Document:

Registration Rights Agreement dated April 5, 2010

 Exhibit 4.2 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 by and among 
 Continental Resources, Inc., 
 Banner Pipeline Company, L.L.C.

 and 
 Banc of America Securities LLC 
 RBS Securities Inc. 
 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 
 as representatives of the Initial Purchasers 
 Dated as of April 5, 2010

 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 5, 2010, by and among
Continental Resources, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), Banner Pipeline Company, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Guarantor”), and Banc of America Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc.
and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the initial purchasers listed on Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement (each an “Initial Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), each of whom
has agreed to purchase the Company’s 7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Initial Notes”) fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor (the “Guarantees”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined
below). The Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Initial Securities.” 
 This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2010 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Guarantor and Banc of America
Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the Initial Purchasers, (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Securities
(as defined below) (including the Initial Purchasers). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Securities, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(g) of the Purchase Agreement. 
 The parties hereby agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement,
the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings: 
 Additional Interest: As defined in
Section 5. 
 Additional Interest Payment Date: With respect to the Initial Securities, each Interest Payment
Date. 
 Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act. 
 Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies
located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to be closed. 
 Closing Date: The date of this
Agreement. 
 Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission. 
 Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the
occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration
Statement

 
continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the
Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were validly tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

 Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. 
 Exchange Notes: The 7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2020, the same series under the Indenture as the
Initial Notes, to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement. 
 Exchange Offer: An offer registered under the Securities Act by the Company and the Guarantor pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantor shall offer the Holders of all outstanding Transfer
Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in the aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders and with terms that are identical in all respects to the Transfer Restricted Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will not contain terms with respect to the interest rate step-up
provision and transfer restrictions). 
 Exchange Offer Registration Statement: Any Registration Statement
relating to an Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus. 
 Exchange Securities: The Exchange Notes and the
Guarantees attached thereto. 
 Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to sell the
Initial Securities to certain “qualified institutional buyers,” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and to Persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S. 
 FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 
 Guarantees: As defined in the Purchase Agreement. 
 Holders:
As defined in Section 2(b) hereof. 
 Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.

 Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of April 5, 2010, among the Company, the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust
FSB, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 
 Initial Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto, but only for so long as such securities constitute Transfer Restricted Securities.

  

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 Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to
the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. 
 Initial Purchasers: As defined in the preamble
hereto. 
 Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Securities. 
 Person: An individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or other legal
entity, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof. 
 Prospectus: The prospectus included in a
Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such prospectus. 
 Record Holder: With respect to any Interest Payment Date relating to the Securities on which Additional Interest is to be
paid, each Person who is a Holder of Securities on the record date with respect to the Interest Payment Date on which such Additional Interest Payment Date shall occur. 
 Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof. 
 Registration Statement: Any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all
amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein. 
 Securities: The Initial Securities and the Exchange Securities. 
 Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof. 
 Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect on the date of the Indenture. 
 Transfer Restricted Securities: Each (i) Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such
Initial Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security and entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and (b) the date on
which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) Exchange Security issued to a Broker-Dealer until the date on which such Security
has been distributed by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein). 
  

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 Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which
securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public. 
 SECTION 2.
Securities Subject to this Agreement. 
 (a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the
benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities. 
 (b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A
Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities. 
 SECTION 3. Registered Exchange Offer. 
 (a) Unless the
Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), the Company and the Guarantor shall (i) file with the Commission a
Registration Statement with respect to a registered offer to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities under the Indenture in the same aggregate principal amount as and with terms that shall be identical in all respects to the Initial
Securities (except that the Exchange Securities shall not contain terms with respect to the interest rate step-up provision and transfer restrictions), (ii) use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become effective under the Securities Act, (iii) in connection with the foregoing, file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective,
(B) if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange
Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) promptly after such Registration Statement is declared effective, commence the
Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Securities held
by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof. 
 (b) If an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required
pursuant to Section 3(a) above, the Company and the Guarantor shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer open for not less
than 20 Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company and the Guarantor shall cause each Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state
securities laws. No securities other than the Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. If an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required pursuant to Section 3(a) above, the Company and the Guarantor shall
use their commercially reasonable efforts to Consummate the Exchange Offer on or prior to the 400th calendar day following the Closing Date. 
  

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 (c) The Company shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in
the Prospectus forming a part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities
or other trading activities (other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an
“underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer
in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also
contain all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or
disclose the amount of Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this Agreement. 
 If an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required pursuant to Section 3(a) above, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for
resales of Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies,
rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which
Broker-Dealers are no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities. 
 The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate
such resales. 
 SECTION 4. Shelf Registration. 
 (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company and the Guarantor are not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
to consummate the Exchange Offer for the Initial Securities because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), (ii) for any
reason the Exchange Offer for the Securities is not Consummated within 400 calendar days following the Closing Date, or (iii) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or
Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, then, upon
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 (x) cause to be filed, at their expense, a shelf registration statement
pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the “Shelf Registration Statement”) as promptly as practicable, which Shelf Registration
Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and 
 (y) use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective (or become
automatically effective) under the Securities Act. 
 The Company and the Guarantor shall keep any such Shelf Registration
Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a
period of one year following the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement). 
 (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 Business Days
after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf
Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading. 
 SECTION 5. Additional Interest. If (a) the Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to the 400th
calendar day following the Closing Date, (b) a Shelf Registration Statement applicable to the Securities is not filed or declared effective (or does not automatically become effective) on or prior to the 400th calendar day following the Closing
Date, or (c) a Registration Statement applicable to the Securities is declared effective (or automatically becomes effective) as required but thereafter fails to remain effective or becomes unusable in connection with resales for more than 30
calendar days (each such event referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above, a “Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by
1.0% per annum (“Additional Interest”) for the period of occurrence of the Registration Default until the earlier of the consummation of the Exchange Offer and such time as no Registration Default is in effect. Following the
cure of all Registration Defaults, Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the interest rate on the Securities will revert to the original rate; provided, however, that, if after the date such Additional Interest ceases to accrue,
another Registration Default occurs, Additional Interest will again commence accruing pursuant to the foregoing provisions. 
  

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 The Additional Interest set forth above shall be the exclusive monetary remedy available to
Holders for each Registration Default. 
 All obligations of the Company and the Guarantor set forth in the preceding paragraph
that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such Security shall have been satisfied
in full. 
 SECTION 6. Registration Procedures. 
 (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with each Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantor shall comply with all
of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution
thereof, and shall comply with all of the following provisions: 
 (i) If in the reasonable opinion of counsel to
the Company there is a question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Guarantor hereby agree to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and the
Guarantor to Consummate Exchange Offer for the Initial Securities. The Company and the Guarantor each hereby agree to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take commercially unreasonable
action to effect a change of Commission policy. The Company and the Guarantor each hereby agree, however, to (A) participate in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel
to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursue a favorable resolution by the Commission staff of such submission. 
 (ii) As a condition to its participation in an Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (B) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business and (C) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer, it has
no arrangement with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall
otherwise cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder will be required to acknowledge and agree that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the
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position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the
Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which may include any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder
information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company. 
 (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantor shall comply
with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods
of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company and the Guarantor will as expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities
Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof. 
 (c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including,
without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Securities by Broker-Dealers), the Company and the Guarantor shall: 
 (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all
requisite financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any regulation thereunder, financial statements of the Guarantor) for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable; upon the occurrence
of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during
the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or
(B), use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purposes as soon as practicable thereafter; 
 (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may
be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such
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Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable
provisions of Rules 424, 430A and 430B under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable
period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus; 
 (iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, confirm such advice
in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective,
(B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, or (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in such Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in such Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at
any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from
qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible
time; 
 (iv) furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any
Registration Statement, and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or
Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a
period of at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by
reference) to which an Initial Purchaser of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the receipt thereof (such objection
to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission within such period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or
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 (v) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated
by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and to the underwriter(s), if any, make representatives of the Company and
of the Guarantor available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may
request; 
 (vi) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, any managing
underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and
properties of the Company and the Guarantor and cause the Company’s and the Guarantor’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection
with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any;

 (vii) if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without
limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price
being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the
Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; 
 (viii) cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered
thereby or the underwriter(s), if any; 
 (ix) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each of
the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of such Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference
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 (x) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any,
without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; the Company and the Guarantor hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto; 
 (xi) enter into, and cause the Guarantor to enter into, such agreements (including an underwriting
agreement), and make, and cause the Guarantor to make, such representations and warranties, and take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to
any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be reasonably requested by any Initial Purchaser or by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to
any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and in connection with any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an
Underwritten Registration, the Company and the Guarantor shall: 
 (A) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each
selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement: 
 (1) a certificate, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, signed by
(y) the President or any Vice President and (z) a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, confirming, as of the date thereof and to the extent applicable, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Initial
Guarantor set forth in Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request; 
 (2) an opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, of counsel for the Company and the Guarantor, covering such matters as such parties may reasonably request, and in any
event including a customary statement substantially to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants and independent reserve
engineers for the Company, the Initial Purchasers’ representatives and the Initial Purchasers’ counsel in connection with the preparation of such Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and have considered the matters
required to be stated therein and the statements contained therein, although such counsel has not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis of the foregoing, no
facts came to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that the Shelf Registration Statement, at the time such Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto

  

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became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
that the Prospectus contained in such Shelf Registration Statement as of its date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the financial statements, notes and schedules and other financial data or reserves data included in any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; 
 (3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement from the Company’s
independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to be covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, and covering or affirming the matters set forth
in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Purchase Agreement; and 
 (4) a reserve
report confirmation letter, dated as of the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, from Ryder Scott Company, LP, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily included in such letters to underwriters in
connection with primary underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set forth in the reserve report confirmation letter delivered pursuant to Section 5(b) of the Purchase Agreement. 
 (B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and
procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and 
 (C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(xi)(A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other
agreement entered into by the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to this Section 6(c)(xi), if any. 
 If at
any time the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor contemplated in Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company or the Guarantor shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriter(s),
if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing; 
  

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 (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities,
cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as
the selling Holders or underwriter(s) may request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement;
provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits
or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject; 
 (xiii) shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities, having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of Initial Securities surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchasers of such
Securities, as the case may be; in return, the Initial Securities held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation; 
 (xiv) cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not
bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of
Transfer Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s); 
 (xv) use its commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the
underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xii) hereof; 
 (xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, prepare a
supplement or post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; 
 (xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement covering
such Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for such Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action necessary to ensure that all such
Securities are eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company; 
  

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 (xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the
FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FINRA, and use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and approved by such governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the Holders selling Transfer Restricted Securities to consummate the
disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities; 
 (xix) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to
comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) for
the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such
an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of such Registration Statement; 
 (xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith,
cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute and use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

 (xxi) cause all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed if requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities or the managing underwriter(s), if any;
and 
 (xxii) provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to
the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act. 
 Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer
Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the
“Advice”) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each
Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies

  

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then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give
any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving
of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by
Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of
such Additional Interest, it being agreed that the Company’s option to suspend use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of Section 5 hereof. 
 SECTION 7. Registration Expenses. 
 (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantor’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company or the Guarantor, jointly and severally, regardless
of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser or Holder with the FINRA (and, if applicable, the fees and
expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” that may be required by the rules and regulations of the FINRA)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws;
(iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company, the Guarantor and, subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a securities exchange or
automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantor (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters
required by or incident to such performance). 
 The Company and the Guarantor will, in any event, bear its internal expenses
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the
Company or the Guarantor. 
 (b) In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the Company and
the Guarantor, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not
more than one counsel, who shall be Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Shelf Registration Statement
is being prepared. 
  

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 SECTION 8. Indemnification. 
 (a) The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each
Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a
“controlling person”) and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder or any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may
hereinafter be referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including, without limitation and as incurred,
reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including
the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, directly or indirectly caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company or the Guarantor may otherwise have. 
 In case any action or proceeding (including
any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company or the Guarantor, such Indemnified Holder (or the
Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company and the Guarantor in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the Company or the Guarantor of their
respective obligations pursuant to this Agreement). Such Indemnified Holder shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid, as incurred, by the Company and the Guarantor
(regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Holder is not entitled to indemnification hereunder). The Company and the Guarantor shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or separate but substantially
similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be designated by the Holders. The Company and the Guarantor shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected with the Company’s and the
Guarantor’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and the Company and the Guarantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense
by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or

  

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consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be
sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination (i) includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such
action, claim, litigation or proceeding and (ii) does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Holder. 
 (b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the
Guarantor and their respective directors and officers who sign a Registration Statement, and any Person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or the Guarantor,
and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantor to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect
to claims and actions based on information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company, the Guarantor or their
respective directors or officers or any such controlling person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given the Company and the Guarantor, and the
Company, the Guarantor, their respective directors and officers and such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by the preceding paragraph. 
 (c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or
(b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the case of the Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company and
the Guarantor from the Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest which did not become payable as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses,
and such Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand, and of the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder on the other shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantor, on the
one hand, or by the Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such
party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. 
  

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 The Company, the Guarantor and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders (and their related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount received by such
Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to
this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint. 
 SECTION 9. Rule 144A. The Company and the Guarantor hereby agree with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any
Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4)
under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 
 SECTION 10. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such
Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
 SECTION 11. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer
Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. 
  

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 SECTION 12. Miscellaneous. 
 (a) Remedies. The Company and the Guarantor hereby agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of a breach by them of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
 (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantor will not, on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any
agreement with respect to their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor the Guarantor has entered into any agreement granting
any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under
any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 
 (c) Adjustments Affecting the Securities. The Company and the Guarantor
will not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Securities that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer. 
 (d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to
or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities
and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company
or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to an Exchange Offer and that does not
affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being
tendered or registered; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser
with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective. 
 (e)
Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery: 
 (i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the
Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and 
 (ii) if to the Company or the Guarantor:

 Continental Resources, Inc. 
 302 North Independence, Suite 1500 
 Enid, Oklahoma 73701 
 Facsimile: (580) 548-5253 
 Attention: John Hart 
  

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 with a copy to: 
 Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 
 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500 
 Houston, Texas 77002 
 Facsimile: (713) 615-5861 
 Attention: David Oelman 
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to
have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next
Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. 
 Copies of all such notices, demands or
other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture. 
 (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including without limitation and without the need for
an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor
or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder. 
 (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
 (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof. 
 (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF. 
 (j) Severability. In the event that any
one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 
 (k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is
intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above. 
  

			
	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Donald P. Fischbach

	Name:	 	Donald P. Fischbach
	Title:	 	Secretary and General Counsel
	
	BANNER PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C., as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John D. Hart

	Name:	 	John D. Hart
	Title:	 	 Senior Vice President,
 Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 [Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date
first above written: 
  

			
	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
	RBS SECURITIES INC.
	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
		 	Acting on behalf of themselves
		 	 and as the Representatives of
 the several Initial Purchasers

		
	By:	 	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lex Maultsby

	Name:	 	Lex Maultsby
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	RBS SECURITIES INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael F. Newcomb II

	Name:	 	Michael F. Newcomb II
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jack D. Smith

	Name:	 	Jack D. Smith
	Title:	 	Executive Director

 [Signature
Page to Registration Rights Agreement] 
  

 22Note Purchase Agreement

 Exhibit 10.2 
  
  
  
 FAMILY
DOLLAR STORES, INC. 
 FAMILY DOLLAR,
INC. 
 $169,000,000 5.41% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A, due September 27, 2015 
 $81,000,000 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B, due September 27, 2015 
  
  
 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
  
  
 DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2005 
  
  
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 SECTION
	  	 HEADING
	  	 PAGE

			
	SECTION 1.	  	AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES	  	1
			
	 Section 1.1.
	  	 Description of Notes
	  	1
	 Section 1.2.
	  	 Interest Rate
	  	2
			
	SECTION 2.	  	SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES	  	2
			
	 Section 2.1.
	  	 Series A Notes
	  	2
	 Section 2.2.
	  	 Additional Series of Notes
	  	2
	 Section 2.3.
	  	 Subsidiary Guaranty
	  	4
			
	SECTION 3.	  	CLOSING	  	4
			
	SECTION 4.	  	CONDITIONS TO CLOSING	  	5
			
	 Section 4.1.
	  	 Representations and Warranties
	  	5
	 Section 4.2.
	  	 Performance; No Default
	  	5
	 Section 4.3.
	  	 Compliance Certificates
	  	5
	 Section 4.4.
	  	 Opinions of Counsel
	  	6
	 Section 4.5.
	  	 Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc
	  	6
	 Section 4.6.
	  	 Sale of Other Notes
	  	6
	 Section 4.7.
	  	 Payment of Special Counsel Fees
	  	6
	 Section 4.8.
	  	 Private Placement Number
	  	6
	 Section 4.9.
	  	 Changes in Corporate Structure
	  	6
	 Section 4.10.
	  	 Subsidiary Guaranty
	  	7
	 Section 4.11.
	  	 Funding Instructions
	  	7
	 Section 4.12.
	  	 Proceedings and Documents
	  	7
			
	SECTION 5.	  	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OBLIGORS	  	7
			
	 Section 5.1.
	  	 Organization; Power and Authority
	  	7
	 Section 5.2.
	  	 Authorization, Etc
	  	7
	 Section 5.3.
	  	 Disclosure
	  	8
	 Section 5.4.
	  	 Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates
	  	8
	 Section 5.5.
	  	 Financial Statements; Material Liabilities
	  	9
	 Section 5.6.
	  	 Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc
	  	9
	 Section 5.7.
	  	 Governmental Authorizations, Etc
	  	9
	 Section 5.8.
	  	 Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders
	  	9
	 Section 5.9.
	  	 Taxes
	  	10
	 Section 5.10.
	  	 Title to Property; Leases
	  	10
	 Section 5.11.
	  	 Licenses, Permits, Etc
	  	10
	 Section 5.12.
	  	 Compliance with ERISA
	  	11

  

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	 Section 5.13.
	  	 Private Offering by the Obligors
	  	11
	 Section 5.14.
	  	 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
	  	12
	 Section 5.15.
	  	 Existing Debt; Future Liens
	  	12
	 Section 5.16.
	  	 Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc
	  	12
	 Section 5.17.
	  	 Status under Certain Statutes
	  	13
	 Section 5.18.
	  	 Environmental Matters
	  	13
	 Section 5.19.
	  	 Notes Rank Pari Passu
	  	14
			
	SECTION 6.	  	REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER	  	14
			
	 Section 6.1.
	  	 Purchase for Investment
	  	14
	 Section 6.2.
	  	 Accredited Investor
	  	14
	 Section 6.3.
	  	 Source of Funds
	  	14
			
	SECTION 7.	  	INFORMATION AS TO OBLIGORS	  	16
			
	 Section 7.1.
	  	 Financial and Business Information
	  	16
	 Section 7.2.
	  	 Officer’s Certificate
	  	18
	 Section 7.3.
	  	 Visitation
	  	19
			
	SECTION 8.	  	PAYMENT OF THE NOTES	  	19
			
	 Section 8.1.
	  	 Required Prepayments of Series A Notes
	  	19
	 Section 8.2.
	  	 Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount
	  	20
	 Section 8.3.
	  	 Allocation of Partial Prepayments
	  	20
	 Section 8.4.
	  	 Maturity; Surrender, Etc
	  	20
	 Section 8.5.
	  	 Purchase of Notes
	  	20
	 Section 8.6.
	  	 Make-Whole Amount for the Series A Notes
	  	21
	 Section 8.7.
	  	 Change in Control
	  	22
			
	SECTION 9.	  	AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	  	24
			
	 Section 9.1.
	  	 Compliance with Law
	  	24
	 Section 9.2.
	  	 Insurance
	  	25
	 Section 9.3.
	  	 Maintenance of Properties
	  	25
	 Section 9.4.
	  	 Payment of Taxes and Claims
	  	25
	 Section 9.5.
	  	 Corporate Existence, Etc
	  	25
	 Section 9.6.
	  	 Designation of Subsidiaries
	  	26
	 Section 9.7.
	  	 Notes to Rank Pari Passu
	  	26
	 Section 9.8.
	  	 Additional Subsidiary Guarantors
	  	26
	 Section 9.9.
	  	 Books and Records
	  	26
			
	SECTION 10.	  	NEGATIVE COVENANTS	  	27
			
	 Section 10.1.
	  	 Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capitalization
	  	27
	 Section 10.2.
	  	 Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio
	  	27
	 Section 10.3.
	  	 Priority Debt
	  	27
	 Section 10.4.
	  	 Limitation on Liens
	  	27
	 Section 10.5.
	  	 Sales of Asset
	  	29

  

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	 Section 10.6.
	  	 Merger and Consolidation
	  	30
	 Section 10.7.
	  	 Restricted Subsidiaries
	  	31
	 Section 10.8.
	  	 Transactions with Affiliates
	  	31
	 Section 10.9.
	  	 Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
	  	31
	 Section 10.10.
	  	 Line of Business
	  	31
			
	SECTION 11.	  	EVENTS OF DEFAULT	  	31
			
	SECTION 12.	  	REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC	  	34
			
	 Section 12.1.
	  	 Acceleration
	  	34
	 Section 12.2.
	  	 Other Remedies
	  	34
	 Section 12.3.
	  	 Rescission
	  	35
	 Section 12.4.
	  	 No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc
	  	35
			
	SECTION 13.	  	REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES	  	35
			
	 Section 13.1.
	  	 Registration of Notes
	  	35
	 Section 13.2.
	  	 Transfer and Exchange of Notes
	  	36
	 Section 13.3.
	  	 Replacement of Notes
	  	36
			
	SECTION 14.	  	PAYMENTS ON NOTES	  	37
			
	 Section 14.1.
	  	 Place of Payment
	  	37
	 Section 14.2.
	  	 Home Office Payment
	  	37
			
	SECTION 15.	  	EXPENSES, ETC	  	37
			
	 Section 15.1.
	  	 Transaction Expenses
	  	37
	 Section 15.2.
	  	 Survival
	  	38
			
	SECTION 16.	  	SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT	  	38
			
	SECTION 17.	  	AMENDMENT AND WAIVER	  	38
			
	 Section 17.1.
	  	 Requirements
	  	38
	 Section 17.2.
	  	 Solicitation of Holders of Notes
	  	39
	 Section 17.3.
	  	 Binding Effect, Etc
	  	39
	 Section 17.4.
	  	 Notes Held by Obligors, Etc
	  	40
			
	SECTION 18.	  	NOTICES	  	40
			
	SECTION 19.	  	REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS	  	41
			
	SECTION 20.	  	CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION	  	41

  

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	SECTION 21.	  	SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER	  	42
			
	SECTION 22.	  	MISCELLANEOUS	  	42
			
	 Section 22.1.
	  	 Successors and Assigns
	  	42
	 Section 22.2.
	  	 Payments Due on Non-Business Days
	  	43
	 Section 22.3.
	  	 Accounting Terms
	  	43
	 Section 22.4.
	  	 Severability
	  	43
	 Section 22.5.
	  	 Construction
	  	43
	 Section 22.6.
	  	 Counterparts
	  	43
	 Section 22.7.
	  	 Governing Law
	  	43
	 Section 22.8.
	  	 Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial
	  	44

  

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	SCHEDULE A	  	—	  	INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS
			
	SCHEDULE B	  	—	  	DEFINED TERMS
			
	SCHEDULE 4.9	  	—	  	Changes in Corporate Structure
			
	SCHEDULE 5.4	  	—	  	Subsidiaries of the Obligors, Ownership of Subsidiary Stock, Affiliates
			
	SCHEDULE 5.5	  	—	  	Financial Statements
			
	SCHEDULE 5.11	  	—	  	Licenses, Permits, Etc.
			
	SCHEDULE 5.15	  	—	  	Existing Debt
			
	SCHEDULE 10.4	  	—	  	Existing Liens
			
	EXHIBIT 1-(a)	  	—	  	Form of 5.41% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015
			
	EXHIBIT l-(b)	  	—	  	Form of 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27, 2015
			
	EXHIBIT 2.3	  	—	  	Form of Subsidiary Guaranty
			
	EXHIBIT 4.4(a)	  	—	  	Form of Opinion of General Counsel to the Obligors
			
	EXHIBIT 4.4(b)	  	—	  	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Obligors
			
	EXHIBIT 4.4(c)	  	—	  	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Purchasers
			
	EXHIBIT S	  	—	  	Form of Supplement to Note Purchase Agreement

  

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 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.

 FAMILY DOLLAR, INC. 
 10401 MONROE ROAD 
 CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28201 
 $169,000,000 5.41% SERIES 2005-A SENIOR NOTES, TRANCHE A 
 DUE SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 
 $81,000,000 5.24% SERIES 2005-A
SENIOR NOTES, TRANCHE B 
 DUE SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

 Dated as of 
 September 27, 2005 
 TO THE PURCHASERS LISTED IN

 THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A: 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“FDSI”), and FAMILY DOLLAR, INC., a North Carolina corporation
(“FDI” and, together with FDSI, the “Obligors”) jointly and severally agree with the Purchasers listed in the attached Schedule A (the “Purchasers”) to this Note Purchase Agreement (this
“Agreement”) as follows: 
 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES.

 Section 1.1. Description of Notes. The Obligors will authorize the issue and sale of the following Senior Notes:

  

											
	 Issue
	  	 Series and/or
 Tranche
	  	Aggregate
Principal Amount	  	Interest Rate	 	 	 Maturity Date

					
	Senior Notes	  	 Series 2005-A,
 Tranche A
	  	$	169,000,000	  	5.41	% 	 	September 27, 2015
					
	Senior Notes	  	 Series 2005-A,
 Tranche B
	  	$	81,000,000	  	5.24	% 	 	September 27, 2015

 The Series 2005-A, Tranche A Senior Notes (the “Tranche A Notes”) and the Series 2005-A, Tranche B Senior Notes (the “Tranche B Notes”) described above (collectively, the “Series A Notes”) together with each
Series of Additional Notes which may from time to time be issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2 are collectively referred to as the

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“Notes” (such term shall also include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement). The Tranche A Notes and Tranche B Notes shall
be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1(a) and Exhibit 1(b), respectively, with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by the Purchasers and the Obligors. Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule
B; references to a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement. 
 Section 1.2. Interest Rate. The Series A Notes shall bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid principal thereof from the date of issuance
at their respective stated rate of interest payable semi-annually in arrears on the 27th day of March and September in each year and at maturity, commencing on March 27, 2006, until such principal sum shall have become due and payable (whether
at maturity, upon notice of prepayment or otherwise) and interest (so computed) on any overdue principal, interest or Make-Whole Amount from the due date thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at the Default Rate until paid. 
 SECTION 2. SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES. 
 Section 2.1. Series A Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Obligors will issue and sell to each
Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the Obligors, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, the Series A Notes in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the
principal amount thereof. The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder are several and not joint obligations and each Purchaser shall have no obligation and no liability to any Person for the performance or nonperformance by any other Purchaser
hereunder. 
 Section 2.2. Additional Series of Notes. The Obligors may, from time to time, in their sole discretion
but subject to the terms hereof, issue and sell one or more additional Series of their unsecured promissory notes under the provisions of this Agreement pursuant to a supplement (a “Supplement”) substantially in the form of Exhibit
S (with such amendments or modifications thereto as may be agreed to by the parties). Each additional Series of Notes (the “Additional Notes”) issued pursuant to a Supplement shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 (i) each Series of Additional Notes, when so issued, shall be differentiated from all previous Series by
sequential alphabetical designation inscribed thereon; 
 (ii) Additional Notes of the same Series may consist of
more than one different and separate tranches and may differ with respect to outstanding principal amounts, maturity dates, interest rates and premiums, if any, and price and terms of redemption or payment prior to maturity, but all such different
and separate tranches of the same Series shall vote as a single class and constitute one Series; 
 (iii) each
Series of Additional Notes shall be dated the date of issue, bear interest at such rate or rates, mature on such date or dates, be subject to such mandatory and optional prepayment on the dates and at the premiums, if any, have such additional or

  

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different conditions precedent to closing, such representations and warranties and such additional covenants as shall be specified in the Supplement under which such Additional Notes are issued
and upon execution of any such Supplement, this Agreement shall be amended (a) to reflect such additional covenants without further action on the part of the holders of the Notes outstanding under this Agreement, provided, that any such
additional covenants shall inure to the benefit of all holders of Notes so long as any Additional Notes issued pursuant to such Supplement remain outstanding, and (b) to reflect such representations and warranties as are contained in such
Supplement for the benefit of the holders of such Additional Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 16; 
 (iv) each Series of Additional Notes issued under this Agreement shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit 1 to Exhibit S hereto with such variations, omissions and insertions as are necessary or
permitted hereunder; 
 (v) the minimum principal amount of any Note issued under a Supplement shall be $100,000,
except as may be necessary to evidence the outstanding amount of any Note originally issued in a denomination of $100,000 or more; 
 (vi) all Additional Notes shall constitute Senior Debt of the Obligors and shall rank pari passu with all other outstanding Notes; and 
 (vii) no Additional Notes shall be issued hereunder if at the time of issuance thereof and after giving effect to the
application of the proceeds thereof, any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. 
 The obligations
of the Additional Purchasers to purchase any Additional Notes shall be subject to the following conditions precedent, in addition to the conditions specified in the Supplement pursuant to which such Additional Notes may be issued: 
 (a) Compliance Certificate. A duly authorized Senior Financial Officer shall execute and deliver to each Additional
Purchaser and each holder of Notes an Officer’s Certificate dated the date of issue of such Series of Additional Notes stating that such officer has reviewed the provisions of this Agreement (including any Supplements hereto) and setting forth
the information and computations (in sufficient detail) required in order to establish whether after giving effect to the issuance of the Additional Notes and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds thereof, the Obligors are in
compliance with the requirements of Section 10.1 on such date (based upon the financial statements for the most recent fiscal quarter ended prior to the date of such certificate). 
 (b) Execution and Delivery of Supplement. The Obligors and each such Additional Purchaser shall execute and deliver a
Supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit S hereto (with such amendments or modifications thereto as may be agreed to by the parties). 
 (c) Representations of Additional Purchasers. Each Additional Purchaser shall have confirmed in the Supplement that the representations set forth in Section 6 are

  

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true with respect to such Additional Purchaser on and as of the date of issue of the Additional Notes. 
 (d) Execution and Delivery of Guaranty Ratification. Provided a Collateral Release shall not have occurred, each
Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver a Guaranty Ratification in the form attached to the Subsidiary Guaranty. 
 Section 2.3. Subsidiary Guaranty. (a) The payment by the Obligors of all amounts due with respect to the Notes and the performance by the Obligors of their obligations under this Agreement will be absolutely and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of even date herewith, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.3 attached hereto, and otherwise in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.6 hereof (the “Subsidiary Guaranty”). 
 (b) The holders of the Notes agree to
discharge and release any Subsidiary Guarantor from the Subsidiary Guaranty upon the written notice of the Obligors, provided that (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released and discharged (or will be released and discharged
concurrently with the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guaranty) as an obligor and guarantor under and in respect of the Bank Credit Agreement and the Obligors so certify to the holders of the Notes in a certificate of a
Responsible Officer, (ii) at the time of such release and discharge, the Obligors shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the holders of the Notes stating that no Default or Event of Default exists, and (iii) if any fee or
other form of consideration is given to any holder of Debt of the Obligors expressly for the purpose of such release, holders of the Notes shall receive equivalent consideration (a “Collateral Release”). 
 SECTION 3. CLOSING. 
 The sale and purchase of the Series A Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 at 10:00 a.m. Central
time, at a closing (the “Closing Date”) on September 27, 2005 or on such other Business Day thereafter on or prior to September 27, 2005 as may be agreed upon by the Obligors and the Purchasers. On the Closing Date, the
Obligors will deliver to each Purchaser the Series A Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Tranche A Note or Tranche B Note, as applicable (or such greater number of Tranche A or Tranche B Notes, as applicable, in
denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of the Closing Date and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of such Purchaser’s nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Obligors
or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the 

					
	 account of the Obligors to Account Number 
	 		 	, at Bank of America, NA, 11170 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas,

					
	 ABA Number 
	 		 	, in the Account Name of “Family Dollar Stores, Inc.” If, on the Closing Date, the Obligors shall fail to

 tender such Series A Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have
been fulfilled to any Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at such Purchaser’s election, be relieved of all

  

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further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment. 
 SECTION 4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING. 
 Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Series A Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the
fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions applicable to the Closing Date: 
 Section 4.1. Representations and Warranties. 
 (a) Representations and
Warranties of the Obligors. The representations and warranties of each Obligor in this Agreement shall be correct when made and at the time of the Closing. 
 (b) Representations and Warranties of the Subsidiary Guarantors. The representations and warranties of the Subsidiary Guarantors in the Subsidiary Guaranty shall be correct when made and at the
time of the Closing. 
 Section 4.2. Performance; No Default. Each Obligor and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have
performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement and the Subsidiary Guaranty required to be performed or complied with by the Obligors and each such Subsidiary Guarantor prior to or at the Closing, and after
giving effect to the issue and sale of the Series A Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Neither any Obligor nor any
Subsidiary shall have entered into any transaction since the date of the Memorandum that would have been prohibited by Section 10 hereof had such Sections applied since such date. 
 Section 4.3. Compliance Certificates. 
 (a) Officer’s Certificate of the Obligors. The Obligors shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions specified
in Sections 4.1,4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled. 
 (b) Secretary’s Certificate of the Obligors. Each Obligor shall
have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Series A Notes and this Agreement.

 (c) Officer’s Certificate of the Subsidiary Guarantors. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have delivered to such
Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1(b), 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled. 
 (d) Secretary’s Certificate of the Subsidiary Guarantors. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying as to the

  

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resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Subsidiary Guaranty. 
 Section 4.4. Opinions of Counsel. Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and substance satisfactory to such
Purchaser, dated the Closing Date (a) from Janet G. Kelley, General Counsel of the Obligors, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.4(a) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or
its counsel may reasonably request (and the Obligors hereby instruct their counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers), (b) from Alston & Bird LLP, special counsel for the Obligors, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit
4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request (and the Obligors hereby instruct their counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers), and
(c) from Chapman and Cutler LLP, the Purchasers’ special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit 4.4(c) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser
may reasonably request. 
 Section 4.5. Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc. On the date of the Closing such
Purchaser’s purchase of Series A Notes shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law)
permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (b) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date hereof. If requested by
such Purchaser, such Purchaser shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Purchaser may reasonably specify to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so permitted. 

Section 4.6. Sale of Other Notes. Contemporaneously with the Closing the Obligors shall sell to each other Purchaser and each
other Purchaser shall purchase the Series A Notes to be purchased by it at the Closing as specified in Schedule A. 
 Section 4.7. Payment of Special Counsel Fees. Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1, the Obligors shall have paid on or before the Closing Date, the reasonable fees, reasonable charges and reasonable disbursements
of the Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Obligors at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date. 
 Section 4.8. Private Placement Number. A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau
(in cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) shall have been obtained for the Series A Notes. 
 Section 4.9. Changes in Corporate Structure. Neither any Obligor nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have changed its jurisdiction of organization or, except as reflected in Schedule 4.9, been
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part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5. 
 Section 4.10. Subsidiary Guaranty. The Subsidiary Guaranty shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each
Subsidiary Guarantor, shall constitute the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of each Subsidiary Guarantor and such Purchaser shall have received a true, correct and complete copy thereof. 
 Section 4.11. Funding Instructions. At least three Business Days prior to the date of the Closing, each Purchaser shall have
received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of an Obligor confirming the information specified in Section 3 including (i) the name and address of the transferee bank, (ii) such transferee bank’s
ABA number and (iii) the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Series A Notes is to be deposited. 
 Section 4.12. Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other organizational proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall
be satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel, and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such special counsel may
reasonably request. 
 SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE OBLIGORS. 
 Each Obligor represents and warrants to each Purchaser on the
date hereof and the Closing Date that: 
 Section 5.1. Organization; Power and Authority. Each Obligor is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Obligor has the corporate
power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Series A Notes and to perform the
provisions hereof and thereof. 
 Section 5.2. Authorization, Etc. This Agreement and the Notes to be issued on the
Closing Date have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of each Obligor, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each such Note upon issuance will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of each Obligor enforceable against each Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
  

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 Section 5.3. Disclosure. The Obligors, through their agent, Banc of America
Securities LLC, have delivered to each Purchaser a copy of a Private Placement Memorandum, dated August, 2005 (the “Memorandum”), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Memorandum fairly describes, in all material
respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries. This Agreement, the Memorandum, the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers by or on behalf of an
Obligor in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5, in each case, delivered to the Purchasers prior to September 6, 2005 (this Agreement, the Memorandum and such documents,
certificates or other writings and such financial statements being referred to, collectively, as the “Disclosure Documents”), taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since August 28, 2004, there has been no change in the financial condition,
operations, business or properties of the Obligors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries except changes that individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to any Obligor
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents. 
 Section 5.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates. (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists (i) of the Obligors’ Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Obligors and each
other Subsidiary, and all other Investments of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) of the Obligors’ Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) of the Obligors’ directors and senior officers. 
 (b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by
the Obligors and their Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Obligors or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.4). 
 (c) Each Subsidiary identified in Schedule 5.4 is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as
to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold
under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact. 
 (d) No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to, any legal restriction or any agreement (other than this Agreement, the agreements listed on Schedule 5.4 and customary limitations imposed by corporate law statutes) restricting the
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of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary. 
 Section 5.5. Financial Statements; Material Liabilities. The Obligors have delivered to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements of FDSI and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5.
All of said financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the FDSI and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such
Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes
thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments). The Obligors and its Subsidiaries do not have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in
the Disclosure Documents. 
 Section 5.6. Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc. The execution, delivery and
performance by any Obligor of this Agreement and the Series A Notes will not (a) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of any Obligor or any
Subsidiary under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by-laws, or any other agreement or instrument to which any Obligor or any Subsidiary is bound or by which any Obligor or any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (b) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental
Authority applicable to any Obligor or any Subsidiary, or (c) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Obligors or any Subsidiary. 
 Section 5.7. Governmental Authorizations, Etc. No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration
with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by any Obligor of this Agreement or the Series A Notes (other than the filing of a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended)). 
 Section 5.8. Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes
and Orders. (a) Except for the FLSA Litigation, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of any Obligor, threatened against or affecting any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary or any property
of any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 (b) The FLSA Litigation, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Limited Material
Adverse Effect. 
 (c) Neither any Obligor nor any Restricted Subsidiary is in default under any term of any agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including without
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Laws or the USA Patriot Act) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 Section 5.9. Taxes. Each Obligor and its Subsidiaries have filed all Material tax returns that are required to
have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments
have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (a) the amount of which is not individually or in the aggregate Material or (b) the amount, applicability or validity of which is
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which an Obligor or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. No Obligor knows of any basis for any other tax
or assessment that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries in respect of federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate
in all Material respects. The federal income tax liabilities of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries have been finally determined (whether by reason of completed audits or the statute of limitations having run, other than for allegations of fraud)
for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year ended September 1, 2001. 
 Section 5.10. Title to
Property; Leases. Each Obligor and its Restricted Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective properties which the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries own or purport to own that individually or in the aggregate are
Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Obligors or any Restricted Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise
disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all
material respects. 
 Section 5.11. Licenses, Permits, Etc. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.11, 
 (a) the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents,
copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others; 
 (b) to the best knowledge of each Obligor, no product of such Obligor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries infringes in any
respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other Person that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect; and 
 (c) to the best knowledge of each Obligor, there is no violation by any Person
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right owned or used by such Obligor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 5.12. Compliance with ERISA. (a) Each Obligor and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in
compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as have not resulted in and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Obligor nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any
liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that would
reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case
pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty or excise tax provisions or to section 401(a)(29) or 412 of the Code or section 4068 of ERISA, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material.

 (b) The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans),
determined as of the end of such Plan’s most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in such Plan’s most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current
value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities. The term “benefit liabilities” has the meaning specified in section 4001 of ERISA and the terms “current value” and “present
value” have the meaning specified in section 3 of ERISA. 
 (c) No Obligor nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred
any withdrawal liabilities (and are not subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material. 
 (d) The expected post-retirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of FDSI’s most recently ended fiscal year in
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 106, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of FDSI and its Subsidiaries is not Material. 
 (e) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Series A Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction
that is subject to the prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax would be imposed pursuant to Section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The representation by each Obligor in the first sentence of this
Section 5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of each Purchaser’s representation in Section 6.3 as to the sources of the funds to be used to pay the purchase price of the Series A Notes to be purchased by such
Purchaser. 
 Section 5.13. Private Offering by the Obligors. Neither any Obligor nor anyone acting on any
Obligor’s behalf has offered the Series A Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and
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Investors, each of which has been offered the Series A Notes in connection with a private sale for investment. Neither any Obligor nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any
action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Series A Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 Section 5.14. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. The Obligors will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Series
A Notes to repurchase shares of common stock of FDSI, which shares will be retired upon such repurchase, and for other general corporate purposes of the Obligors. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Series A Notes hereunder will be used,
directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any
securities under such circumstances as to involve any Obligor in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not constitute
more than 5% of the value of the consolidated assets of FDSI and its Subsidiaries and no Obligor has any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 5% of the value of such assets. As used in this Section, the terms “margin
stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U. 
 Section 5.15. Existing Debt; Future Liens. (a) Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Debt of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of June 30,
2005, since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Debt of the Obligors or their Restricted Subsidiaries. Neither any Obligor nor any Restricted
Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Debt of an Obligor or such Restricted Subsidiary, and no event or condition exists with respect to any Debt of an Obligor or
any Restricted Subsidiary, that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Debt to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of
payment. 
 (b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, neither an Obligor nor any Restricted Subsidiary has agreed or consented
to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien not permitted by Section 10.4. 
 (c) Neither any Obligor nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Debt
of an Obligor or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter or other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of,
Debt of an Obligor, except as specifically indicated in Schedule 5.15. 
 Section 5.16. Foreign Assets Control
Regulations, Etc. (a) Neither the sale of the Series A Notes by any Obligor hereunder nor its use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the
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States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto. 
 (b) Neither any Obligor nor any Subsidiary is a Person described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons
List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order. Each Obligor and its Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot Act. 
 (c) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Series A Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any
governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in
violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, assuming in all cases that such Act applies to the Obligors. 
 Section 5.17. Status under Certain Statutes. Neither any Obligor nor any Restricted Subsidiary is an “investment company” registered or required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, or is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended. 
 Section 5.18. Environmental Matters. (a) Neither any Obligor nor any Restricted Subsidiary has knowledge of any liability
or has received any notice of any liability, and no proceeding has been instituted raising any liability against any Obligor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated
by any of them, or other assets, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (b) Neither any Obligor nor any Restricted Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any liability, public or private,
of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case,
such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (c) Neither any Obligor nor any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or has disposed of any Hazardous Materials in each case in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws in each
case in any manner that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (d) All buildings on all real
properties now owned, leased or operated by the Obligors or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
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 Section 5.19. Notes Rank Pari Passu. The obligations of the Obligors under
this Agreement and the Notes rank pari passu in right of payment with all other senior unsecured Debt (actual or contingent) of the Obligors, including, without limitation, all senior unsecured Debt of the Obligors described in Schedule 5.15 hereto.

 SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER. 
 Section 6.1. Purchase for Investment. Each Purchaser severally represents that it is purchasing the Series A Notes for its own
account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by it or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the distribution thereof (other than any Notes purchased by Banc of America Securities LLC on the Closing
Date which are intended to be resold to a “qualified institutional buyer” pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act), provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or such pension or trust funds’ property shall at
all times be within such Purchaser’s or such pension or trust funds’ control. Each Purchaser understands that the Series A Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the
provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Obligors are not required to register the Series A
Notes. 
 Section 6.2. Accredited Investor. Each Purchaser represents that it is an “accredited investor”
(as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act acting for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others are also “accredited
investors”). Each Purchaser further represents that such Purchaser has had the opportunity to ask questions of the Obligors and received answers concerning the terms and conditions of the sale of the Series A Notes. 
 Section 6.3. Source of Funds. Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate
representation as to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Series A Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder: 
 (a) the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as the term is defined in the United States Department of
Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners (the “NAIC Annual Statement”)) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by
or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of
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 (b) the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in
connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or
beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or 
 (c) the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 or (ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and,
except as disclosed by such Purchaser to an Obligor in writing pursuant to this clause (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated
to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or 
 (d) the Source constitutes assets of an
“investment fund” (within the meaning of Part V of PTE 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”)) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption),
no employee benefit plan’s assets that are included in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Section
V(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part 1(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied,
neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section V(e) of the QPAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in an Obligor and (i) the identity of such QPAM and
(ii) the names of all employee benefit plans whose assets are included in such investment fund have been disclosed to an Obligor in writing pursuant to this clause (d); or 
 (e) the Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Section IV of PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM
Exemption”)) managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV of the INHAM exemption), the conditions of Part 1(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the
INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section IV(d) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in an Obligor and (i) the identity of such INHAM and (ii) the
name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to an Obligor in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or 
 (f) the Source is a governmental plan; or 
 (g) the Source is one
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 (h) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan,
other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA. 
 As used in this Section 6.3, the terms “employee benefit plan,”
“governmental plan,” and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA. 
 SECTION 7. INFORMATION AS TO OBLIGORS. 
 Section 7.1. Financial and Business Information. The Obligors shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor: 
 (a) Quarterly Statements — within 60 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of
FDSI (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), 
 (i) a consolidated balance sheet
of FDSI and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and 
 (ii) consolidated statements of income,
changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of FDSI and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter, 
 setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable
detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on
and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments, provided that filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission within the time period specified above FDSI’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(a); 
 (b) Annual Statements — within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year of FDSI, 
 (i) a consolidated balance sheet of FDSI and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, and 
 (ii) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of FDSI and its Subsidiaries, for such year, 
 setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance
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which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and
cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides
a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances, provided that filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission within the time period specified above of FDSI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for such fiscal year (together with
FDSI’s annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(b); 
 (c) SEC and Other Reports — except for filings referred to in Section 7.1(a) and (b) above, promptly
upon their becoming available and, to the extent applicable, one copy of (i) each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by FDSI or any Subsidiary to public securities holders generally, and (ii) each regular or
periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits except as expressly requested by such holder), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto filed by FDSI or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission and of all press
releases and other statements made available generally by FDSI or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material; provided that filing of Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission within the time periods required
by the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the posting of press releases on FDSI’s website shall satisfy the obligations under this Section 7.1(c); 
 (d) Notice of Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after a
Responsible Officer becomes aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action
with respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section 11(f), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Obligors are taking or proposes to take with respect thereto; 
 (e) ERISA Matters — promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer becomes
aware of any of the following that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that an Obligor or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto:

 (i) with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the
regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date thereof; or 
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termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken
by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or 
 (iii) any event, transaction or condition that would
result in the incurrence of any liability by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the imposition of a penalty or excise tax under the provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or the imposition of
any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens
then existing; 
 (f) Notices from Governmental Authority — promptly, and in any event within 30 days
of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to any Obligor or any Subsidiary from any federal or state Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; 
 (g) Supplements — promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days after the execution
and delivery of any Supplement, a copy thereof; and 
 (h) Requested Information — with reasonable
promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations
hereunder and under the Notes as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes. 
 Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall either (i) own more than 10% of the total consolidated assets of FDSI and its Subsidiaries, or (ii) account for more than 10% of the consolidated gross revenues
of FDSI and its Subsidiaries, determined in each case in accordance with GAAP, then, within the respective periods provided in Section 7.1(a) and (b) above, the Obligors shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional
Investor, unaudited financial statements of the character and for the dates and periods as in said Sections 7.1(a) and (b) covering such group of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis), together with a consolidating statement
reflecting eliminations or adjustments required to reconcile the financial statements of such group of Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 7.1(a) and (b). 
 Section 7.2. Officer’s Certificate. Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to
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 (a) Covenant Compliance — the information required in order
to establish whether the Obligors were in compliance with the requirements of Section 10.1 through Section 10.7 hereof, inclusive, during the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished (including with respect
to each such Section, where applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in
existence); and 
 (b) Event of Default — a statement that such officer has reviewed the relevant
terms hereof such review shall not have disclosed the existence during the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such
condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Obligors shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto. 
 Section 7.3. Visitation. Each Obligor shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is an Institutional
Investor: 
 (a) No Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such
holder and upon reasonable prior notice to an Obligor, to visit the principal executive office of any Obligor, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any Obligor and its Subsidiaries with any Obligor’s officers, and (with the consent
of the Obligors, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) its independent public accountants, and (with the consent of the Obligors, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and properties of any Obligor
and each Restricted Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested in writing; and 
 (b) Default — if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Obligors, to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary,
to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and independent public
accountants (and by this provision any Obligor authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any Obligor and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often as may be requested. 
 SECTION 8. PAYMENT OF THE NOTES. 
 Section 8.1. Required Prepayments of Series A Notes. (a) The entire unpaid principal amount of the Tranche A Notes shall
become due and payable on September 27, 2015. 
 (b) On September 27, 2011 and on each September 27 thereafter to
and including September 27, 2015 the Obligors will prepay $16,200,000 principal amount (or such lesser principal amount as shall then be outstanding) of the Tranche B Notes at par and without payment of the Make-Whole Amount or any premium,
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prepayment of the Notes pursuant to Section 8.2 or Section 8.7, the principal amount of each required prepayment of the Tranche B Notes becoming due under this Section 8.1(b) on
and after the date of such prepayment shall be reduced in the same proportion as the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Notes is reduced as a result of such prepayment 
 Section 8.2. Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount. The Obligors may, at their option, upon notice as provided below,
prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an amount not less than 10% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment (or such lesser amount as shall be
required to effect a partial prepayment resulting from an offer of prepayment pursuant to Section 10.5, which is without any Make-Whole Amount), at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of
such prepayment, plus the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount of each Note then outstanding. The Obligors will give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this
Section 8.2 not less than 20 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify such date, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of
each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a
Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated respective Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation. Two Business
Days prior to such prepayment, the Obligors shall deliver to each holder of Notes a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of each such Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date. 
 Section 8.3. Allocation of Partial Prepayments. In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to the provisions
of Section 8.2, the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof. All regularly
scheduled partial prepayments made with respect to any Series of Additional Notes pursuant to any Supplement shall be allocated as provided therein. 
 Section 8.4. Maturity; Surrender, Etc. In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and
payable on the date fixed for such prepayment, together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount. From and after such date, unless the Obligors shall fail to pay such principal amount when so
due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to an Obligor and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and
no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note. 
 Section 8.5. Purchase of Notes. No
Obligor will or will permit any Affiliate to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes of any Series except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes of any Series in accordance
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the terms of this Agreement (including any Supplement hereto) and the Notes or (b) pursuant to a written offer to purchase any outstanding Notes of any Series made by the Obligors or an
Affiliate pro rata to the holders of the Notes of such Series upon the same terms and conditions (except that if such Series has more than one separate tranche, such written offer shall be allocated among all of the separate tranches of such Series
at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof but such written offer may otherwise differ among such separate tranches and such written offer shall be made pro rata to the holders
of the same tranches of such Series upon the same terms and conditions). The Obligors will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes pursuant to any provision of this Agreement
and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes. 
 Section 8.6. Make-Whole Amount for the
Series A Notes. The term “Make-Whole Amount” means with respect to any Series A Note an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such
Series A Note, minus the amount of such Called Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings
with respect to the Called Principal of such Series A Note: 
 “Called Principal” means, the
principal of the Series A Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires. 
 “Discounted Value” means, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments from their
respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on such Series A Note
is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield. 
 “Reinvestment Yield” means, 0.50% plus the yield
to maturity calculated by using (i) the yields reported, as of 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date on screen “PX-1” on the Bloomberg Financial Market Service (or such other
information service as may replace Bloomberg) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported as of
such time or the yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable, the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement
Date, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such
Settlement Date. In either case, the yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly on a
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Life and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Average Life. 
 “Remaining Average Life” means, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by
dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year)
that will elapse between the Settlement Date and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment. 
 “Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date,
provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of such Series A Note, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of
interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.2 or 12.1. 
 “Settlement Date” means, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to
Section 12.1, as the context requires. 
 Section 8.7. Change in Control. (a) Notice of Change in
Control or Control Event. The Obligors will, within 15 Business Days after any Responsible Officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Change in Control or Control Event, give written notice of such Change in Control or Control Event to each
holder of Notes unless notice in respect of such Change in Control (or the Change in Control contemplated by such Control Event) shall have been given pursuant to subparagraph (b) of this Section 8.7. If a Change in Control has
occurred, such notice shall contain and constitute an offer to prepay Notes of each Series as described in subparagraph (c) of this Section 8.7 and shall be accompanied by the certificate described in subparagraph (g) of this
Section 8.7. 
 (b) Condition to Obligor Action. The Obligors will not take any action that consummates or finalizes
a Change in Control unless (i) at least 15 Business Days prior to such action it shall have given to each holder of Notes written notice containing and constituting an offer to prepay Notes as described in subparagraph (c) of this
Section 8.7, accompanied by the certificate described in subparagraph (g) of this Section 8.7, and (ii) contemporaneously with such action, it prepays all Notes required to be prepaid in accordance with this Section 8.7.

 (c) Offer to Prepay Notes. The offer to prepay Notes contemplated by subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 8.7 shall be an offer to prepay, in accordance with and subject to this Section 8.7, all, but not less than all, the Notes held by each holder (in this case only, “holder” in respect of any Note registered in the
name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean such beneficial owner) on a date specified in such offer (the “Proposed Prepayment Date”). If such Proposed Prepayment Date is in connection with an offer contemplated by
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30 days after the date of such offer (if the Proposed Prepayment Date shall not be specified in such offer, the Proposed Prepayment Date shall be the 20th day after the date of such offer).

 (d) Acceptance. A holder of Notes may accept the offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 by causing a
notice of such acceptance to be delivered to any Obligor at least 5 Business Days prior to the Proposed Prepayment Date. A failure by a holder of Notes to respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be deemed to
constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder. 
 (e) Prepayment. Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to
this Section 8.7 shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with interest on such Notes accrued to the date of prepayment and without any Make-Whole Amount. The prepayment shall be made on the Proposed Prepayment Date
except as provided in subparagraph (f) of this Section 8.7. 
 (f) Deferral Pending Change in Control. The
obligation of the Obligors to prepay Notes pursuant to the offers required by subparagraph (b) and accepted in accordance with subparagraph (d) of this Section 8.7 is subject to the occurrence of the Change in Control in respect of
which such offers and acceptances shall have been made. In the event that such Change in Control does not occur on the Proposed Prepayment Date in respect thereof, the prepayment shall be deferred until and shall be made on the date on which such
Change in Control occurs. The Obligors shall keep each holder of Notes reasonably and timely informed of (i) any such deferral of the date of prepayment, (ii) the date on which such Change in Control and the prepayment are expected to
occur, and (iii) any determination by the Obligors that efforts to effect such Change in Control have ceased or been abandoned (in which case the offers and acceptances made pursuant to this Section 8.7 in respect of such Change in Control
shall be deemed rescinded). 
 (g) Officer’s Certificate. Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this
Section 8.7 shall be accompanied by a certificate, executed by a Senior Financial Officer of an Obligor and dated the date of such offer, specifying: (i) the Proposed Prepayment Date; (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to this
Section 8.7; (iii) the principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid; (iv) the interest that would be due on each Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to the Proposed Prepayment Date; (v) that the conditions of this
Section 8.7 have been fulfilled; and (vi) in reasonable detail, the nature and date or proposed date of the Change in Control. 
 (h) Effect on Required Payments. The amount of each payment of the principal of the Notes made pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be applied against and reduce each of the then remaining
principal payments due pursuant to Section 8.7 by a percentage equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes so paid divided by the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding immediately prior to such payment. 
 (i) “Change in Control” Defined. “Change in Control” means (1) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer
(in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of FDSI to any Person or “group” (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission
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the date hereof) other than a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with clause (4) below; (2) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any
Person or “group” (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) of 51% or more of the outstanding shares of the voting capital stock of FDSI;
(3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of FDSI are not Continuing Directors; or (4) a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of FDSI in respect of which FDSI is not
the successor corporation (other than a Restricted Subsidiary which assumes the obligations under this Agreement and the Notes). 
 (j) “Control Event” Defined. “Control Event” means: 
 (i) the execution by FDSI or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any agreement or letter of intent with respect to any proposed transaction or event or series of transactions or events which,
individually or in the aggregate, may reasonably be expected to result in a Change in Control, 
 (ii) the
execution of any written agreement which, when fully performed by the parties thereto, would result in a Change in Control, or 
 (iii) the making of any written offer by any person (as such term is used in section 13(d) and section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the Closing) or related persons constituting
a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the Closing) to the holders of the voting capital stock of FDSI, which offer, if accepted by the requisite number of holders, would result in a Change in
Control. 
 (k) “Continuing Director” Defined. “Continuing Director” means, as of any
date of determination, any member of the board of directors of FDSI who: (i) was a member of such board of directors on the date hereof; or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to such board of directors with the approval of a
majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such board at the time of such nomination or election. 
 SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. 
 Each Obligor covenants that so
long as any of the Notes are outstanding: 
 Section 9.1. Compliance with Law. Without limiting Section 10.8,
each Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject, including, without limitation, ERISA, the USA Patriot Act and Environmental Laws,
and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to
the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses,

  

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certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 9.2. Insurance. Each Obligor will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially
sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance,
if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated except for any non-maintenance that would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 9.3. Maintenance of Properties. Each Obligor will, and will
cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair (similar to other comparable retailers), working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear),
so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section shall not prevent an Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any
of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Obligors have concluded that such discontinuance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 Section 9.4. Payment of Taxes and Claims. Each Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all
tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets,
income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of
any Obligor or any Subsidiary not permitted by Section 10.4, provided that neither any Obligor nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax or assessment or claims if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by any
Obligor or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and such Obligor or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of such Obligor or such Subsidiary or
(ii) the non-filing or nonpayment, as the case may be, of all such taxes and assessments in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 9.5. Corporate Existence, Etc. Subject to Sections 10.5 and 10.6, each Obligor will at all times preserve and keep in
full force and effect its corporate existence, and will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (unless such Restricted Subsidiary is merged into an Obligor or a
Restricted Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Obligors, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such corporate
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 Section 9.6. Designation of Subsidiaries. The Obligors may from time to time
cause any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be designated a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that at the time of such designation and
immediately after giving effect thereto, (a) no Default or Event of Default would exist under the terms of this Agreement, and (b) the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries would be in compliance with all of the covenants set forth in
this Section 9 and Section 10 (including, without limitation, Section 10.5) if tested on the date of such action and provided, further, that once a Subsidiary has been designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall not
thereafter be redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary on more than one occasion. Within ten (10) days following any designation described above, the Obligors will deliver to the holders of the Notes a notice of such designation accompanied by a
certificate signed by a Senior Financial Officer of the Obligors certifying compliance with all requirements of this Section 9.6 and setting forth all information required in order to establish such compliance. 
 Section 9.7. Notes to Rank Pari Passu. The Notes and all other obligations under this Agreement of the Obligors are and at all
times shall remain direct and unsecured obligations of the Obligors ranking pari passu as against the assets of the Obligors with all other Notes from time to time issued and outstanding hereunder without any preference among themselves and
pari passu with all other present and future unsecured Debt (actual or contingent) of the Obligors which is not expressed to be subordinate or junior in rank to any other unsecured Debt of the Obligors. 
 Section 9.8. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors. The Obligors will cause any Subsidiary which is required by the terms of the Bank
Credit Agreement to become a party to, or otherwise guarantee, Debt in respect of the Bank Credit Agreement, to enter into the Subsidiary Guaranty and deliver to each of the holders of the Notes (concurrently with the incurrence of any such
obligation pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement) the following items: 
 (a) a joinder agreement in respect of
the Subsidiary Guaranty; 
 (b) a certificate signed by an authorized Responsible Officer of the Obligors making
representations and warranties to the effect of those contained in Sections 5.4, 5.6 and 5.7, with respect to such Subsidiary and the Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable; and 
 (c) an opinion of counsel (who may be in-house counsel for an Obligor) addressed to each of the holders of the Notes
satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that the Subsidiary Guaranty by such Person has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and that the Subsidiary Guaranty constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of such
Person enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as an enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
equitable principles. 
 Section 9.9. Books and Records. Each Obligor will, and will cause each of its Restricted
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applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over such Obligor or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. 
 SECTION 10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. 
 Each Obligor covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding: 
 Section 10.1. Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capitalization. The Obligors will not at any time permit the ratio of
Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capitalization to exceed 60%. 
 Section 10.2. Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio.
The Obligors will not permit the ratio of Consolidated EBITDAR to Consolidated Fixed Charges for each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated as at the end of each fiscal quarter of FDSI for the four consecutive fiscal quarters then
ended) to be less than 2.00 to 1.00. 
 Section 10.3. Priority Debt. The Obligors will not at any time permit the
aggregate amount of all Priority Debt to exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Worth, determined as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter of FDSI. 
 Section 10.4. Limitation on Liens. The Obligors will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist (upon the
happening of a contingency or otherwise) any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset (including, without limitation, any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of any Obligor or any such Restricted Subsidiary,
whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits (unless the Obligors make, or cause to be made, effective provision whereby the Notes will be
equally and ratably secured with any and all other obligations thereby secured, such security to be pursuant to an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and, in any such case, the Notes shall have the benefit, to the fullest
extent that, and with such priority as, the holders of the Notes may be entitled under applicable law, of an equitable Lien on such property), except: 
 (a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet due and payable or the payment of which is not at the time required by Section 9.4; 
 (b) any attachment or judgment Lien, if the judgment it secures shall either (i) have been discharged, bonded or
execution thereof stayed pending appeal within 60 days after the entry thereof or shall have been discharged within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay or (ii) be covered by insurance and the insurer has acknowledged in writing that
it is obligated to pay such judgment; 
 (c) (i) Liens incidental to the conduct of business or the ownership of
properties and assets (including landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s and other similar Liens for sums not yet due and payable), (ii) Liens, deposits and pledges to secure the performance of
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or, (iii) Liens to secure statutory obligations (including obligations under workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation) and under liability
insurance, (iv) Liens to secure surety or appeal bonds or performance bonds, (v) other Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or (vi) Liens securing letters of credit that
are issued to secure any of the foregoing obligations described in this Section 10.4(c); 
 (d) leases or
subleases granted to others, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances, in each case incidental to the ownership of property or assets or the ordinary conduct of the business of an Obligor or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, on Liens incidental to minor survey exceptions and the like, provided that such Liens do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of such property; 
 (e) Liens securing Debt or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary to an Obligor or to a Restricted Subsidiary;

 (f) Liens existing as of the date of Closing and reflected in Schedule 10.4; 
 (g) Liens incurred after the date of Closing given to secure the payment of the purchase price incurred in connection with
the acquisition, construction or improvement of property (other than accounts receivable but including inventory) useful and intended to be used (or sold as inventory) in carrying on the business of an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary, including
Liens existing on such property at the time of acquisition or construction thereof or Liens incurred within 365 days of such acquisition or completion of such construction or improvement, provided that (i) the Lien shall attach solely to
the property acquired, purchased, constructed or improved and the proceeds thereof; (ii) at the time of acquisition, construction or improvement of such property (or, in the case of any Lien incurred within three hundred sixty-five
(365) days of such acquisition or completion of such construction or improvement, at the time of the incurrence of the Debt secured by such Lien), the aggregate amount remaining unpaid on all Debt secured by Liens on such property, whether or
not assumed by an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary, shall not exceed the lesser of (y) the cost of such acquisition, construction or improvement or (z) the Fair Market Value of such property (as determined in good faith by one or more
officers of an Obligor to whom authority to enter into the transaction has been delegated by the board of directors of such Obligor); and (iii) at the time of such incurrence and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default would
exist; 
 (h) any Lien existing on property of a Person immediately prior to its being consolidated with or
merged into an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary or its becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, or any Lien existing on any property acquired by an Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary at the time such property is so acquired (whether or not the Debt
secured thereby shall have been assumed), provided that (i) no such Lien shall have been created or assumed in contemplation of such consolidation or merger or such Person’s becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition of
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terms of the instrument originally creating such Lien, other property which is an improvement to or is acquired for specific use in connection with such acquired property, and (iii) at the
time of such incurrence and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default would exist; 
 (i) any
extensions, renewals or replacements of any Lien permitted by the preceding subparagraphs (e), (f) and (g) of this Section 10.4, provided that (i) no additional property shall be encumbered by such Liens, (ii) the
unpaid principal amount of the Debt or other obligations secured thereby shall not be increased on or after the date of any extension, renewal or replacement, and (iii) at such time and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and 
 (j) in addition to the Liens described above, any
other Liens securing Debt or other obligations not permitted above, including Liens securing Priority Debt of an Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Priority Debt does not exceed the limitations set forth in
Section 10.3. 
 Section 10.5. Sales of Assets. The Obligors will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any substantial part (as defined below) of the assets of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that an Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, lease
or otherwise dispose of assets constituting a substantial part of the assets of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries if such assets are sold in an arms length transaction and, at such time and after giving effect thereto, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and an amount equal to the net proceeds received from such sale, lease or other disposition (but only with respect to that portion of such assets that exceeds the definition of “substantial
part” set forth below) shall be used within 365 days of such sale, lease or disposition, in any combination: 
 (1) to acquire productive assets used or useful in carrying on the business of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries and having a value at least equal to the value of such assets sold, leased or otherwise disposed of (or FDSI or
any Restricted Subsidiary is contractually obligated to acquire such productive assets pursuant to a binding contract entered into within such 365 day period so long as such productive assets shall have been acquired within 60 days following such
365 day period); and/or 
 (2) to prepay or retire Senior Debt of any Obligor and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
provided that (i) the Obligors shall offer to prepay each outstanding Note ratably with all such Senior Debt prepaid or retired, and (ii) any such prepayment of the Notes shall be made in accordance with the terms of
Section 8.2 (at par and without the payment of any Make-Whole Amount or any other premium). If any holder of a Note fails to accept such offer of prepayment, then, for purposes of the preceding sentence only, the Obligors nevertheless will be
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 As used in this Section 10.5, a sale, lease or other disposition of assets shall be
deemed to be a “substantial part” of the assets of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries if the book value of such assets, when added to the book value of all other assets sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by the
Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries during any fiscal year, exceeds 15% of the book value of Consolidated Total Assets, determined as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such sale, lease or other disposition;
provided that there shall be excluded from any determination of a “substantial part” any (i) sale or disposition of assets in the ordinary course of business of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) any
transfer of assets from an Obligor to any other Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary or from any Restricted Subsidiary to an Obligor or another Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) any sale or transfer of property acquired by any Obligor or any
Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Agreement to any Person within 365 days following the acquisition or construction of such property by such Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary if an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary shall concurrently
with such sale or transfer, lease such property, as lessee. 
 For purposes of this Agreement, at any time a Restricted
Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 9.6 of this Agreement, the book value of all of the assets of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be sold for purposes of this Section 10.5 as of the effective
date of such designation and such sale of assets shall be subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 10.5. 
 Section 10.6. Merger and Consolidation. The Obligors will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease substantially all of its
assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person; provided that: 
 (1) any
Restricted Subsidiary of an Obligor may (x) consolidate with or merge with, or convey, transfer or lease substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to, (i) an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary so
long as in any merger or consolidation involving an Obligor, such Obligor shall be the surviving or continuing corporation or (ii) any other Person so long as the survivor is the Restricted Subsidiary, or (y) convey, transfer or lease all
of its assets in compliance with the provisions of Section 10.5; and 
 (2) the foregoing restriction does
not apply to the consolidation or merger of any Obligor with, or the conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of any Obligor in a single transaction or series of transactions to, any Person so long as: 
 (a) the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance,
transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of an Obligor as an entirety, as the case may be (the “Successor Corporation”), shall be a solvent entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia; 
 (b) if such Obligor is not the Successor Corporation, such
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assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement (and each Supplement thereto) and the Notes (pursuant to such assumption agreements
and instruments as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders), and the Successor Corporation shall have caused to be delivered to each holder of Notes (A) an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, to the effect
that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and (B) an acknowledgment from each Subsidiary Guarantor that the Subsidiary Guaranty continues in full force and effect; and

 (c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Default or Event of Default would exist.

 No such conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of any Obligor shall have the effect of releasing any Obligor or any
successor entity from its liability under this Agreement or the Notes. 
 Section 10.7. Restricted Subsidiaries.
FDSI and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall at all times account for 75% of the consolidated total assets of FDSI and all of its Subsidiaries and 75% of the consolidated gross revenues of the FDSI and all of its Subsidiaries. 
 Section 10.8. Transactions with Affiliates. The Obligors will not and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to enter into
directly or indirectly any Material transaction or Material group of related transactions (including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than
an Obligor or another Restricted Subsidiary), except in the ordinary course and upon fair and reasonable terms that are not materially less favorable to the Obligors or such Restricted Subsidiary, taken as a whole, than would be obtainable in a
comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate. 
 Section 10.9. Terrorism Sanctions
Regulations. No Obligor will or will permit any Subsidiary to (a) become a Person described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the
Anti-Terrorism Order or (b) engage in any dealings or transactions with any such Person. 
 Section 10.10. Line of
Business. The Obligors will not and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business in which the Obligors and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would then be
engaged would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business in which the Obligors and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged on the date of this Agreement. 
 SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. 
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 (a) any Obligor defaults in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole
Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or 
 (b) any Obligor defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or 
 (c) any Obligor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 10 or any covenant in a
Supplement which specifically provides that it shall have the benefit of this paragraph (c) or any Subsidiary Guarantor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term of the Subsidiary Guaranty beyond any period of grace or cure
period provided with respect thereto; or 
 (d) any Obligor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any
term contained herein or in any Supplement (other than those referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 11) and such default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining
actual knowledge of such default or (ii) any Obligor receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and to refer specifically to this paragraph
(d) of Section 11); or 
 (e) any Subsidiary Guaranty of a Material Subsidiary ceases to be a legally
valid, binding and enforceable obligation or contract of a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than upon a release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from a Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3(b) hereof), or any Subsidiary
Guarantor that is a Material Subsidiary or any party by, through or on account of any such Person, challenges the validity, binding nature or enforceability of any such Subsidiary Guaranty of a Material Subsidiary; or 
 (f) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of any Obligor or Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Material
Subsidiary in this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty or by any officer of any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Material Subsidiary in any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or by any Subsidiary
Guaranty proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made; or 
 (g)
(i) any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or make-whole amount or interest (in the payment amount of at least $100,000) on any Debt other
than the Notes that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least $25,000,000 beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii) any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or
compliance with any term of any instrument, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to any Debt other than the Notes in an aggregate principal amount of at least $25,000,000 or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such default
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continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Debt to convert such Debt into equity interests), any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary has
become obligated to purchase or repay Debt other than the Notes before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $25,000,000; or 
 (h) any Obligor or any Material Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its
debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer
with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or 
 (i) a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by an Obligor or
any of its Material Subsidiaries, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief
or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of any Obligor or any of its Material
Subsidiaries, or any such petition shall be filed against any Obligor or any of its Material Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or 
 (j) a final judgment or judgments at any one time outstanding for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $25,000,000
(except to the extent of any third party insurance policies in which the insurer has agreed in writing that it is obligated to pay for the amount of such judgment) and which are rendered against one or more of any Obligor, its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any Subsidiary Guarantor and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or 
 (k) if (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part
thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the
PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any
such proceedings, (iii) the aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed $25,000,000,
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liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any
Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) any Obligor or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that could increase the liability of any Obligor or any Subsidiary
thereunder; and any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 As used in Section 11(k), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan” shall have the
respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA. 
 SECTION 12. REMEDIES ON
DEFAULT, ETC. 
 Section 12.1. Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default with
respect to any Obligor described in paragraph (h) or (i) of Section 11 (other than an Event of Default described in clause (i) of paragraph (h) or described in clause (vi) of paragraph (h) by virtue of the fact
that such clause encompasses clause (i) of paragraph (h)) has occurred, all the Notes of every Series then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable. 
 (b) If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes of any Series at the time outstanding may at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to any Obligor, declare all the Notes of such Series then outstanding to be immediately due and payable. 
 (c) If any Event of Default described in paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 11 has occurred and is continuing with respect to
any Notes, any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Obligors, declare all the Notes held by such holder or holders to be immediately
due and payable. 
 Upon any Note’s becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by
declaration, such Note will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Note, plus (i) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including, but not limited to, interest accrued thereon at the Default Rate) and (ii) the
Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which
are hereby waived. Each Obligor acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by any Obligor (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the
provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the Obligors in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such
circumstances. 
 Section 12.2. Other Remedies. If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
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immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in
equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise. 
 Section 12.3. Rescission. At any time after the Notes have been
declared due and payable pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of Section 12.1, the holders of not less than 51% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of any Series then outstanding, by written notice to the Obligors, may rescind and
annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Obligors have paid all overdue interest on the Notes of such Series, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount on any Notes of such Series that are due and payable and are unpaid other
than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes of such Series, at the Default Rate, (b) neither
any Obligor nor any other Person shall have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (c) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such
declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (d) no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to any Notes of such Series. No rescission and annulment under
this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
 Section 12.4. No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc. No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise
prejudice such holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by any Note upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or
hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the Obligors under Section 15, the Obligors will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover
all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements. 
 SECTION 13. REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES.

 Section 13.1. Registration of Notes. The Obligors shall keep at their principal executive office a register for
the registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register. Prior to
due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Obligors shall not be affected by any notice or
knowledge to the contrary. The Obligors shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders of Notes. 
  

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 Section 13.2. Transfer and Exchange of Notes. Upon surrender of any Note to
any Obligor at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iv)), for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address and other information for notices of each transferee of such Note or
part thereof), within ten Business Days thereafter, the Obligors shall execute and deliver, at the Obligors’ expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) of the same Series (and of the same
tranche if such Series has separate tranches) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and
shall be substantially in the form of the Note of such Series originally issued hereunder or pursuant to any Supplement. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note
or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Obligors may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall
not be transferred in denominations of less than $500,000, provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $500,000. Any transferee,
by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in Section 6.3, provided, that in lieu thereof such holder may (in reliance upon information
provided by the Obligors, which shall not be unreasonably withheld) make a representation to the effect that the purchase by any holder of any Note will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under section 406(a) of ERISA. 
 The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or under the securities laws of any state and the holders of the Notes agree
that such Notes may not be transferred or resold unless registered under the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws or unless an exemption from the requirement for such registration is available. 
 Section 13.3. Replacement of Notes. Upon receipt by an Obligor at the address and to the attention of the designated officer
(all as specified in Section 18(iv)) of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such
Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and 
 (a) in the case
of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser or another holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least $50,000,000 or
a Qualified Institutional Buyer, such Person’s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory), or 
 (b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof, 
 the Obligors at its own
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the same tranche if such Series has separate tranches), dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated
the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. 
 SECTION 14.
PAYMENTS ON NOTES. 
 Section 14.1. Place of Payment. Subject to
Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in New York, New York at the principal office of Bank of America, N.A. in such jurisdiction. The Obligors may at any time,
by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal office of an Obligor in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in such
jurisdiction. 
 Section 14.2. Home Office Payment. So long as any Purchaser or Additional Purchaser or such
Purchaser’s nominee or such Additional Purchaser’s nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the Obligors will pay all sums becoming due on such
Note for principal, Make-Whole Amount and interest by the method and at the address specified for such purpose for such Purchaser on Schedule A hereto or, in the case of any Additional Purchaser, Schedule A attached to any Supplement pursuant to
which such Additional Purchaser is a party, or by such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser or Additional Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the Obligors in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or
surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Obligors made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser or Additional Purchaser
shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to FDSI at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Obligors pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to any sale or
other disposition of any Note held by any Purchaser or Additional Purchaser or such Person’s nominee, such Person will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been
paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Obligors in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2. The Obligors will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect
transferee of any Note. 
 SECTION 15. EXPENSES, ETC. 
 Section 15.1. Transaction Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Obligors will pay
reasonable attorneys’ fees of one special counsel referred to in Section 4.7 for the Purchasers or any Additional Purchasers and, if reasonably required by any Additional Purchasers, one local counsel selected by such Additional
Purchasers. In addition, the Obligors will pay all fees and expenses of the Purchasers, any Additional Purchasers and any other holder of a Note, including reasonable attorneys’ fees of one special counsel for the holders of the Notes and, if
reasonably required by the Required Holders, one local counsel for the Holders of the Notes selected by such Required Holders, in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement (including any Supplement) or
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effective), including, without limitation: (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement
(including any Supplement) or the Notes or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement (including any Supplement) or the Notes, or by reason of being a holder of any
Note, and (b) the costs and expenses, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of an Obligor or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes. The
Obligors will pay, and will save each Purchaser, each Additional Purchaser and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses if any, of brokers and finders (other than those, if any, retained by a
Purchaser or other holder in connection with its purchase of the Notes). 
 Section 15.2. Survival. The obligations
of the Obligors under this Section 15 will survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, any Supplement or the Notes, and the termination of this Agreement or any
Supplement. 
 SECTION 16. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT. 
 All representations and warranties contained herein
or in any Supplement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Supplement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser or any Additional Purchaser of any such Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the
payment of any Note may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of any such Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any Additional Purchaser or any other holder of any such Note. All statements
contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Obligors pursuant to this Agreement or any Supplement shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Obligors under this Agreement; provided, that the
representations and warranties contained in any Supplement shall only be made for the benefit of the Additional Purchasers which are party to such Supplement and the holders of the Notes issued pursuant to such Supplement, including subsequent
holders of any Note issued pursuant to such Supplement, and shall not require the consent of the holders of existing Notes. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement (including every Supplement) and the Notes embody the entire agreement and
understanding between the Purchasers and the Additional Purchasers and the Obligors and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 
 SECTION 17. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. 
 Section 17.1. Requirements. (a) This Agreement (including any Supplement) and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either
retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Obligors and the Required Holders, except that (i) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof or the
corresponding provision of any Supplement, or any defined term (as it is used in any such Section or such corresponding provision of any Supplement), will be effective as to any holder of Notes unless consented to by such holder of Notes in writing,
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of the holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected thereby, (A) subject to the provisions of Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any
prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of interest (if such change results in a decrease in the interest rate) or of the Make- Whole Amount on, the Notes, (B) change the
percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver, or (C) amend any of Sections 8, 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20. 
 (b) Supplements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Obligors may enter into any Supplement providing for
the issuance of one or more Series of Additional Notes consistent with Sections 2.2 and 4.14 hereof without obtaining the consent of any holder of any other Series of Notes. 
 Section 17.2. Solicitation of Holders of Notes. 
 (a) Solicitation. The Obligors will provide each holder of the Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a
decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof, any Supplement or of the Notes. The Obligors will deliver
executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 17 to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or
receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes. 
 (b) Payment. No Obligor will directly or
indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or provide other credit support, to any holder of Notes as consideration for or as an inducement to
the entering into by any holder of Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof or any Supplement unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted or other credit support is
concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of Notes then outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment. 
 (c) Consent in Contemplation of Transfer. Any consent made pursuant to this Section 17 by a holder of Notes that has transferred or has agreed to transfer its Notes to any Obligor, any
Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any Obligor and has provided or has agreed to provide such written consent as a condition to such transfer shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder, and any amendments effected or waivers
granted or to be effected or granted that would not have been or would not be so effected or granted but for such consent (and the consents of all other holders of Notes that were acquired under the same or similar conditions) shall be void and of
no force or effect except solely as to such holder. 
 Section 17.3. Binding Effect, Etc. Any amendment or waiver
consented to as provided in this Section 17 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Obligors without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such
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affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between any Obligor and the
holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note. As used herein, the term “this Agreement” and references thereto shall mean this
Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented. 
 Section 17.4. Notes Held by Obligors, Etc.
Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement or the
Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned
by any Obligor or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding. 
 SECTION 18. NOTICES. 

All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telecopy if the sender on the same day
sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent: 
 (i) if to a Purchaser or such Purchaser’s nominee, to such Purchaser or such Purchaser’s nominee at the address
specified for such communications in Schedule A to this Agreement, or at such other address as such Purchaser or such Purchaser’s nominee shall have specified to any Obligor in writing pursuant to this Section 18; 
 (ii) if to an Additional Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser’s nominee, to such Additional Purchaser or such
Additional Purchaser’s nominee at the address specified for such communications in Schedule A to any Supplement, or at such other address as such Additional Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser’s nominee shall have specified to any
Obligor in writing, 
 (iii) if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other
holder shall have specified to any Obligor in writing pursuant to this Section 18, or 
 (iv) if to any
Obligor, to such Obligor at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to the General Counsel, or at such other address as such Obligor shall have specified to the holder of each Note in
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 SECTION 19. REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.

 This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications
that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any Purchaser at the Closing or by any Additional Purchaser (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter
furnished to any Purchaser or any Additional Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic, electronic, digital, or other similar process and such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser
may destroy any original document so reproduced. Each Obligor agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative
proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such
reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19 shall not prohibit any Obligor or any other holder of Notes from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing
evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction. 
 SECTION 20. CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION. 
 For the purposes of this Section 20, “Confidential Information” means
information delivered to any Purchaser or any Additional Purchaser by or on behalf of any Obligor or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that
was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such Purchaser as being confidential information of an Obligor or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that (a) was
publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser or any
Person acting on such Purchaser’s or such Additional Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser other than through disclosure by an Obligor or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes
financial statements delivered to such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly available. Each Purchaser and each Additional Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential
Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser, provided that such
Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) such Purchaser’s or such Additional Purchaser’s directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents, attorneys and affiliates (to the extent
such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by such Purchaser’s or such Additional Purchaser’s Notes), (ii) such Purchaser’s or such Additional Purchaser’s financial advisors and
other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 20, (iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which such
Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the

  

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provisions of this Section 20), (v) any Person from which such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser offers to purchase any security of an Obligor (if such Person has agreed in writing
prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser, (vii) the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about such Purchaser’s or such Additional Purchaser’s investment portfolio, or
(viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser, (x) in response
to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser is a party or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser or
such Additional Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchaser’s or such Additional Purchaser’s Notes,
the Subsidiary Guaranty and this Agreement. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this Agreement. On
reasonable request by an Obligor in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement
or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with an Obligor embodying the provisions of this Section 20. 
 SECTION 21. SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER. 
 Each Purchaser and
each Additional Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates as the purchaser of the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, by written notice to an Obligor, which notice shall be signed by both such Purchaser or
such Additional Purchaser and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate’s agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in
Section 6. Upon receipt of such notice, any reference to such Purchaser or such Additional Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall be deemed to refer to such Affiliate in lieu of such original Purchaser or such
original Additional Purchaser. In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted as a Purchaser or an Additional Purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to such original Purchaser or such original Additional Purchaser all of the
Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by an Obligor of notice of such transfer, any reference to such Affiliate as a “Purchaser” or an “Additional Purchaser” in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall
no longer be deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall refer to such original Purchaser or such original Additional Purchaser, and such original Purchaser or such original Additional Purchaser shall again have all the rights of an original holder
of the Notes under this Agreement. 
 SECTION 22. MISCELLANEOUS. 
 Section 22.1. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement (including all covenants and
other agreements contained in any Supplement) by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective

  

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successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not. 
 Section 22.2. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding (but without limiting the requirement in Section 8.4 that the
notice of any optional prepayment specify a Business Day as the date fixed for such prepayment), any payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; provided that if the maturity date of any Note is a date other than a Business Day, the payment
otherwise due on such maturity date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day. 
 Section 22.3. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the
meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all computations made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) all financial statements
shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP. 
 Section 22.4. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability
in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 Section 22.5. Construction. Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that
compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited
from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person. 
 For the
avoidance of doubt, all Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part hereof. 
 Section 22.6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of
copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto. 
 Section 22.7.
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit
the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State. 
  

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 Section 22.8. Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) Each
Obligor irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
Notes. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Obligor irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection
that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 (b) Each Obligor consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of
the nature referred to in Section 22.8(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 18 or at
such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section. Each Obligor agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit,
action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a
delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service. 
 (c) Nothing in
this Section 22.8 shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against any Obligor in the courts of any
appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction. 
 (d) THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION
BROUGHT ON OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY
OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH. 
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 The execution hereof by the Purchasers shall constitute a contract among the Obligors and
the Purchasers for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an original but all together only one agreement. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: R. James Kelly
		 	Title: Vice Chairman, Chief Financial
		 	Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
	
	FAMILY DOLLAR, INC.
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: R. James Kelly
		 	Title: Vice Chairman, Chief Financial
		 	Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

 Accepted as of the date first written above. 
  

					
	 THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA

		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: Billy Greer
		 	Title: Senior Vice President
	
	GIBRALTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
		
	By:	 	 Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
 (as Investment Advisor)

		
	By:	 	 Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc.
 (as its General Partner)

			
		 	By	 	
 

		 		 	Name: Billy Greer
		 		 	Title: Senior Vice President
	
	 AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF
FLORIDA, INC.

		
	By:	 	 Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
 (as Investment Advisor)

		
	By:	 	 Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc.
 (as its General Partner)

			
		 	By	 	
 

		 		 	Name: Billy Greer
		 		 	Title: Senior Vice President

					
	AMERICAN MEMORIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
 (as Investment Advisor)

		
	By:	 	 Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc.
 (as its General Partner)

			
		 	By	 	
 

		 		 	Name: Billy Greer
		 		 	Title: Senior Vice President
	
	UNION SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
 (as Investment Advisor)

		
	By:	 	 Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc.
 (as its General Partner)

			
		 	By	 	
 

		 		 	Name: Billy Greer
		 		 	Title: Senior Vice President
	
	TIME INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
 (as Investment Advisor)

		
	By:	 	 Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc.
 (as its General Partner)

			
		 	By	 	
 

		 		 	Name: Billy Greer
		 		 	Title: Senior Vice President

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

					
	 ING USA ANNUITY AND LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
 RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

ING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
 SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER INSURANCE COMPANY

		
	By:	 	ING Investment Management LLC, as Agent
			
		 	By	 	
 

		 		 	Name: Christopher P. Lyons
		 		 	Title: Senior Vice President

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

			
	ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: Carrie A. Cazolas
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: JERRY D. ZINKULA
		 	Authorized Signatories
	
	ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: Carrie A. Cazolas
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: JERRY D. ZINKULA
		 	Authorized Signatories
	
	ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: Carrie A. Cazolas
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: JERRY D. ZINKULA
		 	Authorized Signatories

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

			
	MIDLAND NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: MICHAEL DAMASCO
		 	Title: DIRECTOR
	
	NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY FOR LIFE AND HEALTH
INSURANCE
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: MICHAEL DAMASCO
		 	Title: DIRECTOR

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

			
	TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
		
	 By
	 	
 

		 	Name: Debra R. Thompson
		 	Title: Vice President
	
	TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	 By
	 	
 

		 	Name: Debra R. Thompson
		 	Title: Vice President

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

			
	THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: Glen J. Vanic
		 	Title: Portfolio Manager

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

			
	UNITED OF OMAHA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: Edwin H. Garrison, Jr.
		 	Title: First vice President

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

			
	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: John J. DeCoursey
		 	Title: Principal

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

			
	MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: G.P. Odean
		 	Title: National Secretary

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

			
	SECURITY FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: Kevin W. Hammond
		 	Title: Senior Director - Investments

 Note Purchase Agreement 
  

			
	ASSURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By	 	
 

		 	Name: Victor Weber
		 	Title: Senior Director - Investments

 SCHEDULE A 
  

					
	NAME OF PURCHASER	 	TRANCHE	 	 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
 TO
BE PURCHASED

	 ING USA ANNUITY AND LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
 c/o ING Investment Management LLC
 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW, Suite 300
 Atlanta, Georgia 30327-4349
 Attention: Private Placements
 Fax Number: (770) 690-5057
	 	A	 	$12,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 BFN:
                                        (for
scheduled principal and interest payments) OR 
 BFN:
                                        (for all
payments other than scheduled principal and interest) 
 ABA
             
 Ref.: ING USA Annuity and Life Company, Acct. No.
            and PPN 30704@ AA 2 
 Notices 
 All notices with respect to payments and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed: 
 ING Investment Management LLC 
 5780 Powers Ferry Road, NW, Suite 300 
 Atlanta, Georgia 30327-4349 
 Attention: Operations/Settlements 
 Fax Number: (770) 690-4886 
 All other notices and communications to be addressed as follows
with a copy to the address first provided above: 
 ING Investment Management LLC 
 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1635 
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2121 
 Attention: Jen Wilson 
 Phone Number: (612) 342-7156 
 Fax Number: (612) 372-5368 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

 SCHEDULE A 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 41-0991508 
  

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	NAME OF PURCHASER	 	TRANCHE	 	 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
 TO
BE PURCHASED

	 RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
 c/o ING Investment Management LLC
 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW, Suite 300
 Atlanta, Georgia 30327-4349
 Attention: Private Placements
 Fax Number:
(770) 690-5057
	 	A	 	$12,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 BFN:
                                        (for
scheduled principal and interest payments) OR 
 BFN:
                                        (for all
payments other than scheduled principal and interest) 
 ABA
             
 Ref.: ReliaStar Life Insurance Company, Acct. No.
            and PPN 30704 @ AA 2 
 Notices 
 All notices with respect to payments and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed: 
 ING Investment Management LLC 
 5780 Powers Ferry Road, NW, Suite 300 
 Atlanta, Georgia 30327-4349 
 Attention: Operations/Settlements 
 Fax Number: (770) 690-4886 
 All other notices and communications to be addressed as follows
with a copy to the address first provided above: 
 ING Investment Management LLC 
 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1635 
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2121 
 Attention: Jen Wilson 
 Phone Number: (612) 342-7156 
 Fax Number: (612) 372-5368 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 41-0451140 
  

 A-3 

					
	NAME OF PURCHASER	 	TRANCHE	 	 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
 TO
BE PURCHASED

	 ING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY
COMPANY
 c/o ING Investment Management LLC
 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW, Suite 300
 Atlanta, Georgia 30327-4349
 Attention: Private Placements
 Fax Number:
(770) 690-5057
	 	A	 	$12,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 ABA 
 BFN:
                                         
   (for scheduled principal and interest payments) OR 
 BFN:
                                         
   (for all payments other than scheduled principal and interest) 
 Attention: P&I Department 
 Ref.: ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company, Acct. No.             and PPN
30704@ AA 2 
 Notices 
 All notices
with respect to payments and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed: 
 ING Investment Management LLC

 5780 Powers Ferry Road, NW, Suite 300 
 Atlanta, Georgia 30327-4349 
 Attention: Operations/Settlements 
 Fax Number: (770) 690-4886 
 All other notices and communications to be addressed as follows with a copy to the address first provided above: 
 ING
Investment Management LLC 
 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1635 
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2121 
 Attention: Jen Wilson 
 Phone Number: (612) 342-7156 
 Fax Number: (612) 372-5368 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I .D. Number: 71-0294708 
  

 A-4 

					
	NAME OF PURCHASER	 	TRANCHE	 	 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
 TO
BE PURCHASED

	 SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER INSURANCE
COMPANY
 c/o ING Investment Management LLC
 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW, Suite 300
 Atlanta, Georgia 30327-4349
 Attention: Private Placements
 Fax Number:
(770) 690-5057
	 	A	 	$4,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 ABA
                                        

 BFN:
                                        (for
scheduled principal and interest payments) 
 BFN:
                                        (for all
other payments not scheduled principal and interest if certificates are not received by custodian) 
 Attention: P&I
Department 

					
	 Reference: Security Life of Denver Insurance Company, Account No. 
	 		 	and PPN 30704@ AA 2

 Notices 
 All notices with respect to payments and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed: 
 ING Investment Management LLC 
 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW, Suite 300 
 Atlanta, Georgia 30327-4349 
 Attention: Operations/Settlements 
 Fax Number: (770) 690-4886 
 All other notices and communications to be addressed as follows
with a copy to address first provided above: 
 ING Investment Management LLC 
 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1635 
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2121 
 Attention: Jen Wilson 
 Phone: (612) 342-7156 
 Fax Number: (612) 372-5368 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 84-0499703 
  

 A-5 

					
	NAME OF PURCHASER	 	TRANCHE	 	 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
 TO
BE PURCHASED

	 ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
 3075 Sanders Road, STE G5D
 Northbrook, Illinois
60062-7127
 Attention: Private Placements Department
 Telephone Number: (847) 402-7117
 Telecopier Number: (847) 402-3092
	 	A	 	 $5,000,000
 $5,000,000
 $2,400,000

 Payments 
 All payments by Fedwire transfer of
immediately available funds or ACH payments, identifying the name of the Issuer, the Private Placement Number and the payment as principal, interest or premium in the format as follows: 
 Bank: 
 ABA#:

 Account name: 
 Account #: 
 Reference: OBI PPN 30704@ AA 2, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family
Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015, Payment Due Date (09/27/20 15) and the type and amount of payment being made. 
 For Example: 
 P
             (enter “P” and the amount of principal being remitted, for example, P5000000.00) 
 I              (enter “I” and the amount of interest being remitted, for example, I225000.00) 
 Notices 
 All notices of scheduled payments and
written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed: 
 Allstate Insurance Company 
 Investment Operations—Private Placements 
 3075 Sanders Road, STE G4A 
 Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7 127 
 Telephone: (847) 402-6672 Private Placements 
 Telecopy: (847) 326-7032 
 All financial reports, compliance certificates and all other
written communications, including notice of prepayments to be sent by email (privatecompliance@allstate.com) or hard copy addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 36-2554642

  

 A-6 

					
	NAME OF PURCHASER	 	TRANCHE	 	 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
 TO
BE PURCHASED

	 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
 c/o Allstate Investments LLC
 Attention: Private
Placements Department
 3075 Sanders Road, STE G5D
 Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7127
 Telephone: (847) 402-7117
 Telecopy: (847) 402-3092
	 	A	 	$2,600,00

 Payments 
 All payments by Fedwire transfer of immediately available funds or ACH payments, identifying the name of the Issuer, the Private Placement Number and the
payment as principal, interest or premium in the format as follows: 
 Bank: 
 ABA#: 
 Account
name: 
 Account #: 
 Reference: OBI PPN 30704@ AA 2, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015, Payment Due Date (09/27/20 15) and the type and
amount of payment being made. 
 For Example: 
 P              (enter “P” and the amount of principal being remitted, for example, P5000000.00) 
 I              (enter “I” and the amount of interest being remitted,
for example, I225000.00) 
 Notices 
 All notices of scheduled payments and written confirmation of such wire transfer to be sent to: 
 Allstate Investments
LLC 
 Investment Operations—Private Placements 
 3075 Sanders Road, STE G4A 
 Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7 127 
 Telephone: (847) 402-6672 Private Placements 
 Telecopy: (847) 326-7032 
 Email: PrivateIOD@ allstate .com 
 All financial reports, compliance certificates and all other
written communications, including notice of prepayments to be sent by email (privatecompliance@allstate.com) or hard copy addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 36-07 19665

  

 A-7 

						
	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 MIDLAND NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
 c/o Midland Advisors Company
 200 East 10th Street, Suite 301
 Sioux Falls, SD 57104
 Attention; Melissa Carlson
 Phone:
(605) 782-1943
 Fax: (605) 782-1929
	  	A	  	$	10,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 ABA                      
 BNF:                      
 100 Church Street, 7th Floor 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Attn: Principal & Interest Dept. 
 Ref: PPN 30704@ AA 2, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 
 Notices 
 All notices of payment on or in respect
of the Notes and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed as first provided above with a copy to: 
 The Bank of
New York 
 F/A/O:
                                        

 P.O. Box 19266 
 Newark, NJ 07195 
 Attention: Principal & Interest Department 

All notices and communications other than those in respect to payments to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Settlements and documentation: 
 Guggenheim Partners 
 135 East 57th Street, 23rd Floor 
 New York, New York 10022 
 Attention: Kaitlin Trinh/John Nelson 
 Phone: (212) 651-0840 / (212) 381-7559 
 Fax: (212)644-8396 
  

 A-8 

 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Hare & Co. 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 46-0164570 
  

 A-9 

						
	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 MIDLAND NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
 c/o Midland Advisors Company
 200 East 10th Street, Suite 301
 Sioux Falls, SD 57104
 Attention; Melissa Carlson
 Phone:
(605) 782-1943
 Fax: (605) 782-1929
	  	A	  	$	10,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 ABA                      
 BNF:                      
 100 Church Street, 7th Floor 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Attn: Principal & Interest Dept. 
 Ref: PPN 30704@ AA 2, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 
 Notices 
 All notices of payment on or in respect
of the Notes and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed as first provided above with a copy to: 
 The Bank of
New York 
 F/A/O:
                                        

 P.O. Box 19266 
 Newark, NJ 07195 
 Attention: Principal & Interest Department 

All notices and communications other than those in respect to payments to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Settlements and documentation: 
 Guggenheim Partners 
 135 East 57th Street, 23rd Floor 
 New York, New York 10022 
 Attention: Kaitlin Trinh/John Nelson 
 Phone: (212) 651-0840 / (212) 381-7559 
 Fax: (212) 644-8396 
  

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 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Hare & Co. 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 46-0164570 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 MIDLAND NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
 c/o Midland Advisors Company
 200 East 10th Street, Suite 301
 Sioux Falls, SD 57104
 Attention; Melissa Carlson
 Phone:
(605) 782-1943
 Fax: (605) 782-1929
	  	A	  	$	6,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 ABA                      
 BNF:                      
 100 Church Street, 7th Floor 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Attn: Principal & Interest Dept. 
 Ref: PPN 30704@ AA 2, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 
 Notices 
 All notices of payment on or in respect
of the Notes and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed as first provided above with a copy to: 
 The Bank of
New York 
 F/A/O:
                                        

 P.O. Box 19266 
 Newark, NJ 07195 
 Attention: Principal & Interest Department 

All notices and communications other than those in respect to payments to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Settlements and documentation: 
 Guggenheim Partners 
 135 East 57th Street, 23rd Floor 
 New York, New York 10022 
 Attention: Kaitlin Trinh/John Nelson 
 Phone: (212) 651-0840 / (212) 381-7559 
 Fax: (212)644-8396 
  

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 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Hare & Co. 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 46-0164570 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 MIDLAND NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
 c/o Midland Advisors Company
 200 East 10th Street, Suite 301
 Sioux Falls, SD 57104
 Attention; Melissa Carlson
 Phone: (605) 782-1943

 Fax: (605) 782-1929
	  	A	  	$	3,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 ABA                      
 BNF:                      
 100 Church Street, 7th Floor 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Attn: Principal & Interest Dept. 
 Ref: PPN 30704@ AA 2, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 
 Notices 
 All notices of payment on or in respect
of the Notes and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed as first provided above with a copy to: 
 The Bank of
New York 
 F/A/O:
                                        

 P.O. Box 19266 
 Newark, NJ 07195 
 Attention: Principal & Interest Department 

All notices and communications other than those in respect to payments to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Settlements and documentation: 
 Guggenheim Partners 
 135 East 57th Street, 23rd Floor 
 New York, New York 10022 
 Attention: Kaitlin Trinh/John Nelson 
 Phone: (212) 651-0840/(212) 381-7559 
 Fax: (212)644-8396 
 Name of
Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Hare & Co. 
  

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 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 46-0164570 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES

TO BE PURCHASED
	 NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY FOR LIFE AND
HEALTH INSURANCE
 c/o Midland Advisors Company
 200 East 10th Street, Suite 301
 Sioux Falls, SD
57104
 Attention; Melissa Carlson
 Phone: (605) 782-1943
 Fax: (605) 782-1929
	  	A	  	$	3,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 ABA                      
 BNF:                      
 100 Church Street, 7th Floor 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Attn: Principal & Interest Dept. 
 Ref: PPN 30704@ AA 2, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 
 Notices 
 All notices of payment on or in respect
of the Notes and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed as first provided above with a copy to: 
 The Bank of
New York 
 F/A/O:
                                         
    
 P.O. Box 19266 
 Newark, NJ 07195 
 Attention: Principal & Interest Department 

All notices and communications other than those in respect to payments to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Settlements and documentation: 
 Guggenheim Partners 
 135 East 57th Street, 23rd Floor 
 New York, New York 10022 
 Attention: Kaitlin Trinh/John Nelson 
 Phone: (212) 651-0840 / (212) 381-7559 
 Fax: (212) 644-8396 
  

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 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Hare & Co. 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 36-2428931 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES

TO BE PURCHASED
	 NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY FOR LIFE AND
HEALTH INSURANCE
 c/o Midland Advisors Company
 200 East 10th Street, Suite 301
 Sioux Falls, SD
57104
 Attention; Melissa Carlson
 Phone: (605) 782-1943
 Fax: (605) 782-1929
	  	A	  	$	3,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 ABA                      
 BNF:                      
 100 Church Street, 7th Floor 
 New York, NY 10286 
 Attn: Principal & Interest Dept. 
 Ref: PPN 30704@ AA 2, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 
 Notices 
 All notices of payment on or in respect
of the Notes and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed as first provided above with a copy to: 
 The Bank of
New York 
 F/A/O:
                     
 P.O.
Box 19266 
 Newark, NJ 07195 
 Attention: Principal & Interest Department 
 All notices and communications other than
those in respect to payments to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Settlements and documentation: 
 Guggenheim Partners 
 135 East 57th Street, 23rd Floor 
 New York, New York 10022 
 Attention: Kaitlin Trinh/John Nelson 
 Phone: (212) 651-0840 / (212) 381-7559 
 Fax: (212) 644-8396

  

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 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Hare & Co. 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 36-2428931 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY
COMPANY
 c/o AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC
 4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.
 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-5335
 Attention: Director of Private Placements
 Phone:
(319) 369-2432
 Fax: (319) 369-2666
	  	A	  	$	30,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 Boston Safe Deposit Trust 
 ABA                      
 Credit DDA Account                      
 Attention:
                                         
        
 Custody Account:
                         
 Notices 
 All notices and confirmation of PAYMENT information with respect of the Notes should be sent to: 
 Email: paymentnotifications@aegonusa.com 
 AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC 
 Attention: Custody Operations-Privates

 4333 Edgewood Road N.E. 
 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-7013 
 All other notices and communications (including financial
statement and reporting) to be addressed as first provided above with a copy to: 
 AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC

 Attention: Debbie Thompson - Private Placements 
 400 West Market Street, 10th Floor 
 Louisville, Kentucky 40202 
 Phone: (502) 560-2961 
 Fax: (502) 560-2030 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 95-6140222 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR
LUTHERANS
 625 Fourth Avenue South
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
 Attention: Investment Division
 Fax Number: (612) 340-5776
	  	A	  	$	15,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments of principal, premium or interest on the account of the Notes shall be made by bank wire transfer (in immediately available funds) to:

 ABA                     

 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 
 DDA # A/C —                      
 Fund Number:                     

 Fund Name: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 
 All payments must include the following information: Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, Reference
Purpose of Payment and Interest and/or Principal Breakdown 
 Notices 
 All notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above, except notices with respect to payment and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed: 
 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 
 625 Fourth Avenue South 
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 
 Attention: Investment Division 
 Fax: (612) 340-5776 
 with a copy to: 
 Thrivent Accounts 
 State Street Kansas City 
 801 Pennsylvania 
 Kansas City, Missouri 64105 
 Attention: Bart Woodson 
 Fax: (816) 691-3610 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Swanbird & Co. 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number
for Swanbird & Co.: 04-3475606 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans: 39-0123480 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 UNITED OF OMAHA LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
 Mutual of Omaha Plaza
 Omaha, Nebraska 68175-1011
 Attention: 4-Investment Loan Administration
	  	A	  	$	16,000,000

 Payments 
 All principal and interest payments on or in respect of the Notes shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to: 
 JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 ABA                      
 Private Income Processing 
 For credit to: United of Omaha Life Insurance Company 
 Account Number                     

 PPN: 30704@ AA 2 
 Interest Amount:
                                        
   
 Principal Amount:
                                        
 
 Notices 
 All notices of
payments of principal and interest, on or in respect of the Notes and written confirmation of each such payment, corporate actions and reorganization notifications to: 
 JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 14201 Dallas Parkway, 13th Floor 
 Dallas, Texas 75254-2917 
 Attention: Income Processing- G. Ruiz 

					
	 a/c: 
	 		 	

 All other notices and communications (i.e., quarterly/annual reports, tax filings, modifications, waivers
regarding the indenture) to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 47-0322111 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
 214 North Tryon Street
 NC1-027-14-01
 Charlotte, NC 28255
 Phone:
(704) 386-4534
 Facsimile: (704) 388-9269
	  	A	  	$	5,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 ABA                      
 A/C:                      
 FFC:                      
 Ref: Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2 
 Notices 
 All notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above with a copy to:

 John J. DeCoursey 
 Banc of America Securities, LLC 
 9 W. 57th Street 
 NY1-302-02-01 
 New
York, NY 10019 
 Phone: (212) 933-3115 
 Facsimile: (212) 583-8570 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Hare &
Co. 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 56-2058405 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
 214 North Tryon Street
 NC1-027-14-01
 Charlotte, NC 28255
 Phone:
(704) 386-4534
 Facsimile: (704) 388-9269
	  	A	  	$	4,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Bank of New York 
 ABA                      
 A/C:                      
 FFC:                      
 Ref: Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2 
 Notices 
 All notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above with a copy to:

 John J. DeCoursey 
 Banc of America Securities, LLC 
 9 W. 57th Street 
 NY 1-302-02-01 
 New
York, NY 10019 
 Phone: (212) 933-3115 
 Facsimile: (212) 583-8570 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Hare &
Co. 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 56-2058405 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
 1701 First Avenue
 Rock Island, Illinois
61201
 Attention: Investment Department
 Investment.Department@Modern-Woodmen.org
	  	A	  	$	6,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 The Northern Trust Company 
 50 South LaSalle Street 
 Chicago, Illinois 60675 
 ABA                      
 Account Name: Modern Woodmen of America 
 Account Number                      
 Notices 
 All notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above, except notices
with respect to payments and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed Attention: Investment Accounting Department 
 Name of
Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 36-1493430 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 SECURITY FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
 4000 Pine Lake Road
 P. O. Box 82248
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68501-2248
	  	A	  	$	2,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as
“Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.41 Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 PPN 30704@ AA 2, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 Union Bank & Trust Company 
 4732 Calvert Street 
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68501-2535 
 ABA                      
 Account of: Security Financial Life Insurance Co. 
 Account Number:                      
 Notices 
 All notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above, except notices
with respect to payments and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed: 
 Security Financial Life Insurance Co.

 4000 Pine Lake Road 
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68516 
 Attention: Investment Division 
 Fax: (402) 458-2170 
 Phone: (402) 437-3600 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 47-0293990 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT TO BE
PURCHASED
	 ASSURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
 Attention: Investment Division
 4000 Pine Lake Road

 Lincoln, Nebraska 68516
	  	A	  	$	1,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds to: 
 US Bank National Association 
 13th and M Street 
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 
 ABA                      
 For credit to Assurity Life Insurance Company 
 Account Number:                      
 With sufficient notation to identify the source of the funds. 
 All notices of payments on or in respect of the Notes and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed to: 
 Assurity Life Insurance Company 
 Attention: Investment Division 
 Overnight Mailing Address: 
 4000 Pine Lake Road 
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68516 
 Regular Mailing Address: 
 P.O. Box 82248 
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68501-2248 
 All notices and communications other than those in respect to payments to be addressed to: 
 Assurity Life Insurance Company 
 Attention: Vic Weber 
 P.O. Box 82248 
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68501-2248 
 Phone: (402) 437-3682 
 Fax: (402) 458-2170 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 38-1843471 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES B
NOTES TO BE PURCHASED
	 GIBRALTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
LTD.
 c/o Prudential Capital Group
 Gateway Center 3, 18th Floor
 100 Mulberry Street
 Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077
 Attention: Albert Trank, Managing Director
 Phone: (973) 802-8608
 Facsimile: (973) 367-3234
 Email: albert.trank@prudential.com
	  	B	  	$	21,500,000

 Payments 
 All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: 
 JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 New York, New York 
 ABA No.:
                                         
        
 Account No.:
                                         
   
 Account Name:
                                        
 Each such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference to “Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series
2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27, 2015, PPN 30704@ AB 0” and the due date and application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount) of the payment being made. 
 Notices 
 All notices with respect to payments, and
written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed to: 
 The Gibraltar Life Insurance Co., Ltd. 
 2-13-10, Nagatacho 
 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8953, Japan 
 Attention: Yoshiki Saito, Vice President of Investment Operations Team 

Telephone: 81-3-5501-6680 
 Facsimile: 81-3-5501-6432 
 Email: yoshiki.saito@gib-life.co.jp 
 All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 98-0408643

  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES B
NOTES TO BE PURCHASED
	 THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA
 c/o Prudential Capital Group
 1170 Peachtree Street, Suite 500
 Atlanta, GA 30309
 Attention: Managing Director
	  	B	  	$	12,100,000

 Payments 
 All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: 
 Account
No.:                                         
                
 Account
Name:                                        
       
 JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 New York, New York 
 ABA No.:                     
 Each such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference to “Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27, 2015, PPN 30704@ AB 0” and the
due date and application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount) of the payment being made. 
 Notices 
 All notices with respect to payments, and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed to: 
 The Prudential Insurance Company of America 
 c/o Investment Operations Group 
 Gateway Center Two, 10th Floor 
 100 Mulberry Street 
 Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077 
 Attention: Manager, Billings and Collections 
 Recipient of telephonic prepayment notices: 
 Manager, Trade Management Group 
 Telephone: (973) 367-3141 
 Facsimile: (800) 224-2278 
 All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 22-1211670 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES B
NOTES TO BE PURCHASED
	 AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE
COMPANY OF FLORIDA, INC.
 c/o
Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
 Gateway Center 3, 18th Floor
 100 Mulberry Street
 Newark, New Jersey 07102
 Attention: Albert Trank, Managing Director
 Telephone: (973) 802-8608
 Facsimile: (973) 624-6432
	  	B	  	$	4,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on account of the Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: 
 JP Morgan Chase Bank 
 ABA No.:                      
 Account No.                         
 Account Name: JP Morgan Chase 
 For further credit to Account No.:                     
 Account
Name:                                        
                             
 Each such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference to “Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27,
2015, PPN 30704@ AB 0” and the due date and application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount) of the payment being made. 
 Notices 
 All notices of payments and written confirmations of such wire transfers: 
 JP Morgan Chase Bank 
 Investor Services 
 3 Chase Metrotech Center 
 North America Insurance, 5S5 
 Brooklyn, New York 11245 
 Attention: Anna Marie Mazza 
 Telephone: (718) 242-5399 
 Facsimile: (718) 242-8328 
 and 
 Fortis, Inc. 
 One
Chase Manhattan Plaza 
  

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 New York, New York 10005 

			
	 Attention:
	 	 Kevin P. Mahoney
 AVP,
Investment Accounting & Treasury Operations

	Telephone: (212) 859-7184

 Facsimile: (212) 859-7043 
 Address for all other communications to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 59-0593886 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES B
NOTES TO BE PURCHASED
	 TIME INSURANCE COMPANY
 c/o Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
 Gateway Center 3, 18th Floor
 100 Mulberry Street
 Newark, New Jersey 07102
 Attention: Albert Trank, Managing Director
 Telephone: (973) 802-8608
 Facsimile: (973) 624-6432
	  	B	  	$	4,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on account of the Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: 
 M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank 
 Milwaukee, WI 
 ABA No.:
                     
 DDA
Account No.:                     
 Account Name:                                    

 For further credit to Account
No.:                     
 Account
Name:                                        
                             
 Each such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference to “Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27,
2015, PPN 30704@ AB 0” and the due date and application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount) of the payment being made. 
 Notices 
 All notices of payments and written confirmations of such wire transfers: 
 Marshall & Ilsley Trust Company 
 1000 North Water Street 
 Milwaukee, WI 53202 
 Attention: Kim Palleon 
 Telephone: (414) 287-7084 
 Facsimile: (414) 287-7125 
 and 
 Fortis, Inc.

 One Chase Manhattan Plaza 
 New York, New York 10005 

			
	 Attention:
	 	Kevin P. Mahoney

  

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		 	AVP, Investment Accounting & Treasury Operations

 Telephone: (212) 859-7184 
 Facsimile: (212) 859-7043 
 Address for all other communications to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 39-0658730

  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES B
NOTES TO BE PURCHASED
	 UNION SECURITY INSURANCE
COMPANY
 c/o Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
 Gateway Center 3, 18th Floor
 100 Mulberry Street
 Newark, New Jersey 07102
 Attention: Albert Trank, Managing Director
 Telephone: (973) 802-8608
 Facsimile: (973) 624-6432
	  	B	  	$	1,400,000

 Payments 
 All payments on account of the Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: 
 M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank 
 Milwaukee, WI 
 ABA
No.:                     
 DDA Account No.:                     
 Account
Name:                                     
 For further credit to Account
No.:                     
 Account
Name:                                        
                             
 Each such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference to “Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27,
2015, PPN 30704@ AB 0” and the due date and application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount) of the payment being made. 
 Notices 
 All notices of payments and written confirmations of such wire transfers: 
 Marshall & Ilsley Trust Company 
 1000 North Water Street 
 Milwaukee, WI 53202 
 Attention: Kim Palleon 
 Telephone: (414) 287-7084 
 Facsimile: (414) 287-7125 
 and 
 Fortis, Inc.

 One Chase Manhattan Plaza 
 New York, New York 10005 

			
	Attention:	 	Kevin P. Mahoney

  

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		 	AVP, Investment Accounting & Treasury Operations

 Telephone: (212) 859-7184 
 Facsimile: (212) 859-7043 
 Address for all other communications to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 81-0170040

  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES B
NOTES TO BE PURCHASED
	 THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA
 c/o Prudential Capital Group
 1170 Peachtree Street, Suite 500
 Atlanta, GA 30309
 Attention: Managing Director
	  	B	  	$	1,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: 
 Account No.:
                                         
                
 Account
Name:                                        
         
 JPMorgan Chase Bank 
 New York, New York 
 ABA No.:                         
 Each such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference to “Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27,
2015, PPN 30704@ AB 0” and the due date and application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount) of the payment being made. 
 Notices 
 All notices with respect to payments, and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed to: 
 The Prudential Insurance Company of America 
 c/o Investment Operations Group 
 Gateway Center Two,
10th Floor 
 100 Mulberry Street 
 Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077 
 Attention: Manager, Billings and Collections 
 Recipient of telephonic prepayment notices: 
 Manager, Trade Management Group 
 Telephone: (973) 367-3141 
 Facsimile: (800) 224-2278 
 All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 22-1211670 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES B
NOTES TO BE PURCHASED
	 AMERICAN MEMORIAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
 c/o Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
 Gateway Center 3, 18th Floor
 100 Mulberry Street
 Newark, New Jersey 07102
 Attention: Albert Trank, Managing Director
 Telephone: (973) 802-8608
 Facsimile: (973) 624-6432
	  	B	  	$	1,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on account of the Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: 
 M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank 
 Milwaukee, WI 
 ABA
No.:                     
 DDA Account No.:                     
 Account
Name:                                 
 For further credit to Account
No.:                     
 Account
Name:                                        
                     
 Each such wire
transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference to “Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27, 2015, PPN 30704@ AB 0” and the due date and
application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount) of the payment being made. 
 Notices 
 All notices of payments and written confirmations of such wire transfers: 
 Marshall & Ilsley Trust Company 
 1000 North Water Street 
 Milwaukee, WI 53202 
 Attention: Kim Palleon 
 Telephone: (414) 287-7084 
 Facsimile: (414) 287-7125 
 and 
 Fortis, Inc. 
 One Chase Manhattan Plaza 
 New York, New York 10005 

			
	Attention:	 	Kevin P. Mahoney

  

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		 	AVP, Investment Accounting & Treasury Operations

 Telephone: (212) 859-7184 
 Facsimile: (212) 859-7043 
 Address for all other communications to be addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 46-0260270

  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	B	  	$	5, 000,000
	 3075 Sanders Road, STE G5D
	  		  	$	5, 000,000
	 Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7127
	  		  	$	5, 600,000
	 Attention: Private Placements Department
	  		  		
	 Telephone Number: (847) 402-8922
	  		  		
	 Telecopier Number: (847) 402-3092
	  		  		

 Payments 
 All payments by Fedwire transfer of immediately available funds or ACH payments, identifying the name of the Issuer, the Private Placement Number and the payment as principal, interest or premium in the format as follows: 
 Bank:                                       
                                         
     
 ABA#:                                       
                                         
   
 Account
Name:                                        
                              
 Account
#:                                         
                                    
 Reference: OBI PPN 30704@ AB 0, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due
September 27, 2015, Payment Due Date (09/27/2015) and the type and amount of payment being made. 
 For Example:

 P              (enter “P” and the amount of principal
being remitted, for example, P5000000.00) 
 I              (enter
“I” and the amount of interest being remitted, for example, I225000.00) 
 Notices 
 All notices of scheduled payments and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed: 
 Allstate Insurance Company 
 Investment Operations—Private Placements 
 3075 Sanders Road, STE G4A 
 Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7127 
 Telephone: (847) 402-6672 Private Placements 
 Telecopy: (847) 326-7032

 All financial reports, compliance certificates and all other written communications, including notice of prepayments to be sent by email
(privatecompliance@allstate.com) or hard copy addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 36-2554642 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
 c/o Allstate Investments LLC

3075 Sanders Road, STE G5D
 Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7127
 Attention: Private Placements Department
 Telephone Number: (847) 402-7117
 Telefacsimile Number: (847) 402-3092
	  	B	  	$	5,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be made by Fedwire transfer of immediately available funds or ACH Payment, identifying the name of the Issuer,
the Private Placement Number and the payment as principal, interest or premium, in the format as follows: 
 Bank:                                       
                                         
   
 ABA
#:                                         
                                        
 Account
Name:                                        
                            
 Account
#:                                         
                                   
 Reference: OBI PPN 30704@ AB 0, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due
September 27, 2015, Payment Due Date (09/27/2015) and the type and amount of payment being made. 
 For Example:

 P              (enter “P” and the amount of principal
being remitted, for example, P5000000.00) 
 I              (enter
“I” and the amount of interest being remitted, for example, I225000.00) 
 Notices 
 All notices of scheduled payments and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed: 
 Allstate Investments LLC 
 Investment Operations—Private Placements 
 3075 Sanders Road, STE G4A 
 Northbrook, IL 60062-7127 
 Telephone: (847) 402-6672 Private Placements 
 Telecopy: (847) 326-7032 
 Email: PrivateIOD@allstate.com 
 All financial reports, compliance certificates and all other written communications, including notice of prepayments to be sent by email (privatecompliance@allstate.com) or hard copy addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 36-2608394 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
	  	B	  	$	4,400,000
	 c/o Allstate Investments LLC
	  		  		
	 Attention: Private Placements Department
	  		  		
	 3075 Sanders Road, STE G5D
	  		  		
	 Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7127
	  		  		
	 Telephone: (847) 402-7117
	  		  		
	 Telecopy: (847) 402-3092
	  		  		

 Payments 
 All payments by Fedwire transfer of immediately available funds or ACH payments, identifying the name of the Issuer, the Private Placement Number and the payment as principal, interest or premium in the format as follows: 
 Bank: 
 ABA#:

 Account name: 
 Account #: 
 Reference: OBI PPN 30704@ AB 0, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family
Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27, 2015, Payment Due Date (09/27/2015) and the type and amount of payment being made. 
 For Example: 
 P
             (enter “P” and the amount of principal being remitted, for example, P5000000.00) 
 I             (enter “I” and the amount of interest being remitted, for example, 1225000.00) 
 Notices 
 All notices of scheduled payments and
written confirmation of such wire transfer to be sent to: 
 Allstate Investments LLC 
 Investment Operations—Private Placements 
 3075 Sanders Road, STE G4A 
 Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7127 
 Telephone: (847) 402-6672 Private Placements 
 Telecopy: (847) 326-7032 
 Email: PrivateIOD@allstate.com 
 All financial reports, compliance certificates and all other written communications, including notice of prepayments to be sent by email
(privatecompliance@allstate.com) or hard copy addressed as first provided above. 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 36-0719665 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

	  	B	  	$	5,000,000
	 c/o AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC
	  		  		
	 4333 Edgewood Road N.E.
	  		  		
	 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-5335
	  		  		
	 Attention: Director of Private Placements
	  		  		
	 Phone: (319) 369-2432
 Fax: (319) 369-2666
	  		  		

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as “Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar, Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes,
Tranche B due September 27, 2015, PPN 30704@ AB 0, principal, premium or interest”) to: 
 Boston Safe Deposit Trust

 Credit DDA Account:                

 Attention:                                 
 Custody Account
No.                         
  
 Notices 
 All notices and confirmation of PAYMENT
information with respect of the Notes should be sent to: 
 Email: paymentnotifications@aegonusa.com 
 AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC 
 Attention: Custody Operations-Privates 
 4333 Edgewood Road N.E. 
 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-7013 
 All
other notices and communications (including financial statement and reporting) to be addressed as first provided above with a copy to: 
 AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC 
 Attention: Debbie Thompson—Private Placements 
 400 West Market Street, 10th Floor 
 Louisville, Kentucky 40202 
 Phone: (502) 560-2961 
 Fax: (502) 560-2030 
 Name of
Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 95-1060502 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR
LUTHERANS
 625 Fourth Avenue South
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
 Attention: Investment Division
 Fax Number: (612) 340-5776
	  	B	  	$	5,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments of principal, premium or interest on the account of the Notes shall be made by bank wire transfer (in immediately available funds) to:

 ABA                     

 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 
 DDA                                 

 Fund Number:
                     
 Fund
Name: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 
 All payments must include the following information: Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Family Dollar,
Inc., 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27, 2015, PPN 30704@ AB 0, Reference Purpose of Payment and Interest and/or Principal Breakdown 
 Notices 
 All notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above, except notices
with respect to payment and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed: 
 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

 625 Fourth Avenue South 
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 
 Attention: Investment Division 
 Fax: (612) 340-5776 
 with a copy to: 
 Thrivent Accounts 
 State Street Kansas City 
 801 Pennsylvania 
 Kansas City, Missouri 64105 
 Attention: Bart Woodson 
 Fax: (816) 691-3610 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Swanbird & Co. 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number
for Swanbird & Co.: 04-3475606 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans: 39-0123480 
  

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	 NAME OF PURCHASER
	  	TRANCHE	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
	 ASSURITY LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
 Attention: Investment Division
 4000 Pine Lake Road
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68516
	  	B	  	$	1,000,000

 Payments 
 All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds to: 
 US Bank National Association 
 13th and M Street 
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 
 ABA                      
 For credit to Assurity Life Insurance Company 
 Account Number:                      
 With sufficient notation to identify the source of the funds. 
 All notices of payments on or in respect of the Notes and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed to: 
 Assurity Life Insurance Company 
 Attention: Investment Division 
 Overnight Mailing Address: 
 4000 Pine Lake Road 
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68516 
 Regular Mailing Address:  
 P.O. Box 82248 
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68501-2248 
 All notices and communications other than those in respect to payments to be addressed to: 
 Assurity Life Insurance Company 
 Attention: Vic Weber 
 P.O. Box 82248 
 Lincoln, Nebraska 68501-2248 
 Phone: (402) 437-3682 
 Fax: (402) 458-2170 
 Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None 
 Taxpayer I.D. Number: 38-1843471 
  

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 DEFINED TERMS 
 As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term:

 “Additional Notes” is defined in Section 2.2. 
 “Additional Purchasers” means purchasers of Additional Notes. 
 “Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as administrative agent under the Bank Credit Agreement,
together with its successors and assigns in such capacity. 
 “Affiliate” means, at any time, and with respect
to any Person, (a) any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person, and (b) any Person beneficially owning or
holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests of an Obligor or any Subsidiary or any Person of which an Obligor and its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 10% or
more of any class of voting or equity interests. As used in this definition, “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an “Affiliate” is a reference to an Affiliate of an Obligor. 
 “Anti-Terrorism Order” means Executive Order No. 13,224 of September 24, 2001, Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism, 66 U.S. Fed. Reg. 49,079 (2001), as amended. 
 “Bank Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 31, 2001 by and among the Obligors, certain Subsidiaries of the Obligors named therein, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative
agent, and the other financial institutions party thereto, as amended, restated, joined, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any renewals, extensions or replacements thereof, which constitute the primary bank credit facility of
the Obligors and its Subsidiaries. 
 “Bank Lenders” means the banks and financial institutions party to the
Bank Credit Agreement. 
 “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed. 
 “Capital Lease” means, at
any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP. 
  

 SCHEDULE B 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 “Capital Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Person and a Capital
Lease, the amount of the obligation of such Person as the lessee under such Capital Lease which would, in accordance with GAAP, appear as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person. 
 “Change of Control” is defined in Section 8.7. 
 “Closing” is defined in Section 3. 
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time. 
 “Confidential Information” is defined in Section 20. 
 “Consolidated Debt” means as of any date of determination the total amount of all Debt of the Obligors and their Restricted
Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated EBITDAR” shall mean,
for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (to the extent deducted or added in computing such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication) (a) depreciation, depletion, if any, and amortization expense for such period,
(b) income tax expense for such period, (c) other non-cash items for such period, including without limitation, charges associated with store closings, (d) Consolidated Interest Expense and Lease Rentals for such period, and
(e) non-recurring items, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Fixed
Charges” shall mean, for any period, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period plus Lease Rentals for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, the gross interest expense of FDSI and its Restricted
Subsidiaries deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of FDSI and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, exclusive of “extraordinary
items” (as defined by GAAP), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Net
Worth” shall mean the consolidated stockholder’s equity of FDSI and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as defined according to GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total amount of all assets of FDSI and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Total Capitalization” means, at any time, the sum of
(i) Consolidated Net Worth and (ii) Consolidated Debt. 
  

 B-2 

 “Continuing Directors” is defined in Section 8.7. 
 “Control Event” is defined in Section 8.7. 
 “Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, 
 (a) its liabilities for borrowed money; 
 (b) its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable and other
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business but including, without limitation, all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to any such property); 
 (c) its Capital Lease Obligations; 
 (d) its liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not
it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities); and 
 (e) Guarantees by such Person with
respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (d) hereof. 
 Debt of any Person shall
include all obligations of such Person of the character described in clauses (a) through (e) to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under
GAAP. 
 For purposes of this Agreement, Debt shall not include reimbursement obligations under trade letters of credit incurred
in connection with the acquisition of inventory in the ordinary course of business, provided that any draws under such trade letters of credit are reimbursed within 30 days thereof. 
 “Default” means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of
notice or both, become an Event of Default. 
 “Default Rate” means with respect to the Notes of any Series
that rate of interest that is 2% per annum above the rate of interest stated in clause (a) of the first paragraph of the Notes of such Series (and of such tranche if such Series has separate tranches). 
 “Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules,
judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including but
not limited to those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems. 
  

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 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. 
 “ERISA
Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with any Obligor under section 414 of the Code. 
 “Event of Default” is defined in Section 11. 
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 “Fair Market Value” means, at any time and with respect to any property, the sale value of such property that would be
realized in an arm’s-length sale at such time between an informed and willing buyer and an informed and willing seller (neither being under a compulsion to buy or sell), as reasonably determined in the good faith opinion of the Obligors’
board of directors. 
 “FDSI” means Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 
 “FDI” means Family Dollar, Inc., a North Carolina corporation. 
 “FLSA Litigation” means any existing or future litigations regarding whether any employees of FDSI or any of its
Subsidiaries are “exempt employees” (such that such employees are not entitled to receive overtime compensation) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (as amended) or any other similar federal or state law, including but not limited to the
litigation as further described in the Memorandum. 
 “GAAP” means those generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America. 
 “Governmental Authority” means

 (a) the government of 
 (i) the United States of America or any state or other political subdivision thereof, or 
 (ii) any jurisdiction in which any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which
has jurisdiction over any properties of any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary, or 
 (b) any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government. 
 “Guaranty” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect
guaranteeing any Debt, dividend or other obligation of any other

  

 B-4 

 
Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person: 
 (a) to purchase such Debt or obligation or any property constituting security therefor primarily for the purpose of assuring
the owner of such Debt or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the Debt or obligation; 
 (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such Debt or obligation, or (ii) to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise
to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such Debt or obligation; 
 (c) to lease
properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Debt or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the Debt or obligation; or 
 (d) otherwise to assure the owner of such Debt or obligation against loss in respect thereof. 
 In any computation of the Debt or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the Debt or other obligations that are the subject of
such Guaranty shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor, provided that the amount of such Debt outstanding for purposes of this Agreement shall not exceed the maximum amount of Debt that is the subject of such Guaranty.

 “Hazardous Material” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other substances that might
pose a hazard to health and safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage
or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law including, but not limited to, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum products, lead based paint,
radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances. 
 “holder” means, with respect to any
Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Obligors pursuant to Section 13.1. 
 “Institutional Investor” means (a) any original purchaser of a Note, (b) any holder of more than $2,000,000 of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and (c) any bank, trust company,
savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form. 
 “Investments” shall mean all investments, in cash or by delivery of property made, directly or indirectly in any Person,
whether by acquisition of shares of capital stock, Debt or other obligations or securities or by loan, advance, capital contribution or otherwise. 
  

 B-5 

 “Lease Rentals” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate amount of fixed
rental or operating lease expense payable by FDSI and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to leases of real and personal property (excluding Capital Lease Obligations) determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Lien” means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance, or
any interest or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement (other than an operating lease) or Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any property or
asset of such Person (including, in the case of stock, shareholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements). 
 “Limited Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the ability of the Obligors and the Subsidiary Guarantors to perform their obligations under this Agreement (including any Supplement), the Notes
or the Subsidiary Guaranties, taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement (including any Supplement), the Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranty, taken as a whole. 
 “Make-Whole Amount” shall have the meaning (i) set forth in Section 8.6 with respect to any Series A Note and
(ii) set forth in the applicable Supplement with respect to any other Series of Notes. 
 “Material” means
material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole. 
 “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Obligors and their Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of the Obligors and the Subsidiary Guarantors to perform their obligations under this Agreement (including any Supplement), the Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranties, taken as a whole or
(c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement (including any Supplement), the Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranty, taken as a whole. 
 “Material Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary of FDSI which, together with all other Restricted Subsidiaries of such Restricted Subsidiary, accounts for more than
(i) 5% of the consolidated assets of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) 5% of consolidated revenue of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries. 
 “Memorandum” is defined in Section 5.3. 
 “Moody’s” shall mean Moody Investors Service, Inc. 
 “Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). 
 “Notes” is defined in Section 1. 
  

 B-6 

 “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of a Senior Financial
Officer or of any other officer of an Obligor whose responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such certificate. 
 “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA or any successor thereto. 
 “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision
thereof. 
 “Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that
is or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which any
Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability. 
 “Priority Debt” means (without duplication), as of
the date of any determination thereof, the sum of (i) all unsecured Debt of Restricted Subsidiaries (including all Guaranties of Debt of any Obligor but excluding (w) Debt owing to any Obligor or any other Restricted Subsidiary,
(x) Debt outstanding at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary which is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 9.6 hereof), provided that such Debt shall have not been
incurred in contemplation of such person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (y) all Guaranties of Debt of any Obligor by any Restricted Subsidiary which has also guaranteed the Notes, and (z) Debt of FDI in which FDI is a co-obligor with
FDSI under the agreement or instrument pursuant to which such Debt is incurred (including without limitation the Bank Credit Agreement), and (ii) all Debt or other obligations of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries secured by Liens
other than Debt or obligations secured by Liens permitted by subparagraphs (a) through (i), inclusive, of Section 10.4. 
 “property” or “properties” means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal property of any kind, tangible or intangible, choate or inchoate. 
 “Purchasers” means the purchasers of the Notes named in Schedule A hereto. 
 “QPAM Exemption” means Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 issued by the United States Department of Labor.

 “Qualified Institutional Buyer” means any Person who is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning
of such term as set forth in Rule 144(a)(1) under the Securities Act. 
 “Required Holders” means, at any time,
the holders of not less than 51% in principal amount of the Notes of each Series at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by any Obligor or any of its Affiliates and any Notes held by parties who are contractually required to abstain
from voting with respect to matters affecting the holders of the Notes). 
  

 B-7 

 “Responsible Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer and any other
officer of an Obligor with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement. 
 “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary in which: (i) at least a majority of the voting securities are owned by any Obligor and/or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) the Obligors have not designated
an Unrestricted Subsidiary by notice in writing given to the holders of the Notes; provided that FDI shall at all times remain a Restricted Subsidiary. 
 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 
 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time. 
 “Senior Debt” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, all Consolidated Debt, other than Subordinated Debt. 
 “Senior Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer or principal accounting officer of an Obligor. 
 “Series” means any series of Notes issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Supplement hereto. 
 “Series A Notes” is defined in Section 1 of this Agreement. 
 “Subordinated Debt” means all unsecured Debt of an Obligor that shall contain or have applicable thereto subordination
provisions providing for the subordination thereof to other Debt of such Obligor (including, without limitation, subordinated to the obligations of such Obligor under this Agreement, any Supplement or the Notes). 
 “Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity in which such Person or one or
more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons
performing similar functions) of such entity, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries (unless such partnership can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a
“Subsidiary” is a reference to a Subsidiary of an Obligor. 
 “Subsidiary Guarantor” means each
Subsidiary which is party to the Subsidiary Guaranty. 
 “Subsidiary Guaranty” is defined in Section 2.3
of this Agreement. 
 “Supplement” is defined in Section 2.2 of this Agreement. 
  

 B-8 

 “tranche” means all Notes of a Series having the same maturity, interest
rate and schedule for mandatory prepayments. 
 “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary so designated by
the Obligors. 
 “USA Patriot Act” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. 
  

 B-9 

 CHANGES IN CORPORATE STRUCTURE

 None. 
  

 SCHEDULE 4.9 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 SUBSIDIARIES OF THE OBLIGORS,
OWNERSHIP OF SUBSIDIARY STOCK, AFFILIATES 
  

					
	 SUBSIDIARY
	  	 STATE OF
INCORPORATION
	  	 STOCKHOLDER

	Family Dollar Holdings, Inc.	  	NC	  	Family Dollar Stores, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Ohio, Inc.	  	Ohio	  	Family Dollar Stores, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Services, Inc.	  	NC	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Operations, Inc.	  	NC	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Trucking, Inc.	  	NC	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Florida, Inc.	  	FL	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Alabama, Inc.	  	AL	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Arkansas, Inc.	  	AR	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Colorado, Inc.	  	CO	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Connecticut, Inc.	  	CT	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Delaware, Inc.	  	DE	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of D.C., Inc.	  	DC	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Georgia, Inc.	  	GA	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Iowa, Inc.	  	IA	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Louisiana, Inc.	  	LA	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Maryland, Inc.	  	MD	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Massachusetts, Inc.	  	MA	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Mississippi, Inc.	  	MS	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Missouri, Inc.	  	MO	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of New Jersey, Inc.	  	NJ	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of New Mexico, Inc.	  	NM	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of New York, Inc.	  	NY	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of North Carolina, Inc.	  	NC	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Ohio, Inc.	  	OH	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Oklahoma, Inc.	  	OK	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Pennsylvania, Inc.	  	PA	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Rhode Island, Inc.	  	RI	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of South Carolina, Inc.	  	SC	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of South Dakota, Inc.	  	SD	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Tennessee, Inc.	  	TN	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Vermont, Inc.	  	VT	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%

  

 SCHEDULE 5.4 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

					
	 SUBSIDIARY
	  	 STATE OF
INCORPORATION
	  	 STOCKHOLDER

	Family Dollar Stores of Virginia, Inc.	  	VA	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of West Virginia, Inc.	  	WV	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Wisconsin, Inc.	  	WI	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Michigan, Inc.	  	MI	  	Family Dollar Services, Inc. - 100%
	 Family Dollar Merchandising, L.P.
	  	DE	  	Family Dollar Holdings, Inc. - 1% GP Interest
		  		  	Family Dollar Services, Inc. - 99% LP Interest
	Family Dollar Distribution, L.P.	  	TX	  	Family Dollar Services, Inc. - 1% GP Interest
		  		  	Family Dollar Stores of Florida, Inc. - 99% LP Interest
	Family Dollar Stores of Indiana, L.P.	  	IN	  	Family Dollar Holdings, Inc. - 1% GP Interest
		  		  	Family Dollar Stores of Ohio, Inc. - 99% LP Interest
	Family Dollar Stores of Kentucky, L.P.	  	KY	  	Family Dollar Holdings, Inc. - 1% GP Interest
		  		  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 99% LP Interest
	Family Dollar Stores of Texas, L.P.	  	TX	  	Family Dollar Holdings, Inc. - 1% GP Interest
		  		  	Family Dollar Stores of Ohio, Inc. - 99% LP Interest
	Family Dollar Stores of Arizona, Inc.*	  	AZ	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of California, Inc.*	  	CA	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Nevada, Inc.*	  	NV	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of North Dakota, Inc.*	  	ND	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%
	Family Dollar Stores of Wyoming, Inc.*	  	WY	  	Family Dollar, Inc. - 100%

  

	*	Currently inactive 

 As of the Closing Date, all
of the Subsidiaries are designated as Restricted Subsidiaries. 
  

 5.4-2 

 The directors of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. are: 
 Mark R. Bernstein 
 Sharon Allred Decker 

Edward C. Dolby 
 Glenn A. Eisenberg 

Howard R. Levine 
 George R. Mahoney, Jr.

 James G. Martin 
 The senior
officers of Family Dollar Stores. Inc. are: 
 Howard R. Levine, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 
 R. James Kelly, Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer 
 Robert George, Executive Vice President – Chief Merchandising Officer 
 Charles S. Gibson,
Jr., Executive Vice President – Supply Chain 
 Dorlisa K. Flur, Senior Vice President – Strategy and Real Estate Development

 Keith M. Gehl, Senior Vice President – Store Construction and Facility Management 
 Joshua R. Jewett, Senior Vice President – Chief Information Officer 
 Janet G. Kelley, Senior Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary 
 Samuel M. McPherson,
Senior Vice President – Human Resources 
 Irving Neger, Senior Vice President – Softlines 
 John J. Scanlon, Senior Vice President – Hardlines 
 C. Martin Sowers, Senior Vice President – Finance 
 Barry Sullivan, Senior Vice President – Store Operations 
 The sole director of Family Dollar. Inc. is: 
 Howard R. Levine 
 The senior officers of Family Dollar, Inc. are: 
 Howard R. Levine, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 
 R. James Kelly, Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer 
 Robert
George, Executive Vice President – Chief Merchandising Officer 
 Charles S. Gibson, Jr., Executive Vice President – Supply Chain

 Dorlisa K. Flur, Senior Vice President – Strategy and Real Estate Development 
 Keith M. Gehl, Senior Vice President – Store Construction and Facility Management 
 Joshua R. Jewett, Senior Vice President – Chief Information Officer 
 Janet G. Kelley, Senior
Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary 
 Samuel M. McPherson, Senior Vice President – Human Resources 
 Irving Neger, Senior Vice President – Softlines 
 John J. Scanlon, Senior Vice President – Hardlines 
 C. Martin Sowers, Senior Vice President – Finance 
 Barry Sullivan, Senior Vice President – Store Operations 
  

 5.4-3 

 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 Audited annual financial statements for the fiscal years ending: 
 August 28, 2004;
 August 30, 2003; and 
 August 31, 2002. 
 Unaudited
quarterly financial statement for the fiscal quarters ending: 
 May 28, 2005;
 February 26, 2005; and 
 November 27, 2004. 
  

 SCHEDULE 5.5 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 LICENSES, PERMITS, ETC. 
 (b) None 
 (c) None 
  

 SCHEDULE 5.11 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 EXISTING DEBT; FUTURE LIENS

 None, other than certain intercompany debts which vary from time to time between the Obligors and their Subsidiaries. 
  

 SCHEDULE 5.15 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 EXISTING LIENS 
 None. 
  

 SCHEDULE 10.4 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 [FORM OF SERIES 2005-A,
TRANCHE A NOTE] 
 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES,
INC. 
 FAMILY DOLLAR, INC. 
 5.41% SERIES 2005-A SENIOR NOTE, TRANCHE A DUE
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 

			
	No. [                ]	  	[Date]
	$[                     ]	  	PPN 30704@ AA 2

 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned, FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC. (herein called “FDSI”), a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and FAMILY DOLLAR, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, jointly and severally hereby
promises to pay to [                                 ] or registered assigns, the
principal sum of [                         ] DOLLARS (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on
September 27, 2015 with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 5.41% per annum from the date hereof, payable semi-annually, on the 27th day of March
and September in each year and at maturity, commencing on March 27, 2006, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, at the Default Rate, on any overdue payment of interest and,
during the continuance of an Event of Default, on the unpaid balance hereof and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand). 
 Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United
States of America at the principal office of Bank of America, N.A. in New York, New York. 
 This Note is one of a series of
Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 27,2005 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, the “Note Purchase Agreement”),
between the Obligors and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in
Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representations set forth in Sections 6.2 and 6.3 of the Note Purchase Agreement, provided, that in lieu thereof such holder may (in reliance upon information provided by
the Obligors, which shall not be unreasonably withheld) make a representation to the effect that the purchase by any holder of any Note will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under section 406(a) of ERISA. Unless otherwise
indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer, the

  

 EXHIBIT 1(a) 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 
Obligors may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Obligors will not be affected by
any notice to the contrary. 
 This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times
and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise. 
 Pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement
dated as of September 27, 2005 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subsidiary Guaranty”), certain Subsidiaries of the Obligors have absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed payment in full of
the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on this Note and the performance by the Obligors of its obligations contained in the Note Purchase Agreement all as more fully set forth in said Subsidiary Guaranty. 
 If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or
otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the issuer and holder hereof shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of- law principles of
the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State. 
  

					
		 	FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.
			
		 	By	 	  

		 		 	Name: R. James Kelley
		 		 	Title: Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
		
		 	FAMILY DOLLAR, INC.
			
		 	By	 	  

		 		 	Name: R. James Kelley
		 		 	Title: Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

  

 1(a)-2 

 [FORM OF SERIES 2005-A,
TRANCHE B NOTE] 
 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES,
INC. 
 FAMILY DOLLAR, INC. 
 5.24% SERIES 2005-A SENIOR NOTE, TRANCHE B DUE
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 
  

			
	 No. [                 ]
	  	[Date]
	$[                      ]	  	PPN 30704@ AB 0

 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned, FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC. (herein called “FDSI”), a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and FAMILY DOLLAR, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, jointly and severally hereby
promises to pay to [                                ] or registered assigns, the
principal sum of [                             ] DOLLARS (or SO much thereof as shall not have
been prepaid) on September 27, 2015 with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 5.24% per annum from the date hereof, payable semi-annually, on the
27th day of March and September in each year and at maturity, commencing on March 27, 2006, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, at the Default Rate, on any overdue payment
of interest and, during the continuance of an Event of Default, on the unpaid balance hereof and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).

 Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of
the United States of America at the principal office of Bank of America, N.A. in New York, New York. 
 This Note is one of a
series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 27,2005 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, the “Note Purchase
Agreement”), between the Obligors and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality
provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representations set forth in Sections 6.2 and 6.3 of the Note Purchase Agreement, provided, that in lieu thereof such holder may (in reliance upon
information provided by the Obligors, which shall not be unreasonably withheld) make a representation to the effect that the purchase by any holder of any Note will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under section 406(a) of ERISA.
Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and

  

 EXHIBIT 1(b) 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 
registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Obligors may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for
the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Obligors will not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 
 The Obligors will make required prepayments of principal on the date and in the amounts specified in the Note Agreement. This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms
specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise. 
 Pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of
September 27, 2005 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subsidiary Guaranty”), certain Subsidiaries of the Obligors have absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed payment in full of the principal
of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on this Note and the performance by the Obligors of its obligations contained in the Note Purchase Agreement all as more fully set forth in said Subsidiary Guaranty. 
 If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or
otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the issuer and holder hereof shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of- law principles of
the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State. 
  

			
	FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.
		
	By	 	  

		 	Name: R. James Kelley
		 	Title: Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
	
	FAMILY DOLLAR, INC.
		
	By	 	  

		 	Name: R. James Kelley
		 	Title: Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

  

 1(b)-2 

 FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY

  

 EXHIBIT 2.3 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

  
  
 SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTY AGREEMENT 
 Dated as of September 27, 2005 
 from 
 THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN 
 for
the benefit of 
 THE HOLDERS OF THE NOTES 

RE: 
 $169,000,000 5.41% SERIES 2005-A SENIOR NOTES, TRANCHE A, DUE SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 
 $81,000,000 5.24% SERIES 2005-A SENIOR NOTES, TRANCHE B, DUE SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 

OF 
 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC. 
 AND 

FAMILY DOLLAR, INC. 
  
  
  
  

 EXHIBIT 2.3 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 SECTION
	  	 HEADING
	  	PAGE
			
	 SECTION 1.
	  	GUARANTY	  	2
			
	 SECTION 2.
	  	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	  	3
			
	 SECTION 3.
	  	SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR’S OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL	  	5
			
	 SECTION 4.
	  	FULL RECOURSE OBLIGATIONS; PARI PASSU RANKING	  	10
			
	 SECTION 5.
	  	WAIVER	  	10
			
	 SECTION 6.
	  	WAIVER OF SUBROGATION	  	11
			
	 SECTION 7.
	  	SUBORDINATION	  	12
			
	 SECTION 8.
	  	EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS, ETC.	  	12
			
	 SECTION 9.
	  	TERM OF GUARANTY	  	13
			
	 SECTION 10.
	  	CONTRIBUTION	  	13
			
	 SECTION 11.
	  	LIMITATION OF LIABILITY	  	14
			
	 SECTION 12.
	  	NEGATIVE PLEDGE	  	14
			
	 SECTION 13.
	  	SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT	  	14
			
	 SECTION 14.
	  	DEFINITIONS AND TERMS GENERALLY	  	15
			
	 SECTION 15.
	  	NOTICES	  	15
			
	 SECTION 16.
	  	AMENDMENTS, ETC.	  	16
			
	 SECTION 17.
	  	CONSENT OF JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS	  	16

  

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	 SECTION 18.
	  	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	  	17
			
	 SECTION 19.
	  	SURVIVAL	  	17
			
	 SECTION 20.
	  	SEVERABILITY	  	18
			
	 SECTION 21.
	  	SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS	  	18
			
	 SECTION 22.
	  	TABLE OF CONTENTS; HEADINGS	  	18
			
	 SECTION 23.
	  	COUNTERPARTS	  	18
			
	 SECTION 24.
	  	GOVERNING LAW	  	18
			
	 SECTION 25.
	  	COVENANT COMPLIANCE	  	18

  

 - ii - 

 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of
September 27, 2005 (the “Guaranty”), from each of: 
 (i) Family Dollar Services, Inc., a North Carolina
corporation; 
 (ii) Family Dollar Operations, Inc., a North Carolina corporation; 
 (iii) Family Dollar Trucking, Inc., a North Carolina corporation; and 
 (iv) such Subsidiaries as shall become parties hereto in accordance with Section 13 hereof (each a “Subsidiary
Guarantor” and collectively the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) , 
 for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the
Notes (as defined below) (the “Holders”). Capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 14 hereof or the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below. 
 WHEREAS, Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Family Dollar, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (each
individually an “Obligor” and, collectively, the “Obligors”) will authorize the issue and sale of (i) $169,000,000 5.41% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 (the “Tranche A
Notes”), and (ii) $81,000,000 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27, 2015 (the “Tranche B Notes” and, together with the Tranche A Notes, the “Series 2005-A Notes”), pursuant
to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Note Purchase Agreement”) among the Obligors and the purchasers named therein. 
 WHEREAS, the Obligors are authorized to issue Additional Notes (as such term is defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) of
one or more separate series from time to time pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 WHEREAS, the Additional Notes together with the Series 2005-A Notes are collectively referred to as the “Notes”. 
 WHEREAS, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors is a Subsidiary of the Obligors. 
 WHEREAS, the Obligors have agreed that their Subsidiaries will guarantee their respective obligations under the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 WHEREAS, the Subsidiary Guarantors each acknowledge that they will derive substantial benefits from the issuance of the
Notes. 
 Now, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Holders to purchase the Notes, each
of the Subsidiary Guarantors, intending to be legally bound, hereby agrees for the benefit of the Holders, as follows: 

 SECTION 1. GUARANTY. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, jointly and
severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and its successors and assigns, the full and punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of the principal of and
Make-Whole Amount, Prepayment Premium, LIBOR Breakage Amount, and interest on (including, without limitation, interest, whether or not an allowable claim, accruing after the date of filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding relating to any Obligor) the Notes and all other amounts under the Note Purchase Agreement and all other obligations, agreements and covenants of the Obligors now or hereafter existing under the Note
Purchase Agreement whether for principal, Make-Whole Amount, Prepayment Premium, LIBOR Breakage Amount, interest (including interest accruing or becoming owing both prior to and subsequent to the commencement of any proceeding against or with
respect to any Obligor under any chapter of the Bankruptcy Code), indemnification payments, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) or otherwise, and all reasonable costs and expenses, if any, incurred by any Holder in
connection with enforcing any rights under this Guaranty (all such obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all reasonable expenses incurred by each Holder in enforcing this Guaranty;
provided that, notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Note Purchase Agreement to the contrary, the maximum liability of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder and under the Note Purchase Agreement shall in no event exceed such
Guarantor’s Maximum Guaranteed Amount, and provided further, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be unconditionally required to pay all amounts demanded of it hereunder prior to any determination of such Maximum Guaranteed Amount and the
recipient of such payment, if so required by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall then be liable for the refund of any excess amounts. If any such rebate or refund is ever required, all other Subsidiary Guarantors
(and the Obligors) shall be fully liable for the repayment thereof to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law. This Guaranty is an absolute, unconditional, present and continuing guaranty of payment and not of collectibility and is in no way
conditioned upon any attempt to collect from the Obligors or any other action, occurrence or circumstance whatsoever. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time and from to time exceed the Maximum Guaranteed
Amount of such Subsidiary Guarantor without impairing this Guaranty or affecting the rights and remedies of the Holders hereunder. 
 Notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such action against any Obligor, if for any reason whatsoever any Obligor shall fail or be unable duly, punctually and fully to perform and (in the case of the payment of
Guaranteed Obligations) pay such amounts as and when the same shall become due (subject to any applicable grace periods under the Note Purchase Agreement) and (in the case of the payment of Guaranteed Obligations) payable or to perform or comply
with any other Guaranteed Obligation, whether or not such failure or inability shall constitute an “Event of Default” under the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes, each Subsidiary Guarantor will forthwith (in the case of the payment of
Guaranteed Obligations) pay or cause to be paid such amounts to the Holders, in lawful money of the United States of America, at the place specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, or perform or comply with such Guaranteed Obligations or cause such
Guaranteed Obligations to be performed or

  

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complied with, (in the case of the payment of Guaranteed Obligations) together with interest (in the amounts and to the extent required under such Notes) on any amount due and owing. 

SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby represents and warrants as follows: 
 (a) All representations and warranties contained in the Note Purchase Agreement that relate to such Subsidiary Guarantor are true and correct
in all respects and are incorporated herein by reference with the same force and effect as though set forth herein in full. 
 (b) Such Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that, any default in the due observance or performance by such Subsidiary Guarantor of any covenant, condition or agreement contained herein (if, after the running of any applicable notice and
opportunity to cure periods provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, such default or event of default remains uncured) shall constitute an Event of Default. 
 (c) There are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Guaranty that have not been satisfied or expressly waived. 
 (d) Such Subsidiary Guarantor has, independently and without reliance upon the Holders and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into this Guaranty. Such Subsidiary Guarantor has investigated fully the benefits and advantages which will be derived by it from execution of this Guaranty, and the Board of Directors of such Subsidiary Guarantor has decided that a direct
and/or an indirect benefit will accrue to such Subsidiary Guarantor by reason of the execution of this Guaranty. 
 (e)
(i) This Guaranty is not given with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any Person to which such Subsidiary Guarantor is or will become, on or after the date hereof, indebted; (ii) such Subsidiary Guarantor has received at least a
reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the giving of this Guaranty; (iii) such Subsidiary Guarantor is not insolvent on the date hereof and will not become insolvent as a result of the giving of this Guaranty; (iv) such Subsidiary
Guarantor is not engaged in a business or transaction, nor is about to engage in a business or transaction, for which any property remaining with such Subsidiary Guarantor constitutes an unreasonably small amount of capital; and (v) such
Subsidiary Guarantor does not intend to incur debts that will be beyond such Subsidiary Guarantor’s ability to pay as such debts mature. 
 (f) Each Subsidiary Guarantor is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its state of organization, and has the requisite power, authority and legal right
under the laws of its state of organization to conduct its business as presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Guaranty. 
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not require any consent or approval of, or the giving of notice to, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any stockholder or trustee or holder of any indebtedness or obligations of
such Subsidiary Guarantor. This Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability is subject to any
limitations arising from bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights of creditors or pledgees and to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 (h) The execution, delivery and performance
of this Guaranty does not and will not conflict with or result in any violation of or default under any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or by-laws or partnership agreement, as the case may be, of any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, instrument, law, rule or regulation binding on any Subsidiary Guarantor or to which a Subsidiary Guarantor is a party. 
 (i) The execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty does not and will not result in violation of any judgment or order applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantor or result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any of the properties or revenues of any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to any requirement of law or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which such Subsidiary Guarantor is a party. 
 (j) The execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty do not and will not conflict with and do not and will not require any consent,
approval or authorization of, or registration or filing with, any governmental authority or agency of the state of organization of any Subsidiary Guarantor or of the United States or any State. 
 (k) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of any Subsidiary Guarantor, threatened actions or proceedings against or affecting such
Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its properties by or before any court or administrative agency or arbiter that would adversely affect the ability of such Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations hereunder or call into question the validity or
enforceability of this Guaranty. 
 (1) Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are at least
pari passu in right of payment with all other unsecured claims against the general creditors of such Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 (m) Each Subsidiary Guarantor has validly and irrevocably submitted to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York. 
 (n) The choice of the laws of the State of New York to govern this Guaranty is valid and
binding. 
 (o) No Subsidiary Guarantor is in breach of or default under or with respect to any instrument, document or
agreement binding upon such Subsidiary Guarantor which breach or default is reasonably probable to have a Material Adverse Effect or result in the creation of a

  

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Lien on any property of such Subsidiary Guarantor other than Liens permitted under Section 10.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement. Each Subsidiary Guarantor is in compliance with all applicable
requirements of law except such non-compliance as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (p) The execution, delivery and
performance by each Subsidiary Guarantor of this Guaranty will not render such Subsidiary Guarantor insolvent, nor is it being made in contemplation of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s insolvency, and the Subsidiary Guarantor does not have an
unreasonably small capital. 
 SECTION 3. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR’S
OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL. 
 (a) This Guaranty shall constitute a guarantee of payment,
performance and compliance and not of collection, and each Subsidiary Guarantor specifically agrees that it shall not be necessary, and that such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be entitled to require, before or as a condition of enforcing the
liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty or requiring payment or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations by any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, or at any time thereafter, that any Holder: (a) file suit or proceed to obtain
or assert a claim for personal judgment against any Obligor or any other Person that may be liable for or with respect to any Guaranteed Obligation; (b) make any other effort to obtain payment or performance of any Guaranteed Obligation from
any Obligor or any other Person that may be liable for or with respect to such Guaranteed Obligation, except for the making of the demands, when appropriate, described in Section 1; (c) foreclose against, or seek to realize upon security
now or hereafter existing for such Guaranteed Obligations; (d) except to the extent set forth in Section 1, exercise or assert any other right or remedy to which such Holder is or may be entitled in connection with any Guaranteed
Obligation or any security or other guaranty therefor; or (e) assert or file any claim against the assets of any Obligor or any other Person liable for any Guaranteed Obligation. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty shall be
continuing, and that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid and performed in accordance with their terms and the terms of this Guaranty, and are the primary, absolute and unconditional obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor, irrespective of the
value, genuineness, validity, legality, regularity or enforceability or lack thereof of any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating to the Guaranteed Obligations or this Guaranty, or the existence of any
indemnities with respect to the existence of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 3 that the
obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be irrevocable, primary, absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. 
 (b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly waives notice of acceptance of and reliance upon this Guaranty, diligence, presentment, demand of payment or performance, protest and all other notices
(except as otherwise provided for in Section 1) whatsoever, any requirement that the Holders exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against the Obligors or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, or any
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any of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, subject solely to the requirement of making demands under Section 1, the occurrence of any event or other
circumstance that might otherwise vary the risk of the Obligors or such Subsidiary Guarantor or constitute a defense (legal or equitable) available to, or a discharge of, or a counterclaim or right of set-off by, any Obligor or such Subsidiary
Guarantor (other than the full and indefeasible due payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations), shall not affect the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. 
 (c) The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty are not subject to any counterclaim, set-off, deduction, diminution,
abatement, recoupment, suspension, deferment or defense based upon any claim such Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person may have against any Obligor, any Holder or any other Person, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and
shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected by, any circumstances or condition whatsoever (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor or any Obligor shall have any knowledge or notice thereof), including: 
 (i) any renewal, extension, modification, increase, decrease, alteration or rearrangement of all or any part of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any instrument executed in connection therewith, or any contract or understanding with any Obligor, the Holders, or any of them, or any other Person, pertaining to the Guaranteed Obligations; 
 (ii) any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance or compromise that might be granted or given by any Holder to any Obligor or any
other Person liable on the Guaranteed Obligations, or the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to exercise any right or remedy against any Obligor or any other Person under the provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes
or otherwise; or any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes, any guarantee or any other agreement; 
 (iii) the insolvency, bankruptcy arrangement, adjustment, composition, liquidation, disability, dissolution or lack of power
of any Obligor or any other Person at any time liable for the payment of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or any dissolution of any Obligor or any other such Person, or any change, restructuring or termination of the partnership structure
or existence of any Obligor or any other such Person, or any sale, lease or transfer of any or all of the assets of any Obligor or any other such Person, or any change in the shareholders, partners, or members of any Obligor or any other such
Person; or any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations; 
 (iv) the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any document or agreement executed in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason whatsoever, including the fact that
the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, exceed the amount permitted by law, the act of creating the Guaranteed Obligations or any part is ultra vires, the officers or representatives executing the documents or otherwise creating the
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applicable usury laws, any Obligor or any other Person has valid defenses, claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by agreement) which render the Guaranteed Obligations wholly or
partially uncollectible from any Obligor or any other Person, the creation, performance or repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations (or the execution, delivery and performance of any document or instrument representing part of the Guaranteed
Obligations or executed in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations or given to secure the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations) is illegal, uncollectible, legally impossible or unenforceable, or the documents or instruments pertaining to the
Guaranteed Obligations have been forged or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic; 
 (v) any full
or partial release of the liability of any Obligor on the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, of any co-guarantors, or of any other Person now or hereafter liable, whether directly or indirectly, jointly, severally, or jointly and severally,
to pay, perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, it being recognized, acknowledged and agreed by each Subsidiary Guarantor that such Subsidiary Guarantor may be required to pay the Guaranteed
Obligations in full without assistance or support of any other Person, and such Subsidiary Guarantor has not been induced to enter into this Guaranty on the basis of a contemplation, belief, understanding or agreement that any parties other than the
Obligors will be liable to perform the Guaranteed Obligations, or that the Holders will look to other parties to perform the Guaranteed Obligations; 
 (vi) the taking or accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty, or other assurance of payment, for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; 
 (vii) any release, surrender, exchange, subordination, deterioration, waste, loss or impairment (including negligent,
unreasonable or unjustifiable impairment) of any collateral, property or security, at any time existing in connection with, or assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; 
 (viii) the failure of any Holder or any other Person to exercise diligence or reasonable care in the preservation,
protection, enforcement, sale or other handling or treatment of all or any part of such collateral, property or security; 
 (ix) the fact that any collateral, security, security interest or lien contemplated or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be
properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be unenforceable or subordinate to any other security interest or lien, it being recognized and agreed by each Subsidiary Guarantor that such Subsidiary Guarantor is not entering into this Guaranty in
reliance on, or in contemplation of the benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectibility or value of any of the collateral; 
 (x) any payment by any Obligor to any Holder being held to constitute a preference under any Fraudulent Conveyance Law, or for any reason any Holder being required to refund such payment or pay such
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 (xi) any other action taken or omitted to be taken with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations, or the security and collateral therefor, whether or not such action or omission prejudices such Subsidiary Guarantor or increases the likelihood that such Subsidiary Guarantor will be required to pay the Guaranteed
Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, it being the unambiguous and unequivocal intention of such Subsidiary Guarantor that it shall be obligated to pay the Guaranteed Obligations when due, notwithstanding any occurrence, circumstance, event,
action or omission whatsoever, whether or not contemplated, and whether or not otherwise or particularly described herein, except for the full and final payment and satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations in cash; 
 (xii) the fact that all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations cease to exist by operation of law, including by way of a
discharge, limitation or tolling thereof under applicable bankruptcy laws; 
 (xiii) any other circumstance
(including any statute of limitations) that might in any manner or to any extent otherwise constitute a defense available to, vary the risk of, or operate as a discharge of, any Obligor or any Person as a matter of law or equity; 
 (xiv) any merger or consolidation of any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor into or with any other Person or any sale, lease
or transfer of any of the assets of any Obligor to any other Person; 
 (xv) any change in the ownership of any
shares of capital stock of any Obligor, or any change in the relationship between any Obligor and such Subsidiary Guarantor or any termination of any such relationship; 
 (xvi) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance by any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
other Person of any obligations of any kind or character whatsoever under the Note Purchase Agreement or any other agreement; 
 (xvii) any merger or consolidation of any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person into or with any other Person or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any of the assets of
any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person to any other Person, or any change in the ownership of any shares or partnership interests of any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person; 
 (xviii) in respect of any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person, any change of circumstances, whether or not
foreseen or foreseeable, whether or not imputable to any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person, or other impossibility of performance through fire, explosion, accident, labor disturbance, floods, droughts, embargoes, wars (whether or
not declared), civil commotion, acts of God or the public enemy, delays or failure of suppliers or carriers, inability to obtain materials, action of any Federal or state regulatory body or agency, change of law or any other causes affecting
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control of any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person and whether or not of the kind hereinbefore specified; or 
 (xix) any other occurrence, circumstance, or event whatsoever, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, whether
foreseen or unforeseen, and any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable defense or discharge of the liabilities of a guarantor or surety or which might otherwise limit recourse against such Subsidiary Guarantor;

 provided that the specific enumeration of the above-mentioned acts, failures or omissions shall not be deemed to exclude any other
acts, failures or omissions, though not specifically mentioned above, it being the purpose and intent of this Guaranty and the parties hereto that the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
discharged, impaired or varied except by the payment and performance of all obligations of the Obligors under the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes in accordance with their respective terms as each may be amended or modified from time to time.
Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that repeated and successive demands may be made and recoveries may be had hereunder as and when, from time to time, any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall default under or in respect of the
terms of the Note Purchase Agreement and that notwithstanding recovery hereunder for or in respect of any given default or defaults by any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Note Purchase Agreement, this Guaranty shall remain in full
force and effect and shall apply to each and every subsequent default. All waivers herein contained shall be without prejudice to the Holders at their respective options to proceed against any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or other Person,
whether by separate action or by joinder. 
 (d) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that any Holder or Holders
from time to time, with or without any further notice to or assent from any other Subsidiary Guarantor may, without in any manner affecting the liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty, and upon such terms and conditions as any such
Holder or Holders may deem advisable: 
 (i) extend in whole or in part (by renewal or otherwise), modify,
change, compromise, release or extend the duration of the time for the performance or payment of any debt, liability or obligation of any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor or of any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any debt,
liability or obligations of any Obligor on the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes, or waive any Default or Event of Default with respect thereto, or waive, modify, amend or change any provision of any other agreement or waive this Guaranty; or

 (ii) sell, release, surrender, modify, impair, exchange or substitute any and all property, of any nature and
from whomsoever received, held by, or for the benefit of, any such Holder as direct or indirect security for the payment or performance of any debt, liability or obligation of any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or of any other Person secondarily
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 (iii) settle, adjust or compromise any claim of any Obligor or any
Subsidiary Guarantor against any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any debt, liability or obligation of any Obligor on the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes; or 
 (iv) purchase Additional Notes form time to time from the Obligors pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Note Purchase
Agreement. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby ratifies and confirms any such extension, renewal, change, sale, release, waiver, surrender,
exchange, modification, amendment, impairment, substitution, settlement, adjustment, compromise or purchase Additional Notes and that the same shall be binding upon it, and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all defenses,
counterclaims or offsets which it might or could have by reason thereof, it being understood that such Subsidiary Guarantor shall at all times be bound by this Guaranty and remain liable hereunder. 
 (e) All rights of any Holder may be transferred or assigned at any time in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement and shall be
considered to be transferred or assigned at any time or from time to time upon the transfer of such Note in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement without the consent of or notice to the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Guaranty. 
 (f) No Holder shall be under any obligation: (i) to marshal any assets in favor of the Subsidiary Guarantors or in payment of any or
all of the liabilities of any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor under or in respect of the Notes or the obligations of any Obligor and the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Note Purchase Agreement or (ii) to pursue any other remedy that the
Subsidiary Guarantors may or may not be able to pursue themselves and that may lighten the Subsidiary Guarantors’ burden, any right to which each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly waives. 
 SECTION 4. FULL RECOURSE OBLIGATIONS; PARI PASSU
RANKING. 
 Subject to the Maximum Guaranteed Amount specified above, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor
set forth herein constitute the full recourse obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable against it to the full extent of all its assets and properties. 
 The respective obligations under this Guaranty of the Subsidiary Guarantors are and at all times shall remain direct and unsecured obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors ranking pari passu as
against the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantors without any preference among themselves and pari passu with all other present and future unsecured Debt (actual or contingent) of the Subsidiary Guarantors which is not expressed to be
subordinate or junior in rank to any other unsecured Debt of the Subsidiary Guarantors. 
 SECTION 5. WAIVER.

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 (a) notice of any of the matters referred to in Section 3; 

(b) notice to such Subsidiary Guarantor of the incurrence of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, notice to such Subsidiary
Guarantor of any breach or default by any Obligor or such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other notice that may be required, by statute, rule of law or otherwise, to preserve any rights of any Holder
against such Subsidiary Guarantor; 
 (c) presentment to any Obligor or such Subsidiary Guarantor or of payment
from any Obligor or such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any Note or other Guaranteed Obligation or protest for nonpayment or dishonor; 
 (d) any right to the enforcement, assertion, exercise or exhaustion by any Holder of any right, power, privilege or remedy conferred in any Note, the Note Purchase Agreement or otherwise; 
 (e) any requirement of diligence on the part of any Holder; 
 (f) any requirement to mitigate the damages resulting from any default under the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement;

 (g) any notice of any sale, transfer or other disposition of any right, title to or interest in any Note or
other Guaranteed Obligation by any Holder, assignee or participant thereof, or in the Note Purchase Agreement; 
 (h) any release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations hereunder resulting from any loss by it of its rights of subrogation hereunder; and 
 (i) any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge, release or defense of
a guarantor or surety or which might otherwise limit recourse against such Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 SECTION 6.
WAIVER OF SUBROGATION. 
 Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, or any application by any Holder of any security or of any credits or claims, no Subsidiary Guarantor will assert or exercise any rights of any Holder or of such Subsidiary Guarantor against any Obligor to recover the
amount of any payment made by such Subsidiary Guarantor to any Holder hereunder by way of any claim, remedy or subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnity, participation or otherwise arising by contract, by statute, under common
law or otherwise, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not have any right of recourse to or any claim against assets or property of any Obligor, in each case unless and until the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full. Until such time (but not
thereafter), each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly waives any right to exercise any claim, right or remedy which such Subsidiary Guarantor may now have or hereafter acquire against any Obligor or any other Subsidiary Guarantor that arises under
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performance by any Subsidiary Guarantor of the guaranty hereunder including any claim, remedy or right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or participation
in any claim, right or remedy of any Holder against any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any security that any Holder now has or hereafter acquires, whether or not such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute,
under common law or otherwise. If any amount shall be paid to a Subsidiary Guarantor by any Obligor or another Subsidiary Guarantor after payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, and all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations shall
thereafter be reinstated in whole or in part and any Holder is required to repay any sums received by any of them in payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, this Guaranty shall be automatically reinstated and such amount shall be held in trust for
the benefit of the Holders and shall forthwith be paid to the Holders to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Guaranty, and any
satisfaction and discharge of the Obligors by virtue of any payment, court order or any Federal or state law. 
 SECTION 7.
SUBORDINATION. 
 If any Subsidiary Guarantor is or becomes the holder of any indebtedness payable by any Obligor
or another Subsidiary Guarantor, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby subordinates all indebtedness owing to it from any Obligor or such other Subsidiary Guarantor to all indebtedness of the Obligors to the Holders, and agrees that, during the
continuance of any Event of Default, it shall not accept any payment on the same until payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and shall in no circumstance whatsoever attempt to set-off or reduce any obligations hereunder because of such
indebtedness. If any amount shall nevertheless be paid in violation of the foregoing to a Subsidiary Guarantor by any Obligor or another Subsidiary Guarantor prior to payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, such amount shall be held in trust
for the benefit of the Holders and shall forthwith be paid to the Holders to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured. 
 SECTION 8. EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS, ETC. 
 (a) If after receipt of any payment of, or proceeds of any security applied (or intended to be applied) to the payment of all or any part of,
the Guaranteed Obligations, any Holder is for any reason compelled to surrender or voluntarily surrenders (under circumstances in which it believes it could reasonably be expected to be so compelled if it did not voluntarily surrender), such payment
or proceeds to any Person (i) because such payment or application of proceeds is or may be avoided, invalidated, declared fraudulent, set aside, determined to be void or voidable as a preference, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer,
impermissible set-off or a diversion of trust funds or (ii) for any other similar reason, including, without limitation, (x) any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over any Holder or any of
their respective properties or (y) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by any Holder with any such claimant (including any Obligor), then the Guaranteed Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be
reinstated and continue, and this Guaranty shall continue in full force as if such payment or proceeds had not been received, notwithstanding any revocation thereof or the cancellation of any Note or any other instrument evidencing any Guaranteed
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be liable to pay the Holders, and hereby do indemnify the Holders and hold them harmless for, the amount of such payment or proceeds so surrendered and all expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, court costs and expenses attributable thereto) incurred by any Holder in defense of any claim made against any of them that any payment or proceeds received by any Holder in respect of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations
must be surrendered. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Guaranty, and any satisfaction and discharge of any Obligor by virtue of any payment, court order or any Federal or state law. 
 (b) If an event permitting the acceleration of the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall at any time have occurred and be
continuing, and such acceleration shall at such time be prevented by reason of the pendency against any Obligor or any other Person of any case or proceeding contemplated by Section 8(a) hereof, then, for the purpose of defining the obligation
of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty, the maturity of the principal amount of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be deemed to have been accelerated with the same effect as if an acceleration had occurred in accordance with the terms of such
Guaranteed Obligations, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall forthwith pay such principal amount, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and all other Guaranteed Obligations, due or that would have become due but for such case or proceeding,
without further notice or demand. 
 SECTION 9. TERM OF GUARANTY. 
 This Guaranty and all guarantees, covenants and agreements of each Subsidiary Guarantor contained herein shall continue in full force and
effect and shall not be discharged until such time as all of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the other Guaranteed Obligations and other independent payment obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be paid in
cash and performed in full, and all of the agreements of each of the other Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall be duly paid in cash and performed in full. 
 SECTION 10. CONTRIBUTION. 
 In order to provide for
just and equitable contribution among the Subsidiary Guarantors, each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that, to the extent any Subsidiary Guarantor makes any payment hereunder on any date which, when added to all preceding payments made by such
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, would result in the aggregate payments by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder exceeding its Percentage (as defined below) of all payments then or theretofore made by all Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder, such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall have a right of contribution against each other Subsidiary Guarantor whose aggregate payments then or theretofore made hereunder are less than its Percentage of all payments by all Subsidiary Guarantors then or theretofore
made hereunder, in an amount such that, after giving effect to any such contribution rights, each Subsidiary Guarantor will have paid only its Percentage of all payments by all Subsidiary Guarantors then or theretofore made hereunder. A Subsidiary
Guarantor’s “Percentage” on any date shall mean the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Adjusted Net Assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date by (b) the sum of the Adjusted Net Assets of all Subsidiary Guarantors
on such date. “Adjusted Net Assets” means, for each Subsidiary Guarantor on any date, the lesser of (i) the amount by which the fair value of the property of such Subsidiary Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities,
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contingent liabilities, but excluding liabilities under this Guaranty, of such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date and (ii) the amount by which the present fair salable value of the assets of
such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor on its debts, excluding debt in respect of this Guaranty, as they become absolute and matured. 
 SECTION 11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby confirms that it is the intention of such Subsidiary Guarantor that the guarantee by such Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Title 11 of the United States Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar applicable Federal
or state law (all such statutes and laws are collectively referred to as “Fraudulent Conveyance Laws”). To effectuate the foregoing intention, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably agrees that the obligations of such
Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be limited to the amount as will, after giving effect to all rights to receive any collections from or payments by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such
other Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 10 hereof, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting such a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. In the event that the liability of any Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder is limited pursuant to this Section 11 to an amount that is less than the total amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, then it is understood and agreed that the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations for which such Subsidiary
Guarantor is liable hereunder shall be the last portion of the Guaranteed Obligations to be repaid. 
 SECTION 12.
NEGATIVE PLEDGE. 
 Except as permitted under Section 10.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement, no
Subsidiary Guarantor will create any Lien on its assets to any other Person during the pendency of this Guaranty except for Liens permitted by Section 10.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 SECTION 13. SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT. 
 Upon execution and delivery by a Subsidiary of a Supplemental Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, such Subsidiary shall
become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Guarantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Subsidiary Guarantor as a party to this Guaranty. 
  

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 SECTION 14. DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
GENERALLY. 
 (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms defined in the Note Purchase Agreement are
used herein as defined therein. In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings. 
 “Adjusted Net
Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 10 hereof. 
 “Fraudulent Conveyance Laws” has the
meaning specified in Section 11 hereof.  
 “Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in
Section 1 hereof.  
 “Guaranty” has the meaning specified in the introduction hereto. 

“Holders” has the meaning specified in the introduction hereto. 
 “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect (a) on the business, financial condition, operations or
Properties of a Subsidiary Guarantor taken as a whole or (b) on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder. 
 “Maximum Guaranteed Amount” shall mean, for each Subsidiary Guarantor, the maximum amount which any Subsidiary Guarantor could pay under this Guaranty without having such payment set aside as a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance or similar action under Fraudulent Conveyance Law. 
 “Note Purchase Agreement” has the meanings
specified in the Recitals hereto. 
 “Notes” has the meanings specified in the Recitals hereto. 
 “Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 10 hereof. 
 “Required Holders” is has the meaning specified in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 “Subsidiary Guarantor” has the meaning specified in the introduction hereto. 
 (b) Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Guaranty unless the context shall otherwise require. 
 SECTION 15.
NOTICES. 
 All notices under the terms and provisions hereof shall be in writing (with charges prepaid), and
shall be delivered or sent by hand, by telecopy, by express courier service or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed, 
  

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 (a) if to any Holder, at the address set forth in the Note Purchase
Agreement, or at such other address as any such Holder shall from time to time designate to the Obligors, 
 (b)
if to a Subsidiary Guarantor, at the address of such Subsidiary Guarantor set forth on the signature pages hereto or at such other address as such Subsidiary Guarantor shall from time to time designate in writing to each Holder. 
 A notice or communication shall be deemed to have been duly given and effective: 
  

	 	(a)	when delivered (whether or not accepted), if personally delivered; 

  

	 	(b)	five business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if delivered by first-class mail (whether or not accepted); 

  

	 	(c)	when sent, if sent via facsimile; 

  

	 	(d)	when delivered if sent by registered or certified mail (whether or not accepted); and 

  

	 	(e)	on the next Business Day if timely delivered by an overnight air courier, with charges prepaid (whether or not accepted). 

 SECTION 16. AMENDMENTS, ETC. 
 No amendment, alteration, modification or waiver of any term or provision of this Guaranty, nor consent to any departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and consented to by the Required Holders provided, however, that any amendment, alteration, modification or waiver of the terms and conditions contained in Section 1 hereof shall require consent from all Holders,
and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. 
 SECTION 17. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS. 
 (a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive in personam jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in New York City, over any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or the Notes. To the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or
otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the in personam jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court
and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. 
  

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 (b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under
applicable law, that a final judgment in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 17 brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon such party, subject to rights of appeal
and may be enforced in the courts of the United States of America or the State of New York (or any other courts to the jurisdiction of which such party is or may be subject) by a suit upon such judgment. 
 (c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in paragraph
(a) of this Section 17 by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the address of each Subsidiary Guarantor specified in Section 15 or at such other address of which you
shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section or to any agent for service of process appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 27. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every
respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the full extent permitted by law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to such party. Notices hereunder
shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service. 
 (d) Nothing in this Section 17 shall affect the right of any holder of Notes to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring
proceedings against any Subsidiary Guarantor in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction. 
 SECTION 18. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. 
 EACH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR AND BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF EACH HOLDER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR ANY
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY OR THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY
OF THE FOREGOING. 
 SECTION 19. SURVIVAL. 
 All warranties, representations and covenants made by each Subsidiary Guarantor herein or in any written certificate or other instrument
required to be delivered by it or on its behalf hereunder or under the Note Purchase Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Holders and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty, regardless of any investigation
made by any Holder or on such Holder’s behalf. All statements in any such certificate or other instrument shall constitute warranties and representations by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. 
  

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 SECTION 20. SEVERABILITY. 
 Any provision of this Guaranty which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any provision of law that renders any provisions hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect. 
 SECTION 21. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. 
 The terms of this Guaranty shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of
the Holders and their respective successors and assigns. 
 SECTION 22. TABLE OF
CONTENTS; HEADINGS. 
 The section and paragraph headings in this Guaranty and the table of
contents are for convenience of reference only and shall not modify, define, expand or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof, and all references herein to numbered sections, unless otherwise indicated, are to sections in this Guaranty.

 SECTION 23. COUNTERPARTS. 
 This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. 
 SECTION 24. GOVERNING LAW. 
 This Guaranty shall in all respects be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles of such state.

 SECTION 25. COVENANT COMPLIANCE. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to comply with each of the covenants contained herein and in the Note Purchase Agreement that imposes or
purports to impose, by reference to such Subsidiary Guarantor, express or otherwise, through agreements with the Obligors, restrictions or obligations on such Subsidiary Guarantor. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party
hereto has caused this Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	 FAMILY DOLLAR SERVICES, INC., a North Carolina
corporation

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Name: R. James Kelly
		 	Title: Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
	
	 FAMILY DOLLAR OPERATIONS, INC., a North Carolina
corporation

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Name: R. James Kelly
		 	Title: Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
	
	 FAMILY DOLLAR TRUCKING, INC., a North Carolina
corporation

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Name: R. James Kelly
		 	Title: Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT 
 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT dated as of
                            
,                
from                             , a corporation (the “New Subsidiary”), for the
benefit of the Holders (as defined in the Guaranty referred to below). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2005
(the “Guaranty”), from: (i) [names of guarantors] (    ) such other Subsidiaries (as defined below) as shall become parties thereto in accordance therewith, for the benefit of the Holders (as such term is
defined in such Guaranty). 
 WHEREAS, Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Family Dollar,
Inc., a North Carolina corporation (each individually an “Obligor” and, collectively, the “Obligors”) has authorized the issue and sale of (i) $169,000,000 5.41% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due
September 27, 2015 (the “Tranche A Notes”), and (ii) $81,000,000 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27, 2015 (the “Tranche B Notes” and, together with the Tranche A Notes, the
“Series 2005-A Notes”), pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2005 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Note Purchase Agreement”) among the Obligors and the
purchasers named therein. 
 WHEREAS, the Obligors are authorized to issue Additional Notes (as such term is
defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) of one or more separate series from time to time pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 WHEREAS, the Additional Notes together with the Series 2005-A Notes are collectively referred to as the “Notes”. 
 WHEREAS, the New Subsidiary is a Subsidiary of the Obligors. 
 WHEREAS, the existing Subsidiaries of the Obligors have entered into the Guaranty. 
 WHEREAS, the Note Purchase Agreement requires that certain Subsidiaries become party to the Guaranty (as a Subsidiary
Guarantor). 
 WHEREAS, the New Subsidiary acknowledges that it has derived or will derive substantial benefits
from the issuance of the Notes. 
 WHEREAS, the Guaranty specifies that additional Subsidiaries may become
Subsidiary Guarantors under such Guaranty by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Agreement. The undersigned Subsidiary is executing this Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Note Purchase Agreement in order to
become a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guaranty as consideration for the Notes previously purchased. 
 Now,
THEREFORE, the New Subsidiary Guarantor agrees as follows: 

 Section 1. Guaranty. In accordance with Section 13 of the Guaranty, the New
Subsidiary by its signature hereto shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor under such Guaranty with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Guarantor and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and
provisions of such Guaranty applicable to it as a Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder, (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 2 of the Subsidiary Guaranty are true
and correct on and as of the date hereof, (c) acknowledges receipt of a copy of and agrees to be obligated and bound by the terms of such Guaranty, and (d) agrees that each reference to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” in such
Guaranty shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. 
 Section 2. Enforceability. The New Subsidiary hereby
represents and warrants that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the New Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the New Subsidiary enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the applicability of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles of general applicability (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 Section 3. Effect on Guaranty.
Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect. 
 Section 4.
GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
OF SUCH STATE. 
 Section 5. Savings Clause. To the fullest extent
permitted under applicable law, in the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect with respect to the New Subsidiary, no party hereto shall be required to
comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The
parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 Section 6. Notices. All communications to the New Subsidiary shall be given to it at the address or telecopy
number set forth under its signature hereto. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New
Subsidiary has duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	[NEW SUBSIDIARY]
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
		 	Address:
		
		 	Telecopy:

  

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 FORM OF OPINION OF
GENERAL COUNSEL 
 TO THE OBLIGORS

 The closing opinion of Janet G. Kelley, Esq., General Counsel of the Obligors, which is called for by Section 4.4 of
the Note Purchase Agreement, shall be dated the date of Closing and addressed to the Purchasers, shall be satisfactory in scope and form to each Purchaser and shall be to the effect that: 
 1. Each Obligor has the full corporate power and the corporate authority to conduct the activities in which it is now engaged and is duly
licensed or qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary
except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not have a material adverse effect on the business of the Obligors. 
 2. Each Subsidiary Guarantor is a corporation or similar legal entity, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and each is duly licensed
or qualified and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary except in jurisdictions where the
failure to be so qualified or licensed would not have a material adverse effect on the business of such Subsidiary Guarantor. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each such Subsidiary Guarantor
have been duly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Obligors, by one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Obligors and one or more Subsidiaries. 
 3. The issuance and sale of the Series A Notes, the execution, delivery and performance by the Obligors of the Note Purchase Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance by each Subsidiary
Guarantor of the Subsidiary Guaranty do not violate any provision of any law or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Obligors or any such Subsidiary Guarantor or conflict with or result in any breach of any of the
provisions of or constitute a default under or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property of the Obligors or any such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of the Articles or Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws,
or such similar organizational or governing instrument, as the case may be, of the Obligors or such Subsidiary Guarantor or any agreement or other instrument known to such counsel to which the Obligors or any such Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or
by which the Obligors or any such Subsidiary Guarantor may be bound. 
 4. Other than the FLSA Litigation (as defined in the
Note Purchase Agreement), there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel after due inquiry, threatened against or affecting the Obligors or any Subsidiary in any court or before any governmental authority or
arbitration board or tribunal which, if adversely determined, would have a materially adverse effect on the properties, business, profits or condition, (financial or otherwise) of the Obligors and its Subsidiaries or the ability of the Obligors to
perform its obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement and the Series A Notes or on the legality, validity or enforceability of the Obligors’ obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement and

  

 EXHIBIT 4.4(a) 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 
the Series A Notes. To the knowledge of such counsel, neither any Obligor nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any court or governmental authority, or arbitration board or tribunal.

 The opinion of Janet G. Kelley, Esq., shall cover such other matters relating to the sale of the Notes as each Purchaser may
reasonably request and successors and assigns of the Purchasers shall be entitled to rely on such opinion. With respect to matters of fact on which such opinion is based, such counsel shall be entitled to rely on appropriate certificates of public
officials and other officers of any Obligor and its Subsidiaries. 
 E-4.4(a)-2 

 FORM OF OPINION OF
SPECIAL COUNSEL 
 TO THE OBLIGORS

 The closing opinion of Alston & Bird LLP, special counsel to the Obligors, which is called for by
Section 4.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement, shall be dated the date of Closing and addressed to the Purchasers, shall be satisfactory in scope and form to each Purchaser and shall be to the effect that: 
 1. Each Obligor is a corporation, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the
corporate power and authority to execute and perform the Note Purchase Agreement and to issue the Notes. 
 2. The Note Purchase
Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of each Obligor, has been duly executed and delivered by each Obligor and constitute the legal, valid and binding contract of such Obligor enforceable against such
Obligor in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 3. The Series A Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of each Obligor, has been duly executed and delivered by each Obligor and constitute the legal, valid and binding contract of such Obligor enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 

4. The Subsidiary Guaranty has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action on the part of each
Subsidiary Guarantor, has been duly executed and delivered by each Subsidiary Guarantor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract of each such Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law). 
 5. No approval, consent or withholding of objection on the part of, or filing, registration or
qualification with, any governmental body of the United States of America, the State of North Carolina or the State of New York, is necessary in connection with the execution and delivery of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Series A Notes or the
Subsidiary Guaranty. 
 6. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Series A Notes and the execution and delivery of the
Subsidiary Guaranty by the Subsidiary Guarantors under the circumstances contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement and the Subsidiary Guaranty do not, under existing law, require the registration of the Series A Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranty
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the qualification of an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 
 EXHIBIT 4.4(b) 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 7. Neither the issuance of the Series A Notes nor the application of the proceeds of the
sale of the Series A Notes will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any regulation issued pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 
 8. No Obligor is an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 
 The opinion of Alston & Bird LLP, shall cover such other matters relating to the sale of the Notes as each Purchaser may reasonably request and successors and assigns of the Purchasers shall be entitled to rely on such opinion.
With respect to matters of fact on which such opinion is based, such counsel shall be entitled to rely on appropriate certificates of public officials and other officers of the Obligors and its Subsidiaries. 
 E-4.4(b)-2 

 FORM OF OPINION OF
SPECIAL COUNSEL 
 TO THE PURCHASERS

 The closing opinion of Chapman and Cutler LLP, special counsel to the Purchasers, called for by Section 4.4 of the
Note Purchase Agreement, shall be dated the date of Closing and addressed to each Purchaser, shall be satisfactory in form and substance to each Purchaser and shall be to the effect that: 
 1. Each Obligor is a corporation, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the
corporate power and the corporate authority to execute and deliver the Note Purchase Agreement and to issue the Series A Notes. 
 2. Each Subsidiary Guarantor is a corporation or similar legal entity, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has the corporate power and the corporate authority to execute and deliver
the Subsidiary Guaranty. 
 3. The Note Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of each Obligor, has been duly executed and delivered by each Obligor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract of each Obligor enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 4. The Subsidiary Guaranty has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action on the part of each Subsidiary
Guarantor, has been duly executed and delivered by each Subsidiary Guarantor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract of each such Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject
to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law). 
 5. The Series A Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of each Obligor, and the
Notes being delivered on the date hereof have been duly executed and delivered by each Obligor and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each Obligor enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 6. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Series A Notes and the execution and delivery of the Subsidiary Guaranty under the circumstances
contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement and the Subsidiary Guaranty do not, under existing law, require the registration of the Series A Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranty under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the qualification of an
indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 
 EXHIBIT 4.4(c) 
 (to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 With respect to matters of fact upon which such opinion is based, Chapman and Cutler LLP may
rely on appropriate certificates of public officials and officers of the Obligors and upon representations of the Obligors and the Purchasers delivered in connection with the issuance and sale of the Series A Notes. 
 In rendering the opinions set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, Chapman and Cutler LLP may rely, as to matters referred to in paragraphs 1
and 2, solely upon an examination of the Articles of Incorporation or similar charter documents of each Subsidiary Guarantor certified by, and a certificate of good standing of the Obligors and Subsidiary Guarantors from, the Secretary of State of
the jurisdiction of organization, the Bylaws of the Obligors and similar documents of the Subsidiary Guarantors and the general business corporation law of the jurisdiction of organization. The opinion of Chapman and Cutler LLP is limited to the
laws of the State of New York, the general business corporation law of the jurisdiction of organization and the Federal laws of the United States. 
 E-4.4(c)-2 

  
  
 FAMILY
DOLLAR STORES, INC. 
 FAMILY DOLLAR,
INC. 
 [NUMBER] SUPPLEMENT TO NOTE
PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
 Dated as of
                         
 Re:                     $            
            % Series                      Senior Notes 
 DUE                         
  
  
  
 EXHIBIT S 

(to Note Purchase Agreement) 

 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.

 Family Dollar, Inc. 
 10401 MONROE ROAD 
 CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28201 
 Dated as of 
             , 20     
 To the Purchaser(s) named in 
 Schedule A hereto

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 This [Number] Supplement to Note Purchase Agreement (the “Supplement”) is between FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “FDSI”),
and FAMILY DOLLAR, INC., a North Carolina corporation (the “FDI” and collectively with FDSI,, the “Obligors”), and the institutional investors named on Schedule A
attached hereto (the “Purchasers”). 
 Reference is hereby made to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated
as of September 27, 2005 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) between the Obligors and the purchasers listed on Schedule A thereto. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as specified in the
Note Purchase Agreement. Reference is further made to Section 4.14 of the Note Purchase Agreement which requires that, prior to the delivery of any Additional Notes, the Obligors and each Additional Purchaser shall execute and deliver a
Supplement. 
 Each Obligor hereby agrees with the Purchaser(s) as follows: 
 1. The Obligors have authorized the issue and sale of $             aggregate
principal amount of its     % Series              Senior Notes due             
,         (the “Series              Notes”). The Series             
Notes, together with the Series A Notes [and the Series             Notes] initially issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement [and the
                     Supplement] and each series of Additional Notes which may from time to time hereafter be issued pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement, are collectively referred to as the “Notes” (such term shall also include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of the Note Purchase Agreement). The
Series              Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1 hereto with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by the Purchaser(s) and the Obligors.

 2. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and as set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement and on the basis of the
representations and warranties hereinafter set forth, the Obligors agree to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Obligors, Series             
Notes in the principal amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s

 
name on Schedule A hereto at a price of 100% of the principal amount thereof on the closing date hereinafter mentioned. 
 3. The sale and purchase of the Series          Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur
at the offices of [                    ] at 10:00 A.M. Chicago time, at a closing (the “Closing”) on
            ,          or on such other Business Day thereafter on or prior to
            ,          as may be agreed upon by the Obligors and the Purchasers. At the Closing, the Obligors will deliver to each Purchaser the
Series          Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Series          Note (or such greater number of Series
         Notes in denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of such Purchaser’s nominee),
against delivery by such Purchaser to the Obligors or their order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Obligors to account number
[                    ] at              Bank, [Insert Bank address, ABA number for wire
transfers, and any other relevant wire transfer information]. If, at the Closing, the Obligors shall fail to tender such Series              Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in
this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to any Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at such Purchaser’s election, be relieved of all further obligations under this
Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment. 
 4.
The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Series              Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s
satisfaction, prior to the Closing, of the conditions set forth in Section 4 of the Note Purchase Agreement with respect to the Series              Notes to be purchased at the
Closing, and to the following additional conditions: 
 (a) Except as supplemented, amended or superceded by the
representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit A hereto, each of the representations and warranties of the Obligors set forth in Section 5 of the Note Purchase Agreement shall be correct as of the date of Closing and the Obligors shall
have delivered to each Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing certifying that such condition has been fulfilled. 
 (b) Contemporaneously with the Closing, the Obligors shall sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall purchase, the Series             
Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser at the Closing as specified in Schedule A. 
 5. [Here insert special provisions for
Series              Notes including prepayment provisions applicable to Series              Notes (including Make-Whole Amount)
and closing conditions applicable to Series              Notes]. 
 6. Each Purchaser represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Note Purchase Agreement are true and correct on the date hereof with respect to the purchase of the Series
             Notes by such Purchaser. 
  

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 7. Each Obligor and each Purchaser agree to be bound by and comply with the terms and
provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement as fully and completely as if such Purchaser were an original signatory to the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 The execution hereof shall constitute a contract between the Obligors and the Purchaser(s) for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth, and this agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an original but all together only one agreement. 
  

			
	FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.
		
	By	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

	
	FAMILY DOLLAR, INC.
		
	By	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

 Accepted as of                     ,         

  

			
	[VARIATION]
		
	By	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

  

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 INFORMATION RELATING TO
PURCHASERS 
  

			
	 NAME AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER

	  	PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF SERIES
            NOTES TO 
BE
PURCHASED
		
	 [NAME OF PURCHASER]
	  	$
		
	 (1)    All payments by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to:

  
 with sufficient information to identify the
source
and application of such funds.
	  	
		
	 (2)    All notices of payments and written
confirmations of such wire transfers:
	  	
		
	 (3)    All other communications:
	  	

 SCHEDULE A 
 (to Supplement) 

 SUPPLEMENTAL REPRESENTATIONS 
 Each Obligor represents and warrants to each Purchaser that except as hereinafter set forth in this Exhibit A, each of the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the Note Purchase Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof with respect to the Series              Notes
with the same force and effect as if each reference to “Series A Notes” set forth therein was modified to refer the “Series              Notes” and each reference to
“this Agreement” therein was modified to refer to the Note Purchase Agreement as supplemented by the              Supplement. The Section references hereinafter set forth
correspond to the similar sections of the Note Purchase Agreement which are supplemented hereby: 
 Section 5.3.
Disclosure. The Obligors, through their agent, Banc of America Securities LLC has delivered to each Purchaser a copy of a Private Placement Memorandum, dated
                     (the “Memorandum”), relating to the transactions contemplated by the
             Supplement. The Memorandum fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Obligors and their Restricted
Subsidiaries. The Note Purchase Agreement, the Memorandum, the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to each Purchaser by or on behalf of the Obligors in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement and
the              Supplement and the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 to the              Supplement, taken as a whole,
do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Since
                    , there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of the Obligors or any
Restricted Subsidiary except changes that individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to any Obligor that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
that has not been set forth herein or in the Memorandum or in the other documents, certificates and other writings delivered to each Purchaser by or on behalf of any Obligor specifically for use in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby. 
 Section 5.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries. (a) Schedule 5.4 to the
             Supplement contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists of (i) the Obligors’ Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and showing, as to each
Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Obligors and each other Subsidiary, and all other
Investments of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) the Obligors’ Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) the Obligors’ directors and senior officers. 
 Section 5.13. Private Offering by the Obligors. Neither any Obligor nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Series
             Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other
than the Purchasers and not more than [            ] other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Series
             Notes at a private sale for investment. Neither any Obligor nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject

  

 EXHIBIT A 
 (to Supplement) 

 
the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act. 
 Section 5.14. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. The Obligors will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Series
                 Notes to
                                         and for
general corporate purposes. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Series              Notes pursuant to the             
Supplement will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying
or trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve any Obligor in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does
not constitute more than 2% of the value of the consolidated assets of any Obligor and its Subsidiaries and no Obligor has any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 2% of the value of such assets. As used in this Section, the
terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U. 
 Section 5.15. Existing Debt; Future Liens. (a) Schedule 5.15 to the                  Supplement sets forth
a complete and correct list of all outstanding Debt of the Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of
                            , since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest
rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Debt of the Obligors or its Restricted Subsidiaries. Neither any Obligor nor any Restricted Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of
any principal or interest on any Debt of any Obligor or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Debt of any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would
permit) one or more Persons to cause such Debt to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment. 
 [Add any additional Sections as appropriate at the time the Series                 Notes are issued] 
  

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 [FORM OF SERIES
             NOTE] 
 FAMILY
DOLLAR STORES, INC. 
     % SERIES
         SENIOR NOTE DUE                     

  

			
	No. [            ]	  	[Date]
	$[                 ]	  	PPN [                    ]

 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned, Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “FDSI”), and Family Dollar, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina (herein called the
“FDI”), hereby promises to pay to [                    ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of
[                    ] Dollars (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on
                    , with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the
rate of     % per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the              day of             
and              in each year, commencing on the first of such dates after the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent
permitted by law, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to [2% above the stated rate], on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event of Default, on the unpaid balance hereof and on any overdue payment of any
Make-Whole Amount, payable [semiannually] as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand). 
 Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at Bank of America, N.A. in New York. 
 This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (the “Notes”) issued pursuant to a Supplement to the Note Purchase Agreement
dated as of September , 2005 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Obligors, the Purchasers named therein and Additional Purchasers of Notes from time to time issued
pursuant to any Supplement to the Note Purchase Agreement. This Note and the holder hereof are entitled equally and ratably with the holders of all other Notes of all series from time to time outstanding under the Note Purchase Agreement to all the
benefits provided for thereby or referred to therein. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and
(ii) made the representations set forth in Sections 6.2 and 6.3 of the Note Purchase Agreement, provided that such holder may (in reliance upon information provided by the Obligors, which shall not be unreasonably withheld) make a
representation to the effect that the purchase by such holder of any Note will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406(a) of ERISA. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 EXHIBIT 1 
 (to Supplement) 

 This Note is registered with the Obligors and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement,
upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note of the
same series for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Obligors may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner
hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Obligors will not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 
 [The Obligors will make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts specified in the Note Purchase Agreement.] [This Note is not subject to regularly scheduled prepayments of
principal.] This Note is [also] subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise. 
 Pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of September     , 2005 (as amended or modified from time to
time, the “Subsidiary Guaranty”), certain Subsidiaries of the Obligors have absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed payment in full of the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on this Note and the performance by
the Obligors of its obligations contained in the Note Purchase Agreement all as more fully set forth in said Subsidiary Guaranty. 
 If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole
Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

  

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	 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.

		
	 By
	 	  

		 	 Name:
	 	  

		 	 Title:
	 	  

	
	FAMILY DOLLAR, INC.
		
	 By
	 	  

		 	 Name:
	 	  

		 	 Title:
	 	  

  

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 SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTY AGREEMENT 
 Dated as of September 27, 2005 
 from 
 THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN 
 for
the benefit of 
 THE HOLDERS OF THE NOTES 

RE: 
 $169,000,000 5.41% SERIES 2005-A SENIOR NOTES, TRANCHE A, DUE SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 
 $81,000,000 5.24% SERIES 2005-A SENIOR NOTES, TRANCHE B, DUE SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

 OF 
 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC. 
 AND 
 FAMILY DOLLAR, INC. 
  
  
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 SECTION
	  	 HEADING
	  	PAGE
			
	 SECTION 1.
	  	GUARANTY	  	2
			
	 SECTION 2.
	  	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	  	3
			
	 SECTION 3.
	  	SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR’S OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL	  	5
			
	 SECTION 4.
	  	FULL RECOURSE OBLIGATIONS; PARI PASSU RANKING	  	10
			
	 SECTION 5.
	  	WAIVER	  	10
			
	 SECTION 6.
	  	WAIVER OF SUBROGATION	  	11
			
	 SECTION 7.
	  	SUBORDINATION	  	12
			
	 SECTION 8.
	  	EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS, ETC	  	12
			
	 SECTION 9.
	  	TERM OF GUARANTY	  	13
			
	 SECTION 10.
	  	CONTRIBUTION	  	13
			
	 SECTION 11.
	  	LIMITATION OF LIABILITY	  	14
			
	 SECTION 12.
	  	NEGATIVE PLEDGE	  	14
			
	 SECTION 13.
	  	SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT	  	14
			
	 SECTION 14.
	  	DEFINITIONS AND TERMS GENERALLY	  	15
			
	 SECTION 15.
	  	NOTICES	  	15
			
	 SECTION 16.
	  	AMENDMENTS, ETC	  	16
			
	 SECTION 17.
	  	CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS	  	16

  

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	 SECTION 18.
	  	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	  	17
			
	 SECTION 19.
	  	SURVIVAL	  	17
			
	 SECTION 20.
	  	SEVERABILITY	  	18
			
	 SECTION 21.
	  	SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS	  	18
			
	 SECTION 22.
	  	TABLE OF CONTENTS; HEADINGS	  	18
			
	 SECTION 23.
	  	COUNTERPARTS	  	18
			
	 SECTION 24.
	  	GOVERNING LAW	  	18
			
	 SECTION 25.
	  	COVENANT COMPLIANCE	  	18

  

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 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of
September 27, 2005 (the “Guaranty”), from each of: 
 (i) Family Dollar Services, Inc., a
North Carolina corporation; 
 (ii) Family Dollar Operations, Inc., a North Carolina corporation; 
 (iii) Family Dollar Trucking, Inc., a North Carolina corporation; and 
 (iv) such Subsidiaries as shall become parties hereto in accordance with 
 Section 13 hereof (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and collectively the “Subsidiary
Guarantors”), 
 for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Notes (as defined below) (the “Holders”).
Capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 14 hereof or the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below. 
 WHEREAS, Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Family Dollar, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (each individually an “Obligor” and, collectively, the “Obligors”) will
authorize the issue and sale of (i) $169,000,000 5.41% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 (the “Tranche A Notes”), and (ii) $81,000,000 5.24% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche B due
September 27,2015 (the “Tranche B Notes” and, together with the Tranche A Notes, the “Series 2005-A Notes”), pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the “Note Purchase Agreement”) among the Obligors and the purchasers named therein. 
 WHEREAS, the Obligors are authorized to issue Additional Notes (as such term is defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) of one or more separate series from time to time pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Note Purchase
Agreement. 
 WHEREAS, the Additional Notes together with the Series 2005-A Notes are collectively referred to as
the “Notes”. 
 WHEREAS, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors is a Subsidiary of the Obligors.

 WHEREAS, the Obligors have agreed that their Subsidiaries will guarantee their respective obligations under
the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 WHEREAS, the Subsidiary Guarantors each acknowledge that they will
derive substantial benefits from the issuance of the Notes. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and to induce the Holders to purchase the Notes, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, intending to be legally bound, hereby agrees for the benefit of the Holders, as follows: 

 SECTION 1. GUARANTY. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, jointly and
severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and its successors and assigns, the full and punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of the principal of and
Make-Whole Amount, Prepayment Premium, LIBOR Breakage Amount, and interest on (including, without limitation, interest, whether or not an allowable claim, accruing after the date of filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding relating to any Obligor) the Notes and all other amounts under the Note Purchase Agreement and all other obligations, agreements and covenants of the Obligors now or hereafter existing under the Note
Purchase Agreement whether for principal, Make-Whole Amount, Prepayment Premium, LIBOR Breakage Amount, interest (including interest accruing or becoming owing both prior to and subsequent to the commencement of any proceeding against or with
respect to any Obligor under any chapter of the Bankruptcy Code), indemnification payments, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) or otherwise, and all reasonable costs and expenses, if any, incurred by any Holder in
connection with enforcing any rights under this Guaranty (all such obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all reasonable expenses incurred by each Holder in enforcing this Guaranty;
provided that, notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Note Purchase Agreement to the contrary, the maximum liability of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder and under the Note Purchase Agreement shall in no event exceed such
Guarantor’s Maximum Guaranteed Amount, and provided further, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be unconditionally required to pay all amounts demanded of it hereunder prior to any determination of such Maximum Guaranteed Amount and
the recipient of such payment, if so required by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall then be liable for the refund of any excess amounts. If any such rebate or refund is ever required, all other Subsidiary
Guarantors (and the Obligors) shall be fully liable for the repayment thereof to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law. This Guaranty is an absolute, unconditional, present and continuing guaranty of payment and not of collectibility and is
in no way conditioned upon any attempt to collect from the Obligors or any other action, occurrence or circumstance whatsoever. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time and from to time exceed the Maximum
Guaranteed Amount of such Subsidiary Guarantor without impairing this Guaranty or affecting the rights and remedies of the Holders hereunder. 
 Notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such action against any Obligor, if for any reason whatsoever any Obligor shall fail or be unable duly, punctually and fully to perform
and (in the case of the payment of Guaranteed Obligations) pay such amounts as and when the same shall become due (subject to any applicable grace periods under the Note Purchase Agreement) and (in the case of the payment of Guaranteed Obligations)
payable or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, whether or not such failure or inability shall constitute an “Event of Default” under the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes, each Subsidiary Guarantor will forthwith
(in the case of the payment of Guaranteed Obligations) pay or cause to be paid such amounts to the Holders, in lawful money of the United States of America, at the place specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, or perform or comply with such
Guaranteed Obligations or cause such Guaranteed Obligations to be performed or

  

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complied with, (in the case of the payment of Guaranteed Obligations) together with interest (in the amounts and to the extent required under such Notes) on any amount due and owing. 

SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby represents and warrants as follows: 
 (a) All representations and warranties contained in the Note Purchase Agreement that relate to such Subsidiary Guarantor are true and correct
in all respects and are incorporated herein by reference with the same force and effect as though set forth herein in full. 
 (b) Such Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that, any default in the due observance or performance by such Subsidiary Guarantor of any covenant, condition or agreement contained herein (if, after the running of any applicable notice and
opportunity to cure periods provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, such default or event of default remains uncured) shall constitute an Event of Default. 
 (c) There are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Guaranty that have not been satisfied or expressly waived. 
 (d) Such Subsidiary Guarantor has, independently and without reliance upon the Holders and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into this Guaranty. Such Subsidiary Guarantor has investigated fully the benefits and advantages which will be derived by it from execution of this Guaranty, and the Board of Directors of such Subsidiary Guarantor has decided that a direct
and/or an indirect benefit will accrue to such Subsidiary Guarantor by reason of the execution of this Guaranty. 
 (e) (i) This
Guaranty is not given with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any Person to which such Subsidiary Guarantor is or will become, on or after the date hereof, indebted; (ii) such Subsidiary Guarantor has received at least a reasonably
equivalent value in exchange for the giving of this Guaranty; (iii) such Subsidiary Guarantor is not insolvent on the date hereof and will not become insolvent as a result of the giving of this Guaranty; (iv) such Subsidiary Guarantor is
not engaged in a business or transaction, nor is about to engage in a business or transaction, for which any property remaining with such Subsidiary Guarantor constitutes an unreasonably small amount of capital; and (v) such Subsidiary
Guarantor does not intend to incur debts that will be beyond such Subsidiary Guarantor’s ability to pay as such debts mature. 
 (f) Each Subsidiary Guarantor is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its state of organization, and has the requisite power, authority and legal right under the laws of its state of
organization to conduct its business as presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Guaranty. 
 (g) The execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of each Subsidiary Guarantor, and does

  

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not require any consent or approval of, or the giving of notice to, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any stockholder or trustee or holder of any indebtedness or obligations of
such Subsidiary Guarantor. This Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability is subject to any
limitations arising from bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights of creditors or pledgees and to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 (h) The execution, delivery and performance
of this Guaranty does not and will not conflict with or result in any violation of or default under any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or by-laws or partnership agreement, as the case may be, of any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, instrument, law, rule or regulation binding on any Subsidiary Guarantor or to which a Subsidiary Guarantor is a party. 
 (i) The execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty does not and will not result in violation of any judgment or order applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantor or result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any of the properties or revenues of any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to any requirement of law or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which such Subsidiary Guarantor is a party. 
 (j) The execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty do not and will not conflict with and do not and will not require any consent,
approval or authorization of, or registration or filing with, any governmental authority or agency of the state of organization of any Subsidiary Guarantor or of the United States or any State. 
 (k) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of any Subsidiary Guarantor, threatened actions or proceedings against or affecting such
Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its properties by or before any court or administrative agency or arbiter that would adversely affect the ability of such Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations hereunder or call into question the validity or
enforceability of this Guaranty. 
 (1) Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are at least pari passu
in right of payment with all other unsecured claims against the general creditors of such Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 (m) Each
Subsidiary Guarantor has validly and irrevocably submitted to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. 
 (n) The choice of the laws of the State of New York to govern this Guaranty is valid and binding. 
 (o) No Subsidiary Guarantor is in breach of or default under or with respect to any instrument, document or agreement binding upon such
Subsidiary Guarantor which breach or default is reasonably probable to have a Material Adverse Effect or result in the creation of a

  

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Lien on any property of such Subsidiary Guarantor other than Liens permitted under Section 10.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement. Each Subsidiary Guarantor is in compliance with all applicable
requirements of law except such non-compliance as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (p) The execution, delivery and
performance by each Subsidiary Guarantor of this Guaranty will not render such Subsidiary Guarantor insolvent, nor is it being made in contemplation of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s insolvency, and the Subsidiary Guarantor does not have an
unreasonably small capital. 
 SECTION 3. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR’S
OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL. 
 (a) This Guaranty shall constitute a guarantee of payment,
performance and compliance and not of collection, and each Subsidiary Guarantor specifically agrees that it shall not be necessary, and that such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be entitled to require, before or as a condition of enforcing the
liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty or requiring payment or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations by any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, or at any time thereafter, that any Holder: (a) file suit or proceed to obtain
or assert a claim for personal judgment against any Obligor or any other Person that may be liable for or with respect to any Guaranteed Obligation; (b) make any other effort to obtain payment or performance of any Guaranteed Obligation from
any Obligor or any other Person that may be liable for or with respect to such Guaranteed Obligation, except for the making of the demands, when appropriate, described in Section 1; (c) foreclose against, or seek to realize upon security
now or hereafter existing for such Guaranteed Obligations; (d) except to the extent set forth in Section 1, exercise or assert any other right or remedy to which such Holder is or may be entitled in connection with any Guaranteed
Obligation or any security or other guaranty therefor; or (e) assert or file any claim against the assets of any Obligor or any other Person liable for any Guaranteed Obligation. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty shall be
continuing, and that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid and performed in accordance with their terms and the terms of this Guaranty, and are the primary, absolute and unconditional obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor, irrespective of the
value, genuineness, validity, legality, regularity or enforceability or lack thereof of any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating to the Guaranteed Obligations or this Guaranty, or the existence of any
indemnities with respect to the existence of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 3 that the
obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be irrevocable, primary, absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. 
 (b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly waives notice of acceptance of and reliance upon this Guaranty, diligence, presentment, demand of payment or performance, protest and all other notices
(except as otherwise provided for in Section 1) whatsoever, any requirement that the Holders exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against the Obligors or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, or any
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any of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, subject solely to the requirement of making demands under Section 1, the occurrence of any event or other
circumstance that might otherwise vary the risk of the Obligors or such Subsidiary Guarantor or constitute a defense (legal or equitable) available to, or a discharge of, or a counterclaim or right of set-off by, any Obligor or such Subsidiary
Guarantor (other than the full and indefeasible due payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations), shall not affect the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. 
 (c) The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty are not subject to any counterclaim, set-off, deduction, diminution,
abatement, recoupment, suspension, deferment or defense based upon any claim such Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person may have against any Obligor, any Holder or any other Person, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and
shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected by, any circumstances or condition whatsoever (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor or any Obligor shall have any knowledge or notice thereof), including: 
 (i) any renewal, extension, modification, increase, decrease, alteration or rearrangement of all or any part of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any instrument executed in connection therewith, or any contract or understanding with any Obligor, the Holders, or any of them, or any other Person, pertaining to the Guaranteed Obligations; 
 (ii) any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance or compromise that might be granted or given by any Holder to any Obligor or any
other Person liable on the Guaranteed Obligations, or the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to exercise any right or remedy against any Obligor or any other Person under the provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes
or otherwise; or any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes, any guarantee or any other agreement; 
 (iii) the insolvency, bankruptcy arrangement, adjustment, composition, liquidation, disability, dissolution or lack of power
of any Obligor or any other Person at any time liable for the payment of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or any dissolution of any Obligor or any other such Person, or any change, restructuring or termination of the partnership structure
or existence of any Obligor or any other such Person, or any sale, lease or transfer of any or all of the assets of any Obligor or any other such Person, or any change in the shareholders, partners, or members of any Obligor or any other such
Person; or any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations; 
 (iv) the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any document or agreement executed in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason whatsoever, including the fact that
the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, exceed the amount permitted by law, the act of creating the Guaranteed Obligations or any part is ultra vires, the officers or representatives executing the documents or otherwise creating the
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applicable usury laws, any Obligor or any other Person has valid defenses, claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by agreement) which render the Guaranteed Obligations wholly or
partially uncollectible from any Obligor or any other Person, the creation, performance or repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations (or the execution, delivery and performance of any document or instrument representing part of the Guaranteed
Obligations or executed in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations or given to secure the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations) is illegal, uncollectible, legally impossible or unenforceable, or the documents or instruments pertaining to the
Guaranteed Obligations have been forged or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic; 
 (v) any full
or partial release of the liability of any Obligor on the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, of any co-guarantors, or of any other Person now or hereafter liable, whether directly or indirectly, jointly, severally, or jointly and severally,
to pay, perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, it being recognized, acknowledged and agreed by each Subsidiary Guarantor that such Subsidiary Guarantor may be required to pay the Guaranteed
Obligations in full without assistance or support of any other Person, and such Subsidiary Guarantor has not been induced to enter into this Guaranty on the basis of a contemplation, belief, understanding or agreement that any parties other than the
Obligors will be liable to perform the Guaranteed Obligations, or that the Holders will look to other parties to perform the Guaranteed Obligations; 
 (vi) the taking or accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty, or other assurance of payment, for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; 
 (vii) any release, surrender, exchange, subordination, deterioration, waste, loss or impairment (including negligent,
unreasonable or unjustifiable impairment) of any collateral, property or security, at any time existing in connection with, or assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; 
 (viii) the failure of any Holder or any other Person to exercise diligence or reasonable care in the preservation,
protection, enforcement, sale or other handling or treatment of all or any part of such collateral, property or security; 
 (ix) the fact that any collateral, security, security interest or lien contemplated or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be
properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be unenforceable or subordinate to any other security interest or lien, it being recognized and agreed by each Subsidiary Guarantor that such Subsidiary Guarantor is not entering into this Guaranty in
reliance on, or in contemplation of the benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectibility or value of any of the collateral; 
 (x) any payment by any Obligor to any Holder being held to constitute a preference under any Fraudulent Conveyance Law, or for any reason any Holder being required to refund such payment or pay such
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 (xi) any other action taken or omitted to be taken with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations, or the security and collateral therefor, whether or not such action or omission prejudices such Subsidiary Guarantor or increases the likelihood that such Subsidiary Guarantor will be required to pay the Guaranteed
Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, it being the unambiguous and unequivocal intention of such Subsidiary Guarantor that it shall be obligated to pay the Guaranteed Obligations when due, notwithstanding any occurrence, circumstance, event,
action or omission whatsoever, whether or not contemplated, and whether or not otherwise or particularly described herein, except for the full and final payment and satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations in cash; 
 (xii) the fact that all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations cease to exist by operation of law, including by way of a
discharge, limitation or tolling thereof under applicable bankruptcy laws; 
 (xiii) any other circumstance
(including any statute of limitations) that might in any manner or to any extent otherwise constitute a defense available to, vary the risk of, or operate as a discharge of, any Obligor or any Person as a matter of law or equity; 
 (xiv) any merger or consolidation of any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor into or with any other Person or any sale, lease
or transfer of any of the assets of any Obligor to any other Person; 
 (xv) any change in the ownership of any
shares of capital stock of any Obligor, or any change in the relationship between any Obligor and such Subsidiary Guarantor or any termination of any such relationship; 
 (xvi) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance by any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
other Person of any obligations of any kind or character whatsoever under the Note Purchase Agreement or any other agreement; 
 (xvii) any merger or consolidation of any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person into or with any other Person or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any of the assets of
any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person to any other Person, or any change in the ownership of any shares or partnership interests of any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person; 
 (xviii) in respect of any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person, any change of circumstances, whether or not
foreseen or foreseeable, whether or not imputable to any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person, or other impossibility of performance through fire, explosion, accident, labor disturbance, floods, droughts, embargoes, wars (whether or
not declared), civil commotion, acts of God or the public enemy, delays or failure of suppliers or carriers, inability to obtain materials, action of any Federal or state regulatory body or agency, change of law or any other causes affecting
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control of any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person and whether or not of the kind hereinbefore specified; or 
 (xix) any other occurrence, circumstance, or event whatsoever, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, whether
foreseen or unforeseen, and any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable defense or discharge of the liabilities of a guarantor or surety or which might otherwise limit recourse against such Subsidiary Guarantor;

 provided that the specific enumeration of the above-mentioned acts, failures or omissions shall not be deemed to exclude any other
acts, failures or omissions, though not specifically mentioned above, it being the purpose and intent of this Guaranty and the parties hereto that the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
discharged, impaired or varied except by the payment and performance of all obligations of the Obligors under the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes in accordance with their respective terms as each may be amended or modified from time to time.
Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that repeated and successive demands may be made and recoveries may be had hereunder as and when, from time to time, any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall default under or in respect of the
terms of the Note Purchase Agreement and that notwithstanding recovery hereunder for or in respect of any given default or defaults by any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Note Purchase Agreement, this Guaranty shall remain in full
force and effect and shall apply to each and every subsequent default. All waivers herein contained shall be without prejudice to the Holders at their respective options to proceed against any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or other Person,
whether by separate action or by joinder. 
 (d) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that any Holder or Holders
from time to time, with or without any further notice to or assent from any other Subsidiary Guarantor may, without in any manner affecting the liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty, and upon such terms and conditions as any such
Holder or Holders may deem advisable: 
 (i) extend in whole or in part (by renewal or otherwise), modify,
change, compromise, release or extend the duration of the time for the performance or payment of any debt, liability or obligation of any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor or of any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any debt,
liability or obligations of any Obligor on the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes, or waive any Default or Event of Default with respect thereto, or waive, modify, amend or change any provision of any other agreement or waive this Guaranty; or

 (ii) sell, release, surrender, modify, impair, exchange or substitute any and all property, of any nature and
from whomsoever received, held by, or for the benefit of, any such Holder as direct or indirect security for the payment or performance of any debt, liability or obligation of any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or of any other Person secondarily
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 (iii) settle, adjust or compromise any claim of any Obligor or any
Subsidiary Guarantor against any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any debt, liability or obligation of any Obligor on the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes; or 
 (iv) purchase Additional Notes form time to time from the Obligors pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Note Purchase
Agreement. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby ratifies and confirms any such extension, renewal, change, sale, release, waiver, surrender,
exchange, modification, amendment, impairment, substitution, settlement, adjustment, compromise or purchase Additional Notes and that the same shall be binding upon it, and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all defenses,
counterclaims or offsets which it might or could have by reason thereof, it being understood that such Subsidiary Guarantor shall at all times be bound by this Guaranty and remain liable hereunder. 
 (e) All rights of any Holder may be transferred or assigned at any time in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement and shall be
considered to be transferred or assigned at any time or from time to time upon the transfer of such Note in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement without the consent of or notice to the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Guaranty. 
 (f) No Holder shall be under any obligation: (i) to marshal any assets in favor of the Subsidiary Guarantors or in payment of any or
all of the liabilities of any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor under or in respect of the Notes or the obligations of any Obligor and the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Note Purchase Agreement or (ii) to pursue any other remedy that the
Subsidiary Guarantors may or may not be able to pursue themselves and that may lighten the Subsidiary Guarantors’ burden, any right to which each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly waives. 
 SECTION 4. FULL RECOURSE OBLIGATIONS; PARI PASSU
RANKING. 
 Subject to the Maximum Guaranteed Amount specified above, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor
set forth herein constitute the full recourse obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable against it to the full extent of all its assets and properties. 
 The respective obligations under this Guaranty of the Subsidiary Guarantors are and at all times shall remain direct and unsecured obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors ranking pari passu as against
the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantors without any preference among themselves and pari passu with all other present and future unsecured Debt (actual or contingent) of the Subsidiary Guarantors which is not expressed to be subordinate or
junior in rank to any other unsecured Debt of the Subsidiary Guarantors. 
 SECTION 5. WAIVER. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor unconditionally waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law: 
  

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 (a) notice of any of the matters referred to in Section 3; 

(b) notice to such Subsidiary Guarantor of the incurrence of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, notice to such Subsidiary
Guarantor of any breach or default by any Obligor or such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other notice that may be required, by statute, rule of law or otherwise, to preserve any rights of any Holder
against such Subsidiary Guarantor; 
 (c) presentment to any Obligor or such Subsidiary Guarantor or of payment
from any Obligor or such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any Note or other Guaranteed Obligation or protest for nonpayment or dishonor; 
 (d) any right to the enforcement, assertion, exercise or exhaustion by any Holder of any right, power, privilege or remedy conferred in any Note, the Note Purchase Agreement or otherwise; 
 (e) any requirement of diligence on the part of any Holder; 
 (f) any requirement to mitigate the damages resulting from any default under the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement;

 (g) any notice of any sale, transfer or other disposition of any right, title to or interest in any Note or
other Guaranteed Obligation by any Holder, assignee or participant thereof, or in the Note Purchase Agreement; 
 (h) any release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations hereunder resulting from any loss by it of its rights of subrogation hereunder; and 
 (i) any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge, release or defense of
a guarantor or surety or which might otherwise limit recourse against such Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 SECTION 6.
WAIVER OF SUBROGATION. 
 Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, or any application by any Holder of any security or of any credits or claims, no Subsidiary Guarantor will assert or exercise any rights of any Holder or of such Subsidiary Guarantor against any Obligor to recover the
amount of any payment made by such Subsidiary Guarantor to any Holder hereunder by way of any claim, remedy or subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnity, participation or otherwise arising by contract, by statute, under common
law or otherwise, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not have any right of recourse to or any claim against assets or property of any Obligor, in each case unless and until the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full. Until such time (but not
thereafter), each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly waives any right to exercise any claim, right or remedy which such Subsidiary Guarantor may now have or hereafter acquire against any Obligor or any other Subsidiary Guarantor that arises under
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performance by any Subsidiary Guarantor of the guaranty hereunder including any claim, remedy or right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or participation
in any claim, right or remedy of any Holder against any Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any security that any Holder now has or hereafter acquires, whether or not such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute,
under common law or otherwise. If any amount shall be paid to a Subsidiary Guarantor by any Obligor or another Subsidiary Guarantor after payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, and all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations shall
thereafter be reinstated in whole or in part and any Holder is required to repay any sums received by any of them in payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, this Guaranty shall be automatically reinstated and such amount shall be held in trust for
the benefit of the Holders and shall forthwith be paid to the Holders to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Guaranty, and any
satisfaction and discharge of the Obligors by virtue of any payment, court order or any Federal or state law. 
 SECTION 7.
SUBORDINATION. 
 If any Subsidiary Guarantor is or becomes the holder of any indebtedness payable by any Obligor
or another Subsidiary Guarantor, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby subordinates all indebtedness owing to it from any Obligor or such other Subsidiary Guarantor to all indebtedness of the Obligors to the Holders, and agrees that, during the
continuance of any Event of Default, it shall not accept any payment on the same until payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and shall in no circumstance whatsoever attempt to set-off or reduce any obligations hereunder because of such
indebtedness. If any amount shall nevertheless be paid in violation of the foregoing to a Subsidiary Guarantor by any Obligor or another Subsidiary Guarantor prior to payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, such amount shall be held in trust
for the benefit of the Holders and shall forthwith be paid to the Holders to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured. 
 SECTION 8. EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS, ETC. 
 (a) If after receipt of any payment of, or proceeds of any security applied (or intended to be applied) to the payment of all or any part of,
the Guaranteed Obligations, any Holder is for any reason compelled to surrender or voluntarily surrenders (under circumstances in which it believes it could reasonably be expected to be so compelled if it did not voluntarily surrender), such payment
or proceeds to any Person (i) because such payment or application of proceeds is or may be avoided, invalidated, declared fraudulent, set aside, determined to be void or voidable as a preference, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer,
impermissible set-off or a diversion of trust funds or (ii) for any other similar reason, including, without limitation, (x) any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over any Holder or any of
their respective properties or (y) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by any Holder with any such claimant (including any Obligor), then the Guaranteed Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be
reinstated and continue, and this Guaranty shall continue in full force as if such payment or proceeds had not been received, notwithstanding any revocation thereof or the cancellation of any Note or any other instrument evidencing any Guaranteed
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be liable to pay the Holders, and hereby do indemnify the Holders and hold them harmless for, the amount of such payment or proceeds so surrendered and all expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, court costs and expenses attributable thereto) incurred by any Holder in defense of any claim made against any of them that any payment or proceeds received by any Holder in respect of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations
must be surrendered. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Guaranty, and any satisfaction and discharge of any Obligor by virtue of any payment, court order or any Federal or state law. 
 (b) If an event permitting the acceleration of the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall at any time have occurred and be
continuing, and such acceleration shall at such time be prevented by reason of the pendency against any Obligor or any other Person of any case or proceeding contemplated by Section 8(a) hereof, then, for the purpose of defining the obligation
of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty, the maturity of the principal amount of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be deemed to have been accelerated with the same effect as if an acceleration had occurred in accordance with the terms of such
Guaranteed Obligations, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall forthwith pay such principal amount, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and all other Guaranteed Obligations, due or that would have become due but for such case or proceeding,
without further notice or demand. 
 SECTION 9. TERM OF GUARANTY. 

This Guaranty and all guarantees, covenants and agreements of each Subsidiary Guarantor contained herein shall continue in full force and
effect and shall not be discharged until such time as all of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the other Guaranteed Obligations and other independent payment obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be paid in
cash and performed in full, and all of the agreements of each of the other Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall be duly paid in cash and performed in full. 
 SECTION 10. CONTRIBUTION. 
 In order to provide
for just and equitable contribution among the Subsidiary Guarantors, each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that, to the extent any Subsidiary Guarantor makes any payment hereunder on any date which, when added to all preceding payments made by such
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, would result in the aggregate payments by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder exceeding its Percentage (as defined below) of all payments then or theretofore made by all Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder, such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall have a right of contribution against each other Subsidiary Guarantor whose aggregate payments then or theretofore made hereunder are less than its Percentage of all payments by all Subsidiary Guarantors then or theretofore
made hereunder, in an amount such that, after giving effect to any such contribution rights, each Subsidiary Guarantor will have paid only its Percentage of all payments by all Subsidiary Guarantors then or theretofore made hereunder. A Subsidiary
Guarantor’s “Percentage” on any date shall mean the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Adjusted Net Assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date by (b) the sum of the Adjusted Net Assets of all Subsidiary Guarantors
on such date. “Adjusted Net Assets” means, for each Subsidiary Guarantor on any date, the lesser of (i) the amount by which the fair value of the property of such Subsidiary Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities,
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contingent liabilities, but excluding liabilities under this Guaranty, of such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date and (ii) the amount by which the present fair salable value of the assets of
such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor on its debts, excluding debt in respect of this Guaranty, as they become absolute and matured. 
 SECTION 11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby confirms that it is the intention of such Subsidiary Guarantor that the guarantee by such Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Title 11 of the United States Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar applicable Federal
or state law (all such statutes and laws are collectively referred to as “Fraudulent Conveyance Laws”). To effectuate the foregoing intention, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably agrees that the obligations of such
Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be limited to the amount as will, after giving effect to all rights to receive any collections from or payments by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such
other Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 10 hereof, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting such a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. In the event that the liability of any Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder is limited pursuant to this Section 11 to an amount that is less than the total amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, then it is understood and agreed that the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations for which such Subsidiary
Guarantor is liable hereunder shall be the last portion of the Guaranteed Obligations to be repaid. 
 SECTION 12.
NEGATIVE PLEDGE. 
 Except as permitted under Section 10.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement, no
Subsidiary Guarantor will create any Lien on its assets to any other Person during the pendency of this Guaranty except for Liens permitted by Section 10.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 SECTION 13. SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT. 
 Upon execution and delivery by a Subsidiary of a Supplemental Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, such Subsidiary shall
become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Guarantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Subsidiary Guarantor as a party to this Guaranty. 
  

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 SECTION 14. DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
GENERALLY. 
 (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms defined in the Note Purchase Agreement are
used herein as defined therein. In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings. 
 “Adjusted Net
Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 10 hereof. 
 “Fraudulent Conveyance Laws” has the
meaning specified in Section 11 hereof. 
 “Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in
Section 1 hereof. 
 “Guaranty” has the meaning specified in the introduction hereto. 
 “Holders” has the meaning specified in the introduction hereto. 
 “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect (a) on the business, financial condition, operations or
Properties of a Subsidiary Guarantor taken as a whole or (b) on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder. 
 “Maximum Guaranteed Amount” shall mean, for each Subsidiary Guarantor, the maximum amount which any Subsidiary Guarantor could pay under this Guaranty without having such payment set aside as a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance or similar action under Fraudulent Conveyance Law. 
 “Note Purchase Agreement” has the meanings
specified in the Recitals hereto. 
 “Notes” has the meanings specified in the Recitals hereto. 
 “Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 10 hereof. 
 “Required Holders” is has the meaning specified in the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 “Subsidiary Guarantor” has the meaning specified in the introduction hereto. 
 (b) Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Guaranty unless the context shall otherwise require. 
 SECTION 15. NOTICES. 
 All notices under the terms and provisions hereof shall be in
writing (with charges prepaid), and shall be delivered or sent by hand, by telecopy, by express courier service or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed,

  

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 (a) if to any Holder, at the address set forth in the Note Purchase
Agreement, or at such other address as any such Holder shall from time to time designate to the Obligors, 
 (b)
if to a Subsidiary Guarantor, at the address of such Subsidiary Guarantor set forth on the signature pages hereto or at such other address as such Subsidiary Guarantor shall from time to time designate in writing to each Holder. 
 A notice or communication shall be deemed to have been duly given and effective: 
  

	 	(a)	when delivered (whether or not accepted), if personally delivered; 

  

	 	(b)	five business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if delivered by first-class mail (whether or not accepted); 

  

	 	(c)	when sent, if sent via facsimile; 

  

	 	(d)	when delivered if sent by registered or certified mail (whether or not accepted); and 

  

	 	(e)	on the next Business Day if timely delivered by an overnight air courier, with charges prepaid (whether or not accepted). 

 SECTION 16. AMENDMENTS, ETC. 
 No amendment, alteration, modification or waiver of any term or provision of this Guaranty, nor consent to any departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and consented to by the Required Holders provided, however, that any amendment, alteration, modification or waiver of the terms and conditions contained in Section 1 hereof shall require consent from all
Holders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. 
 SECTION 17. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS. 
 (a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive in personam jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court
sitting in New York City, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or the Notes. To the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably waives and agrees not
to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the in personam jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. 
  

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 (b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under
applicable law, that a final judgment in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 17 brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon such party, subject to rights of appeal
and may be enforced in the courts of the United States of America or the State of New York (or any other courts to the jurisdiction of which such party is or may be subject) by a suit upon such judgment. 
 (c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in paragraph
(a) of this Section 17 by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the address of each Subsidiary Guarantor specified in Section 15 or at such other address of which you
shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section or to any agent for service of process appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 27. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every
respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the full extent permitted by law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to such party. Notices hereunder
shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service. 
 (d) Nothing in this Section 17 shall affect the right of any holder of Notes to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring
proceedings against any Subsidiary Guarantor in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction. 
 SECTION 18. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. 
 EACH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR AND BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF EACH HOLDER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR ANY
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY OR THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY
OF THE FOREGOING. 
 SECTION 19. SURVIVAL. 
 All warranties, representations and covenants made by each Subsidiary Guarantor herein or in any written certificate or other instrument
required to be delivered by it or on its behalf hereunder or under the Note Purchase Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Holders and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty, regardless of any investigation
made by any Holder or on such Holder’s behalf. All statements in any such certificate or other instrument shall constitute warranties and representations by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. 
  

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 SECTION 20. SEVERABILITY. 
 Any provision of this Guaranty which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any provision of law that renders any provisions hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect. 
 SECTION 21. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. 
 The terms of this Guaranty shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of
the Holders and their respective successors and assigns. 
 SECTION 22. TABLE OF
CONTENTS; HEADINGS. 
 The section and paragraph headings in this Guaranty and the table of
contents are for convenience of reference only and shall not modify, define, expand or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof, and all references herein to numbered sections, unless otherwise indicated, are to sections in this Guaranty.

 SECTION 23. COUNTERPARTS. 
 This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. 
 SECTION 24. GOVERNING LAW. 
 This Guaranty shall in all respects be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles of such state.

 SECTION 25. COVENANT COMPLIANCE. 
 Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to comply with each of the covenants contained herein and in the Note Purchase Agreement that imposes or
purports to impose, by reference to such Subsidiary Guarantor, express or otherwise, through agreements with the Obligors, restrictions or obligations on such Subsidiary Guarantor. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has
caused this Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	 FAMILY DOLLAR SERVICES, INC., a North Carolina
corporation

		
	By:	 	
 

		 	Name:	 	R. James Kelly
		 	Title:	 	Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
	
	FAMILY DOLLAR OPERATIONS, INC., a North Carolina corporation
		
	By:	 	
 

		 	Name:	 	R. James Kelly
		 	Title:	 	Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
	
	 FAMILY DOLLAR TRUCKING, INC., a North Carolina
corporation

		
	By:	 	
 

		 	Name:	 	R. James Kelly
		 	Title:	 	Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT 
 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT dated as of
                ,         from                 ,
a              corporation (the “New Subsidiary”), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined in the Guaranty referred to below). Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2005 (the “Guaranty”), from: (i) [names of guarantors] (    ) such other
Subsidiaries (as defined below) as shall become parties thereto in accordance therewith, for the benefit of the Holders (as such term is defined in such Guaranty). 
 WHEREAS, Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Family Dollar, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (each individually an “Obligor” and, collectively, the
“Obligors”) has authorized the issue and sale of (i) $169,000,000 5.41% Series 2005-A Senior Notes, Tranche A due September 27, 2015 (the “Tranche A Notes”), and (ii) $81,000,000 5.24% Series 2005-A
Senior Notes, Tranche B due September 27, 2015 (the “Tranche B Notes” and, together with the Tranche A Notes, the “Series 2005-A Notes”), pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 27,
2005 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Note Purchase Agreement”) among the Obligors and the purchasers named therein. 
 WHEREAS, the Obligors are authorized to issue Additional Notes (as such term is defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) of one or more separate series from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement. 
 WHEREAS, the Additional Notes together with the Series 2005-A
Notes are collectively referred to as the “Notes”. 
 WHEREAS, the New Subsidiary is a
Subsidiary of the Obligors. 
 WHEREAS, the existing Subsidiaries of the Obligors have entered into the Guaranty.

 WHEREAS, the Note Purchase Agreement requires that certain Subsidiaries become party to the Guaranty (as a
Subsidiary Guarantor). 
 WHEREAS, the New Subsidiary acknowledges that it has derived or will derive substantial
benefits from the issuance of the Notes. 
 WHEREAS, the Guaranty specifies that additional Subsidiaries may
become Subsidiary Guarantors under such Guaranty by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Agreement. The undersigned Subsidiary is executing this Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Note Purchase Agreement in
order to become a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guaranty as consideration for the Notes previously purchased. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the New Subsidiary Guarantor agrees as follows: 

 Section 1. Guaranty. In accordance with Section 13 of the Guaranty,
the New Subsidiary by its signature hereto shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor under such Guaranty with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Guarantor and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms
and provisions of such Guaranty applicable to it as a Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder, (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 2 of the Subsidiary Guaranty are
true and correct on and as of the date hereof, (c) acknowledges receipt of a copy of and agrees to be obligated and bound by the terms of such Guaranty, and (d) agrees that each reference to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” in
such Guaranty shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. 
 Section 2. Enforceability. The New Subsidiary
hereby represents and warrants that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the New Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the New Subsidiary enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the applicability of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles of general applicability
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 Section 3.
Effect on Guaranty. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect. 
 Section 4. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES OF SUCH STATE. 
 Section 5. Savings Clause. To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, in the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect
with respect to the New Subsidiary, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as
close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions. 
 Section 6. Notices. All
communications to the New Subsidiary shall be given to it at the address or telecopy number set forth under its signature hereto. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary has duly
executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	 [NEW SUBSIDIARY]

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Name:
	 	
		 	 Title:
	 	
		 	 Address:
	 	
			
		 	 Telecopy:
	 	

  

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