Third Supplemental Indenture to Indenture



 Exhibit 4.1 

Execution Version 
 THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of January 26, 2015
among QD Services, Inc. (the “New Guarantor”), a Delaware corporation, QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, LLC (or its successor), a Delaware limited liability company, and QD CAPITAL CORPORATION (or its successor), a Delaware corporation
(together, the “Issuers”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”). 

WITNESSETH: 
 WHEREAS the Issuers
and certain Guarantors named therein have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) dated as of November 3, 2010, providing for the issuance
of the Issuers’ Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2018 ( the “Notes”), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $225,000,000; 

WHEREAS Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuers are required to cause the New Guarantor to
execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions
set forth herein; and 
 WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Issuers are authorized to execute and
deliver this Supplemental Indenture; 
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor, the Issuers and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows: 

1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used
herein as therein defined, except that the term “holders” in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term “holders” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such
holders. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
section hereof. 
 2. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing guarantors (if
any), to unconditionally guarantee the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XII of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the
Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a guarantor under the Indenture. 
 3. Notices. All
notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture. 








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 4. Ratification of Indenture: Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as
expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all
purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. 
 5. Governing
Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. 

6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture. 
 7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 
 8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof. 
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 Execution Version 
  

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

					
	QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, LLC , as an Issuer
		
	By:		  

			Name:		[                                      
  ]
			Title:		[                                      
  ]
	
	QD CAPITAL CORPORATION, as an Issuer
		
	By:		  

			Name:		[                                      
  ]
			Title:		[                                      
  ]
	
	QD SERVICES, INC., as a Guarantor
		
	By:		  

			Name:		[                                      
  ]
			Title:		[                                      
  ]
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
		
	By:		  

			Name:		[                                      
  ]
			Title:		[                                      
  ]