Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 29, 2004



 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 [EXECUTION VERSION] 
  
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 
  
 7.75% Senior Notes Due 2012 
  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 October 29, 2004 
  
 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 
 As Representatives of the Initial Purchasers 
 c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 

388 Greenwich Street 
 New York, New York 10013 
  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to certain purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom you (the
“Representatives”) are acting as representatives, its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Securities”), upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement between the Company and the Representatives dated October 22, 2004 (the
“Purchase Agreement”) relating to the initial placement (the “Initial Placement”) of the Securities. To induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to satisfy a condition to your obligations thereunder,
the Company agrees with you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers) (each a “Holder” and, collectively, the “Holders”), as follows: 
  
 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”), the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings: 
  
 “Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. 
  
 “Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto. 
  
 “Broker-Dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered as such
under the Exchange Act. 
  
 “Business Day” shall mean
any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City. 
  
 “Closing Date” shall mean the date of the first issuance of the Securities. 







 “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “Deferral Period” shall have the meaning indicated in Section
4(k)(ii) hereof. 
  
 “Exchange Act” shall mean the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. 
  
 “Exchange Offer Registration Period” shall mean the 180-day period following the effective date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
  
 “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement of the Company on an appropriate form under the Act with respect to
the Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by
reference therein. 
  
 “Exchanging Dealer” shall mean
any Holder (which may include any Initial Purchaser) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (but not directly from the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company) for New Securities. 
  
 “Final Memorandum” shall mean the offering memorandum, dated October 22, 2004, relating to the Securities, including any and all exhibits thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein as of such date. 

 
 “Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto. 
  
 “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture
relating to the Securities, dated as of October 29, 2004, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 
  
 “Initial Placement” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto. 
  
 “Initial Purchaser” shall have the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 
  
 “Losses”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof. 
  
 “Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities registered under a Registration Statement. 
  
 “Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that
administer an underwritten offering, if any, under a Registration Statement. 
  
 “NASD Rules” shall mean the Conduct Rules and the By-Laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. 
  

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 “New Securities” shall mean debt securities of the Company identical in all material respects
to the Securities (except that the transfer restrictions shall be modified or eliminated, as appropriate) to be issued under the New Securities Indenture. 
  
 “New Securities Indenture” shall mean an indenture between the Company and the New Securities Trustee, identical
in all material respects to the Indenture (except that the transfer restrictions shall be modified or eliminated, as appropriate), which may be the Indenture if in the terms thereof appropriate provision is made for the New Securities.

  
 “New Securities Trustee” shall mean a bank or trust
company reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, as trustee with respect to the New Securities under the New Securities Indenture. 
  
 “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of
any portion of the Securities or the New Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto, including any and all exhibits thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein. 
  
 “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto. 
  
 “Registered Exchange Offer” shall
mean the proposed offer of the Company to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Securities that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Securities, a like aggregate principal
amount of the New Securities. 
  
 “Registrable
Securities” shall mean (i) Securities other than those that have been (A) registered under a Registration Statement and disposed of in accordance therewith or (B) distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act or any successor
rule or regulation thereto that may be adopted by the Commission and (ii) any New Securities resale of which by the Holder thereof requires compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act. 
  
 “Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8 hereof. 
  
 “Registration Default Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof. 
  
 “Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the Securities or the New Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any amendments and
supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments (in each case including the Prospectus contained therein), all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein. 
  
 “Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto. 
  

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 “Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

  
 “Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3(b) hereof. 
  
 “Shelf Registration
Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company prepared and filed with the Commission pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Securities or New Securities, as applicable,
on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus
contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein. 
  
 “Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture. 
  
 “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder. 
  
 “underwriter” shall mean any
underwriter of Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement. 
  
 2. Registered Exchange Offer. (a) The Company shall prepare and, not later than 90 days following the Closing Date (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), shall file with the Commission the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Act within 180 days of the Closing Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day). The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Registered Exchange Offer to be consummated within 225 days of the Closing Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day). 
  
 (b) Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the
objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company, acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such
Holder’s business, has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New
Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of a substantial proportion of the several states of the United States. 
  
 (c) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

  
 (i) mail to each Holder a copy of the
Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents; 
  

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 (ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days after the date
notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or, in each case, longer if required by applicable law); 
  
 (iii) use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act, supplemented and
amended as required to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers during the Exchange Offer Registration Period; 
  
 (iv) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer, which may be the Trustee, the New Securities Trustee or an
Affiliate of either of them; 
  
 (v) permit
Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open; 
  
 (vi) prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to
the Commission (A) stating that the Company is conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc.
(pub. avail. June 5, 1991); and (B) including a representation that the Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that, to the
best of the Company’s information and belief, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Securities in the ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate
in the distribution of the New Securities; and 
  
 (vii) comply in all respects with all applicable laws. 
  
 (d) As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall: 
  
 (i) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; 
  
 (ii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance
with Section 4(s) all Securities so accepted for exchange; and 
  
 (iii) cause the New Securities Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder so accepted
for exchange. 
  
 (e) Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees
that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New 
  

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 Securities (x) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the
Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and
similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, which must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the
selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company
or one of its Affiliates. Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company that, at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer: 
  
 (i) any New Securities received by such Holder will be
acquired in the ordinary course of business; 
  
 (ii) such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Securities or the New Securities within the meaning of the Act; and 
  
 (iii) such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company.

  
 (f) If any Initial Purchaser determines that it is not
eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the exchange of Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, at the request of such Initial Purchaser, the Company shall issue and deliver to such Initial
Purchaser or the person purchasing New Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement as contemplated by Section 3 hereof from such Initial Purchaser, in exchange for such Securities, a like principal amount of New Securities. The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the CUSIP Service Bureau to issue the same CUSIP number for such New Securities as for New Securities issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer. 
  
 3. Shelf Registration. (a) If (i) due to any change in law or
applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff, the Company determines upon advice of its outside counsel that it is not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof; or (ii) for any other
reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 225 days of the Closing Date; or (iii) prior to the 20th day following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, (a) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to Securities that are not eligible to be exchanged for New Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and that are
held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer; or (b) any Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer; or (c) in the case of any Initial Purchaser that participates in
the Registered Exchange Offer or acquires New Securities pursuant to Section 2(f) hereof, such Initial Purchaser does not receive freely tradeable New Securities in exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment (it being
understood that (x) the requirement that an Initial Purchaser deliver a Prospectus containing the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Act in connection with sales of New Securities acquired in 
  

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 exchange for such Securities shall result in such New Securities not being “freely tradeable”; and (y) the
requirement that an Exchanging Dealer deliver a Prospectus in connection with resales of New Securities acquired in the Registered Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities
shall not result in such New Securities not being “freely tradeable”), the Company shall effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below. 
  
 (b) (i) The Company shall as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 60 days after so required or requested
pursuant to this Section 3), file with the Commission and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective under the Act within 120 days after so required or requested, a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the
offer and sale of the Securities or the New Securities, as applicable, by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; provided,
however, that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement
applicable to such Holder; and provided further, that with respect to New Securities received by an Initial Purchaser in exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the Company may, if permitted by current
interpretations by the Commission’s staff, file a post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement containing the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in satisfaction of its obligations
under this subsection with respect thereto, and any such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as so amended, shall be referred to herein as, and governed by the provisions herein applicable to, a Shelf Registration Statement. 
  
 (ii) The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) from the date the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until the earlier of (A) the second anniversary thereof or (B) the date upon which all the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have
been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding. The Company shall be deemed not to have used its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Registration Period if it
voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities at any time during the Shelf Registration Period, unless such action is (x) required by applicable law or
otherwise undertaken by the Company in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the Company’s obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets, and (y) permitted pursuant to Section
4(k)(ii) hereof. 
  

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 4. Additional Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement
and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply. 
  
 (a) The Company shall: 
  
 (i) furnish to each of the Representatives and to counsel for the Holders, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof
with the Commission, a copy of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereto and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein and, upon written request by the
Representatives shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Representatives reasonably propose; 
  
 (ii) include the information substantially in the form set
forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in
the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; 
  
 (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the
information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; and 
  
 (iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders. 
  
 (b)
The Company shall ensure that: 
  
 (i) any
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Act; and 
  
 (ii) any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto does
not, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
(in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. 
  
 (c) The Company shall advise the Representatives, the Holders of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under
any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has provided in writing to the Company a telephone or 
  

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 facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested by any Representative or any such Holder or Exchanging
Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Company shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):

  
 (i) when a Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; 
  
 (ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional
information; 
  
 (iii) of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; 
  

(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included
therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and 
  
 (v) of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, as of such date, they
(A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading 
  
 (d) The Company shall
use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the
withdrawal thereof. 
  
 (e) The Company shall furnish to each
Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all material incorporated
therein by reference and all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein). 
  
 (f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without
charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf
Registration Statement. 
  

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 (g) The Company shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which so requests, without charge, at least one
copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all material incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto (including exhibits
incorporated by reference therein). 
  
 (h) The Company shall
promptly deliver to each Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging Dealer and each other person required to deliver a Prospectus during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such person may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer and
any such other person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
  
 (i) Prior to the
Registered Exchange Offer or any other offering of Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Company shall arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities or the New Securities for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as any Holder shall reasonably request and shall maintain such qualification in effect so long as required; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so
qualified or to take any action that would subject it to taxation in excess of a nominal amount or service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the Initial Placement, the Registered Exchange Offer or any offering pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement, in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. 
  
 (j) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement
free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request. 
  
 (k) (i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (c)(ii) through (v) above, the Company shall promptly (or within the time period
provided for by clause (ii) hereof, if applicable) prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
delivered to Initial Purchasers of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 shall be extended by the number of days from and
including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 4(c) to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented
Prospectus pursuant to this Section. 
  

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 (ii) Upon the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development or any other material event
that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of a Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, the Company shall give notice (without notice of the nature or details of such events) to
the Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, each Holder agrees not to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration until such Holder’s receipt of
copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in Section 3(i) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. The period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration and any Prospectus is suspended (the “Deferral Period”) shall not exceed 45 days in any three-month
period or 90 days in any twelve-month period. 
  
 (l) Not later
than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall provide a CUSIP number for the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with printed
certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company. 
  
 (m) The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to its security holders an
earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days,
if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement. 
  
 (n) The Company shall cause the New Securities Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.

  
 (o) The Company may require each Holder of securities to be
sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration
Statement. The Company may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. 
  
 (p) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall enter
into customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Securities, and in connection
therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof. 
  

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 (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall, if requested: 
  
 (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders
of Securities to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter (each such Holder,
underwriter, attorney, accountant or other agent, a “Shelf Inspector”) all relevant financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company and its subsidiaries; 
  
 (ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors,
employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by any Shelf Inspector as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided, however, that with respect to any attorney
engaged by the Holders or any underwriter, the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated by one counsel designated by the Holders and one counsel designated by the underwriter or underwriters; provided
further, however, that each Shelf Inspector shall agree in writing that it will keep the records confidential and that it will not disclose any of the records that the Company determines, in a good faith, to be confidential unless (i)
the release of such records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than through the acts of such Shelf
Inspector; provided, however, that prior notice shall be provided as soon as practicable to the Company of the potential disclosure of any information by such Shelf Inspector pursuant to clause (i) of this sentence to permit the Company to obtain a
protective order or take other appropriate action to prevent the disclosure of such information at the Company’s sole expense (or waive the provisions of this paragraph) and that such Shelf Inspector shall take such actions as reasonably
necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information (if practicable) to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of the Shelf Inspector; 
  
 (iii) make such representations and warranties to the
Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set
forth in the Purchase Agreement; 
  
 (iv) obtain
opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any,
covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters; 
  

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 (v) obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent
certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or
are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in
“comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, provided, that each such requesting person makes such representations as may be required for such independent certified public accountants to deliver such letters;
and 
  
 (vi) deliver such documents and
certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders or the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with Section 4(k) and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other
agreement entered into by the Company. 
  
 The actions set forth in clauses (iii),
(iv), (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (q) shall only be performed at each pricing and closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder. 
  
 (r) In the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall, if requested by an Initial Purchaser or by
a broker dealer that holds Securities that were acquired as a result of market making or other trading activities: 
  
 (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the requesting party, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the
requesting party (each such requesting party, attorney, accountant or other agent an “Exchange Inspector”), all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries;

  
 (ii) cause the Company’s officers,
directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the requesting party or any Exchange Inspector in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence
examinations; provided, however, that with respect to any attorney engaged by the Holders or any underwriter, the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated by one counsel designated by the Holders and one
counsel designated by the underwriter or underwriters; provided further; however that each Exchange Inspector shall agree in writing that it will keep the records confidential and that it will not disclose any of the records that the Company
determines, in a good faith, to be confidential unless (i) the release of such records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) the information in such Records has been made generally available
to the public other than through the acts of such Exchange Inspector; provided, however, that prior notice shall be provided as soon as practicable to the Company of the potential 
  

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 disclosure of any information by such Exchange Inspector pursuant to clause (i) of this sentence to
permit the Company to obtain a protective order or take other appropriate action to prevent the disclosure of such information at the Company’s sole expense (or waive the provisions of this paragraph) and that such Exchange Inspector shall take
such actions as reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information (if practicable) to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of the Holder or any
Exchange Inspector; 
  
 (iii) make such
representations and warranties to the requesting party, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the
Purchase Agreement; 
  
 (iv) obtain opinions of
counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the requesting party and its counsel, addressed to the requesting party, covering such matters as are
customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the requesting party or its counsel; 
  
 (v) obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public
accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to
be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to the requesting party, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, or if requested
by the requesting party or its counsel in lieu of a “comfort” letter, an agreed-upon procedures letter under Statement on Auditing Standards No. 35, covering matters requested by the requesting party or its counsel, provided, that
each such requesting person makes such representations as may be required for such independent certified public accountants to deliver such letters; and 
  
 (vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the requesting party or its counsel, including those to
evidence compliance with Section 4(k) and with conditions customarily contained in underwriting agreements. 
  
 The foregoing actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section shall be performed at the close of the Registered Exchange Offer and the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
  
 (s) If a Registered
Exchange Offer is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the New Securities, the Company shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the Securities
so exchanged that such Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the New Securities. In no event shall the Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied. 
  

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 (t) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts if the Securities have been rated prior to
the initial sale of such Securities, to confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement. 
  
 (u) In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting
syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the NASD Rules) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or
otherwise, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist such Broker-Dealer in complying with the NASD Rules. 
  
 (v) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the New
Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement. 
  
 5. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the
Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel (which shall initially be White & Case LLP, but which may be another nationally recognized law firm experienced in securities matters designated by the Majority Holders) to
act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith, and, in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers for the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel acting in connection therewith.

  
 6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Registration Statement, each Initial Purchaser and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 4(h) hereof,
each Exchanging Dealer, the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and agents of each such Holder, Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer and each person who controls any such Holder, Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation,
at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agrees to
reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the
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 any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the party claiming indemnification specifically for inclusion
therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have. 
  
 The Company also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) or contribute as provided in Section 6(d) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if
any, of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, employees, Affiliates or agents and each person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as
that of the indemnification of the Initial Purchasers and the selling Holders provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 4(p) hereof.

  
 (b) Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration
Statement (including each Initial Purchaser that is a Holder, in such capacity) severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs such Registration Statement and each
person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each such Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any such Holder may otherwise have.

  
 (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 6 or notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the
indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above.
The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is
sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties
except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the
indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of
counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be 
  

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 legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available
to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the
indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding. 
  
 (d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement and the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses;
provided, however, that in no case shall any Initial Purchaser be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or commission applicable to such Security, or in the case of a New Security, applicable
to the Security that was exchangeable into such New Security, as set forth in the Final Memorandum, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the securities purchased
by such underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the Initial Placement (before deducting expenses) as set forth in the Final
Memorandum. Benefits received by the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions as set forth on the cover page of the Final Memorandum, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to
be equal to the value of receiving Securities or New Securities, as applicable, registered under the Act. Benefits received by any underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover
page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to
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 it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section, each person who controls a Holder within the
meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or
the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of
this paragraph (d). 
  
 (e) The provisions of this Section will
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or the Company or any of the indemnified persons referred to in this Section 6, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a
Registration Statement. 
  
 7. Underwritten Registrations.
(a) If any of the Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders. 
  
 (b) No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to any
Shelf Registration Statement, unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to
approve such arrangements; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
  
 8. Registration Defaults. If any of the following events shall occur,
then the Company shall pay liquidated damages (the “Registration Default Damages”) to the Holders of Securities in respect of the Securities as follows: 
  
 (a) if any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date
specified for such filing in this Agreement; or 
  
 (b) if any
Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date by which commercially reasonable efforts are to be used to cause such effectiveness under this Agreement; or 
  
 (c) if the Registered Exchange Offer has not been consummated on or prior to
the date by which commercially reasonable efforts are to be used to cause such consummation under this Agreement; or 
  
 (d) if any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective but (i) ceases to be effective at any time at which it is
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 under this Agreement, or (ii) ceases to be usable in connection with resales of the New Securities in accordance with and
during the periods specified in this Agreement, other than as permitted pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii) or Section 4(k)(ii), 
  
 (each such event a “Registration Default” and each period during which a Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, a “Registration Default
Period”), then, as liquidated damages for such Registration Default, additional interest will accrue on the aggregate principal amount of the New Securities (in addition to the stated interest on the New Securities) from and including the date
on which any such Registration Default shall occur to, but excluding, the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured. Additional interest will accrue at an initial rate of 0.25% per annum, which rate shall increase by 0.25% per annum
for each subsequent 90-day period during which such Registration Default continues up to a maximum of 1.00% per annum. If, after the cure of all Registration Defaults then in effect, there is a subsequent Registration Default, the rate of additional
interest for such subsequent Registration Default shall initially be 0.25% regardless of the rate in effect with respect to any prior Registration Default at the time of cure of such Registration Default. 
  
 9. No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered into, and
agrees not to enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. 
  
 10. Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not
be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Securities outstanding; provided that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser
against which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective; provided, further, that no amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent with respect to Section 8 hereof shall be effective as
against any Holder of Registered Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder; and provided, further, that the provisions of this Article 10 may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents
to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the Initial Purchasers and each Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing (except the foregoing provisos), a waiver or consent to departure
from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or
indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by the Majority Holders, determined on the basis of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, being sold rather than registered under such Registration Statement. 
  
 11. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery: 
  
 (a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such holder to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11,
which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the Indenture; 
  

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 (b) if to the Representatives, initially at the address or addresses set forth in the
Purchase Agreement; and 
  
 (c) if to the
Company, initially at its address set forth in the Purchase Agreement. 
  
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received. 
  
 The Initial Purchasers or the Company by notice to the other parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications. 
  
 12. Remedies. Each Holder, in addition
to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein, in the Indenture or in the Purchase Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this
Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
  
 13.
Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company thereto, subsequent
Holders of Securities and the New Securities, and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 6 hereof. The Company hereby agrees to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Securities and the New Securities, and any such Holder may
specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto. 
  
 14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
  
 15. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
  
 16.
Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York. The parties hereto each hereby waive any
right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement. 
  
 17. Severability. In the event that any one of more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it
being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. 
  

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 18. Securities Held by the Company, etc. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a
specified percentage of principal amount of Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Securities or New Securities, as applicable, held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities or New Securities if such
subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

  

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 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us
the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company and the several Initial Purchasers. 
  

			
	 Very truly yours,

	
	 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Robert J. Rivet


	 Name:
	 	 Robert J. Rivet

	 Title:
	 	 Executive Vice President and

	 	 	 Chief Financial Officer



  
 The foregoing Agreement is
hereby 
 confirmed and accepted as of the 
 date first above
written. 
  
 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 
  

			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Richard J. Gallivan


	 Name:
	 	 Richard J. Gallivan

	 Title:
	 	 Managing Director


  
 For itself and the other several
Initial 
 Purchasers named in Schedule I to 
 the Purchase
Agreement. 







 ANNEX A 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such new securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the
Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer
as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The company has agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business 180-day period after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus available to
any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.” 
  

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 ANNEX B 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account in exchange for securities, where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer
as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. See “Plan of Distribution.” 
  

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 ANNEX C 
  
 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such new securities. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such
securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The company has agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business 180-day period after the expiration date, it will make
this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until
                    ,             , all dealers effecting transactions in
the new securities may be required to deliver a prospectus. 
  
 The company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new securities by brokers-dealers. New securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more
transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the new securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such
prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the
purchasers of any such new securities. Any broker-dealer that resells new securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such new securities may
be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and any profit of any such resale of new securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act.
The Letter of Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act. 
  
 For a period of 180-day period after the expiration date, the company will
promptly send a reasonable number of additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The company has agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holder of the securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the securities (including any broker-dealers)
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act. 
  

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 ANNEX D 
  
 Rider A 
  
 PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO. 
  

			
	 Name:
	 	  


	 Address:
	 	  


	 	 	  



  
 Rider B 
  
 If the undersigned is not a Broker-Dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the
New Securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Securities and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the New
Securities. If the undersigned is a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it represents that the Securities to be exchange for New Securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit
that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.