Exhibit 4.2


 


FIRST
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE


 


between


 


BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF AMERICA


 


and


 


U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,


 


 as
Trustee 


 


Dated
as of March 29, 2021


 





 



 





FIRST
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE


 


THIS
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “First Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of March 29, 2021 (the “Issue
Date”), is between Business Development Corporation of America, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”),
and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). All capitalized terms used herein shall have
the meaning set forth in the Base Indenture (as defined below) unless otherwise defined herein.


 


RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY


 


The
Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of March 29, 2021 (the “Base Indenture”),
as amended and supplemented this First Supplemental Indenture (the First Supplemental Indenture, together with the Base Indenture,
the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of the Company’s unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series
as provided in the Base Indenture.


 


The
Company has duly authorized the creation, issue and sale of (a) $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s
3.250% Notes due 2026 (the “Initial Notes”) and (b) if and when issued as provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement in a Registered Exchange Offer in exchange for any Initial Notes or otherwise registered under the Securities Act and
issued in the form of Exhibit A, the Company’s 3.250% Notes due 2026 (the “Exchange Notes” and,
together with the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes, the “Notes”). The Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes
and any Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including waivers, amendments,
redemptions and offers to purchase. The Notes will be distributed initially only to (i) persons reasonably believed to be QIBs
in reliance on Rule 144A and (ii) Non-U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S, as such terms are defined herein.


 


Sections
9.01(4) and 9.01(6) of the Base Indenture provide that without the consent of Holders of the Securities of any series issued under
the Base Indenture (as supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), the Company,
when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or
more indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture to (i) change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Base Indenture (as
supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto) when there is no Security Outstanding
of any series created prior to the execution of the supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision and
(ii) establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 2.01 and Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture.


 


The
Company desires to establish the form and terms of the Notes and to modify, alter, supplement and change certain provisions of
the Base Indenture for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes (subject to amendment as may be provided in a future supplemental
indenture to the Indenture (“Future Supplemental Indenture”)).



     


     


    



The
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture to provide for the issuance of the
Notes and all acts and things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding, and legal obligation of the
Company and to constitute a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done and performed.


 


NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed,
for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:


 



ARTICLE
I

TERMS OF THE NOTES


 


Section
1.01.       The following terms relating to the Notes are
hereby established:


 


(a)          The Notes shall constitute a series of Senior Securities having the title “3.250% Notes due 2026”. The Notes offered
and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A shall bear a CUSIP number of 12325JAH4 and an ISIN number of US12325JAH41. The Notes
offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall bear a CUSIP number of U1220AAA4 and an ISIN number of USU1220AAA44.


 


(b)          The aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes that may be initially authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except
for Initial Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes
pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06, 11.07 or 13.05 of the Base Indenture, and except for any Securities that, pursuant
to Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under the Indenture) shall be
$300,000,000. In addition, Exchange Notes may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture for issue in a Registered Exchange
Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement in a like principal amount of the Initial Notes or Additional Notes exchanged
pursuant thereto or otherwise pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Under a Board Resolution,
Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Board Resolutions or an indenture supplement, the Company may from time to time, without
the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue additional Notes (in any such case, other than any Exchange Notes, “Additional
Notes”) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes; provided that,
if such Additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes (or any other tranche of Additional Notes) for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, then such Additional Notes will have different CUSIP numbers from the Notes (and any such other tranche of Additional
Notes). Any Additional Notes and the existing Notes will constitute a single series under the Indenture and all references to
the relevant Notes herein shall include the Additional Notes unless the context otherwise requires.


 


(c)          The entire outstanding principal of the Notes shall be payable on March 30, 2026, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased in accordance
with the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture.


 


(d)          The rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 3.250% per annum (the “Applicable Interest Rate”).
The date from which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be March 29, 2021 or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or provided for; the Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be March 30 and September 30 of each year,
commencing September 30, 2021 (if an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the applicable interest
payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no additional interest will accrue as a result of such delayed payment);
the initial interest period will be the period from and including March 29, 2021 (or the most recent Interest Payment Date to
which interest has been paid or provided for), to, but excluding, the initial Interest Payment Date, and the subsequent interest
periods will be the periods from and including an Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date or the
Stated Maturity, as the case may be; the interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at 5:00 p.m. New
York City time, or the close of business, on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be March 15 and September
15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Payment of principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and any such interest on the Notes will be made at the office of the Trustee located at 214 N. Tryon Street,
27th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202 and at such other address as designated by the Trustee, in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided,
however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.



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(e)           The Notes offered on the date hereof will be distributed initially only to (i) persons reasonably believed to be QIBs in reliance
on Rule 144A and (ii) Non-U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S. Such Notes may thereafter be transferred only in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture.


 


(f)            The Notes shall be initially issuable in global form (each such Note, a “Global Note”). The Global Notes and
the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this First
Supplemental Indenture. Each Global Note shall represent the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide
that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount
of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and
redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Security Registrar, in accordance with Sections 2.03 and 3.05 of the Base
Indenture.


 


 (i)          The Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more 144A Global Notes,
which shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary, or will remain in the custody of the Trustee pursuant to an agreement
between the Depositary and the Trustee.


 


 (ii)         The Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Regulation S Global
Notes, which shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, a custodian for the Depositary, or will remain in the custody of the Trustee
pursuant to an agreement between the Depositary and the Trustee, for credit to the respective accounts of the purchasers (or to
such other accounts as they may direct) at Euroclear or Clearstream.


 


 (iii)        Unrestricted Global Notes shall be issued in accordance with Section 1.02(b)(vi) hereof and shall be deposited, duly executed
by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.


 


(g)           The depositary for such Global Notes (the “Depositary”) shall be The Depository Trust Company, New York, New
York, until a successor shall have been appointed and becomes such person, and thereafter, Depositary shall mean or include such
successor. The Security Registrar with respect to the Global Notes shall be the Trustee.


 


(h)           The Notes shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 14.02 or Section 14.03 of the Base Indenture. Covenant defeasance contained
in Section 14.03 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the covenants contained in Sections 10.07 and 10.08 of the Indenture.


 


(i)            The Notes shall be redeemable pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture and as follows:


 


(i)         The Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time, or from time to time, at the option of the Company, at a Redemption
Price equal to the greater of the following amounts, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding,
the Redemption Date:


 


(A)         100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, or


 


		(B)	the
                                         sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest
                                         (exclusive of accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date) on the Notes to be
                                         redeemed through the Par Call Date, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual
                                         basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using the applicable
                                         Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points.






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(ii)         Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at any
time, or from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus, in each
case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.


 


For
purposes of calculating the Redemption Price in connection with the redemption of the Notes, on any Redemption Date, the following
terms have the meanings set forth below:


 


“Treasury
Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield-to-maturity
of the Comparable Treasury Issue (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding the redemption), assuming a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for
such Redemption Date. The Redemption Price and the Treasury Rate will be determined by the Company.


 


“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer as having a maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed (assuming the Notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date) that
would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financing practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed.


 


“Comparable
Treasury Price” means (1) the average of the remaining Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date,
after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than
four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.


 


“Par
Call Date” means February 28, 2026, which is the date that is one month prior to the maturity date of the Notes.


 


“Quotation
Agent” means a Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.


 


“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means each of (1) J.P Morgan Securities LLC, (2) Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and (3) at least three
other primary U.S. government securities dealers selected by us; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates
ceases to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States, or a Primary Treasury Dealer, we will select another
Primary Treasury Dealer.


 


“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average,
as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as
a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m.
New York City time on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.


 


All
determinations made by any Reference Treasury Dealer, including the Quotation Agent, with respect to determining the Redemption
Price will be final and binding absent manifest error.


 


(i)          Notice of redemption shall be given in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or by overnight courier guaranteeing next-day
delivery, to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed, not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption
Date, at the Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall contain the information
set forth in Section 11.04 of the Base Indenture.


 


(ii)         Any exercise of the Company’s option to redeem the Notes will be done in compliance with the Investment Company Act, to
the extent applicable.





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(iii)        If the Company elects to redeem only a portion of the Notes, the particular Notes to be redeemed will be selected in accordance
with the applicable procedures of the Trustee and, so long as the Notes are registered to the Depositary or its nominee, the Depositary;
provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Note not redeemed
to less than $2,000.


 


(iv)        Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue
on the Notes called for redemption hereunder.


 


(j)           The Notes shall not be subject to any sinking fund pursuant to Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture.


 


(k)          The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.


 


(l)           Holders of the Notes will not have the option to have the Notes repaid prior to the Stated Maturity other than in accordance with
Article XIII of the Indenture.


 


Section
1.02.       Transfer and Exchange.


 


(a)         Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee
of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary
or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by
the Company for Definitive Notes only if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling
or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in
either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary
or of such cessation, (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should
be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee or (iii) an Event of Default has
occurred or is continuing. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 3.04 and
3.06 of the Base Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion
thereof, pursuant to this Section 1.02 or Sections 3.04 and 3.05 of the Base Indenture, shall be authenticated and delivered
in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this
Section 1.02(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section
1.02(b) hereof.


 


(b)         Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in
the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable
Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those
set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall
require compliance with subsections (i) through (vi) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subsections,
as applicable:


 


(i)       Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred
to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with
the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Notes Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written
orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Security Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section
1.02(b)(i).


 


(ii)      All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges
of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 1.02(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must
deliver to the Security Registrar (A) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in
another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (B) instructions given in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase.
Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this
Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the
relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof. Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A
Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after
the expiration of the Restricted Period, shall be made only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification from the transferor
to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Regulation S or, after the expiration of the Restricted Period,
if available, Rule 144 under the Securities Act and that, if such transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted
Period, the interest transferred shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream.





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(iii)         Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Note.


 


(A)         Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be held through Euroclear
or Clearstream. Prior to expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation
S Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the 144A Global Note shall be made only in accordance
with Applicable Procedures and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest
in the form provided by Exhibit B or as otherwise provided by the Company in accordance with law to the effect that such
transfer is being made to a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction
meeting requirements of Rule 144A. Such certification shall not be required after the expiration of the Restricted Period.


 


(B)          Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Note shall be transferable in
accordance with law and the other terms of this Indenture.


 


(iv)          Other Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global
Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global
Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 1.02(b)(ii) above and delivers a certificate in the form of Exhibit
B hereto.


 


(v)           Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes to Definitive Notes. In the event that a Global Note is exchanged
for Definitive Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (including Section 1.02(a)), such Notes may be exchanged
only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 1.02 (b), (c),
(d) and (e) (including the certification requirements set forth therein intended to ensure that such transfers comply
with Rule 144A, Regulation S or such other applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act, as the case may be)
and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law.


 


(vi)          Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted Global
Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 1.02(b)(ii) above and:


 


(A)         such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer and the holder of the beneficial interest
to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any and all certifications
required in the applicable letter of transmittal (or is deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the
Applicable Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights Agreement;





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(B)         such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act;


 


(C)         such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an exchange offer registration statement; or


 


(D)         the Security Registrar receives the following:


 


(1)         if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item 1(a) thereof; or


 


(2)         if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person
who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 4 thereof;


 


and,
in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Company or the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable
Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange
or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted
Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.


 


If
any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet
been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture,
the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.


 


(c)          Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.


 


(i)           Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest
in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, in each case in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture (including Section 1.02(a)), then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the following
documentation:


 


(A)        if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted
Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item 2(a)
thereof;


 


(B)         if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate
to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 1 thereof;


 


(C)         if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction and in accordance with Rule 903
or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item 2 thereof;


 


(D)         if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 3 thereof;





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(E)         if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item 3 thereof; or


 


(F)         if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 3 thereof,


 


the
Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section
1.02(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Restricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange
for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 1.02(c) shall be registered in such name
or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security
Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such
Restricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued
in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 1.02(c)(i) shall bear the Restricted
Notes Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.


 


(ii)            Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture (including Section 1.02(a)) only if:


 


(A)        such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer and the holder of the beneficial interest to be
transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any and all certifications required
in the applicable letter of transmittal (or is deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable
Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights Agreement;


 


(B)         such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act;


 


(C)         if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item 4(a) thereof; or


 


(D)         such transfer is effected by a broker-deal pursuant to an exchange offer registration statement; and


 


(E)          the Security Registrar receives the following:


 


(1)         if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive
Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including
the certifications in item 1(b) thereof; or


 


(2)         if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person
who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend, a certificate
from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 4 thereof;





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and,
in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (E), if the Company or the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable
Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange
or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted
Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.


 


(iii)         Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or to transfer
such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture (including Section 1.02(a)), then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
1.02(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly
pursuant to Section 1.02(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Person designated in the instructions an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Unrestricted Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 1.02(c)(iii) shall be registered in such name
or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security
Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such
Unrestricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Unrestricted Definitive Note issued
in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 1.02(c)(iii) shall not bear the Restricted Notes Legend.


 


(d)             Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.


 


(i)           Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive
Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive
Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt
by the Security Registrar of the following documentation:


 


(A)        if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item 2(b) thereof;


 


(B)         if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate
to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 1 thereof;


 


(C)         if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction and in accordance with
Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item 2 thereof;


 


(D)         if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item 3 thereof;


 


(E)          if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect
set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 3 thereof,


 


(F)          if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act,
a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 3 thereof,





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the
Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the
Restricted Global Note.


 


(ii)           Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note
may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to
a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:


 


(A)        such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer and the holder of the beneficial interest to be
transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any and all certifications required
in the applicable letter of transmittal (or is deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable
Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights Agreement;


 


(B)         such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act;


 


(C)         such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an exchange offer registration statement; or


 


(D)         if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item 4(a) thereof; and


 


(E)         the Security Registrar receives the following:


 


(1)         if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item 1(c) thereof; or


 


(2)         if
the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item 4 thereof;


 


and,
in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (E), if the Company or the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable
Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange
or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted
Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.


 


Upon
satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 1.02(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive
Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.


 


(iii)         Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a
request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or
cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.





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If
any such exchange or transfer from an Unrestricted Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs
(ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and,
upon receipt of an Company Order in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate one or
more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.


 


(e)             Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s
compliance with the provisions of this Section 1.02(e), the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange
of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the
Security Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Security Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting
Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following
provisions of this Section 1.02(e).


 


(i)           Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered
in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Security Registrar receives
the following:


 


(A)        if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 1 thereof;


 


(B)         if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item 2 thereof; or


 


(C)         if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion
of Counsel required by item 3 thereof, if applicable.


 


(ii)         Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder
thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note if:


 


(A)       such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer and the holder of the beneficial interest to be
transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any and all certifications required
in the applicable letter of transmittal (or is deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable
Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights Agreement;


 


(B)        such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act;


 


(C)        such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an exchange offer registration statement; or


 


(D)        if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item 4(a) thereof; and


 


(E)         the Security Registrar receives the following:





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(1)         if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate
from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item 1(d) thereof; or


 


(2)         if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof
in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item 4 thereof;


 


and,
in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (E), an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.


 


(iii)         Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer
such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Security Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions
from the Holder thereof.


 


(f)              Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture
unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.


 


(i)           Restricted Notes Legend. 


 


(A)        Except as permitted by subparagraphs (B), (C) and (D) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in
exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:


 


“THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR
NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.


 


THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF


 


(1)  
REPRESENTS THAT EITHER (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(“RULE 144A”)), OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“REGULATION
S”)); AND


 


(2)  
AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”)
WHICH IS ONE YEAR (OR SUCH OTHER DATE WHEN RESALES OF SECURITIES BY NON-AFFILIATES ARE FIRST PERMITTED UNDER RULE 144(d)) AFTER
THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS SECURITY) OR THE DATE OF ANY SUBSEQUENT REOPENING OF THE
SECURITIES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR
OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A,
TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A) THAT PURCHASES FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE
IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, INCLUDING
ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR
TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM AND/OR A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE
IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE.”





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(B)         Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subsections (b)(vi), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii),
(d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section 1.02 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
shall not bear the Restricted Notes Legend.


 


(C)         After a transfer of any Initial Notes during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to
such Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to the Restricted Notes Legend on such Initial Notes shall cease to apply and
the requirements that any such Initial Notes be issued in global form shall continue to apply.


 


(D)         Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes pursuant to which Holders of such Initial
Notes are offered Exchange Notes in exchange for their Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to Initial Notes that Initial
Notes be issued in global form shall continue to apply, and Exchange Notes in global form without the Restricted Notes Legend
shall be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such Registered Exchange Offer.


 


(ii)          Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:


 


“This
Security is a Global Note within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The Depository
Trust Company or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered, and no transfer
of this Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than The Depository Trust Company or a
nominee thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.


 


Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company to the issuer or its agent for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment and such certificate issued in exchange for this certificate is registered in the name of Cede
 & Co., or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, any transfer, pledge
or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful, as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has
an interest herein.”


 


(g)             Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have
been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in
part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.10 of the
Base Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred
to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes,
the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on
such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial
interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global
Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.





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Section
1.03.       Additional Interest. In the event that
the Company is required to pay Additional Interest to Holders of the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Company will provide written notice (“Additional Interest Notice”) to the Trustee of its obligation to pay Additional
Interest 15 days prior to the proposed payment date for the Additional Interest to the extent reasonably practicable, but in no
event later than five Business Days prior to such proposed payment date, and the Additional Interest Notice shall set forth the
amount of Additional Interest to be paid by the Company on such payment date. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty
or responsibility to any holder of the Notes to determine the Additional Interest, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation
of the amount of Additional Interest owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Additional Interest.


 


Section
1.04.       For purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture,
the following terms have the meanings set forth below:


 


“144A
Global Note” means a global note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend
and the Restricted Notes Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee
that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.


 


“Applicable
Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer, redemption, tender or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any
Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and/or Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.


 


“Clearstream”
means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme, and any successor thereto.


 


“Definitive
Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section
1.02 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend
and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.


 


“Euroclear”
means Euroclear S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system, and any successor thereto.


 


“Global
Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 1.02(f)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global
Notes issued under this Indenture.


 


“Global Notes” means,
individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form
of Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Section 1.02(b) or 1.02(d) hereof.


 


“interest”
means, with respect to the Notes, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes (regardless of whether so stated).


 


“Indirect
Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.


 


“Non-U.S.
Person” means a person other than a U.S. Person.


 


“Participant”
means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, respectively (and with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).


 


“QIB”
means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.





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“Regulation
S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.


 


“Regulation
S Global Note” means the Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend
and the Restricted Notes Legend representing the Notes offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.


 


“Restricted
Definitive Note” means a definitive Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that does not
bear the Global Note Legend nor the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and
that bears the Restricted Notes Legend.


 


“Restricted
Global Note” means a permanent global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears
the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto,
and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that bear
the Restricted Notes Legend.


 


“Restricted
Notes Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 1.02(f)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture
except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.


 


“Restricted
Period” with respect to any Restricted Global Note, means the 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later
of (i) the commencement of the offering of the Notes to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance
on Regulation S and (ii) the date of the issuance of the Notes initially offered under this Indenture.


 


“Rule
144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.


 


“Rule
144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.


 


“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


 


“Unrestricted
Definitive Note” means a definitive Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that does not
bear the Global Note Legend nor the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and
that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend.


 


“Unrestricted
Global Note” means a permanent global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears
the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto,
and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do
not bear the Restricted Notes Legend.


 


“U.S.
Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the Securities Act.


 


ARTICLE
II

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION


 


Section
2.01.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article I of the Base Indenture shall be amended by adding the following defined terms to Section 1.01 in appropriate alphabetical
sequence, as follows:


 


“Additional
Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.


 


“Below
Investment Grade Rating Event” means the Notes are downgraded below Investment Grade by the Rating Agency, on any date
from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that results in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following
public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under
publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by the Rating Agency); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating
Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular
Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change
of Control Repurchase Event hereunder) if the Rating Agency making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise
apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in
whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change
of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control will have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating
Event).





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“Change
of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:



 


(1)
the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation) in
one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Controlled Subsidiaries
taken as a whole to any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act), other than to any Permitted Holders; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, a pledge of assets pursuant to any
secured debt instrument of the Company or its Controlled Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be any such sale, lease, transfer,
conveyance or disposition;


 


(2)
the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any
 “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than any
Permitted Holders) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 promulgated under the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather
than number of shares; or


 


(3)
the approval by the Company’s stockholders of any plan or proposal relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.


 


“Change
of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.


 


“Controlled
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company, 50% or more of the outstanding equity interests of which are owned
by the Company and its direct or indirect Subsidiaries and of which the Company possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting equity interests, by agreement
or otherwise.


 


“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board and the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States,
which are in effect from time to time.


 


“Investment
Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated
thereunder, to the extent applicable, and any statute successor thereto.


 


“Investment
Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of
Moody’s) (or, in each case the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by us as a Rating
Agency).


 


“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service or any successor thereto.


 


“Permitted
Holders” means (i) the Company, (ii) one or more of the Company’s Controlled Subsidiaries and (iii) BDCA Adviser,
LLC, any Affiliate of BDCA Adviser, LLC or any entity that is managed by BDCA Adviser, LLC that is organized under the laws of
a jurisdiction located in the United States of America and in the business of managing or advising clients.





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“Rating
Agency” means:


 


(1)
Moody’s; and


 


(2)
if Moody’s ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of our
control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange
Act selected by us as a replacement agency for Moody’s.


 


“Registered
Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of
Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for their Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of
Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act.


 


“Registration
Rights Agreement” means (a) the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Notes, dated as of the Issue Date,
among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the Initial Purchasers
and (b) other similar registration rights agreements relating to any Additional Notes.


 


“Shelf
Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of
Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.


 


“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule
1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act, as such regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture (but excluding any
Subsidiary which is (a) a non-recourse or limited recourse Subsidiary, (b) a bankruptcy remote special purpose vehicle or (c)
is not consolidated with the Company for purposes of GAAP).


 


“Voting
Stock” as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity
interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the trustees (or the
equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason
of the occurrence of a contingency.


 


Section
2.02.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article I of the Base Indenture shall be amended by amending and restating the definitions of “Business Day” and “Subsidiary”
in Section 1.01 as follows:


 


“Business
Day” means, with respect to any Note, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in
New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.


 


“Subsidiary”
means (1) any corporation a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company
or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company, (2) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which such Person, one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, at the
date of determination thereof has a majority ownership interest, or (3) a partnership in which such Person or Subsidiary of such
Person is, at the time, a general partner and in which such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof
has a majority ownership interest. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” mean stock having voting power
for the election of trustees, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason
of any contingency. In addition, for purposes of this definition, “Subsidiary” shall exclude any investments held
by the Company in the ordinary course of business which are not, under GAAP, consolidated on the financial statements of the Company
and its Subsidiaries.





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ARTICLE
III

SECURITIES FORMS


 


Section
3.01.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article II of the Base Indenture shall be amended by adding the following new Section 2.04 and Section 2.05 thereto, as set forth
below:


 


“Section
2.04.      Certificated Notes.


 


Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Indenture, Notes in physical, certificated form will be issued and delivered to each person that
the Depositary identifies as a beneficial owner of the related Notes only if:


 


(a)       the Depositary notifies the Company at any time that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Notes in global
form and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days;


 


(b)       the Depositary ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed
within 90 days; or


 


(c)        an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing and such beneficial owner requests that its Notes
be issued in physical, certificated form.”


 


ARTICLE
IV

REMEDIES


 


Section
4.01.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article X of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing clauses (1) and (2) of Section 5.01 thereof with the following:


 


“(1)
       default
in the payment of any interest or Additional Interest upon any Note when such interest becomes due and payable, and continuance
of such default for a period of 30 days;


 


(2)
        default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when it
becomes due and payable at its Maturity including upon any Redemption Date or required repurchase date;”


 


Section
4.02.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing clause (4) thereof with the following:


 


		“(4)	default
                                         in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture
                                         or the Notes (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose
                                         breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been
                                         included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of securities other than
                                         the Notes), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 consecutive
                                         days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
                                         Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
                                         amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default or breach and
                                         requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”
                                         hereunder; or”






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Section
4.03.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article X of the Base Indenture shall be amended by adding as clause (9) of Section 5.01 thereof the following:


 


		“(9)	default
                                         by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, with respect to any mortgage,
                                         agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there
                                         may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $100 million
                                         in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Significant Subsidiary, whether such
                                         indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness
                                         becoming or being declared due and payable or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the
                                         principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon
                                         required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, unless, in either
                                         case, such indebtedness is discharged, or such acceleration is rescinded, stayed or annulled,
                                         within a period of 30 calendar days after written notice of such failure is given to
                                         the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least
                                         25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding.”



 


Section
4.04.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing clause (7) thereof with the following:


 


		“(7)	if,
                                         pursuant to Section 18(a)(1)(C)(ii) and Section 61 of the Investment Company Act, on
                                         the last business day of each of 24 consecutive calendar months, any class of securities
                                         shall have an asset coverage (as such term is used in the Investment Company Act) of
                                         less than 100% giving effect to any exemptive relief granted to the Company by the Commission;”



 


Section
4.05.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article X of the Base Indenture shall be amended by amending clause (6) of Section 5.01 thereof as follows: the words “90
consecutive days” in the final clause thereof shall be replaced with the words “60 consecutive days”.


 


Section
4.06.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article X of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing the first paragraph of Section 5.02 thereof with the following:


 


“If
an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.01(5) or 5.01(6)), the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes may (and the Trustee shall at the request of such Holders) declare the principal of all the Outstanding Notes to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such
declaration such principal or specified portion thereof shall become immediately due and payable; provided that 100% of
the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes will automatically become due and payable in the case of an Event
of Default specified in Section 5.01(5) or 5.01(6) hereof.”


 


Section
4.07.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article X of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing clause (3) of Section 5.12 thereof with the following:


 


		“(3)	the
                                         Trustee need not take any action that it determines in good faith may involve it in personal
                                         liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of the Notes not consenting; and”






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ARTICLE
V

THE TRUSTEE


 


Section
5.01.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now of hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article VI of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing the final proviso of Section 6.01 thereof with the following:


 


“and
provided further that in the case of any Default or breach of the character specified in Section 5.01(4) with respect to
the Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof”


 


ARTICLE
VI

COVENANTS


 


Section
6.01.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article X of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing clause (1) of Section 10.05 thereof with the following:


 


		“(1)	The
                                         Company will deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year
                                         ending after the date hereof (which fiscal year ends on December 31), so long as any
                                         Notes are Outstanding hereunder, a brief Officers’ Certificate as to the knowledge
                                         of the signers of the Company’s compliance with all of the terms, provisions or
                                         conditions of this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 10.05, such compliance shall
                                         be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this
                                         Indenture.”



 


Section
6.02.       Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental
Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented
or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding,
Article X of the Base Indenture shall be amended by adding the following new Sections 10.07 and 10.08 thereto, each as set forth
below:


 


 “Section
10.07.    Section 18(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act.


 


The
Company hereby agrees that for the period of time during which the Notes are Outstanding, the Company will not violate, whether
or not it is subject to, Section 18(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act as modified by Section 61(a)(1) and (2) of the Investment
Company Act or any successor provisions, as such obligations may be amended or superseded, giving effect to any exemptive relief
granted to us by the Securities and Exchange Commission.”


 


“Section
10.08.    Section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Investment Company Act.


 


The
Company hereby agrees that for the period of time during which Notes are Outstanding, the Company will not violate Section 18(a)(1)(B)
as modified by Section 61(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act or any successor provisions thereto, whether or not the Company
is subject to such provisions of the Investment Company Act, and after giving effect to any exemptive relief granted to the Company
by the Commission, except that the Company may declare a cash dividend or distribution, notwithstanding the prohibition contained
in Section 18(a)(1)(B) as modified by Section 61(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act or any successor provisions thereto, but
only up to such amount as is necessary in order for the Company to maintain its status as a regulated investment company under
Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; provided, however, that the prohibition in this Section 10.08 shall not apply
until such time as the Company’s asset coverage has been below the minimum asset coverage required pursuant to Section 18(a)(1)(B)
as modified by Section 61(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act or any successor provisions thereto (after giving effect to any
exemptive relief granted to the Company by the Commission) for more than six (6) consecutive months. Notwithstanding Section 18(g)
of the Investment Company Act regarding the use of the term “senior security” in Section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Investment
Company Act, for the purposes of determining “asset coverage” as used in this Section 10.08, any and all indebtedness
of the Company, including any promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness issued in consideration of any loan, extension,
or renewal thereof, made by a bank or other person and privately arranged, and not intended to be publicly distributed, shall
be deemed a “senior security” of the Company..”





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 “Section
10.09.      Commission Reports and Reports to Holders.


 


If,
at any time, the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act to file any
periodic reports with the Commission, the Company agrees to furnish to the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee for the period
of time during which the Notes are Outstanding: (i) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, audited annual
consolidated financial statements of the Company and (ii) within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company (other
than the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter), unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company. All such
financial statements shall be prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, as applicable.”


 


ARTICLE
VII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER


 


Except
as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities
under the Base Indenture (as supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether
now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Article VIII of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing Section 8.01 with the
following:


 


“Section
8.01.      Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.


 


The
Company shall not merge or consolidate with or into any other Person (other than a merger of a wholly owned Subsidiary of the
Company into the Company), or sell, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property (provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, a pledge of assets pursuant to any secured debt instrument of the Company or its Controlled
Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be any such sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition) in any one transaction or series
of related transactions unless:


 


(1)
the Company shall be the surviving Person (the “Surviving Person”) or the Surviving Person (if other than the
Company) formed by such merger or consolidation or to which such sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition is made shall
be a statutory trust, corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America
or any state or territory thereof;


 


(2)
the Surviving Person (if other than the Company) expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such Surviving Person, the due and punctual payment of the principal
of, and premium, if any, and interest on, all the Notes Outstanding, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all
the covenants and conditions of this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement to be performed by the Company;


 


(3)
immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of related transactions, no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and


 


(4)
the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that such transaction and the supplemental indenture, if any, in respect thereto, comply with this Section 8.01 and
that all conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.


 


For
the purposes of this Section 8.01, the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all the property of one or more
Subsidiaries of the Company, which property, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially
all the property of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all the property
of the Company.”



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ARTICLE
VIII

Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event


 


Except
as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities
under the Base Indenture (as supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether
now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Article XIII of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing Sections 13.01 to 13.05
with the following:


 


“Section
13.01.  Change of Control.


 


If
a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company shall have exercised its right to redeem the Notes in full, the
Company shall make an offer to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (in minimum denominations of $2,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal
to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if
any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase
Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control,
the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the
Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will
be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. The notice shall, if mailed prior to
the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase
Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule
14e-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and
regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event.


 


To
the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 13.01, the Company shall comply
with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section
13.01 by virtue of such conflict.


 


On
the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, subject to extension if necessary to comply with the provisions of the Investment
Company Act, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:


 


(1)
accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to its offer;


 


 (2)
deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all Notes or  portions of Notes
properly tendered; and


 


 (3)
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers’  Certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Company.


 


The
Paying Agent will promptly remit to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will
promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount
to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in a minimum principal amount
of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.


 


If
any Repayment Date upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the required payment
will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no additional interest will accrue as a result of such delayed payment.


 


The
Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party
makes an offer in respect of the Notes in the manner, at the time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer
made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.”





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ARTICLE
IX

MISCELLANEOUS


 


Section
9.01.       This First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts
of laws that would cause the application of laws of another jurisdiction. This First Supplemental Indenture is subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of the Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed
by such provisions.


 


Section
9.02.       In case any provision in this First Supplemental
Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.


 


Section
9.03.       This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed
in counterparts, each of which will be an original, but such counterparts will together constitute but one and the same First
Supplemental Indenture. The exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, .pdf
transmission, email or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture
for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, .pdf transmission, email or other electronic means
shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, all notices, approvals, consents,
requests and any communications hereunder or with respect to this First Supplemental Indenture must be in writing (provided that
any communication sent to Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature
provided by DocuSign or Adobe (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to Trustee by the authorized representative),
in English.  The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods
to submit communications to Trustee, including without limitation the risk of Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and
the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.


 


Section
9.04.       The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended
by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental
Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument with respect to the Notes. All provisions included
in this First Supplemental Indenture supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes,
unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental
Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental
Indenture.


 


Section
9.05.       The provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture
shall become effective as of the date hereof.


 


Section
9.06.       Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
herein, the terms and provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall apply only to the Notes and shall not apply to any
other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental
thereto) and this First Supplemental Indenture shall not and does not otherwise affect, modify, alter, supplement or change the
terms and provisions of any other series of Securities under the Base Indenture (as supplemented or amended from time to time
by one or more indentures supplemental thereto), whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding.


 


Section
9.07.       The recitals contained herein and in the Notes
shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or any Additional Notes,
except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture, authenticate
the Notes and any Additional Notes and perform its obligations hereunder. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of the Notes or any Additional Notes or the proceeds thereof.






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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above
written.


 





	 	BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF AMERICA
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Richard J. Byrne
	 	Name:	Richard J. Byrne
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Allison Lancaster-Poole
	 	Name:	Allison Lancaster-Poole
	 	Title:	Authorized Signatory







 


[Signature
page to First Supplemental Indenture]




     


     


    

Exhibit
A – Form of Global Note


 


This
Security is a Global Note within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The Depository
Trust Company or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered, and no transfer
of this Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than The Depository Trust Company or a
nominee thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.


 


Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company to the issuer or its agent for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment and such certificate issued in exchange for this certificate is registered in the name of Cede
 & Co., or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, any transfer, pledge
or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful, as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has
an interest herein.


 


[Insert
the Restricted Notes Legend if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]


 


Business
Development Corporation of America


 


	 	 	 
	No. ____	 	$ 
	 	 	CUSIP
No. 

        ISIN
No.    



 


3.250%
Notes due 2026


 


Business
Development Corporation of America, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Maryland (herein called the “Company”,
which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to
pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ______________ (U.S. $_____________) on March 30, 2026, and
to pay interest thereon from March 29, 2021 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semi-annually on March 30 and September 30 of each year, commencing September 30, 2021, at the rate of 3.250% per
annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be March 15 and September 15
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid
to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. This Security may be issued as part of a series.


 


Payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office of the Trustee
located at 214 N. Tryon Street, 27th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202 and at such other address as designated by the Trustee,
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed
to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; provided, further,
however, that so long as this Security is registered to Cede & Co., such payment will be made by wire transfer in accordance
with the procedures established by The Depository Trust Company and the Trustee.


 


Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.


 


Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.



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In
Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this
instrument to be duly executed.


 


Dated:
March 29, 2021


 


	 	BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF AMERICA
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:










 


	Attest	 
	 	 	 
	By:	 	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 








    A-2


     


    

This
is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.


 


Dated: March
29, 2021


 





	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	 	as Trustee
	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory








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Business
Development Corporation of America 


3.250%
Notes due 2026


 


This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Senior Securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”),
issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of March 29, 2021 (herein called the “Base
Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and U.S. Bank
National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under
the Base Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Base Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities and of
the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered, as amended and supplemented by the first
Supplemental Indenture, relating to the Securities, by and between the Company and the Trustee (herein called the “First
Supplemental Indenture”; and the First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture collectively are herein called
the “Indenture”). In the event of any conflict between the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture,
the First Supplemental Indenture shall govern and control.


 


This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $_______________.
Under a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Board Resolutions or an indenture supplement, the Company may
from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of Securities, issue additional Securities of this series (in any such case
 “Additional Securities”) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the
Securities, provided that, if such Additional Securities are not fungible with the Securities (or any other tranche of Additional
Securities) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then such Additional Securities will have different CUSIP numbers from the Securities
represented hereby (and any such other tranche of Additional Securities). Any Additional Securities and the existing Securities
will constitute a single series under the Indenture and all references to the relevant Securities herein shall include the Additional
Securities unless the context otherwise requires. The aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented hereby may from time
to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions.


 


The
Securities of this series are subject to redemption in whole or in part at any time or from time to time, at the option of the
Company, at a Redemption Price per security equal to the greater of the following amounts, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date:


 


(A)
100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, or


 


(B)
the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (exclusive of accrued and unpaid interest
and Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date) on the Notes to be redeemed through the Par Call Date, discounted to
the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using the applicable Treasury
Rate plus 40 basis points.


 


Notwithstanding
the foregoing, at any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes, at any time, or from
time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus, in each case, accrued
and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.


 


For
purposes of calculating the Redemption Price in connection with the redemption of the Notes, on any Redemption Date, the following
terms have the meanings set forth below:


 


“Treasury
Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield-to-maturity
of the Comparable Treasury Issue (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding the redemption), assuming a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for
such Redemption Date. The Redemption Price and the Treasury Rate will be determined by the Company.



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“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer as having a maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed (assuming the Notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date) that
would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financing practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed.


 


“Comparable
Treasury Price” means (1) the average of the remaining Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date,
after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than
four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.


 


“Par
Call Date” means February 28, 2026, which is the date that is one month prior to the maturity date of the Notes.


 


“Quotation
Agent” means a Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.


 


“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means each of (1) J.P Morgan Securities LLC, (2) Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and (3) at least three
primary U.S. government securities dealer selected by us; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates
ceases to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States, or a Primary Treasury Dealer, we will select another
Primary Treasury Dealer.


 


“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average,
as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as
a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m.
New York City time on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.


 


All
determinations made by any Reference Treasury Dealer, including the Quotation Agent, with respect to determining the Redemption
Price will be final and binding absent manifest error.


 


Notice
of redemption shall be given in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or by overnight courier guaranteeing next-day
delivery, to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed, not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the
Redemption Date, at the Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall contain the
information set forth in Section 11.04 of the Base Indenture.


 


Any
exercise of the Company’s option to redeem the Securities will be done in compliance with the Investment Company Act, to
the extent applicable.


 


If
the Company elects to redeem only a portion of the Securities, the particular Securities to be redeemed will be selected in accordance
with the applicable procedures of the Trustee and, so long as the Securities are registered to the Depositary or its nominee,
the Depositary. In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like
tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof; provided,
however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to
less than $2,000.


 


Unless
the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the
Securities called for redemption.


 


Holders
will have the right to require the Company to repurchase their Securities upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase
Event as set forth in the Indenture.


 


The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants
and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.



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If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing (other than Events of Default related
to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization as set forth in the Indenture), the principal of the Securities
of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. In the case of certain
events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization described in the Indenture, 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest on the Securities will automatically become due and payable.


 


The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by
the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities
at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities
of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or
in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.


 


As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute
any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder,
unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding
shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered
the Trustee indemnity, security, or both, satisfactory to the Trustee, against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred
in compliance with such request, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute
any such proceeding, for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and/or security. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or
any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.


 


No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of
the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the
times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.


 


As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in
the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in
any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.


 


The
Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of
this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.


 


No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or Trustee may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.


 


Prior
to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this
Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.



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All
terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.


 


To
the extent any provision of this Security conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture
shall govern and be controlling.


 


The
Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to principles of conflicts of laws.


 


The
Holder of this Note shall be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the
Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the Initial Purchasers.






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SCHEDULE
OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE


 


The
initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $______________. The following exchanges of a part of this Global
Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive
Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:


 





	Date of Exchange	 	Amount of decrease in

Principal Amount of

this Global Note	 	Amount of increase in

Principal Amount of

this Global Note	 	Principal Amount of

this Global Note following such decrease

(or increase)	 	Signature of

authorized officer of

Trustee or Note

Custodian	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 








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Exhibit
B – Form of Certificate of Transfer


 


Business
Development Corporation of America 


9
West 57th Street, 49th Floor, Suite 4920





New
York, New York 10019





Attention:
Secretary


 


U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee





214
N. Tryon Street, 27th Floor





Charlotte,
NC 28202





[Fax
No.: (617) 603-6665]1





Attention:
Corporate Trust Services


 


Re:
3.250% Notes due 2026


 


Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 29, 2021, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
March 29, 2021 (together, the “Indenture”), between Business Development Corporation of America, as issuer
(the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.


 


___________________,
(the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex
A hereto, in the principal amount of $___________ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to ___________________________
(the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor
hereby certifies that:


 


[CHECK
ALL THAT APPLY]


 


		1.	 ̈
                                         CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE 144A GLOBAL NOTE
                                         OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to
                                         and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended
                                         (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further
                                         certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person
                                         that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest
                                         or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which
                                         such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account
                                         is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a
                                         transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance
                                         with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon
                                         consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
                                         the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions
                                         on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes Legend printed on the 144A Global Note
                                         and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.



 


		2.	 ̈
                                         CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL
                                         NOTE OR DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant
                                         to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly,
                                         the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a
                                         person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee
                                         was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf
                                         reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or
                                         (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore
                                         securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows
                                         that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed
                                         selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or
                                         Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, and (iii) the transaction is not
                                         part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
                                         Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
                                         the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions
                                         on Transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes Legend printed on the Regulation S Global
                                         Note and/or Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.



 





 



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		3.	 ̈
                                         CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A GLOBAL
                                         NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN
                                         RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer
                                         restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
                                         Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable
                                         blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor
                                         hereby further certifies that such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary
                                         thereof.



 


		4.	 ̈ CHECK IF
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.



 


(a)         ̈
CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Notes
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the
restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive
Notes and in the Indenture.


 



(b)        ̈ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO
REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act
and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Notes Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the
Indenture. 


 


(c)
         ̈ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer
is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other
than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and
the Restricted Notes Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the
proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not
be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or
Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.



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This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.





	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:
	 	Title:




 


Dated:__________________






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ANNEX
A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER


 









	1.	The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	[CHECK ONE]
	 	 	 	 
	 	(i)	 ̈ 144A Global Note (CUSIP _________________), or
	 	 	 	 
	 	(ii)	 ̈ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP _________________), or
	 	 	 	 
	 	(iii)	 ̈ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP _________________)
	 	 	 	 
	2.	After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	[CHECK ONE]
	 	 	 	 
	 	(a)	 ̈ a beneficial interest in the:
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(i) 	 ̈ 144A Global Note (CUSIP  _________________),
or
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(ii) 	 ̈ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP
_________________), or
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(iii) 	 ̈ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP
_________________), or
	 	 	 	 
	 	(b)	 ̈ a Restricted Definitive Note; or
	 	 	 	 
	 	(c)	 ̈ an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
	 	 	 	 
	 	in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.











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Exhibit
C – Form of Certificate of Exchange


 


Business
Development Corporation of America 


9
West 57th Street, 49th Floor, Suite 4920 


New
York, New York 10019 


Attention:
Secretary


 


U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee 


214
N. Tryon Street, 27th Floor 


Charlotte,
NC 28202 


Attention:
Corporate Trust Services


 


Re:
3.250% Notes due 2026


 


 Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 29, 2021, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
March 29, 2021 (together, the “Indenture”), between Business Development Corporation of America, as issuer
(the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.


 


__________________________,
(the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal
amount of $____________ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the
Owner hereby certifies that:


 


		1.	EXCHANGE
                                         OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR
                                         UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE



 


(a)           ̈ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is
being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the
transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted
Notes Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.


 


(b)           ̈ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.
In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer,
(ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted
Notes Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired
in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.


 


(c)           ̈
CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with
the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner
hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange
has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture, and the Restricted Notes Legend
are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in
compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.



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(d)           ̈
CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange
of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive
Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities
Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Notes Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.


 


		2.	EXCHANGE
                                         OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR
                                         RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES



 


(a)           ̈
CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the
Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal
amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without
transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive
Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes Legend printed on the
Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.


 


(b)           ̈
CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the
Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note with an equal principal
amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer
and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes
and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial
interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes Legend printed on the relevant
Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.



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This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.


 




	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:
	 	Title:



 


Dated:__________________ 


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