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This excerpt taken from the GIS 8-K filed Apr 11, 2007.

CONVERSION

SECTION 5.01.  Conversion Privilege.  (a)    Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding April 11, 2037, and subject to the provisions of this Article V, a Holder of a Security may convert such Security into cash and Common Stock, if any (subject to the Company’s right to elect to pay cash in lieu of any shares of Common Stock to be issued and delivered upon conversion of such Security pursuant to Section 5.14(b)), at the then-current Conversion Rate.

(b)  (i)    If a Change in Control (other than relating to the composition of the Board of Directors as described in clause (iv) of the definition of Change in Control in Section 1.01) occurs on or prior to April 11, 2008 and, in the case of any such Change in Control pursuant to which shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or converted into cash, securities, or other property, 10% or more of the Fair Market Value of the consideration for the Common Stock (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive evidence of such Fair Market Value) in such Change in Control consists of (i) cash, (ii) other property or (iii) securities that are not traded or scheduled to be traded immediately following such transaction on a U.S. national securities exchange, then the Conversion Rate of the Securities converted in connection with such Change in Control shall be increased by a number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”) determined in the manner set forth below; provided that if the Share Price in such transaction is greater than $275.00, or less than $58.97 (such prices subject in each case to adjustment in the same manner as the Share Prices set forth in Schedule A hereto, as described in Section 5.01(b)(iii) below), the number of Additional Shares shall be zero; provided further that in no event will the Conversion Rate exceed 16.9577 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to adjustments in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in this Indenture.  For the avoidance of doubt, the adjustment provided for in this

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Section 5.01(b) shall only be made with respect to the Securities being converted in connection with such Change in Control and shall not be effective as to any Securities not so converted (it being understood that a Holder of Securities electing to convert the Securities pursuant to this Section 5.01(b) shall provide the Conversion Agent with a notice as contemplated by Section 5.02).

(ii)  The number of Additional Shares will be determined by reference to the table attached as Schedule A hereto, based on the date such Change in Control becomes effective (the “Effective Date”) and the Share Price.  In the case of any Change in Control pursuant to which the Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into cash, securities, or other property, if holders of Common Stock receive only cash in the relevant Change in Control, the “Share Price” shall be the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock. Otherwise, the “Share Price” shall be the average of the Common Stock Prices of the Common Stock on the five Trading Days prior to but not including the Effective Date of the relevant Change in Control.  If the Share Price is between two Share Prices in the table, or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the Company shall determine the number of Additional Shares by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Share Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year.
(iii)  The Share Prices set forth in the first row of the table (i.e., column headers) in Schedule A hereto will be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Securities is adjusted pursuant to this Indenture.  The adjusted Share Prices will equal the Share Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Share Price adjustment, and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted.  The number of Additional Shares will be adjusted in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in this Indenture.
(iv)  Conversion “in connection with a Change in Control”, for purposes of this Section 5.01, means any conversion in respect of which the Conversion Notice is delivered at any time during the period from and including the Effective Date until, and including, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Change in Control Repurchase Date corresponding to such Change in Control.

(c)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in lieu of adjusting the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 5.01(b), in the case of a Public Acquirer Change in Control, the Company may elect (with advance notice thereof to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent and each Holder of Securities, and in any event, prior to the 20th day immediately preceding the proposed Effective Date of the Public Acquirer Change in Control) that, from and after the Effective Date of such Public Acquirer Change in Control, the right to convert a Security into cash and shares of Common Stock (or the consideration into which the Common Stock has been converted into, exchanged for or constitutes solely the right to receive, as the case may be), if any (subject to the Company’s right to elect to pay cash in lieu of any shares of Common Stock or such consideration to be issued or delivered upon conversion of such Security pursuant to Section 5.14(b)), will be changed into a right to convert a Security solely into shares of Public Acquirer Common Stock based on the Conversion Rate as adjusted below.  If the Company makes the

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election referred to in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company may irrevocably elect, at any time prior to the 20th day immediately preceding the proposed Effective Date of the Public Acquirer Change in Control, to adjust the terms of the Holder’s conversion privilege, such that following such adjustment, the provisions of Section 5.14 shall apply, mutatis mutandis; provided, however, that references to the “Common Stock” in Section 5.14 and in the definitions Daily Conversion Value, Daily Settlement Amount and Common Stock Price shall be deemed instead to be references to the Public Acquirer Common Stock.  If the Company makes the election described in the first sentence or the second sentence of this Section 5.01(c), from and after the Effective Date of the relevant Public Acquirer Change in Control, the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before such Effective Date shall be adjusted by a fraction:

(i)  the numerator of which will be (a) in the case of a share exchange, consolidation or merger pursuant to which the Common Stock is exchanged for cash, securities or other property, the Fair Market Value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable per share of Common Stock or (b) in the case of any other Public Acquirer Change in Control, the average of the Common Stock Price of the Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days prior to but excluding the Effective Date of such Public Acquirer Change in Control, and
(ii)  the denominator of which will be the average of the Common Stock Prices of the Public Acquirer Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days prior to but excluding the Effective Date of such Public Acquirer Change in Control.

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