by the Trustee at the execution of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the Corporation covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Securities, as follows: ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS. SECTION 1.1. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall have the meanings (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires) assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed. The words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole, including the Exhibits to this instrument, and not to any particular article, Section or other subdivision. Certain terms used wholly or principally within an Article of this Indenture may be defined in that Article.

7 Additional Amounts: The term "Additional Amounts" shall mean any additional amounts which are required by a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution under circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the Corporation in respect of certain taxes, assessments or governmental charges imposed on certain Holders of Securities and which are owing to such Holders of Securities. Authorized Newspaper: The term "Authorized Newspaper" shall mean a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used. If it shall be impracticable in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu thereof which is made or given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice. Board of Directors: The term "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation or the Executive Committee or Securities Pricing Committee of the Corporation or any committee established by the Board of Directors. Board Resolution: The term "Board Resolution" shall mean a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. Business Day: The term "Business Day" shall mean, with respect to any Security, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) that in the city (or in any of the cities, of more than one) in which amounts are payable as specified on the face of the form of such Security, is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close. Corporate Trust Office: The term "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee in _______, _______, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at , except that, with respect to presentation of Securities for payment or registration of transfers and exchanges and the location of the Security Registrar, such term means the office or agency of the Trustee located at Corporation: The term "Corporation" shall mean the person named as the "Corporation" in the first

8 paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Corporation" shall mean such successor corporation. Corporation Order: The term "Corporation Order" shall mean any request, order or confirmation to the Trustee signed by a person designated pursuant to Section 2.03, which may be transmitted by telex, by telecopy or in writing. Coupon: The term "Coupon" shall mean any interest coupon appertaining to a Security. Coupon Security: The term "Coupon Security" shall mean any Security authenticated and delivered with one or more Coupons appertaining thereto. Currency: The term "Currency" means dollars or foreign currency. Depository: The term "Depository" shall mean, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depository by the Corporation pursuant to Section 2.01 until a successor Depository shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depository" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depository hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Depository" as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Securities of that series. Event of Default: The term "Event of Default" shall mean any event specified as such in Section 6.01. Global Security: The term "Global Security" shall mean a Registered Security or an Unregistered Security evidencing all or part of a series of Securities issued to the Depository for such series in accordance with Section 2.03. Holder: The terms "Holder," "Holder of Securities," "Securityholder" or other similar terms, shall mean (a) in the case of any Registered Security, the person in whose name at the time such

9 Security is registered on the registration books kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) in the case of any Unregistered Security, the bearer of such Security. Indenture: The term "Indenture" shall mean this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof. Interest Payment Date: The term "Interest Payment Date" when used with respect to any Security, means the stated maturity of an installment of interest on such Security. Issue Date: The term "Issue Date" shall mean, with respect to any Security, whether evidenced by a Registered Security or an Unregistered Security, the date such Security is authenticated pursuant to Section 2.03. Maturity Date: The term "Maturity Date" when used with respect to any Security, shall mean the stated maturity of the Security. Officers' Certificate: The term "Officers' Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed on behalf of the Corporation (and without personal liability), and complying with Section 14.04, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President or any Vice President or the Treasurer and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or, if the other signatory is other than the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation. Opinion of Counsel: The term "Opinion of Counsel" shall mean an opinion in writing, complying with Section 14.04, signed by legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Corporation or who may be other counsel acceptable to the Trustee. Original Issue Discount Securities: The term "Original Issue Discount Securities" shall mean any Securities that are initially sold at a discount from the principal amount thereof and that provide upon an Event of Default for declaration of an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration thereof. Outstanding:

10 The term "outstanding" when used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, Section 8.04 and Section 8.06, mean, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Corporation) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Corporation (if the Corporation shall act as its own Paying Agent), provided, that if such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in Article Three, or provisions satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of and in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Article Two, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Securities are held by bona fide Holders in due course. Paying Agent: The term "Paying Agent" shall mean initially Bank One Trust Company, N.A. and, subsequently, any other paying agent appointed by the Corporation from time to time in respect of the Securities. Person: The term "person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company trust or other entity, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. Place of Payment: The term "Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, (and Additional Amounts, if any) on the Securities of that series are payable. Registered Security: The term "Registered Security" shall mean any Security registered on the Security registration books of the Corporation. Regular Record Date: The term "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Sections 2.01 and 2.04.

11 Responsible Officer: The term "responsible officer" when used with respect to the Trustee shall mean any officer assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters. Security Register and Security Registrar: The term "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" shall have the respective meanings specified in Section 2.05. Significant Subsidiary: The term "Significant Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary of the Corporation that, at any time, has at least 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries at such time as reflected in the most recent annual audited consolidated financial Statements of the Corporation. Subsidiary: The term "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation or other entity of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock or other beneficial interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other beneficial interests of another class or classes of such corporation or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by the Corporation, or by one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Corporation and one or more Subsidiaries. Trust Indenture Act of 1939: The term "Trust Indenture Act of 1939" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. United States: The term "United States" shall mean the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia) and its possessions (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands). Unregistered Security: The term "Unregistered Security" shall mean any Security other than a Registered Security. U.S. Dollar:

12 The term "U.S. Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. SECTION 1.02. Notice to Securityholders. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given if in writing and mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to each Holder at such Holder's address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for such notice. Neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Securities. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. ARTICLE II. ISSUE, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES. SECTION 2.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable In Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series: (1) the designation of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities); (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 3.02 or 10.04); (3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable; (4) the rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, at which the

13 Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, and if the rate or rates are variable, the manner of calculation thereof, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and, in the case of Registered Securities, the Regular Record Date for the determination of Holders of such Securities to whom interest is payable on any Interest Payment Date; (5) the place or places (in addition to such place or places specified in this Indenture) where the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable; (6) the right, if any, of the Corporation to redeem Securities of the series, in whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise; (7) the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (8) if other than U.S. Dollars, the currency or currencies, including Euros, in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and in which payments of principal of (premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, payable with respect to such Securities shall or may be payable; the manner in which such currency or currencies will be determined; and if the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of such series are to be payable, at the election of the Corporation or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies, other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency or currencies in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made; (9) if the amount of principal of and interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index based on a currency or currencies other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; (10) the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable, if other than U.S. $1,000 or integral multiples thereof, with respect to Registered Securities, and denominations of U.S. $1,000 and U.S. $5,000 for Unregistered Securities; (11) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof or which the Trustee shall be entitled to claim pursuant to Section 6.02; (12) whether the Securities of the series will be issuable as Registered

14 Securities or Unregistered Securities (with or without Coupons), or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Unregistered Securities and, if other than as provided for in Section 2.05, the terms upon which Unregistered Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series and vice versa; and whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depository for such Global Security or Securities and whether any Global Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary form and whether any Global Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form with or without Coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such definitive Global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and the circumstances under which and the place or places where any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 2.05; (13) whether and under what circumstances the Corporation will pay Additional Amounts on the Securities of the series in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Corporation will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts; (14) the provisions, if any, for the defeasance of the Securities of the series; (15) if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; (16) except as otherwise provided herein, any trustees, depositories, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents, registrars or any other agents with respect to the Securities of such series; (17) The percentage of their principal amount at which the Securities will be issued; (18) any securities exchanges on which the Securities will be listed; and (19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture); All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except (i) as to denomination, (ii) that Securities of any series may be issuable as either Registered Securities or Unregistered Securities and (iii) as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation and delivered to the Trustee at the same time as or

15 prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series. SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in the following form: {FORM OF BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION} This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, By: Authorized Signatory SECTION 2.03. Form, Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Securities. The Securities of each series and the Coupons, if any, to be attached thereto, shall be in the forms approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Corporation may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage. Each Security and Coupon shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President or any Vice President or its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, or, if the other signatory is other than the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, any assistant Treasurer, under its Corporate seal. Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such officers. The seal of the Corporation may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities. Each Security and Coupon bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Corporation shall bind the Corporation, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Security, or the Security to which such Coupon appertains. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Corporation may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Corporation and, in the case of Coupon Securities, having attached thereto appropriate Coupons, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Corporation Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Corporation Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities or Coupons of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by this Section and Section 2.01, in authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall

16 be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating: (a) if the form of such Securities or Coupons has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.01, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; (b) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.01, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and (c) that each such Security and Coupon, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Corporation in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Corporation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and to general equity principles, whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity. If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and the Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Every Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Unregistered Security shall be dated as provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture referred to in Section 2.01 or, if no such terms are specified, the date of its original issuance. No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Corporation, and the Corporation shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.08 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 14.04 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Corporation, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. If the Corporation shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security, then the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall in accordance with this Section and the Corporation Order with respect to such series authenticate and deliver the Global Security that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by the Global Security, (ii) shall be

17 registered, if in registered form, in the name of the Depository for such Global Security or the nominee of such Depository, and (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository's instructions. Each Depository designated pursuant to Section 2.01 for a Global Security in registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depository, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable statute or regulation. SECTION 2.04. Denominations; Record Date. The Securities shall be issuable as Registered Securities or Unregistered Securities in such denominations as may be specified as contemplated in Section 2.01. In the absence of any such specification with respect to any series, such Securities shall be issuable in the denomination contemplated by Section 2.01. The term "record date" as used with respect to an Interest Payment Date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) shall mean such day or days as shall be specified in the terms of the Registered Securities of any particular series as contemplated by Section 2.01; provided, however, that in the absence of any such provisions with respect to any series, such term shall mean (1) the last day of the calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a calendar month; or (2) the fifteenth day of a calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of the calendar month. The person in whose name any Registered Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable and Additional Amounts, if any, payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Registered Security upon any transfer or exchange thereof subsequent to such Regular Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if and to the extent the Corporation shall default in the payment of the interest and Additional Amounts, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date, such defaulted interest and Additional Amounts, if any, shall be paid to the persons in whose names outstanding Registered Securities are registered on a subsequent record date established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Corporation to the Holders of Securities of the series in default not less than fifteen days preceding such subsequent record date, such record date to be not less than five days preceding the date of payment of such defaulted interest. SECTION 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities. Registered securities of any series may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities of other authorized denominations of such series. Registered Securities to be exchanged shall be surrendered at the office or agency to be designated and maintained by the Corporation for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02, and the Corporation shall execute and register and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor the Registered Security or Registered Securities that the Holder making the exchange shall have been entitled to receive. If the Securities of any series are issued in both registered and unregistered form, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01, at the option of the Holder thereof,

18 Unregistered Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the Corporation that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 4.02, with, in the case of Unregistered Securities that are Coupon Securities, all unmatured Coupons and all matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining. At the option of the Holder thereof, if Unregistered Securities of any series are issued in more than one authorized denomination, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01, such Unregistered Securities may be exchanged for Unregistered Securities of such series of other authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the Corporation that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 4.02 or as specified pursuant to Section 2.01, with, in the case of Unregistered Securities that are Coupon Securities, all unmatured Coupons and all matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01, Registered Securities of any series may not be exchanged for Unregistered Securities of such series. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange the Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. The Corporation or its designated agent (the "Security Registrar") shall keep, at such office or agency, a Security Register (the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Corporation shall register Securities and shall register the transfer of Registered Securities as provided in this Article Two. The Security Register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times the Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of a particular series at such office or agency, the Corporation shall execute and the Corporation or the Security Registrar shall register and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Registered Security or Registered Securities of such series for an equal aggregate principal amount. Unregistered Securities (except for any temporary bearer Securities) and Coupons shall be transferable by delivery. All Securities presented for registration of transfer or for exchange, redemption or payment, as the case may be, shall (if so required by the Corporation or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by, a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing. No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Registered Securities, but the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. The Corporation shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Registered Securities of any series for a period of fifteen days next preceding any selection of Registered Securities of such series to be redeemed, or (b) any Security of any such series selected for redemption except in the case of any such series to be redeemed in part, the

19 portion thereof not to be so redeemed. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the terms of any series of Securities to the contrary, neither the Corporation nor the Trustee (which shall rely on an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel) shall be required to exchange any Unregistered Security for a Registered Security if such exchange would result in adverse Federal income tax consequences to the Corporation (including the inability of the Corporation to deduct from its income, as computed for Federal income tax purposes, the interest payable on any Securities) under then applicable United States Federal income tax laws. SECTION 2.06. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Corporation may execute and on receipt of a Corporation Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities of such series (printed or lithographed). Temporary Securities of any series shall be issuable in any authorized denominations, and in the form approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Corporation. Every temporary Security shall be executed by the Corporation and authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unnecessary delay the Corporation shall execute and furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Registered Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at the office or agency to be designated and maintained by the Corporation for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02 and in the case of Unregistered Securities at any agency maintained by the Corporation for such purpose as specified pursuant to Section 2.01, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and in the case of such Securities that are Coupon Securities, having attached thereto the appropriate Coupons. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series. The provisions of this Section 2.06 are subject to any restrictions or limitations on the issue and delivery of temporary unregistered Securities of any series that may be established pursuant to Section 2.01 (including any provision that Unregistered Securities of such series initially be issued in the form of a single global Unregistered Security to be delivered to a depositary or agency of the Corporation located outside the United States and the procedures pursuant to which definitive Unregistered Securities of such series would be issued in exchange for such temporary global Unregistered Security). SECTION 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. In case any temporary or definitive Security of any series or, in the case of a Coupon Security, any Coupon appertaining thereto, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Corporation in the case of a mutilated Security or Coupon shall, and in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Security or Coupon may, in its discretion, execute, and upon receipt of a Corporation Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or, in the case of a Coupon Security, a new Coupon Security of the same series as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon Security or, in the case of a Coupon, a new Coupon of the same series as the Coupon Security to which such

20 mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen or in exchange for the Coupon Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains, with all appurtenant Coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security or Coupon shall furnish to the Corporation and to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Corporation and to the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security or Coupon, as the case may be, and of the ownership thereof. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security or Coupon, the Corporation may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith and in addition a further sum not exceeding ten dollars for each Security so issued in substitution. In case any Security or Coupon which has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Corporation may, instead of issuing a substituted Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security or Coupon) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish the corporation and the Trustee with such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Corporation and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security or Coupon and of the ownership thereof. Every substituted Security with, in the case of any such Security that is a Coupon Security, its Coupons, issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any Security or Coupon is destroyed, lost or stolen shall, with respect to such Security or Coupon, constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Corporation, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security or Coupon shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities, and the Coupons appertaining thereto, duly issued hereunder. All Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto and shall, to the extent permitted by law, preclude any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender. SECTION 2.08. Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer, and all Coupons surrendered for payment as the case may be, shall, if surrendered to the Corporation or any agent of the Corporation or of the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and promptly cancelled by it or, if surrendered to the Trustee, be cancelled by it, and no Securities or Coupons, shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall destroy cancelled Securities and Coupons and deliver a certificate of destruction to the Corporation. SECTION 2.09. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as

21 contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. SECTION 2.10. Securities in Global Form. If Securities of a series are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, then, notwithstanding clause (9) of Section 2.01 and the provisions of Section 2.04, such Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Corporation Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.03 or Section 2.06. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.03 and, if applicable, Section 2.06, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in definitive global bearer form in the manner and upon written instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Corporation Order. If a Corporation Order pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.06 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Corporation with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 14.04 and need not be accompanied by an opinion of Counsel. The beneficial owner of a Security represented by a definitive Global Security in bearer form may, upon no less than 30 days written notice to the Trustee, given by the beneficial owner through a Depository, exchange its interest in such definitive Global Security for a definitive bearer Security or Securities, or a definitive Registered Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination, subject to the rules and regulations of such Depository and its members. No individual definitive bearer Security will be delivered in or to the United States. The provisions of the last sentence of the third to the last paragraph of Section 2.03 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Corporation and the Corporation delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 14.04 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of the third to the last paragraph of Section 2.03. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, payment of principal of, and any premium and any interest on, any Security in definitive global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein. SECTION 2.11. Medium-Term Securities. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Corporation Order, Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to Sections 2.01, 2.03, 2.06, and 14.04 at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

22 An Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture, delivered pursuant to this Section 2.11 in the circumstances set forth in the preceding paragraph may provide that Securities which are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time upon the written order of persons designated in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Officers' Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture such terms and conditions of said Securities as are specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture, provided that the foregoing procedure is acceptable to the Trustee. SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers. The Corporation, in issuing the Securities, may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers. ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES. SECTION 3.01. Redemption of Securities; Applicability of Article. Redemption of Securities of any series as permitted or required by the terms thereof shall be made in accordance with such terms and this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any series of Securities shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such series of Securities shall govern. The notice date for a redemption of Securities shall mean the date on which notice of such redemption is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.02 hereof. SECTION 3.02. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Securities. The election of the Corporation to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate. In case the Corporation shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all, or, as the case may be, any part, of a series of Securities pursuant to the terms and provisions applicable to such series, it shall fix a date for redemption and shall mail a notice of such redemption at least thirty and not more than sixty days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Holders of the Securities of such series that are Registered Securities to be redeemed as a whole or in part, at their last addresses as the same appear on the Security Register. Such mailing shall be by prepaid first class mail. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder shall have received such notice. In any case, failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such series. Notice of redemption to the Holders of Unregistered Securities to be redeemed as a whole or in part, who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee as described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, shall be given by mailing notice of such

23 redemption, by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least thirty days and not more than sixty days prior to the date fixed for redemption, to such Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee (and, in the case of any such notice given by the Corporation, the Trustee shall make such information available to the Corporation for such purpose). Notice of redemption to any other Holder of an Unregistered Security of such series shall be published in an Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section 4.04, in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg), in each case, once in each of two successive calendar weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty nor more than sixty days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder shall have received such notice. In any case, failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such series. Each such notice of redemption shall specify the provisions of such Securities under which such redemption is made, that the conditions precedent, if any, to such redemption have occurred, shall describe the same and the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price at which such Securities are to be redeemed, the Place of Payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Securities and, in the case of Coupon Securities, of all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing after the date fixed for redemption, that interest and Additional Amounts, if any, accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest, if any, thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all of the Securities of a series are to be redeemed any notice of redemption published in an Authorized Newspaper shall specify the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed and, if applicable, the CUSIP Numbers thereof. In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued of the same series. At least one Business Day prior to the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given for Unregistered Securities as provided in this Section and on or prior to the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given for all Securities other than Unregistered Securities, the Corporation will deposit in trust with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities or portions of Securities so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption price, together with interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, accrued to the date fixed for redemption. The Corporation will give the Trustee notice of each redemption at least forty-five days prior to the date fixed for redemption (unless a shorter notice is acceptable to the Trustee) as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. If fewer than all of the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as it shall deem reasonable and fair, the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed in whole or in part. SECTION 3.03. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities with

24 respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the Place of Payment stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, accrued to said date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue. On presentation and surrender of such Securities subject to redemption at said Place of Payment in said notice specified, the said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Corporation at the applicable redemption price, together with interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption. Interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, maturing on or prior to the date fixed for redemption shall continue to be payable (but without interest thereon unless the Corporation shall default in payment thereof) in the case of Coupon Securities to the bearers of the Coupons for such interest upon surrender thereof, and in the case of Registered Securities to the Holders thereof registered as such on the Security Register on the relevant record date subject to the terms and provisions of Section 2.04. At the option of the Corporation payment may be made by check to (or to the order of) the Holders of the Securities or other persons entitled thereto against presentation and surrender of such Securities. If any Coupon Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant Coupons maturing after the date fixed for redemption, the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Corporation and the Trustee, if there be furnished to each of them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them harmless. Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation, a new Security or Securities, of authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented of the same series. ARTICLE IV. PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION. SECTION 4.01. Payment of Principal, Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts. The Corporation shall duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on each of the Securities at the place, at the respective times and in the manner provided in the terms of the Securities and in this Indenture. The interest on Coupon Securities (together with any Additional Amounts) shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. The interest, if any, on any temporary bearer securities (together with any Additional Amounts) shall be paid, as to the installments of interest evidenced by Coupons attached thereto, if any, only upon presentation and surrender thereof, and, as to the other installments of interest, if any, only upon presentation of such Securities for notation thereon of the payment of such interest. The interest on Registered Securities (together with any Additional Amounts) shall be payable only

25 to the Holders thereof and at the option of the Corporation may be paid by (i) mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the order of such Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the Security Register for such Securities or (ii) in the case of Holders of U.S.$10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of such Registered Securities, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, but only if the Trustee has received wire transfer instructions in writing not less than 15 days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. SECTION 4.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, Etc. As long as any of the Securities of a series remain outstanding, the Corporation shall designate and maintain, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where the Registered Securities of such series may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange as provided in this Indenture, an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the Securities of such series or of this Indenture may be served, and an office or agency where the Securities of such series may be presented for payment. The Corporation shall give to the Trustee notice of the location of each such office or agency and of any change in the location thereof. In case the Corporation shall fail to maintain any such office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location thereof, presentations may be made and notices and demands may be served at the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and the Corporation hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, notices and demands. If Unregistered Securities of any series are outstanding, the Corporation shall maintain or cause the Trustee to maintain one or more agencies in a city or cities located outside the United States (including any city in which such an agency is required to be maintained under the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities of such series are listed) where such Unregistered Securities, and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto may be presented for payment. No payment on any Unregistered Security or Coupon will be made upon presentation of such Unregistered Security or Coupon at an agency of the Corporation within the United States nor will any payment be made by transfer to an account in, or by mail to an address in, the United States, except, at the option of the Corporation, if the Corporation shall have determined that, pursuant to applicable United States laws and regulations then in effect such payment can be made without adverse tax consequences to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments in U.S. Dollars with respect to Unregistered Securities of any series and Coupons appertaining thereto that are payable in U.S. Dollars may be made at an agency of the Corporation maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if such payment in U.S. Dollars at each agency maintained by the Corporation outside the United States for payment on such Unregistered Securities is illegal or is effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions. The Corporation hereby initially designates Bank One Trust Company, N.A., located at its Corporate Trust Office, as the Security Registrar and as the office or agency of the Corporation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the Securities may be presented for payment and, in the case of Registered Securities, for registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Indenture provided and where notices and demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the Securities of any series or of this Indenture may be served. SECTION 4.03. Provisions as to Paying Agent. (a) Whenever the Corporation

26 shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section: (1) that it will hold sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, or Coupons appertaining thereto, as the case may be, entitled thereto and will notify the Trustee of the receipt of sums to be so held, (2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Corporation (or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) to make a payment of the principal of (or premium, if any), interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of such series when the same shall be due and payable, and (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent. (b) If the Corporation shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of any series set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium if any), interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, so becoming due. The Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action. (c) Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more or all series of Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for such series by it or any paying agent hereunder as required by this Section, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained. (d) Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Sections 12.04 and 12.05. SECTION 4.04. Luxembourg Publications. In the event of the publication of any notice pursuant to Section 3.02, 6.07, 7.10, 7.11, 9.02, 10.02 or 12.05, the party making such publication shall also, to the extent that notice is required so to be given to Holders of Securities of a series by applicable Luxembourg law or stock exchange regulation, make a similar publication the same number of times in Luxembourg. SECTION 4.05. Statement by Officers as to Default. The Corporation shall deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than four months after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation (which, on the date of execution hereof, ends on December 31) ending after the date hereof, commencing with the fiscal year ended in 2000, an Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Corporation

27 is in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by it and, if the Corporation shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature thereof of which they may have knowledge. SECTION 4.06. Limitations on Liens. For the benefit of the Securities, the Corporation shall not, nor shall it permit any Manufacturing Subsidiary to, issue or assume any Debt secured by a Mortgage upon any Domestic Manufacturing Property of the Corporation or of any Manufacturing Subsidiary or upon any shares of stock or indebtedness of any Manufacturing Subsidiary (whether such Domestic Manufacturing Property, shares of stock or indebtedness are now owned or hereafter acquired) without in any such case effectively providing concurrently with the issuance or assumption of any such Debt that the Securities (together with, if the Corporation shall so determine, any other indebtedness of the Corporation or such Manufacturing Subsidiary ranking equally with the Securities and then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured equally and ratably with such Debt, unless the aggregate amount of Debt issued or assumed and so secured by Mortgages, together with (i) all other Debt of the Corporation and its Manufacturing Subsidiaries which (if originally issued or assumed at such time) would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions, but not including Debt permitted to be secured under clauses (i) through (v) of the immediately following paragraph and not including Permitted Receivables Financings, and (ii) all Attributable Debt of the Company and its Manufacturing Subsidiaries in respect of sale and lease-back transactions, does not at the time exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as shown on the audited consolidated financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal year. The above restrictions shall not apply to: (i) Mortgages on property, shares of stock or indebtedness of any entity existing at the time (a) such entity becomes a Manufacturing Subsidiary or (b) of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties of the entity to the Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary; (ii) Mortgages on property existing at the time of acquisition of such property by the Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary, or Mortgages to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such property upon the acquisition of such property by the Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary or to secure any Debt incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 180 days after, the later of the date of acquisition of such property and the date such property is placed in service, for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof, or Mortgages to secure any Debt incurred for the purpose of financing the cost to the Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary of improvements to such acquired property; (iii) Mortgages securing Debt of a Manufacturing Subsidiary owing to the Corporation or to another Subsidiary; (iv) Mortgages on property of the Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country, or any political subdivision thereof, in connection with financing arrangements between the Corporation or a Manufacturing Subsidiary and any of the foregoing governmental bodies or agencies, to the extent that Mortgages are required by the governmental programs under which those financing arrangements are made, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such Mortgages or (v) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part, of any Mortgage referred

28 to in the foregoing clauses (i) to (v), inclusively; provided however, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property that secured the Mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property). SECTION 4.07. Limitation on Sale and Lease-back. For the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, the Corporation shall not, nor shall it permit any Manufacturing Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any person providing for the leasing by the Corporation or any Manufacturing Subsidiary of any Domestic Manufacturing Property owned by the Corporation or by any Manufacturing Subsidiary on the date that the Securities are originally issued (except for temporary leases for a term of not more than three years and except for leases between the Corporation and a Manufacturing Subsidiary or between Manufacturing Subsidiaries), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Corporation or such Manufacturing Subsidiary to such person, unless either (i) the Corporation or such Manufacturing Subsidiary would be entitled, pursuant to the provisions of the covenant on limitation on liens described in Section 4.06, to issue, assume, extend, renew or replace Debt secured by a Mortgage upon such Domestic Manufacturing Property equal in amount to the Attributable Debt in respect of such arrangement without equally and ratably securing the Securities; provided, however, that from and after the date on which such arrangement becomes effective the Attributable Debt in respect of such arrangement shall be deemed for all purposes under the covenant on limitation on liens described in Section 4.06 and this covenant on limitation on sale and lease-back to be Debt subject to the provisions of such covenant on limitation on liens (which provisions include the exceptions set forth in clauses (i) through (v) of such covenant), or (ii) the Corporation shall apply an amount in cash equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of such arrangement to the retirement (other than any mandatory retirement or by way of payment at maturity), within 180 days of the effective date of any such arrangement, of Debt of the Corporation or any Manufacturing Subsidiary (other than Debt owned by the Corporation or any Manufacturing Subsidiary) which by its terms matures at, or is extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor to, a date more than twelve months after the date of the creation of such Debt. SECTION 4.08. Definitions Applicable to Sections 4.06 and 4.07. The following definitions shall be applicable to the covenants contained in Sections 4.06 and 4.07 hereof: (a) "Attributable Debt" means, at the time of determination as to any lease, the present value (discounted at the actual rate, if stated, or, if no rate is stated, the implicit rate of interest of such lease transaction as determined by the Chairman, President, any Vice Chairman, any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation), calculated using the interval of scheduled rental payments under such lease, of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of such lease (excluding any subsequent renewal or other extension options held by the lessee). The term "net rental payments" means, with respect to any lease for any period, the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, but not including any amounts required to be paid by such lessee (whether or not designated as rental or additional rental) on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates,

29 indemnities or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, earnings or profits or of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates, indemnities or similar charges; provided, however, that, in the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty in an amount which is less than the total discounted net rental payments required to be paid from the later of the first date upon which such lease may be so terminated and the date of the determination of net rental payments, "net rental payments" shall include the then current amount of such penalty from the later of such two dates, and shall exclude the rental payments relating to the remaining period of the lease commencing with the later of such two dates. (b) "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, as calculated in accordance with GAAP, at any date, all amounts that would be set forth opposite the caption "total assets" (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries less (i) all current liabilities and (ii) goodwill, trade names, patents, unamoritized debt discount, organization expenses and other like intangibles of the Corporation and its consolidated Subsidiaries. (c) "Debt" means notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed. (d) "Domestic Manufacturing Property" means any manufacturing plant or facility owned by the Corporation or any Manufacturing Subsidiary which is located within the continental United States of America and, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is of material importance to the total business conducted by the Corporation and its consolidated affiliates as an entity. (e) "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by an successor entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting professions, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination. (f) "Manufacturing Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary (A) substantially all the property of which is located within the continental United States of America, (B) that owns a Domestic Manufacturing Property and (C) in which the Corporation's investment, direct or indirect and whether in the form of equity, debt, advances or otherwise, is in excess of U.S. $1 billion as shown on the books of the Corporation as of the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of determination; provided, however, that "Manufacturing Subsidiary" shall not include any Subsidiary that is principally engaged in leasing or in financing installment receivables or otherwise providing financial or insurance services to

30 the Corporation or others or that is principally engaged in financing the Corporation's operations outside the continental United States of America. (g) "Mortgage" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance. (h) "Non-Recourse Debt" means all Debt which, in accordance with GAAP, is not required to be recognized on a consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation as a liability. (i) "Permitted Receivables Financings" means, at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of any Non-Recourse Debt outstanding on such date relating to securitizations or other similar off-balance sheet financings of accounts receivable of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries. (j) "Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock or other beneficial interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other beneficial interests of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by the Corporation, or by one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Corporation and one or more Subsidiaries. ARTICLE V. SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE. SECTION 5.01. Securityholder Lists. The Corporation covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to the Securities of each series: (a) semiannually, not later than each Interest Payment Date (in the case of any series having semiannual Interest Payment Dates) or not later than the dates determined pursuant to Section 2.01 (in the case of any series not having semiannual Interest Payment Dates) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of the Regular Record Date (or as of such other date as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.01 for such series) therefor, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within thirty days after receipt by the Corporation of any such request, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of a particular series specified by the Trustee as of a date not more than fifteen days prior to the time such information is furnished; provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar any such list shall exclude names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar, and if and so long as all of the Securities of any series are Registered Securities, such list shall not be required to be furnished. SECTION 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of each series of Securities (i) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01, (ii) received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar or Paying Agent, or (iii) filed with it within the preceding two years pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. (b) In case three or more Holders of Securities (hereinafter referred to as

31 "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security of such series for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Securities of such series) or with Holders of all Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such Securities and it is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication that such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five business days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either: (1) afford to such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section, or (2) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Securities of such series or all Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section, and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Securityholders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application. If the Trustee shall elect not to afford to such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder of such series or all Securities, as the case may be, whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section, a copy of the form of proxy or other communication that is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or all Securities, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If said Commission, after opportunity for appearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, said Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met, and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application. (c) Each and every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Corporation and the Trustee that neither the Corporation nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Corporation or of the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under said subsection (b).

32 SECTION 5.03. Reports by the Corporation. The Corporation covenants: (a) to file with the Trustee within fifteen days after the Corporation is required to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as said Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Corporation may be required to file with said Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Corporation is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then to file with the Trustee and said Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations. (b) to file with the Trustee and the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission, such additional information, documents, and reports with respect to compliance by the Corporation with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; (c) to transmit by mail to all the Holders of Securities of each series, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Security Register, within thirty days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Corporation with respect to each such series pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (d) If Unregistered Securities of any series are outstanding, to file with the listing agent of the Corporation with respect to such series such documents and reports of the Corporation as may be required from time to time by the rules and regulations of any stock exchange on which such Unregistered Securities are listed. SECTION 5.04. Reports by the Trustee. (a) On or before May 15, 2001 and on or before May 15, of each year thereafter, so long as any Securities of any series are outstanding hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders of Securities of such series, in the manner provided by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, a brief report dated as of the preceding February 15, as may be required by Sections 313(a) and (b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. (b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Securities of a particular series, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the Securities of such series are listed and also with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Corporation agrees to notify the Trustee when and as the Securities of any series become listed on any stock exchange.

33 ARTICLE VI. REMEDIES ON DEFAULT. SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. In case one or more of the following Events of Default with respect to a particular series of Securities shall have occurred and be continuing, that is to say: (a) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, and continuance of such default for a period of five business days after written notice from the trustee; or (b) default in the payment of any installment of interest, if any, or in the payment of any Additional Amounts upon any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of thirty days after written notice from the Trustee; or (c) failure on the part of the Corporation duly to observe or perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Corporation applicable to such series of the Securities or contained in this Indenture for a period of ninety days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the Corporation to remedy the same, shall have been given to the Corporation by the Trustee, or to the Corporation and the Trustee by the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time outstanding; or (d) default by the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary in any payment of $25,000,000 or more of principal of or interest on any Debt or in the payment of $25,000,000 or more on account of any guarantee in respect of Debt, beyond any period of grace that may be provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Debt or guarantee was created. (e) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Corporation in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Corporation or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed, undismissed and unbonded and in effect for a period of ninety days; or (f) the Corporation shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Corporation or for a substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; then if an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) shall have occurred and be continuing, and in each and every such case, unless the principal amount of all the Securities of such series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders

34 of not less than twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series affected thereby then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Corporation (and to the Trustee if given by Holders of such Securities) may declare the principal amount of all the Securities (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, such lesser amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of the series affected thereby to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, any provision of this Indenture or the Securities of such series to the contrary notwithstanding, or, if an Event of Default described in clause (e) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing, and in each and every such case, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than twenty- five percent in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities then outstanding hereunder (voting as one class), by notice in writing to the Corporation (and to the Trustee if given by Holders of securities), may declare the principal of all the Securities not already due and payable (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, such lesser amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities to the contrary notwithstanding. The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the principal of the Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Corporation shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest, if any, and all Additional Amounts, if any, due upon all the Securities of such series or of all the Securities, as the case may be, and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) all Securities of such series or of all the Securities, as the case may be (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, such lesser amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities), which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest, if any, upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts, if any, at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Securities of such series, as the case may be (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, at the rate specified in the terms of such Securities for interest on overdue principal thereof upon maturity, redemption or acceleration of such series, as the case may be), to the date of such payment or deposit), and such amount as shall be payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06, and any and all defaults under the Indenture shall have been remedied, then and in every such case the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) then outstanding, by written notice to the Corporation and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to that series or with respect to all Securities, as the case may be, and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. If the principal of all Securities shall have been declared to be payable pursuant to this Section 6.01, in determining whether the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount thereof have waived all defaults and rescinded and annulled such declaration, all series of Securities shall be treated as a single class and the principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities shall be deemed to be the amount declared payable under the terms applicable to such Original Issue Discount Securities. In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and

35 such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission and annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Corporation, Trustee and the Holders of Securities, as the case may be, shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities, as the case may be, shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken. SECTION 6.02. Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor. The Corporation covenants that (1) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest, if any, on any of the Securities of any series or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any of the Securities of any series, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of thirty days or (2) in case default shall be made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of any series, as and when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of such series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise, then upon demand of the Trustee, the Corporation shall pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, and the Coupons, if any, appertaining to such Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such Securities of such series and such Coupons, for principal ( and premium, if any) or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Securities of such series (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, at the rate specified in the terms of such Securities for interest on overdue principal thereof upon maturity, redemption or acceleration); and, in addition thereto, such further amounts as shall be payable pursuant to Section 7.06. In case the Corporation shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Corporation or other obligor upon such Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Corporation or other obligor upon such Securities wherever situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable. In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Corporation or any other obligor upon Securities of any series under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver or trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Corporation or such other obligor, or in case of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation or such other obligor, or to the creditors or property of the Corporation or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of such series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series), and premium, if any, interest,

36 if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities of such series, and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee under Section 7.06 and of the Holders of the Securities and Coupons of such series allowed in any such judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation or other obligor upon the Securities of such series, or to the creditors or property of the Corporation or such other obligor, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Securityholders of such series and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Holders of the Securities and Coupons of such series to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the Securityholders of such series, to pay to the Trustee such amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities, or the production thereof in any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities or Coupons appertaining thereto. In case of a default hereunder the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law. SECTION 6.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee. Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.02 shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the several Securities and Coupons in respect of which moneys have been collected, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid: FIRST: To the payment of the amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06; SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities in respect of which moneys have been

37 collected shall not have become due, to the payment of interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of such series in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts, if any, at the same rate as the rate of interest, if any, specified in the Securities of such series (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, at the rate specified in the terms of such Securities for interest on overdue principal thereof upon maturity, redemption or acceleration), such payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference; and THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Securities of such series (or, with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, at the rate specified in the terms of such Securities for interest on overdue principal thereof upon maturity, redemption or acceleration); and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the payment of such principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, without preference or priority of principal (and premium, if any), over interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, or of interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, over principal (and premium, if any), or of any installment of interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, over any other installment of interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, or of any Security of such series over any other Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (and premium, if any), and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any. SECTION 6.04. Proceedings by Securityholders. No Holder of any Security of any series or of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders of not less than twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then outstanding or, in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (d) or (e) of Section 6.01, twenty-five per cent in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities at the time outstanding (voting as one class) shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for sixty days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceedings and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06; it being understood and intended and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Security with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing himself, herself or itself of any provision of this

38 Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder of Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities and Coupons. For the protection and enforcement of the revisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, however, the right of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Security or Coupon, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or Coupon, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder. With respect to original Issue Discount Securities, principal shall mean such amount as shall be due and payable as may be specified in the terms of such Securities. SECTION 6.05. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. All powers and remedies given by this Article Six to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or Coupons shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of Securities or Coupons, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Securities or Coupons to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article Six or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or Coupons may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or Coupons, as the case may be. SECTION 6.06. Direction of Proceedings. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series affected (voting as one class) at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, however, that (i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, (ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction and (iii) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action or proceedings so directed would be prejudicial to the Holders not joining in such direction or may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or executive committee or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or responsible officers shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Securities of any series, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, except a default in the payment

39 of principal of (premium, if any) or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Securities of such series or in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that may not be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of each outstanding Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.06, said default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Securities of such series and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing. SECTION 6.07. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within ninety days after the occurrence of a default with respect to the Securities of any series, give notice of all defaults with respect to that series known to the Trustee (i) if any Unregistered Securities of that series are then outstanding, to the Holders thereof, by publication at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section 4.04, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg), (ii) if any Unregistered Securities of that series are then outstanding, to all Holders thereof who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee as described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, by mailing such notice to such Holders at such addresses and (iii) to all Holders of then outstanding Registered Securities of that series, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register, unless in each case such defaults shall have been cured before the mailing or publication of such notice (the term "defaults" for the purpose of this Section being hereby defined to be the events specified in Sections 6.01(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) and any additional events specified in the terms of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01, not including periods of grace, if any, provided for therein, and irrespective of the giving of written notice specified in Section 6.01 (c) or in the terms of any Securities established pursuant to Section 2.01); and provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of (premium, if any), interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on any of the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or responsible officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities of such series. SECTION 6.08. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his, her or its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholders of any series, or group of such Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in aggregate principal amount of all Securities (voting as one class) or to any suit instituted by any Securityholders for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any), interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on any

40 Security on or after the due date expressed in such Security. ARTICLE VII. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE. SECTION 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default of a particular series and after the curing of all Events of Default of such series that may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default with respect to a particular series has occurred (which has not been cured) the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it, by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: (a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to a particular series and after the curing of all Events of Default with respect to such series that may have occurred: (1) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to such series shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and (2) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture; (b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a responsible officer or officers, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and (c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of Securities pursuant to Section 6.06 relating to the time, method and place, of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture. No provision of this Indenture shall be construed as requiring the Trustee to expend or

41 risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. SECTION 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01: (a) the Trustee may rely, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, Coupon or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; (b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Corporation mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President or any Vice President or the Treasurer and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or, if the other signatory is other than the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and a Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation; (c) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel; (d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses, and liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby; (e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the relevant books, records and premises of the Corporation, personally or by agent or attorney; (f) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys, provided, however, that the Trustee shall be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed by it hereunder; and (g) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by

42 this Indenture. SECTION 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, other than the Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Corporation, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, provided that the Trustee shall not be relieved of its duty to authenticate Securities only as authorized by this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Corporation of Securities or the proceeds thereof. SECTION 7.04. Ownership of Securities or Coupons. The Trustee or any agent of the Corporation or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities or Coupons with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, or an agent of the Corporation or of the Trustee. SECTION 7.05. Moneys to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Sections 12.04 and 12.05 hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee or any paying agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be under any liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with the Corporation to pay thereon. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time to time upon the written order of the Corporation, signed by its Chairman of the Board of Directors or any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or its President or any Vice President or its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. SECTION 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Corporation covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation, and, except as otherwise expressly provided, the Corporation will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. If any property other than cash shall at any time be subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Trustee, if and to the extent authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by the supplemental instrument subjecting such property to such lien, shall be entitled to make advances for the purpose of preserving such property or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances hereon. The Corporation also covenants to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or reasonable expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Corporation under this Section to compensate the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or

43 collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities or Coupons. SECTION 7.07. Officers' Certificate as Evidence. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action to be taken hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof. SECTION 7.08. Conflicting Interest of Trustee. The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. SECTION 7.09. Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all times be a trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, which (a) is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and (b) is subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority and (c) shall have at all times a combined capital and surplus of not less than U.S. $50 million. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law, or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation at any time shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10. SECTION 7.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee. (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may, upon sixty days written notice to the Corporation, at any time resign with respect to one or more or all series by giving written notice of resignation to the Corporation (i) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then outstanding, by giving notice of such resignation to the Holders thereof, by publication at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section 4.04, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg), (ii) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then outstanding, by mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders thereof who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee as described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee and (iii) by mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders of then outstanding Registered Securities of each series affected at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation the Corporation shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to the applicable series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within thirty days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Securityholders, the resigning Trustee may petition any court

44 of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.08, on behalf of himself, herself or itself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee. (b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur: (i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 7.08 with respect to any series of Securities after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months, or (ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provision of Section 7.09 with respect to any series of Securities and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any such Securityholder, or (iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any series of Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, the Corporation may remove the Trustee with respect to the applicable series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee with respect to such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.08, any Securityholder of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself, herself or itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee. (c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series (voting as one class) at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of all series and appoint a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of all series. (d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and any appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11. SECTION 7.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Corporation and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal the predecessor trustee with respect to

45 all or any applicable series shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to such series of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but, on the written request of the Corporation or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Corporation shall execute any and all instruments in writing in order more fully and certainly to vest in and confirm to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Corporation, the predecessor Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto that shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series as to which the predecessor Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such trustee. No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09. Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section, the Corporation shall give notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder (a) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then outstanding, to the Holders thereof by publication of such notice at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section 4.04, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg), (b) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then outstanding, to the Holders thereof who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, by mailing such notice to such Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee (and the Trustee shall make such information available to the Corporation for such purpose) and (c) to the Holders of Registered Securities of each series affected, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register. If the Corporation fails to mail such notice in the prescribed manner within ten days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be so given at the expense of the Corporation. SECTION 7.12. Successor by Merger, Etc. Any corporation into which the

46 Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. SECTION 7.13. Limitations on Rights of Trustee as Creditor. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. ARTICLE VIII. CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS. SECTION 8.01. Action by Securityholders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Securityholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders of Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Securityholders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Nine, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Securityholders. In determining whether the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities have taken any action (including the making of any demand or request, the waiving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that could be declared to be due and payable upon an Event of Default pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security at the time the taking of such action is evidence to the Trustee. SECTION 8.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 9.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in the following manner: (a) In the case of Holders of Unregistered Securities, the fact and date of the execution by any such person of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer of any jurisdiction authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds or administer oaths that the person executing such instruments acknowledged to him the execution thereof or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of the authority of the person executing the same. The fact of the holding by any Holder of a Security of any series, and the identifying number of such Security and the date of his holding

47 the same, may be proved by the production of such Security or by a certificate executed by any trust company, bank, banker or recognized securities dealer wherever situated satisfactory to the Trustee, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. Each such certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date thereof a Security of such series bearing a specified identifying number was deposited with or exhibited to such trust company, bank, banker or recognized securities dealer by the person named in such certificate. Any such certificate may be issued in respect of one or more Securities of one or more series specified therein. The holding by the person named in any such certificate of any Securities of any series specified therein shall be presumed to continue for a period of one year from the date of such certificate unless at the time of any determination of such holding (1) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Securities shall be produced, or (2) the Security of such series specified in such certificate shall be produced by some other person, or (3) the Security of such series specified in such certificates shall have ceased to be outstanding. Subject to Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 9.05, the fact and date of the execution of any such instrument and the amount and numbers of Securities of any series held by the person so executing such instrument and the amount and numbers of any Security or Securities for such series may also be proven in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee for such series or in any other manner that the Trustee for such series may deem sufficient. (b) In the case of Registered Securities, the ownership of such Securities shall be proved by the Security Register or by a certificate of the Security Registrar. SECTION 8.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. The Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent, any transfer agent and any Security Registrar may treat the Holder of any Unregistered Security and the Holder of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Unregistered Security or Coupon (whether or not such Unregistered Security or Coupon shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes and neither the Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent, any transfer agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. The Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent, any transfer agent and any Security Registrar may, subject to Section 2.04 hereof, treat the person in whose name a Registered Security shall be registered upon the Security Register as the absolute owner of such Registered Security (whether or not such Registered Security shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes and neither the Corporation, the Trustee, any paying agent, any transfer agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. SECTION 8.04. Corporation-owned Securities Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities that are owned by the Corporation or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Corporation, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver only Securities that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be disregarded. Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the

48 pledgee's right to vote such Securities and that the pledgee is not a person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Corporation. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. SECTION 8.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Securityholders Bound. At any time prior to the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security the identifying number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of any Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders of all the Securities of each series intended to be affected thereby. SECTION 8.06. Securities in a Foreign Currency. Unless otherwise specified in an Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 of this Indenture or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to a particular series of Securities, on any day when for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of two or more series of outstanding Securities and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of at least one such series that are denominated in a coin or currency other than that of at least one other such series, then the principal amount of Securities of each such series (other than any such series denominated in U.S. Dollars) that shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of U.S. Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate. For purposes of this Section 8.06, "Market Exchange Rate" shall mean (i) for any conversion involving a Currency unit on the one hand and dollars or any foreign currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant Currency unit and dollars or such foreign currency, (ii) for any conversion of dollars into any foreign currency, the noon U.S. Dollar buying rate for such foreign currency for cable transfers quoted in The City of New York on such day as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii) for any conversion of one foreign currency into dollars or another foreign currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the dollars or foreign currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the foreign currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York City, London or any other principal market for dollars or such purchased foreign currency. In the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) the Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, London or other principal market for such Currency or Currency unit in question, or such other quotations as the Trustee shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the Trustee, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency or Currency unit by reason of foreign exchange regulations

49 or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such Currency or Currency unit shall be that upon which a nonresident issuer of securities designated in such Currency or Currency unit would purchase such Currency or Currency unit in order to make payments in respect of such securities. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent number of votes that each Securityholder or proxy shall be entitled to pursuant to Section 9.05, in respect of Securities of a series denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars. All decisions and determinations of the Corporation regarding the Market Exchange Rate shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Corporation and all Holders. ARTICLE IX. SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS. SECTION 9.01. Purposes of Meetings. A meeting of Securityholders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article for any of the following purposes: (1) to give any notice to the Corporation or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to waive any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Six; (2) to remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Seven; (3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02; or (4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law. SECTION 9.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any or all series to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of Securities of any or all series, setting forth the time and place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given (i) if any Unregistered Securities of a series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken at such meeting are then outstanding, to all Holders thereof, by publication at least twice in an Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and at least twice in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section 4.04, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg) prior to the date fixed for the meeting, the first publication, in each case, to be not less than twenty nor more than one hundred eighty days prior to the date fixed for the meeting and the last publication to be not more than five days

50 prior to the date fixed for the meeting, (ii) if any Unregistered Securities of a series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken at such meeting are then outstanding, to all Holders thereof who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee as described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, by mailing such notice to such Holders at such addresses, not less than twenty nor more than one hundred eighty days prior to the date fixed for the meeting and (iii) to all Holders of then outstanding Registered Securities of each series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register, not less than twenty nor more than one hundred eighty days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. Failure of any Holder or Holders to receive such notice, or any defect therein, shall in no case affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting. Any meeting of Holders of Securities of all or any series shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all such Securities outstanding, the Corporation and the Trustee are present in person or by proxy or shall have waived notice thereof before or after the meeting. The Trustee may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for determining the Holders entitled to notice of or to vote at any such meeting at not less than twenty or more than one hundred eighty days prior to the date fixed for such meeting. SECTION 9.03. Call of Meetings by Corporation or Securityholders. In case at any time the Corporation, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least ten percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be, then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders of any or all series to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed or published, as provided in Section 9.02, the notice of such meeting within thirty days after receipt of such request, then the Corporation or the Holders of such Securities in the amount above specified may determine the time and the place in said Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or London for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02. SECTION 9.04. Qualification for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders a person shall be a Holder of one or more Securities of a series with respect to which a meeting is being held or a person appointed by instrument in writing as proxy by such a Holder. The only persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of the Securityholders shall be the persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Corporation and its counsel. SECTION 9.05. Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit. The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Corporation or by Securityholders as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Corporation or the Securityholder calling the

51 meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote. Subject to the provisions of Sections 8.01 and 8.04, at any meeting each Securityholder or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him, her or it; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting not to be outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote except as a Securityholder or proxy. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. SECTION 9.06. Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Securityholders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Securityholders or proxies and on which shall be inscribed the identifying number or numbers or to which shall be attached a list of identifying numbers of the Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavit by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 9.02 or Section 9.03. The record shall be signed and verified by the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Corporation and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated. ARTICLE X. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. SECTION 10.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders. The Corporation, when authorized by Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939) for one or more of the following purposes: (a) to evidence the succession of another entity to the Corporation, or successive successions, and the assumption by any successor entity of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Corporation pursuant to Article Eleven hereof; (b) to add to the covenants of the Corporation such further covenants,

52 restrictions, conditions or provisions as its Board of Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of Securities of any or all series, or the Coupons appertaining to such Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions a default or an Event of Default with respect to any or all series permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth, with such period of grace, if any, and subject to such conditions as such supplemental indenture may provide; (c) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities of any series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest Coupons, and to provide for exchangeability of such Securities with Securities issued hereunder in fully registered form and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose, and to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of uncertificated Securities of any series; (d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture; or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture as shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any series of Securities or any Coupons appertaining to such Securities; (e) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee; (f) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add or change provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to Section 7.11; (g) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.03; and (h) to change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination (i) shall become effective only when there is no Security outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision or (ii) shall not apply to any Security outstanding. The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Corporation in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that adversely affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be

53 executed by the Corporation and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 10.02. SECTION 10.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the Holders of not less than a majority in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture (voting as one class), the Corporation, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indentures or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series or any Coupons appertaining to such Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) change the fixed maturity of any Securities, or reduce the principal amount thereof (or premium, if any), or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of any interest or Additional Amounts thereon or reduce the amount due and payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof or the amount provable in bankruptcy, or make the principal of (premium, if any) or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in such Security, (ii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the stated maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date therefor) or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the percentage required for the consent of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.01 to waive defaults, without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected. Upon the request of the Corporation, accompanied by a copy of a Board Resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Corporation in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture. It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. Promptly after the execution and delivery by the Corporation and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall give notice of such supplemental indenture (i) to the Holders of then outstanding Registered Securities of each series affected thereby, by mailing a notice thereof by first-class mail to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register, (ii) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected thereby are then outstanding, to the Holders thereof who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee as described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, by mailing a notice thereof by first-class mail to such Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee and (iii) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected thereby are then outstanding, to all Holders thereof, by Publication of a notice thereof at least once in

54 an Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section 4.04, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg), and in each case such notice shall set forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Corporation to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. SECTION 10.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Corporation and the Holders of Securities shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, shall be provided an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such supplemental indenture complies with the provisions of this Article Ten. SECTION 10.04. Notation on Securities. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. New Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors of the Corporation, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Corporation, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered, without charge to the Securityholders, in exchange for the Securities of such series then outstanding. ARTICLE XI. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE. SECTION 11.01. Corporation May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms. The Corporation covenants that it will not merge or consolidate with any other entity or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any person or entity, unless (i) either the Corporation shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor entity (if other than the Corporation) shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and such successor entity shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee and executed and delivered to the Trustee by such successor entity, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on all the Securities and any Coupons, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or satisfied by the

55 Corporation, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, no Event of Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing and (iii) the Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating, that such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and such supplemental indenture, and any such assumption by the successor entity, complies with the provisions of this Article Eleven. SECTION 11.02. Successor Corporation Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon any such assumption by the successor entity, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Corporation, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such successor entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Visteon Corporation, any or all of the Securities, and any Coupons appertaining thereto, issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Corporation and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor entity, instead of the Corporation, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations prescribed in this Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities or Coupons which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Corporation to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities or Coupons that such successor entity thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All of the Securities, and any Coupons appertaining thereto, so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities or Coupons theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities, and any Coupons appertaining thereto, had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities and Coupons thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. SECTION 11.03. Certificate to Trustee. On or before April 1, 2001, and on or before April 1, in each year thereafter, the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate signed by the Corporation's principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer, as to such Officer's knowledge of the Corporation's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture), as required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. ARTICLE XII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS. SECTION 12.01. Discharge of Indenture. If at any time (i) the Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of any series theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities of such series and Coupons pertaining thereto that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07) or (ii) all Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining to

56 such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Corporation shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount (other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any paying agent to the Corporation in accordance with Sections 12.04 or 12.05) sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series and all Coupons appertaining to such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than any Securities of such series and Coupons pertaining thereto that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07), including principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if in either case the Corporation shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Corporation with respect to such series, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Securities of such series or any Coupons appertaining to such Securities, and the Trustee, on demand of and at the cost and expense of the Corporation and subject to Section 14.04, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series and all Coupons appertaining to such Securities. The Corporation agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Securities of such series or any Coupons appertaining to such Securities. SECTION 12.02. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of Any Series. If pursuant to Section 2.01 provision is made for the defeasance of Securities of a series, then the provisions of this Section 12.02 shall be applicable except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of such series. At the Corporation's option, either (a) the Corporation shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of any such series and the Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of such indebtedness or (b) the Corporation shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision, condition or covenant specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, when (1) either (A) with respect to all outstanding Securities of such series, (i) the Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount (in such currency in which such outstanding Securities and any related Coupons are then specified as payable at stated maturity) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness of all outstanding Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the stated maturity or any redemption date as contemplated by the last paragraph of this section 12.02, as the case may be; or

57 (ii) the Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as obligations in trust for the purpose such amount of direct noncallable obligations of, or noncallable obligations the payment of principal of and interest on which is fully guaranteed by, the United States of America, or to the payment of which obligations or guarantees the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged, maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will, together with the income to accrue thereon (but without reinvesting any proceeds thereof), be sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all outstanding Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the stated maturity or any redemption date as contemplated by the last paragraph of this Section 12.02, as the case may be; or (B) the Corporation has properly fulfilled such other terms and conditions of the satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section 2.01, as applicable to the Securities of such series, and (2) the Corporation has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable with respect to the outstanding Securities of such series, and (3) The Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Corporation has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the holders of the outstanding Securities and any related Coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred, and (4) the Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness on all outstanding Securities of any such series have been complied with. Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in Section 12.02(l)(A) above shall be irrevocable and shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee. If any outstanding Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to their stated maturity, whether pursuant to an optional redemption provision or in accordance with any mandatory sinking fund requirement or otherwise, the applicable escrow trust agreement shall provide therefor and the Corporation shall make such arrangements as are satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Corporation. SECTION 12.03. Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust by Trustee. All moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 or 12.02 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Corporation acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular Securities and of

58 any Coupons appertaining to such Securities for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any. SECTION 12.04. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, all moneys with respect to such Securities then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Corporation, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from any further liability with respect to such moneys. SECTION 12.05. Return of Unclaimed Moneys. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such principal (and premium, if any), interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, shall have become due and payable, shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Corporation by the Trustee or such paying agent on demand, and the Holder of such Security or any Coupon appertaining to such Security shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, thereafter look only to the Corporation for any payment that such Holder may be entitled to collect and all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such paying agent, before being required to make any such repayment with respect to moneys deposited with it or any payment in respect of Unregistered Securities of any series, may at the expense of the Corporation cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section 4.04, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg), notice that such moneys remain and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Corporation. ARTICLE XIII. IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. SECTION 13.01. Indenture And Securities Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, or in any Security, or because or on account of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any past, present or future incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, or other applicable principal, as such, of the Corporation or of any successor entity, either directly or through the Corporation or any successor entity, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities and Coupons.

59 ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. SECTION 14.01. Benefits of Indenture Restricted to Parties and Securityholders. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or Coupons, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Securities or Coupons, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Securities or Coupons. SECTION 14.02. Provisions Binding on Corporation's Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Indenture by or on behalf of the Corporation shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. SECTION 14.03. Addresses for Notices, Etc. Any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities to or on the Corporation may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid first class mail in a post office letter box addressed (until another address is filed by the Corporation with the Trustee), as follows: Visteon Corporation, [FAIRLANE PLAZA NORTH, 10TH FLOOR, 290 TOWN CENTER DRIVE, DEARBORN MICHIGAN 48126, ATTENTION GENERAL COUNSEL]. Any notice, direction, request or demand by any Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at its Corporate Trust Office, which is, at the date of this Indenture, SECTION 14.04. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. Upon any application or demand by the Corporation to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Corporation shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based, (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

60 SECTION 14.05. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date of maturity of any interest, premium or Additional Amounts on or principal of, the Securities or the date fixed for redemption of any Securities shall not be a Business Day in a city where payment thereof is to be made, then payment of any interest, premium or Additional Amounts on, or principal of, such Securities need not be made on such date in such city but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date. SECTION 14.06. Trust Indenture Act to Control. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture by operation of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (an "incorporated provision"), such incorporated provision shall control. SECTION 14.07. Execution in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. SECTION 14.08. New York Contract. This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of said State, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable New York principles of conflicts of law and except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law. Any claims or proceedings in respect of this Indenture shall be heard in a federal or state court located in the State of New York. SECTION 14.09. Judgment Currency. The Corporation agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest on the Securities of any series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in the City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the date on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day next preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "New York Banking Day"

61 means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close. SECTION 14.10. Severability of Provisions. Any prohibition, invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Indenture in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable the remaining provisions hereto in such jurisdiction and shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provisions in any other jurisdiction. SECTION 14.11. Corporation Released from Indenture Requirements under Certain Circumstances. Whenever in this Indenture the Corporation shall be required to do or not to do any thing so long as any of the Securities of any series shall be Outstanding, the Corporation shall, notwithstanding any such provision, not be required to comply with such provisions if it shall be entitled to have this Indenture satisfied and discharged pursuant to the provisions hereof, even though in either case the Holders of any of the Securities of that series shall have failed to present and surrender them for payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

62 Bank One Trust Company, N.A., the party of the second part, hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.

63 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, VISTEON CORPORATION, the party of the first part, has caused this Indenture to be signed and acknowledged by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President or any Vice President or its Treasurer, and its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto, and the same to be attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary; and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., the party of the second part, has caused this Indenture to be signed, and its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto, and the same to be attested by its duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first above written. {Corporate Seal} VISTEON CORPORATION Attest: By: ----------------------- {Corporate Seal} BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. Attest: By: -----------------------

64 STATE OF MICHIGAN ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF OAKLAND ) On the day of , 20 before me personally came , to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she resides at , that he/she is the of Visteon Corporation, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said Corporation, and that he/she signed his/her name thereto by like authority. {SEAL} Notary Public

65 STATE OF ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF ) On the day of , 20 before me personally came , to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she resides at , that he/she is a of Bank One Trust Company, N.A., one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he/she signed his/her name thereto by like authority. {SEAL} Notary Public

1 Exhibit 5 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC 38525 Woodward Avenue, Suite 2000 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304-2970 Telephone: (248) 433-7200 Facsimile: (248) 433-7274 http://www.dickinson-wright.com June 23, 2000 Visteon Corporation 5500 Auto Club Drive Dearborn, Michigan 48126 Ladies and Gentlemen: We are acting as counsel to Visteon Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 being filed today by the Company (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Registration Statement covers $2,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company (the "Securities") issuable from time to time under an Indenture dated as of the date hereof between the Company and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., trustee (the "Trustee"), in the form filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement (the "Indenture"). In our capacity as such counsel, we have examined (i) an unexecuted copy of the Indenture and (ii) copies of the charter and bylaws of the Company, and of certain resolutions adopted by unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, all certified by the Secretary of the Company as of the date hereof. We also have examined such other corporate records of the Company and such other documents and certificates of public officials and officers of the Company as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. Based on the foregoing, and having regard for such legal considerations as we consider relevant, we are of the following opinion: 1. The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to execute the Indenture and to issue the Securities. 2. The Board of Directors of the Company has duly authorized a Securities Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors, empowered, at any time prior to the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company in the year 2001, to take all action necessary to authorize the Company to execute and deliver the Indenture, to fix the terms of one or more issues of the Securities up to a maximum aggregate principal amount at stated maturity of $2,000,000,000 and to authorize the issue and sale of such Securities. 3. When (a) the said Securities Pricing Committee shall have taken action by appropriate proceedings to authorize the Company to execute and deliver the Indenture, to fix the terms of one or more issues of Securities up to such maximum aggregate principal amount and to authorize the issuance and sale thereof, (b) the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such state and foreign securities laws as

2 may be applicable shall have been complied with, (c) the Indenture shall have been executed and delivered by the Company, shall have been authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and (d) Securities with terms so fixed shall have been authenticated under the Indenture and shall have been issued, sold and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Indenture and such action of the Securities Pricing Committee, then: (1) the Indenture will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms; and (2) such Securities will constitute legally issued, fully paid, non-assessable, valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture. The opinions expressed above are subject to the following limitations and qualifications: (a) Enforceability of the rights and remedies set forth in the Indenture and in the Securities is subject, in each case, to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to the discretionary nature of specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies, including the appointment of a receiver. (b) Enforceability of the Indenture and the Securities is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including requirements of reasonableness and good faith in the exercise of rights and remedies under any of the Indenture and the Securities. (c) Although certain provisions of the Indenture and the Securities may not be enforceable in whole or in part under the laws of the State of Michigan, the inclusion of such provisions does not affect the validity of either of the Indenture or the Securities taken together and each of the Indenture and the Securities contains adequate provisions for enforcing payment of the obligations evidenced thereby and for the practical realization of the benefits intended to be provided thereby. (d) With respect to our opinion regarding valid existence and good standing of the Company in paragraph 1, we have relied without independent investigation upon certificates of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated May 18, June 2 and June 22, 2000. We call to your attention that the Indenture is expressly governed, by its terms, by the laws of the State of New York. We do not purport to express any opinion herein concerning any laws other than the internal laws of the State of Michigan, applicable federal laws of the United States of America and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. This opinion letter is limited to the specific issues addressed herein and is predicated solely upon laws and regulations in existence as of the current date and as they currently apply and to the facts as they currently exist. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion letter should such matters change by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise. We hereby consent to the use of this opinion letter as Exhibits 5 and 23.2 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading "Legal Opinions" in the Prospectus included therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Very truly yours, DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC By: /s/ Patrick Daugherty --------------------- Patrick Daugherty Member PDD:JBW:JKL

1 Exhibit 12 VISTEON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CALCULATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES ------------------------------------------------- (dollar amounts in millions) First For the Year Ended December 31, Quarter ------------------------------------------------ 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Earnings - -------- Income before income taxes ...................... $ 237 $ 1,172 $ 1,116 $ 815 $ 604 $ 370 Equity in net (income) loss of affiliates plus dividends from affiliates ................. (4) (23) (9) (13) (31) (17) Adjusted fixed charges a/........................ 57 172 104 98 90 105 ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Earnings ....................................... $ 290 $ 1,321 $ 1,211 $ 900 $ 663 $ 458 ======= ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Fixed Charges - ------------- Interest expense b/.............................. $ 50 $ 149 $ 86 $ 94 $ 79 $ 79 Interest portion of rental expense c/............ 8 24 17 12 7 33 ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Fixed charges .................................. $ 58 $ 173 $ 103 $ 106 $ 86 112 ======= ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Ratios - ------ Ratios of earnings to fixed charges ............ 5.0 7.6 11.8 8.5 7.7 4.1 - ---------------- a/ Fixed charges, as shown below, adjusted to exclude the amount of interest capitalized during the period. b/ Includes interest, whether expensed or capitalized, and amortization of debt expense and discount or premium relating to any indebtedness. c/ One-third of all rental expense is deemed to be interest.

1 Exhibit 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated April 7, 2000, except as to Note 1 for which the date is June 1, 2000, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Visteon Corporation and Subsidiaries, which appear in Visteon Corporation's Prospectus dated June 13, 2000 as filed with the SEC on June 14, 2000. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement on Form S-3. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Detroit, Michigan June 23, 2000

1 Exhibit 25 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ---------------------------- BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (EXACT NAME OF TRUSTEE AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION 31-0838515 (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) 100 EAST BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43271-0181 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE) BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. ONE NORTH STATE STREET, 9TH FLOOR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602 ATTN: SANDRA L. CARUBA, VICE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR COUNSEL, (312) 336-9436 (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) ----------------------------- VISTEON CORPORATION (EXACT NAME OF OBLIGOR AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) DELAWARE 38-3519512 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) 5500 AUTO CLUB DRIVE DEARBORN, MICHIGAN 48126 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE) DEBT SECURITIES (TITLE OF INDENTURE SECURITIES)

2 ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE TRUSTEE: (A) NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH EXAMINING OR SUPERVISING AUTHORITY TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT. Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.; The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C. (B) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS. The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH AFFILIATION. No such affiliation exists with the trustee. ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. LIST BELOW ALL EXHIBITS FILED AS A PART OF THIS STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY. 1. A copy of the articles of association of the trustee now in effect.* 2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business.* 3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers.* 4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee.* 5. Not Applicable. 6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

3 7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. 8. Not Applicable. 9. Not Applicable. Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Bank One Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois, on the 22nd day of June, 2000. BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE BY /S/ SANDRA L. CARUBA SANDRA L. CARUBA VICE PRESIDENT * Exhibits 1, 2, 3, and 4 are herein incorporated by reference to Exhibits bearing identical numbers in Item 16 of the Form T-1 of Bank One Trust Company, National Association, filed as Exhibit 25 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of U S WEST Communications, Inc., filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2000 (Registration No. 333-32124).

4 EXHIBIT 6 THE CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE REQUIRED BY SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT June 22, 2000 Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. 20549 Ladies and Gentlemen: In connection with the qualification of an indenture between Visteon Corporation and Bank One Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, the undersigned, in accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, hereby consents that the reports of examinations of the undersigned, made by Federal or State authorities authorized to make such examinations, may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor. Very truly yours, BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION BY: /S/ SANDRA L. CARUBA SANDRA L. CARUBA VICE PRESIDENT

5 EXHIBIT 7 Legal Title of Bank: Bank One Trust Company, N.A. Call Date: 03/31/00 State #: 391581 FFIEC 032 Address: 100 Broad Street Vendor ID: D Cert #: 21377 Page RC-1 City, State Zip: Columbus, OH 43271 Transit #: 04400003 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED SAVINGS BANKS FOR MARCH 31, 2000 All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding of the last business day of the quarter. SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS C300 ------- RCON BIL MIL THOU ---- ------------ ASSETS 1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A): RCON ---- a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1)............. 0081 48,450 1.a b. Interest-bearing balances(2)...................................... 0071 17,750 1.b 2. Securities a. Held-to-maturity securities(from Schedule RC-B, column A)......... 1754 0 2.a b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)...... 1773 5,714 2.b 3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell 1350 396,644 3. 4. Loans and lease financing receivables: a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income (from Schedule RCON RC-C)............................................................. 2122 87,817 4.a b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses......................... 3123 10 4.b c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve............................. 3128 0 4.c d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and RCON reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c).............................. 2125 87,807 4.d 5. Trading assets (from Schedule RD-D).................................. 3545 0 5. 6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)............. 2145 25,200 6. 7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)......................... 2150 0 7. 8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)....................................... 2130 0 8. 9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding......... 2155 0 9. 10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)............................... 2143 26,345 10. 11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F).................................... 2160 176,297 11. 12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)............................. 2170 784,207 12. (1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits. (2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.

6 Legal Title of Bank: Bank One Trust Company, N.A. Call Date: 03/31/00 State #: 391581 FFIEC 032 Address: 100 East Broad Street Vendor ID: D Cert #" 21377 Page RC-2 City, State Zip: Columbus, OH 43271 Transit #: 04400003 SCHEDULE RC-CONTINUED DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS --------- LIABILITIES 13. Deposits: a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C RCON from Schedule RC-E, part 1)................... 2200 567,764 13.a (1) Noninterest-bearing(1).................... 6631 506,455 13.a1 (2) Interest-bearing.......................... 6636 61,309 13.a2 b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E, part II)... (1) Noninterest bearing....................... (2) Interest-bearing.......................... 14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: RCFD 2800 0 14 15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury RCON 2840 0 15.a b. Trading Liabilities(from Sechedule RC-D).............................. RCFD 3548 0 15.b 16. Other borrowed money: RCON a. With original maturity of one year or less............... 2332 0 16.a b. With original maturity of more than one year............ A547 0 16.b c. With original maturity of more than three years......... A548 0 16.c 17. Not applicable 18. Bank's liability on acceptance executed and outstanding..... 2920 0 18. 19. Subordinated notes and debentures........................... 3200 0 19. 20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)...................... 2930 83,885 20. 21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20).............. 2948 651,649 21. 22. Not applicable EQUITY CAPITAL 23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus............... 3838 0 23. 24. Common stock................................................ 3230 800 24. 25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock).... 3839 45,157 25. 26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves................... 3632 86,585 26.a b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities............................................... 8434 16 26.b c. Accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges....... 4336 0 26.c 27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments......... 28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27)........... 3210 132,558 28. 29. Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)....................... 3300 784,207 29. Memorandum To be reported only with the March Report of Condition. 1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 1996 ......RCFD 6724 ........... Number M.1. 1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance 4. = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified external auditors (may be required by state chartering public accounting firm which submits a report on the bank authority) 2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company 5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing auditors standards by a certified public accounting firm which 6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external submits a report on the consolidated holding company auditors (but not on the bank separately) 7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work) 3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in 8 = No external audit work accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by state chartering authority) (1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits.