Exhibit 4.5






Exhibit 4.5


KENNEDY-WILSON, INC.,


as Issuer
 

COUNTRY RIDGE IX, LLC,


KW EU INVESTORS VIII, LLC,


and


WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


as Trustee
                    
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 9
Dated as of March __, 2014


to


INDENTURE


Dated as of November 28, 2012
                    


7.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2042



    








SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 9 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of March __, 2014, among Kennedy-Wilson, Inc., as issuer (the “Issuer”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto (the “New Guarantors”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee have executed and delivered a base indenture, dated as of November 28, 2012 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture (as defined below the “Indenture”) to provide for the future issuance of the Issuer’s debt securities to be issued from time to time in one or more series; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee entered into that certain Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of November 28, 2012 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), relating to the Issuer’s 7.75% Senior Notes due 2042 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Trustee entering into the Indenture and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders, the Issuer agreed pursuant to the Indenture to cause certain of its domestic Restricted Subsidiaries to provide Guaranties after the Issue Date (as defined in the Indenture); and
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires, and this Supplemental Indenture is being executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 4.09 and 9.01(iv) of the First Supplemental Indenture, to cause the New Guarantors to provide a Guaranty and become Subsidiary Guarantors;
NOW, THEREFORE:
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the Notes.
Section 1.    Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective definitions ascribed to them in the Indenture.
Section 2.    Each of the New Guarantors, by its execution of this Supplemental Indenture, agrees to be Guarantors under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including, but not limited to, Article X of the First Supplemental Indenture.
Section 3.    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Supplemental Indenture shall be subject, without limitation, to the last paragraph of Section 10.09 of the First Supplemental Indenture with the same force an effect as if such paragraph were reproduced herein.
Section 4.    THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE GUARANTEES OF THE NEW GUARANTORS, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR SUCH GUARANTEES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

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Section 5.    This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in various counterparts which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 6.    No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member or stockholder or control person of the Issuer, the Parent or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer, the Parent or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, any Guaranty, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note or any Guaranty waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes or any Guaranty.
Section 7.    This Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental to the Indenture, and the Indenture and all subsequent supplements thereto, including this Supplemental Indenture, shall be read together.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.


KENNEDY-WILSON, INC.


		
	By:
	              
Name:    Kent Mouton 


		
	Title:
	General Counsel 




COUNTRY RIDGE IX, LLC


		
	By:
	                 
Name:    Kent Mouton 


Title:    Vice President 




KW EU INVESTORS VIII, LLC


		
	By:
	                 
Name:    Kent Mouton 


Title:    Vice President 











[Signature page to Supplemental Indenture No. 9]












WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee


		
	By:
	                 
Name:    Jane Schweiger


Title:    Vice President



[Signature page to Supplemental Indenture No. 9]