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 Exhibit 10.3 

EXECUTION VERSION 
  

 
  

POMEGRANATE MERGER SUB, INC. 

(to be merged with and into THE FRESH MARKET, INC.) 

as Issuer 
 and the Subsidiary
Guarantors party hereto from time to time 
 9.75% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2023  

 
  

INDENTURE 
 Dated as of
April 27, 2016 
  
  

and 
 Wilmington Trust, National
Association 
 as Trustee 
  

 
  

  














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	ARTICLE I	  

	
	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	  

			
	SECTION 1.01	 	Definitions	  	 	1	 
	SECTION 1.02	 	Other Definitions	  	 	50	 
	SECTION 1.03	 	Rules of Construction	  	 	51	 
	SECTION 1.04	 	No Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	  	 	52	 
	
	ARTICLE II	  

	
	THE NOTES	  

			
	SECTION 2.01	 	Amount of Notes	  	 	52	 
	SECTION 2.02	 	Form and Dating	  	 	53	 
	SECTION 2.03	 	Execution and Authentication	  	 	53	 
	SECTION 2.04	 	Registrar and Paying Agent	  	 	54	 
	SECTION 2.05	 	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust	  	 	54	 
	SECTION 2.06	 	Holder Lists	  	 	55	 
	SECTION 2.07	 	Transfer and Exchange	  	 	55	 
	SECTION 2.08	 	Replacement Notes	  	 	56	 
	SECTION 2.09	 	Outstanding Notes	  	 	56	 
	SECTION 2.10	 	Cancellation	  	 	57	 
	SECTION 2.11	 	Defaulted Interest	  	 	57	 
	SECTION 2.12	 	CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc.	  	 	57	 
	SECTION 2.13	 	Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes	  	 	57	 
	
	ARTICLE III	  

	
	REDEMPTION	  

			
	SECTION 3.01	 	Redemption	  	 	58	 
	SECTION 3.02	 	Applicability of Article	  	 	58	 
	SECTION 3.03	 	Notices to Trustee	  	 	58	 
	SECTION 3.04	 	Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed	  	 	58	 
	SECTION 3.05	 	Notice of Optional Redemption	  	 	59	 
	SECTION 3.06	 	Effect of Notice of Redemption	  	 	60	 
	SECTION 3.07	 	Deposit of Redemption Price	  	 	60	 
	SECTION 3.08	 	Notes Redeemed in Part	  	 	60	 
	
	ARTICLE IV	  

	
	COVENANTS	  

			
	SECTION 4.01	 	Payment of Notes	  	 	61	 
	SECTION 4.02	 	Reports and Other Information	  	 	61	 
	SECTION 4.03	 	Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock	  	 	63	 
	SECTION 4.04	 	Limitation on Restricted Payments	  	 	71	 


  
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	SECTION 4.05	 	Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries	  	 	79	 
	SECTION 4.06	 	Asset Sales	  	 	81	 
	SECTION 4.07	 	Transactions with Affiliates	  	 	84	 
	SECTION 4.08	 	Change of Control	  	 	88	 
	SECTION 4.09	 	Compliance Certificate	  	 	90	 
	SECTION 4.10	 	Further Instruments and Acts	  	 	90	 
	SECTION 4.11	 	Future Subsidiary Guarantors	  	 	90	 
	SECTION 4.12	 	Liens	  	 	90	 
	SECTION 4.13	 	After-Acquired Property	  	 	91	 
	SECTION 4.14	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	  	 	92	 
	SECTION 4.15	 	Covenant Suspension	  	 	92	 
	
	ARTICLE V	  

	
	SUCCESSOR COMPANY	  

			
	SECTION 5.01	 	When Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors May Merge or Transfer Assets	  	 	93	 
	
	ARTICLE VI	  

	
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	  

			
	SECTION 6.01	 	Events of Default	  	 	96	 
	SECTION 6.02	 	Acceleration	  	 	98	 
	SECTION 6.03	 	Other Remedies	  	 	98	 
	SECTION 6.04	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	  	 	99	 
	SECTION 6.05	 	Control by Majority	  	 	99	 
	SECTION 6.06	 	Limitation on Suits	  	 	99	 
	SECTION 6.07	 	Contractual Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment	  	 	100	 
	SECTION 6.08	 	Collection Suit by Trustee	  	 	100	 
	SECTION 6.09	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	  	 	100	 
	SECTION 6.10	 	Priorities	  	 	100	 
	SECTION 6.11	 	Undertaking for Costs	  	 	101	 
	SECTION 6.12	 	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	  	 	101	 
	
	ARTICLE VII	  

	
	TRUSTEE	  

			
	SECTION 7.01	 	Duties of Trustee	  	 	101	 
	SECTION 7.02	 	Rights of Trustee	  	 	103	 
	SECTION 7.03	 	Individual Rights of Trustee	  	 	104	 
	SECTION 7.04	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer	  	 	104	 
	SECTION 7.05	 	Notice of Defaults	  	 	105	 
	SECTION 7.06	 	[Reserved]	  	 	105	 
	SECTION 7.07	 	Compensation and Indemnity	  	 	105	 
	SECTION 7.08	 	Replacement of Trustee	  	 	106	 


  
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	 SECTION 7.09
	 	 Successor Trustee by Merger
	  	 	107	 
	 SECTION 7.10
	 	 Eligibility; Disqualification
	  	 	107	 
	 SECTION 7.11
	 	 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer
	  	 	108	 
	 SECTION 7.12
	 	 Limitation on Duty of Trustee in Respect of Collateral; Indemnification
	  	 	108	 
	
	ARTICLE VIII	  

	
	DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE	  

			
	 SECTION 8.01
	 	 Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance
	  	 	109	 
	 SECTION 8.02
	 	 Conditions to Defeasance
	  	 	110	 
	 SECTION 8.03
	 	 Application of Trust Money
	  	 	111	 
	 SECTION 8.04
	 	 Repayment to Issuer
	  	 	112	 
	 SECTION 8.05
	 	 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations
	  	 	112	 
	 SECTION 8.06
	 	 Reinstatement
	  	 	112	 
	
	ARTICLE IX	  

	
	AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS	  

			
	 SECTION 9.01
	 	 Without Consent of the Holders
	  	 	112	 
	 SECTION 9.02
	 	 With Consent of the Holders
	  	 	114	 
	 SECTION 9.03
	 	 Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers
	  	 	115	 
	 SECTION 9.04
	 	 Notation on or Exchange of Notes
	  	 	115	 
	 SECTION 9.05
	 	 Trustee to Sign Amendments
	  	 	115	 
	 SECTION 9.06
	 	 Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount
	  	 	116	 
	
	ARTICLE X	  

	
	RANKING OF NOTE LIENS	  

			
	 SECTION 10.01
	 	 Relative Rights
	  	 	116	 
	
	ARTICLE XI	  

	
	COLLATERAL	  

			
	 SECTION 11.01
	 	 Security Documents
	  	 	117	 
	 SECTION 11.02
	 	 First-Priority Collateral Agent
	  	 	118	 
	 SECTION 11.03
	 	 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken
	  	 	119	 
	 SECTION 11.04
	 	 Release of Liens
	  	 	120	 
	 SECTION 11.05
	 	 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee
	  	 	122	 
	 SECTION 11.06
	 	 Release Upon Termination of the Issuer’s Obligations
	  	 	123	 
	 SECTION 11.07
	 	 Designations
	  	 	123	 


  
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	ARTICLE XII	  

	
	GUARANTEE	  

			
	 SECTION 12.01
	 	Subsidiary Guarantee	  	 	123	 
	 SECTION 12.02
	 	Limitation on Liability	  	 	126	 
	 SECTION 12.03
	 	[Intentionally Omitted]	  	 	126	 
	 SECTION 12.04
	 	Successors and Assigns	  	 	126	 
	 SECTION 12.05
	 	No Waiver	  	 	127	 
	 SECTION 12.06
	 	Modification	  	 	127	 
	 SECTION 12.07
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Subsidiary Guarantors	  	 	127	 
	 SECTION 12.08
	 	Non-Impairment	  	 	127	 
	
	ARTICLE XIII	  

	
	MISCELLANEOUS	  

			
	 SECTION 13.01
	 	[Reserved]	  	 	128	 
	 SECTION 13.02
	 	Notices	  	 	128	 
	 SECTION 13.03
	 	[Reserved]	  	 	129	 
	 SECTION 13.04
	 	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	  	 	129	 
	 SECTION 13.05
	 	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	  	 	129	 
	 SECTION 13.06
	 	When Notes Disregarded	  	 	130	 
	 SECTION 13.07
	 	Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar	  	 	130	 
	 SECTION 13.08
	 	Legal Holidays	  	 	130	 
	 SECTION 13.09
	 	GOVERNING LAW	  	 	130	 
	 SECTION 13.10
	 	No Recourse Against Others	  	 	130	 
	 SECTION 13.11
	 	Successors	  	 	130	 
	 SECTION 13.12
	 	Multiple Originals	  	 	131	 
	 SECTION 13.13
	 	Table of Contents; Headings	  	 	131	 
	 SECTION 13.14
	 	Indenture Controls	  	 	131	 
	 SECTION 13.15
	 	Severability	  	 	131	 
	 SECTION 13.16
	 	Intercreditor Agreement	  	 	131	 
	 SECTION 13.17
	 	Waiver of Jury Trial	  	 	131	 

  

					
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 EXHIBIT INDEX 

 

					
	Exhibit A	  	–	  	Form of Initial Note
	Exhibit B	  	–	  	Form of Transferee Letter of Representation
	Exhibit C	  	–	  	Form of Supplemental Indenture (Future Guarantors)
	Exhibit D	  	–	  	Form of Supplemental Indenture (Issuer Merger)

  

  
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 INDENTURE, dated as of April 27, 2016, among POMEGRANATE MERGER SUB, INC., a Delaware
corporation (“Merger Sub”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto from time to time (as defined below) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 

On the Issue Date (as defined below), and immediately after the issuance of the Initial Notes (as defined below), Merger Sub will merge with
and into THE FRESH MARKET, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “The Fresh Market”), with The Fresh Market as the surviving corporation (the “Issuer Merger”), and The Fresh Market
will assume all obligations of Merger Sub under this Indenture and the Notes. In this Indenture, references to the “Issuer” mean, prior to the Issuer Merger, Merger Sub, and from and after the Issuer Merger, The Fresh Market. 

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of (i) $800,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 9.75% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2023 issued on the date hereof (the “Initial Notes”) and (ii) Additional Notes issued from time to time (together with the Initial
Notes, the “Notes”): 
 ARTICLE I 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 

SECTION 1.01 Definitions. 

“Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person: 

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into
or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and 
 (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person. 
 Acquired Indebtedness will be deemed to have been Incurred, with respect to clause (1) of the
preceding sentence, on the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and, with respect to clause (2) of the preceding sentence, on the date of consummation of such acquisition of such assets. 

“Acquisition Documents” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Pomegranate Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Pomegranate Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, and The Fresh Market, and any other agreements or instruments contemplated thereby, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 

“Additional First-Priority Secured Party” means the holders of any Other First-Priority Obligations that are Incurred after
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 “Additional Notes” means the Notes issued under the terms of this Indenture
subsequent to the Issue Date. 
 “Additional Refinancing Amount” means, in connection with the Incurrence of any
Refinancing Indebtedness, the aggregate principal amount of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to pay accrued and unpaid interest, premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, defeasance costs and fees in
respect thereof. 
 “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.     
 “After-Acquired Property” means any property or
assets (other than Excluded Property) of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor that secures any First-Priority Obligations (including any Secured Bank Indebtedness) that is not already subject to the Lien under the Security Documents. 

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any applicable redemption date, as determined by the Issuer, the
greater of: 
 (1) 1% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note; and 

(2) the excess of: 

(a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note, at May 1, 2019 (such
redemption price being set forth in Paragraph 5 of the Note) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through May 1, 2019 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury
Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over 
 (b) the then outstanding principal amount of the Note.

 “Asset Sale” means: 

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions)
of property or assets (including by way of Sale/Leaseback Transactions) outside the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or 

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign
nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions), in each case
other than: 
 (a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, damaged or worn out
property or equipment in the ordinary course of business; 
  

  
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 (b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer
in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control; 
 (c) any
Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04; 
 (d) any
disposition of assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, which assets or Equity Interests so disposed or issued have an aggregate Fair Market Value (as
determined in good faith by the Issuer) of less than $30 million; 
 (e) any disposition of property or assets, or the
issuance of securities, by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary; 

(f) any exchange of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) for assets related to a Similar Business
of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuer; 

(g) foreclosure or any similar action with respect to any property or other asset of the Issuer or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries; 
 (h) any disposition of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted
Subsidiary; 
 (i) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

 (j) any sale of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business; 

(k) any grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks,
know-how or any other intellectual property; 
 (l) any swap of assets, or lease,
assignment or sublease of any real or personal property, in exchange for services (including in connection with any outsourcing arrangements) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries
as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuer; 

  
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 (m) any disposition (including by capital contribution) of Securitization
Assets, including pursuant to Permitted Securitization Financings; 
 (n) any financing transaction with respect to property
built or acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including any Sale/Leaseback Transaction or asset securitization permitted by this Indenture; 

(o) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens; 

(p) any disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a
Person (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made
as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition; 

(q) the sale of any property in a Sale/Leaseback Transaction within twelve months of the acquisition of such property; 

(r) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of
business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements; 
 (s) any surrender,
expiration or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind; 

(t) any disposition made pursuant to the Acquisition Documents (as in effect on the Issue Date) or in connection with the
Transactions; and 
 (u) to the extent constituting an Asset Sale, any termination, settlement or extinguishment of Hedging
Obligations. 
 “Authorized Representative” means (i) in the case of the Notes, the Trustee, (ii) in the case of
the Credit Agreement, the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement, and (iii) in the case of any Series of Other First-Priority Obligation that becomes subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the authorized representative (and
any successor thereto) named for such Series in the applicable joinder agreement. 
 “Bank Indebtedness” means any and all
amounts payable under or in respect of (a) the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or
otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of the Credit Agreement), including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or
otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued
thereunder or altering the maturity thereof, including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any 

  
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petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Issuer whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement
obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof (except to the extent any such refinancing, replacement or restructuring is designated by the Issuer to not be included in the definition of “Bank
Indebtedness”) and (b) whether or not the Indebtedness referred to in clause (a) remains outstanding, if designated by the Issuer to be included in this definition, one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities,
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, reserve-based loans, securitization or receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such
receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements
evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part
from time to time. 
 “Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code. 

“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such Person or any
direct or indirect parent of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.     

“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or
required by law to close in New York City or the place of payment. 
 “Capital Stock” means: 

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares; 

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; 
 (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company,
partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and 
 (4) any other interest or participation that confers
on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person. 

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in
respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP; provided that obligations of the Issuer or its
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were not included on the consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer as capital lease obligations and were subsequently recharacterized as capital lease obligations or, in the case of such a special
purpose or other entity becoming consolidated with the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries were required to be characterized as capital lease obligations upon such consolidation, in either case, due to a change in accounting treatment or
otherwise, or (b) did not exist on the Issue Date and were required to be characterized as capital lease obligations but would not have been required to be treated as capital lease obligations on the Issue Date had they existed at that time,
shall for all purposes not be treated as Capitalized Lease Obligations or Indebtedness. 
 “Capitalized Software
Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or
internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and such Restricted Subsidiaries. 

“Cash Equivalents” means: 

(1) U.S. dollars, pounds sterling, euros, the national currency of any member state in the European Union or such local
currencies held by an entity from time to time in the ordinary course of business; 
 (2) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any country that is a member of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof in each case maturing not more than two years from the date of acquisition; 

(3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition, bankers’ acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250 million and whose long-term debt is
rated “A” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency); 

(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with
any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above; 
 (5) commercial paper issued by a
corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuer) rated at least “A-1” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized
ratings agency) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition; 
 (6) readily marketable direct
obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another
internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition; 

  
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 (7) Indebtedness issued by Persons (other than the Sponsors or any of their
Affiliates) with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Moody’s (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each
case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition; 
 (8) investment funds investing at least 95% of
their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above; 
 (9) instruments equivalent to
those referred to in clauses (1) through (8) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside
the United States of America to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction; and 

(10) credit card receivables to the extent included in cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of such
Person. 
 “cash management services” means cash management services for collections, treasury management services
(including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services), any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account relationships, commercial credit cards,
merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds transfer services, lockbox services,
stop payment services and wire transfer services. 
 “CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the
meaning of Section 957 of the Code. 
 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of either of the following: 

(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the
Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than any of the Permitted Holders; or 
 (2) the Issuer
becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or
Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under
the Exchange Act), other than any of the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer. 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

  
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 “Co-Investors” means (a) the
Sponsors, (b) Ray Berry, Brett Berry and George Golleher and any Related Party of any of the foregoing persons and (c) the respective Affiliates of the investors described in clause (b) other than portfolio companies thereof. 

“Collateral” means all property subject or purported to be subject, from time to time, to a Lien under any Security
Documents. 
 “Collateral Agreement” means the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) among the Issuer, each Subsidiary
Guarantor and the First-Priority Collateral Agent, entered into on the Issue Date, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and in accordance with this Indenture. 

“Common Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of two or more Series of First-Priority Obligations
(or their respective Authorized Representatives) hold a valid and perfected security interest at such time. If more than two Series of First-Priority Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than all Series of First-Priority
Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest in any Collateral at such time, then such Collateral shall constitute Common Collateral for those Series of First-Priority Obligations that hold a valid security interest in such Collateral at
such time and shall not constitute Common Collateral for any Series which does not have a valid and perfected security interest in such Collateral at such time. 

“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of
depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees, Capitalized Software Expenditures and store development costs and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains
and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP. 

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of: 

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense
was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations and excluding amortization of deferred
financing fees and original issue discount, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees and non-cash interest expense attributable to
movement in mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivatives (in each case permitted hereunder) under GAAP); plus 

(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued;
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 (3) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges Incurred in
connection with any Permitted Securitization Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries; minus 

(4) interest income for such period. 

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably
determined by the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that: 
 (1) any
net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses or charges, any severance expenses, relocation expenses, restructuring expenses,
curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, excess pension charges, any expenses related to any New Project or any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for
alternate uses and fees, expenses or charges relating to facilities or stores closing costs, store rebranding costs, acquisition integration costs, facilities or stores opening costs, project start-up costs,
business optimization costs, recruiting costs, signing, retention or completion bonuses, expenses or charges related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or Incurrence, issuance, repayment,
refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), and any fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments related to the Transactions (including any costs relating to auditing prior periods, any
transition-related expenses, and transaction expenses incurred before, on or after the Issue Date), in each case, shall be excluded; 

(2) effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and such
Subsidiaries and including, without limitation, the effects of adjustments to (A) deferred rent, (B) Capitalized Lease Obligations or other obligations or deferrals attributable to capital spending funds with suppliers or (C) any
other deferrals of income) in amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be
excluded; 
 (3) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles
during such period; 
 (4) any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned,
transferred, closed or discontinued operations or fixed assets and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations or fixed assets shall be
excluded; 

  
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 (5) any net after-tax gains or losses
(less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by management of the Issuer) shall be excluded; 

(6) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating
thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded; 

(7) (a) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of such Person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a
Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period and (b) the Net Income for such period shall include any dividend, distribution or other payment in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) received by the referent Person or a
Subsidiary thereof (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such referent Person) from any Person in excess of, but without duplication of, the amounts included in subclause (a); 

(8) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (1) of the definition
of “Cumulative Credit,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such
Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally
waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such
Person, to the extent not already included therein; 
 (9) an amount equal to the amount of Tax Distributions actually made
to any parent or equity holder of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 4.04(b)(xii) shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person for such period; 

(10) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles and other
fair value adjustments arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded; 

  
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 (11) any non-cash expense realized or
resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights shall be excluded; 

(12) any (a) non-cash compensation charges, (b) costs and expenses after the
Issue Date related to employment of terminated employees, or (c) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Issue Date of officers,
directors and employees, in each case of such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary, shall be excluded; 
 (13) accruals and
reserves that are established or adjusted within 12 months after the Issue Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded; 

(14) (a)(i) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense shall be
excluded, (ii) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included, (iii) the non-cash amortization of
tenant allowances shall be excluded, (iv) cash received from landlords for tenant allowances shall be included and (v) to the extent not already included in Net Income, the cash portion of sublease rentals received shall be included (for
the avoidance of doubt, the net effect of the adjustments in this clause (14)(a) as well as any related adjustments pursuant to clause (2) above shall be to compute rent expense and rental income on a cash basis for purposes of determining
Consolidated Net Income) and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be
excluded; 
 (15) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any net
loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded; 
 (16) (a) to the extent
covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such Person has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is
(i) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (ii) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days),
expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded and (b) amounts estimated in good faith to be received from insurance in respect of lost revenues or earnings in respect of liability or casualty
events or business interruption shall be included (with a deduction for amounts actually received up to such estimated amount to the extent included in Net Income in a future period); 

  
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 (17) Capitalized Software Expenditures and store development costs shall be
excluded; 
 (18) non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances shall
be excluded; 
 (19) [reserved]; 

(20) any other costs, expenses or charges resulting from store closures or sales, including income (or losses) from such store
closures or sales, shall be excluded; 
 (21) any deductions attributable to minority interests shall be excluded; and 

(22) any gain, loss, income, expense or charge resulting from the application of any LIFO shall be excluded. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends,
repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 4.04
pursuant to clauses (4) and (5) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit.” 
 “Consolidated Non-Cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the non-cash expenses (other than Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense) of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP, provided that if any such
non-cash expenses represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA in such future period
to the extent paid, but excluding from this proviso, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period. 

“Consolidated Taxes” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the provision for taxes based on income, profits or
capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise, property and similar taxes, foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and any Tax Distributions taken into account in
calculating Consolidated Net Income. 
 “Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, an amount
equal to the sum (without duplication) of (1) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any undrawn letters of credit) consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations
(other than Capitalized Lease Obligations relating to store leases) and Indebtedness for borrowed money, plus (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries and all Preferred Stock
of Restricted Subsidiaries, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
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 “Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation
of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent: 
 (1) to purchase any
such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, 
 (2) to advance or supply funds:

 (a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or 

(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of
the primary obligor; or 
 (3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner
of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee in the United States of America at which at any time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the holders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as
such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the holders and the Issuer). 
 “Credit Agreement”
means (i) the first lien credit agreement entered into on the Issue Date among the Issuer, the guarantors named therein, the financial institutions named therein and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, as amended, restated,
supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement or indenture extending
the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or
indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof (except to the extent any such refinancing, replacement or restructuring is designated by the Issuer to not be included in the definition of
“Credit Agreement”) and (ii) whether or not the credit agreement referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Issuer to be included in the definition of “Credit Agreement,” one or more
(A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, securitization or receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow
from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or
(C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated,
replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time. 

  
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 “Credit Agreement Documents” means the collective reference to any Credit
Agreement, any notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified, in whole
or in part, from time to time. 
 “Cumulative Credit” means the sum of (without duplication): 

(1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer for the period (taken as one accounting period) from February 1, 2016
to the end of the Issuer’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit,
minus 100% of such deficit), plus 
 (2) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value
(as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash, received by the Issuer after the Issue Date (other than net proceeds to the extent such net proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock, or Preferred
Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xiii)) from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Issuer (excluding Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below), Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded
Contributions, and Disqualified Stock), including Equity Interests issued upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary), plus 

(3) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Issuer received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as
determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash after the Issue Date (other than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, and Disqualified Stock and other than contributions to the extent such
contributions have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock, or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xiii)), plus 

(4) 100% of the principal amount of any Indebtedness, or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the
case may be, of any Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary) which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity
Interests in the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (provided, in the case of any such parent, such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is retired or extinguished), plus 

(5) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value (as
determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from: 

(A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the
Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted 

  
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Investments from the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary) and from repayments of loans or advances, and releases of
guarantees, which constituted Restricted Investments (other than in each case to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(vii)), 

(B) the sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or 

(C) a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus 

(6) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated
or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the Investment of the Issuer or the Restricted
Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (which, if the Fair Market Value of such Investment shall exceed $25 million, shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer) at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer
(or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) (other than in each case to the extent that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(vii) or constituted a Permitted
Investment). 
 “Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of
Default. 
 “Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of
non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration
pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration. 

“Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (other than
Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock,
pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, on the issuance date thereof. 
 “Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations”
means the date on which the Obligations under the Credit Agreement are indefeasibly paid in full in cash (or, in the case of letters of credit and other contingent indemnification obligations (other than contingent obligations as to which no claim
has been made or notice given), cash collateralized in a manner consistent with the documents giving rise to such obligation); provided that the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a
refinancing of the Obligations under the Credit Agreement or an incurrence of future Obligations under any Credit Agreement with additional First-Priority Obligations secured by the Common 

  
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 Collateral under an agreement relating to Other First-Priority Obligations which has been designated in
writing by the Issuer to the First-Priority Collateral Agent and each other Authorized Representative as the Credit Agreement for purposes of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and which are permitted to be incurred as obligations having
priority under the Priority Waterfall under the terms of the Notes and the Other First-Priority Obligations. 
 “Discharge of
First-Priority Obligations” means, except to the extent otherwise provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the reinstatement or continuation of any First-Priority Obligation under certain circumstances, payment in
full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of all First-Priority Obligations and, with respect to any letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding
under a document evidencing a First-Priority Obligation, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in a manner consistent with such document, in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all
commitments to extend credit thereunder, and the termination of all commitments of the First-Priority Secured Parties under such document evidencing such Obligation; provided that the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations shall not be deemed to
have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other First-Priority Obligations that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a refinancing of such Obligations or First-Priority Obligations. In the event the First-Priority
Obligations are modified and the Obligations are paid over time or otherwise modified, in each case pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the First-Priority Obligations shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made,
in cash, in respect of such indebtedness and any obligations pursuant to such modified indebtedness shall have been satisfied. 

“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event: 

(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a
change of control or asset sale), 
 (2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or 
 (3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part
(other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), 
 in each case prior to 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes
or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries
or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by such Person in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of
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that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not
be deemed to be Disqualified Stock. 
 “Domestic Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Foreign
Subsidiary. 
 “EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income: 

(1) Consolidated Taxes; plus 

(2) Fixed Charges and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities; plus 

(3) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense; plus 

(4) Consolidated Non-Cash Charges; plus 

(5) any expenses or charges (other than Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense) related to any issuance of Equity
Interests, Investment, acquisition, New Project, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence, modification or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful),
including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the Transactions, the Notes or any Bank Indebtedness, (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes or other Indebtedness and (iii) commissions, discounts, yield and
other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Permitted Securitization Financing; plus 
 (6)
business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges, reserves or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, facility or store closures, facility or store
consolidations, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges) and Pre-Opening Expenses; plus 

(7) the amount of loss or discount in connection with a Permitted Securitization Financing; plus 

(8) any costs or expense incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or
employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor or net cash proceeds of
an issuance of Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit; plus 

  
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 (9) [reserved]; plus 

(10) the amount of any loss attributable to a New Project, until the date that is 12 months after the date of completing the
construction, acquisition, assembling or creation of such New Project, as the case may be; provided that (a) such losses are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the
Issuer and (b) losses attributable to such New Project after 12 months from the date of completing such construction, acquisition, assembling or creation, as the case may be, shall not be included in this clause (10); plus 

(11) the amount of any management, monitoring, consulting, transaction, advisory and similar fees and related expenses paid to
the Sponsors (or any accruals relating to such fees and related expenses) during such period to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.07, including, if applicable, the amount of termination fee paid pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(xx);
plus 
 (12) with respect to any joint venture that is not a Subsidiary and solely to the extent relating to any net
income referred to in clause (7) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income,” an amount equal to the proportion of those items described in clauses (1) and (2) above relating to such joint venture corresponding to the
Issuer’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of such joint venture’s Consolidated Net Income (determined as if such joint venture were a Subsidiary); plus 

(13) one-time costs associated with commencing Public Company Compliance; plus

 (14) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in
footnote (9) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such period; and

 less, without duplication, to the extent the same increased Consolidated Net Income, 

(15) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding the
recognition of deferred revenue or any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period). 

“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any
debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock). 

  
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 “Equity Offering” means any public or private sale after the Issue Date of
common Capital Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), other than: 

(1) public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s or such direct or indirect parent’s common stock registered on Form
S-4 or Form S-8; 
 (2) issuances to any
Subsidiary of the Issuer; and 
 (3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution. 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder. 
 “Excluded Contributions” means the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as
determined in good faith by senior management or the Board of Directors of the Issuer) received by the Issuer after the Issue Date from: 

(1) contributions to its common equity capital, and 

(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any
other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer, 
 in
each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate. 
 “Excluded Property” means the
property and other assets of the Issuer and the 
 Subsidiary Guarantors that is excluded from the grant of security interest in favor of the First-Priority
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First-Priority Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents. 

“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (b) each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary), (c) each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited from guaranteeing the Notes by any requirement of law or that would
require consent, approval, license or authorization of a governmental authority to guarantee the Notes (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), (d) each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable
contractual requirement from guaranteeing the Notes on the Issue Date or at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary (to the extent not incurred in connection with becoming a Subsidiary and in each case for so long as such restriction or any
replacement or renewal thereof is in effect), (e) any Foreign Subsidiary, (f) any Domestic Subsidiary (i) that owns no material assets (directly or through its Subsidiaries) other than equity interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries
that are CFCs or (ii) that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (g) any Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary, (h) any Subsidiary (other than a Significant Subsidiary) that (i) did not, as of the last
day of the fiscal quarter of the Issuer most recently ended, have assets with a value in excess of 5% of the Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5% of total revenues of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a


  
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consolidated basis as of such date and (ii) taken together with all other such Subsidiaries being excluded pursuant to this clause (h), as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Issuer
most recently ended, did not have assets with a value in excess of 10% of the Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 10% of total revenues of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date and
(i) any Subsidiary for which providing a Subsidiary Guarantee or granting Liens to secure Indebtedness could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences as determined in good faith by the Issuer. 

“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. 

“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means (i) the first lien/first lien intercreditor agreement among Wilmington
Trust, National Association, as First-Priority Collateral Agent, Barclays Bank PLC, as an Authorized Representative, the Trustee, as an Authorized Representative, and the other parties from time to time party thereto, entered into on the Issue Date,
as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Indenture or (ii) any replacement or other intercreditor agreement that contains terms not materially less favorable to holders of the
Notes than the intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (i). 
 “First-Priority Collateral Agent” means Wilmington
Trust, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent for the First-Priority Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns (or if such Person is no longer the First-Priority Collateral Agent, such agent or trustee as
is designated as “First-Priority Collateral Agent” under the First-Priority Obligations Documents). 
 “First-Priority
Obligations” means (i) all Secured Bank Indebtedness, (ii) all Notes Obligations, (iii) Other First-Priority Obligations and (iv) if such Hedging Obligations or obligations in respect of cash management services have
been secured in the collateral that secures the First-Priority Obligations, all other obligations of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Hedging Obligations or obligations in respect of cash management services in each
case owing to a Person that is a holder of Secured Bank Indebtedness or an Affiliate of such holder on the Issue Date or at the time of entry into such Hedging Obligations or obligations in respect of cash management services. 

“First-Priority Obligations Documents” means the Credit Agreement Documents, the Notes Documents and any other documents or
instrument evidencing or governing any other First-Priority Obligations. 
 “First-Priority Secured Parties” means the
Persons holding any First-Priority Obligations, including the First-Priority Collateral Agent. 
 “Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurs,
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repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than in the case of any Permitted Securitization Financing, in which case interest expense shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of
such Indebtedness during the applicable period) or issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event
for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Fixed Charge Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase
or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. 

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and
discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, New Projects, restructurings or reorganizations
that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Fixed Charge Calculation Date (each, for
purposes of this definition, a “pro forma event”) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and other
operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, New Projects, restructurings or reorganizations (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day
of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have
made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation, operational change, business realignment project or initiative, New Project, restructuring or reorganization, in each case with respect to an
operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition,
disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, operational change, business realignment project or initiative, New Project, restructuring or reorganization had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving
pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. 

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be
made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event, which adjustments pursuant to this clause (1) (other than in connection with the
Transactions as specified in the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (9) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma 

  
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Consolidated Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum) shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for the applicable four fiscal quarter period (calculated prior to giving
effect to such capped adjustments (but, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to other uncapped pro forma adjustments)), and such adjustments shall only be included to the extent that actions resulting in such operating expense reductions
and other operating improvements or synergies are taken or commenced or expected to be taken or commenced (in the good faith determination of the Issuer) within 12 months after the date any such calculation is performed, and (2) all adjustments
of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (9) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering
Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period. 
 If any
Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Fixed Charge Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the
entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest
rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above,
interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be
determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a Eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate
chosen as the Issuer may designate. 
 For purposes of making the computation referred to above, in giving effect to each New Project which
commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarter’s operations during such period, the operating results of such New Project shall be annualized on a straight line basis during such period, taking into account any
seasonality adjustments determined by the Issuer in good faith. 
 For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than
U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA
for the applicable period. 
 “Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without
duplication, of: (1) Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs) of such Person for such period, and (2) all cash dividend payments (excluding
items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries. 

“Foreign Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America
or any state thereof or the District of Columbia. 

  
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 “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 and 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, which are in effect on the Issue Date. For the purposes of this Indenture, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person shall mean
such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an Investment. 

“guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations. The amount of any guarantee shall be deemed
to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such person
in good faith. 
 “Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under: 

(1) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements
and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and 
 (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to
protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices. 
 “holder” or
“noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books. 

“Impairment” means, with respect to any Series of First-Priority Obligations, any determination by a court of competent
jurisdiction that (x) any of the First-Priority Obligations of such Series are unenforceable under applicable law or are subordinated to any other obligations (other than another Series of First-Priority Obligations), (y) any of the
First-Priority Obligations of such Series do not have an enforceable security interest in any of the Common Collateral securing any other Series of First-Priority Obligations and/or (z) any intervening security interest exists securing any
other obligations (other than another Series of First-Priority Obligations) on a basis ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of First-Priority Obligations but junior to the security interest of any other Series of First-Priority
Obligations. 
 “Incur” means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided,
however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the
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 “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person: 

(1) the principal of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money,
(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price
of any property (except any such balance that constitutes (i) a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor Incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations
until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business), which purchase price is due more than twelve months after the date of
placing the property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as
a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; 
 (2) to
the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, the obligations referred to in clause (1) of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments
for collection in the ordinary course of business); and 
 (3) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another
Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value (as
determined in good faith by the Issuer) of such asset at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person; 

provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in
the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed
obligations of the respective seller; (4) Obligations under or in respect of Permitted Securitization Financing; (5) trade and other ordinary course payables, accrued expenses and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business; (6) obligations under the Acquisition Documents; (7) obligations in respect of Third Party Funds; (8) in the case of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (x) all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not
exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business and (y) intercompany liabilities in connection with cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries; and (9) any obligations under Hedging Obligations; provided that such agreements are entered into for bona fide hedging purposes of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by the board of
directors or senior management of the Issuer, whether or not accounted for as a hedge in accordance with GAAP) and, in the case of any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract or other similar agreement,
such agreements are related to business transactions of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business and, in 

  
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the case of any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar
agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, such agreements substantially correspond in terms of notional amount, duration and interest rates, as applicable, to Indebtedness of the Issuer or its Restricted
Subsidiaries Incurred without violation of this Indenture. 
 Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall
not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of
Indebtedness for any purpose under this Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Indenture but for the
application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under this Indenture. 
 “Indenture” means
this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time. 
 “Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting,
appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of nationally recognized standing, that is, in the good faith determination of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged. 

“Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A hereto. 

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s or BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency. 

“Investment Grade Securities” means: 

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality
thereof (other than Cash Equivalents), 
 (2) securities that have a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or equivalent) by
Moody’s and BBB- (or equivalent) by S&P, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, 

(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which
fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution, and 
 (4) corresponding instruments in
countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition. 

“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in
the form of loans (including guarantees of loans), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to 

  
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customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or
partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or
other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet of such Person in the same manner as the other
investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.04: 

(1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such Subsidiary)
of the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a
redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to: 

(a) the Issuer’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less 

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value (as determined
in good faith by the Issuer) of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and 
 (2) any property
transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Issuer.

 “Issue Date” means the date on which the Initial Notes are originally issued. 

“Junior Lien Obligations” means the Obligations with respect to other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this
Indenture, which is by its terms intended to be secured by the Collateral on a basis junior to the Notes; provided such Lien is permitted to be incurred under this Indenture. 

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance of any
kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof); provided that in no event shall an
operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien. 
 “Management Group” means the group consisting
of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as the case may be, on the Issue Date together with (1) any new directors whose election by such boards of
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any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable, then
still in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (2) executive officers and other management personnel of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as
applicable, hired at a time when the directors on the Issue Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof. 

“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends. 
 “Net Proceeds”
means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but
excluding the assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale
and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation
expenses Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (including Tax Distributions and after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related solely to such disposition),
amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, and any deduction of appropriate amounts
to be provided by the Issuer as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuer after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without
limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction. 

“New Project” means (x) each plant, facility, branch or store which is either a new plant, facility, branch or store or
an expansion, relocation, remodeling, or substantial modernization of an existing plant, facility, branch or store owned by the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiaries which in fact commences operations and (y) each creation (in one or a series
of related transactions) of a business unit (including, without limitation, individual stores) to the extent such business unit commences operations or each expansion (in one or series of related transactions) of business into a new market. 

“Notes Documents” means this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents and the First Lien
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 “Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Notes, this
Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents. 
 “Obligations” means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness (including interest, fees, expenses, indemnity claims and other monetary obligations accrued during the pendency of an insolvency proceeding, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in such proceeding); provided that
Obligations with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of third parties other than the Trustee. 

“Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum, dated April 22, 2016, relating to the issuance of the Initial
Notes. 
 “Officer” means the chairman of the Board of Directors, chief executive officer, chief financial officer,
president, any executive vice president, senior vice president or vice president, the treasurer or the secretary of the Issuer. 

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by an Officer of the Issuer who is the
principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, which meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture. 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Issuer. 
 “Other First-Priority Obligations” means other Indebtedness or Obligations of the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are equally and ratably secured by the Common Collateral pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (including, if applicable, with priority under the Priority Waterfall). For the
avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness which has priority under the Priority Waterfall shall be considered equally and ratably secured for purposes of this Indenture. 

“Pari Passu Indebtedness” means: (a) with respect to the Issuer, the Notes and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu
in right of payment to the Notes; and (b) with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, its Subsidiary Guarantee and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee. For the
avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness which has priority under the Priority Waterfall shall be considered “Pari Passu Indebtedness” for purposes of this Indenture. 

“Permitted Holders” means, at any time, each of (i) the Co-Investors,
(ii) the Management Group, (iii) any Person that has no material assets other than the Capital Stock of the Issuer and other Permitted Holders and, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires 100% of the total voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Issuer, and of which no other Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than any of the other Permitted Holders, holds more than 50% of
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or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and that,
directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Issuer (a “Permitted Holder Group”), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the
percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member (or more favorable voting rights, in the case of any Permitted Holder) and (2) no Person or other “group” (other than Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii) above) beneficially owns more than 50% on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Stock held by the Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which
a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder. 

“Permitted Investments” means: 

(1) any Investment in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; 

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities; 

(3) any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person if as a result of such Investment (a) such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is
liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; 
 (4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting
Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 4.06 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale; 

(5) any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date or an Investment consisting
of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (x) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date or
(y) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture; 
 (6) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or
consultants of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (i) in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate outstanding amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to
exceed $20 million, (ii) in respect of payroll payments and expenses in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in connection with such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the
Issuer solely to the extent that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Issuer in cash as common equity; 

(7) any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or
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receivable, or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured
Investment in default; 
 (8) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(x); 

(9) any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as
determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the sum of (x) the greater of (i) $25 million and (ii) 0.15
multiplied by the Pro Forma EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such event and giving pro forma effect thereto as
if such event occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters plus (y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually
received in respect of any such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to
this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter
be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; 

(10) additional Investments by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in
good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the sum of (x) the greater of (i) $35 million and (ii) 0.20 multiplied by the Pro
Forma EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such event and giving pro forma effect thereto as if such event occurred
at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters plus (y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of
any such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause
(10) is made in any Person that is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed
to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (10) for so long as such Person continues to be the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; 

(11) loans and advances to officers, directors or employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other
similar expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer; 

  
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 (12) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the
Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of
the definition of “Cumulative Credit”; 
 (13) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is
permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii), (iv), (vi), (ix)(B) and (xvi) of Section 4.07(b)); 

(14) [reserved]; 

(15) guarantees issued in accordance with Section 4.03 and Section 4.11 including, without limitation, any guarantee
or other obligation issued or incurred under the Credit Agreement in connection with any letter of credit issued for the account of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including with respect to the issuance of, or payments in respect of drawings
under, such letters of credit); 
 (16) Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory,
supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property; 

(17) Investments consisting of Securitization Assets or arising as a result of Permitted Securitization Financings; 

(18) any Investment in an entity which is not a Restricted Subsidiary to which a Restricted Subsidiary sells Securitization
Assets pursuant to a Permitted Securitization Financing; 
 (19) additional Investments in joint ventures not to exceed, at
any one time in the aggregate outstanding under this clause (19), the sum of (x) the greater of (i) $35 million and (ii) 0.20 multiplied by the Pro Forma EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which
financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such event and giving pro forma effect thereto as if such event occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters plus (y) an amount equal to any returns
(including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the
time such Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may make additional Investments in joint ventures if the Total Indebtedness
Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such Investment is not greater than 3.50 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis after giving effect
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pursuant to this clause (19) is made in any Person that is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (19) for so long as such Person continues to be the
Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; 
 (20) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of an
entity merged into, amalgamated with, or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of
such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation; 

(21) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection
or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers; 
 (22) advances in the form of
a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries; 

(23) any Investment in any Subsidiary of the Issuer or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management
arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business; 
 (24) guarantees of Indebtedness under
customer financing lines of credit in the ordinary course of business; and 
 (25) Investments made pursuant to the
Acquisition Documents or in connection with the Transactions. 
 “Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person: 

(1) pledges or deposits and other Liens granted by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance
laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such
Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the
ordinary course of business; 
 (2) Liens imposed by law, such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s,
mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of
judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review; 

  
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 (3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet
overdue by more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; 
 (4) Liens in favor of
issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the
ordinary course of its business; 
 (5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, trackage rights, special assessments,
easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes,
servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the
business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the
operation of the business of such Person; 
 (6) (A) Liens on assets of a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor securing
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03; 

(B) Liens securing Obligations in respect of (x) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i)
(provided that only Liens securing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i)(x) may have priority under the Priority Waterfall or a similar priority waterfall not materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes than the
priority under the Priority Waterfall applicable to the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date, and no other Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be secured hereunder may have such status) and (y) any other Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred
under this Indenture if, as of the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the application of the net proceeds therefrom, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of the Issuer does not exceed 4.00 to 1.00; 

(C) Liens securing Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (iv), (xii) (or
(xiv) to the extent it guarantees any such Indebtedness), (xvi) or (xx) of Section 4.03(b) (provided that (i) in the case of clause (xx), such Lien does not extend to the property or assets of any Subsidiary of the Issuer
other than a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii) in the case of clause (xvi), such Liens securing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) shall only be permitted under this clause (C) if, on a pro
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 (D) Liens securing the Notes Obligations in respect of the Initial Notes.

 (7) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens in favor of the lenders under the Credit Agreement); 

(8) Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided,
however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xvi)) are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary;
provided, further, however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xvi)) may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other
than pursuant to after-acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition on property of the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition); 

(9) Liens on assets or property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the assets or property, including
any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to
Section 4.03(b)(xvi)) are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, however, that the Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to
Section 4.03(b)(xvi)) may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than pursuant to after-acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition on property of
the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition); 
 (10) Liens
securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03; 

(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations not incurred in violation of this Indenture; provided that with respect to
Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Lien extends only to the property securing such Indebtedness (other than Hedging Obligations constituting Secured Bank Indebtedness); 

(12) Liens on inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of
documentary letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods; 

(13) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
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 (14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings
regarding operating leases or other obligations not constituting Indebtedness; 
 (15) Liens in favor of the Issuer or any
Subsidiary Guarantor; 
 (16) Liens in respect of Permitted Securitization Financings that extend only to the assets subject
thereto and Liens on the Equity Interests of Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries; 
 (17) pledges and deposits and
other Liens made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers; 
 (18) Liens on the Equity
Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; 
 (19) leases or subleases, and licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to
intellectual property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business; 
 (20) Liens to secure any refinancing,
refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (15),
(25) and (37) of this definition; provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property (including any after acquired property to the extent it would have been subject to the original
Lien) that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on and accessions to such property, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and any other assets pursuant to the after-acquired property clauses to the extent such assets
secured (or would have secured) the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, extended, renewed or replaced), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the
outstanding principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) or, if greater, committed amount of the applicable Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (15), (25) and (37) at the time the original Lien became a
Permitted Lien under this Indenture, (B) unpaid accrued interest and premiums (including tender premiums), and (C) an amount necessary to pay any underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, commissions, fees and expenses related to such
refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement; provided further, however, that in the case of any Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal of Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clause (6)(B) or (6)(C),
the principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred for such refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal shall be deemed secured by a Lien under clause (6)(B) or (6)(C) and not this clause (20) for purposes of determining the principal amount of
Indebtedness outstanding under clause (6)(B) or (6)(C); provided further however that any Lien securing any refinancing of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clause (37) shall be a junior Lien; 

(21) Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the
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 (22) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and
notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made; 

(23) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale or purchase of
goods entered into in the ordinary course of business; 
 (24) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to
implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business; 
 (25) other Liens securing obligations the
outstanding principal amount of which does not, taken together with the principal amount of all other obligations secured by Liens incurred under this clause (25) that are at that time outstanding, exceed the greater of $65 million and
0.35 multiplied by the Pro Forma EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such event and giving pro forma effect thereto
as if such event occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters; 
 (26) any encumbrance or restriction (including
put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement securing obligations of such joint venture or pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement; 

(27) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the
benefit of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, under any indenture issued in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance
provisions; 
 (28) Liens (i) arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to banker’s
Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other
commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business or (iii) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of
business and not for speculative purposes; 
 (29) Liens (i) in favor of credit card companies pursuant to agreements
therewith and (ii) in favor of customers; 
 (30) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies delivered on (with
respect to all mortgages delivered on the Issue Date) or subsequent to the Issue Date and pursuant to the Credit Agreement and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien
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Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided, further, that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are
permitted under this Indenture; 
 (31) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off
relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers, suppliers or service providers of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; 

(32) in the case of real property that constitutes a leasehold interest, any Lien to which the fee simple interest (or any
superior leasehold interest) is subject; 
 (33) Liens in respect of Third Party Funds; 

(34) agreements to subordinate any interest of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other
prices arising from inventory consigned by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business; 

(35) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Cash Equivalents under clause (4) of
the definition thereof; 
 (36) Liens securing insurance premium financing arrangements; provided that such Liens are
limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums; and 
 (37) Liens on the Collateral securing Junior Lien Obligations;
provided that the Notes are secured on a senior priority basis to the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien. 

“Permitted Securitization Documents” shall mean all documents and agreements evidencing, relating to or otherwise governing
a Permitted Securitization Financing. 
 “Permitted Securitization Financing” shall mean one or more securitization
transactions pursuant to which (i) Securitization Assets or interests therein are sold to or financed by one or more Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries, and (ii) such Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries finance their
acquisition of such Securitization Assets or interests therein, or the financing thereof, by selling or borrowing against Securitization Assets and any Hedging Obligations entered into in connection with such Securitization Assets; provided, that
recourse to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries) in connection with such transactions shall be limited to the extent customary (as determined by the Issuer in good faith) for similar
securitization transactions in the applicable jurisdictions (including, to the extent applicable, in a manner consistent with the delivery of a “true sale”/“absolute transfer” opinion with respect to any transfer by the Issuer or
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 “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity. 

“Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up. 
 “Pre-Opening Expenses” means, with respect to any
fiscal period, the amount of expenses (other than interest expense) incurred with respect to stores which are classified as “pre-opening rent,”
“pre-opening expenses” or “store-opening costs” (or any similar or equivalent caption). 

“Priority Waterfall” means the provisions of Section 2.01(a) of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. 

“Pro Forma EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person, at any date, the EBITDA of such Person for the full four fiscal
quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such date, subject to the following adjustments. In the event that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any
Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which Pro Forma EBITDA is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of Pro Forma EBITDA is made (the “Pro Forma EBITDA Calculation Date”), then
Pro Forma EBITDA shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if the same had
occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. 
 For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments,
acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes, business realignment
projects or initiatives, New Projects, restructurings or reorganizations that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior
to or simultaneously with the Pro Forma EBITDA Calculation Date (each, for purposes of this definition, a “pro forma event”) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers,
amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and other operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, New Projects, restructurings or reorganizations (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the
change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation, operational change, business realignment project or initiative, New
Project, restructuring or reorganization, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then Pro Forma EBITDA shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto
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realignment project or initiative, New Project, restructuring or reorganization had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. If since the beginning of such period any
Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then Pro Forma EBITDA shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such
designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. 
 For purposes of this definition, whenever pro
forma effect is to be given to any pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the
reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event,
which adjustments pursuant to this clause (1) (other than in connection with the Transactions as specified in the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (9) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated
Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum) shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for the applicable four fiscal quarter period (calculated prior to giving effect to such capped adjustments (but, for the avoidance of doubt,
after giving effect to other uncapped pro forma adjustments)), and such adjustments shall only be included to the extent that actions resulting in such operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies are taken or commenced
or expected to be taken or commenced (in the good faith determination of the Issuer) within 12 months after the date any such calculation is performed, and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of
“Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (9) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication,
continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.     
 If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and
is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Pro Forma EBITDA Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging
Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible
financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving
credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a
factor of a prime or similar rate, a Eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuer may designate. 

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, in giving effect to each New Project which commences operations and records not
less than one full fiscal quarter’s operations during such period, the operating results of such New Project shall be annualized on a straight line basis during such period, taking into account any seasonality adjustments determined by the
Issuer in good faith. 

  
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Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 “Public Company Compliance” means compliance with the requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules of national securities exchange listed companies (in each case, as applicable to
companies with equity or debt securities held by the public), including procuring directors’ and officers’ insurance, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees. 

“Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P and (2) if Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the
Notes for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15cs-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the
Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be. 

“Receivables Assets” shall mean accounts receivable (including any bills of exchange) and related assets and property from
time to time originated, acquired or otherwise owned by the Issuer or any Subsidiary.     
 “Related
Party” means, with respect to any Person, (1) any spouse, descendant or immediate family member of such Person, (2) any estate, trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners or owners
of which consist solely of one or more Permitted Holders and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (1), or (3) any executor, administrator, trustee, manager, director or other similar fiduciary of such Person
referred to in the immediately preceding clause (2), acting solely in such capacity. 
 “Record Date” has the meaning
specified in Exhibit A hereto. 
 “Restricted Cash” means cash and Cash Equivalents held by Restricted Subsidiaries that
would appear as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.     

“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment. 

“Restricted Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer. 

“Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Issuer and a Restricted Subsidiary or
between Restricted Subsidiaries. 
 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or any successor to the
rating agency business thereof. 
 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

  
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Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 “Secured Bank Indebtedness” means any Bank Indebtedness that is secured by
a Permitted Lien incurred or deemed incurred pursuant to clause (6) of the definition of Permitted Liens, as designated by the Issuer to be included in this definition. 

“Secured Indebtedness” means any Consolidated Total Indebtedness secured by a Lien. 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder.     
 “Security Documents” means the Collateral Agreement and security agreements, pledge
agreements, collateral assignments and mortgages, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, creating the security interests in the Collateral for the
benefit of the Trustee, the First-Priority Collateral Agent and the holders of the Notes as contemplated by this Indenture. 

“Securitization Assets” means any of the following assets (or interests therein) from time to time originated, acquired or
otherwise owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or in which the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has any rights or interests, in each case, without regard to where such assets or interests are located: (1) Receivables Assets,
(2) franchise fee payments and other revenues related to franchise agreements, (3) royalty and other similar payments made related to the use of trade names and other intellectual property, business support, training and other services,
(4) revenues related to distribution and merchandising of the products of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (5) rents, real estate taxes and other non-royalty amounts due from franchisees,
(6) intellectual property rights relating to the generation of any of the foregoing types of assets, (7) parcels of or interests in real property, together with all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto, all improvements and
appurtenant fixtures and equipment, incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof and (8) any other assets and property to the extent customarily included in securitization transactions of the relevant type in the applicable
jurisdictions (as determined by the Issuer in good faith). 
 “Securitization Fees” means distributions or payments made
directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interests issued or sold in connection with, and all other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Permitted Securitization
Financing.     
 “Securitization Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of
Securitization Assets in a Permitted Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a Securitization Asset or portion
thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller. 

“Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, at any date, the ratio of (i) Secured Indebtedness
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting First-Priority Obligations as of such date of calculation (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of any


  
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Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 
Restricted Cash that would be stated on the balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries and held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination
to (ii) EBITDA of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that the Issuer or
any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is made (the “Senior Secured Leverage Calculation Date”), then the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of
Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. 

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and
discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, New Projects, restructurings or reorganizations
that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Senior Secured Leverage Calculation Date
(each, for purposes of this definition, a “pro forma event”) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and other
operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, New Projects, restructurings or reorganizations (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day
of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have
made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation, operational change, business realignment project or initiative, New Project, restructuring or reorganization, in each case with respect to an
operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition,
disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, operational change, business realignment project or initiative, New Project, restructuring or reorganization had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving
pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. 

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be
made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event, which adjustments pursuant to 

  
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Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 
this clause (1) (other than in connection with the Transactions as specified in the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (9) to the “Summary Historical
and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum) shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for the applicable four fiscal quarter period (calculated prior to giving effect to such capped adjustments (but,
for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to other uncapped pro forma adjustments)), and such adjustments shall only be included to the extent that actions resulting in such operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or
synergies are taken or commenced or expected to be taken or commenced (in the good faith determination of the Issuer) within 12 months after the date any such calculation is performed, and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection
with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (9) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such
adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.     
 If any Indebtedness
bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Senior Secured Leverage Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire
period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate
reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest
on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined
at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a Eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the
Issuer may designate. 
 For purposes of making the computation referred to above, in giving effect to each New Project which commences
operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarter’s operations during such period, the operating results of such New Project shall be annualized on a straight line basis during such period, taking into account any seasonality
adjustments determined by the Issuer in good faith.     
 For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency
other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in
calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.     
 “Series” means (a) with respect to the
First-Priority Secured Parties, each of (i) the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Credit Agreement (or an equivalent provision thereof), (ii) the holders of the Notes and the Trustee (each in their capacity as such) and
(iii) the Additional First-Priority Secured Parties that become subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement after the Issue Date that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional
First-Priority Secured Parties) and (b) with respect to any First-Priority Obligations, each of (i) the Obligations under the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Notes 

  
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Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 
Obligations and (iii) the Other First-Priority Obligations incurred pursuant to any applicable agreement, which pursuant to any joinder agreement, are to be represented under the First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First-Priority Obligations). 

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Issuer
within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (or any successor provision). 

“Similar Business” means any business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from (i) the business or activities
of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date, (ii) any business that is a natural outgrowth or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of any such business or any business similar, reasonably related, incidental,
complementary or ancillary to any of the foregoing or (iii) any business that in the Issuer’s good faith business judgment constitutes a reasonable diversification of business conducted by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries. 

“Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary” shall mean (i) a direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer
established in connection with a Permitted Securitization Financing for the acquisition of Securitization Assets or interests therein and/or Equity Interests in other Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries, and which is organized in a manner
(as determined by the Issuer in good faith) intended to reduce the likelihood that it would be substantively consolidated with the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries) in the event the
Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary becomes subject to a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code (or other insolvency law) and (ii) any subsidiary of a Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary. 

“Sponsors” means (i) one or more investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC and any of their
respective Affiliates other than any portfolio companies (collectively, the “Apollo Sponsors”) and (ii) any Person that forms a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any
successor provision) with the Apollo Sponsors; provided that any Apollo Sponsor (x) owns a majority of the voting power and (y) controls a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer. 

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the
final payment of principal of such security is due and payable.     
 “Subordinated Indebtedness”
means (a) with respect to the Issuer, any Indebtedness of the Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and (b) with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor which
is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to its Subsidiary Guarantee.     
 “Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or 

  
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Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 
trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and
(2) any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and
(y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.     

“Subsidiary Guarantee” means any guarantee of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes by any
Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.     
 “Subsidiary
Guarantor” means any Subsidiary that Incurs a Subsidiary Guarantee; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary
Guarantor. 
 “Suspension Period” means the period of time between a Covenant Suspension Event and the related Reversion
Date. 
 “Tax Distributions” means any distributions described in Section 4.04(b)(xii).     

“Third Party Funds” means any accounts or funds, or any portion thereof, received by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries
as agent on behalf of third parties in accordance with a written agreement that imposes a duty upon the Issuer or one or more of its Subsidiaries to collect and remit those funds to such third parties.     

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this
Indenture.     
 “Total Assets” means the total consolidated assets of the Issuer and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuer, without giving effect to any impairment or amortization of the amount of intangible assets since January 31, 2016, calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any
subsequent acquisition or disposition of a Person or business. 
 “Total Indebtedness Leverage Ratio” means, with respect
to any Person, at any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and
Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash that would be stated on the balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries and held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination to (ii) EBITDA
of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Total Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation


  
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Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 
of the Total Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is made (the “Total Indebtedness Leverage Calculation Date”), then the Total Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro
forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period.     
 For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions,
mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, New
Projects, restructurings or reorganizations that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the
Total Indebtedness Leverage Calculation Date (each, for purposes of this definition, a “pro forma event”) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers,
amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and other operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, New Projects, restructurings or reorganizations (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the
change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation, operational change, business realignment project or initiative, New
Project, restructuring or reorganization, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Total Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro
forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, operational change, business realignment project or initiative, New Project, restructuring or
reorganization had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted
Subsidiary, then the Total Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. 

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be
made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event, which adjustments pursuant to this clause (1) (other than in connection with the
Transactions as specified in the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (9) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum) shall
not exceed 20% of EBITDA for the applicable four fiscal quarter period (calculated prior to giving effect to such capped adjustments (but, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to other uncapped pro forma adjustments)), and such
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Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 
resulting in such operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies are taken or commenced or expected to be taken or commenced (in the good faith determination of the
Issuer) within 12 months after the date any such calculation is performed, and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (9) to the “Summary
Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.     

If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be
calculated as if the rate in effect on the Total Indebtedness Leverage Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a
remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit
in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the
average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a Eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other
rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuer may designate. 

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, in giving effect to each New Project which commences operations and records not
less than one full fiscal quarter’s operations during such period, the operating results of such New Project shall be annualized on a straight line basis during such period, taking into account any seasonality adjustments determined by the
Issuer in good faith.     
 For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be
converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable
period. 
 “Transactions” means the transactions described under “Summary—The Transactions” in the Offering
Memorandum. 
 “Treasury Rate” means, as of the applicable redemption date, as determined by the Issuer, the yield to
maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business
Days prior to such redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to May 1, 2019; provided,
however, that if the period from such redemption date to May 1, 2019, as applicable, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be
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Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 “Trust Officer” means: 

(1) any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president,
assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and 
 (2)
who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture. 
 “Trustee” means the party named as such
in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor. 
 “Uniform Commercial Code” or
“UCC” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time. 
 “Unrestricted
Subsidiary” means: 
 (1) any Subsidiary of the Issuer that at the time of determination shall be designated an
Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Issuer in the manner provided below; and 
 (2) any Subsidiary of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary; 
 The Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any newly acquired or newly formed
Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless at the time of such designation such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Issuer or any other
Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated, in each case at the time of such designation; provided, however, that (i) the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries
do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries unless otherwise permitted under Section 4.04
and (ii) the Issuer may not designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary during any Suspension Period; provided, further, however, that either: 

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or 

(b) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under
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 The Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation: 
 (x) (1) the Issuer could
Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a) or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be no less than such ratio
immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation, and 

(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. 

Any such designation by the Issuer shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the
Board of Directors or any committee thereof of the Issuer giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions. 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are: 

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or

 (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, 

which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued
by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian
for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt. 

“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in
the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. 
 “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled
principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by (2) the sum of all such payments. 

“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary. 

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other
ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required pursuant to applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person. 

  
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 SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions. 

 

			
	 Term
	  	Section
	 $
	  	1.03(j)
	 Affiliate Transaction
	  	4.07(a)
	 Agent Members
	  	Appendix A
	 Asset Sale Offer
	  	4.06(b)
	 Bankruptcy Law
	  	6.01
	 Change of Control Offer
	  	4.08(b)
	 covenant defeasance option
	  	8.01(b)
	 Covenant Suspension Event
	  	4.15
	 Custodian
	  	6.01
	 Deemed Date
	  	4.03(c)(3)
	 Definitive Note
	  	Appendix A
	 Depository
	  	Appendix A
	 Event of Default
	  	6.01
	 Excess Proceeds
	  	4.06(b)
	 Global Notes
	  	Appendix A
	 Global Notes Legend
	  	Appendix A
	 Guaranteed Obligations
	  	12.01(a)
	 IAI
	  	Appendix A
	 Increased Amount
	  	4.12(c)
	 Initial Notes
	  	Preamble
	 Initial Purchasers
	  	Appendix A
	 Issuer
	  	Preamble
	 Issuer Merger
	  	Preamble
	 legal defeasance option
	  	8.01(b)
	 Merger Sub
	  	Preamble
	 Notes
	  	Preamble
	 Notes Custodian
	  	Appendix A
	 Notice of Default
	  	6.01
	 Offer Period
	  	4.06(d)
	 Paying Agent
	  	2.04(a)
	 Permitted Jurisdictions
	  	5.01(a)
	 protected purchaser
	  	2.08
	 QIB
	  	Appendix A
	 Refinancing Indebtedness
	  	4.03(b)(xv)
	 Refunding Capital Stock
	  	4.04(b)(ii)
	 Registrar
	  	2.04(a)
	 Regulation S
	  	Appendix A
	 Regulation S Global Notes
	  	Appendix A
	 Regulation S Notes
	  	Appendix A
	 Reporting Entity
	  	4.02(b)
	 Restricted Notes Legend
	  	Appendix A
	 Restricted Payments
	  	4.04(a)
	 Restricted Period
	  	Appendix A
	 Retired Capital Stock
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	 Term
	  	Section
	 Reversion Date
	  	4.15
	 Rule 144A
	  	Appendix A
	 Rule 144A Global Notes
	  	Appendix A
	 Rule 144A Notes
	  	Appendix A
	 Rule 501
	  	Appendix A
	 Second Commitment
	  	4.06(b)
	 Successor Company
	  	5.01(a)(i)
	 Successor Subsidiary Guarantor
	  	5.01(b)(i)
	 Suspended Covenants
	  	4.15
	 The Fresh Market
	  	Preamble
	 Transfer
	  	5.01(b)(ii)
	 Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes
	  	Appendix A
	 Transfer Restricted Global Notes
	  	Appendix A
	 Transfer Restricted Notes
	  	Appendix A
	 Trustee
	  	Preamble
	 U.S. dollars
	  	1.03(j)
	 Unrestricted Definitive Notes
	  	Appendix A
	 Unrestricted Global Notes
	  	Appendix A

 SECTION 1.03 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires: 

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it; 

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP; 

(c) “or” is not exclusive; 

(d) “including” means including without limitation; 

(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; 

(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as
unsecured Indebtedness; 
 (g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount
security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP; 

(h) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the
maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater; 
 (i) unless
otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP; and


  
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 (j) “$” and “U.S. dollars” each refer to United States
dollars, or such other money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. 

SECTION 1.04 No Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is not qualified under the TIA, and the TIA shall
not apply to or in any way govern the terms of this Indenture. As a result, no provisions of the TIA are incorporated into this Indenture unless expressly incorporated pursuant to this Indenture. 

ARTICLE II 
 THE NOTES

 SECTION 2.01 Amount of Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture on the Issue Date is $800,000,000. 
 The Issuer may from time to time after the Issue Date issue Additional Notes under this
Indenture in an unlimited principal amount, so long as (i) the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Notes is at such time permitted by Section 4.03 and the Liens with respect thereto are permitted by
Section 4.12 and (ii) such Additional Notes are issued in compliance with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture. With respect to any Additional Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for Notes authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 3.08, 4.06(e), 4.08(c) or Appendix A), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Issuer and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officer’s Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Additional Notes: 

(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; 

(2) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Notes, including the date from which interest on such Additional Notes
shall accrue; and 
 (3) if applicable, that such Additional Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one
or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by such Global Notes in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit A hereto and any
circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.2 of Appendix A in which any such Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Additional Notes registered, or any transfer of such Global Note in whole or in part
may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depositary for such Global Note or a nominee thereof. 
 If any of the
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shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate or an indenture
supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Notes. 
 The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes may, at the
Issuer’s option, be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase; provided that if the Additional Notes are not fungible with the
Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number, if applicable. 
 SECTION 2.02
Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the Initial Notes are set forth in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Initial Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication and (ii) any Additional Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture.
The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in
a form acceptable to the Issuer). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof, provided that Notes may be issued in denominations of less than $2,000 solely to accommodate book-entry positions that have been created by the Depository in denominations of less than $2,000. 

SECTION 2.03 Execution and Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the
Issuer signed by one Officer of the Issuer (a) Initial Notes for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $800,000,000 and (b) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Notes in an aggregate principal
amount to be determined at the time of issuance and specified therein. Such order shall specify the amount of separate Note certificates to be authenticated, the principal amount of each of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the
original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or Additional Notes, the registered holder of each of the Notes and delivery instructions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or
Appendix A, any issuance of Additional Notes after the Issue Date shall be in a principal amount of at least $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature. 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be
valid nevertheless. 
 A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture. 
 The
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instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuer. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever
the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

 SECTION 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent. 

(a) The Issuer shall maintain (i) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the
“Registrar”) and (ii) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may have
one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrars. The term “Paying
Agent” includes the Paying Agent and any additional paying agents. The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and the Notes Custodian with respect to the Global Notes. 

(b) The Issuer may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement
shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such agent. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act
as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Issuer or any of its domestically organized Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. 

(c) The Issuer may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee;
provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable, acceptance of an appointment by a successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered
into by the Issuer and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor
in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if the
Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.08. 
 SECTION 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Prior to
each due date of the principal of and interest on any Note, the Issuer shall deposit with each Paying Agent (or if the Issuer or a Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a
sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that a Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of holders or the Trustee all
money held by a Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed
by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.05, a Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. 

  
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 SECTION 2.06 Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business
Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of holders. 

SECTION 2.07 Transfer and Exchange. The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of
a Note for registration of transfer and in compliance with Appendix A. When a Note is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When
Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of
transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in connection
with any transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section. The Issuer shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of Notes to be redeemed in part, the
portion thereof not to be redeemed) or of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed. 
 Prior to the due
presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the
Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 Any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such
beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the holder of such Global Note (or its agent) or (b) any holder of a beneficial
interest in such Global Note, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry. 

All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange. 
 The Trustee shall have no obligation or
duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among
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require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine
the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. 
 None of the Trustee, Registrar or Paying
Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depository. 
 SECTION 2.08 Replacement Notes. If a
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the holder (a) satisfies the Issuer and the Trustee within a reasonable time after such holder has notice of such loss, destruction or
wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuer and the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “protected purchaser”) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Issuer and the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the
Issuer, such holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee, with respect to the Trustee, and the Issuer, with respect to the Issuer, to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar, as
applicable, from any loss or liability that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced and subsequently presented or claimed for payment. The Issuer and the Trustee may charge the holder for their expenses in replacing a Note (including without
limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements in replacing such Note). In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may pay such Note
instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof. 
 Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer. 

The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect
to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Notes. 
 SECTION 2.09 Outstanding Notes. Notes
outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 13.06, a Note does not cease
to be outstanding because the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer holds the Note. 
 If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08
(other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Issuer receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be
outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.08. 
 If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in
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case may be, and no Paying Agent is prohibited from paying such money to the holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions
thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue. 
 SECTION 2.10 Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may
deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and each Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes they have redeemed, paid or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Notes in place of canceled Notes other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. 

SECTION 2.11 Defaulted Interest. If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Issuer shall pay the defaulted
interest then borne by the Notes (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Issuer may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are holders on a subsequent special record date. The Issuer shall fix
or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to each affected holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and
the amount of defaulted interest to be paid. 
 SECTION 2.12 CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use
CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use), and the Trustee shall use any such CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to holders; provided,
however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes and that any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer shall advise the Trustee of any change in any such CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common
Code” numbers. 
 SECTION 2.13 Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes, at any
date of determination, shall be the principal amount of the Notes at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all
the Notes, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Notes, the holders of which have so consented, by (b) the aggregate principal
amount, as of such date of determination, of the Notes then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.09 and Section 13.06 of this Indenture. Any calculation of the Applicable Premium
made pursuant to this Indenture or the Notes shall be made by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate. 

  
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 ARTICLE III 

REDEMPTION 
 SECTION 3.01
Redemption. The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in Paragraph 5 of the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby
incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on
the relevant Interest Payment Date). 
 SECTION 3.02 Applicability of Article. Redemption of Notes at the election of the Issuer or
otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article III. 

SECTION 3.03 Notices to Trustee. If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Paragraph 5 of
the Note, the Issuer shall notify the Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of (i) the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed and (iv) the redemption price. The Issuer shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this paragraph at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date if the redemption is a redemption pursuant to Paragraph 5 of
the Note. The Issuer may also include a request in such Officer’s Certificate that the Trustee give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at its expense and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided
in Section 3.05. Any such notice may be canceled if written notice from the Issuer of such cancellation is actually received by the Trustee on the Business Day immediately prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any holder or
otherwise delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository and shall thereby be void and of no effect. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Notes to
be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.04. 
 SECTION 3.04 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. In the case of any partial redemption,
selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed (and the Issuer shall notify the Trustee of any such listing),
or if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and, in such manner that complies with the requirements of the Depository, if
applicable); provided that no Notes of $2,000 (and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) or less shall be redeemed in part. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The
Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. Notes and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in amounts of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Issuer promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed. 

  
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 SECTION 3.05 Notice of Optional Redemption. 

(a) At least 30 but not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Note, the Issuer shall mail or cause to be
mailed by first-class mail at its registered address, or otherwise deliver in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, a notice of redemption to each holder whose Notes are to be redeemed (with a copy to the Trustee), except that redemption
notices may be mailed or otherwise delivered more than 60 days prior to the redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article VIII. 

Any such notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state: 

(i) the redemption date; 

(ii) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date; 

(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent; 

(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any; 
 (v) if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and
principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption; 

(vi) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such
payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; 

(vii) the CUSIP number, ISIN and/or “Common Code” number, if any, printed on the Notes being redeemed; 

(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number or ISIN and/or “Common
Code” number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes; 
 (ix) if the redemption is subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the notice thereof shall describe each such condition and, if applicable, shall state that, in the Issuer’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such
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 (x) at the Issuer’s option, that the payment of the redemption price and
performance of the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. 
 Notice of any
redemption upon any corporate transaction or other event (including any Equity Offering, incurrence of Indebtedness, Change of Control or other transaction) may be given prior to the completion thereof. In addition, any redemption or notice thereof
may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of a corporate transaction or other event. 

(b) At the Issuer’s request, the Trustee shall deliver the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at the Issuer’s
expense. In such event, the Issuer shall notify the Trustee of such request at least three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the date such notice is to be provided to holders. 

SECTION 3.06 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed or otherwise delivered in accordance with
Section 3.05, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice, except as provided in the final paragraph of paragraph 5 of the Notes or Section 3.05(a). Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date; provided, however, that if the redemption
date is after a regular Record Date and on or prior to the next Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant Record Date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the
notice to any holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other holder. 
 SECTION 3.07 Deposit of Redemption Price.
With respect to any Notes, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuer to the
Trustee for cancellation. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Issuer has deposited with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed, unless the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. 

SECTION 3.08 Notes Redeemed in Part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Note shall
state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Upon surrender and cancellation of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the holder (at the Issuer’s expense) a new
Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered and cancelled. 

  
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 ARTICLE IV 

COVENANTS 
 SECTION 4.01
Payment of Notes. The Issuer shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest shall be considered paid on the
date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds as of 12:00 p.m. New York City time money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying
such money to the holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. 
 The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at
the rate specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful. 

SECTION 4.02 Reports and Other Information. 

(a) For so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee a copy of all of the information and reports referred to
below: 
 (i) within 15 days after the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, annual reports of the Reporting Entity (as defined below) for such fiscal year containing the information that would have been required to be contained in an annual report on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) if the Reporting Entity had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the SEC; 

(ii) within 15 days after the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for
non-accelerated filers, quarterly reports of the Reporting Entity for such fiscal quarter containing the information that would have been required to be contained in a quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) if the Reporting Entity had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the SEC; and 

(iii) within 15 days after the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for filing current reports on Form
8-K, current reports of the Reporting Entity containing substantially all of the information that would be required to be filed in a current report on Form 8-K under the
Exchange Act on the Issue Date pursuant to Sections 1, 2 and 4, Items 5.01, 5.02(a), (b) and (c) and Item 9.01 (only to the extent relating to any of the foregoing) of Form 8-K if the Reporting Entity had
been a reporting company under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that no such current reports will be required to be delivered if the Issuer determines in its good faith judgment that such event is not material to holders or the
business, assets, operations, financial position or prospects of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. 
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initial purchaser of the Notes and securities analysts the information required to be provided pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), by posting such information to its website
(or the website of any of the Issuer’s parent companies, including the Reporting Entity) or on IntraLinks or any comparable password protected online data system or website. If at any time the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the
Issuer has made a good faith determination to file a registration statement with the SEC with respect to an initial public offering of such entity’s Capital Stock, the Issuer will not be required to disclose any information or take any actions
that, in the good faith view of the Issuer, would violate the securities laws or the SEC’s “gun jumping” rules. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) neither the Issuer nor another Reporting Entity will be required to deliver any information,
certificates or reports that would otherwise be required by (i) Section 302 or Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or related Items 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K or (ii) Item
10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC with respect to any non-generally accepted accounting principles financial measures contained therein, (B) such
reports will not be required to contain financial information required by Rule 3-09, Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X or include any exhibits or certifications required by Form 10-K or Form 10-Q (or any successor forms) or related rules under
Regulation S-K and (C) such reports shall be subject to exceptions, exclusions and other differences consistent with the presentation of financial and other information in the Offering Memorandum and
shall not be required to present compensation or beneficial ownership information. 
 (b) The financial statements, information and other
documents required to be provided as described in this Section 4.02 may be those of (i) the Issuer or (ii) any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (any such entity, a “Reporting Entity”), so long as in the case of
clause (ii) such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage, in any material business or operations other than its direct or indirect ownership of
all of the Equity Interests in, and its management of, the Issuer; provided that, if the financial information so delivered relates to such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, the same is accompanied by a reasonably detailed description
of the quantitative differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand. 

(c) The Issuer will make such information and reports available to prospective investors upon request. The Issuer shall, for so long as any
Notes remain outstanding during any period when neither it nor another Reporting Person is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise permitted to furnish the SEC with certain information pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) of the Exchange Act, furnish to the holders of the Notes and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer will be deemed to have delivered such reports and information referred to in this
Section 4.02 to the holders, prospective investors, market makers, securities analysts and the Trustee for all purposes of this Indenture if the Issuer or another Reporting Entity has filed such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system
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requirements of this Section 4.02 shall be deemed satisfied and the Issuer will be deemed to have delivered such reports and information referred to this Section 4.02 to the Trustee for
all purposes of this Indenture by the posting of reports that would be required to be provided on the Issuer’s website (or that of any of the Issuer’s parent companies, including the Reporting Entity). 

(e) The Issuer will also hold quarterly conference calls, beginning with the first fiscal quarter ending after the Issue Date, for all holders
of the Notes, prospective investors, market makers affiliated with any initial purchaser of the Notes and securities analysts to discuss such financial information no later than ten Business Days after the distribution of such information required
by clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 4.02(a) and, prior to the date of each such conference call, will announce the time and date of such conference call and either include all information necessary to access the call or inform holders of the
Notes, prospective investors, market makers affiliated with any initial purchaser of the Notes and securities analysts how they can obtain such information, including, without limitation, the applicable password or login information (if applicable).

 (f) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.02 is for informational purposes only,
and the Trustee’s receipt thereof shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as
to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on the Officer’s Certificates). The Trustee is under no duty to examine such reports, information or documents to ensure compliance with the provision of this Indenture or to ascertain the
correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements contained therein. 
 SECTION 4.03 Limitation on Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock. 
 (a) (i) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Issuer shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a
Subsidiary Guarantor) to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Issuer and any Subsidiary Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock or issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or such Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the Disqualified
Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided, further, that any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor may not incur Indebtedness or issue shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in excess of an amount, together with any Refinancing Indebtedness thereof pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xv), equal to, after giving pro
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(including pro forma effect to the application of the net proceeds therefrom), the greater of $40 million and 0.20 multiplied by the Pro Forma EBITDA of the Issuer for the most
recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such
event occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters (plus, in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness, the Additional Refinancing Amount). 

(b) The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not apply to: 

(i) the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness (including under any Credit Agreement and the
issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder) up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at the time of Incurrence that does not exceed an amount equal to the sum of (x) (A) $100 million plus
(B) the greater of (i) $75 million and (ii) 0.50 multiplied by the Pro Forma EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding
such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such event occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters (plus, in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness, the Additional
Refinancing Amount) plus (y) an additional aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Indebtedness that at the time of Incurrence does not cause the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for
which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee, determined on a pro forma basis, to exceed 4.00 to 1.00; provided that for purposes of determining the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred under clause (a)(y), all
Indebtedness incurred under this clause (a)(y) shall be treated as Secured Indebtedness constituting First-Priority Obligations; 

(ii) the Incurrence by the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes (not including any
Additional Notes) and the Subsidiary Guarantees; 
 (iii) Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness
described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.03(b)); 
 (iv) (1) Indebtedness (including Capitalized
Lease Obligations) Incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, Disqualified Stock issued by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiary to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days
after) the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) in an aggregate
principal amount that, when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (iv)(1), together with any Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect thereof Incurred pursuant to clause (xv) below, does not exceed the greater of $75 million and 0.40 multiplied by 

  
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the Pro Forma EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such date on which
such additional Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such event occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters (plus, in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness, the Additional Refinancing Amount);
and 
 (2) Capitalized Lease Obligations or other obligations or deferrals attributable to capital spending or in connection
with store leases or any sale and leaseback arrangements not in violation of this Indenture; 
 (v) Indebtedness Incurred by
the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of
workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of,
or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses from governmental authorities, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims; 

(vi) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment
of acquisition or purchase price or similar obligations (including earn-outs), in each case, Incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions, any Investments or any acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary not
prohibited by this Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; 

(vii) Indebtedness of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (except in respect of intercompany current
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries) any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted
Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien but not the transfer
thereof upon foreclosure) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (vii); 

(viii) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such shares of Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted
Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause
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 (ix) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or another
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Subsidiary Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor (except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries), such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided,
further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary holding such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such
Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien but not the transfer thereof upon foreclosure) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such
Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (ix); 
 (x) Hedging Obligations that are not incurred for speculative purposes but
(A) for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (B) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with
respect to any currency exchanges; or (C) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any commodity purchases or sales and, in each case, extensions or replacements thereof; 

(xi) obligations (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts
and similar instruments) in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds, completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice
or industry practice; 
 (xii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then
outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof Incurred pursuant to clause (xv) below, does not exceed the greater of $65 million and 0.35 multiplied by the Pro Forma
EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro
forma effect thereto as if such event occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters (plus, in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness, the Additional Refinancing Amount); 

(xiii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock of any Restricted
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amount or liquidation preference at any time outstanding, together with Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof Incurred pursuant to clause (xv) hereof, not greater than 100% of the
amount of net cash proceeds received by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Issuer (which proceeds
are contributed to the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiary) or cash contributed to the capital of the Issuer (in each case other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to, or contributions received from, the Issuer or any
of its Subsidiaries) to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied to increase the calculation of the Cumulative Credit pursuant to clauses (2) or (3) of the definition thereof or applied to make Restricted Payments
specified in Sections 4.04(b)(ii), (iv), (ix), (x) or (xxi) or to make Permitted Investments specified in clauses (9), (10), (12) or (19) of the definition thereof) (plus, in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness, the Additional
Refinancing Amount); 
 (xiv) any guarantee by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations
of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided that (A) if such Indebtedness is by
its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, any such guarantee with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as applicable, substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee, as applicable, and (B) if such guarantee is of Indebtedness of the Issuer,
such guarantee is Incurred in accordance with, or not in contravention of, Section 4.11 solely to the extent Section 4.11 is applicable; 

(xv) the Incurrence by the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred
Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that serves to refund, refinance or defease any Indebtedness Incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses (i)(x)(B)(ii), (i)(y), (ii), (iii), (iv),
(xii), (xiii), (xv), (xvi), (xx) and (xxiii) of this Section 4.03(b) up to the outstanding principal amount (or, if applicable, the liquidation preference face amount, or the like) or, if greater, committed amount (only to the extent the
committed amount could have been Incurred on the date of initial Incurrence and was deemed Incurred at such time for the purposes of this Section 4.03) of such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, in each case at the time such
Indebtedness was Incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock was issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or clauses (i)(x)(B)(ii), (i)(y), (ii), (iii), (iv), (xii), (xiii), (xv), (xvi), (xx) and (xxiii) of this Section 4.03(b), or any
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, plus any additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to pay premiums
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following proviso, “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness: 

(1) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred which is not less than the
shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded, refinanced or defeased and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all
payments of principal on the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock being refunded or refinanced that were due on or after the date that is one year following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on
such date (provided that this subclause (1) will not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any Secured Indebtedness constituting First-Priority Obligations); 

(2) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (a) Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Notes
or a Subsidiary Guarantee, as applicable, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee, as applicable, or (b) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness is
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; and 
 (3) shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is
not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor, or (y) Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; 

(xvi) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (A) the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to
finance an acquisition or (B) Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
provided that after giving effect to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation, either: 
 (1) the
Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or 

(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer would be no less than immediately prior to such acquisition or merger,
consolidation or amalgamation; 
 provided further that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that
are not Subsidiary Guarantors Incurred under clause (A) or clause (B) (solely if Incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation), together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof Incurred
pursuant to clause (xv) hereof, shall not exceed the greater of $40 million and 0.20 multiplied by the Pro Forma EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered
to the Trustee immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such event occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters (plus, in the case of any
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 (xvii) Indebtedness in connection with Permitted Securitization Financings;

 (xviii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar
instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its Incurrence; 

(xix) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant
to Bank Indebtedness, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit; 
 (xx) Indebtedness
of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xx), when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness
then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xx), together with Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof Incurred pursuant to clause (xv) hereof, does not exceed the greater of $25 million and 0.15 multiplied by the Pro Forma
EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro
forma effect thereto as if such event occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters (plus, in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness, the Additional Refinancing Amount); 

(xxi) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (A) the financing of insurance premiums or (B) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business; 

(xxii) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to current or former officers,
directors and employees thereof or any direct or indirect parent thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of
the Issuer to the extent described in Section 4.04(b)(iv); 
 (xxiii) Indebtedness Incurred on behalf of, or
representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xxiii), when aggregated with the
principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xxiii), together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof Incurred pursuant to clause (xv) hereof, does not exceed the greater of
$25 million and 0.15 multiplied by the Pro Forma EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such event and giving pro
forma effect thereto as if such event occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarters (plus, in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness, the Additional Refinancing Amount); 

  
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 (xxiv) guarantees by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness under customer financing lines of credit entered into in the ordinary course of business; 
 (xxv) Indebtedness
in respect of Obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are incurred in
connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Hedging Obligations; and 

(xxvi) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to or on behalf of any joint venture (regardless of the form of
legal entity) that is not a Restricted Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries. 
 (c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03: 

(1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the
criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxvi) of Section 4.03(b) above or is entitled to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a), then the Issuer may, in its
sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify (as if Incurred at such later time), such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this
Section 4.03; provided that Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date shall be incurred under clause (i) of Section 4.03(b) above and may not be reclassified; 

(2) at the time of Incurrence, classification or reclassification, the Issuer will be entitled to divide and classify an item
of Indebtedness in more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in Section 4.03(a) or clauses (i) through (xxvi) of Section 4.03(b) (or any portion thereof) without giving pro forma effect to the Indebtedness
Incurred, classified or reclassified pursuant to any other clause or paragraph of Section 4.03 (or any portion thereof) when calculating the amount of Indebtedness that may be Incurred, classified or reclassified pursuant to any such clause or
paragraph (or any portion thereof) at such time; and 
 (3) in connection with (x) the Incurrence or issuance, as
applicable, of revolving loan Indebtedness under this Section 4.03 or (y) any commitment to Incur or issue Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under this Section 4.03, the Issuer or applicable Restricted Subsidiary may
designate such Incurrence or issuance as having occurred on the date of first Incurrence of such revolving loan Indebtedness or commitment (such date, the “Deemed Date”), and any related subsequent actual Incurrence or issuance will
be deemed for all purposes under this Indenture to have been Incurred or issued on such Deemed Date, including without limitation for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, usage of any baskets hereunder (if


  
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applicable), the Total Indebtedness Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio and EBITDA (and all such calculations on the Deemed Date shall be made on a pro forma basis after
giving effect to the deemed Incurrence or issuance and related transactions in connection therewith). 
 Accrual of interest, the accretion
of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, amortization of original issue discount, the accretion of liquidation preference and increases in
the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.03.
Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of
Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.03. 

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S.
dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed
or first Incurred (whichever yields the lower U.S. dollar equivalent), in the case of revolving credit debt. However, if the Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and the refinancing would cause
the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of the refinancing, the U.S. dollar-denominated restriction will be deemed not to have been exceeded so long
as the principal amount of the refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced.     

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.03, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may Incur pursuant to this Section 4.03 shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any
Indebtedness Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, will be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which the respective
Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of the refinancing. 
 SECTION 4.04 Limitation on Restricted Payments.

 (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: 

(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of any of the Issuer’s or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any payment made in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Issuer (other than (A) dividends or distributions payable solely in Equity Interests (other than
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by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities); 

(ii) purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of
the Issuer; 
 (iii) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value,
in each case prior to any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of
(A) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or
retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (vii) and (ix) of Section 4.03(b)); or 
 (iv) make
any Restricted Investment 
 (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as
“Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment: 
 (1) no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; 
 (2) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction on a pro forma basis, the Issuer could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a); and 

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and the
Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (vi)(C), (viii) and (xiii)(B) of Section 4.04(b), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)), is less than the
amount equal to the Cumulative Credit. 
 (b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit: 

(i) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any redemption within 60 days after the date of
declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration or the giving notice of such redemption, as applicable, such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture; 

(ii) (A) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“Retired Capital
Stock”) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or
any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or contributions to the equity capital of the Issuer (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of the Issuer) (collectively, including any such contributions,
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 (B) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock
out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer) of Refunding Capital Stock, and 

(C) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was
permitted under clause (vi) of this Section 4.04(b) and not made pursuant to clause (ii)(B), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to
redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such
Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement; 
 (iii) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance, or other
acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor which is
Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 so long as: 
 (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of
such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest, of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value
(plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, any tender premiums, plus any defeasance costs, fees and
expenses incurred in connection therewith), 
 (B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the related Subsidiary
Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value, 

(C) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final scheduled
maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and (y) 91 days following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding, and 

(D) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time Incurred which is not less than the shorter of
(x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal
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Indebtedness being redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired that were due on or after the date that is one year following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were
instead due on such date; 
 (iv) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value
of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer or consultant of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the
Issuer pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause
(iv) do not exceed $20 million in any calendar year (which shall increase to $40 million subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten public Equity Offering of Capital Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the
Issuer), with unused amounts in any calendar year being permitted to be carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum of $40 million in any calendar year (which shall increase to $80 million subsequent to the consummation
of an underwritten public Equity Offering of common stock); provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed: 

(A) the cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other
than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) to employees, directors, officers or consultants of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect
parent of the Issuer that occurs after the Issue Date (provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments
under Section 4.04(a)(iii)), plus 
 (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the
Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; 

provided that the Issuer may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A) and (B) above
in any calendar year; and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from any present or former employees, directors, officers or consultants of the Issuer, any Restricted
Subsidiary or the direct or indirect parents of the Issuer in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parents will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this
Section 4.04 or any other provision of this Indenture; 
 (v) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions
to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued or incurred in accordance with Section 4.03; 

  
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 (vi) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to
holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date; 

(B) a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the
payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer issued after the Issue Date; provided that the aggregate amount of dividends
declared and paid pursuant to this clause (B) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Issuer from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date; and 

(C) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends
declarable and payable thereon pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(ii); 
 provided, however, in the case of each of clauses
(A) and (C) above of this clause (vi), that for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock,
after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions and treating such Designated Preferred Stock as Indebtedness for borrowed money for such purpose) on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma
application of the net proceeds therefrom), the Issuer would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00; 

(vii) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the
Issuer), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (vii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the sum of (a) the greater of $35 million and 0.20 multiplied by the Pro Forma EBITDA of the Issuer
for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such event and giving pro forma effect thereto as if such event occurred at the beginning of such
four fiscal quarters and (b) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment (with
the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (vii) is made in any Person that
is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause
(1) of the definition of Permitted Investments and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (vii) for so long as such Person continues to be the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; 

(viii) (a) the payment of dividends after a public offering of Capital Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect
parent of the Issuer on the Issuer’s Capital Stock (or a Restricted Payment to any such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to fund the 

  
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payment by such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer of dividends on such entity’s Capital Stock) of up to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Issuer from any public offering
of such Capital Stock of the Issuer or any such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, other than public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s (or such direct or indirect parent’s) Capital Stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution or (b) in lieu of all or a portion of the dividends permitted by sub-clause (a), repurchases of the Issuer’s Capital Stock (or a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to fund the repurchase by such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer of such
entity’s Capital Stock) for aggregate consideration that, when taken together with dividends permitted by sub-clause (a), does not exceed the amount contemplated by
sub-clause (a); 
 (ix) Restricted Payments that are made with (or in an aggregate
amount that does not exceed the aggregate amount of) Excluded Contributions; 
 (x) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate
amount, when taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (x) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $30 million and 0.15 multiplied by the Pro Forma EBITDA of the Issuer for the
most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such event and giving pro forma effect thereto as if such event occurred at the beginning of such four
fiscal quarters; 
 (xi) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to
the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries; 
 (xii) (A) with respect to any taxable period for
which the Issuer and/or any of its Subsidiaries are members of a consolidated, combined, affiliated, unitary or similar income tax group for U.S. federal and/or applicable state or local income tax purposes of which a direct or indirect parent of
the Issuer is the common parent, or for which the Issuer is a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is wholly-owned (directly or indirectly) by a C corporation for U.S. federal and/or applicable state or local
income tax purposes, distributions to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer in an amount not to exceed the amount of any U.S. federal, state and/or local income taxes that the Issuer and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, would have paid for
such taxable period had the Issuer and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, been a stand-alone corporate taxpayer or a stand-alone corporate group, and (B) with respect to any taxable period ending after the Issue Date for which the Issuer is a
partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes (other than a partnership or disregarded entity described in clause (A)), distributions to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer in an amount necessary to permit such
direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to make a pro rata distribution to its owners such that each direct or indirect owner of the Issuer receives an amount from such pro rata distribution sufficient to enable such owner to pay its U.S. federal,
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of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries with respect to such taxable period (assuming that each owner is subject to tax at the highest combined marginal federal, state, and/or local income tax rate
applicable to any owner for such taxable period and taking into account the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and any limitations thereon), the alternative minimum tax, any cumulative net taxable
loss of the Issuer for prior taxable periods ending after the Issue Date to the extent such loss is of a character that would allow such loss to be available to reduce taxes in the current taxable period (taking into account any limitations on the
utilization of such loss to reduce such taxes and assuming such loss had not already been utilized) and the character (e.g., long-term or short-term capital gain or ordinary or exempt) of the applicable income); 

(xiii) any Restricted Payment, if applicable: 

(A) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or
similar taxes) required to maintain its corporate existence, customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer and general corporate
operating and overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer in each case to the extent such fees and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuer, if applicable, and its Subsidiaries; 

(B) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, if applicable, to pay interest and/or principal on
Indebtedness the proceeds of which have been contributed to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, the Issuer Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03; and 

(C) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to pay fees and expenses related to any equity or debt
offering of such parent (whether or not successful); 
 (xiv) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise
of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants; 

(xv) purchases of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Permitted
Securitization Financing and the payment or distribution of Securitization Fees; 
 (xvi) Restricted Payments by the Issuer
or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such Person; 

(xvii) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Preferred Stock or any Subordinated
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similar to those described in Section 4.06 and Section 4.08; provided that all Notes tendered by holders of the Notes in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale
Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value; 
 (xviii) payments or distributions to
dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that
complies with Section 5.01; provided that as a result of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets, the Issuer shall have made a Change of Control Offer (if required by this Indenture) and that all Notes tendered by
holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value; 
 (xix) any
Restricted Payment used to fund the Transactions and the payment of fees and expenses Incurred in connection with the Transactions or owed by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer to
Affiliates, and any other payments made, including any such payments made to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to enable it to make payments in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, whether payable on the Issue Date or
thereafter, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 4.07; 
 (xx) any Restricted Payment made under the
Acquisition Documents (as in effect on the Issue Date); and 
 (xxi) other Restricted Payments so long as, immediately after
giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Total Indebtedness Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee immediately preceding such Restricted Payment is not
greater than 3.00 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis; 
 provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted
Payment permitted under clauses (vi)(B), (vii), (x), (xi), (xiii)(B) and (xxi) of this Section 4.04(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; provided, further, that any
Restricted Payments made with property other than cash shall be calculated using the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of such property. 

Any equity contribution or purchase of Capital Stock by the Sponsors to fund shares that have selected appraisal rights (including any
settlement in respect thereof) shall be deemed to have been made on the Issue Date, and any payment to the holders of such shares shall be deemed to have been made on the Issue Date as part of the Transactions. 

(c) As of the Issue Date, all of the Subsidiaries of the Issuer will be Restricted Subsidiaries. The Issuer will not permit any Unrestricted
Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments


  
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by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the
last sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation will only be permitted if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition
of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 
 SECTION 4.05 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. The Issuer shall not,
and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

 (a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) on its Capital Stock; or
(2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; 

(b) make loans or advances to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or 

(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; 

except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of: 

(1) (A) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date and (B) contractual encumbrances or
restrictions pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents and, in each case, any similar contractual encumbrances or restrictions or any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, supplements, refundings,
replacements or refinancings of such agreements or instruments; 
 (2) this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary
Guarantees; 
 (3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order; 

(4) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which was in existence at
the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the
properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired; 

(5) contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed
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 (6) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to
Section 4.03 and Section 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness; 

(7) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary
course of business; 
 (8) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business; 
 (9) purchase money obligations for property acquired and Capitalized Lease Obligations in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in Section 4.05(c) above on the property so acquired; 

(10) customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business or consistent with past practice or industry norm; 
 (11) in the case of Section 4.05(c) above, any
encumbrance or restriction that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar contract, or the assignment or transfer of any such lease, license
(including without limitations, licenses of intellectual property) or other contracts; 
 (12) any encumbrances or
restrictions contained in any Permitted Securitization Document with respect to any Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary; 

(13) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (a) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary or (b) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary so long as such encumbrances and restrictions contained in any agreement or instrument will not
materially affect the Issuer’s ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Notes (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), provided that in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), such Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03; 

(14) any Restricted Investment not prohibited by Section 4.04 and any Permitted Investment; or 

(15) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Section 4.05(a), (b) or (c) above imposed by any
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (14) above; provided that such
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, not materially more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment
restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing. 

  
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 For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, (i) the priority of any
Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the
subordination of loans or advances made to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances. 

SECTION 4.06 Asset Sales. 

(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x) the Issuer
or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (y) at
least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of: 

(i) any liabilities (as shown on the Issuer’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes
thereto) of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or that are otherwise cancelled or
terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee, 
 (ii) any notes or other obligations or other
securities or assets received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), 

(iii) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale, to
the extent that the Issuer and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any guarantee of payment of such Indebtedness in connection with the Asset Sale, 

(iv) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of the Issuer (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) received after the Issue
Date from Persons who are not the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, and 
 (v) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other
Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this Section 4.06(a)(v) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $35 million and 0.20 multiplied by the Pro Forma EBITDA
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 the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration
(with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), 

shall in each case be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06(a). 

(b) Within 365 days after the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Issuer or
such Restricted Subsidiary may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its option: 
 (i) to repay
(A) Indebtedness constituting First-Priority Obligations (and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto), (B) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor, (C) Obligations under the Notes or (D) other Pari Passu Indebtedness other than First-Priority Obligations so long as the Net Proceeds are with respect to assets not constituting Collateral (provided that if
the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall so reduce other First-Priority Obligations (other than Obligations with priority under the Priority Waterfall) pursuant to clause (A) or Pari Passu Indebtedness that does not constitute
First-Priority Obligations under this clause (D) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include Indebtedness described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) even if such Indebtedness may also constitute Pari Passu Indebtedness), the Issuer will
equally and ratably reduce Notes Obligations pursuant to Section 3.01, through open-market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof or, in the event that the Notes were issued with
significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all holders to purchase a pro rata principal amount of Notes at a purchase
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or, in the event that the Notes were issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any), in each case other than
Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer; or 
 (ii) to make an investment in any one or more businesses
(provided that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or in an increase in the percentage ownership by the
Issuer (or a Restricted Subsidiary) in such Restricted Subsidiary), assets, or property or capital expenditures, in each case (A) used or useful in a Similar Business or (B) that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of
such Asset Sale or, in each case, to reimburse the cost of any of the foregoing incurred on or after the date on which the Asset Sale giving rise to such Net Proceeds was contractually committed. 

In the case of Section 4.06(b)(ii), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date
of such commitment until the 18-month anniversary of the date of the receipt of such Net Proceeds; provided that in the event such binding commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason after
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 Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds unless the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another
binding commitment (a “Second Commitment”) within six months of such cancellation or termination of the prior binding commitment; provided, further, that the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may only enter into a
Second Commitment under the foregoing provision one time with respect to each Asset Sale and to the extent such Second Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied or are not applied within 180 days
of such Second Commitment, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds. 
 Pending the final application of any such Net
Proceeds, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. Any Net Proceeds from any Asset
Sale that are not applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Notes, as described in clause
(i) of this Section 4.06(b), shall be deemed to have been so applied whether or not such offer is accepted) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds
$40 million, the Issuer shall make an offer to all holders of Notes (and, at the option of the Issuer, to holders of any other First-Priority Obligations or, unless the Asset Sale is with respect to Collateral, other Pari Passu Indebtedness)
(an “Asset Sale Offer”) to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (and such First-Priority Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness), that is at least $2,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may
be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or, in the event the Notes or such First-Priority Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness were issued with significant
original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any (or, in respect of such First-Priority Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by
the terms of such First-Priority Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.06. The Issuer will commence an Asset Sale Offer with
respect to Excess Proceeds within ten (10) Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds $40 million by mailing, or delivering electronically if held by the Depository, the notice required pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (and such First-Priority Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may
use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose that is not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes (and such First-Priority Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness) surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the
amount of Excess Proceeds, the Issuer shall select the Notes to be purchased in the manner described in Section 4.06(e). Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero. 

(c) The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other
securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof. 

  
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 (d) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Asset Sale Offer is delivered to
the Trustee as provided above, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Excess Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales pursuant to which such Asset
Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On such date, the Issuer shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer or a
Subsidiary is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Excess Proceeds to be invested in Cash Equivalents, as directed in writing by the Issuer and to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 4.06. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the “Offer Period”), the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof that have been
properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Issuer. The Trustee (or the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that
the Excess Proceeds delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee are greater than the purchase price of the Notes tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Issuer immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in
accordance with this Section 4.06. 
 (e) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender such Note, with an
appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuer at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Issuer receives not later than
one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered by the holder for purchase and a statement that such holder is withdrawing his
election to have such Note purchased. If at the end of the Offer Period more Notes (and such First-Priority Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness) are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than the Issuer is required to purchase, selection
of such Notes for purchase shall be made by the Issuer in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed (and the Issuer shall notify the Trustee of any such listing), or if
such Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable, by lot or by such other method (and in such manner as complies with the requirements of the Depository, if applicable); provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less
shall be purchased in part. Selection of such First-Priority Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness shall be made pursuant to the terms of such First-Priority Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness. 

(f) Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be mailed by the Issuer by first class mail, postage prepaid, or delivered electronically if held by
the Depository, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each holder of Notes at such holder’s registered address. If any Note is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Note shall
state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased. 
 SECTION 4.07 Transactions with Affiliates.

 (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or
sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into 

  
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 or make or amend any transaction or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance
or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25 million, unless: 

(i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or the relevant Restricted
Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and 

(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $50 million, the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted in good faith by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying
that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above. 
 (b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the
following: 
 (i) transactions between or among the Issuer and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) and any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Issuer and any direct parent of the Issuer; provided that such parent shall have no material liabilities and no material
assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Issuer and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose; 

(ii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04 and Permitted Investments; 

(iii) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursement of expenses paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of,
officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary, or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer; 

(iv) transactions in which the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from
an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of Section 4.07(a); 

(v) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to officers, directors, employees or consultants which are approved by a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith; 
 (vi) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or
any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date,
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 (vii) the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders or other agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date, and any transaction, agreement or
arrangement described in the Offering Memorandum and, in each case, any amendment thereto or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the
performance by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement or under any similar transaction, agreement or arrangement entered into after the Issue
Date shall only be permitted by this clause (vii) to the extent that the terms of any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new transaction, agreement or arrangement are
not otherwise more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original transaction, agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date, as determined in good faith by the Issuer; 

(viii) the execution of the Transactions, and the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards related to the
Transactions, including fees to the Co-Investors; 
 (ix) (A) transactions with
customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms
of this Indenture, which are fair to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management of the Issuer, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been
obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry norm; 

(x) any transaction pursuant to any Permitted Securitization Financing; 

(xi) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer to any Person; 

(xii) the issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the
funding of, employment arrangements, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or of a Restricted Subsidiary, as
appropriate, in good faith; 
 (xiii) the entering into of any tax sharing agreement or arrangement that complies with
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 (xiv) any contribution to the capital of the Issuer; 

(xv) transactions permitted by, and complying with, Section 5.01; 

(xvi) transactions between the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person, a director of which is also a director of
the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Issuer or such direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other
Person; 
 (xvii) pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; 

(xviii) the formation and maintenance of any consolidated group or subgroup for tax, accounting or cash pooling or management
purposes in the ordinary course of business; 
 (xix) any employment agreements entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; 
 (xx) (a) the entering into of any agreement (and any amendment or
modification of any such agreement so long as, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, any such amendment or modification is not more disadvantageous, taken as a whole, to holders in any material respect as compared to
the agreement as in effect on the Issue Date) to pay, and the payment of, monitoring, consulting, management, transaction, advisory or similar fees payable to the Co-Investors (A) in an aggregate amount
in any fiscal year not to exceed the sum of (1) the greater of $4 million and 2% of EBITDA of the Issuer for such fiscal year, plus reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses in connection therewith and unpaid amounts accrued for prior periods; plus (2) any deferred fees (to the extent such fees were within such amount in clause (1) above originally) plus (B) in an amount not to exceed
1% of transaction value with respect to any transaction in which any Sponsor provides any transaction, advisory or other services, including the Transactions, and (b) the payment of the present value of all amounts payable pursuant to any
agreement described in clause (xx)(a) in connection with the termination of such agreement; 
 (xxi) payments by the Issuer
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any of the Sponsors made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or
divestitures, which payments are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith; 
 (xxii)
transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and
not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture; and 
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 the Co-Investors in connection therewith) so long as
(i) the investment is being generally offered to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) the investment constitutes less than 5% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities. 

SECTION 4.08 Change of Control. 

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such
holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), in accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 4.08; provided, however, that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuer shall
not be obligated to purchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event that it has previously or concurrently exercised its right to redeem such Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture. In the event that at the time of
such Change of Control, the terms of the Bank Indebtedness restrict or prohibit the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08, then within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer shall: (i) repay in full all Bank
Indebtedness or, if doing so will allow the purchase of Notes, offer to repay in full all Bank Indebtedness and repay the Bank Indebtedness of each lender and/or noteholder who has accepted such offer; or (ii) obtain the requisite consent under
the agreements governing the Bank Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Notes as provided for in Section 4.08(b). 
 (b) Within
30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent that the Issuer has exercised its right to redeem the Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture, the Issuer shall mail to each holder, or deliver electronically if held by
the Depository, with a copy to the Trustee a notice (a “Change of Control Offer”) stating: 
 (i) that a
Change of Control has occurred and that such holder has the right to require the Issuer to repurchase such holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date); 

(ii) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Change of Control; 

(iii) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed or
delivered electronically); and 
 (iv) the instructions determined by the Issuer, consistent with this Section 4.08,
that a holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased. 
 (c) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to
surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuer at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. The holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the
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 to the purchase date a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the holder, the principal
amount of the Note which was delivered for purchase by the holder and a statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased. Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal
amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. 
 (d) On the purchase date, all Notes purchased by the Issuer under this
Section 4.08 shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the holders entitled thereto. 

(e) A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and conditioned upon such Change of Control, if a definitive
agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer. 
 (f) Notwithstanding the provisions
of this Section 4.08, the Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements
set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. 

(g) Notes repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Notes issued but not outstanding or will be
retired and canceled at the option of the Issuer. Notes purchased by a third party pursuant to the preceding clause (f) will have the status of Notes issued and outstanding. 

(h) At the time the Issuer delivers Notes to the Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Issuer shall also deliver an
Officer’s Certificate stating that such Notes are to be accepted by the Issuer pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.08. A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly
or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering holder. 
 (i) Prior to any Change of Control Offer, the Issuer
shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent contained herein to the right of the Issuer to make such offer have been complied with. 

(j) The Issuer shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other
securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.08, the Issuer
shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.08 by virtue thereof. 

(k) If holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a
Change of Control Offer and the Issuer, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Issuer as described above, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such holders, the Issuer or such third party will
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prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price in cash
equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. Any such redemption shall be effected pursuant to Article III. 

SECTION 4.09 Compliance Certificate. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Issuer, beginning with the fiscal year ending in January 2017, an Officer’s Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signer of his or her duties as an Officer of the Issuer he or she would normally have knowledge of any
Default and whether or not the signer knows of any Default that occurred during such period. If such Officer does, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Except with respect to receipt of payments of principal and interest on the Notes and any Default or Event of Default information contained in the Officer’s Certificate delivered to it pursuant to this Section 4.09, the Trustee shall have
no duty to review, ascertain or confirm the Issuer’s compliance with or the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture. 

SECTION 4.10 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and deliver such further instruments
and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture. 
 SECTION
4.11 Future Subsidiary Guarantors. The Issuer shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees or becomes a borrower under the Credit Agreement and each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary that
guarantees any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will
guarantee the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and this Indenture. 
 SECTION 4.12 Liens. 

(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, Incur or suffer to exist any Lien
(except Permitted Liens) on any asset or property of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor securing Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor. 

(b) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, (i) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted
solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in the definition of “Permitted Liens” or pursuant to Section 4.12(a) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and
(ii) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in the definition of “Permitted Liens”
or pursuant to Section 4.12(a), the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify (as if Incurred at such later time), such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof)
in any manner that complies with this covenant and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such Lien or such item of Indebtedness secured by such Lien (or any portion thereof) in one of the


  
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categories of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in the definition of “Permitted Liens” or pursuant to Section 4.12(a) and, in such event, such Lien securing such
item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) will be treated as being Incurred or existing pursuant to only such clause or clauses (or any portion thereof) or pursuant to Section 4.12(a) without giving pro forma effect to such item (or
portion thereof) when calculating the amount of Liens or Indebtedness that may be Incurred pursuant to any other clause or paragraph (or portion thereof) at such time. In addition, with respect to any revolving loan Indebtedness or commitment to
Incur Indebtedness that is designated to be Incurred on any Deemed Date pursuant to Section 4.03(c)(3), any Lien that does or that shall secure such Indebtedness may also be designated by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to be Incurred on
such Deemed Date and, in such event, any related subsequent actual Incurrence of such Lien shall be deemed for all purposes under this Indenture to be Incurred on such prior date, including for purposes of calculating usage of any 

“Permitted Lien.” 
 (c) With respect
to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased
Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the
form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock of the Issuer, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount
or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness described in clause (3) of the
definition of “Indebtedness.” 
 SECTION 4.13 After-Acquired Property. 

(a) Upon the acquisition by an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any After-Acquired Property, or upon any additional Restricted Subsidiary
becoming a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, security instruments, financing statements and other Security Documents as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the
First-Priority Collateral Agent a perfected first-priority security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens and Liens permitted under Section 4.12, in such After-Acquired Property and to have such After-Acquired Property (but subject to the
limitations as described in Article XI, the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) added to the Collateral (or in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor, all of its assets that constitute After-Acquired Property), and thereupon
all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such After-Acquired Property to the same extent and with the same force and effect. 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if granting a security interest in any property pursuant to the foregoing clause (a) requires the
consent of a third party, the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consent with respect to such security interest for the benefit of the First-Priority Collateral Agent on behalf of the Trustee and the holders of the
Notes. If such third party does not consent to the granting of such security interest after the use of such commercially reasonable efforts, the applicable entity will not be required to provide such security interest. 

  
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 SECTION 4.14 Maintenance of Office or Agency. 

(a) The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where
Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as set forth in Section 13.02. 

(b) The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for
any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such
purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. 

(c) The Issuer hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or its agent as such office or agency of the Issuer in accordance
with Section 2.04. 
 SECTION 4.15 Covenant Suspension. If on any date following the Issue Date, (i) the Notes have
Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, then, beginning on that day (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being
collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), and subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.11 and
5.01(a)(iv) (collectively the “Suspended Covenants”). 
 In the event that the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries are
not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade
Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture with respect to future events.

 The Issuer shall provide the Trustee with notice of each Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date within five Business Days of the
occurrence thereof. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or provide notice to the holders of the Notes of any such Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date. 

On each Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be
classified as having been Incurred or issued pursuant to Sections 4.03(a) or (b) (to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would be permitted to be Incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after
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Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Sections
4.03(a) or (b), such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.03(b)(iii). Calculations made after the Reversion Date
of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04 will be made as though Section 4.04 had been in effect since the Issue Date and prior to, but not during, the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments
made during the Suspension Period will not reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a). As described above, however, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred on the Reversion Date as
a result of any actions taken by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period. Within 30 days of such Reversion Date, the Issuer must comply with the terms of Section 4.11. 

For purposes of Section 4.06, on the Reversion Date, the unutilized Excess Proceeds amount will be reset to zero. 

ARTICLE V 
 SUCCESSOR
COMPANY 
 SECTION 5.01 When Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors May Merge or Transfer Assets. 

(a) The Issuer may not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not the
Issuer is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless: 

(i) the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger,
winding up or conversion (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company or similar entity organized or
existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that
in the event that the Successor Company is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation; 

(ii) the Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture
and the Security Documents pursuant to supplemental indentures or other applicable documents or instruments; 
 (iii)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; 

  
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 (iv) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as
if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been
Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), either 
 (1) the
Successor Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or 

(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be no less than such ratio
for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction; 
 (v) if the Issuer is not the
Successor Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes; and 
 (vi) the Successor Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with this Indenture. 

The Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Issuer under this Indenture, the Notes and the
Security Documents, and in such event the Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (iii) and (iv) of this
Section 5.01(a), (A) the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to a Restricted Subsidiary and (B) the Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate
with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Issuer in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States (collectively, “Permitted
Jurisdictions”) or may convert into a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby. This Section 5.01(a) will not
apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 5.01(a), Merger Sub may merge with and into The Fresh Market. Upon the consummation of the Issuer
Merger, The Fresh Market and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall immediately execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D hereto pursuant to which The Fresh Market will expressly assume all the obligations
of Merger Sub under this Indenture and the Security Documents as required by the foregoing clause (ii) of this Section 5.01(a), and each Subsidiary Guarantor will provide a Subsidiary Guarantee in respect of the Issuer’s obligations
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Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither an Opinion of Counsel nor an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 4.11, this Section 5.01, Section 9.05 or
Section 12.07 will be required for the Trustee to execute a supplemental indenture to this Indenture in connection with the Issuer Merger. 

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04 and Section 12.02(b), no Subsidiary Guarantor shall, and the Issuer shall not permit
any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all
of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless: 
 (i) either (A) such Subsidiary
Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall
have been made is a company, corporation, partnership or limited liability company or similar entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Subsidiary
Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Subsidiary Guarantor”) and the Successor Subsidiary Guarantor (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such
Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee, as applicable, pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other applicable documents or instruments, or (B) such sale or disposition or
consolidation, amalgamation or merger is not in violation of Section 4.06; and 
 (ii) the Successor Subsidiary
Guarantor (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and
such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture. 
 Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Successor Subsidiary
Guarantor (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents and the Subsidiary Guarantee, as applicable, and such Subsidiary
Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents and its Subsidiary Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) a Subsidiary Guarantor may merge,
amalgamate or consolidate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing such Subsidiary Guarantor in a Permitted Jurisdiction or may convert into a limited liability company, corporation, partnership or
similar entity organized or existing under the laws of any Permitted Jurisdiction so long as the amount of Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor is not increased thereby and (2) a Subsidiary Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate
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 In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate,
amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into, liquidate, dissolve, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets (collectively, a “Transfer”) to the Issuer
or any Restricted Subsidiary. 
 ARTICLE VI 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default. An “Event of Default” occurs with respect to Notes if: 

(a) there is a default in any payment of interest on any Note when due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days, 

(b) there is a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any, of any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption,
upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise, 
 (c) there is a failure by the Issuer for 120 days after receipt of written
notice given by the Trustee or the holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (with a copy to the Trustee) to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements in Section 4.02, 

(d) there is a failure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for 60 days after written notice given by the Trustee or the holders of not
less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (with a copy to the Trustee) to comply with its other obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above) contained in the
Notes or this Indenture, 
 (e) there is a failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or any Permitted Securitization Financing) within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the
acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, in each case, if the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $60 million or its foreign currency equivalent, 

(f) the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) pursuant
to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: 
 (i) commences a voluntary case; 

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 (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial
part of its property; or 
 (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable action
under any foreign laws relating to insolvency, 
 (g) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law
that: 
 (i) is for relief against the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; 

(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or 

(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary; 

or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days, 

(h) there is a failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $60 million or its foreign currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not discharged,
waived or stayed for a period of 60 days, 
 (i) the Subsidiary Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that
together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) with respect to the Notes ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor that qualifies as a Significant Subsidiary
(or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or any Subsidiary Guarantee with respect to the Notes (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) and
such Default continues for 10 days, 
 (j) unless such Liens have been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the
Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Liens in favor of the holders of the Notes with respect to all or substantially all of the Collateral cease to be valid or enforceable and such Default continues for 30 days; or 

(k) the failure by the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply for 60 days after notice to the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor with
its other agreements contained in the Security Documents except for a failure that would not be material to the holders of the Notes and would not materially affect the value of the Collateral taken as a whole. 

The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary
or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body. 

  
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 However, a default under clauses (c), (d) or (k) above shall not constitute an Event of
Default until the Trustee notifies the Issuer or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of outstanding Notes notify the Issuer, with a copy to the Trustee, of the default and the Issuer does not cure such default within the time specified
in clauses (c), (d) or (k) hereof after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default.” The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee,
within five Business Days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event which is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, its status and
what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. 
 The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11,
United States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. 

SECTION 6.02 Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with
respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer (with a copy to the Trustee) may declare the principal of, premium,
if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with
respect to the Issuer occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the
holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences. 

In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding,
however, any resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the holders of the Notes, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Issuer delivers an
Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action
(as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Notes as
described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events. 
 SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies. If an Event
of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes, this Indenture or the
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 The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does
not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the
Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. To the extent required by law, all available remedies are cumulative. 

SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. Provided the Notes are not then due and payable by reason of a declaration of acceleration, the
holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note,
(b) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Note when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of
each holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured and the Issuer, the Trustee and the holders will be restored to their former positions and rights under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Default or impair any consequent right. 
 SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority. The holders of a majority in principal amount of
outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture or, if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that the action or proceeding so
directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or expense for which it is not adequately indemnified, or subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would
involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action. 

SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits. 

(a) Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with
respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless: 
 (i) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of
Default is continuing, 
 (ii) holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the
Trustee to pursue the remedy, 
 (iii) such holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against
any loss, liability or expense, 
 (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of
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 (v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes
have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. 

(b) A holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another holder.

 SECTION 6.07 Contractual Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
contractual right of any holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Note held by such holder, on or after the respective due dates thereof, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder. 
 SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount then due
and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in the Notes) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07. 

SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim, statements of interest and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation, expenses disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including counsel, accountants, experts or such other
professionals as the Trustee deems necessary, advisable or appropriate)) and the holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors, their creditors or their property, shall be entitled to participate as a
member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matters and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person
performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any holder, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any holder in any such proceeding. 
 SECTION 6.10 Priorities. Subject to
the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents (including the Priority Waterfall), any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI and any other money or property distributable in respect of
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Indenture (including upon exercise of any remedies in respect of Collateral) after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order: 

FIRST: to the Trustee and the First-Priority Collateral Agent for amounts due hereunder and under the Security Documents; 

SECOND: to the holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively; and 

THIRD: to the Issuer or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amount for any Subsidiary Guarantor, to such Subsidiary
Guarantor. 
 The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At
least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each holder and the Issuer a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid. 

SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Article VI does not apply to a suit by
the Trustee, a suit by a holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes. 

SECTION 6.12 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. Neither the Issuer nor any Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so)
shall at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture; and the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. 
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VII 
 TRUSTEE 

SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee. 

(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Notes and after the curing or waiving of all Events of
Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 

  
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 (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default: 

(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee (it being agreed that the permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty); and 

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation as to any statement contained in
any such instance, but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statement or the correctness of such opinions. However, in the case of certificates or opinions required by any provision hereof to be provided to
it, the Trustee shall examine the form of certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated
therein). 
 (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own
willful misconduct, except that: 
 (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section; 

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 
 (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and 

(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers. 
 (d) Every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01. 
 (e) The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer. 
 (f)
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 (g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of
or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01. 
 SECTION 7.02 Rights of
Trustee. 
 (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. 
 (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains
from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

 (c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care. 
 (d) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be
authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence. 

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to
this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. 

(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Issuer and shall Incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation. 

(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or the Security Documents
at the request or direction of any of the holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be Incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction. 
 (h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the
Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder, including the First-Priority
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 (i) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted by it in
good faith at the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or the exercising of any power conferred
by this Indenture. 
 (j) Any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Indenture upon the
request or authority or consent of any person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon future holders of Notes and upon Notes executed and delivered
in exchange therefor or in place thereof. 
 (k) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a
Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this
Indenture. 
 (l) The Trustee may request that the Issuer delivers an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals
and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any Person specified as
so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded. 
 (m) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for
punitive, special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the
form of actions. 
 (n) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers
under this Indenture. 
 (o) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations
under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage;
epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action. 

SECTION 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of
Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 SECTION 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity
or adequacy of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor


  
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in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged
with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k), or of the identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless either (a) a Trust Officer shall have actual knowledge thereof or
(b) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 13.02 hereof from the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any holder. In accepting the trust hereby created, the Trustee acts solely as Trustee under
this Indenture and not in its individual capacity and all persons, including without limitation the holders of Notes and the Issuer having any claim against the Trustee arising from this Indenture shall look only to the funds and accounts held by
the Trustee hereunder for payment except as otherwise provided herein. 
 SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and
is continuing and is actually known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail, or deliver electronically if held by the Depository, to each holder of the Notes notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30
days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold notice if and
so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the noteholders. The Issuer is required to deliver to the Trustee, annually, a certificate indicating whether the signers thereof
know of any Default that occurred during the previous year. The Issuer also is required to deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which would constitute certain Defaults, their status and
what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof. 
 SECTION 7.06 [Reserved]. 

SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for the Trustee’s
acceptance of this Indenture and its services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses Incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable
compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and their
directors, officers, employees and agents against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income
of the Trustee) Incurred by or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture or Subsidiary Guarantee against the Issuer or
any Subsidiary Guarantor (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor, any holder or any other Person). The obligation to pay such amounts shall
survive the payment in full or defeasance of the Notes or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. The Trustee shall notify the Issuer of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided,
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any Subsidiary Guarantor of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuer’s expense in
the defense. Such indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Issuer and such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to
pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties’ defense and, in such indemnified parties’ reasonable judgment, there is no actual or potential conflict of interest between the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as
applicable, and such parties in connection with such defense. The Issuer need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense Incurred by an indemnified party through such party’s own willful misconduct, negligence
or bad faith. 
 To secure the Issuer’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee
shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes. 

The Issuer’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction
or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any bankruptcy law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the
Trustee Incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law. 

No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to its satisfaction. 

SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee. 

(a) The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee if: 
 (i) the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10; 
 (ii) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent; 

(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or 

(iv) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting. 

(b) If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Issuer or by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes and such holders do not
reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. 


  
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 (c) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the
retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor
Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07. 

(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the
holders of 10% in principal amount of the Notes may petition at the expense of the Issuer any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 

(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided in
Section 310(b) of the TIA, any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. 

(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. 
 SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with,
merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act
shall be the successor Trustee. 
 In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee
shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes
so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee;
and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have. 

SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) of the TIA.
The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA, subject to its right to apply for
a stay of its duty to resign under the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the TIA; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA any series of securities issued
under this Indenture and any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in
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 SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer. The Trustee shall
comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the extent indicated. 

SECTION 7.12 Limitation on Duty of Trustee in Respect of Collateral; Indemnification. 

(a) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Trustee shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or
control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and the Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or
continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee shall be deemed to have
exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in
the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee in good faith. 

(b) The Trustee shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection,
priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder, for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or
assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of the Issuer to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the
Collateral. Subject to Section 7.01 of this Indenture, the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral
Agreement or any other Security Document by the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the First-Priority Collateral Agent. The Trustee may act and rely and shall be protected in acting and relying in good faith on the opinion or advice of or
information obtained from any counsel, accountant, appraiser or other expert or adviser, whether retained or employed by the Issuer or by the Trustee, in relation to any matter arising in the administration of this Indenture or the Security
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 ARTICLE VIII 

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE 

SECTION 8.01 Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance. 

(a) This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights and immunities of the Trustee
and rights of registration or transfer or exchange of Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Notes when: 

(i) either (A) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have
been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation or (B) all of the Notes (1) have become due and payable, (2) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or (3) if redeemable at the option of the Issuer, are to be called for redemption
within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with
irrevocable instructions from the Issuer directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; provided that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium,
the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date
of the redemption only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of the redemption; 
 (ii) the
Issuer and/or the Subsidiary Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under this Indenture; and 
 (iii) the Issuer has
delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. 

(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Issuer at any time may terminate (i) all of its obligations under the Notes and this
Indenture with respect to the holders of the Notes (“legal defeasance option”), and (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 and 4.15 and the operation of
Section 5.01 for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, and Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f), 6.01(g) (in the case of Sections 6.01(f) and 6.01(g) with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only), 6.01(h), 6.01(i), 6.01(j) and
6.01(k) (“covenant defeasance option”). The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. In the event that the 

  
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Issuer terminates all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to such Notes) by exercising its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, the
obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to its Subsidiary Guarantee and the Security Documents shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligation. 

If the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.
If the Issuer exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f), 6.01(g) (in the case of Sections 6.01(f) and
(g), with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only), 6.01(h), 6.01(i), 6.01(j) or 6.01(k) or because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with Section 5.01(a)(iv). 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge
of those obligations that the Issuer terminate. 
 (c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Issuer’s obligations in
Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 2.09 and Article VII, including, without limitation, Sections 7.07 and 7.08 and in this Article VIII and the rights and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture shall survive until the Notes have been
paid in full. Thereafter, the Issuer’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 7.08, 8.05 and 8.06 and the rights and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture shall survive such satisfaction and discharge. 

SECTION 8.02 Conditions to Defeasance. 

(a) The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if: 

(i) the Issuer irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a
combination thereof sufficient to pay the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Notes when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; 

(ii) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing
their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will
be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest when due on all the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be; 

(iii) no Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuer shall have occurred or is continuing
on the date of such deposit; 
 (iv) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other material agreement or
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 (v) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Issuer shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the
applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes
as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred; provided
that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium
calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date of the redemption only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of the redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel
required by the immediately preceding sentence with respect to a legal defeasance need not be delivered if all of the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable or (y) will become due
and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer; 

(vi) such exercise does not impair the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
such holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefore or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder’s Notes; 

(vii) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the
same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and 
 (viii) the Issuer delivers to
the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes to be so defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article VIII have been complied
with. 
 (b) Before or after a deposit, the Issuer may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Notes at a
future date in accordance with Article III. 
 SECTION 8.03 Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust money or
U.S. Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited with it pursuant to this Article VIII. The Trustee shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through each Paying Agent and in accordance with
this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes so discharged or defeased. 

  
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 SECTION 8.04 Repayment to Issuer. Each of the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall
promptly turn over to the Issuer upon request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article VIII that, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the
Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or defeasance in accordance with
this Article VIII. 
 Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon
written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and each
Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies. 
 SECTION 8.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations.
The Issuer shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations. 

SECTION 8.06 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in
accordance with this Article VIII by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under
this Indenture and the Notes so discharged or defeased shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII until such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of, or interest on, any such Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall
be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent. 

ARTICLE IX 
 AMENDMENTS
AND WAIVERS 
 SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of the Holders. 

(a) The Issuer, the Trustee and the First-Priority Collateral Agent may amend this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the
Security Documents and/or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement without notice to or the consent of any holder: 
 (i) to
cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency; 
 (ii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company
(with respect to the Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; 

  
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 (iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Subsidiary Guarantor (with
respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor), as the case may be, of the obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, its Subsidiary Guarantee, the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; 

(iv) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, provided, however,
that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code; 

(v) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents or the First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement to any provision of the “Description of Notes” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents or the First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement was intended by the Issuer to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the “Description of Notes” in the Offering Memorandum, as stated in an Officer’s Certificate; 

(vi) to add a Subsidiary Guarantee or collateral with respect to the Notes; 

(vii) to release or subordinate Collateral as permitted by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement; 
 (viii) to add additional secured creditors holding other First-Priority Obligations (including
First-Priority Obligations that have priority under the Priority Waterfall) or Junior Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by this Indenture; 

(ix) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Issuer; 
 (x) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying or maintaining the
qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA (if the Issuer elects to qualify this Indenture under the TIA); 
 (xi) to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder in any material respect; or 
 (xii) to make changes
to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Initial Notes, as a single issue of securities.

 (b) The First Lien Intercreditor Agreement may be amended without notice to or the consent of any holder, the Trustee or the
First-Priority Collateral Agent in connection with the permitted entry into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement of any class of additional secured creditors holding other First-Priority Obligations. 

  
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 (c) After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Issuer shall
mail, or otherwise deliver in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, to the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity
of an amendment under this Section 9.01. 
 SECTION 9.02 With Consent of the Holders. The Issuer, the Trustee and the
First-Priority Collateral Agent may amend this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the consent of the Issuer and the holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes). However, without the consent of each holder of an outstanding Note affected, an amendment may
not: 
 (1) reduce the amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment, 

(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note, 

(3) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note, 

(4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed in
accordance with Article III, 
 (5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note, 

(6) expressly subordinate the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee to any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary
Guarantor, 
 (7) impair the contractual right of any holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on such holder’s Note on or after the due dates thereof or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder’s Note, 

(8) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions, or 

(9) make any change to the provisions of this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents with
respect to the pro rata application of proceeds of Collateral in respect of the Notes required thereby in a manner that by its terms modifies the application of such proceeds in respect of the Notes required thereby to be on a less than pro rata
basis to the holder of such Note. 
 Except as expressly provided by this Indenture, the Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor
Agreement, without the consent of the holders of at least 66.67% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, no amendment or waiver may release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture and the
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 It shall not be necessary for the consent of the holders under this Section 9.02 to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. 
 After
an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall mail, or otherwise deliver in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, to the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice
to all holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02. 
 SECTION
9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. 
 (a) A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a holder of a Note shall bind the
holder and every subsequent holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such holder or subsequent
holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officer’s Certificate from the Issuer certifying that
the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Issuer or the Trustee of consents by the
holders of the requisite principal amount of securities, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such
amendment or waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. 
 (b) The Issuer may, but shall
not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed,
then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given
or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date. 

SECTION 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes. If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Issuer may
require the holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the holder. Alternatively, if the Issuer or the Trustee so determine, the Issuer in
exchange for the Note shall issue and, upon written order of the Issuer signed by an Officer, the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect
the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver. 
 SECTION 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any
amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such
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receive indemnity satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, (i) an Officer’s Certificate, (ii) an
Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and any Subsidiary Guarantors,
enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof, (iii) a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Issuer, authorizing the execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver and (iv) if such amendment, supplement or waiver is executed pursuant to Section 9.02, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the holders
required to consent thereto. 
 SECTION 9.06 Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount. All Notes issued under this
Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of such Notes may vote) as one class and no Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. Determinations as to whether holders of the
requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent shall be made in accordance with this Article IX and Section 2.13. 

ARTICLE X 
 RANKING OF
NOTE LIENS 
 SECTION 10.01 Relative Rights. The First Lien Intercreditor Agreement governs the relative rights and remedies, as
lienholders, among holders of Liens securing First-Priority Obligations. Nothing in this Indenture or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement will: 

(a) impair, as between the Issuer and holders of Notes, the obligation of the Issuer which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal
of, premium and interest on Notes in accordance with their terms or to perform any other obligation of the Issuer or any other obligor under this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents; 

(b) restrict the right of any holder to sue for payments that are then due and owing, in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; 
 (c) prevent the Trustee, the First-Priority Collateral Agent or any holder from exercising against
the Issuer or any other obligor any of its other available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default (other than its rights as a secured party, which are subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement); or 

(d) restrict the right of the Trustee, the First-Priority Collateral Agent or any holder: 

(1) to file and prosecute a petition seeking an order for relief in an involuntary bankruptcy case as to any obligor or
otherwise to commence, or seek relief commencing, any insolvency or liquidation proceeding involuntarily against any obligor; 

  
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 (2) to make, support or oppose any request for an order for dismissal,
abstention or conversion in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding; 
 (3) to make, support or oppose, in any insolvency or
liquidation proceeding, any request for an order extending or terminating any period during which the debtor (or any other Person) has the exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization or other dispositive restructuring or liquidation plan
therein; 
 (4) to seek the creation of, or appointment to, any official committee representing creditors (or certain of the
creditors) in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings and, if appointed, to serve and act as a member of such committee without being in any respect restricted or bound by, or liable for, any of the obligations under this Article X; 

(5) to seek or object to the appointment of any professional person to serve in any capacity in any insolvency or liquidation
proceeding or to support or object to any request for compensation made by any professional person or others therein; 
 (6)
to make, support or oppose any request for order appointing a trustee or examiner in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings; or 

(7) otherwise to make, support or oppose any request for relief in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding that it is
permitted by law to make, support or oppose if it were a holder of unsecured claims, or as to any matter relating to (x) any plan of reorganization or other restructuring or liquidation plan or (y) the administration of the estate or the
disposition of the case or proceeding (in each case except as set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement). 
 ARTICLE XI 

COLLATERAL 
 SECTION
11.01 Security Documents. (a) The payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes when due, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise and whether by
the Issuer pursuant to the Notes or by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantees, the payment of all other Notes Obligations and the performance of all other obligations of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors under this
Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents shall be secured as provided in the Security Documents, which the Issuer and the applicable Subsidiary Guarantors entered into on the Issue Date and will be secured by
Security Documents hereafter delivered as required or permitted by this Indenture. The Issuer shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, and each Restricted Subsidiary shall, make all filings (including filings of continuation statements
and amendments to UCC financing statements that may be necessary to continue the effectiveness of such UCC financing statements) and all other actions as are necessary or required by the Security Documents to maintain (at the sole cost and expense
of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries) the security interest created by the Security Documents in the Collateral (other than with respect to any Collateral the security interest in which is not required to be perfected under the Security
Documents) as a perfected security interest subject only to Permitted Liens and Liens permitted by Section 4.12. 

  
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 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
perfect all security interests in the Collateral (other than Excluded Property) on or prior to the Issue Date and, with respect to any Collateral (other than Excluded Property), for which security interests have not been granted or perfected on or
prior to the Issue Date, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the taking of additional actions required to grant or perfect the security interest in the Collateral required to be pledged under this Indenture and the Security Documents within
90 days following the Issue Date. 
 SECTION 11.02 First-Priority Collateral Agent. 

(a) The First-Priority Collateral Agent is authorized and empowered to appoint one or more
co-First-Priority Collateral Agents as it deems necessary or appropriate. 
 (b) Subject to
Section 7.01, neither the Trustee nor the First-Priority Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any
Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Lien securing First-Priority Obligations, or for any defect or deficiency
as to any such matters, or for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of the Liens securing First-Priority Obligations or the Security Documents or any delay in doing so. 

(c) The First-Priority Collateral Agent will be subject to such directions as may be given it by the Trustee from time to time (as required
or permitted by this Indenture); provided that in the event of conflict between directions received pursuant to the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and directions received hereunder, the First-Priority Collateral
Agent will be subject to directions received pursuant to the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by this Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the
Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First-Priority Collateral Agent will not be obligated: 

(1) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person; 

(2) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Lien securing First-Priority Obligations; or 

(3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Liens securing First-Priority Obligations, Security
Documents or Collateral. 
 (d) The First-Priority Collateral Agent will be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a
result of the enforcement of the Liens securing First-Priority Obligations or the Security Documents. 

  
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 (e) In acting as First-Priority Collateral Agent or
co-First-Priority Collateral Agent, the First-Priority Collateral Agent and each co-First-Priority Collateral Agent may rely upon and enforce each and all of the rights,
powers, immunities, indemnities and benefits of the Trustee under Article VII hereof. 
 (f) The holders of Notes agree that the
First-Priority Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the First-Priority Collateral Agent by this Indenture and the Security Documents. Furthermore, each holder of
a Note, by accepting such Note, consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the First-Priority Collateral Agent to enter into and perform each of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and Security
Documents in each of its capacities thereunder. 
 (g) If the Issuer (i) Incurs Other First-Priority Obligations at any time when no
intercreditor agreement is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting Other First-Priority Obligations entitled to the benefit of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) delivers to the First-Priority
Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the First-Priority Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) in favor of a
designated agent or representative for the holders of the Other First-Priority Obligations so Incurred, the First-Priority Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the holders on
the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder. 
 (h) At all times when the Trustee is not itself the
First-Priority Collateral Agent, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee copies of all Security Documents delivered to the First-Priority Collateral Agent and copies of all documents delivered to the First-Priority Collateral Agent pursuant to this
Indenture and the Security Documents. 
 (i) If the Issuer Incurs any Junior Lien Obligations and delivers to the First-Priority Collateral
Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, an Officer’s Certificate requesting the First-Priority Collateral Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, to enter into an intercreditor agreement with a designated agent or representative for the
holders of the Junior Lien Obligations so Incurred, the First-Priority Collateral Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, shall (and each is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the holders on the terms
set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder. 
 SECTION 11.03 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken.
(a) Each holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in
accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, authorizes and directs the Trustee and/or the First-Priority Collateral Agent to enter into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents to which it is a party,
authorizes and empowers the Trustee to direct the First-Priority Collateral Agent to enter into, and the First-Priority Collateral Agent to execute and deliver, the Security Documents and First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and authorizes and
empowers the Trustee and the First-Priority Collateral Agent to bind the holders of Notes and other holders of Obligations as set forth in the Security Documents to which it is a party and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to perform its
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 (b) Subject to the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Security
Documents, the Trustee and the First-Priority Collateral Agent are authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the holders of Notes any funds collected or distributed under the Security Documents to which the First-Priority Collateral
Agent or Trustee is a party and to make further distributions of such funds to the holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture. 

(c) Subject to the provisions of Article VI, Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 hereof, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the
Security Documents, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the holders, direct, on behalf of the holders, the First-Priority Collateral Agent to take all actions
it deems necessary or appropriate in order to: 
 (1) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the Liens securing
the First-Priority Obligations; 
 (2) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents to which the First-Priority
Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party; or 
 (3) collect and receive payment of any and all Obligations. 

Subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or direct the
First-Priority Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to protect or enforce the Liens securing the First-Priority Obligations or the Security Documents to which the First-Priority Collateral
Agent or Trustee is a party or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents to which the First-Priority Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or this Indenture, and such suits
and proceedings as the Trustee or the First-Priority Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the holders of Notes in the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings
to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair
the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of holders, the Trustee or the First-Priority Collateral Agent. 

SECTION 11.04 Release of Liens. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Security Documents or the First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement, Collateral may be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Security Documents to secure the Notes and obligations under this Indenture at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of
the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents or as provided hereby. The applicable assets included in the Collateral shall be automatically released from the Liens securing the Notes, and the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor shall
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or more of the following circumstances or any applicable circumstance as provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents: 

(1) to enable the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor to consummate the disposition (other than any disposition to the Issuer or
another Subsidiary Guarantor) of such property or assets to the extent not prohibited under Section 4.06; 
 (2) in
respect of the property and assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the designation of such Subsidiary Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.04 and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”, and such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder and under the Security Documents; 
 (3)
in respect of the property and assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the release or discharge of the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture; 

(4) in respect of any property and assets of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor that would constitute Collateral but is at
such time not subject to a Lien securing First-Priority Obligations (other than the Notes Obligations), other than any property or assets that cease to be subject to a Lien securing First-Priority Obligations in connection with a Discharge of
First-Priority Obligations; provided that if such property and assets are subsequently subject to a Lien securing First-Priority Obligations (other than Excluded Property), such property and assets shall subsequently constitute Collateral
under this Indenture; 
 (5) in respect of any Common Collateral transferred to a third party or otherwise disposed of in
connection with any enforcement by the First-Priority Collateral Agent in accordance with the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; 
 (6)
pursuant to an amendment or waiver in accordance with Article IX; and 
 (7) if the Notes have been discharged or defeased pursuant to
Section 8.01. 
 In addition, (i) the security interests granted pursuant to the Security Documents securing the Obligations
shall automatically terminate and/or be released all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Pledgors (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), as of
the date when all the Obligations under this Indenture and the Security Documents (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities not then due) have been paid in full in cash or immediately available funds; and (ii) the
security interests granted pursuant to the Security Documents securing the Obligations shall automatically terminate as of the date when the holders of at least two thirds in aggregate principal amount of all Notes issued under this Indenture
consent to the termination of the Security Documents. 
 In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this
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reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Pledgor, such of the Pledged
Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) that may be in the possession of the First-Priority Collateral Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents. Any
execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 11.04(a) shall be without recourse to or warranty by the First-Priority Collateral Agent. In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 11.04(a), the Pledgors shall be
permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of UCC termination statements. 

Upon the receipt of an Officer’s Certificate from the Issuer, as described in Section 11.04(b) below, if applicable, and any
necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Issuer, the First-Priority Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral
permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. 
 (b)
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in connection with (x) any release of Collateral pursuant to Section 11.04(a)(2), (3) or (6), such Collateral may not be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Security
Documents and (y) any release of Collateral pursuant to Section 11.04(a)(1), (4) and (5) the First-Priority Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute, deliver or acknowledge any instruments of termination, satisfaction or
release unless, in each case, an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions precedent, including, without limitation, this Section 11.04, have been met and stating under which of the circumstances set forth
in Section 11.04(a) above the Collateral is being released have been delivered to the First-Priority Collateral Agent on or prior to the date of such release or, in the case of clause (y) above, the date on which the First-Priority
Collateral Agent executes any such instrument. 
 (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time when a Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee has delivered a notice of acceleration to the First-Priority Collateral Agent, no release of
Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents will be effective as against the holders, except as otherwise provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. 

SECTION 11.05 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee. In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee,
lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article XI upon the Issuer or the Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed
by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Issuer or the Subsidiary Guarantors or of any officer or officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article XI; and if the Trustee, First-Priority
Collateral Agent or a nominee of the Trustee or First-Priority Collateral Agent shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee, First-Priority Collateral Agent or
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 SECTION 11.06 Release Upon Termination of the Issuer’s Obligations. In the event
(i) that the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all the obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents have been satisfied and discharged by the payment in
full of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents, and all such obligations have been so satisfied, or (ii) a discharge, legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of this Indenture occurs under
Article VIII, the Trustee shall deliver to the Issuer and the First-Priority Collateral Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral, and any rights it
has under the Security Documents, and upon receipt by the First-Priority Collateral Agent of such notice, the First-Priority Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in the Collateral on behalf of the Trustee and shall do or cause to be
done all acts reasonably necessary at the request and expense of the Issuer to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable. 

SECTION 11.07 Designations. Except as provided in the next sentence, for purposes of the provisions hereof and the First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement requiring the Issuer to designate Indebtedness for the purposes of the terms Other First-Priority Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations or any other such designations hereunder or under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement,
any such designation shall be sufficient if the relevant designation provides in writing that such Other First-Priority Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations are permitted under this Indenture and is signed on behalf of the Issuer by an Officer and
delivered to the Trustee and the First-Priority Collateral Agent. For all purposes hereof and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Issuer hereby designates the Obligations pursuant to the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date as
First-Priority Obligations. 
 ARTICLE XII 

GUARANTEE 
 SECTION 12.01
Subsidiary Guarantee. 
 (a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, on a
senior basis, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the performance and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all
obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full
and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the
“Guaranteed Obligations”). The Guaranteed Obligations of all Subsidiary Guarantors shall be secured by first-priority security interests (subject to Permitted Liens and Liens permitted by Section 4.12) in the Collateral owned
by such Subsidiary Guarantor on a pari passu basis with all other First-Priority Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Security
Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (including the Priority Waterfall). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole 


  
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or in part, without notice or further assent from any Subsidiary Guarantor, and that each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article XII notwithstanding any extension or renewal
of any Guaranteed Obligation. 
 (b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of
any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall
not be affected by (i) the failure of any holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise;
(ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the
release of any security held by any holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or each Subsidiary Guarantor; (v) the failure of any holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed
Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of each Subsidiary Guarantor, except as provided in Section 12.02(b). Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided
among the Subsidiary Guarantors, such that such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. 
 (c)
Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuer first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuer’s or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts
being claimed from or paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuer be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Subsidiary Guarantor.

 (d) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and
compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. 

(e) The Subsidiary Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article XII, equal in right of
payment to all existing and future Pari Passu Indebtedness (but subject to the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (including the Priority Waterfall)), senior in right of payment to all existing
and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 (f) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 12.02 and
12.06, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be
subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or 

  
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demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in
the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge
of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity. 
 (g) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall
remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise. 

(h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against
any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to
perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the holders or the Trustee an amount equal
to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary
obligations of the Issuer to the holders and the Trustee. 
 (i) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any
right of subrogation in relation to the holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the
holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction
or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Guaranteed
Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for the purposes of this Section 12.01. 

(j) Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses) Incurred by the Trustee, the First-Priority Collateral Agent or any holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 12.01. 

(k) Upon request of the Trustee, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may
be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture. 

  
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 SECTION 12.02 Limitation on Liability. 

(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations
guaranteed hereunder by each Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed by the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering the Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture, as it relates to such Subsidiary
Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or capital maintenance or corporate benefit rules applicable to guarantees for obligations
of affiliates. 
 (b) A Subsidiary Guarantee as to any Restricted Subsidiary that is (or becomes) a party hereto on the date hereof or that
executes a supplemental indenture in accordance with Section 4.11 hereof and provides a guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be deemed to be automatically released from all
obligations under this Article XII upon any of the following: 
 (i) the sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer
(including through merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise) of the Capital Stock (including any sale, disposition or other transfer following which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary), of the applicable
Subsidiary Guarantor if such sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer is made in a manner not in violation of this Indenture; 

(ii) the designation of such Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.04 and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”; 
 (iii) the release or discharge of the
guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor of the Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Notes; 

(iv) the Issuer’s exercise of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option under Article VIII or if the
Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; 
 (v) such
Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary as a result of any foreclosure of any pledge or security interest in favor of the First-Priority Obligations or other exercise of remedies in respect thereof, subject to, in each case, the application of the
proceeds of such foreclosure or exercise of remedies in the manner described in the Security Documents; and 
 (vi) the
occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event. 
 SECTION 12.03 [Intentionally Omitted]. 

SECTION 12.04 Successors and Assigns. This Article XII shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns
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 the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of
rights by any holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this
Indenture. 
 SECTION 12.05 No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the holders in exercising
any right, power or privilege under this Article XII shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the
Trustee and the holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article XII at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. 

SECTION 12.06 Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article XII, nor the consent to any
departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for
which given. No notice to or demand on any Subsidiary Guarantor in any case shall entitle any Subsidiary Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances. 

SECTION 12.07 Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Subsidiary Guarantors. Each Subsidiary which is required to become a
Subsidiary Guarantor of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.11 shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit C hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor
under this Article XII and shall guarantee the Notes. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such
supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to
creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor is a valid and binding obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor,
enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms and/or to such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request. 

SECTION 12.08 Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse a Subsidiary Guarantee on any Note shall
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 ARTICLE XIII 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION
13.01 [Reserved]. 
 SECTION 13.02 Notices. 

(a) Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person, via facsimile or mailed by
first-class mail addressed as follows: 
 if to the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor: 

c/o The Fresh Market, Inc. 

628 Green Valley Road 

Greensboro, NC 27408 

Attention: General Counsel 

Fax:    336-272-1664 

with copies to: 
 c/o Apollo
Management, L.P. 
 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor 

New York, NY 10019 

Attention:    Chief Legal Officer 

Fax:    646-417-6651 

and 
 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison LLP 
 1285 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10019 

Attention:    Gregory A. Ezring 

                    Brian M. Janson 

Fax: 212-757-3990 
 if to the
Trustee: 
 Wilmington Trust, National Association 

Global Capital Markets 
 50
South Sixth Street, Suite 1290 
 Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Attention: The Fresh Market, Inc. Administrator 

Fax: 612-217-5651 
 The Issuer or the Trustee by
notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. 
 (b) Any notice or
communication mailed to a holder shall be mailed, first class mail, to the holder at the holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed. 

  
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 (c) Failure to mail a notice or communication to a holder or any defect in it shall not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only if received.

 The Trustee may, in its sole discretion, agree to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar electronic methods. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar
electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising
directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions
agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception
and misuse by third parties. 
 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, as long as the Notes are in the form of a Global
Note, notice to the holders may be made electronically in accordance with procedures of the Depository. 
 SECTION 13.03 [Reserved].

 SECTION 13.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to
take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee: 
 (a)
an Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 (b) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent have been complied with. 
 SECTION 13.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or
opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.09) shall include: 

(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; 

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
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 (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with; provided,
however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials. 

SECTION 13.06 When Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in
any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or the Subsidiary Guarantors shall
be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall
be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination. 
 SECTION
13.07 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of the holders. The Registrar and a Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions. 

SECTION 13.08 Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been otherwise payable on such payment date if it were a Business Day for the intervening period. If a regular Record Date is not a Business Day, the Record Date shall not be
affected. 
 SECTION 13.09 GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES 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. 
 SECTION 13.10
No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent companies, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer
or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees or this Indenture, as applicable, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. 
 SECTION 13.11
Successors. All agreements of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind such person’s successors, including, without limitation, The Fresh Market in the case of Merger Sub. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. 

  
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 SECTION 13.12 Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. 

SECTION 13.13 Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of
this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

SECTION 13.14 Indenture Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of the Notes limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control. 
 SECTION 13.15 Severability. In case any provision in this
Indenture 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 and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability. 
 SECTION 13.16 Intercreditor Agreement. The terms of this Indenture are subject to the
terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. 
 SECTION 13.17 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written
above. 
  

			
	POMEGRANATE MERGER SUB, INC.
		
	By:	 	 




  

		 	Name: Laurie D. Medley
		 	Title:   Vice President


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	WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 




  

		 	Name: Jane Schweiger
		 	Title:   Vice President


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 APPENDIX A 

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES AND ADDITIONAL NOTES 

1. Definitions. 
 1.1
Definitions. 
 For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below: 

“Definitive Note” means a certificated Initial Note or Additional Note (bearing the Restricted Notes Legend if the transfer
of such Note is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global Notes Legend. 
 “Depository” means The
Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors. 
 “Global Notes Legend” means the legend set forth
under that caption in the applicable Exhibit to this Indenture. 
 “IAI” means an institutional “accredited
investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act. 
 “Initial Purchasers” means
Barclays Capital Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Jefferies LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Apollo Global Securities, LLC. 

“Notes Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person
thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee. 
 “QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule
144A. 
 “Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act. 

“Regulation S Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S. 

“Restricted Notes Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(f)(i) herein. 

“Restricted Period,” with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later
of (a) the day on which such Notes are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Issuer to the Trustee,
and (b) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Notes that are Transfer Restricted Notes, it means the comparable period of 40 consecutive days. 

“Rule 501” means Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act. 

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

“Rule 144A Notes” means all Initial Notes initially offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A. 

“Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes” means Definitive Notes that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the
Restricted Notes Legend. 
 “Transfer Restricted Global Notes” means Global Notes that bear or are required to bear or are
subject to the Restricted Notes Legend. 
 “Transfer Restricted Notes” means the Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes and
Transfer Restricted Global Notes. 
 “Unrestricted Definitive Notes” means Definitive Notes that are not required to bear,
or are not subject to, the Restricted Notes Legend. 
 “Unrestricted Global Notes” means Global Notes that are not required
to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Notes Legend. 
 1.2 Other Definitions. 

 

					
	Term:	  	 	  	Defined in Section:
	 Agent Members
	  	2.1(b)
	 Global Notes
	  	2.1(b)
	 Regulation S Global Notes
	  	2.1(b)
	 Regulation S Permanent Notes
	  	2.1(b)
	 Regulation S Temporary Global Notes
	  	2.1(b)
	 Rule 144A Global Notes
	  	2.1(b)

 2. The Notes. 

2.1 Form and Dating; Global Notes. 

(a) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof will be (i) privately placed by the Issuer pursuant to the Offering Memorandum and
(ii) sold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and (2) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S. Such Initial Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs,
purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and, except as set forth below, IAIs in accordance with Rule 501. One or more Rule 144A Notes may be issued with a separate CUSIP number for purposes of transfers of Notes to IAIs in accordance with Rule 501.
On the Issue Date, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate, a Rule 144A Global Note with a zero outstanding balance and the CUSIP number 35804HAB2 for purposes of transfers of Initial Notes to IAIs in accordance with Rule 501 at
any time on or after the Issue Date. Additional Notes offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by the Issuer from time to time pursuant to one or more agreements in accordance with applicable law. 

  
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 (b) Global Notes. (i) Except as provided in clause (d) of Section 2.2
below, Rule 144A Notes initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in definitive, fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Notes”). 

Regulation S Notes initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in fully registered, global form without interest coupons
(collectively, the “Regulation S Temporary Global Note” and, together with the Regulation S Permanent Global Note (defined below), the “Regulation S Global Notes”), which shall be registered in the name of the
Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system (“Euroclear”) or Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme
(“Clearstream”). 
 Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in a permanent Global Note (the “Regulation S Permanent Global Note”) pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depository. Simultaneously with the authentication of the
Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided. 

The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear”
and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S
Permanent Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream. 
 The term “Global Notes” means the
Rule 144A Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes. The Global Notes shall bear the Global Note Legend. The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for
credit to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear the Restricted Notes Legend. 

Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depository (collectively, the “Agent Members”) shall have no rights
under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Notes. The Depository may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository, or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Note. 

(ii) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or
their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Notes only in 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 
accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.2. In addition, a Global Note shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes if (x) the
Depository (1) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Note and the Issuer thereupon fails to appoint a successor depository or (2) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act or (y) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Note and a request has been made for such exchange; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. In all
cases, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with its
customary procedures. 
 (iii) In connection with the transfer of a Global Note as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant
to subsection (i) of this Section 2.1(b), such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall execute, and, upon written order of the Issuer signed by an Officer, the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized
denominations. 
 (iv) Any Transfer Restricted Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to
Section 2.2 shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, bear the Restricted Notes Legend. 
 (v)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of
Section 2.2. 
 (vi) The holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent
Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes. 

2.2 Transfer and Exchange. 
 (a)
Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.1(b). Global Notes will not be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Notes except under the circumstances described
in Section 2.1(b)(ii). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Section 2.08 of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in
Section 2.2(b). 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 (b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. Beneficial interests in Transfer Restricted
Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in
Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as
applicable: 
 (i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Transfer
Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Transfer Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Notes Legend;
provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. A beneficial
interest in an 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 Registrar
to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.2(b)(i). 
 (ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial
Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Note that is not subject to Section 2.2(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar
(1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository directing the Depository 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 (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the Agent Member 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 pursuant to Section 2.2(i). 
 (iii) Transfer of Beneficial
Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Transfer Restricted Global Note if
the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following: 
 (A)
if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note; and 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 (B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in a Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note. 

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an
Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in a Transfer 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 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following: 

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer 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 attached to the applicable Note; or 

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer 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 attached to the applicable Note, 

and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so request or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the 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 or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the
Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, 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 or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iv). 

(v) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in a Transfer
Restricted Global Note. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note. 

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not
be exchanged for a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note except
under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). In any case, beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for Definitive Notes. 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 (d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global
Notes. Transfers and exchanges of Definitive Notes for beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) below, as applicable: 

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

(A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a
beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; 

(B) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities
Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; 
 (C) if such Transfer Restricted
Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; 

(D) if such Transfer 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 from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; 

(E) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion
of Counsel, if applicable; or 
 (F) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuer or a
Subsidiary thereof, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; 
 the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer
Restricted Definitive Note, and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the appropriate Transfer Restricted Global Note. 

(ii) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A holder of a Transfer
Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery


  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the
Registrar receives the following: 
 (A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such
Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or 

(B) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note 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 attached to the applicable Note, 

and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so request or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the 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 this subparagraph (ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue
and, upon receipt of an written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (ii). 
 (iii) Unrestricted Definitive
Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Unrestricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted
Definitive Note 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. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global
Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Unrestricted Definitive Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iii). 

(iv) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes. An Unrestricted
Definitive Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note. 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 (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 2.2(e), the 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 Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the 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 2.2(e). 

(i) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes. A Transfer Restricted Note may be
transferred to and registered in the name of a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note if the 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 attached to the applicable Note; 
 (B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the
Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note; 
 (C) if the
transfer will be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note; 

(D) if the transfer will be made to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
other than those listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) above, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note; and 

(E) if such transfer will be made to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable
Note. 
 (ii) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Transfer Restricted
Definitive Note may be exchanged by the holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following: 

(A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for
an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or 
 (B) if the
holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note 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 attached to the applicable
Note, 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so request, an Opinion of Counsel in
form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the 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) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. A holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the holder thereof. 

(iv) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes. An Unrestricted Definitive Note cannot be
exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note. 
 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 2.11. 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 Depository
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 Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase. 

(f) Legend. 
 (i)
Except as permitted by the following paragraph (iii), (iv) or (v), each Note certificate evidencing the Global Notes and any Definitive Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only): 
 “THIS SECURITY HAS NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER
(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE
ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS), OR
(F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE
TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.” 

“THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AMONG WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INITIAL OTHER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE, AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, ENTERED INTO ON THE ISSUE DATE,
AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE.” 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 Each Regulation S Note shall bear the following additional legend: 

“BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S.
PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.” 
 Each Definitive Note
shall bear the following additional legend: 
 “IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER
AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.” 

(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the holder thereof to
exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note if the holder certifies in writing to the Registrar
that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial Note). 

(iii) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Restricted Period of any Initial Note acquired pursuant to Regulation
S, all requirements that such Initial Note bear the Restricted Notes Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Initial Note be issued in global form shall continue to apply. 

(iv) Any Additional Notes sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend (other than
the portion thereof relating to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement). 
 (g) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. 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 2.10 of this 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 Depository 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 Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase. 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 (h) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes. 

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive
Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s request. 
 (ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this Indenture). 
 (iii) Prior
to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Trustee, a Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the
contrary. 
 (iv) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the
same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange. 

(i) No Obligation of the Trustee. 

(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a
participant in the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the
delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and
communications to be given to the holders and all payments to be made to the holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of
beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. 
 (ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation
or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among
Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation
or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. 

  
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 Confidential Treatment Requested by The Fresh Market Holdings, Inc. 

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83 
  

 EXHIBIT A 

[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE] 

[Global Notes Legend] 
 UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR
SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. 

[Restricted Notes Legend for Notes Offered in Reliance on Regulation S] 

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON,
AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 
 [Restricted Notes
Legend] 
 “THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”),
OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER
(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE
ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) RESELL 

  
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OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES”
AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.” 
 [Restricted Notes Legend] 

“THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AMONG WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INITIAL OTHER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE, AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, ENTERED INTO ON THE ISSUE DATE,
AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE.” 
 [Definitive
Notes Legend] 
 “IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND
OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.” 

  
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 [FORM OF INITIAL NOTE] 

POMEGRANATE MERGER SUB, INC. 
 (to
be merged with and into The Fresh Market, Inc.) 
 No. [    ] 

144A CUSIP No. 35804H AA4 
 144A ISIN
No. US35804HAA41 
 REG S CUSIP No. U3144H AA8 

REG S ISIN No. USU3144HAA87 

$[        ] 

9.75% First-Priority Senior Secured Note due 2023 

Pomegranate Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns under the Indenture, including, without
limitation, The Fresh Market, Inc., a Delaware corporation), promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note attached hereto on May 1, 2023. 

Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1, commencing
[                    ]1 

Record Dates April 15 and October 15 

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note. 

 
  

	1	 To be November 1, 2016 for Notes issued on April 27, 2016. 



  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

 
  

			
	POMEGRANATE MERGER SUB, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:


 Dated: 

  
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 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF 

    AUTHENTICATION 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

			
		 	as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory
		
	Dated:	 	
		 	

  

	*/	 If the Note is to be issued in global form, add the Global Notes Legend and the attachment from Exhibit
A captioned “TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES -SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE.” 



  
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 [FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE] 

9.75% First-Priority Senior Secured Note Due 2023 
  

	1.	 Interest 



POMEGRANATE MERGER SUB, INC., a Delaware corporation (such entity, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture, including, without
limitation, THE FRESH MARKET, INC., hereinafter referred to, being herein called, the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Issuer shall pay interest
semiannually on May 1 and November 1 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing [                    ]2. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from April 27, 2016,
until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal
at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful. 
  

	2.	 Method of Payment 



The Issuer shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders at the close of business on
April 15 or October 15 (each a “Record Date”) immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).
Holders must surrender Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuer shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public
and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust
Company or any successor depositary. The Issuer shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Issuer, payment of
interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent to such effect designating such account
no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion). 
  

 

	2 	 To be November 1, 2016 for Notes issued on April 27, 2016. 



  
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	3.	 Paying Agent and Registrar 



Initially, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent
and Registrar. The Issuer may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Issuer or any of its domestically incorporated Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. 

 

	4.	 Indenture 



The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of April 27, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the
Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used herein are used as defined in the Indenture, unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all terms and
provisions of the Indenture, and the holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms and provisions. If and to the extent that any provision of the Notes limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Indenture, such provision of the Indenture shall control. 
 The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Issuer. This
Note is one of the Initial Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes. The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture
imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, Incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of
certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of certain capital stock of the Issuer and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or Incur Liens and
make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property. 

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the
Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantors have unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed
Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and any Subsidiary Guarantor that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee will unconditionally guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior secured basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. 

 

	5.	 Redemption 



On or after May 1, 2019, the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by the Issuer by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address, or delivered electronically if held by DTC, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of
principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due


  
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on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on May 1 of the years set forth below: 

 

					
	 Period
	  	Redemption Price	 
	 2019
	  	 	107.313	% 
	 2020
	  	 	104.875	% 
	 2021
	  	 	102.438	% 
	 2022 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 

 In addition, prior to May 1, 2019, the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or
in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by the Issuer by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address, or delivered electronically if held by DTC, at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record
Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date). 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on
or prior to May 1, 2019, the Issuer may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) in an amount equal to the net cash proceeds
of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Issuer or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Issuer or are used to purchase Capital
Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 109.75%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the
right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after
giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated
upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed by the Issuer to each holder of Notes being redeemed, or delivered electronically if held by DTC, and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. 

Notice of any redemption upon any corporate transaction or other event (including any Equity Offering, incurrence of Indebtedness, Change of
Control or other transaction) may be given prior to the completion thereof. In addition, any redemption described above or notice thereof may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not
limited to, completion of a corporate transaction or other event. 
  

	6.	 Mandatory Redemption 



The Issuer will not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 

  
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	7.	 Notice of Redemption 



Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of
Notes to be redeemed at its registered address (with a copy to the Trustee) or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior
to the redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Article VIII thereof. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid
interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date, interest ceases to accrue on such
Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption. 
  

	8.	 Repurchase of Notes at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales.



 Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in
the Indenture, to cause the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of
repurchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture. 

In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to offer to purchase Notes upon the occurrence of certain
events. 
  

	9.	 Ranking and Collateral. 



From the Issue Date, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees will be secured by first-priority security interest (subject to the Permitted
Liens and Liens permitted by Section 4.12 of the Indenture) in the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents (but subject to the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (including the
Priority Waterfall)). The Liens upon any and all Collateral are, to the extent and in the manner provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, equal in ranking with all present and future Liens securing First-Priority Obligations and will be
senior in ranking to all present and future Liens securing Junior Lien Obligations. 
  

	10.	 Denominations; Transfer; Exchange 



The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof. A holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of the Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in
part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed. 

  
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	11.	 Persons Deemed Owners 



The registered holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. 

 

	12.	 Unclaimed Money 



If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to
the Issuer at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall
have no further liability with respect to such monies. 
  

	13.	 Discharge and Defeasance 



Subject to certain conditions, the Issuer at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the
Issuer deposit with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be. 
  

	14.	 Amendment; Waiver 



Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents
and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions may
be waived with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. 
 Subject to
certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any holder, the Issuer, the First-Priority Collateral Agent and the Trustee may amend the Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents and/or the First
Lien Intercreditor Agreement (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company (with respect to the Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuer under the
Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; (iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Subsidiary Guarantor (with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor), as the case may be, of the obligations
of a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, its Subsidiary Guarantee, the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; (iv) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, provided,
however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code; (v) to conform the
text of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Notes, the Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement to any provision of the “Description of Notes” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in
the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantee, the Notes, the Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, was intended by the Issuer to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the “Description of Notes” in the
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collateral with respect to the Notes, (vii) to release or subordinate Collateral as permitted by the Indenture, the Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(viii) to add additional secured creditors holding other First-Priority Obligations (including First-Priority Obligations that have priority under the Priority Waterfall) or Junior Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited
by the Indenture; (ix) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA (if the Issuer elects to qualify the Indenture under the TIA), (x) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for
the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer; (xi) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder in any material respect; or (xii) to make changes to provide
for the issuance of Additional Notes, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Initial Notes, as a single issue of securities. 

In addition, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement may be amended without notice to or the consent of any holder, the Trustee or the
First-Priority Collateral Agent in connection with the permitted entry into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement of any class of additional secured creditors holding Other First-Priority Obligations. 

 

	15.	 Defaults and Remedies 



If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer)
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer, with a copy to the Trustee, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but
unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Issuer occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a
majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences. 
 If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture or the Security Documents at the request or direction of any of the holders unless such holders have
offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest
when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless (i) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) holders of at least 30% in principal amount of
the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy, (iii) such holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such
request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity, and (v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request
within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any 

  
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proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law
or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action. 
  

	16.	 Trustee Dealings with the Issuer 



Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuer or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. 

 

	17.	 No Recourse Against Others 



No director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any direct
or indirect parent companies, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees, as applicable, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. 
  

	18.	 Authentication 



This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Note. 
  

	19.	 Abbreviations 



Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). 
  

	20.	 Governing Law 



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 LAW. 
  

	21.	 CUSIP Numbers; ISINs 



The Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and have directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in
notices of redemption as a convenience to the holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon. 

  
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 The Issuer will furnish to any holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to
the holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note. 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:     

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:     
  

	
	  

	(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
	
	  

	(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

 and irrevocably appoint                 agent
to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 
  

					
	Date:                     	 	Your Signature:	 	  

	
	  

	Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
			
	Signature Guarantee:	 		 	

  

					
	Date:                     	 		 	  

	Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee	 		 	Signature of Signature Guarantee


  
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 CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR 

REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES 
 This
certificate relates to $         principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space)
                     book-entry or
                     definitive form by the undersigned. 

The undersigned (check one box below): 
  

	☐	 has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global
Note held by the Depository a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above);



  

	☐	 has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.



 In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while this Note is still a Transfer
Restricted Definitive Note or a Transfer Restricted Global Note, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms: 

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW 
  

					
	(1)	  	☐	  	to the Issuer; or
			
	(2)	  	☐	  	to the Registrar for registration in the name of the holder, without transfer; or
			
	(3)	  	☐	  	pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
			
	(4)	  	☐	  	inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to
whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
			
	(5)	  	☐	  	outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933 and such Note shall be held immediately after the transfer
through Euroclear or Clearstream until the expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined in the Indenture); or
			
	(6)	  	☐	  	to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and
agreements; or
			
	(7)	  	☐	  	pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.


  
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 Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes
evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Issuer or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such
transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer or the Trustee have reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to,
the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. 
  

					
	Date:                     	 	Your Signature:	 	  

	
	  

	Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.	 	
			
	Signature Guarantee:	 		 	

  

					
	Date:                     	 		 	  

	Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee	 		 	Signature of Signature Guarantee


  
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 TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED. 

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises
sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule
144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A. 
  

					
	Date:                     	 		 	
                     


		 		 	NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer


  
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 [TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES] 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE 

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $        . The following increases or decreases 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

signatory of Trustee or

Notes Custodian

		 		 		  		  	
		 		 		  		  	
		 		 		  		  	


  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the
Indenture, check the box: 
 Asset Sale  ☐             Change of
Control  ☐ 
 If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06
(Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): 

$ 
  

			
		 	
	Date:                         	 	Your Signature:                                   
                                         
             
		 	 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Note)


  

			
	Signature Guarantee:	 	  

		 	Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee


  
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 EXHIBIT B 

[FORM OF TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION] 

TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION 
  

	[THE	 FRESH MARKET, INC.] 



[c/o Wilmington Trust, National Association 
 Global Capital
Markets 
 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290 
 Minneapolis, MN
55402 
 Attention: The Fresh Market, Inc. Administrator ] 

Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 This certificate is
delivered to request a transfer of $[        ] principal amount of the 9.75% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”) of [THE FRESH MARKET, INC.] (collectively with its
successors and assigns, the “Issuer”). 
 Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial
owner as follows: 
  

	
	
Name:                  
               

	
	
Address:                 
                

	
	 Taxpayer ID
Number:                             


 The undersigned represents and warrants to you that: 

1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least $100,000 principal amount of the Notes, and we are acquiring the
Notes not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
our investment in the Notes, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Notes in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment. 

2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as
permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of
original issue and the last date on which either of the Issuer or any affiliate of the Issuer was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) in the United States to
a person whom we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a 

  
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transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (b) outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act,
(c) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (d) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases (a) through (d)
in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. In addition, we will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the Note evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth above. The
foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made to an institutional “accredited investor” prior to the Resale
Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Issuer and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional
“accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each
purchaser acknowledges that the Issuer and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Notes pursuant to clause 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) above to require the delivery of
an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee. 
  

							
	
Dated:                  
       
	  		  			

  

			
	TRANSFEREE:	 	                                      
                      ,


 
			
		
	By:	 	  




  
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 EXHIBIT C 

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE] 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of
[                    ], among [SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR] (the “New Subsidiary Guarantor”), a subsidiary of THE FRESH MARKET,
INC., a Delaware Corporation (or its successor) (the “Issuer”), and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”). 

W I T N E S S E T H : 
 WHEREAS
the Issuer, certain Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore executed an indenture, dated as of April 27, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the
Issuer’s 9.75% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $800,000,000; 

WHEREAS Sections 4.11 and 12.07 of the Indenture provide that under certain circumstances the Issuer is required to cause the New Subsidiary
Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Subsidiary
Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and 
 WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the
Issuer 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 Subsidiary Guarantor, the Issuer 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 Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing
Subsidiary Guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Issuer’s 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 Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture. 

  
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 3. Notices. All notices or other communications to the New Subsidiary Guarantor shall
be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture. 
 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 affect the construction thereof. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date
first written above. 
  

			
	[THE FRESH MARKET, INC.]
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
	
	[NEW SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR], as a Subsidiary Guarantor
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name: [    ]
		 	Title: [    ]
	
	WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name: [    ]
		 	Title: [    ]



  
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 EXHIBIT D 

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE] 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of April 27, 2016, among The Fresh Market, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (“The Fresh Market”), The Fresh Market Gift Company, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“TFM Gift Company”), The Fresh Market of Massachusetts, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation
(“TFM Massachusetts”), TFM License Holdings 1, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“TFM License 1”), TFM License Holdings 2, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“TFM License 2”), and TFM License
Holdings 3, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“TFM License 3” and, together with TFM Gift Company, TFM Massachusetts, TFM License 1 and TMF License 2, the “Guarantors”), and Wilmington Trust, National
Association, a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”). 
 W I T N E
S S E T H : 
 WHEREAS Pomegranate Merger Sub, Inc. (to be merged with and into The Fresh Market), a Delaware corporation (“Merger
Sub”) and the Trustee have heretofore executed an indenture, dated as of April 27, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of 9.75% First-Priority Senior
Secured Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $800,000,000; 
 WHEREAS
Section 5.01(a) of the Indenture provides that upon the consummation of the Issuer Merger, The Fresh Market and each Guarantor shall immediately execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which (a) The Fresh
Market will expressly assume all the obligations of Merger Sub under the Indenture and the Security Documents, and (b) each Guarantor will provide a Subsidiary Guarantee in respect of The Fresh Market’s obligations under the Indenture and
the Notes; and 
 WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, The Fresh Market and the Guarantors 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 Fresh Market, the Guarantors 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
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 2. Agreement to Assume Obligations. The Fresh Market hereby agrees to unconditionally
assume Merger Sub’s Obligations under the Notes, the Indenture and the Security Documents and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Notes, the Indenture and the Security Documents on the terms provided for therein and to perform
all of the obligations and agreements of Merger Sub under the Indenture. 
 3. Agreement to Guarantee. Each of the Guarantors hereby
agrees, jointly and severally, to unconditionally guarantee The Fresh Market’s 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 Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture. 

4. Notices. All notices or other communications to The Fresh Market and each of the Guarantors shall be given as provided in
Section 13.02 of the Indenture. 
 5. 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. 
 6. 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. 

7. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or to statements made in the recitals. 
 8. 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. 
 9. Effect of Headings.
The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed
as of the date first written above. 
  

					
	THE FRESH MARKET, INC.
		
	By:	 	
                     


		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	
	
	 TFM LICENSE HOLDINGS 3, LLC

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	
	
	THE FRESH MARKET OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	
	
	TFM LICENSE HOLDINGS 1, LLC
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	
	
	TFM LICENSE HOLDINGS 2, LLC
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	
	
	THE FRESH MARKET GIFT COMPANY, LLC
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	



  
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	WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
		
	By:	 	
                     


		 	Name:
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