Document:

Exhibit 4.4

 

Supplemental Indenture
dated as of February 3, 2006 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) by and
among:

 

(i)            H&E Equipment Services
L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company (“H&E LLC”);

 

(ii)           H&E Finance Corp.,
a Delaware corporation (“H&E Finance”);

 

(iii)          the Guarantors
(as defined in the Indenture to which reference is made below) (the “Guarantors”);

 

(iv)          H&E Equipment
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“H&E Inc.”); and

 

(v)           The Bank of New York,
a New York banking corporation, as Trustee under the Indenture to which reference is made below (the “Trustee”).

 

H&E LLC, H&E Finance, the Guarantors, H&E
Inc. and the Trustee are herein together referred to as the “Parties”.

 

Recitals

 

A.            H&E
LLC, H&E Finance, the Guarantors and the Trustee are parties to the Indenture
dated as of June 17, 2002 (the “Indenture”), which Indenture governs the
11 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”) issued pursuant
thereto. H&E LLC and H&E Finance are together referred to in the
Indenture as the “Company”.

 

B.            Each
of H&E LLC and H&E Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of H&E
Holdings L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“H&E Holdings”);
and as such, H&E Inc. is an Affiliate of H&E LLC. H&E Holdings has
no substantial assets (other than shares of the capital stock of H&E Inc.
and the limited liability company membership interests of H&E LLC) or
substantial liabilities. H&E Inc. has no substantial assets or substantial
liabilities.

 

C.            For
the purpose of incorporating H&E LLC under the laws of the State of
Delaware, H&E LLC proposes to merge with and into H&E Inc., with
H&E Inc. as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). Contemporaneously
with the Merger, H&E Holdings will also be merged with and into H&E
Inc., with H&E Inc. as the surviving corporation. Pursuant to and upon the
effectiveness of the Merger under the laws of the State of Delaware and the
State of Louisiana (the “Effective Time of the Merger”), H&E Inc.
will succeed to all of the liabilities and obligations of H&E LLC under the
Indenture, the Notes and the Second-Lien Security Documents (as defined in the
Indenture) and will expressly assume such liabilities and obligations under the
Indenture, the Notes and the Second-Lien Security Documents.

 

D.            Article
5 of the Indenture permits the Merger, and the Trustee is authorized under
Section 9.01 of the Indenture to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture.

 

 

E.             The
Parties desire to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to effect the
substitution of H&E Inc. for H&E LLC under the Indenture, the Notes and
the Second-Lien Security Documents. The Board of Directors of each of H&E
LLC, H&E Finance and H&E Inc. have authorized the execution of this
Supplemental Indenture.

 

Now therefore, in consideration of the foregoing and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Parties mutually covenant, agree and consent, including
without limitation for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Notes, as follows:

 

1.             Capitalized
Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2.             No
Default or Event of Default. H&E LLC, H&E Finance and H&E Inc.
represent and warrant to the Trustee that (i) the Merger is being effected for
the purpose of incorporating H&E LLC under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and (ii) no Default or Event of Default will exist as of immediately
after the Merger.

 

3.             Agreement
to Substitute and Assumption. Upon the Effective Time of the Merger:

 

(i)            H&E Inc. shall succeed to and be
substituted for H&E LLC, so that from and after the Effective Time of the
Merger, all references in the Indenture and the Notes to the “Company” shall
refer to H&E Inc. and H&E Finance (and not to H&E LLC and H&E
Finance), and all references in the Indenture,the Notes and the Second Lien
Security Documents to H&E LLC or to H&E LLC as the “Grantor” shall mean
H&E Inc.];

 

(ii)           H&E Inc. assumes all of the
liabilities and obligations of H&E LLC under the Indenture, the Notes and
the Second-Lien Security Documents; and

 

(iii)          H&E Inc. may exercise every right
and power of H&E LLC or the Company under the Indenture and the Notes and
of H&E LLC under the Second-Lien Security Documents with the same effect as
if H&E Inc. had been named, together with H&E Finance, as the Company
or as H&E LLC, as applicable, therein.

 

4.             NEW
YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN
AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF
THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

5.             Counterparts.
The Parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.

 

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6.             Effect
of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall
not effect the construction hereof.

 

7.             The
Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for
or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or
for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are
made solely by H&E LLC, H&E Finance and H&E Inc..

 

8.             Effectiveness
of this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture shall be
effective as of the Effective Time of the Merger.

 

9.             Indenture Generally. Except as supplemented herein, the
Indenture remains in full force and effect.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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In witness whereof, the undersigned have caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date
first above written.

 

	
  H&E Equipment Services L.L.C.

  	
   

  	
  H&E Finance Corp.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  John Engquist

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  John Engquist

  
	
   

  	
  President

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  President

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  GNE Investments, Inc., as a
  Guarantor

  	
   

  	
  Great Northern Equipment, Inc.
  , as a 

  Guarantor

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
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  John Engquist

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  John Engquist

  
	
   

  	
  President

  	
   

  	
   

  	
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  Eagle Merger Corp., as a
  Guarantor

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
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  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

  	
   

  	
  The Bank of New York, as
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Supplemental Indenture dated as
of February 3, 2006

11 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due
2012

 

4Exhibit 4.5

 

Supplemental Indenture
dated as of February 3, 2006 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) by and
among:

 

(i)            H&E Equipment Services
L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company (“H&E LLC”);

 

(ii)           H&E Finance Corp.,
a Delaware corporation (“H&E Finance”);

 

(iii)          the Guarantors
(as defined in the Indenture to which reference is made below) (the “Guarantors”);

 

(iv)          H&E Equipment
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“H&E Inc.”); and

 

(v)           The Bank of New York,
a New York banking corporation, as Trustee under the Indenture to which reference is made below (the “Trustee”).

 

H&E LLC, H&E Finance, the Guarantors, H&E Inc. and the
Trustee are herein together referred to as the “Parties”.

 

Recitals

 

A.            H&E
LLC, H&E Finance, the Guarantors and the Trustee are parties to the Indenture
dated as of June 17, 2002 (the “Indenture”), which Indenture governs the
12 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”) issued pursuant
thereto. H&E LLC and H&E Finance are together referred to in the
Indenture as the “Company”.

 

B.            Each
of H&E LLC and H&E Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of H&E
Holdings L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“H&E Holdings”);
and as such, H&E Inc. is an Affiliate of H&E LLC. H&E Holdings has
no substantial assets (other than shares of the capital stock of H&E Inc.
and the limited liability company membership interests of H&E LLC) or
substantial liabilities. H&E Inc. has no substantial assets or substantial
liabilities.

 

C.            For
the purpose of incorporating H&E LLC under the laws of the State of
Delaware, H&E LLC proposes to merge with and into H&E Inc., with
H&E Inc. as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). Contemporaneously
with the Merger, H&E Holdings will also be merged with and into H&E
Inc., with H&E Inc. as the surviving corporation. Pursuant to and upon the
effectiveness of the Merger under the laws of the State of Delaware and the
State of Louisiana (the “Effective Time of the Merger”), H&E Inc.
will succeed to all of the liabilities and obligations of H&E LLC under the
Indenture and the Notes and will expressly
assume such liabilities and obligations under the Indenture and the Notes.

 

D.            Article
5 of the Indenture permits the Merger, and the Trustee is authorized under
Section 9.01 of the Indenture to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture.

 

 

E.             The
Parties desire to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to effect the
substitution of H&E Inc. for H&E LLC under the Indenture and the Notes. The Board of Directors of each of H&E
LLC, H&E Finance and H&E Inc. have authorized the execution of this
Supplemental Indenture.

 

Now therefore, in consideration of the foregoing and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Parties mutually covenant, agree and consent, including
without limitation for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Notes, as follows:

 

1.             Capitalized
Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2.             No
Default or Event of Default. H&E LLC, H&E Finance and H&E Inc.
represent and warrant to the Trustee that (i) the Merger is being effected for
the purpose of incorporating H&E LLC under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and (ii) no Default or Event of Default will exist as of immediately
after the Merger.

 

3.             Agreement
to Substitute and Assumption. Upon the Effective Time of the Merger:

 

(i)            H&E Inc. shall succeed to and be
substituted for H&E LLC, so that from and after the Effective Time of the
Merger, all references in the Indenture and the Notes to the “Company” shall
refer to H&E Inc. and H&E Finance (and not to H&E LLC and H&E
Finance), and all references in the Indenture and the Notes to H&E LLC or
to H&E LLC as the “Grantor” shall mean H&E Inc.];

 

(ii)           H&E Inc. assumes all of the
liabilities and obligations of H&E LLC under the Indenture and the Notes; and

 

(iii)          H&E Inc. may exercise every right
and power of H&E LLC or the Company under the Indenture and the Notes with
the same effect as if H&E Inc. had been named, together with H&E
Finance, as the Company or as H&E LLC, as applicable, therein.

 

4.             NEW
YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN
AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF
THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

5.             Counterparts.
The Parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.

 

6.             Effect
of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall
not effect the construction hereof.

 

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7.             The
Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for
or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or
for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are
made solely by H&E LLC, H&E Finance and H&E Inc..

 

8.             Effectiveness
of this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture shall be
effective as of the Effective Time of the Merger.

 

9.             Indenture Generally. Except as supplemented herein, the
Indenture remains in full force and effect.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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In witness whereof, the undersigned have caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date
first above written.

 

 

	
  H&E Equipment Services L.L.C.

  	
  H&E Finance Corp.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  John Engquist

  	
   

  	
  John Engquist

  
	
   

  	
  President

  	
   

  	
  President

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  GNE Investments, Inc., as a
  Guarantor

  	
  Great Northern Equipment, Inc.
  , as a 

  
	
   

  	
  Guarantor

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  John Engquist

  	
   

  	
  John Engquist

  
	
   

  	
  President

  	
   

  	
  President

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Eagle Merger Corp., as a
  Guarantor

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
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  H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

  	
  The Bank of New York, as
  Trustee

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
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  John Engquist

  	
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  President

  	
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Supplemental
Indenture dated as of February 3, 2006

12 1/2%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013

 

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